Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 28: Thinking, the result of thought and thought (Part 02)

Note: This story is not suitable for children under 18 years old. This story does not intend to gossip or denigrate any group, race, religion, or party. The author has no ill intent in making it.

Two days after the talks, preparations were made to begin the opening plan that Odo had laid out. Mavis and the Shieal gathered in the front yard to escort the boy away. Odo was not seen carrying anything, he was wearing only a loose white shirt and white pants as well as an extra black bracelet on his right hand.

Unlike usual where she was always guarded by Julia, this time Fiola will accompany her. The nine-tailed fox woman was as usual wearing a tanned black kimono with an open design, as if she was showing off her smooth and bright skin.

“Then, I go first Mother ...”

“Ya .. be careful on the road, yes. Fiola, please take care of Odo.”

As Mavis and Odo exchanged greetings like parents and children, Fiola's body standing next to the boy suddenly glowed brightly. Seeing the radiance from Huli Jing's body made Odo jump away and stand by because he was so surprised. The boy's eyes opened wide as if he could not believe what he saw.

As Fiola's look changed, the boy's mouth slightly gaped. Fiola turned into a little boy whose height was not much different from Odo's. Slowly the nine Fiola tails disappeared and the size of his clothes shrank to match the shape of his body that changed.

Turning around once on the right foot wearing Geta sandals, he revealed his charming figure. Her hair grew brown, her height was no more than a hundred and fifty centimeters and her face really looked like a child. Automatically Odo looked towards Fiola's chest, the part that was the most striking as it shrank in size more than the child had seen before from the fox girl.

“Hmm, it has been a long time I have not changed to this form.” Looking at Odo's wide-eyed face, Fiola asked, “What's wrong? Why gaping like that, Young Master?”

“A-Another Loli Again!!” yelled Odo in the mind.

“My son, have you seen the Fiola transformation for the first time?” ask Mavis.

The black haired boy nodded quickly. Although he was surprised by the change in the form of Fiola, he was, in the end Odo tried to get used to it even though he was a little dislike of the character of the little girl in the adult character after what happened lately in his Soul Realm.

After another small talk with everyone in the place, Odo and Fiola went to the Coastal City to resolve some issues. In what the boy decided, he left not for a day, but for a month more to finish some things there.

Mavis himself did not really understand what to solve and he did not ask in detail, he had really decided to release Odo who grew up faster than he thought. Like a mother, she let go of her son with a smile even though her mind was overwhelmed by anxiety and anxiety.

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Arrive at the Coastal City and enter through the main gate in the usual way thanks to the sign letter as a Shieal brought by Fiola, Odo immediately looked into the city that looked white with snow that seemed to scatter. The guard at the entrance was confused when he saw the appearance of Fiola's little boy as he carried the affidavit, it was also a sign that the fox girl had never come to the city in this form.

Odo did not mind the astonished gazes of the gatekeepers, he only smiled slightly and walked in with Fiola after finishing the examination that felt tighter than the last time he had come.

“Ah, Shit. Here we go again ..” said Odo with a flat expression, then began to step foot with a little conceited.

Fiola who heard that could only put on a confused face and did not understand the words. For a moment he thought it was some kind of spell he didn't know. Walking next to the child, Fiola turned his head in slight astonishment.

“What's up?” tanya Odo was troubled by the brown-haired girl's gaze.

“It's okay, Young Master .... It's just ..., your face is indeed really similar to Madam's. If your hair does not mimic Mr. Dart, it will probably be very similar.”

“I am a male, not a female .... After all, why is Miss Fiola so fond of Mommy? It feels like it has come to such a level of obsession ..”

Fiola turned his gaze away from Odo, putting on a lazy face to answer. Slightly glancing at the boy who walked with him, he said, “He is light .... It is a light for my life, Young Master ..”.

“Hmm, so. Honestly ... rather than being called Yang, Mother is more inclined to the nature of Yin,” said Odo while looking ahead and keep going.

“Yin? You mean Young Master the shadow element? Wh why? Though it was clear that Madame Mavis' magic element was Light, let alone her holy attribute was really strong.”

The child's footsteps came to a halt, slightly putting on a grim face. Fiola came to a standstill and turned to look at the child in confusion, he did not understand why the child said such a thing about his own mother.

“Mother is an accomplished liar ..”

Fiola's body instantly shook hearing that. His mind was grimly turbid, cold sweat coming out despite being in the middle of the cold. It was not because of the temperature-regulating magic that the fox girl used, but rather the fear of the secrets she kept and Mavis exposed the boy.

Swallowing spit heavily, Fiola asked, “How is the liar?” In those words clearly Odo felt fear and guilt. Slightly turning away, the boy only let out a light sigh.

“I think lies are not the right words .... Fake ..., it's more fitting I guess.”

Fiola trembled even more, he actually began to assume Odo knew his secret. He stepped back, breathing heavily and his body began to show clearly what he was feeling. For a Huli Jing it was indeed easy to hide a sense of uneasiness or something, but for this time she could not hide it at all.

“Tuan ..., do you already know that ....?”

Not answering that, Odo again stepped up and passed Fiola. At a glance while nearby, the boy whispered, “Entahlah .... Despite knowing, I still consider herself to be my mother.”

Fiola turned to look at the child who passed him. With these words, he made sure that Odo really knew his secret. With fear in mind, he loudly asked, “When did you realize it?! From whom ...?”

Looking back and looking flat at Fiola, he replied, “I am his son, such a thing is clear just by looking at the giragat already know. Do not underestimate the relationship of the child and his mother .... Yeah .., just calm down. Just like Mother who does not mind my condition, I will not mind her condition either. I won't tell Dad about it.”

Fiola decided to stop asking further, his anxiety was completely evident with it. Although the reason from which Odo knew it was not answered clearly, but it is certainly true that the boy knew it.

Staring flat at the boy, Fiola said, “Please let Him to still feel that happiness and keep smiling happily. Please let Mavis to be a mother.”

Fiola bowed his body respectfully and humbly, he sincerely asked Odo for that. Not as a loyal Shieal to Luke's family or anything like that, just as an individual expects one's happiness.

“Hmm, I'm also happy to see Mommy happy .... That's why I do this and often make him anxious, all for the sake of keeping what I have right now.”

“What do you want to do? What is your goal?” ask the girl and raise her face again.

“Entahlah .... When the time comes Fiola will also know.”

Odo looked back at the dean and walked, as did Fiola who followed next to him. There was no other conversation regarding the matter as long as they walked, there was little chatter over what Odo was about to do for now. Not more than half an hour, they finally arrived in front of the Mylta City Government Headquarters building in the city hall area.

Unlike the last time Odo came, the place looks more crowded than. The employees who took the year-end holiday had already re-entered, as well as the manual laborers who worked at the site. Around the city hall has started to get crowded again, the office area has really come back to life and is full of traffic.

Slightly taking a breath with his mouth, Odo calmed down and dispelled the awkwardness in the mind. He tried to calm down and regulate breathing, straighten the mind and increase concentration to strategize from the initial stages of negotiations that he would do with the Mayor of the City of Mylta, Lisiathus Mylta.

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After the port incident a few weeks ago, the faction in Mylta City that wants revolution or change seems to not decrease. They spread transparently and make the population know for sure the existence of groups who want the change. The government cannot do much about the incoming understanding of the neighboring country, they cannot just punish the people just because of different understandings. Coupled with a reputation that is not too good, the government has no choice but to silence the spread.

At the incident at the port no one could be punished, Nanra who was a witness also could not be asked for more information than what Odo explained about the incident. But from the incident, the fishermen are designated as the party who can be said to be responsible and put them in a supervisory status.

His father's successor Lisiathus Mylta as Mayor could only come up with a few rules banning such understanding and improving the city's security even though the snow still hasn't stopped falling. It was indeed ineffective, Lisia also understood that. But that's all he can think of to hold back the spread of an understanding, in history such a thing indeed’s very deadly for the survival of a nation and very difficult to stop the spread.

Inside the mayor's office in the Government Headquarters Building, the red-haired woman sat at the desk with a grim face. He leaned his body against the chair, looking up at the wooden ceiling with a load of thoughts. Although it had gotten as bright as the light to change the city, but in his mind he again felt lost that light because the problems that came were worse than expected.

“Why also did that faction make such a rash action? Are the Moloians stupid? If you want to commit murder, not in the city. Fucking shit! If you know like this, I better not let them dock despite offering those items ...,” Lisia's mind while narrowing her eyes slightly.

Geck! Geck! The sound of the door being knocked is heard. Lisia quickly sat up straight, tidied up her black dress and put on a fresh facial expression to hide her sense of regret. “Come in,” he said in a subtle tone.

The door opened and the one who entered was someone he did not expect. A black-haired boy with the typical appearance of a loose shirt and a brown-haired little girl entered his room. Lisia knew the boy was Odo, but not the black-brown girl next to him. Immediately entering, the black-haired boy quickly closed the door and walked over to Lisia's desk.

Scattering the table, Odo forcefully asked, “Yo! Thank you for giving me permission to build a business and find me land to build a private office! How are you, Miss Lisia?”

The red-haired woman was not intimidated in the conversation, she remained cold and it was reflected clearly in her dark red eyes. Slightly brushing his hair, he asked, “You want what you came here for? Isn't the matter about our agreement just about to start in a week? I am preparing his army for the extermination of the bandits in the forest ...”

That calm reaction slightly made Odo narrow his eyes. Turning around and standing opposite Lisia, he slightly took a deep breath. The black-haired brunette girl who came along with Odo sat on the sofa, then quietly observed the two of them with a sharp gaze.

“Not because of that I came,” said Odo while slightly turning to see the red-haired woman. Turning around and facing him, He asked, “On the issue of the incident at the port is still not finished, is not it?”

“Iya .... Where could it possibly be that the matter was resolved in this short amount of time. There are many dead people and the heir of the Regional Ruler has just been the target of assassination, where perhaps it was finished quickly.”

“Not ...”

“Heh?” Lisia raised her face in confusion.

“Not that the main problem, ‘kan? The spread of understanding from Moloia .., that's the main problem. More and more people are starting to consider it an ideal and demand revolution, even he said there are those who intend to immediately overthrow the Marquess as soon as possible.”

Lisia had thought of hearing that from a little child, let alone that concerning the plan of overthrowing her own father. Slightly taking a deep breath, Lisia understood that holding back considering the position of the child before her was useless.

“You are that type of person, yes .... Well then, let me just say everything. Please forgive my mistake of not being able to prevent this from happening ..”

Afterwards, Lisia informed Odo of what had actually happened behind the port incident. The reason the Moloians could dock was because the Lisians themselves obtained them docked at the docks. The reasoning behind it is simple, though, that was because they were selling weapons like swords or such at very cheap prices for the bandit annihilation plan that Lisia had been planning since mid-autumn after the Second Astral World Expedition was completed.

Hearing this and the fact that the spread of understanding was truly unstoppable, Odo slightly understood the problem before him. Turning his gaze slightly dissatisfied, the boy muttered, “So, yes. Obviously when they got into town they looked at me a little strangely. If it is like this ..”

“Gaze?” ask Lisia confused.

“Hmm, it's okay. So, what does Miss want to do about this matter?”

“I can only increase security to prevent such an event as before from happening again ...”

Odo was speechless with a flat gaze, he put his right palm to the front of his mouth and went back to thinking. Slightly glancing sharply at the woman, he asked, “Do Miss Lisia know how to stop the spread of such understanding?”

“The answer does not exist ...”

“Heh?” Lisia raised her face in surprise.

“Understanding is thought, thought is the way of view of intelligent beings. As long as they know it, they will think about it and be aware of its existence, an understanding will not be lost. Although Genocide or race cleansing is carried out, it will not completely disappear ...”

“Ge-Genocide ...?” Lisia began to tremble hearing it coming out of a small child. When he saw the look of Odo's eyes were very cold, the woman's red hair began to fear the way the child who stood in front of his desk.

“Ya ..., even if we do Genocide. Understanding is the result of thinking, so to get rid of it we must change that thinking ...”

“Change ...? How to?”

“Use party Religion ...”

Odo placed a Rosary on the table of Lisia. The object has a special carving and shaped cross as big as a palm, made of platinium and there is a symbol of the Religious Party in the middle. Once the woman knew what it was, it was indeed the Rosary that the Archbishop should have had or someone almost equal to that status among the Religious.

“What is this Master Mavis?” ask Lisia.

“Iya, it belongs to my mother ..”

“Did He agree to help if the government relented?”

“Ya ..., this as the sign.”

“Haah, okay. I think it should be like this .... If you have a longer dispute the victim is people ..., I also do not want it.”

Lisia decided to fully help without knowing more about Odo's plans first. Underlying it is the Rosary carried by the child, with the object means that he is the same as the Bishop's envoy from the center of the Religious Party.

Another reason that made Lisia instantly agree was her respect for Mavis the Light Witch. His family has a lot of debt to the figure and he has got a story about how great the figure of Mavis from his parents when he was a child, which is why he easily succumbed.

Lisia moved seats and they started another conversation on the sofa. Odo sat next to the black-haired girl, while Lisia sat opposite them. Slightly putting on a resigned expression, the red-haired woman smiled faintly.

“Why does Miss's face smell like that? Is Miss not satisfied with this condition?” ask Odo.

“Yah .., actually I more or less know what you want to do. Thinking about it, somehow I feel like a brash and impudent person.”

“Hmm, already understand, yes .... Miss is smart, I like that quick thinking. But there is something I want to correct, it is not a heretical or anathema. This is also a wise thing worth doing.”

“Worthy? Is the plan to use the name of God for political purposes worth it?”

Odo slightly upheld his sitting position and started to get serious. Slightly smiling thinly, he said, “Are you the type of person who thinks that Trust should not be mixed or related to Politics?”

“Of course! Politics should not be mixed with Trust, because that is why the Religious are separated from the government and function to supervise each other.”

“Functions of mutual supervision.” Odo sniffed lightly, smiled and stared intently as he said, “Tuh, it's been in politics. When watching each other, an element of trust has entered politics.”

“Do not play with words, just go straight to the point.” Lisia stared intently and began to feel a little uncomfortable with Odo's words.

“If you think politics and trust should be separated, that is wrong. In politics, trust is much needed. The kingdom of Falixia is a land of trust, we are not Moloia people who tend to merit it strongly.

“Politics is undermining trust. If it is mixed, we may have the same fate as the empire that fought coars on behalf of the Divine even though they killed each other brothers ..” argued Lisia. He persisted with his thoughts and assumed what Odo would do was a bad thing.

“Let me correct, here I do not use the name of God for politics. I use it for the people, for their welfare.”

“From where?” Lisia looked increasingly upset, she really did not like the way Odo looked.

“I asked, do the Gods not like to see their people prosper and get along with each other. Now the city is split into two understandings, between those who want revolution and want to keep the existing system of government .... Would the Gods be angry when the teachings he gave to people were used to break it up?”

“Of course ... not only. Prosperity and prosperity are also the basis of trust. Theocracy of our Kingdom is like that ..”

“Lantas why Miss thinks this is bad ..”

“That's too much in your favor individually.”

“Untung? Lucky what?”

“Mr Odo has earned a good reputation in front of the people of this city. Coupled with your close proximity to the Religious, surely later the business you want to build you will get a good name as well.”

“So essentially you feel envious and dislike because the Government can not do anything, yes ...”

“A ...!!” Lisia directly kicked the table and snapped, “I don't feel like it! Please take care of your speech!”

Odo grinned in his heart as he got the reaction. Putting on a friendly face as if he were a monk, the boy said, “I am here moving for the people, there is absolutely no intention to take the hearts of the people. Actually I myself want to only fully cooperate with Government Parties only .... But for the mistake of letting the Moloia people dock and the previous incidents, maybe it has been realized by the people and the reputation of the Government reduced.”

“It ...” Lisia was depressed, she could not argue about the matter.

“If indeed Miss really wants to try and be filial for the people, then help me.”

“I've helped you, not that I said I agree. What need also be signed in a written contract?” ask Lisia annoyed.

Putting the right palm to the front of the left chest and smiling calmly, Odo softly said, “Not by speech or agreement, I want you to be willing from the heart. Miss Lisia, subconsciously you feel content and annoyed by this move. Dissatisfaction with the results makes a sense of unrequitedness appear in your mind.”

“Know what An—”

“I know,” firmly Odo.

“College , know ap—”

“I know! You feel a little dislike over this situation .... In lieu of Your Father becoming Mayor, Miss Lisia is not satisfied with this situation because it cannot fulfill the mandate of Your ailing Father well.”

Looking at Odo's sharp gaze as if looking at his heart, Lisia completely paled. It was true that such a taste was in his mind, in the deepest depths and really wanted him to be quiet. Silently for a moment, Lisia thought at a glance that Odo looked like her Saint mother.

“Mr Odo, what are you also seo—”

“Then, I guess the whole talk was. I have no right to change your mind, Miss Lisia. May you realize which path should be prioritized .... Whether self-respect from Government Parties or the safety and welfare of the people.”

After that, the conversation ended. Lisia fully gave her support for it even if only verbally just limited her respect for Mavis. The purpose of Odo approaching the woman first rather than going directly to the Main Church to meet the Religious Party was because he wanted to make the woman make a movement from the words she conveyed.

After exiting the Government Headquarters building, Fiola immediately preceded Odo's steps and confronted him before continuing to go to his next destination. Staring sharply at the boy, the girl Huli Jing said, “Why do you say that? Do you know it's the same as hypocrite?”

“Munafic?”

“Ya ..., you're not a puritan, are you? Dare to say so proudly.”

“Mbak Fiola ..., according to Mbak trust is what?”

“That trust is what is in the heart, a belief that is considered true and becomes a way of life! Not something used to manipulate people like the Young Master did earlier!”

“I look like that, yeah .... Fiola, I'm not using it as you think.”

Fiola was surprised by the way he called Odo. He felt uncomfortable because the boy suddenly put on a serious face. Breathing in and calming down, he asked, “Try explaining and make me sure!”

“According to Mbak why people believe?”

“It ... because it's true.”

“Salah ..” It took Fiola by surprise as Odo denied it outright.

“People believe because they feel there is an advantage in it. Fiola knew .., the trust was there to make each person feel blessed and happy. If a belief hurts its adherents, it is not a belief. It is just authority,” continued the boy.

Slightly putting on a grim face, Odo clearly asked, “Do you know what I mean, O Huli Jing?”

“Yes .... The point is you only think of a trust as just a medium to achieve profit.”

“Eh? How so?”

“Ah? No, anyway?”

“Aaaaah, serious .... Hmm, Fiola...., here you are...”.

Odo's explanation to convey that a belief has the nature to prosper its adherents really not captured Fiola properly, he said, the way the fox girl looked was basically different from the majority of the population of Felixia Kingdom because she was from the Empire.

In the end, Odo had to explain in detail to tell Fiola what he wanted to say. It really took time and they had to sit on a bench in the town hall to discuss it.

“Oh, you mean the improper implementation of the belief system it brings problems. Basically a trust that is created can already prosper and give a sense of security to its adherents, but because of the wrong application and the existence of personal interests that mix it into the authority of the spreader, is it true?”

“Aaaaaaaaaaakh, finally understand too. Different ways my unexpected views will become this complicated ...”.