“Miss, my name is Xadrian… I truly have no idea who this Gerald person is! Could he be the person who carried you that you mentioned before…? Do I look that similar to him?” asked Gerald in an indifferent tone.
Gerald had plenty of time to practice his poker face since he had been doing so from the moment he first bumped into Giya that day.
After looking at how indifferent his expression was, she slowly began feeling that she truly was unfamiliar with the strange man. What more, his voice was different from the Gerald she knew.
The Gerald Giya had fallen for was rather thin, quiet, and had fair skin.
While the person before her resembled him a lot, he was a lot more muscular, stronger, and slightly tanner than Gerald.
Still, could two people living on the same planet truly look so alike…?
“…Well, yes… Both of you resemble each other a lot… Are you sure you aren’t lying to me…?” asked Giya.
“Again, my name is Xadrian, and I know not of any Gerald, especially not one that looks like me. Still, from how shocked you appear, I guess I must really look like him, huh…”
“You truly do!” replied Giya with a nod.
However, after looking at you for a while, I’ve noticed a few differences between you and him… For one, Gerald is quite weak and probably nowhere near as strong as you are… Aside from that, he isn’t as skillful as you are either… Regardless, were you the one who saved us, big brother?” asked Giya as she wiped the remaining tears off her face, her slight disappointment reflected in her eyes.
She was finally able to convince herself that this truly wasn’t Gerald. Even though both of them looked so alike, there was no way that Gerald could become this powerful and skillful in just a year…
So this truly wasn’t him after all…
“Indeed. After the beast captured both you and your friend, I went after it! Thankfully, I rescued you in time! Speaking of which, I’d like to see a picture of this Gerald once we’re out of this place… Even I’m curious as to how similar we look like now!” replied Gerald.
“Hmm… Alright…” said Giya as she continued staring at Gerald in disbelief. Though her mind was convinced that he wasn’t Gerald, her gut was telling her otherwise. In the end, she chose her rationality over her feelings since he truly did seem more unfamiliar than not now.
At that moment, Meredith herself slowly awoke.
Seeing that, Giya instantly supported her up while asking, “Are you alright, Meredith…?”
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