SWNOVELXO Chapter 1140: Many Guests
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When I invited my friends here I didn't think it would become a big thing, at best it would be a small dinner with some drinks… However, things ended escalating to something a bit livelier than I had hoped.
Though, everything started nicely at the beginning. The first one to have arrived was Hermes, who brought some drinks himself, I had expected him to come twenty minutes earlier than the estimated hour, yeah, he's that type of person.
"Hello Blake, thank you for inviting me to your new house… It sure is luxurious," he said, readjusting his glasses. "Ah! Are those the latest model furniture? Oh yeah, they're floating. Amazing! May I take a few pictures?"
"Hm? S-Sure…"
Hermes had run to the end of the room and started taking pictures of the furniture, well, it was mostly plastic and metal things that floated on place.
Some had plants on them, others were just strange zigzagging decorations, sometimes on geometric shapes, I suppose this is the aesthetic of this humanity.
"Hey, isn't he a bit of a weirdo? Why is he obsessed with furniture?" wondered Eleanora, squinting her eyes.
"Well, what's wrong with liking that?" I said. "Hermes wait, what are you doing?"
I noticed he was suddenly moving the furniture into different shapes and piling them together to take more pictures.
"A-Ah! I'm so sorry, something possessed me, and I started- My bad, I apologize!" he quickly put everything back together. "I just… when I see these amazing shapes, I can't stop wanting to see every angle. I've always wanted to make furniture myself… but it is nothing but an unfulfilled dream, we are pilots after all."
"Hmm, that's right," I nodded. "I see, so that's your hobby, huh? For being such a correct and upright person, I guess it fits you."
"W-What…? I mean, yeah… I-I guess that's… right," Hermes muttered, growing slightly flustered and readjusting his glasses, he was very embarrassed.
"Don't worry, everyone has their own hobbies and kirks," I said. "I like… playing VR games."
"W-What? But aren't they expensive?" he wondered.
"Money is not really a problem to me so not really," I laughed. "But well, maybe it could be expensive for other people… I've found great ways to train my piloting abilities through VR games, and also make money, did you know?"
"M-Make money?!" he gasped. "Is that true? I always thought that those news about people making money on games was just false advertising to make you spend money on useless video games."
"It's not false at all, it's true," I smiled. "I might teach you a few things."
"Ooh? I would be honored…" he said, but then he started looking at my furniture again. "What a unique shape, Blake! Did you see this pyramid-shaped floating furniture? This is actually last year's Autumn Geometric Shapes Edition! Only a thousand were sold! I read online that lots of people showed to buy them, to think you have one in the house they gifted to you…"
"Aha…" I nodded; I didn't even know what he was talking about anymore.
Honestly, it was relieving he had some quirkiness to him, and he wasn't serious all the time, it means he's not a psychopath as I had feared.
"He's a weirdo…" Eleanora didn't like him though.
"Hahah! Eleanora, you're quite harsh to men that simply like certain hobbies, you should be nicer," Hendrick tried to calm her down.
"What did you said?!" asked Eleanora. "Hendrick you're definitely the least guy that should be saying that! You're the weirdest weirdo out there."
"A-Ahahah… Such harsh words! Indeed, only women of your caliber could ever deliver mere words capable of striking a man's heart like a cold knife…" Hendrick covered his face in embarrassment. "Master, I admire you even more now, realizing you've tamed such a lioness."
I was going to agree with him, but I noticed Eleanora's face and I quickly decided to say something else.
"Cut it out Hendrick," I sighed.
"A-Ah, yes…" he nodded obediently.
Eleanora nodded in agreement.
DING DONG!
Suddenly, someone showed up outside once more, so I walked and what I saw as Patrick this time, he was gasping for air, as if he had come running all the way here from the rooms where the pilots sleep.
"I'm here! Blakeeeee! Are you thereeeee?!"
And he was incredibly loud, annoying the neighbors, who were all rich people from the spaceship's internal city.
"Who's screaming so loud out there?" Find adventures on empire
"We are trying to have a good evening here, shut up!"
"Stop screaming, my child's crying!"
There were indeed much more people than I imagined, although the majority of humanity was on cold sleep, there were still millions alive and walking.
I quickly went to open the door and let him inside, the only thing he brought was a bag with bread, but it was good enough, I didn't ask him for anything.
"Blake! Thank you for inviting- WOAH!" Patrick looked around the house. "W-What the hell dude?! This is an amazing place! Beats that ugly small room they give us, definitely! I mean, sleeping inside the Warrior Machines feels better than those rooms!"
"I agree," I nodded. "I've slept in the machine."
"You have?!" Patrick laughed. "Dude you're so funny! Hahahaha! Oh, Hermes! You're already here!"
"Ah, hello Patrick…" Hermes said without paying much attention, he was once more changing the shapes and poses of the floating furniture.
"What the hell has gotten into him?" Patrick wondered.
"He has a hobby with furniture, so I've left him… well, look at mine for now," I explained. "Anyways Patrick, the food should get done in a couple of minutes. Make yourself at home, you too Hermes… Though I guess I didn't need to say that."
"Thank you dude!" Patrick quickly sat over the large couch. "Phew! Can't believe you're living in this amazing place! So cool!"
He was energetic and loud as ever, but I guess that's a good trait, I much rather prefer a friend like this than a scheming snake that could betray me.
DING DONG!
As I was looking at the fish being cooked and the rice getting ready, I heard the sound of the door once more, I quickly saw through the camera two girls waiting for me to open.
"Blakeee! You there~?"
"I-I'm here as you requested…"
"I guess our last guests are here, welcome."
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