Self-Summon [Demon Summoning/Evolution litRPG] Chapter 58: [1.58] At a Crossroads (Part 4)

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“Will you settle down?” The father looked over at his “child” in annoyance. That made young-boy Angelica only swing her feet with even more ferocity. “Hey, I’m playing the role of the restless kid. And I’d say I’m doing a pretty good job at it. Do you have any games on your phone?” She’d asked that rhetorically, but the man actually did pull out the device, though not to give to her. “I need to call my wife.” Grahj excused himself, walking behind some sales placard that he thought would make him out of earshot, but thanks to Divining Ear, Gelic could pick up the whispers. “Yes, I got the heart…We’re- I’m at the airport now. The flight leaves in an hour. We’ll be back in the middle of the night… Damn, really? Damn it. Alright, I don’t care what you have to do, get us a surgery slot first thing in the morning… If he dies now, it’ll be on them, and we won’t let that happen…” “Crossroads Medical Transport.” The man briefly glanced back to Gelic. “Tell them that’s who’s bringing it… No, we’ll worry about insurance and everything else later. None of it matters now… If he wakes up, let him know dad will be there soon, and that he just needs to hold on for a while longer.” When Grahj came back to his seat at the gate, it was his turn to act restless. His legs kept bouncing while he had his mouth buried into his clasped hands. “I take it that things aren’t great,” the Imp inquired with genuine concern. “They can’t wake him up,” her master answered brashly. “We were told there was a good chance that this could happen near the end, but that should have been a few more days. Now they’re giving him until tomorrow night at the latest.” Angelica placed a hand on Grahj’s shoulder, well, as high as her short human arms would allow. “Hey, we’ll make it in time.” “Thanks.” His gratitude sounded sincere, and it was enough to get him going again. “Got another call to make. Need my friend to create a fake license and paperwork for Crossroads Medical Transport. I hate to ask, but would you be able to change into a paramedic when we arrive so it seems natural when we deliver the heart.” “Yup, no problem!” Angelica felt a little good honestly that he was starting to rely on her, and had come to value her Skills. If more Summoners acted like he did, like a partner rather than a master, then the relationship between humans and Demons felt like it’d be a much smoother one. But on both sides, there was no way the pride and pretentiousness was going away anytime soon. ◆◆◆ “That’s… actually a pretty good drawing.” On the flight, up in business class which Grahj had sprung for since there were no other open seats, he leaned over to his fake son and took a look at the pretender’s phone screen. “Oh, uhh, thanks.” It wasn’t the artist’s best work, but it still felt good to get from a somewhat parental figure, support for her passion she’d never gotten otherwise. Unfortunately, drawing on a phone with a finger that wasn’t the size she was used to while on a bumpy plane with a bit of turbulence didn’t lead to ideal results. But she had some commissions to catch up on that she’d saved the details of before they lost signal, and it was a good way to pass the time. Overall, most of the flight was decently smooth, until it got progressively more bumpy, to the point that Angelica had to put away her phone since all the motion was making her a bit nauseous. She planned to close her eyes and nap the rest of the way, since it was reaching the equivalent of the wee morning hours for her. Plus, seeing Grahj’s unending tension was stressing her out too, and she needed a break from his paranoia. Except that paranoia turned out to have some merit after all. “Ladies and gentleman, this is your captain speaking. A storm we were worried about has unfortunately moved directly into our path. We don’t have enough fuel to go around it safely, so we are going to have to divert to an airport along the coast. Once we have a confirmed destination, we will let you know. But don’t worry,