Eating Paper
1038 Words
After Xavier and Golu went in, they pulled the chairs, then they sat on these chairs while facing each other.
" Brother, did you do it? " Golu asked while observing Xavier.
" What do you mean?" Henry asked as he did not know what Golu was talking about.
" Brother, don't you know?" Golu asked while carrying an expression of disbelief on his face.
" If I had known, Why would I ask you? " looking at Golu, Xavier replied.
" Brother, rumours were floating in the entire Gurukul that you massacred more than forty people at the outskirts of the Gurukul, people are buying it as dead bodies were lying down at that place yesterday, even higher-ups came to know about it ".
" I know, you did not do it, but still our reputation is dropping further down by this incident, the outside world treats us as cruel and inhuman monsters ". Golu explained.
" Let them be, we don't need to prove our innocence" Xavier replied, at the same time he realized something, that is Dr Violet helped him to avoid immensely backlash from the people. Xavier felt grateful to her, he decided to thank her later internally.
" ok, brother" After Golu heard Xavier, he nodded without any hesitation.
" What happened with the girl? Is she recovered? " Xavier asked.
Golu expected this question, so he did not feel any surprise at all upon hearing it.
" Yes, she woke up and doing well " Golu replied without much thought.
" Well, now since you are back, finally we can prepare," Xavier said.
" Brother, what should we prepare for? " Golu asked.
" Did you forget about Faiza? " Xavier asked with doubt in his mind.
" Oh..her, isn't sister-in-law taken by Fiona? Isn't she recovered yet? " Golu questioned when he heard Faiza.
Then Xavier remembered that he never revealed anything about Faiza to anyone since Molu did not ask him, he never talked about her condition.
Guilt is something, everyday Xavier somehow recalls Faiza, and feel sorry towards her.
The feeling of guilt was driving him to train harder and harder every day, but he knew he was still an ant.
At that moment, he realized that he needs a plan, a big plan to steal the lotus under the eyes of big shots, as he got some followers under him, he should reveal his intention to the people around him.
So, he cleared his thoughts and decided to tell them.
" She is not recovered, her condition is quite complex, I will explain to you when everyone comes back," Xavier said.
Golu looked at his cousin and saw the sadness in the eyes of Xavier, out of habit he clenched his fist and cursed "damn! Minotaur "
As Xavier was thinking, somehow his thoughts went on the words that were stated by Hira today.
Especially, the name 'Henry' was buzzing in his mind, then he recalled the book he found every morning on his chest.
Is there a correlation between the two or they were just a coincidence, no it can not be coincident, I must confirm it.
Suddenly Xavier stood up.
" What happened? " Golu asked as Xavier's reaction was way too sudden, it startled Golu.
" wait here, I will be back right away" Xavier rushed out without bothering to give a proper explanation.
Xavier hurried through the streets towards the Gurukul, and on the way, many were staring at him, he did not bother with them.
In no time, he arrived at Dr Qin's place, she was currently checking on a patient.
" Miss Violet, where is the book I left in the morning? " Xavier asked.
From the looks of Xavier, Violet did not know what got into him to so hurry, he was sweating heavily.
" Which book? I did not see any" Violet replied.
" Are you sure? It looks like Iron scrap with words Henry's Bible carved onto it" Xavier asked.
" Yes, I am, I did not see any such a book " Violet replied with full confidence in herself.
" Maybe Mercia knows" After thinking for a minute, Violet said.
" wait! Where is she? " Xavier asked in the next split of a second.
Hearing the urgency of Xavier, Violet wondered what's so special about the book, but she knew it was not the time to ask him about it.
Without delaying further, she pointed her hand at a woman a bit far away.
With the help of Violet, Xavier recognized Mercia, she was taking care of another patient.
Xavier approached her within a few breaths, after seeing the unusual Xavier, Mercia opened her mouth with a slight shock and said: " What's wrong? why are you drenched in sweat? ".
" Where is it? where is the book? " Xavier asked while breathing heavily.
" Which book?" Mercia asked.
"The one which looked like Iron scrap" Xavier indicated.
" Oh..that one, wait for a minute" After asking Xavier to wait, Mercia walked away.
Then she came back within a few minutes while holding a rectangular Iron scrap in her hands.
" This book called Henry's Bible, it's surprising to me that there such a book of sinner exist," Mercia said.
" Well, it's mine, can I take it back " Xa
vier interrupted the conversation.
" Of course " Mercia handed the book to Xavier.
Then Xavier went to Dr Violet to thank her, however, when he walked back to the place
where she was a few moments ago, he could not find her.
He did not want to wait much longer, so he left the place, left the Gurukul, but he did not go back to his home, instead, he left the Gurukul and climbed the mountain which was not much far away from Gurukul.
He searched for a secluded place where no one was present, after finding a suitable place, he sat down on to the ground and
opened the book.
He saw the familiar words when he opened it, they were " Eat this page to unlock the Bible".
Xavier hesitated for a second before tearing the page out and gulping it down.
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