For the first time in 13 years, Emma celebrated her birthday. She felt very grateful to Haoran because the young man was very kind to her. He did not only remember Emma"s birthday but also gave her a thoughtful gift in the form of her parents" portrait. With the picture, they would be able to find Emma"s parents more easily."Thank you, Haoran. I will always remember this day," Emma said when their dinner ended.
Haoran only nodded and smiled, "This is nothing. I"m glad you liked it."
They then walked hand in hand down from the Eiffel Tower after dinner. It was already 9:30 PM, but the sky was still bright, and the sun slowly began to set in the west.
"The weather is beautiful today," Horan said, looking up at the sky. "Do you want to walk back to the hotel?"
The girl just shrugged.
"It"s okay, why not. But, I won"t hold your hand ..." Emma said, breaking free from Haoran"s grasp. "What if someone sees us?"
Haoran could only sigh and shook his head. "Emma, is it that embarra.s.sing to be seen walking with me? A Cla.s.s A student walking around with a Cla.s.s F student?"
"That is not what I mean." Emma hurriedly shook her head. "Maybe you don"t know this, but a cla.s.smate of mine likes you a lot. If word gets out that you and I have a close relations.h.i.+p, Mary will be upset with me."
"Why do you think of other people"s opinions? I thought you were not such a girl. From the first time I saw you, I thought you were a girl who does not care about people"s opinions. Why did you change now?" Haoran asked, staring intensely at Emma.
Emma was silent at his words. It"s true that Emma used to be alone and didn"t want to make friends. But over the past few months, Nadya and Mary had treated her very well, and they accepted Emma as part of them.
Because of them, Emma now felt accepted in her cla.s.s. For dozens of years, she had lived alone, without relying on anyone. Only recently did she finally have some friends. She liked having them since they were kind to her.
"If Mary and Nadya don"t want to be friends with you anymore, there"s still me, there"s still Dinh, David, Eric, and Alex," Horan said, shrugging.
Emma looked at him with disappointed eyes. "I don"t have many friends, Haoran. Why do you have to make me choose?"
After saying that, Emma then walked away from Haoran with long steps. The young man immediately realized his mistake and chased Emma.
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"Hey ... hey, I"m sorry. I just feel bad because you have to hide the friends.h.i.+p between us. But if that"s what you want, fine, I"ll accept it." The young man smiled and walked alongside Emma with his hands in his pockets.
As someone older than Emma, Haoran knew he should be the one who acted more maturely. He realized that for a lonely girl like Emma, who didn"t have many friends, the feeling of losing a friend would really affect her. Haoran never cared about such things because he had four close friends from childhood. Whatever happened to him, he would always have the fantastic four.
They then walked side by side across the River Seine to their hotel while chatting about the things they experienced in Paris so far.
"By the way, did you know what really happened last night?" Haoran asked suddenly.
Emma shook her head. "No, I told you I was sleepwalking. I forgot about a lot of things and can"t remember what actually happened. Didn"t you say there were rumors about terrorist attacks?"
"Yes, but that rumor is not true. So, yesterday there was damage in the large power station that supplies electricity to the city of Paris and its surroundings. This is very strange because the power relay station was struck by lightning, so everything was damaged. Something like this has never happened before. Moreover, the weather last night was fine, you know. It was not cloudy, nor it was raining," Haoran added. "This then led to various conspiracy theories that there were certain parties who deliberately damaged the power station."
"There are certain parties who deliberately damaged the power station? You mean, some people can control lightning and then deliberately struck lightning to the power station to damage it?" Emma just laughed at her own words. "Very funny..."
"No ... that"s not what I mean. They lied about the lightning strike. How could there be a lightning strike while the weather was fine yesterday? There was no rain, and it was not even windy. So I thought there was actually a terrorist attack or maybe there were some bad guys which damaged the power station. Still, the government deliberately covered it up, so that the people won"t get panicked. The damage was quite severe, you know. They needed a long time to fix it, more than six hours."
Emma immediately remembered when she woke up in the Eiffel Tower and realized that her surroundings were engulfed in complete darkness because of the blackout. In her heart, she realized that the incident was the result of her actions, even though she was not sure what exactly had happened.
Now when she heard that lightning had struck the power station, Emma immediately became convinced that she could indeed control lightning. Subconsciously she turned to her right hand and saw some glittering spots on her palm, which were followed by a slight tingling sensation.
"Wait a minute," Horan said suddenly. He then knelt and tied his shoelaces that were slightly detached.
Seeing Haoran busy with his shoes, the curious Emma immediately raised her right hand above her head. All of her thoughts were focused on creating lightning. She must try her power to know that she could indeed control lightning.
Suddenly a bolt of lightning flashed over them, and one second later, there was a roaring thunder!
Haoran, who had just finished tying his shoelaces and was about to rise, almost fell in shock.
"Jeez, Emma ... Did you see that? The lightning is weird ... The weather is so sunny now, why is there suddenly lightning and thunder?" exclaimed Haoran, standing up and watching the sky in surprise.
Emma, who was just as shocked as Haoran hurriedly put her hand back in her bag. Somehow something inside her had thought that she could control lightning. She was instinctively driven to try her abilities when Haoran was distracted by his shoelaces.
As soon as lightning struck for the second time, suddenly a glimpse of memories appeared before Emma.
Arreya Stardust was raising both hands and exerting all her mind to bring rain. Kaos.h.i.+n Stardust, who was standing behind her carrying Little Emma seemed to smile faintly at his wife"s efforts.
"You see, Emma ... this arid region will soon get rain after years of drought and famine," the man whispered into Little Emma"s ear. "After your mother finishes her work, I will reward the inhabitants of this area with a variety of food crops that will give them enough food."
Little Emma smiled and nodded. She rubbed her father"s head lovingly. Five minutes later, finally, the lightning arrived. Then, a group of dark and thick clouds suddenly marched and gathered above their heads.
Very heavy rain then fell and soaked the land in West Africa, which had been experiencing drought for four years. Arreya turned to her husband with a satisfied smile.
"Now it"s your turn, General Stardust," the woman said in her melodious voice.
Kaos.h.i.+n Stardust raised his hand, and suddenly, some taro plants with big leaves grew from the ground and immediately gave them protection from the rain.
The man handed little Emma to Arreya, then stood under the rain and raised his hands in a solemn gesture. His eyes closed as he focused his mind on bringing plants to this desert land. When he opened his eyes, his right hand scattered the seeds dozens of kilometers away.
Slowly, various plants begin to grow around them. Emma was mesmerized by what was happening. Not even two hours later, the desert area that they had stepped on had become a green valley filled with plants.
"Emma ... are you all right?" Haoran"s voice interrupted Emma"s thoughts. "Are you shocked by the sound of thunder?"
It took a few seconds for Emma to become aware of her surroundings.
She almost shed tears because just now, she could see her parents again in a flash of memory. She now knew that her mother could control lightning and her father could control plants. And she is now convinced that she inherited her mother"s abilities. The key to her ident.i.ty must lie with their ident.i.ties too. Was there anyone else like them in this world?
She remembered that when she flew for the first time, she got a flash of memory about her mother flying, and today when she used her power to create lightning, she got a flash of memory about her parents using their power too.
Did this mean ... every time she used her powers, she would be able to get more memories about them? That must be the case!
Emma couldn"t wait to get back to the hotel and secretly try to use her powers again. She really wanted to see his parents..
"I"m fine ... Just a little surprised. We should immediately return to the hotel." She then pulled Haoran"s hand to walk faster.
The young man did not protest at all. Because this time it was Emma who held his hand. Who was he to say no?
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Electromancer = Someone who can control electricity (including lightning)
Herbomancer = Someone who can control plants