CH 6
After Allen, Kanda, and Lavi went and asked the towns people about the akuma's killer, all of them said they'd seen nothing but 'silver'. A young boy approached them telling them that something called 'Silverton' was responsible for ridding the town of akuma. When they went to report this to Bookman and Tsamo, Tsamo seemed to be avoiding the conversation completely. He then invited them to dinner and brought up the topic of his daughter, Kyrine, who is to be the upcoming Life Sage. Kanda still never mentioned 'Silverton' to him, to his own regret. He, Bookman, Lavi, and Allen still stayed the night as guests at the Sage's home in order to obtain more information on the destruction of the akuma.
Allen was in heaven. Jerry had all of his favorite dishes cooked up and neatly displayed on the table in front of him. Allen reached for the fork and stuck it into a large steak. He went to stuff it into his mouth, but found that he couldn't. No matter how hard he'd tried, he kept missing his mouth. It was as if the steak was being repelled away from him. Suddenly, the table started moving away from Allen. He tried scooting closer to it, but the more he tried, the farther it got. He yelled in desperation, "No…NO! My fooooooood!"
Allen opened his eyes and sat up quickly, whacking his head on a small bedside stand and knocking the lamp that once rested on it onto the ground. He rubbed his head as he noticed he was no longer in bed, but rather laying on the ground beside it with the sheets partially hanging over the side. Allen stood up and started fixing the blankets. He noticed Lavi in the other bed next to his, still snoring and mumbling in his sleep. Bookman was not in his bed anymore and Kanda was no longer in the blankets that were sprawled out on the ground in the corner of the room. Allen walked over to Lavi and shook him by the shoulder. "Hey, Lavi. Wake up."
Lavi didn't move an inch, but Allen could faintly make out the word 'strike' amongst the many mumbles and groans.
Allen shook him harder. "You still alive in there? Come on, open your eyes already!"
"…w-wuh..?" Lavi's eyelids peeled open as he glanced over his shoulder at the white haired boy who'd awoken him. "Mph…what time is it?"
Allen reached into his jacket that was folded on the foot of his bed and pulled out a pocket watch. "It's only about 9:00am. I wonder where Kanda and Bookman went off to…"
After changing into some casual clothes, Lavi and Allen walked down the staircase to find Bookman, who was sitting in the living room holding a piece of paper.
"What's that?" Lavi asked, glancing over Bookman's shoulder to read the small note.
The note said:
"I've left to run a few errands in town, I'll be back around 10:30 or so. I've asked that my apprentice keep you occupied until my return.
-Tsamo Esagel"
Bookman pointed towards the kitchen, where there was some clattering and shuffling noises coming from. Allen and Lavi entered the room to see a 17 year old boy looking through cabinets to find a glass to drink from.
"Uhm, excuse me?" Allen began. "Who exactly are you?"
The boy turned and looked at the two of them. "The name is Jethese. And you might be?"
"My name is Allen Walker."
"I'm Lavi, the Bookman's apprentice. I'm guessing you're the Sage's apprentice we've heard about."
"You guess correctly." Jethese stated proudly. "The one and only!"
Allen held out his hand to shake. "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm told you're the one who was interested in meeting me."
The boy cautiously shook his hand. "I am..? I mean, yes! I am! Sorry, my memory ain't the best."
Allen laughed softly. "It's fine! Don't worry about it."
"You know, you're not as shy seeming as I would've expected…since you never showed up the other day." Lavi pointed out.
"Ah, well," Jethese continued searching through cabinets. "I just had some…business to take care of."
Kanda, who was before in the other room meditating, was now eavesdropping on them.
"What kind of business?"
"Just some…y'know, shit for the Sage. I am his apprentice after all."
"Sorry, I was just curious. I expected to finally meet you at dinner yesterday, but you were gone then, too."
"Yeah, I got a busy schedule."
Kanda walked in the room. "Were you busy when the akuma showed up in town?"
It got silent in the room.
"K-Kanda!" Allen blurted. "There's no need to be rude like that!"
Kanda grunted. "I asked him a simple question. I expect an answer."
"The sage told me about that. I was busy in my room at the time." Jethese explained. "I didn't find out an akuma was ever here until this morning."
Unsatisfied, Kanda kept pushing the questions. "What about before the akuma appeared? You WERE in that room, weren't you? You heard us talking on the other side of the door, I'm sure. Why were you ignoring us?"
"Chill out, Yu…" Lavi tried to calm him, but it wasn't working.
The blond boy looked confused. He couldn't bare the stare that Kanda was giving him and chose to look away and continue searching through cabinets. "I have no idea what you're talking about, dude."