Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 30: What he always does .... (Part 02)
Slowly opening his eyes, Odo felt sore at the neck due to falling in the wrong position. Waking up from the floor and laying down on the bed, the black hairdresser thought back to his conversation with Seliari. The loss of pride makes Odo feel right that Perception Speculation magic is a big fraud in life.
“Whatever great someone is, they are only given one chance. He will not know if he is right and will succeed before trying, but .. with this magic structure I can freely see what I will do as expected or not .... That's ...”
It was the same as getting the chance more than once, that was what Odo felt. Sitting on the edge of the bed, the boy recalls the events and moments when he was stabbed in the back by Nanra. It was beyond his expectations, something unwanted and not in his illumination. The disadvantage of such magic is that it is not possible to predict something that Odo does not understand or know.
Things like the faction wanting to rebel and the people from the Moloia Kingdom were not something Odo knew, which was why the Perception Speculation was not active as a form of defense and the incident happened. Indeed it can be activated manually, but still Odo must have a conversation with someone related to calculations to be able to understand the options.
“What magic like this really makes me arrogant?” muttered Odo doubtfully.
Replacing his shirt with tunic clothes provided by Fiola, the boy again sat down please on the bed. Taking a breath and trying to calm himself down, he manually activated Perception Speculation and performed calculations. His mind quickly moved and did what he was about to do.
In his mind, he walked out and passed Nanra in the hallway. Wanting to talk to the girl with friendly intentions, a big fight ensued and it ended with Nanra one-way beating Odo. Siska and Fiola came in two minutes later, separating them and in the end Fiola became very resentful of the white-haired girl for assuming her selfless nature.
Odo returned from his mind after feeling the events in his head. Nanra's anger was really still felt, the punch that was struck with all her might was still clearly felt by the boy. Holding a throbbing chest in pain, he smiled wryly and understood how haughty he used to be when he did not understand what he thought was trivial.
“Ah, true too. If I consider this a trivial thing, indeed I am very proud and do not know myself .... It hurts ..., it hurts so much.”
He was silent for a moment, putting on a grim face and a blank look. “Auto Senses! Did you hear me?” said Odo suddenly.
“Hmm, from earlier I always heard you ..” sounds echoed in the head of the black hairdo. “Are you angry at my actions?” continue the sound with low volume.
“Anged? Hah, unfortunately I'm not arrogant enough to scold you. But ... at least tell me your reasons .... Why are you doing that?”
“That's priority .... The reason for my existence is to protect you at all costs, even if it has to go against your will. Therefore ... I instigated the Dragon Princess and persuaded her to change her structure.”
Hearing the reason of the voice in his head, Odo briefly smiled. Lying his body on the bed, the boy said, “So it's true that you didn't access it, yeah. He can original remodel my structure from the inside ..., spooky.”
“That structure is above the builder of my existence. Just like most people can't see their own backs, I can't change something that I can't see clearly, ” explains Auto Senses.
“Ha ha.” Odo laughed dryly. Smiling faintly, he said, “I can't see my own back either without a mirror or a tool. So ..., that's why you used the Dragon Princess as a mirror, huh?”
Auto Senses did not reply, Odo's words were very precise. Knowing that the magic can do things like incite and persuade, the boy increasingly felt there was something strange about one of his magic creations. Closing his eyes, he said, “Don't you be the Mother who was mentioned by A.I of Moloia? Ha ha, where is possible, anyway!”
The last defensive magic did not reply, there was absolutely no sound in Odo's head. But when Odo was about to ask back, in his head came a voice again, “Don't you think I look like that A.I?”
“Hmm, bit.”
“NOT!” a loud buzzing sound in Odo's head.
“Whispering.”
“I am you, I told you the first time, didn't I?” say Auto Senses in Odo's head.
“Sorry, I don't believe it. I've never had a character like you. Moreover, you are like a woman. Where could you be me ..”
“It seems I misinterpreted .... I am you, but not you .... We are one, but not single. Roughly like that our condition ...,” is clear Auto Senses.
“Hmm, like a betel in two?” joking Odo.
“The parable is inaccurate .... We are ... similar to coral, not physically but a kind of soul and personality,” Auto Senses reply in Odo's head in a low tone.
“Coral? What does it mean?”
“Asexual reproduction. Created from a copy of your personality, but not yourself. That sort of thing,” is obviously Auto Senses.
“Wait! I meant some sort of your parents?” ask Odo confused.
“Yes, it can also be said to be exact,” said Auto Senses.
“Terusslah .... But ... To be honest if you do something like this again, I will definitely remove you forcibly”
The last defensive magic fell silent, he clearly grasped Odo's intent and felt his anger firsthand. Auto Senses are in the child, because everything that the child feels is also felt by him. They can be said to share each other to the fullest.
Hearing the sound, “Hmm,” in the head, Odo understood that the last defense magic caught his point. A moment of silence, he immediately sat down at the end of the bed and in his mind assumed the matter was over for now
Getting up from the bed and walking out of the room, Odo passed through the hallway with a dim oil lantern lighting. Picking a different direction to what was happening in his calculations to avoid Nanra, the boy walked towards where Siska and Fiola were seeing him in his calculations. Arriving at the front room near the main door, the boy saw the blonde-haired nun talking to Fiola.
Unlike the previous one, Fiola had returned to his adult form and the nine tails along with the fox ears were clearly visible. From that Odo knew that they had spoken many things until Fiola no longer needed to hide his identity.
“Kak Siska, Mbak Fiola ...”
They immediately looked towards Odo who still looked pale. Before they said anything, the boy re-activated Perception Speculation. Inside his cornea appeared a magic-circle analyzer and blood came out of his nose. In that calculation, Odo saw two events. One where the two women anxiously walked towards him, the second where they looked anxiously as Odo stopped stepping.
“Yo ~I'm still nosebleed ~,” said the boy in a joking tone.
Seeing that Siska chuckled, whereas Fiola looked relieved as he knew the child was no longer as moody as before. Walking towards her, Fiola patted Odo on the head and said, “Don't joke around, look at your nose The fox girl wiped Odo's nosebleed with her kimono sleeve.
“Later dirty, loh.”
“Do not worry, this kimono is special .... Not only can it change its size, it also does not need to be washed because ...” Fiola showed a bloodstain mark that slowly disappeared, as if seeping into the cloth and completely returning clean.
“Wow, practical once.”
“Ha ha, surprised because it?”
“Most artificial mother, ‘kan?”
“Ya ..” Fiola slightly turned his face.
“Mbak Fiola, today we sleep in lodging only, yes?” pinta Odo suddenly.
“Eh? Wh why? Though earlier insistent want to come here, why now instead ..”.
“Yah, terminated .... Looks like I'm a little allergic like Miss Fiola. May the nosebleed continue ... That, loh. Sacred Aura in this place ..”
“Ah, Sir also does not particularly like such a scent, yes. Hmm, whereas I have talked to Miss Siska and started getting familiar, but yes already. If you want, I don't mind.”
Hearing their talk, Siska knew what Odo said was a lie. The nun can tell a person to tell lies or be honest, she who used to live in a hypocritical environment is very sensitive to such things. There was no evil intent in Odo's lies, but he was still troubled by it.
“Mr Odo, why you be—”
“Kak Siska, tomorrow I am here again, yes? Sorry to interrupt the nights .. and thank you for lending me a room. Although for a while, I have enough rest, kok!”
Odo jumped lightly and showed his cheerfulness. He did that because he had previously predicted that the question of Siska being thrown out could make the existing situation deteriorate instantly. Staring flat at the boy, the blonde woman said, “Alright. You can come anytime ...”
Odo immediately walked towards the door and was about to exit. But just as he was about to open the door, someone called him, “Odo!” the voice was familiar, so clear and made his chest ache again. Not turning his head, the black-haired boy said, “Nanra! I'm sorry I couldn't be the person you expected me to be. Me ... or my father is not an ideal leader, we are just human beings who always make mistakes.”
No further explaining his words or waiting for the words to come out of Nanra's mouth, Odo quickly walked out of the orphanage. Fiola momentarily bowed respectfully to Siska before coming out to follow the boy. In contrast to Siska who was confused to hear the words that were suddenly thrown from Odo, Nanra caught it very clearly.
His face was wide open, as if he had been read by the boy. The reason Nanra came to Odo and approached him was to speak, express hatred and what was hidden in his mind. It certainly does not end peacefully, relationships will be destroyed as is reasonable given what has happened.
Having such a word before the black hairdresser left, it made the little girl reflect back on what she was about to do by destroying the relationship. At first glance, he recalled the time he had peeked at Odo who was meditating in the room and did not dare to enter or call out to him, it slightly made him feel annoyed to see that the boy could freely grasp such a high-level technique.
He wanted to beat Odo up at that very instant, stared intently from behind the door frame and gritted his teeth. But staring clearly at the burdened face of the child's mind, Nanra remembered her father who used to work as a farmer and always put on such a face when tax time was near. It was the face of a person who was under pressure and was completely unlike the nobles present in Nanra's view.
That's what led him to undo the intention of hitting Odo when the boy had no defense, deciding to choose another time to destroy his relationship with the boy. Although it had been heart-wrenching to destroy the relationship when Odo woke up, even so the little girl ....
“You didn't even let me do it,” muttered Nanra.
“Nanra ..., why silence?” siska asked worriedly looking at the gloomy face of one of her foster children.
“Tak apa .., Kak.”
The girl turned around without even looking at Siska, then walked inside and undo the intention of chasing after Odo. Siska who saw that could only sigh at the child's very bad nature. Replacing with a smile, a sense of relief filled Siska as there was nothing bad between the two of them anymore.
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Around the center of the Coastal City, Odo and Fiola walked down the street in the middle of the night, just under the increasingly heavy snowfall. They are looking for lodging that is considered in accordance with decent standards according to Fiola. Finding an inn that was only a few hundred meters from the city hall, the two men decided to stay at the place because the snow fell more and more.
Before entering, the fox girl changed her body shape into children again using transformation magic and had made Odo jump away in surprise.
Step inside, look inside. In the inn there are not too many people, who stay at the place are mostly men in suits who look like a group of traders. They're sitting in the lobby talking about something like market prices and stuff.
Fiola took care of a few things with the receptionist of the place and was surprised to learn that the price was so expensive. Just bid, it didn't work. Huli Jing was thinking of looking elsewhere, but when she saw Odo's limp face she undoed her intentions.
Getting the price of one night stay is like the cost of eating a week in normal standards, it is reasonable. What is obtained in accordance with the price set. In addition to the place that does look a little luxurious and the existing buildings and rooms are very well maintained, the service provided is also very friendly. Odo and Fiola were like they were not in the inn, they seemed to get service as if they were in the Mansion.
After taking care of some matters and payment directly to the receptionist of the place, Odo and Fiola were escorted to their room by one of the inn's servants. The building has three floors, there is a basement and attic. On the first floor is used for reception of guests and the lobby, the hall and dining area for guests, while for the second and third floors the place is used for lodging rooms.
While being escorted by the innkeeper, the two of them got explanations about the inn. Odo and Fiola knew that it was just a formality of his job. But seeing the innkeeper explaining excitedly, Odo was at a glance amazed by his professionalism.
Fiola was not happy to see Odo more interested in the lodging maid girl, his facial expression started to show envy inwardly. “I also if you want to be able to do something like that,” murmured Fiola.
Fiola stared flatly, in an unfriendly tone he said, “Do you know that we are from the Luke Family Mansion?”
“Iya .... You wrote it earlier in the list.”
“Pefff!” Odo could not help his laughter. Fiola felt like a fool asking something obvious, though that was not the point of asking. Not caring about Fiola's face turning as red as the burning clay, Odo received the key from the innkeeper and opened the room door.
“Oh, yes. For breakfast ?” ask Odo.
“You can eat on the first floor, seven o'clock there is a cooked meal and eight o'clock dessert is ready to go.”
Odo stopped, he did not go straight into the room and stood facing the servant in slight astonishment. “Although winter is like this but the food supply is no obstacle, yes?” ask the boy.
“Our accommodation attaches great importance to quality. Although it is difficult in winter to get fresh groceries, our chefs are the best and we are sure the menu served suits your taste, Mr. Luke.”
“Hmm.”
Odo looked straight, said nothing and only looked deeply. Only with that, the child could get information that even the servant did not say. Little smile, the boy said, “Alright, we will enjoy it .... One more thing, if the extension can be taken care of at the front receptionist, ‘kan?”
“Ya,” replied the waiter kindly.
The conversation ended. Odo and Fiola immediately entered into the room they had obtained after exchanging a small greeting with the servant. Observing it and giving each other an opinion in mind, the two of them took a deep breath simultaneously.
Odo was amazed by the classic impression. Wood floors and roofs, shiny painted wooden walls with polishing and beds that are simple but look very comfortable and clean. In contrast to the boy, Fiola felt the room obtained did not match the price and a dissatisfied face began to appear.
Sitting on the bed, the child realized that the mattress used was a wool mattress and it was a fairly expensive material. Smiling faintly, he muttered, “Means the economy of this city is not really severe, it's just less than the maximum.... What were the traders earlier— ”
“Mr Odo?” call Fiola.
Raising his face and looking at the fox girl standing in front, the child was momentarily surprised to find her face looking solemn. “Why did you decide to leave? What ... because of that white hair girl?” asked Fiola unhappily.
Fiola realized it, very clearly knowing Odo's intention of leaving the orphanage and decided to stay somewhere else. “That child is so self-destructive, who is he? Still small it is so, if big for sure he will act,” continued Fiola.
“What Nanra says something?”
“Not .... Just hearing about him from Siska, I knew that the boy was very ignorant. He said ..., he blames the nobles for the deaths of his parents.”
Hearing that, Odo smiled faintly and laid his body on the top of the singles. Taking off the footwear, he got into the blanket and curled up. “We've had this conversation, I'm sleepy,” the boy said in a blanket.
Fiola's face started to grim, a little quiet the atmosphere felt inside the room. Suddenly coming out of the blanket, Odo pointed at the oil lantern in the corner and said, “Please turn off the light.”
“Iya, alright.”
The lights turned off Huli Jing, the room turned dark and silence filled quickly. Gazing clearly in the dark room, the fox girl took off her footwear. Slowly his body shape returned to an adult form. From the legs, waist, stomach, chest, to the head, everything returned to its original shape. Putting on a sad smile, Fiola started to climb onto the bed and come inside the blanket.
“E-Eh?! Fiola ma'am?”
“Because it is expensive I choose a one-bedroom, please understand.”
The Huli Jing held Odo from behind, tightly and attached parts of her body that made the child uneasy. It really felt and made the child's tired eyes open wide instantly.
“Should hug everything?”
“Hmm, the bed is narrow. And also ..., it's cold tonight. Cold once ...”
Fiola's body trembled, not because of the cold but something that was clearly different from it. The trembling was felt by Odo, making the child's mind disturbed and not so close the eyes.
“What's up? Fiola madam felt a little strange from earlier, loh.”
“Sorry, Sir .... It's just, it seems like now I don't want to be alone. Please let me like this first ..”
His voice was so sweet, weak and sounded so fragile. Odo could not understand why Fiola was behaving like that. But as the boy recalled Huli Jing talking to Siska at the orphanage, dozens of calculations flashed through the boy's head.
“If Mommy is the light, what do you think Julia looks like?”
Tighter hugging the child's body in a blanket, Fiola replied wryly, “You are like a small fire in the dark. Despite bringing warmth, you ... are very fragile and can be extinguished anytime”
“Once, yes.”
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The Incara orphanage. The place became quiet after Odo and Fiola left, the children in the place had already entered their respective rooms to sleep. In the room she shared with Nesta and the twins, Nanra was lying on the same bed. The room and bed they had laid on were the ones Odo had borrowed earlier, considering that the face of the white-haired girl had returned grim.
Nudged in the face by one of the twins, Erial, the girl briefly put on an annoyed face. His violet eyes opened wide, staring at the dark ceiling of the room. Getting up and standing on the bed, the girl walked over the other one and jumped down.
“As usual Erial if sleeping ...” Nanra stared at the six-year-old. Glancing at the other child who slept soundly in Nesta's arms, the girl muttered, “The other one was even very calm.”
Taking a deep breath, he put on his sandals and walked out of the room. The girl decided to sleep in her favorite place, the kitchen. “I'd better sleep there tonight,” muttered the girl. But as he entered the dining room before going to the kitchen, he saw Siska still sitting in front of the table with some parchment paper.
The nun turned her head with sleepy eyes, then opened her mouth limply and said, “Hmm, Nanra? Not sleeping?”
“Kak Siska, sih .... Why haven't you slept? That's ...”
“Oh, this is the unfinished work of the Main Church. At least Brother wants to take care of it a little to quickly run.”
Seeing the smile on the face of the woman who had been considered as a substitute for parents, Nanra was a little dislike of the always tough nature of Siska. Envy, such a feeling is in the mind. Hate, such a taste is directed at itself.
“What ... is it from Child Marquess?”
“Hmm, that's it. Said Mr. Odo wanted to do something on the condition of this city, therefore he came again.”
“Why did he even go to this place?”
“Now, honestly Brother is also confused about that. According to Miss Fiola, Mr. Odo said he wanted to stay the intention. Well, maybe because it's uncomfortable he went.”
“Not ...” Nanra lowered her head, quietly and uncharacteristically the child put on a face full of such regret.
“Not why?”
“I don't think that's why he went.”
Approaching the blonde woman, Nanra sat down next to her and picked up one of the parchment papers. Although it could read it, it contained something that the girl did not understand. Turning his head grimly, the girl felt like a naive person who did not know anything and always acted foolishly.
“Can I help you, Sister Siska?”
Siska smiled, stroked the girl's head while saying, “Silver you want to help. But ... This job is too difficult for children, you just sleep in the room.”
“Then, I will accompany Siska until it is finished,” said the girl while looking at Siska. Glassy eyes, the girl felt frustrated and felt extremely miserable which was great nonsense.
“Alright,” replied Siska after seeing the little girl's face. They also sat in the room in a quiet atmosphere, the flames from the lantern in the corner of the room occasionally blown by the wind that entered from between the walls and made the shadows of the two of them seem to move.
Time passed long enough, the amount of papers seemed not to decrease. As more than two hours passed, the little girl fell asleep curled up on the two chairs she had arranged. Seeing that, Siska gave a small smile and momentarily moved from the seat to pick up the blanket.
“Basic of this child ...”
“Papah ... Mamah ...”
The shrill and fragile voice of the little girl stopped Siska's footsteps. Making the nun's face look moody, remembering the moment she first met Nanra when she was a child, about four years ago. On that day he decided to take care of them and prevent the children from becoming material for sale or prostitution.
It was indeed not the thing that sounded horrendous anymore, a small village looted by bandits and its inhabitants massacred. As Luke's security declines due to the First Astral World Expedition by the Landlords, the bandits, most of whom were former soldiers, begin to act out of greed and stomach.
A small village near the forest where Nanra lived was out of luck, they attacked the place and killed almost all the adult and elderly men. Children were allowed to live to be sold, although not as slaves they could be used as laborers with minimal wages. For young women, they will usually be sent to prostitution sites through the cities.
Indeed, the Kingdom of Felixia prohibits buying and selling people, but there is always a gap in the existing regulations. Kidnapping someone for sale is against the law, but families who sell their children for economic reasons do not include crime. On bandits utilizing it to sell kidnapped girls and women through the cities.
Nanra and the other orphanage children had also been kidnapped by the bandits after their village was slaughtered. Fortunately they were lucky enough, the Landlord upon his return from the failed expedition soon heard news of the increasing activity of the bandits. With just a few people, Dart Luke carries out his duty and slaughters one of the bandits who happens to bring Nanra and the others who are about to be sold out of the kingdom.
“The world is vile .... Although many people are kind and want to make this world more friendly for children like them .., it can not go as expected.”
Tears began to pour down Siska's cheeks. Such a thing was indeed natural, he tried to force it into his thinking and tried hard. But as the nun recalls her past she had a similar fate to the girl and the people she knew died ill-fated because of something like that, the pain returned as if his old wounds were starting to rip back.
“When something like this will end .... Though the war is over, but why ... there should be children fared like this again.”
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