Are They Really Human? - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: A Happy Day

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When he finally managed to get Jessica away, Aiden turned around and glared at Eddie, who was cowering at the side with a dark expression.

“Kid, did you have a good time shouting just now?” Aiden clenched his fists and said coldly.

“It’s the truth…” Eddie muttered, glancing cautiously at Aiden. When he saw that Aiden was really going to beat him up, he quickly said, “Don’t. Don’t forget, I’m the hope of mankind.”

“Hope, your head!”

Aiden cursed and stepped forward to grab the kid’s chubby face and pinched it until Eddie’s cheek was swollen. Only then did his anger dissipate.

Looking at Eddie, whose face was swollen like an angry pufferfish, Aiden snapped, “Didn’t I tell you to stay at home? Why are you running around?”

Eddie, who had been feeling aggrieved, perked up when he heard this. He suddenly slapped his thigh and jumped up. He opened his mouth excitedly. “F*ck…”

Aiden quickly covered the bastard’s mouth and turned to look at Jessica. After making sure that the little girl didn’t notice, he let go and warned fiercely, “Lower your voice!”

“Oh, oh.” Although Eddie was stupid, he understood. He nodded and said in a low voice, “Brother, it’s not that I don’t want to stay at home, but when I think of the heavy responsibility of saving humanity, I’m excited! How can I stay!”

This idiot!

Aiden felt a headache coming on. He pulled Eddie’s ear and said sternly, “You didn’t tell anyone else, did you?”

“No.” Eddie quickly shook his head and replied in a low voice, “Although I’m a little unwilling to accept reality, what if someone around me is also a Half-Orc? How uncomfortable would that be?”

“It’s all right. Not too stupid.” Aiden nodded. It seemed Eddie wasn’t hopelessly stupid after all.

“By the way, what’s our next step?” Eddie was very excited, but even Aiden himself did not know the answer. He could only say perfunctorily, “Just observe the surrounding students. Don’t expose your identity, or I won’t care about you anymore.”

“Sure, sure.” Eddie put a hand on Aiden’s shoulder. “Come on, let’s go to class.”

“Up my ass.” With a look of disgust, Aiden pushed him away. “I’m going to take that little girl Jessica shopping.”

“I’ll come too.” Eddie perked up immediately. As long as it wasn’t a class, he was interested in everything.

“Get lost!” Aiden decisively refused. If he let this fellow follow him, he might say something wrong at some point and if the little girl heard, it would be terrible.

Ignoring Eddie’s complaints, Aiden went to Jessica’s side. She was idly kicking at the pebbles on the floor.

“Jessica, let’s…” Aiden was about to say that he wanted to bring the little girl to school to take a look, but he noticed Eddie behind him and changed his mind.

If she went to school, this bastard might follow her. It was better to be safe than sorry.

“Let’s go to the amusement park, okay?”

“Really?” The little girl was instantly happy and looked at Aiden hopefully.

“Oh, of course.”

Aiden smiled and took her hand. He took out his phone and called a taxi.

Speaking of amusement parks, in the third district of Baeklander City, there was the largest amusement park in the city, the Pacific amusement park, and all kinds of amusement facilities.

Sitting in the car and looking at the huge Ferris wheel in the distance, Jessica was especially excited. Growing up on a farm, she had never seen such entertainment facilities. The moment she got out of the car, she rushed to the ticket office like a bouncing rabbit. She turned and waved at Aiden, shouting, “Brother Aiden, come quickly!”

“You’re here.” Aiden smiled and followed her. However, he regretted it the moment he entered the amusement park.

“Brother Aiden, let’s go on the roller coaster!”

“Brother Aiden, let’s go to the jumper!”

“Brother Aiden…”

“Brother Aiden…”

Aiden swore it was the first time he’d felt so repulsed by the word “brother.”

In just an hour, the little girl had tried almost all the exciting rides with him. The result was that as soon as he got off the pendulum, he could no longer hold it in. He hugged the trash can and vomited wildly, his legs turning weak.

Jessica patted his back and scolded him, “Brother Aiden, if you had said earlier that you were afraid, we wouldn’t have played. Seriously…”

“No, I-I’m not afraid at all. It’s just that I’m a little, a little… ugh—” Aiden still wanted to force himself, but the intense dizziness made him vomit again. It took him a long time to recover. He sat on the chair and heaved a long sigh of relief. He muttered in his heart, Are these rides meant for people?

Jessica looked at him carefully and asked, “Brother Aiden, are you really not afraid?”

“Of course not!”

Aiden immediately nodded. He made up his mind that he would never admit that he was afraid. Otherwise, he would be laughed at by this little girl.

‘Yes, that’s right!’

As a man, at this time, even if he peed his pants, he could not let others discover it, especially women!

“Yay! Then let’s play again!” Jessica shouted excitedly.

Aiden tilted his body and almost fell to the ground. He quickly stopped her. “Um, Jessica, you must be hungry after playing for so long. Why don’t we go eat first?”

What a joke! If he continued playing, he probably wouldn’t be able to get down.

The little girl hesitated for a moment and patted her stomach. She nodded reluctantly. “Then… Alright, I want to play twice when I come back!”

“Alright!” Aiden nodded. He was indeed cursing in his heart: If I come here again, I’ll be a fool!

There were many catering facilities in the amusement park. Jessica chose the food that all children liked: fried chicken.

The two sat in the fried chicken shop. Aiden ordered a set meal for the little girl while he only had a cup of coffee.

Jessica was puzzled. “Brother Aiden, aren’t you hungry?”

“I’m not hungry, I’m not hungry.” Aiden shook his head with a dry smile. After what he had just experienced, he did not doubt that whatever he ate would be vomited out in the next second.

“Alright, hehe, fried chicken is so delicious.” Jessica sucked her fingers and continued eating.

A smile appeared in Aiden’s eyes when he saw Jessica’s greasy lips, but it was quickly replaced by disappointment.

As he and Jessica cheered at the highest point of the roller coaster’s track, for a moment, he was in a daze. It was as if everything had returned to how it was before his awakening.

There were no berserk beasts, no Awakened, and no Awakened organizations. He was still an ordinary university student with a happy family, a beautiful girlfriend, a cute sister, and close brothers.

If he could, Aiden would wish that everything he’d experienced in the past few days had been a dream, a nightmare.

It was a dream that would return to normal as soon as he woke up.

‘Jessica, Dad, Mum, Uncle Green, Eddie, Jack…’

He has had countless interactions with so many people. Suddenly, they are all suspected of being ferocious beasts. They were like time bombs, and the button to trigger the bomb was Aiden’s identity as an Awakened.

“Brother Aiden?”

Jessica’s voice rang out and Aiden came back to his senses. The little girl looked at him curiously. “What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing.”

Aiden smiled, trying not to think about all that was bothering him.

Jessica leaned close to his ear mysteriously and pointed in a direction. She whispered, “An older sister is staring at you from over there.”

“Yes?”

Stunned, Aiden raised his head and looked in the direction Jessica was pointing. The moment he saw her face, his heart tightened and cold sweat slowly dripped from his forehead.

“Lily…”