BXBX NOVEL Chapter 123: A Peaceful World
I grabbed the package she was handing over, and after giving it a quick glance, I took the booklet and pen in her hand and wrote \'Son of Abigaille Vanitas\' and signed my name underneath, which was the first official document I had signed under my family\'s name in this world that made me feel more like a resident in the foreign world.
And just as the girl was about to take the booklet from my hand, I gently held on to her hand since I had a doubt I wanted to ask, which made her jerk up, but she didn\'t really resist, as if she didn\'t mind that I was holding her hand, and made her look up at me shyly, like she was waiting to see what I was trying to do.
"About your skin..." I wanted to ask if people of her skin colour were common in this world, but I didn\'t know how to go about it without sounding like it was my first day in this world.
Luckily, the girl picked up what I was trying to ask and said, while showcasing her hand to me,
"My skin? You mean my variant skin colour? Is there something wrong with it?"
Judging by how she wasn\'t showing any drastic reaction to my question, it was obvious that her skin colour was somewhat common in this world, and there were probably more people like her out there that I hadn\'t met yet.
But the way I was admiring her skin colour, which I had never seen before, seemed to have brought a misconception to the girl\'s mind as she asked me in a dejected manner, as if she were sad that I didn\'t have the same opinion as her,
"...I-Is it that you don\'t like this skin colour of mine? Do you find it unpleasing to your eyes?"
"What? When did I say that?" I said to clear up her misconception of me being someone who judged someone based on their colour or whatever \'variants\' were. "I just thought that the blue of your skin, which looks like the clear sky, goes really well with your uniform and makes you pop out and stand out from the crowd."
The girl blushed and twirled her shoulders around even though she looked to be older than me by a few years and was basically rejoicing that she got complimented by a high schooler, which she probably doesn\'t know since I looked quite mature for my age.
"Especially with that little cap you have on your head." I said as I pointed at her brown cap that she was wearing, which she immediately grabbed when I mentioned it. "It looks especially cute on you and goes so well with your skin tone, almost as if you\'re a little water drop that wore a cap to work to block you from the sun that\'s making you evaporate."
The girl\'s face blanked out for a second, as if she didn\'t understand what I was saying, but once she realised that I was joking with her, she gave out a giggle while covering her mouth in a modest manner, which made me smile at the pleasing sight of a girl giving an innocent laugh.
I wanted to talk to the girl a little bit more and ask what these \'variants\' she mentioned were, but at the same time I was worried I would get sued for sexual harassment for talking to a girl while showcasing my equipment, so I decided to quickly end our talk.
"Well then, thank you for delivering my package, Miss Ella." I knew her name as it was written on the booklet given. "Have a great day and make sure you don\'t evaporate away while you work today." I said as I let go of her hand and said bye to the courier girl with a smile on my face.
The girl herself looked a little sad that I was ending our conversation so short, but she still smiled in the end when she heard me joke with her again and said goodbye as well.
"I\'ll make sure that I don\'t fly away in a cloud of steam, so don\'t you worry about it and have a great day as well, Mr Vanitas~"
Close~
I closed the door with a satisfied smile on my face after finding out that the inhabitants of this world were quite friendly and weren\'t much different from the people back in my original world. In fact, they actually seemed nicer, judging by the positive and bubbly vibe that girl had around her.
And not only were the residents of this world much better than the ones back at home, but the atmosphere and environment of the world itself seemed much better than the one I was in previously.
I haven\'t really explored this world yet, but judging by what I saw now when I looked at the neighbouring houses and the scene I saw when I went out to look at the surroundings from my balcony last night, that\'s what it looked like.
From what I observed in the vicinity of my house, I was in some middle-sized town that was away from the busy city and was situated in what seemed to be an agricultural settlement, judging by the green rice fields I saw in the far distance.
And not only were their agricultural fields away in the distance from the residential area and the town, there were also green mountains, small hills, forests, etc, which made it seem like they had built this town on top of what was a village or rural area in the past, or probably a village that had developed into a prospering town.
The view from the top of my house showed that the town, which was away from the residential area, was hustling and bustling, judging by how bright its lights shined in the night. And it showed that it was the same as any modern town with a relatively dense population, the only difference being that it was surrounded by agricultural land and nature and was far away from the usual concrete landscape.
That was also why the air I breathed in felt so fresh and cool, and how I could clearly see the starry night, which I would never be able to see in a pollution-ridden city that was covered in smog and the exhaust from vehicles.
The residential area I was in also seemed quite clean and neat, resembling a tight-knit neighbourhood you would see in Japan, only that there were more western-style houses with a more compact design and small yards in the front.
My house was actually an exception to what I said, as it looked to be the biggest house in the neighborhood. And it looked to be a recently built house that looked quite modern and elegant, which showed that my family seemed to be quite well off in this world, or at least belonged to the higher bracket of the middle class.
Speaking of a higher bracket, why haven\'t the highest existences of all that existed, the Gods, still not sent me my request completion message that they would normally send after successfully finishing a request? Don\'t tell me that I somehow actually failed my request and am going to be turned into manure any second now.
Ding~
And just when I was wondering which world\'s soil I would be dumped in if I were to really be turned into compost, I received the completion message from the Gods, which made me heave a sigh of relief knowing that I wasn\'t going to be having worms eating me up and pooping me right out yet, like the compost I was supposed to be.