12 Stutter Conversation...
Rito falls on the lake, with a splash sound he went deep in the water..
After steadying himself, He swim up right away.. When he came out of the water.
He saw a girl with a look of shocked on her face and was pointing at him..
He didn't linger his eye longer than he needed to be and looked away immediately.
He said to the girl.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! Don't go to conclusions right away.. I can explain!".
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Burnham Lake..
This is one of the famous lake in Crossroad City because of its beauty..
This is also one of the hot spots Female Mages go to...
The lake had a crystal clear water and say that when you bathed here, It will not only be beneficial for your skin, It also has a mana tempering effect to improve your control on your mana, so many Females go here to try and take a bath.. Some even say that they look younger than before after taking a bath on the lake..
This is also tightly guarded because not only many females takes a bath here.. This is also a property of Crimson Mage Academy.. One of the top schools in this City.. They are guarding the lake not only because their female students use this to temper themselves but because It is also outside in wilderness...
Although many lakes are scattered around the world, Not many lakes are like this.
Whoever discover it will be the one responsible for guarding it, So if you discovered one and have insufficient strength to protect it, It will just cost it your life.. Before, many people tried to take over this lake but after the Crimson Mage Academy takes over the ownership, It become one of their most important places to protect to.. Because it was extremely beneficial for the growth of their students..
When people who wanted to occupy the lake heard it.. They didn't dare to do anything here and leave right away..
They don't want to offend someone as big as the Crimson Mage Academy because if they issue a Blacklist on them.. They will surely die.
The Crimson Mage Academy occupied one more lake like this called Safari Lake and It's for their Male Mages.. and It's on the other side of the city..
Usually the female mages come here in the afternoon because they have classes to attend to..
Only a few will come here in the morning..
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On this day, A girl was walking beside the lake..
She was wearing a blue white robe. Her hair was tied behind her back as her clear and charming eyes gazed on the lake. Her cheeks, appearing still somewhat childish, were brimming with youth and life.
She was a beautiful girl..
Her name is Lele..
She was a shy girl and can't have a normal conversation..
She always stutter every time she tried to talk to strangers..
But she was trying her best to overcome it..
She came to this lake this morning because she was shy to take a bath with others..
She was not used to it.. so she always come here in the morning to temper her mana...
She looked around for a bit and when she was sure no one's around, She took off her clothes and put it inside her magic ring and jump in the water right away...
She swim for a bit before she tried to temper her mana...
She was concentrating in the middle of the lake when a sudden splash of water distracted her..
She opened her eyes to see what happened..
When she saw what came out of the water, She was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth..
What she saw was a young man wearing a red robe..
She pointed at the man but before she can even say anything..
The young man wearing a red robe suddenly shouted.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! Don't go to conclusions right away.. I can explain!".
Even though she heard what the man said, She couldn't calm down for a long time..
She was still pointing at him when she remembered she was naked..
She can't help but blush and said to the young man wearing a red robe..
"P-P-Pervert! Y-Y-You!".
That's all she can think of at the moment.
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On the other side..
Rito after hearing what the girl said can't help but feel guilty..
He was still looking away when he said.
"Please calm down, I will get out of the water first and wait for you put on some clothes and I will explain my situation.. I hope you will listen to me..".
He swim away and arrived beside the lake, Not even waiting for the girl to answer him..
When Lele heard what the young man said, She tried to calm down..
She realized this is the Burnham Lake, with how tight the security here..
She began to wonder how the young man arrive at the lake..
The security perimeter here is almost 5 kilometers before you arrived at the lake..
Only after thinking about this, She calmed down..
She swim towards where the young man went and get out of water cautiously..
After getting out, She cast a magic to dry herself up and put on some clothes.
She looked at the young man with her face blushed and walked towards him..
Rito heard footsteps walking towards him, He opened his mouth and said..
"Did you calm down now?, Can i turn around and explain my situation to you?".
Hearing what the young man said, Lele began to feel nervous..
She was not used talking to strangers..
So she only let out a faint voice saying..
"E-Eh?".
Rito thought that he got the permission, He turned around and looked closely at the young girl in front of him..
When he saw the girl, He was in a dazed for a bit before regaining his senses.
He began to feel nervous because this is the first time he saw a beautiful girl like her in his life..
When he thought about it having a conversation with her..
His heart started beating fast...
This was the first human that he will have a conversation with...
He don't know where to start..
They were just staring at each other, feeling awkward.
Sensing the awkwardness, Rito broke the silence.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it.. I only just got here using a portal so I dont know where am I going to.. when I came out of the portal, I was falling from the sky and can't do nothing but fall on the lake, I didn't know you were taking a bath there, please forgive me.." Rito said hurriedly.
Rito was so nervous that he didn't noticed he was talking fast..
Lele on the other hand, Heard the man break the awkwardness, She couldn't help but be surprise for a bit and became nervous again..
She heard the man saying something but she can't understand any of it because of her shyness and not used talking to stranger...
She just stood there in dazed for a while before saying.
"E-Eh?".
Rito hearing her reply can't help but looked at her..
He saw that she was confused and realized that he spoke too fast..
He said apologetically.
"I'm sorry, I spoke too fast....".
Rito felt awkward because this was his first time having a conversation with a girl for almost four years after being shut-in..
He slowly repeated what he said earlier..
Lele heard the man spoke again..
She started to feel more nervous than before..
She couldn't pay attention to the man because of what happened earlier,
On top of that, She was not used talking to strangers.. So she was just in a dazed.
After the man finished speaking..
She saw the young man looked at him..
She woke up on her dazed and let out an "Eh?".
She regained her senses and for the second time, She didn't heard what the young man said..
Rito after finished speaking slowly...
Looked at the girl again..
When he met the gaze of the girl..
The girl let out an "Eh?" for the second time..
He started to frown and tried to understand the situation...
This was his first time talking to a human after coming to this world..
The only one he had a conversations with was the Piglet who put him in this situation..
"Maybe things are different here.." Rito said to himself.
He thought maybe the humans here use other language..
He began to have headache..
He don't know what to do in this kind of situation...
But just then, He saw the girl opened her mouth...
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Lele saw the man frowning..
She couldn't help but feel embarrassed..
She missed what the man said for the second time..
She mustered up her courage and stuttered.
"I-I d-d-dont u-understand w-w-what y-you a-are s-s-saying".
After finishing what she said, She can't help but blushed...
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When Rito heard the girl talked, He sighed in relief..
He can understand the language humans used in this world..
He asked the girl.
"You don't understand?".
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Lele, after mustering up all her courage heard the man talked again.
She couldn't help but let out an "Eh?" again.
After letting that out, She lowered her head in embarrassment..
She still can't have a conversation with a stranger...
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Rito heard the girl let out an "Eh?".
He was shocked..
He tried to understand what was wrong...
He looked at the girl who lowered her head and was trying to understand her..
When a sudden realization hit him..
He thought to himself. "Well, Let's just try this. I won't lose anything anyway".
Rito opened his mouth and said.
"Y-You d-d-dont u-understand m-me?".
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Lele, who lowered her head heard the man saying something..
She calmed herself down and looked at the man in front of him..
Even though she was nervous, She still answered the man.
"N-no I d-do...".
Hearing the girl replied to her, Rito finally sighed in relief..
He repeated what he wanted to say earlier but this time he repeated it while stuttering...
He was afraid that the girl won't understand..
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Lele was now focused..
She was embarrassed earlier because she didn't pay attention to the man before..
So now, She listened to what he wanted to say, Even though she's nervous and confused..
Nervous because she was still talking to a stranger..
Confused because earlier, The young man was speaking properly but now, He was stuttering..
She tried to understand him and thought to herself..
"He probably got embarrassed because I was not replying to him earlier.. So he began to feel nervous too".
She thought the man became nervous because she was not answering him..
After the man was finished. She finally understood what the man was trying to say..
She looked at the man while blushing. "I-It's F-Fine I u-understand y-you d-d-don't m-mean any h-harm".
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Hearing the girl, Rito sighed in relief for solving the misunderstanding..
He asked her..
"W-where a-am I ?".
Lele answered. "B-b-burnham Lake".
After she said that, She got a shocked and realize a problem..
If anyone saw her here with a stranger, Especially a man, She will get punished..
So she quickly said to the young man while panicking.
"Q-quickly go a-away! , T-t-this is a t-t-tightly s-secure place I-I'm gonna b-be in t-t-trouble if t-they saw me w-with you!"
Even though she tried not to stutter, With her nervousness taking over, She can't do anything about it..
Rito saw the girl panicking and understand the situation..
He don't want to burden the girl and make things hard for her by asking her many questions..
Plus this was his first conversation with a girl after four years..
His social phobia took over him so he agreed with her and quickly said..
"O-ok I u-u-understand t-thank you f-for listening t-to me, B-b-bye".
Before the girl even replied Rito vanished into thin air..
Lele was shocked when the young man disappeared into thin air..
She was dazed for a long time before finally regaining her senses..
She asked herself. "Who is he anyway?".
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Rito, after vanishing in front of the girl rushed towards the forest..
He was running so fast that the leaves fall on the trees because of the wind he was creating..
In front of him, He saw a fence and just jumped on it and started running again...
After running for a while, He finally saw a wall and thought.
"Finally! I'm finally in the city.."
He knew that the piglet sent him near the city..
Even though he try to make things difficult for him..
He still stay true to his words and teleport him in a human city..
Rito slowed down when he saw the entrance..
He don't want to attract unwanted attention...
He still had a social phobia so he wants to avoid as many people as possible..
After entering the city, He didn't explore it..
He just wanna find an Inn first and rest..
" I'm still having a hard time speaking the language here.. I will rest first and try to practice speaking and do the touring later". Rito thought to himself.
After walking for a bit, He finally saw a house that said Inn on it..
The piglet gave him a money after begging before leaving..
It's not much but enough for him to rent a room..
After entering the Inn..
He walked towards the counter..
He saw a middle age man, with a long beard looking at him..
He was the owner.
When he was in front of the owner of the inn..
He felt a bit embarrassed so he move his left hand and scratched the back of his head.
This was the second human he will have a conversation with..
He looked at the owner of the Inn and said..
"C-c-can I r-rent a r-room f-for one d-day p-please".
When the owner heard the young man in front of him, He frowned but he kept silent..
He just stared at the young man..
Rito on the other hand, Saw the owner of the inn frowned..
He thought to himself.
"Looks like I need more practice".
He continued talking...
"I-i-i a-a-am j-j-just n-n-new h-h-here i-in t-the c-c-c-city s-s-so....."
Before Rito even finished what he was going to say..
He suddenly heard the Owner of the Inn spoke angrily..
"WHAT THE FUCK YOU STUTTERING FOR KID, CAN YOU SPEAK PROPERLY OR ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME?".
