The Great Worlds

Kaito exited the room and as he closed the door tear seeped out of his eye.

Kaito silently accepted it however tears couldn't stop pouring out of his eye. The tears within 3 years were enough to make a waterfall, the tears slithered down his chin to be absorbed by his Hanfu.

Alcohol was always an option to Kaito as he took a swig of mead after taking out a bottle from his [Space Ring]. He couldn't stop and because of his cultivation he couldn't get drunk. The pain of being drowned in sorrow but unable to escape it stung.

"...I'll...Cultivate"

His every words trembled as he tried to speak. He brought out his coffin and placed it between the two rooms. He concealed himself to cultivate.

Within an hour a minute shock could be felt in the surrounding. This shock originated from Kaito. Within his dantian there was a little golden orb floating around while his acupoints were slightly more open and his meridians were much more energetic. Kaito had reached Revolution Core 1 or Grade 4.

The shock and pressure from today indeed made him stronger but at the cost of his heart. Kaito could still feel the pain and a ringing in his ear. Nothing made him feel okay.

'If The Red Clown was here he would say "We are on and the same. I can take the pain" but he's not here to say that. His snarky comments are gone. This is only my first step to move on.'

Despite the flaming determination form his last words Kaito did nothing. He took out a large glossy yellow keg.

As Kaito unplugged the Mead the sweet smell of nectar, fruit, oak and honey wafted around the building. Kaito calmly chugged the wine inside his coffin but the calmness was nothing more than a facade.

A young man with hair sent everywhere with black bags beneath his eyes walked around the hallway. His hanfu was brightly lit with an orange hue, wrinkled yet in spite of his messy clothing he had clear eyes. He caught the sweet aroma that wandered and tried to look for the source. He sniffled his nose that slowly lead to a coffin.

"I'm getting drunk tonight"

As he stated his d.e.s.i.r.e he lifted the lid from the coffin to find an odd scene. A one eyed, white haired sobbed while chugging a bottle of wine. His cheeks had a faint pink tone to them while beneath his eye-patch it looked like it was leaking red blood. The young man rubbed his eyes again but the eye-patch seemed normal.

"Don't waste wine like this! Come on, get out of there. You don't deserve to be there"

The young man pulled Kaito however he stood still like a rock and was unmovable. No matter how much the young man pulled with all his strength nothing worked. Kaito finally responded

"This...is my bed..."

The young man was stunned however confidently answered

"Come, come. I'll play some games with you. Now get out of there."

Under the stress of improving to Grade 4 he was light headed. Eventually Kaito agreed to the young man's wishes and managed to walk normally albeit a little tired.

"Come on buddy we're getting there, that's right a few more steps... yep, we're here"

The room had much more room and seemed well decorated with antiques with a wide view of the night and the watching moon. There was a kitchen a private bathing area and another room. Kaito ignored these details and requested.

"You smelled my alcohol so i'll treat you. Get some tea and it'll make it better. My treat."

The young man boiled some tea while Kaito bought his stash of alcohol.

Soju, Sake, Baijiu, Shochu and Shandy were one of the few alcohol beverages Kaito brought out.

The young man boiled a kettle of tea before he returned to meet with Kaito. They opened a bottle of Shandy to start it off

"Want to play some games?"

Kaito nodded.

The young man brought out cards, board games and more cards.

"Let's start."

With that they played games and more games until it was 3 o'clock in the morning. There was no money involved but if there was the young man would owe a few hundred dollars. Kaito caught the young man cheating dozens of times.

The room was already filled with the aroma of alcohol and thankfully no one threw up yet. The young man introduced himself properly

"You're a god. I've been called a genius but obviously it's bu******. I built myself from the ground with a good friend and yet she's f****** dying. All these people spread rumors and now she's called 'The Dead Scholar', bas****s. You're a good brother. My name's Jonathan but now people call me 'The Game Scholar' however that title may have been stolen by you."

Kaito shrugged it off

"Kaito's my name."

"Give me a call, mate. Another game and I can redeem my title."

"I don't have a phone..."

"You?... just take my phone number and buy a phone."

"Ok"

"Ah, it's getting late. I'll go sleep, you can get a mattress or something. night"

With that Jonathan exited the room to his bedroom but Kaito watched him leave before moving. He took out a few more glasses of alcohol onto to the table and left the room. He returned to his coffin but couldn't sleep, his heart slightly ached but with a new friendship it eased for a moment.

"If my heart is already broken in this life then what about the life before?"

...

The sun had risen and Skaoi had just woken up. She looked around her room but couldn't find Andrea. She was confused as it was only 7 o'clock yet someone had already woken up in the holidays. A pain still rumbled around her heart along with regret swarming her mind.

The bed next to her was untouched with no crinkles or warmth and no sound was heard from the bathroom. She looked into it and there was no water on the ground nor the toiletries used.

Skaoi walked out to find a coffin next to her room

"This wasn't here last time?"

She lifted the lid off the coffin to find Kaito, she could smell a vague waft of alcohol. Kaito was dressed loosely as his hanfu was loose exposing the right side of his shoulder while drool dribbled down his cherry mouth.

Seeing his carefree look Skaoi felt an instant pain sting her heart but taking another whiff of the alcoholic scent that came from Kaito she momentarily felt happy.

"Is this where you were sleeping?"

Skaoi knew that Andrea might have set them up and that Jiao Bai would be fine sleeping in the same room as his sister.

'I'm sorry'

In spite of what she thought she couldn't voice out her sorrows. She held it in and at the same time she moved her hand closer to Kaito's cheek. She wanted to c.a.r.e.s.s it, she knew she wouldn't be able to have such happy memories...

Kaito woke from his nap only to find something massaging his face. It felt soft, smooth and small. Kaito held onto whatever it was and pulled it closer to him.

It was odd as this was something that Kaito had never felt. He felt it was weird due to the texture and lazily opened his eye to find a hand. The hand belonged to Skaoi and as their eyes made contact Kaito moved his closer to plant a kiss on her hand. Before Kaito could make contact, Skaoi on instinct slapped him again.

Kaito looked back at Skaoi and saw her blushing furiously while on the brink of tears. Kaito felt his heart touched while the pain disappeared. The aching never existed and his tormenting thought were non-existent as he flashed a smile

"Thank you"

Skaoi tried to recover her usual behavior after yesterday's incident however it proved to be ineffective against Kaito's sudden joy

"I'll pay for the food and room"

"It's ok, it's ok. Come on, Andrea's got the day planned. Let's get some food. Ah~~"

Kaito felt like he was floating on cloud nine. Free without care. Skaoi didn't hate him or out right rejected him. This was a great start for a new day.

'The Game Scholar is truly good friend'

Kaito thanked Jonathan's deed for helping him out in a dark time but Kaito embraced the new change of a new day.

"Come on~~, let's eat"

"I need to take a shower"

Kaito watched as Skaoi exited the hallway to enter her room, she walked normally however there seemed to be an indistinguishable sense of aura from her. Kaito wanted to say that his [Eyes of Truth] are improving at a faster rate however his intuition told him other ways.

Kaito wanted to scream his joy but he knew there was no point. He took his coffin into [Space Ring] and went on a walk. He left a note on Jiao Bai's room reading a simple note

{We're at the dining room

We're going to be ordering food

Ask Andrea what we are doing today

🌸🌸🌸Kaito ^-^ 🌸🌸🌸}