Identity v. (my fanfiction)

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 2 - 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞

𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫,𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬.

𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐚, 𝐤𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐑𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 '𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬' 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬.

𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞.

𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞.

𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔...

"Eli?"

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥.𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤.

Naib: eh... Eli...what a strange name...

William: Hey hey hey! Not as strange as yours my dude!

Naib:WHAT? my name isnt weird-! its unique-

William: keep telling yourself that! I heard he is coming tomorrow! But im betting its a girl! The name sounds like a girl to me!

Naib: for once you make a good point pea brain.

William: OH WHAT NOW. I make good points often!

Naib: because of your 'good ideas' the teams you play with often lose.

William: oh my lo- LOOK THE PAST IS IN THE PAST! *pouts*

Naib: yea yea keep telling yourself that.

William: YOU STOLE MY LINE! HEEEY!

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞?
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝.

𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧. 𝐀 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐰𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

Eli: Hello everyone. My name is Eli Clark. But do call me eli. I hope i can be welcomed into this manor as a guest.

Emma: Welcome eli! Your no guest but a new member of this family! Hehehe!

Eli: Yea...Family..

Naib: he looks sad.. must been family or relationship problems i guess..

Eli: - he looks around and bows again before turning around to leave the room-

Emily: Your not hungry eli? Come, sit down and eat.

Eli: - he stops, looking like he is thinking before he turns around with a bright smile on his face- Thank you. I was afraid i was impolite when i barged in suddenly...

Emily: theres an extra seat beside naib! Go get your food and sit- ah nevermind. seems like someone has thought of you.

Eli was smiling brightly. Naib had a strange feeling of warmth when he sees the happy look on the seer's face.
But where had he felt it...?

Eli's face turned to naib and he moves beside the mercanary, sitting down and starting to eat the food in front of him.

every movement seems like its coming from a very elegant person...

Naib knew it was a male but couldnt help resisting staring as he ate.

Alas, everyone started to walk out of the dinning.

slowly, one by one, it became less crowded. Naib sighed from relief. He dislikes crowds.

it seems like the seer was about to leave as well when he stop in his tracks.

Eli: uhm... hello-?

Naib: what...

Eli: can you show me around the manor... im still very new so i dont know this manor very well.

Naib sighed once more and he stood up, and walked out of the dinning. Eli walked after him, resting a hand on naib's shoulder.

"i felt this before...but where..?

where...

who...

when...

did i met him before...?

but more importantly...

could it be him...?"