All Chapters of A Train to Kokoshi: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30
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XX: Infiltrating the City of Nevaloir
“What is certain is not as certain as we think. But sometimes, it is the best we can ever expect.” CHAPTER XX: Advancing to the Uncertain; Infiltrating the City of Nevaloir    “HOW ARE YOUR wounds?” I asked Houlio by the time we decided to stop by the next woods which seemed safe for a little rest. I had him sit on a mossy rock as I got my small bag made in liquid proof fabric. I refilled the bag in the river and headed back to him, handing him the water. He chugged it right away though without second thoughts.    “It is starting to feel itchy.”    I cut his words. “It definitely stings. Stop acting tough now. I don’t have knowledge abou
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XXI: A Guy In Common Clothes
“If you expect something to turn back to you, even despite all the sins you have committed, do prepare. Because it is very likely to be a wonderful karma.” CHAPTER XXI: A Guy In Common Clothes; The Havoc in the Hinstown Street    “YOU HAVE GOT to be kidding me…” I slowly exclaimed, evidently mesmerized by the wonders before my eyes. I roamed my sight from the littlest to the farthest corner I could spot. It was… it was plain beautiful. I could not say anything else, I ran out of words. I felt speechless. This country never failed to amaze me.    “What? It is not like this is your first time visiting here.” My daydream was obstructed when Houlio Merto spoke all of a sudden. I turned to him and he was rotating
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XXII: Secrets of the Message
“Everyone wears masks. They come in all different shapes and sizes. The only problem with trying one on is that it fits. How easily we fall into the trap that we don’t have to be who we really are.” CHAPTER XXII: Secrets Behind the Message; The True Prince Has Finally Made A Comeback    THEY SAY, IN those times when you want to meet death so badly, comes hope. And in those times when you are so hopeful, comes danger. It is the paradox of life that nobody could successfully alter. And it does not need to be altered nevertheless. Because no matter how complicated it looks to us, it is built for a certain, crucial reason.    “Bru-aaack!” I threw up water and coughed hard the moment my eyes opened. I put both of my hands against the
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XXIII: Storytelling
“Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” —Ernest Hemingway CHAPTER XXIII: Storytelling; The Goal, the Proposal and the Adventure Ahead of Them    “SO YOU ARE telling us you are from the other country and one day you just woke up in the Port of Kokoshi and then, you became the prince?” Houlio Merto could not believe what I had said. “That is plain stupid.”    “It ain’t like it was my doing, old man.”    “It is true, old fart.” The prince supported my claim. “Because it is exactly what happened to me too. I was in
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XXIV: Journeying the Beyondness of the Borderlines
“Because it is only to those nomadic people who do not settle for what life has already offered that they get to live in a wonderful peculiarity. They ought to discover more. They ought to seek what is yet seen and written.”   CHAPTER XXIV: Ultimate Judgment; The Agreement of Journeying the Beyondness of the Borderlines      HOULIO MERTO WAS fast asleep. I tried waking him up multiple times but it was no use. He fell into a deep pit of slumber so carelessly. Poor old man, he must have been exhausted the whole day that he did not even bother to fill his stomach anymore. He did not eat lunch earlier and now, dinner. Nonetheless, it was understandable. After all, he had gotten a scratch from those beasts. I bet that was what made his body more heavy
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XXV: Shimmers of the Portal
“Let me tell you the truth, if you were to choose between a bill and a coin, you would always choose the bill, isn’t that correct? Because most things mean better, if we do not feel how heavy they actually are.”   CHAPTER XXV: Shimmers of the Portal; The Dawn of a New Journey      THE MARKET WAS unbelievably wide and enormous. From the entrance, to its walls, to the roofs of it that had seemed to block my view above— it was majestic. It was immaculate. It did not look like the usual stinky market I used to be working in before. It looked like a Greek temple, with a lot of sharp edges and details. It had columns even! I tell you, it certainly did not look like a market. It looked more like a place where you bring offerings and worship gods and goddesses for hours, wishing for good fortune.   Read more
XXVI: Glitters of the Portal
“For magic is what I was made of. And I was the one who fostered the existence of it.” CHAPTER XXVI: Glitters of the Portal; The Guards Are In Pursuit of Us    WE HAD NO much time left to ponder.    “I could hear the yelling of soldiers from here,” I informed them. “I think they already know where we are.”    “Of course they do,” answered the prince. “They have probably asked the people on the way. Or tracked us simply by this body’s details.”    I stared at the lively background from the window. The sun was lighting up the scene so well. People
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XXVII: A Tree House at the East
“I do not settle for the wrong or the rightful. I do what favors you beg me to do. But know that there are limitations to powers, and that the practice of it is not as easy as you thought, nor is it bound to be a subject of impertinence.” CHAPTER XXVII: A Tree House at the East; Something Is Cooking    I GOT UP the ground, startled. I tried to feel my body, my belongings, my intellect. It was all there, with me. I looked around and paid an overlooking sight of the surroundings.    I was in the midst of a forest again!    I spotted Houlio Merto and the prince a few feet away from me. They were laying down on the ground too, their bags scattered beside them. I got up and kne
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XXVIII: The Witch of the East; A Different Energy
“There was no written prophecy, for people were too knowledgeable to believe that. But there sure was fate that altered all the wonders of all minds’ logic.” CHAPTER XXVIII: The Witch of the East; A Different Energy    THAT GLOOMY AFTERNOON was one hell of a journey we had been on. We just came here a few minutes ago and now there was trouble. Immediately! How unfortunate could we be?    “Do we check what is up there?” I asked, feeling a bit skeptical with my steps.    “Are you scared now, squirt?” Houlio Merto replied.    “How could I not be?” I hissed in a
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XXIX: The Cursed Amulet
“If there is something you can learn from life, it is probably another illusion that is only built for confusing people. But if you make an intention to voluntarily hallucinate, it is something that will make your confusion find a temporary solution. In short, dream about what you want to witness and unveil.” CHAPTER XXIX: The Cursed Amulet; The Untold Mission of Robin Molth in Donn Heriota and His Purpose    “ILL IS NOT the correct word!” I hissed. “You are a psycho, old and stinky hag that scares people even just by your looks! How hideous!”    “What did you say?!” The old hag came after me and I had to hide behind the prince’s back to prevent her from coming any nearer. What the fuck did she just actua
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