Excitement and Depression

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**Users Involved:** User:Isaacmax2003,User:The ancient terror
**Setting:** Postwick
**Characters Involved :** Fuyumi, Hayden

## Strange Friendship

It was a sunny day in the quieter town of Galar. The sky was filled with Wingull as people worked and strolled the streets while locals enjoyed the rare spell of summer temperatures. After all, even though Postwick was a small friendly town and known as the birthplace of the champion of the Galar region, such beautiful weather was rare for this place. So, of course, children especially enjoyed this weather, playing any imaginable outdoor game.

But somewhat on the edge of the small town was a large mansion of a local lord who was very unpopular, as almost all the inhabitants avoided approaching him. Glaive Morriton, however, was not interested in social intercourse with this Postwick sympathizer, and for the little things he needed he had his own butler. While in his work office, he called out.

"Jayden! JAAAYYYDDEEEN!" he called as footsteps were heard after a while before a young boy, with black hair, covering one of his eyes, entered the room. Dressed formally as a butler, he gave a quick bow.

"Hayden is my name," he replied monotonously, used to the fact that his lord was unable to pronounce his name correctly.

"Jayden! I'm hungry! Bring me some bread from the backroom! Quick!" he said without looking at Hayden, who bowed.

"As you wish, my lord," said Hayden as he left the room, before opening the great doors of the mansion and walking toward the streets of Postwick.

"I hate my life."

On the other side within a lone wooden cottage. The outside looked quite good and well furnished with a swinging chair, and a couple of stuffed toys placed here and there as other from that the place stood quite well but on the highest floor of the cabin stood a lone window pointing into a room.

Within it the room layed bare several posters either they be pokemon or some relating to the championship, there was also a table with several books but alongside, they stood a frame of a family two parents and one small little girl but then moving towards the side was a bed with someone inside.

The person on the bed slept quietly, only moving one or twice to reposition themself from time to time, but while sleeping, their door creaked open slightly with footsteps slowly approaching them until… they ripped the blanket that covered them off their body. It didn’t stop from there as the figure lept onto their defenseless body then began…. To lick them.

“AH! Stop! Stop! I’m up boy.” Said the persons who lay on the bed as they slowly rose to reveal it was none other than the little girl in the picture Fuyumi as she grabbed the figure who was her loyal family pet Lillipup who was now on her lap.

“Lillipup, Lillipup.” They barked out with, Fuyumi rubbing her eyes, and then smiling at them.

“Time to get up for another beautiful day.” Fuyumi spoke up happy as ever then she got up and began getting ready for her day beginning with brushing, showering, dressing up, and finally tying her hair up in her signature bow ponytail, then heading out of her room to downstairs. While down, Fuyumi saw her mother doing the regular house chores.

“Morning Mom.” she greeted with a smile and waved at her.

“Morning Fuyumi.” Her mom responded with a happy smile before going back to her duties as Lillipup went to her.

Fuyumi then went into the kitchen, grabbed some slices of bread and a jam spread it across then put it in her mouth before moving to the exit of the house. “Bye, mom I’ll be back later.” She said then stepping out grabbing her signature byke then heading towards town. “What new thing will today bring.” Fuyumi asked in an exuberant tone while biking throught at fast speeds.

As Hayden moved through the streets toward the backery, he was suddenly stopped by a group of three children his age.

"Hey, fancy pants. Once again you're acting like a dog." Said one of them, while the other two laughed, but Haydne showed no change in his expression, his expression neutral on his face, as he belted them all, before walking past them.

"Excuse me, but I must get some bread for my lord," he said simply, walking away. But the bullies did not let him go, as they followed him, grabbing stones and throwing them at him, sometimes even hitting him in the head, causing him to bleed, but apart from wince in pain, he kept walking, not caring about the taunts or insults the bullies were hurling at him.

While biking through the town, bread in her mouth while enjoying the ever-so-clear breeze, Fuyumi felt good, but as she was biking past, she would notice the scene going on with Hayden getting bullied and the boys just throwing stones at him.

Fuyumi frowned at this act knowing, as she couldn’t stand how wrong it was for people to inflict such an act onto others. It didn't make a lick of sense to her, but from what she learned people derive some sort of pleasure from it which was sickening so, if they enjoy this, why not let them get a taste of their own pleasure. Fuyumi got off her bike looking to the side while pointing at something.

“Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Ah, this should do.” She said picking up… a stone and making sure to both way and calculate it before turning back to the three bullies and beginning to speed towards them stone in hand

Without a second thought, Fuyumi chucked the stone at the boy on the left, striking him in the back of his head and making him fall forwards in unconsciousness with his two friends turning to see their unconscious bodies.

“What the….” The leader said in surprise turning to understand what had happened but instead, he was met with the rubber of a tired smashing into his face with Fuyumi sitting on top. without giving the last bully a chance she swerved the leg of her byke against his face before her byke flipped in the air for a sec then drifted to a halt behind Hayden with Fuyumi still holding her bread in her mouth but then turning to him. "You okay."

If Hayden was surprised, he didn't show it. After all, it would be a huge surprise for Fuyumi to see a person her age looking so.... empty looking, not sad, just empty and drained of happiness. He made a polite bow.

"I thank you for your help, madam, but I recommend that you leave this place so you don't have to suffer the consequences."

He thanked her politely, something no child his age should do, before stopping and ignoring his blonde head.

"Now if you'll excuse me, ma'am. I have to go buy some bread."

Hayden said before turning and trying to walk away.

Fuyumi looked at Hayden, her head turned slightly in confusion but also with that curiosity of this boy. The way he looked, spoke, and his mannerisms didn’t reflect someone of his age instead, he gave off an air similar to what an adult would have as she now was peaked seeing something that was quite fascinating so instead of heading the boys warning she began ridding her byke besides him while slowly munching on her snack.

“Well, you're welcome but shouldn’t you head over to the local doctor first before going around buying anything those boys over there hit you pretty well.” Fuyumi said bluntly while riding her bike as she also pointed to the bleeding injury Hayden had encured.

Hayden raised an eyebrow as he pulled out a napkin to wipe the blood from his face, wondering why Fuyumi was still here.

"No one really cares about the silent butler of a lord who is hated by everyone. I'm lucky that money means more to the bakery than my status, or I'd be subject to my lord's wrath."

Hayden commented as he tried to remember the girl but never actually saw her.

"That's why I recommend you stay away from me, otherwise the others will see you as a target as well, I don't really care, but as a butler I can't let a lady get defiled and hurt." Hayden commented before lifting his gaze again.

"But you know what will happen if you help me, right? So just get out of here and let me take the blame."

Fuyumi’s eyebrow was raised at each word Hyden said her curiosity raising even more with each word he said before a light smirk appeared on her face.

“Oh, thanks for the concern, Mr butler, but if you couldn’t tell already I can take care of myself just fine so I don’t think I need your help protecting me thank you very much.”

She said in a voice of confidence as she patted her chest in pride. Then afterward, she began to relax, her face with her, reaching into her bag for a few seconds before looking back up at Hayden. “But first…” She said before grabbing Hayden's shoulder and forcefully twisting his body to face her till he was now face to face with the young girl holding him firmly in place while with her using her other hand to pull out a container her opening it to reveal ointment as she dabbed her finger in it before turning to Hayden.

“You say your fine, but it’s obvious you're not so sit still Mr tough guy.” She said her tone more commanding as she gently placed her hand over the area to begin to apply the ointment.

Hayden raised an eyebrow, but decided not to fight back, because it wasn't worth it. After all, he's going to be late and punished again anyway, so it doesn't make much difference if it's just a few seconds or a few minutes. So he let Fuyumi take care of his wound when the bleeding stopped and the band-aid was put on his head. After some time, he decided to stand up again.

"I appreciate your help, young lady." began Hayden as he bowed formally. "But I need to get to the bakery to get some bread for my master, because I'm already late and I'll probably be punished anyway."

Fuyumi stared at Hayden her eyes still focused on him. She, just watching his mannerisms, trying to get a somewhat proper, read on this guy but still couldn’t pick up his vibe at all when he bowed before her, she scratch her head a bit embarrassedly with her waving it off.

“Oh, it’s all good just happy to help.” She said, slightly embarrassed before putting her hand down and looking at him. “Well, if you're so keen on getting this bread of yours. Why don’t you hop on this bike can take two and it’s a lot faster.” Fuyumi said with a welcoming voice with her patting the back part of it while waiting on Hayden.

Hayden looked at Fuyumi as he thought about the offer. He wasn't surprised that a girl offered to give him a ride on her bike, but he was surprised that someone took the time and effort to help him at all. After all, it's a mystery to him, making him even more confused about how Fuyumi works and thinks. But it might help him, after all, he could get there faster that way.

But there was one thing that could stop him from accepting something he wouldn't.

"I thank you for the offer, Lady Fuyumi. Even though I don't think I deserve this offer from a beautiful woman like you, I admit that it helps me a lot. But..." said Hayden, approaching Fuyumi before gently reaching under her arms and lifting Fuyumi off the seat of her bike with ease before placing her on the back while he himself sat on the driver's seat of the bike.

"I can't have a young lady like you working for a butler like me, so let me drive myself and you sit on the back." Said Hayden in his usual polite tone, but instead of waiting for an answer, he already started riding the bike, on his way to the bakery.

Fuyumi looked at Hayden confused at the sudden byc jacking the boy had just done. She was about to grab him to switch back, but it was already too late as the two were in motion. Fuyumi stopped herself, giving in to whatever the boy planned on taking her as she was quite interested in what was going on with this body as she grew more curios before something hit her.

“Hmmm, never did get your name tough guy, what exactly is it?”

Fuyumi asked Hayden, as seeing they had gotten this far with one another it only makes sense to know his name.

Hayden rode on with the bike, Fuyumi in the back seat, and people gave them strange looks. After all, this duo was well known in Postwick for various reasons. The emotionless and hated butler of the even more hated rich man who lived there. After all, he was the one who did the dirty work for the rich man, which made him seem like the worst person ever. Fuyumi, on the other hand, was a happy-go-lucky little fellow, but her reputation wasn't any better, as she was known to cause a lot of trouble with her stunts.

So this duo caused unease among some of the townspeople. As they drove, Hayden looked up at Fuyumi with a raised eyebrow before looking back.

"My name is Hayden, Lady Fuyumi."

Hayden answered the girl's question before they finally arrived at the bakery. He got off his bike to get the goods, but soon turned his attention to Fuyumi.

"Do you want anything?"

Fuyumi got off the bike as well, before grabbing a hold of it and parking it at the side before turning towards the shop.

The moment her eyes landed on the shop, her senses were bombarded by the smells of sweet, hot, freshly cooked bread the smell was so strong and delectable it almost felt like she was getting punched by it causing, her to slightly drool before looking towards the display cases.

Fuyumi’s eyes were met with a plethora of different goods, some plane, some sweet, while others almost looked like they were made extravagantly until her eyes landed on one, something that to her was the greatest sweet she could ever get the opportunity to ever taste as it was none other than a delectable display of cream puffs.

The girl's eyes turned to stars upon noticing her favorite, her hand shaking in excitement till she heard Hayden's voice shaking her out of her stupor she looked but at him with a dignified embarrassed look with her tapping her fingers together. “I’d like these please.” she said shyly, pointing towards the cream puffs on display.

Hayden looked up at the shopkeeper, who gave him a flat look. Most people hated him because he was the madman's butler. But at least the shopkeeper, though he didn't like him, could tolerate his presence, so it was no trouble to get what his master asked for.

"The usual....."

Hayden took a quick glance at the cream puffs, the most expensive thing Fuyumi wanted from him. It would cost him all the money he got for the week, because he hadn't gotten much. But then his eyes fell on the embarrassed yet hopeful look on Fuyumi's face. After a while, he made a decision.

"...And add every single cream puff, please, sir."

Hayden asked, which made the shopkeeper sit up and take notice, especially because he saw Fuyumi beside him, another troublemaker from the city, for various reasons. Nonetheless, he set about loading the goods, giving Hayden two loaves of bread and a pack of cream puffs while Hayden handed over the money, making it clear that his pockets were almost empty.

"Thank you, sir."

Hayden thanked him and took the bread and the package before giving Fuyumi the package of cream puffs.

When Hayden finished buying the bread Fuyumi’s eyes lit up as she saw the most delicious thing to her her cream puff the girl's mouth began to water itself at it ready to pounce but her eyes strayed up wards to Hayden before remembering what her parents told her.

After a moment, Fuyumi brought her hand up to her lips and let out a short cough to regain her dignity then she looked over to Hayden and then bowing her head to him.

“Thanks for the cream puffs.”

Fuyumi said in a polite and pleasant tone, respectfully bowing herself in front of Hayden as a form of thanks before seconds later snatching it away from him at a quick pace as she looked at the thing that could almost be called her love and begins chowing down with a happy smile on her face.

Hayden looked at her with his painfully neutral expression, but the girl could swear there was a tiny smile on his face that quickly turned into a frown.

"That was no problem, Lady Fuyumi, but please don't bow to a butler. Also, this is my way of thanking you for helping me be faster and more punctual with your bicycle. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to the mansion."

Hayden said, making a formal bow before passing the girl, who devoured his cream puffs and left the bakery.

Fuyumi looked at Hayden walking off from her a bit confused by what he meant but at the same time, she extended her arm forward before looking at him like he had done something strange.

“Where do you think you're going.”

She said with a stern look before pointing a finger at her byke.

“Hope on we can go with this and no if and or but about it or butler talk just hope on.” She said stern tone like a sister talking to their brother as she fiercely looked him in the eyes waiting for him to say anything.

Hayden raised an eyebrow, because it sounded annoyed, as if he had done something wrong. After thinking about it a little longer, he realized his mistake ... or at least he thought he did. What had he actually done? He left a lady without taking her to her lodging.

"Ah, I deeply apologize for my incompetence. Of course, I will see you safely to your lodgings."

Hayden apologized before lifting Fuyumi up in a quick bridal style motion as if she weighed nothing. With that, he carried her out of the store before gently placing her in the back seat of the bicycle before sitting down on the seat himself and driving off.

"Can you tell me where you live, Lady Fuyumi?"

Fuyumi blinked rapidly in confusion while also blushing a bit in embarrassment at the attention Hayden had taken with her getting snapped out of her daze by his words.

Fuyumi felt a bit frustrated at the way this guy thought a bit with her wondering why he couldn’t get that she wanted to take him home but at that same moment, an idea popped into her head she smiled a bit before looking to Hayden.

“Before you drop me home I humbly request you take me to where you live first okay.”

Fuyumi said in a slightly commanding tone a bit out of place for her but she knew if none else this was what Hayden understood the most rather than anything else as she looked to him with a look of command without any room to argue back.

Hayden looked at Fuyumi with an unreadable look, but turned around after a while before driving off.

"As you wish, Lady Fuyumi."

Hayden said as the duo drove through their small hometown again. After a while, they finally arrived at a huge gate that was right in front of a huge mansion. Even Fuyumi should know the place, after all it was the mansion of the rich tyrant who had settled in their town of Postwick and did nothing but annoy or threaten the people living here.

"Here we are." said Hayden, getting off the bike.

Fuyumi looked over to the large huge mansion. While she stared it gave her a very weird feeling almost something unsettling lurking with her body shivering a bit in a somewhat fit of fear knowing what might be lurking within that place but after a while, she looked over to Hayden with a smile.

“Could you please step down and stand over there.” Fuyumi said raising her finger before pointing at the gate with her just giving him a simple order.

Hayden looked at Fuyumi before nodding in confirmation.

"As you wish, Lady Fuyumi."

Hayden said as he got up from the bike and stood where Fuyumi had asked him to stand.

Fuyumi smirked before quickly jumping up from her position and entering the driver's seat, then looking over to Hayden with a cherry smile.

“Well, Hayden now that you're back home safe I think it’s time to head back to mine today was quite fun, and thanks for the cream puffs again hope we can meet again to have more fun.”

Fuyumi let out a happy and jovial tone with her smiling brightly at Hayden giving him a peace sign before quickly peddling off while waving goodbye at him.

Hayden raised his eyebrows in confusion and surprise, as Fuyumi took her seat and literally drove away, while waving him goodbye. He was confused how to react and why she left so fast and refused his offer to bring her home. Maybe he failed and made him unhappy with his performance.

But nonetheless he shrugged as he finally arrived at his destination, before entering the mansion, prepared for another rant from his lord.

## Fated Reunions

As with all things in this world, the flow of time kept on moving forward as father time waited for none with seconds turning to minutes, minutes to hours, hours to days, days to months, and finally months to years with the years flying by like an eagle majestically in the sky with seasons coming and going all but moving till began to finally slow down on a very special day.

Within the streets of Postwick, it was a normal average day like none other the sun was shining, the sounds of Pidove chirping in the windy skies while people moved happily about enjoying their day but while all this was going on the sound of a bike being peddled could also be heard speeding through.

Upon the bike, a familiar young girl could see happily peddling her bike on the streets her blond golden hair flowing delicately in the wind, her bright radiant skin illuminated brightly by the glow of sunlight bouncing over it with this young lass being none other the expressive happy go luck adventurous girl named Fuyumi.

Fuyumi peddled her bike faster and faster her lips curled in excitement as today was finally the day now that she had reached the age of 16 she was now finally free to get her first ever Pokemon from the lab at last now, she could earnestly start her adventure as she pace quickened with her excitement building over with her moving faster and faster until she finally made it and arrived happily at her destination skidding to a holt she looked up in front of her was the lab to the town professor with her smirking in anticipation ready to see what was to come of this special day.

When Fuyumi finally arrived at the lab, there was a loud noise that sounded like a small explosion. When the girl entered the lab, she found herself in a room where a lot of stuff from all over the room was blown away, from books to papers to everything you would expect to find in a lab.

When she turned around, she saw an old man coughing heavily as he opened a window to let the smoke out of the room. Behind him, a large Pokemon was walking beside the person, patting him on the back to get rid of the cough. It was brown and had a strange shape that made it look like the classic likeness of an alien, while at the tips of its arms it had three different colored dots that even glowed like light bulbs.

"Beheeyem!"

The Pokemon called out in a clear, concerned voice.

"I'm fine, Beheeyem. Just a reminder, never mix parts of a Slugma's slime with Amonguss' spores."

The man said, trying to breathe a little out the window.

Fuyumi lets off a few small coughs and waved her arms to get rid of all the dust that lingered around her her eyes narrowed with her gaze directed to the professor in front of her.

The girl had personally never met the man before but she had heard a couple of stories from her father about they seemed like quite the peculiar person up close compared to the descriptions she was given after awhile of staring Fuyumi’s mind remembered why she was even here in the first place so she steps forward to catch the mans attention.

“Ahem! Sorry, am I interrupting Sir….”

The brown Pokemon turned around and its eyes widened slightly.

"**Beheeyem!(Intruder!)**"

The creature cried out as its eyes lit up a faint blue, which also involved Fuyumi's entire body lifting her into the air with some force. The man himself finally calmed down from his coughing as he turned around to reveal his face, which had a few marks on it. He had short brown hair and was very sticky. Everything would be fine if it weren't for the fact that half of his face had a large, ugly scar in an ugly gray and black, because even though his healthy eye was blue, his eye around the scar was a deep, unnatural yellow.

"Beheeyem. What's wrong - who are you?" the man asked, finally noticing Fuyumi held aloft by his partner's psychic move.

“Wow!”

Fuyumi jolted out in a fit of surprise and panic, not prepared to be put under the power of the Pokemon its psychic power fully putting a hold on her while staring at the Beheeyem with her all but defenseless while concerned at what was going on along with nervousness when she noticed the gaze of the scientist finally land on her so with a slight smile she began to speak.

“H-hello there Sir, the name's Fuyumi pleasure to see you I came today to my starters ehe.” She spurted out nervously to the man, trying to quickly de-escalate the misunderstanding.

The doctor raised an eyebrow as he pulled out a notebook and looked at it. After a while, he finally looked at Fuyumi with a mixture of surprise, but mostly fatigue.

"Put her down, partner."

Said the doctor as the Psycho Pokemon let go of Fuyumi and gently dropped her to the ground.

"Greetings, Fuyumi. My name is Doctor Alfred Winterkornd or for short you can call me Doctor Winterkorn and this is my partner Beheeyem."

Alfred said as the pokemon waved at Fuyumi.

"Sorry for the sudden attack, but after an accident we become cautious. And as for picking up your starter."

Alfred said and held a piece of paper in front of him with names written on it, Fuyumi's name was crossed out and replaced with a person named Violet, next to it were Sabrina and Kage's names.

"The starter meeting was yesterday, young lady. Ergo, you missed your chance to get a starter."

Fuyumi waved her hand seeing the explanation of why she was suddenly attacked, before next looked both Alfred and Beheeyem with a nervous smile scratching her cheek.

Memories of yesterday flashed within Fuyumi’s mind, her dad somewhat deciding seeing she was gonna go on her adventure decided to educate his little girl…..by tying her up in her blanket while she was still asleep drag her out by car into the middle of the wood and leaving her there with a small backpack and food to walk back home which she did…..not without getting constantly attacked by angry pokemon who were attracted by the scent of her food.

Fuyumi then come snapped back out of her thoughts entering back into the moment with her looking towards Alfred, a bit nervous before deciding to speak.

“Well…… let's say my day wanted to do last minute training after all it is important to be prepared hehe.” Fuyumi laughed nervously trying to break the tension. “But well umm is there no other starter I could pick as of the moment?”

"Yeah, they don't exist and the instructor designation is over too, ergo I guess you'll have to wait for next year."

Said Alfred, a bit confused about the word "last training regime".

"But yes, I can give you your trainer badge if you have a Pokemon, because I am forbidden to give you a Pokemon except a starter."

Said the doctor, hoping not to upset her too much with the bad news and decided to bring up another topic.

"You heard it too. That old fool of a lord. He was finally sued for his crimes and illegal activities when his estate was stormed by the police. A good day to finally get rid of him."

Fuyumi's ears perked up upon hearing the older man speak her encroaching feeling of sadness at the fact she missed out on getting the chance to get a Pokemon was all but replaced by her curiosity when she heard him speak on the crazy mansion dude, but her focus more went on something else relating to the old fart.

“Umm yeah, but question do you know what came of the butler to the mansion owner?”

Fuyumi questioned out of curiosity it had been a while since she last met the older boy in question since their last encounter she had barely ever gotten to meet him again so she had slowly started to wonder what might have happened or whether or not they were okay seeing as their lord had now been sent to prison.

"The butler?"

Alfred asked as he pondered whether he remembered anything before his partner at his side nudged him.

"Ah! Thank you partner! Yes the butler is on the street as he is too old to be classified as an orphan. And to be honest, he just stood in a corner of the former mansion gates like a stature, as even people say, he stood for almost a whole day."

Once Fuyumi heard what the man had said, her eyes went wide in a bit of surprise at knowing the fate of the older boy.

Certainly enough the younger girl might have not known him well enough to truly care seeing that she had only ever interacted with him once when she was younger. Even then he left a somewhat interesting impression on her from the way he looked to how he treated her, it was kind of funny at the time, but now that she was older, whenever she looked back at his expression, she could help but feel as if he was lonely like he was yearning for someone to help him.

While she thought this, her worry grew a bit wondering if he was truly alright, if he wasn’t hurt while staying outside for so long. All these thoughts bombarded Fuyumi’s mind, only just helping to increase her worries over the guy before finally she had enough, so she looked over to the professor.

“Hey, Mr. Alfred would be alright if I step out for just a moment to take care of something real quick, then come back and pick up the badge if you don’t mind.”

Fuyumi asked quickly, trying her best to be polite and not try to annoy the doctor in front of her.

Alfred gave her a side glance, before shrugging his shoulders.

“Sure go ahead. Just make sure to knock on the door, before entering.....after all being a trainer is also a way to live and have a job.”

Alfred answered, waving her off, before continuing his research, while his pokemon joined him. But while not seen, he also prepared two devices, which **definitely** did not have anything to do with his research.

Fuyumi nodded to the professor's word happy to see he was understanding she ran out of the lab before hopping on her bike and peddling off to the old mansion with her concerned and hoping all was well for the old butler.

When Fyumi drove to the old mansion, she already saw some police officers around the mansion and inside. As they walked, they did not notice Fuyumi's presence as she could see the older picture of the butler herself.

Hayden was standing there against a wall looking completely lost and almost dead inside as he was about to answer some questions to an officer.

Fuyumi got off of her bike before quickly parking it and gazing off towards the scene in front of her with her eyes darting around until they finally landed upon what she was searching for.

Fuymi let out a sigh of relief upon spotting Hayden and seeing he didn’t look injured in any way from the events of what happened with her glad before looking up again to notice his expression wasn’t any different from the past….no his eyes felt more lifeless than they were before like the small glimmers of light that permeated bright were all but just snuffed out with Fuyumi what might have happened the years to cause this man look so so….done with life.

The more the young girl gazed towards the older butler, something in her heart just hurt abit a feeling a slight pain and anxiety washing over her with her unknown as to what this feeling was but the more she looked at the man, the more this feeling grew until she couldn’t help but walk over to him to see how he was truly feeling.

Hayden was so lost. After years of service to his now ex-lord, he was even more lost to the fate of humanity. When he remembered everything he had to do for him, he should be happy that he was finally free, but at the moment he felt nothing.

What was there to enjoy in the end? After all, his butler life was the only thing besides torture that had kept him alive so far. Now he had nothing, except the bag the policemen had given him, which was his. Some money, clothes, his cooking utensils, and a mysterious chest that he dared not open.

While he was distracting himself, he spotted Fuyumi approaching. It took him quite a while to finally notice the woman in front of him before he gave her a deadpan look and casually bowed.

"Greetings... Lady Fuyumi, right? How may I help you?"