Rules
Oh! My Genie
“Master! Here’s your breakfast.”She placed a bowl of porridge on the table and sat in front of me.
“Thank you.” I started to eat the breakfast ‘my genie’ prepared. I’m still in daze about everything. ‘I already have a genie. This is...’
My thoughts were stopped when she spoke.
“Master, would you give your first wish now?”
“First wish?”
“Um!” She nodded. “First wish.What do you want?”
“Wait. How many wishes do I have?”
“You’re entitled to three wishes Master.”
“Bwo??? Only three??”
“Um! That’s one of our rules. We can only give three wishes per master and we must make sure that our master is fully satisfied in his wish before we can count that wish as valid.”
“What do you mean?”
“Hm… For example, as for yourfirst wish, you wished for a flower bouquet but you didn’t like the flowers, then that wouldn’t count as a wish.”
“Oooohhhh~”
“Another rule is that we cannot interfere in people’s feelings. We cannot grant a wish that has to do with manipulating people’s feelings.”
“WHAT??? You can’t do that??”
“Of course! That’s illegal!”
“Aish~! Tch! What else?”
“Ah! Our masters can’t tell anyone about our identities or he’ll die. Until we grant all three wishes, we have to stay with our masters and try to live as humans.”
I gulped a heavy lump of saliva when she mentioned about me dying if I dare to tell anyone about her identity. “Is…Is that all?”
“Hm… There’s also this rule that after we give the three wishes to our masters, we must return to our lamps and wait for our next masters. When that time comes, memories of our existence will be erased from our masters to protect our existence.”
“Hmmm… that’s fair.” I mumbled.
“What?? It’s not fair!!!” she suddenly stood up with rage overflowing her.
“He---hey! Calm down!”
“Jwesohangmnida Master.”
“Ahm… So, your lamp is a soju bottle?” I changed the topic so just not to make her even angrier.
“No. my lamp is a glamorous one. With diamonds, sapphires, and rubies decorated around it. But… my past masterlost it.” She frowned while playing with her fingers.
“Why don't yyou ask him?” I bluntly said then she looked at me with pissed eyes. “Oh. I forgot about your rules.I’m sorry.”
“I wanted to do that but I reallycan’t. I cannot remember who my last master is and where to find him. If only I can remember him.”
"But you said you only erases the memories of your masters. Then why can't you remember him?" I inquired.
"I... I don't know either."
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