Chapter 31: As A Child Part 2
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Just a little detail before start reading. Have in mind that in Latin America when people say the date they are at, they begin by saying the number of the day and then the month... that's it.
As A Child Part 2
Kiran placed the chalkboard on a stand. Normally he would have begun by writing any kind of math formula but since it was Lucina who told Miriel about him, he had a theory he needed to confirm.
"By the way, is it you the woman who was looking for the answer about why the objects fall the way they do?"
"By the moment it has only been confirmed that any object falls at the same speed independently of their mass. Pages and other flat things seemed to be an exception, however, when they are put over a more solid one like a book the speed of fall is increased and it's again as fast as any other. The best explanation is the air has an effect on them that alters their advance."
"It's known as the air resistance actually." Kiran walked and pulled out from a drawer eight of his instruments and a prism.
"The possibility of generating the opposite effect crossed my mind. The experimentation didn't take too much time to be started. By the moment, a box filled with weapons has landed safely even though it was thrown from the tallest part of the castle."
"Parachutes, excellent!" Kiran nodded with a smile. "I suggest you design one with a rectangular form and with a very thick fabric. 30 meters would allow you to land people and objects that weigh tons easily."
Miriel didn't answer, she just wrote down what Kiran told her.
He placed the prism on the entrance over a different stand, this, as expected, generated a rainbow.
"I guess you already knew this."
"It was in my mother's book."
"Well, right now I'm gonna place all of these... right here." Kiran placed seven of its instruments under the light of all the colors were falling to, the left one was placed by the side of the instrument that was getting the red light.
"These are called thermometers, they are designed to measure the temperature, we're leaving them here for a while, you'll see why later... now... mmmh... oh! right!"
Kiran looked through other drawers that he had been working at almost since the day he arrived at Askr until he found it, he opened it and passed to Miriel a page he had previously torn off.
"This is a book I've been writing. In case I died I didn't want my knowledge to be lost forever... however I started it before I noticed we understand each other due to a translator integrated into our mind so I will have to translate it but anyway, just take a look at the math formulas on the page and pay attention."
Miriel nodded.
"Okay, so let's begin with Kepler laws since they are the previous path to the Newton laws."
Needless to say, Miriel was speechless... this young man knew more than her and, unlike she, he hadn't need to discover them, they were common things to be taught where he came from.
That telescope was wonderful, she had already guessed the moon had to be some kind of world but actually seeing it and its craters was incredible... she couldn't wait to the night to be able to see those stars... even more when Kiran explained to her how to determine how far they were by using a math method called parallax... even if it took at least six months to get both necessary measures to determine the value.
When she wondered herself why the sun and the moon didn't fall just like all the other things, she never expected the answer to be that the moon was actually falling but moving fast enough to do not actually fall and that it was the world the one "falling" towards the sun... it explained why it never changed its size as she had determined years ago... even though the perspective laws determined the sun's size had to decrease if it was hiding itself in the horizon and increase the more "near" it was to the "center" of the sky.
"Would you mind checking the thermometers? they should be ready now." Kiran asked, analyzing a new blood sample he got from Miriel.
"Right"
The scientist woman discovered that the blue light thermometers displayed a temperature of 24.3 celsius, the red one 23.4 Celcius... the other colors also displayed different temperatures... but interestingly, the one left by the red one's side, which wasn't being "hit" by any color... displayed 25.9 celsius.
"If you're seeing what I'm pretty sure it is happening, you can compare it with this control thermometer, it shows to us the real temperature of the room." Kiran handed it over, not turning around to see Miriel as he was still focused on the blood.
Miriel was pretty sure that, somehow, the eighth thermometer was feeling more heat than the others.
"Why-"
"You just discovered infrared light, there's also ultraviolet light, X-rays, and more... our eyes can't see all the types of light that exist."
Miriel smiled like a child.
As the Order Of Heroes was beginning their travel back to the world of Zenith, they had bought many supplies since Kiran and Anna didn't want to waste time taking the long way once more in case that Veronica had updated the peanut she had as a brain and was attacking Evelyn soon. Kiran would have used his bike but his biological clock said he needed to get some rest inside his personal carriage. Just like any time they freed a world, he could actually sleep without worrying too much about what could happen at least in five days.
He opened the door... only to find he wasn't going to be alone.
Robin and Sharena gasped, putting the book they had been holding back on its usual place on the tiny table in the middle of the carriage. Alfonse rubbed his forehead while Ephraim closed his eyes. Nino and Anna were there, too.
"I-I-I-I'm sorry! it's just that... the design... gave us curiosity..." Sharena looked down while playing with her index fingers.
"I mean... it's hard to find a book with this kind of cover... being owned by a man..." Robin scratched her nape.
"I told them it wasn't a good idea to touch it." Alfonse commented.
"Even more... considering that it's my diary." Kiran narrowed,
Sharena and Robin felt more guilty after this. But just when one of them was about to say something, Kiran laughed. "It's okay, I mean, it's totally written in Spanish, it's not like any of you could ever read it."
"So you didn't even bother to hide it," Nino commented.
"But you gotta admit that with that kind of cover your diary is gonna call attention." Ephraim said.
"I think the very fact of a man having one of these is weird." Kiran sat in the middle of Alfonse and Ephraim, then he took the book.
The cover and back cover had the same design. Black background with seven multi-colored hearts. Red, sky-blue, blue, green, yellow, orange and purple. The red one was in the center, is surrounded by the others as if they were orbiting around it, it was actually a little bigger than the others. Under each heart, there was a word written in the same color as its respective one.
Perseverancia, Valor, Justicia, Amabilidad, Integridad, Paciencia y Determinación. (Perseverance, bravery, justice, kindness, integrity, patience, and determination)
"This is from a game called Undertale, each heart is supposed to be a human soul."
Kiran opened the diary, taking a moment to see the date the first page displayed: 24/09/2017. He then turned the pages until he found a clean one, took a quill, and wrote: 10/03/2018. He was still using the old calendar system since he didn't want to forget how much time he had been away from his original universe.
"Could you please tell us about that game?!" Nino asked excitedly.
"The thing is... I was able to play Undertale only when I was sixteen years old. Before that, the game didn't exist in the first place. I guess you want me to continue since we left it so... you see the problem... by the way... why is Anna here?"
"Sharena told me about this, naturally I was interested... also a biography of you would value much once all this is over."
That explained why she had pages and why she was prepared with a quill and ink.
"I should have known... but well, I think leaving a good historical record about me is a good idea." Kiran shrugged. "Okay... what was I saying?... ah, right, now I remember."
The kindergarten for Luis continued... normally... after the incident with the slingshot, Luis kept himself away from other children... which he enjoyed. Nothing really important happened in his life until a certain day when he discovered a new liking.
The teacher had given to him and another fifteen kids toy swords and toy bows.
Apparently, she was choosing the kids that could act better to perform roles in a theatre play Luis's class was going to present. The story of a prince and his two best knights going to war.
Luis analyzed both objects. In theory, he must hold that thing called arrow along the bow and its rope to shoot with this thing. He was already familiarized with this kind of "weapon"... the sword, on the other hand...
Even though he had seen sword fights before on TV and his brother's videogames... Luis wasn't used to a sword.
Instead of attacking from a secure distance, he had to get near to his opponent and use the sword's blade to hit.
He played a little, slashing and thrusting without a real patron...
"¿Prácticamos? (Shall we train?)"
Luis turned to see another boy... being him the only one that... perhaps... had shown a smile to Luis instead of being indifferent or wanting to bully him.
"Sí... (Yes)" Without wasting time, both began to attack each other... it was good their swords were made of plastic... it would have been more painful if they were of wood.
Luis got to admit that... this was much... more dynamic, fast, entertaining!
Luis kinda had an advantage due to being left-handed.
Luis hit him on the head, he hit Luis on the leg. Luis hit the left hand, he hit Luis on the stomach. Both continued like that for at least two minutes, just like all the other kids with toy weapons.
In the end, the teacher discarded the bows since nobody wanted to use them.
By the time the play was presented... the other kid was the prince and Luis his right-hand knight.
That kid became Luis's first best friend. His name?... Martin.
The holidays were appreciated by the Enríquez López family.
The most loved one was Christmas, and it wasn't a surprise as many other families around the planet felt like that.
However, Luis couldn't enjoy it the same way the other children... and that's due a little factor.
The date was December 31, 2006.
The family was together in the kitchen, waiting, just a minute more and it would be a New Year.
"¡DIEZ! ¡NUEVE! ¡OCHO! ¡SIETE! ¡SEIS! ¡CINCO! ¡CUATRO! ¡TRES! ¡DOS! UNO!... ¡FÉLIZ AÑO NUEVO 2007! (TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!... HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)"
Luis smiled and shrugged as his mother and sisters brought a cake, a candle shaped like a number seven decoring the top. It was over a big white ball that was being surrounded by many other balls, each one had a different size and color. White, yellow, blue, red, brown, a middle point between white and brown, sky-blue and finally, ocean blue.
The biggest ball represented the Sun, the others were its planets...
It was a Solar System cake after all.
Then his family began to sing the Mexican version of Happy Birthday to you... as usual, Luis never was exactly sure about what to do during that... just like any other person on the planet.
Presents for him finally appeared... being his birthday and Christmas very near in the year and due to the poverty of the family... they had to mix that holiday with the already mixed with the New Year... Luis's birthday.
He had been born the same day the new millennium had begun, just a few seconds after 2000 had started.
He got the same things he expected, not that he didn't like them.
A new toy train.
A collection of Power Rangers SPD action figures... and nothing less... or that's what he thought.
His brother, Miguel Enríquez López, gave him a third box. Weird, he usually only got two presents.
When he opened it... he found a cap, a green cap with an L letter on the forehead part.
"¿Te gusta? (Do you like it?)" asked Miguel. Now Luis noticed... his brother was wearing a cap... a red cap with an M symbol.
A red and green caps with an M and L symbol each one... just like the Mario Brothers. It made sense considering Miguel was a name starting with M and Luis a name starting with L.
Luis nodded, then his brother used his fist to rub Luis's hair. "Ahora eres el pequeño Luigi! (Now you're the tiny Luigi!)"
He didn't dislike the nickname... good thing considering Luis was going to be called like that by his siblings and even parents for the rest of his life in that universe.
"De hecho... decidimons ahorrar y conseguirle un cuarto. (Actually... we saved up money and bought him a fourth one)." said Maricela Enríquez López. She was younger than Mayra, the other sister who saved up was Marisa, older than Mayra but younger than Miguel.
Luis got... a book. Normally he would have preferred a new toy but... the title made him reconsider.
Aprenda Inglés Fácilmente Sin Maestro 17a. edición (Learn English Easily Without Teacher 17th edition.)
"Para que ya no necesites que Micky te traduzca dialogos. (To allow you to understand without Micky translating for you)."
Micky was Miguel's nickname.
Luis was now going to the second level of education, the primary school... it was very weird for him to think the second level would have that name, but well, who cares?
The very first day he found a titanic problem...
He sat down on the desk chair... and gave an anxious expression as he noticed... all of them had the desk section at the right-hand side... because our little 7 years old boy was left-handed... what was he going to do to write or even draw appropriately?
He could not.
His new teacher at least had allowed him to sit near the teacher desk in the frontal part of the class... but it was a low probability that the administration of the school would bother to get a left-handed version of a desk chair for a single child... or at least that's what she had said to him.
He usually didn't have this kind of problem but... when he returned home and sat down again to do his homework... he held the pencil with the right hand and began to practice.
In a way, it was like the natural law about evolution.
Get adapted or perish.
As a little boy, he didn't realize this was something very common for left-handed people.
He also threw rocks to practice his aiming. Slash with the toy Thunder Cats sword he got when he was 5 years old.
Seven months after that, the teacher walked by Luis's side and noticed him writing decently and fast enough with the right hand... at least what a 7 years old boy like him would know of Spanish. She smiled and continued walking through the room.
Unlike the previous school, this one was just a big rectangle... there were no swings or anything. In a way, this looked more like a prison... which made Luis even less interested in going out from the classroom during lunchtime.
If he wasn't a middle-low class boy, perhaps he would be playing Megaman Zero in a GameBoyAdvance... but no, he had to wait until he was home and play it in an emulator.
Being the youngest sibling had its advantages.
Luis had the habit of searching for interesting things when he didn't have homework and the PC was being used so he couldn't play videogames.
Especially in those old boxes and drawers throughout the house.
Old notebooks, toys, and old videogame magazines were easy to find.
However, a certain day he found what perhaps would be the most important things in the future.
That time he was opening his dad's boxes. At first, he didn't see anything interesting aside from some car magazines and tools... until he found that specific and special box, the seventh one.
It contained more magazines... however, they looked very different compared to the others.
The title looked kinda... pretentious.
Muy Interesante. (Very Interesting).
However, the images and their descriptions made Luis really consider to read them.
¡Volvemos al Espacio! (We're going back to outer space!) 1998 abre una nueva era de exploración espacial y busqueda extraterrestre. (1998 opens a new era for space exploration and extraterrestal-life search)
¡Naturaleza! Los árboles más altos del mundo (Nature! the tallest trees of the world)
¿Por qué no podemos vivir sin mentir? (Why we can't live without lying?)
El amor en rayos-X (The love seen through X-rays).
¡El futuro digital ya está aquí! (The digital future is already here!)
At least five hours after his discovery, he had already read half of the magazines inside the box... he extended his hand to take another one... however... this last one was very heavy...
Luis stood up and walked to see what his hands were unable to pull out easily... this last one wasn't a magazine, it was a book... a very big one, at least 1000 pages.
The cover had been destroyed, but the title was there to be seen on the first page.
Enciclopedia Temática Estudiantil (Student Thematic Encyclopedia)
Looking through the pages, Luis was surprised... at least 160 pages per subject... math, physics, chemic, ecology, geology, biology, anatomy, botany, grammatic, zoology... this Enciclopedia thing contained information about almost everything! it was one of those magazines but multiplied by 1000.
He didn't bother to return the book back to the box, he carried it with him even if it was very heavy since he was still 8 years old.
How much time did he need to read it completely?
At least seven months because he got interrupted a lot by homework and another of his duties.
He never suspected he would be trying to replicate that book years after that.
Kiran had just finished adding to his diary the events of that day as he asked. "Any questions?"
All of them raised their hands, being Sharena the first one to be able to ask. "When is gonna be your birthday again?"
"Well, in my calendar we are at march so at least eight months and some days more." Kiran answered, once more, as if it didn't matter at all.
"Wait... in your world, the year has twelve months... and you've been here at least five months..." Sharena started to seem... angry.
"It was the previous day to that meeting of all the armies and nobles of Askr" Kiran shrugged and yawned.
"And you didn't tell us?!" Nino also seemed offended.
"... Is something the matter?" Kiran raised his eyebrow.
"IS SOMETHING THE MATTER?! YOU SPENT YOUR BIRTHDAY WITHOUT GETTING A HUG OR A PRESENT!" Sharena yelled as if the world was about to end.
Everybody backed off a little.
"Sharena loves birthday parties... you never must make her angry regarding something like this..." Alfonse said, trying to get away from Kiran.
However, Kiran was stupid enough to make another stupid nihilistic question. "So?... I mean, it's not like I care about that anymore."
Anna, who had stopped writing at this point, held Sharena, keeping her away from Kiran.
"IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE! YOU'RE HAVING THE BEST PARTY OF YOUR LIFE ONCE WE'RE BACK HOME, YOU HEAR ME?!"
"I agree with her!" said Nino.
Ephraim approached slowly to Kiran. "You should listen to her..."
Kiran growled. "Fine..."
Kiran you fucking idiot XD.
I didn't want to bore you with all the scientific stuff Kiran explained to Miriel, I mean, some of them weren't going to be relevant to the plot and only would affect the world in the chapter of 500 years into the future so...
The experiment of the thermometers is the same one William Herchel used to discover the infrared light (although in his case it was an accident, he was only measuring the temperature of the colors and the eighth one was supposed to measure the environment temperature). He also discovered Uranus (the planet...).
