Chapter 131: The Herald of Chaos Strikes Again!
A heavy gust of cool sea breeze hit them across their faces as Kai and Meg stood atop one of the Guardian Columns of Alto Mare.
Kai shivered.
He was wearing a pink shirt imprinted with foaming waves and Meg had a blue frock over her curvaceous figure, her long hair blowing in the wind like thin strands of red silk. They had come to this height to say a last goodbye to this unfortunate town that had gifted them so much.
Kai looked down and saw the entire town was almost underwater.
If it was before, by now the entire town would have lit up under the bright light of many street lamps, making it impossible to realize that the night was approaching. It would take a lot of time and unending efforts to go back to the same lifestyle as before, he knew. He could already see many of the residents migrating to the main landmass in their ferries.
-/I have seen enough,/- Kai declared.
Meg sat down first, her long legs dangling down from the column's edge.
Kai lay down on his back and put his head on her lap. He sighed and then whiffed deeply. She smelled of the wet earth after the pitter-patter of the first rain. He stared at the sky beyond her face and looked at the stars, as thousands of questions related to the things that had happened in the last month ran havoc in his mind.
-/Are you sure I can't store you in my Inventory?/- Kai asked Meg, adjusting his eyes to look into hers.
The question felt too absurd to ask even to him, let alone to Meg, who couldn't help but smile wryly upon hearing that. Yet Kai's intention was plain. She was his Item now, and Kai would do anything to get his hands on a way to store a live Contestant in his Inventory.
If there was such a way, then Meg didn't know it. "No." She shook her head bluntly. "You can't, master. But there is another way to have me with you in your next Side Mission."