NOVEL WEB The Calm Before the Storm Part 2
Jonathan smiles as he sees Julian happily running to get ready. After everyone gets ready, the four of them leave. Joana chooses clothes with Jenny, while Jonathan watches Julian shop for his materials.
Jonathan: By the way, this pencil case, son, what shape is it? {holds up a pencil case in Julian's direction}
Julian: Uh... Rectangular?
Jonathan: Yeah... But it has another name, which is parallelepiped
Julian: What's that?! What a complicated name for a simple... Rectangle! How do you say that?
Jonathan: Come on... Try saying parallelepiped {Jonathan spells it out}
Julian: Ah... Uh... Para... Paralelo... Parara... Palero...
Jonathan: Are you really trying?
Julian: Of course I am! I'm only 8 years old! How do you expect me to be able to say that!
In the throne room, 2 days before the previous scene...
A metallic being, an android, walks down the red carpet, while the king is on his knees, subdued and trembling with fear, sweat dripping from his forehead frantically, he had been subdued by Jack.
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Metal Hirotome is 2 months old, 3.20 tall.
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Jack He is 1 month old, 1.85 tall.
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Alexander is 40 years old, 1.78 tall.
MH: You are so pathetic {he says in a serious tone, while standing in front of the King}
Jack brings one of the two blades of his sword closer to Alexander's neck, without saying anything and with an apathetic expression
Alexander: What do you want?
MH: The death of a single family, the family of the strongest man in the world, besides himself
Alexander: Why them?!
MS: Do you think you have the right to ask?
Alexander: tsk!... No...
MS: Great... Well, you'll send one of your guards who is at least linked to Jonathan in some way and send a message of an audience to him, when he's here, you'll distract him as much as you can, my subordinate will take care of eliminating him
Alexander: But... But... Jonathan is too strong, there's no way anyone other than himself can defeat him
MH: Don't question this, I know what I'm doing
Alexander: I understand...
MH: If you don't do it, you'll die, by the way, if he escapes the attack here at the castle, you'll send a statement of treason on Jonathan's part, you'll consider him a world danger that must be eliminated
Alexander: Can't you really tell me why?
MH: No way, now... Get moving
MH leaves the room with Jack following him. Jack walks calmly, while MS remains with a serious expression. He leaves the castle, jumping between the houses.
MH: You, go to your training place, get as strong as you can to face him.
Jack nods in agreement, while he deviates and goes in another direction. MH stops in front of the walls that delimit the limits of the kingdom. He leaves the kingdom and walks across a plain. The moonlight invades the place with a deafening silence. MS clicks a button on his forearm and a straight hatch opens in the ground on the plain. He enters and goes down in a futuristic elevator. From the other point of view, Jack arrives, on the other side, from the wall and heads towards the dense forest. In the middle, he begins to face several creatures there, annihilating complete hordes of very strong creatures. Jack stops attacking, he takes a deep breath, then raises his hand, looking at it, closing and opening it, until he shows a slight tremor, but returns to his frantic rhythm of attacks soon after.
Back to the familiar scene...
Jonathan: come on! They're just letters in a specific order!
Julian: don't force me to do this!
Jonathan: come on, try to say it again, listen carefully, PARALELEPIPEDO!
Julian: stop... Stop... Lala
Jonathan: lala?!
Julian: parrot?
Jonathan: ah?! Are you kidding me? {Light laughter}
Julian: very naive {laughs happily}
Jonathan: I was lubricated by a child... Anyway, did you finish buying everything?
Julian: there are only five things in this basket and you still ask if I bought everything?
Jonathan: huh... Would you be a minimalist?
Julian: Oh my... It would be an excuse, anyway, let's move on
Jonathan follows Julian while he chooses the materials he wants. On the other side, Joana was being targeted by several of the clothing sets that Jenny was choosing for her.
Jenny: You're so cute in any outfit, Joana, there's no way... You look so cute in everything!
Joana walks around, showing off and loving the compliments.
Later, at the family home...
Joana helps Jenny prepare dinner, while Jonathan is playing Ping-pong with Julian, until an owl arrives at their door and knocks its beak on the door. Jonathan answers and takes the message that was with the owl, Julian was behind him.
Julian: What's in the letter? {Stands on tiptoe to read}
Jonathan: It's a letter from Matheus, it seems like he's coming to visit us tomorrow, he's in a hurry, huh?
Julian: Really? So tomorrow? Will I be able to go to the Disorder Forest?!
Jonathan: Calm down, son, that's not how things happen, it'll be the next day, he's saying here that he'll stay here for two days, because he hasn't visited us for a long time and wants to talk a little.
Julian: I get it, but okay! He could stay until my birthday party, right?
Jonathan: Well, he would have to stay here for three days, maybe if you ask, you can convince him
Julian: Then I will humiliate him in a fight
Jonathan: {laughs casually} I get it, you really want to become stronger than him, huh
Julian: Of course! My dream
Jonathan: {goes back to reading the letter and laughs at something he reads} he's already asking me to tidy his room, what a lazy guy
Julian: {laughs along}
Jonathan and Julian come in and Julian tells Joana and Jenny about the letter and its contents, while Jonathan thinks about the future dinner.
Jonathan: That smell is unusual, huh? New recipe?
Jenny: That's it! I decided to try new things, is it good?
Jonathan: Judging by the smell, it has great potential! Julian and I will be waiting
Jonathan and Julian return to the game room and continue their game of Ping-Pong, until Jenny and Joana finish dinner and Joana comes into the room and calls the two of them, everyone sits at the table and Joana starts an argument.
Joana: By the way, Mrs. Julian, your preference for juices is very varied, do you have a favorite juice?
Julian: Uh... Not exactly, I like any juice, except... Let me think... Uh... Kiwi juice, that's it! I don't like that juice
Joana: Between orange and lemon juice, which do you prefer?! {Points her finger at Julian, saying in a challenging tone}
Julian: Orange juice! It's better!
Joana: Orange or strawberry juice?
Julian: uh... Uh... Orange juice!
Joana: Orange juice or sugar cane?
Jenny: By the way, we really have to go and prepare Matheus's lodging
Jonathan: Nah, let him do it himself, he's already giving us the trouble of staying here and he still wants this? {says with irony}
Joana: I agree! He's been a bit lazy on his last visits!
Jenny: What's up, people! Talking bad about your friend behind his back? {also says with irony}
Joana: By the way, I'm new here, how long has Matheus been a friend of the family?
Jonathan: new wouldn't be the word, you've been here for two years
Joana: consider that I don't have much experience with you
Jonathan: my relationship with Matheus began when we were rising soldiers, we got along well and became friends naturally, we passed the graduation test for warriors and from then on, we were great highlights, even though I did better, besides, you remember the day we found you, don't you?
Joana: uh... Yes, I remember, it was two years ago
Jonathan: yes, Matheus and I were sent by the planetary states to combat a possible formation of a criminal organization that could become extremely problematic for the universe, I think they're called... Pacis Gladiator
Joana: besides that! You never told me why they massacred almost my entire planet!
Jonathan: you're very young, so you probably don't know much about your planet, there was where an artifact was trapped and contained by the local authorities, this artifact is actually a piece of another artifact, in total, there are five pieces that form the Apocalypse artifact
Joana: wait! But if they wanted this artifact, why kidnap my village?! Jonathan, the artifact has a barrier formed by the lives of those who live on the planet. If they killed a considerable number of you, they would weaken the barrier to the point where they could destroy it.
Joana: I see...
Jonathan: Their leader managed to escape, so unfortunately they are still a problem. I'm worried that he looked young.
Julian: Leave it to me, Joana! I'll annihilate these evildoers when I get strong enough.
Joana: No need to be so heroic, Mr. Julian. I don't hold a grudge. I was very young when all this happened.
Jenny: My little son assuming his heroic posture in front of a lady is so beautiful!
Jonathan: He's already showing his flirtatious side, huh?
After the conversation, everyone finishes their meals and goes to sleep. The next day, Matheus finally arrives, where everything is ready for his visit.