Reincarnation: Love After Death

Elaia pinched her nose bridge.

Talking with D is a pain in the a.s.s. It's easier to teach her 3 year-old cousin the alphabet than explain to D how cellphones work.

"You know what there's a thing called a manual. It can help you understand a lot more about phones and their batteries." she said to D.

Then she walked out of the lounge, leaving D behind. She was supposed to freak out knowing that D admitted to be some immortal being or maybe a lunatic who called himself as Death, but surprisingly she wasn't. She doesn't feel any fear at all. Instead, she felt safe.

She shook her head and walked towards her seat beside Arion and in front of Akila and Vainos. Now, she wondered. If D truly is Death, then does it mean that Akila and Vainos were also magical creatures?

After a minute, D also walked out of the lounge but was deep in his own thoughts.

Seeing this scenario, Akila and Vainos thought that maybe their master were thinking on how to solve the problem regarding the God's downfall in the future.

"What's a phone? And what does a dead battery mean?" D asked.

The two of them doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Vainos reached out in the pocket of his tuxedo and grabbed his phone from there and handed it over to D. "This is a phone. It is used to communicate. Specifically to humans. They don't have telepathy like we do, that's why they use a thing like this in order to speak with someone far away from them."

"So generally, phones are man-made telepathy?" D asked.

Akila wanted to roll his eyes but he wouldn't dare to do it since no one wants to be on the receiving end of Death's wrath. One of the things that D can't tolerate was disrespect.

Arion, who was watching the crazy conversation of the three weirdos interrupted them, "Well, it's not only for communication. You can also take pictures using your phone."

D was now amazed by the wonders of this "phone". Out of curiosity, he asked Arion, "Pictures? Like the one you hang on the wall using colorful liquids and brushes?"

"Uhm, that's a painting." Arion replied awkwardly.

Elaia who sat beside Arion, who have seen D's amused face the entire discussion couldn't help but blurt out a laugh.

All four men looked at her direction. She mumbled an apology and said to Arion, "D is actually from the countryside. Uhm, he... doesn't really show interest on gadgets when he was young. So please bear with him. But I can guarantee you that he's really smart. He even knows the largest bone in the human skeletal system."

"That's femur. You're welcome!" D intervened with a tone showing his pride about his own knowledge.

Arion chuckled and said, "I know that. I'm a doctor."

Akila and Vainos didn't like the arrogant tone of Arion towards their master. They mindlinked each other and agreed to create a competition between Death and Arion.

Vainos stated, "Then we'll see who's smarter, our boss or the doctor. Let's have a friendly competition. And to make it fair, you two," he pointed Arion and then D, "would construct 5 questions each that you would like the other person to answer. The person with the highest number of correct answers will be the winner. If it results with a tie, the doctor wins."

Arion narrowed his eyes. Are they belittling him? If it's a tie, it's his win?

"Okay then." Arion said with a smirk.

"You can ask your first question, doctor." Akila said.

"What is the basic unit of life?" Arion asked.

"A cell" - Death

D's two loyal servants clapped their hands like 5 year-old kids. Elaia shook her head with the scenario right in front of her.

"My turn", D said then asked, "Which parts of the body are formed by the bones of the metatarsals and phalanges?"

"Feet. What name is given to the genetic make-up of an individual?" - Arion

"Genotype. Who was Prime Minister when the Second Reform Act was passed in 1867?" - D

"Is that even a legit question? Who would have known that?!" - Arion

"It's the 14th Earl of Derby. Your turn." - D

"What type of trees yield the resin used to produce turpentine?" - Arion

"Pine trees. Which monarch perished at Sauchieburn?" - D

"Uhm.. No clue. Who won the Hockey World Cup in 1975?"

"India. And the answer to my previous question is James II of Scotland. Where is Emperor Akbar's tomb?" - D

"I don't know. In humans, the deficiency of which vitamin causes pellagra?" - Arion

"B3. And the answer to my previous question is in Sikandra. Now for my last question, if you answered this right despite my perfect score, I'll consider you the winner. The first integrated circuit, the forerunner of the CPU, was used in?" - D

"No idea." Arion said as if admitting his defeat.

"The answer is a programmable business calculator." - D

D = 5

Arion = 1

Akila and Vainos cheered for their master's victory. But their celebration was short-lived.

"So now tell me, what's a sim card?" D asked with all seriousness.

His two loyal servants facepalmed themselves. How can a genius turned into a dimwit in an instant?!