Aster Veren
Episode 212's

- Kalea

"What's Teo?" I asked when I saw him who was so agitated to pay attention to the surrounding environment, looking like he was looking for someone?

"That's them." His words immediately approached Sarah's entourage.

"Where is Faren?" Ask then when I managed to follow him with great difficulty because of the many people passing by around me.

Why is Teo looking for Faren? And again why was his expression like that after receiving a call from Carel? Don't-don't .., my mind started to think crazy, even the image of Faren began to be clearly drawn in my memory, then changed with Aster's happy expression when he was smiling.

"He went with Tami, why are you looking for him?" Sarah replied with a loud snort when she mentioned Tami's name, then asked back with a confused expression.

"Which way are they going?" Asking again made me grab Teo's hand immediately, trying to give her a little peace.

"Quick search around here!" The voice of someone so resolute surprised me and Teo, I saw some people in black suits immediately filling the festival venue.

I who felt confident with those people immediately turned to Teo, making our gaze meet face-to-face. "Why are the Veren people here?" I asked to pay attention to all those people.

"The Veren people?" Ask Sarah.

"Search carefully and find the lady as soon as possible!" The thrill again makes me feel surprised, what did he say? Missy? Miss who? I didn't hear wrong, did I?

"Ah sister .. Brother Faren!" The tiny voice made me look at her, I saw her expression was already teary gripping the clothes of the man who was holding her firmly.

"What's wrong with Faren?" The question confused me.

"Itu—"

"Gee!" This time father's voice? I saw that my father had walked quickly towards me and immediately held my shoulder firmly.

"Listen to me and return to the inn."

"What's going on, Dad?"

"Enemy Veren started wandering around here. So—"

"Why?"

"That ...,"

"Aster was found, right?" Teo's question made me reflexively turn to him, "just I should feel weird about the kid's attitude. Turns out he knew that boy was Aster." Next look frustrated.

"Boy?" I really don't understand my situation.

"Faren, he's Aster." Teo looked at me seriously.

"What?"

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- Esther

I set my breath that felt tight because I kept running to avoid chasing after Mr. Rigel, until I did not realize I had run into the forest behind the hill where the storage warehouse was at that time.

Though my intention was only to go to a dark place to hide and go somewhere else when Uncle Rigel was off guard. But it doesn't seem that easy, let alone the terrain I'm on I can't see because there's no lighting.

Many times my feet tripped over the roots of the tree and almost fell down, but I quickly got up and rebalanced my body while running with limping.

"Aster! I know you're there, come out and give up. I know you're a good, smart kid, if you turn yourself in now, I won't hurt you and drive you to your father." Uncle Rigel's voice screamed a little, making me reflex to hide behind the bushes near the big tree in front of me.

"Ah I forgot, you don't believe me that's why you ran away right? Hahaha ... It seems like your instincts are very sharp huh? He knew I wouldn't take you to Ansel just like that." The next one really surprised me.

What the hell does that mean? My mind wondered what I was hearing as my hands closed my mouth as tightly as possible. Even my heart beat faster than before.

At a time like this, I can't even think of the worst if I'm found by him. I wouldn't be able to do anything if Uncle Rigel used his gun.

There was a chance he would shoot me, unlike before when he let me escape from him. The reason was simple, as we were in a place close to the festival venue. If he carelessly shot me there, then everyone would immediately gather after hearing the sound of gunfire that he shot.

Ah~ when I came to see the fireworks ..., my mind thought of Dean, Sarah and Yuna who might be waiting for me.

"You still don't want to go out? Has he gone far?" The voice brought me back to reality, from what I heard, it seemed like Uncle Rigel's position was not far from where I was hiding.

"How can you command us to walk through the forest all night?" The foreign voice caught my attention, I saw that there was so much light shining around the area.

They all wear formal clothes?

"Damn! They must have been the ones sent to look for the boy." Uncle Rigel said, drawing my attention again, I saw that he had turned off the light of his phone and started walking away from his place.

I who heard his words immediately moved again towards the outskirts of the forest, intending to safely exit secretly. The enemy that I have to look out for now is not only Uncle Rigel, but also everyone who holds the flashlight.

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- Seah

"What does that mean? Why are those people messing with the festival atmosphere?" My fury is upset that the fun of tonight's festival is being ruined by the arrival of those uniformed men.

"I never even thought that Faren was the daughter of the Veren family who died." Dean made me turn to him who was walking beside me holding Yuna in his arms.

Right, because of that commotion I came to know one thing about Faren. Faren, who I thought was a man, turned out to be the daughter of the Veren family, who was rumored to have died in a fire tragedy half a year ago.

I can't believe he lied to everyone about his appearance, I was even made to like him as well as Tami.

If I had to remember why Faren was so protected by Uncle Tesar, I seem to understand a little. Aster is the daughter of Veren who has been targeted by many enemies of the Veren family since the news of Mr. Ansel's condition spread, I had followed the news several times until I heard the news of his death half a year ago.

But I never thought it was fake news. I can't believe he faked his death. I also do not know what the reason, which I know Faren is a boy, but now suddenly she became a girl.

"Is Brother Faren okay? I haven't seen him yet, Brother Tami also came alone. Though they were both gone ...," Yuna's tiny voice brought me back to reality.

"Maybe he came home first because he wasn't feeling well?" Dean's answer sounded so careless.

"I .. I really didn't know that Faren was a woman. Did you know that?" I said, suddenly wanting to discuss it with Dean. But judging from his reaction, it seemed like he didn't know about it either.

"Aah!"

"What's Yuna?" I asked when I saw him suddenly turn away after making a loud enough sound from surprise?

"That ...,"

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