Chapter 10

The minute he said that, I couldn't help myself but blurt out everything at one go, so fast that Frau had to make me pause and breathe. Both of us took our seats on his leather brown three-seater sofa, with glasses of apple juice on the coffee table.


I watched as my toes curled up in the furry white carpet on the floor, "so yea. That's basically what happened."


Frau draped an arm over the back of the sofa. We both sat in silence like this for the next two minutes, listening to the whirl of the fan above us. I was getting a little impatient, was I supposed to continue or what?


"Soooooooooo, what did you come here for?" he finally spoke up, raising his brow at me. This piece of cra-


I composed myself, biting my lower lip and putting on a fake smile, "I cam-"


"Dont do that, lord above! You look freaking creepy with that fake smile," Frau frowned at me.


I averted my glare to him, if looks could kill he'ld be dead since long ago. "I came here to let you know in case you can figure something out."


"You have about 1 hour to your dinner back at Barsburg. Ayanami's gonna increase your life sentence if he finds out you're not where you're supposed to be."


"That's not the important thing, Frau!" I waved him off, "How am I supposed to deal with this whole issue? In a short period of time, I discovered I have a brother and a family I didnt know I had, and then also realised Ayanami is not Veloren reincarnated. Also realised Veloren had a frickin SEX CHANGE and that's supposed to be me! How in the world, am I supposed to continue to live normally?"


Frau looked taken aback by my outburst, his arm was hanging slack over the sofa and his mouth slightly gaping. I wasn't mad, thats for sure. I was more frustrated and stressed that I didnt know what was happening.


"I havent even told Ayanami about this, what am I to do? He's just going to lock me up even more..." I whined.


Frau regained his composure and sat upright, adjusting himself and then he looked dead straight into my eyes, which kind of surprised me.


"First of all, I dont even know why you let yourself get locked in by him. You are a person and you have rights to do whatever the hell you want, so I think you should make that clear to him. Second of all, I think you should let him know, he was Veloren reincarnated after all...for awhile but he might have some information that you dont," Frau paused to make sure I was listening, "And, I think its pretty great you have a family, Lae. And I doubt your um, brother has any harmful intentions towards you, so chill."


At his last sentence, he scooted nearer to me on the sofa and gave me a hard pat on the back, making me cough in response. He muttered an apology and I waved it off.


"Thanks, Frau. You think I should tell him tonight? I was actually planning to get drunk," I confessed, laughing it off.


He raised his eyebrows in shock, "You? Selaena? Get drunk? Shit, that is one hell of a sight to see. I need to see that."

"You will see nothing. But seriously, should I?"


"How are you supposed to tell him when you're gonna get drunk as hell?"


"I don't know! Maybe I'll blurt it out halfway through my drunkness."


Frau gave me a questioning look, before wagging his finger at me, "That, is the worst way to do something, Lae. Not like that."


I held my hands up in defence, "Okay okay I got it. I'll tell him before I get wasted. And I should go."


I stood up to leave, ready to conjure another portal straight back to my room so that Ayanami wouldn't catch me sneaking around places I shouldnt be.


"Where's the party at though? I really wanna see you get wasted," Frau teased, running his hand through his odd hair.


"Party's in my room and you, are not invited," I said and laughed before jumping into the teleportation portal.

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