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Setiap harinya putri Serra pergi keperpustakaan pribadinya untuk meneliti dunia luar. Sang Ratu senantiasa menyemangati sang Putri ,tapi sampai suatu saat sang Ratu berkata kepada sang Putri "Wahai putriku Serra suatu saat kau pasti dapat melihat dunia luar. Ketika aku meninggal nanti tolong tunjukkan kepada ayahmu bahwa kau bisa diluar sana. Telitilah yang banyak jadilah seorang putri yang oraqng lain kenal." Sampai sang Ratu pun meninggal dunia, putri Serra tidak berhenti menangis.

Keesokan harinya sang putri berkata kepada sang raja "Wahai ayahanda izinkan saya bertanya kepada mu." lalu sang raja menjawab "Silahkan apa yang ingin kau tanyakan wahai anak ku?" lalu sang putri pun berkata kembali "Wahai ayahanda bolehkah saya pergi keluar kerajaan untuk meneliti kebenaran yang saya dapatkan di perpustakaan?" sang Raja berpikir karena ia tidak ingin ada yang menyakiti sang putri tetapi sudah 16 tahun ia tidak melihat dunia luar.

Sampai pada akhirnya Raja memperbolehkan sang putri keluar tetapi dengan syarat di malam hari ketiga sebelum matahari terbit ia sudah harus berada di istana. Tentu sang putri menyetujui hal itu akhirnya ia bersiap lalu melewati gerbang istana. Ketika ia keluar, banyak rakyat yang terkejut karena ketika ia baru di lahirkan sang raja mempertunjukkan sang putri kepada seluruh rakyat. Ya karena seiring waktu berjalan rakyat tidak pernah ada yang tau perkembangan sang putri sampai akhirnya dia sudah berumur 16 tahun lalu ia keluar dari gerbang istana tersebut.

DI PERJALANAN

Sang putri mendapatkan banyak sekali salam hormat, itu adalah satu hal yang tidak ia sukai karena menurut sang putri mereka tidak ada bedanya dengan dirinya, mungkin berbeda tapi itu hanya perihal rumah sedangkan umur sama iya dan juga sama-sama manusia. Akhirnya sang putri tanpa berpikir panjang ia langsung memasuki hutan .

DI HUTAN

Sang putri segera melepaskan pakaian yang biasanya seorang putri kenakan, ia berganti ke pakaian yang memakai kemeja, ada rok yang panjang nya selutut, lalu memakai ikat tali diatasnya. Lalu tanpa memperpanjang waktu ia pergi dan meneliti beragam macam tumbuhan, jenis hewan dan sebagainya. Ia melakukan itu sepanjang hari dan ia tidur dibawah pohon yang sangat besar, ia melakukan kegiatan semacam itu setiap harinya tepi sampai heri terakhir ia berusaha untuk pulang lagi ke istana, tetapi sayang nya ia tidak mengetahui jalan pulang .

Sang putri sudah berusaha mencari jalan keluar tetapi ia tidak menemuinya. Dirinya lelah dan sudah pasrah dengan keadaan, ia memang tidak menemuinya sampai sang putri berkata "Wahai ayahanda ketika sebelum terbit matahari nanti saya belum datang maka maafkanlah saya." Setelah ia mengatakan hal tersebut ia langsung berlari ke arah yang tentunya ia tidak ketahui. Ketika ia sedang berlari ia bertemu dengan seorang nenek tua. Disaat itu juga ia langsung bergegas menghampiri sang nenek. Setelah berada di hadapan sang nenek ia pun langsung berkata "Nenek, apakah nenek mengetahui jalan keluar hutan ini?" Sang nenek pun menjawab"Wahai anak muda hutan ini juga tempat dimana nenek tersesat. Bolehkah engkau ikut dengan nenek","Tentu saja boleh nek!" sang putri sangat gembira karena ia mengira sang nenek akan mengajaknya untuk keluar dari tempat ini.

SESAMPAINYA DI TUJUAN SANG NENEK

"Nek ini dimana? mengapa ada banyak rumah disini?" kata sang putri, lalu sang nenek pun menjawab "Ini adalah orang-orang yang memiliki nasib yang sama denaganmu." sang putri pun kaget pikiran dia semakin campur aduk. Lalu sang nenek berkata kembali "Naka kamu tau apa, nenek adalah orang pertama yang memasuki hutan ini dan nenek tersesat, sampai sekarang. Lalu banyak orang yang juga memasuki hutan ini tapi kenyataannya mereka disini sekarang. Hutan ini seperti tidak ada jalan keluarnya nak." mendengar itu sang putri terjatuh ia frustasi dengan apa yang telah ia dengar, ia berteriak, ia benar-benar menyesali apa yang ia inginkan dari dulu untuk mengeluari istana tetapi ia sekarang hanya mendapatkan ini.

Lalu ia pun singgah di rumah sang nenek. Tidak ada lagi kata yang keluar dari mulut keduanya (sang nenek dan sang putri). Sampai sang nenek menyadari bahwa ia belum mengetahui nama sang putri. Lalu sang nenek bertanya "Wahai anak muda siapakah namamu?"lalu sang putri menjawab "Nama saya Serra Medley" lalu sang nenek bertanya kembali "Wajahmu sepertinya nampak tinggal di istana, tapi apakah begitu?"sang putri menjawab kembali "iya". Setelah itu mereka melakukan banyak perbincangan.

BEBERAPA HARI KEMUDIAN

Sang putri memiliki rasa rindu yang sangat kuat kepada sang raja, tapi di hari-hari sebelumnya memang ia hanya berpergian untuk meneliti. Sampailah pada suatu hari ia menemukan rumah tua, lalu ia memasukinya. Ketika ia masuk ternyata ia menemui sang penyihir. Tanpa berpikir panjang ia langsung menghampirinya dan berkata "Wahai penyihir, apakah kau tau jalan keluar hutan ini?" lalu sang penyihir menjawab "Tentu tau!" dengan kegirangan sang putri langsung menjawab "Dimana?,lewat mana?".Sang penyihir tertawa dan berkata "Didunia ini tidak ada yang murah,beri kan saya terlebih dahulu eluruh bayaran nya !"sang putri menjawab "apa bayarannya?" sang penyihir dengan muka yang serius menjawab "Seluruh nyawa manusia yang kau temui di hutan ini,lalu kau membunuh nya dan berikan padaku".

Sang putri berpikir sejenak, tapi ia rasa kalu memang itu membuat ia bisa kembali ke istana mengapa tidak?. Iaberlari sekencang mungkin ke tempat ia tinggal. Sesampainya ia menunggu hari malam.

MALAMPUN TIBA

Sang putri bergegas mengambil panahannya dan pergi keluar, lalu memasuki rumah warga satu persatu dan membunuhnya. Lalu ia langsung memasukkan para mayat itu di dalam satu rumah lalu ia pergi kembali kepada sang penyihir. Lalu sesuai perjanjian ia memberitahu jalannya kepada sang putri. Dan akhirnya sang putri mengikuti jalan yang diberitahu dan pada akhirnya ia bisa keluar. Sesampainya di istana ia memeluk sang raja dan menangis. Raja yang awalnya sakit-sakit karena khawatir akan sang putri, lalu kembali sehat.

Disisilain sang raja tidak mengetahui apa yang dilakuan sang putri karena sang putri tidak pernah ingin percerita.

THE END

Note: Semua akan berjalan semestinya jika kau bersabar dalam menunggu. Kau mungkin boleh rindu tapi kau juga perlu ingat ada yang menemanimu disaat kau sedang rindu. Jangan melakukan apa yang bukan seharusnya manusia lakukan. Hilangkan rasa rindumu jika memang harus membuat orang lain jatuh.

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"Aku cantik". Sekiranya itulah kata yang dapat menggambarkan diriku di hadapan cermin. Tapi cantik itu menjadi sebuah kesialan yang kubenci, setidaknya sampai kemarin malam.

"Renjani, kita mau kemana lagi sekarang? kita harus cepat pergi sebelum mereka dapat mengejar". pemuda disampingku berujar sambil mengelap peluh yang menetes di wajah coklat manisnya.

Ya aku sedang lari. Lari dari kematian yang berasal dari tangan tanah kelahiran sendiri. Berita itu sampai dirumahku pada malam hari. Gebrekan 1945 atau yang kutahu di sebut "masa bersiap" itu telah mengguncang rumah kemarin malam. Aku dituntut untuk mati oleh para warga negri.

Akan aku jelaskan. Namaku Milla Renjani, Aku adalah orang indo yang berada di Surabaya. Orang indo, bukan orang indonesia. Itu sebutan untuk para peranakan Indonesia Belanda. Ayahku Belanda sedangkan Ibuku warga asli Surabaya. Aku besar dengan kecantikan yang kudapatkan dari Ayah dan manis dari Ibu. Itulah sebabnya aku membenci Ayah. Karena dia, aku juga harus kabur seperti i-

"Hey! kamu dengar aku nja? Kenapa kamu melamun terus sih. Kamu sudah siap mati ya?!".

Aku terperanjat dengan suara dari pemuda itu dan langsung berdiri dikala melihatnya mulai berjalan meninggalkanku. Nanti nanti lagi bisa aku jelaskan soal kejadian ini. Sekarang nyawaku lebih penting.

"Tunggu aku Damar!" Kakiku berusaha menyamakan laju jalan dengannya.

" Kamu tidak usah mikir hal yang tidak tidak, fokus saja sama pelarian ini. Aku akan berusaha tetap bersamamu sampai semua ini mereda."

Langkah kami semakin cepat dan sepertinya aku tahu kemana kita akan pergi. Ini adalah jalan menuju kampung Pecinan (kampung kungfu).

"Kenapa kita kesini?". Tanyaku pada Damar.

"Firasat.... sepertinya kampung kungfu ini lebih baik dari pada kita tetap di dalam hutan, atau kamu mau kita kembali ke kampung kita heh?". Aku menggeleng sebagai jawaban.

Aku melihat wajah Damar. Selama perjalanan ini aku bertanya-tanya, kenapa dia ingin menolongku.

"Damar" langkahnya berhenti. Wajahnya berkedut tanda tanya.

"Apa yang membuatmu ingin menolongku. bukannya kau adalah rakyat pribumi seperti mereka yang ingin membunuhku?" ucapku.

"Mungkin ada banyak alasan nja. Tapi salah satunya..... kau tidak bersalah. Bukannya kau tak meminta untuk dilahirkan ke dunia. Bukannya kau juga tak tau bahwa dunia akan memperlakukanmu seperti itu. Bagiku kau juga berhak untuk hidup di tanah ini. Lagipula kau merasa dirimu masih merah putih kan? Jadi bukannya kita sama." Kata kata itu lolos membuatku terharu. Damar mungkin tak tau, tapi sejak tanganya meraih tanganku tuk lari dari rumah kemarin malam, dia sudah menjadi alasanku tuk tetap hidup.

"Terima kasih Damar"

Langkah kami menuju Kampung Kungfu berlanjut. Tapi kami tak sadar bahwa ini belum berakhir. Perbincangan sekejap seperti ini ternyata telah mengundang banyak kehancuran setelahnya. Tak sadar..... Kami telah dikepung.

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Bangun di atas kasur empuk adalah mimpi bagi seorang yang dikurung. Bagiku juga begitu.... seharusnya.

"Gadis manis dari mana ini?" Aku mengerjapkan mataku. Betapa kagetnya bahwa aku berada di atas kasur yang empuk. Aku mencari sumber suara tadi. Seorang laki laki pribumi, sepertinya berumur 20-an tahun.

Aku tak perlu bertanya apa yang terjadi setelah ini. Karena kalian pasti paham. Malam itu menjadi malam terburuk untukku sebagat seorang gadis.

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Aku bangun dan.... yah. Aku tak perlu menjelaskan. Aku tau akan datang masanya diriku akan seperti ini. Tangisan juga sudah habis dari semalam. Aku hanya perlu menunggu tuk diselamatlkan atau mati.

Orang pribumi semalam sudah tak ada di kamar. Aku meraih kebaya yang sudah lusuh tuk diapakai kembali. Pemilik penjara ini sepertinya sanagat buruk, ia tak menyediakan kamar mandi di dalam kamar.

Aku duduk diatas kasur entahlah bagaimana nasib Damar diluar, tapi kuharap ia tak apa.

Malam datang kembali dan hal yang terjadi malam kemarin, terjadi lagi. Orang lain datang ke kamar ini dan siap unuk melucuti pakaiannya. Mungkinj ini skenario yang dijalankan tuhan untukku.

DOR....DOR....DOR

Diluar terdengar bunyi senapan api. Terjadi kerusuhan di luar sepertinya. Aku kira orang dihadapanku ini akan pergi untuk melihat situasi di luar. Nyatanya, ia tetap naik ke atas kasur. Sungguh aku brusaha tuk berontak seperti semalam tapi tenaganya lebih kuat dari diriku sendiri.

Saat ia berusaha tuk melanjutkan aksinya, pintu berdebam terbuka. Aku mengetahui setelah mendengar suaranya menyuruh laki laki yang bersamaku ini tuk keluar. Ya... itu suara Damar. Tetapi laki laki ini masih saja tak bergerak. Damar tak tinggal diam dan menarik laki laki itu dari kasur. Mungkin ini sudah seperti adegan drama diluar, tapi ini asli.

Aku turun dari kasur dan menarik Damar yang sudah siap akan memukul laki laki tadi. Aku dan Damar keluar dari sana. Terlihat ada baku tembak anatara 2 pihak yang aku ketahui mereka adalah rakyat pribumi dan tentara sekutu.

"Woy... Jangan lari kau penjajah" Sekilas aku mendengar teriakan teriakan dari para warga. Aku dan Damar mempercepat laju lari. Kami lari kerah tentara sekutu. Merkalah yang menyelamatkan kita, begitu kata Damar. Rombongan kami melipir dari sana. Aku kira kami akan selat dari sana. Aku kira.

"Mati kau pengkhianat!!!" Aku menoleh ke arah sumber suara. Hanya berkisar 2 detik peluru telah dimuntahkan kearahk-

"ARGH". Bukan. Tapi peluru itu sudah menembus perut Damar.

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Aku tak akan cerita lebih panjang, karena diriku ikut limbung saat melihat tubuh lelaki di sampingku ambruk. Tentara sekutu yang ada di dekat kami langsung sigap memapah tubuh Damar ke luar. Kami dibawa pergi dari penjara kalisosok( penjara tempat Aku dan Damar di tangkap) menggunakan truk tentara.

"Damar....." Tatapan Damar kepadaku seolah mengatakan tak apa, tapi aku tau itu sakit, pasti.

"Jangan melihatku dengah tatapan kasihan seperti itu nja. Ini memang sakit. Tapi, sudah takdir kan?" Para tentara sekutu yang ada di samping Damar telaten mengurus luka Damar.

"Aku merasa aku sudah sampai akan tujuanku nja". Mataku menatap wajah Damar keheranan. Tujuan apa?

"Apa maksudmu Damar? Kau ingin mati ?"

Damar hanya terkekeh sebagai jawaban. Jujur, aku sangat kesal apa maksudnya. Di saat-saat yang menyedihkan seperti ini, ia malah ngelantur.

Aku mengabaikan kata kata Damar yang makin tak tau arah dan menyuruhnya diam. Lukanya bisa saja melebar karena banyak bicara. Damar tak tau, tapi dalam diamku aku berdoa dia pasti selamat. Seorang pemuda yang menolongku dari kematian yang selalu menghantui. Air mataku akan kembali menetes jikalau sopi

FLASHBACK

"These people must be finished off immediately."

"Why?"

"They were the ones who planned this murder!"

"What do you mean?"

"The people here are crazy about power. They each made one virus to destroy each other."

"but we don't have to do it, right?

"no, you guys have to."

BACK TO TODAY

At that time, they wanted to do their best for the people there, but their way was very wrong. They were the ones who used the virus on all the people so that the people would suffer the consequences themselves. They didn't think about what would happen next. And finally they became suspects in the case.

Edith who saw the news immediately went to meet her family in the city. Yes, but no matter how fast she arrived, she would be late. Her parents had been evacuated due to the case. No talking, no crying, Edith went straight home. She wanted to start a new life without the people she loved. She finally had a bakery that was very beautiful and comfortable for people to buy. Edith became a famous person because of her shop, and finally she lived as a person who could be said to be very rich. Her life story was indeed dark, but she tried to cover it up so that she could live peacefully without any disappointment.She also always visited her parents' house in the city, and always sent flowers and messages for them. "Why do they have to order their parents? Can't they do it themselves? But why do they have to suffer the consequences too?"

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Kemudian saat mereka sudah sampai di lokasi tersebut,ternyata saat yexian melihat di sekelilingnya,ada banyak sekali orang-orang yang memegang obor dan ada pula panggung yang terdapat alat untuk memotong kepala,saat itu banyak sekali orang-prang yang menatap ke arah kakak lelakinya yexian.

Lalu etsuo punmulai berbisik lagi kepada adiknya "Yexian,kamu harus tunggu di sini yah nanti kamu akan melihat ayah di depan panggung..,senyum dulu dong yexian adik kecil kakak yang cantik" ketika sang kakak sudah berbisik kepada adiknya, yexian pun tersenyum lagi saat kakaknya sudah memberitahu bahwa akan ada ayahnya nanti di depan panggung.

Saat etsuo sudah selesai berbicara bersama adiknya ia punpergi untuk menuju ke atas panggung kemudian setelah sudah 3 menit menunggu kakaknya tampil di depan,muncul lah etsuo sambil kedua tangannya di ikat

For years Morgaine lived in a state of torment, until she grew up, she aspired to replace the king so that her people were no longer tormented, since then she began to think about her ideals, she also began to like to wear red or black dresses, she also liked to wear black necklaces combined with her red hair, her blue eyes made her look even more beautiful.

One day, she saw her mother at work approached by two palace guards who were tasked with collecting money that the people did not know what to do with. Because of the lack of economy, her mother negotiated to pay the money next week, the palace guards were angry and immediately took Morgaine's mother by force from the area where she worked. Morgaine immediately panicked and approached her mother while calling her name which her mother certainly did not hear. Eventually her mother had to be taken away by force, Morgaine who had tried to chase could not reclaim her mother.

From then on, Morgaine harbored a great grudge against the king, she was determined to get her mother back from the cursed kingdom.Until one day, Morgaine went with great determination to the palace to reclaim her mother who had been forcibly kidnapped by the king. With one torch in her right hand lit, Morgaine went to the palace, and had to pass through a dark gloomy forest. In the middle of her journey, she found that her water supplies had run out, nearby there was a dark house, and she did not know who the owner was. Because she was very tired and thirsty, Morgaine finally decided to knock on the door '𝙩𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙠' knocked Morgaine.“What do you want?” asked the owner of the house, Morgaine was surprised and replied "So-sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you, can I ask for some water?", "Yes, come in" ordered the owner of the house, Morgaine entered the house and sat on the old sofa there. The house didn't look very big, the things looked old, and strangely the owner of the house didn't have any neighbors at all. While she was daydreaming, an old grandmother approached her “Hey little girl, how pretty you are, what do you want?” asked the grandmother, Morgaine replied “I met a boy in your house, it seems he is your grandson, I asked him for water.” The grandmother just oohs and aahs. A few minutes later, the boy arrived with the water Morgaine had asked for. “Thank you.” she said, “Yes”. “What are you doing in a dense and gloomy forest like this alone?” asked the grandmother, at first Morgaine was silent as she stared gloomily down, then she began to tell about her mother who was taken by the king's guards.

When she wanted to leave the house, her grandmother held her back and ordered her to stay the night at her house, because it was getting late. Morgaine finally accepted the invitation and stayed in the guest room that her grandmother had kindly provided.

The next day, when Morgaine wanted to continue her journey, her grandmother gave her a bag of supplies and a bomb that she could have used to reclaim her mother. Morgaine happily accepted the gift and thanked her grandmother. Morgaine continued her journey, until finally arriving in front of the cursed palace. Morgaine looked for a way to get into the palace without being caught by the palace guards, after thinking for a moment, Morgaine went back to the grandmother's house, then took the mouse in the house and went back to the palace. After arriving, Morgaine immediately carried out the action to steal the attention of the palace guards, with a mouse that she had brought before. She placed the mouse near the guard, after the guard was caught off guard, she immediately rushed into the palace. She immediately searched for her mother's whereabouts who was definitely in prison now. After almost 2 hours of searching for a cell in the palace, she finally found the cell located under the palace ground.

Because conditions did not allow her mother to escape, she thought again to escape her mother without being caught.While thinking, someone shouted at her. “Hey, who's there!”, Morgaine who panicked immediately covered her mouth as hard as she could.Unfortunately her efforts were futile, the person immediately caught her on the spot. “Who are you? Why are you here?” asked the person, it turned out that she was a kitchen maid who worked there. “I'm sorry, I just want to find my mother.” replied Morgaine, "What do you want to do?", Morgaine explained everything that happened to her mother. The maid turned out to have experienced the same thing, she could not pay the debt, then was arrested and made a maid there. Because she felt sorry, finally the maid decided to help Morgaine save her mother.Without thinking, the maid immediately ordered Morgaine to reclaim her mother, after which the palace would be burned down.

-𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓝𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽-

The next day, the maid and Morgaine immediately prepared all the necessary items. Not forgetting to steal the key to her mother's cell from the guard. “I will deliver food to the prisoners below, after that I will take the key from the guard, you have to wait here, and don't go anywhere.” the maid finally went to deliver food to the prisoners.Upon arriving at the prison cell, the maid asked the guard to open the cell door where Morgaine's mother was, to deliver the food. Without the slightest suspicion, the cell was finally opened. Afterwards, the cell was closed again, the maid saw that the cell key was on the guard's table. Unbeknownst to the guard, the maid took one key, namely the key to Morgaine's mother's cell. The maid ran quickly to her room, and told Morgaine that the key was successfully taken.

Night fell, Morgaine and the maid immediately moved, at the same time Morgaine had to take her mother out of the palace, and the maid had to detonate a bomb in the palace. When everything was ready, the maid immediately hugged Morgaine, it could be that after this they would not meet again forever. After that, the maid immediately went sneaking towards the center of the palace, and detonated a bomb there so that the guards were caught off guard. After the bomb was detonated, the guards immediately scattered from their places, towards the center of the palace. At the same time, Morgaine tried to open her mother's cell, and bring her out of the palace. After succeeding, they both ran from the palace, and went to the grandmother's house that Morgaine had previously occupied. Morgaine looked for the maid who had previously said she would follow her out through the back door of the palace. But nothing, the maid did not come out, and the palace exploded into ruins. Morgaine cried, remembering that the maid who was very eager to save her mother, was now also destroyed by the cursed palace.

After the incident of the destruction of the palace and its king, the people who were there returned to live prosperously and really enjoyed their lives, not forgetting Morgaine who finally met her mother again. In the end, Morgaine returned to being a happy child, and liked to help everyone.

Everything we want must require sacrifice, in the end everyone must experience things where they have to sacrifice something.

-𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓔𝓷𝓭-

Once upon a time in the city of Athens, there lived a beautiful young girl named Illucia Ophelia who was familiarly called Phelia. Phelia was a 16-year-old young girl. Phelia had a very beautiful face, anyone who saw her would definitely fall in love with her. Phelia had beautiful round purple eyes with curly eyelashes, thick peach-colored lips, and natural red cheeks without make-up. In addition to having a beautiful face, she also loved and was very good at pursuing her hobby, which was painting. In fact, because Phelia's paintings were so beautiful, her paintings were exhibited several times when her school held big events.

The first person who introduced painting into her life was her best friend named Eve Morgatte. Eve and Phelia had been friends since Phelia was 7 years old. Eve was 2 years older than Phelia. That made Eve act very affectionately towards Phelia, so that Phelia already considered Eve like her own older sister. Eve taught Phelia that painting is a place where Phelia can channel all her feelings, so Phelia does not need to keep those feelings to herself, but she can share or spread those feelings to the people around her or to the people who see her paintings. In addition to having friends who always support her, she also has a handsome younger brother and of course a genius and brilliant figure. She also has a father who is a hard worker and a famous businessman. However, Phelia does not have a mother figure, because her mother died giving birth to her. Then her father remarried a woman and the woman gave birth to Phelia's younger brother named Leomord Victor. But unfortunately after the woman gave birth to Leo, she chose to leave Phelia's father and live with another man. This makes Phelia's father very protective of Phelia and her younger brother, Leo.

However, behind the beauty of Phelia's paintings, there are many obstacles and threats experienced by Phelia. However, because of Phelia's persistence in achieving her dream of becoming a painter, she finally managed to ward off and overcome all obstacles and threats, which came from the people closest to her, namely her own father.

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On her 15th birthday, Phelia had just returned from Eve's house, because she had stayed at Eve's house last night to prepare and practice painting. because in 2 days Phelia will take part in a painting competition, but Phelia hasn't told her father that she will take part in a painting competition.

How surprised Phelia was when she found her canvases scattered on the floor of her room, some had been torn to shreds, some were scribbled on. Phelia who saw that fell to the floor and cried. however, even though he was crying, he did not make the slightest sound. He didn't want his younger brother, Leo, to hear crying from inside his room. because he knows, if Leo hears Phelia crying, Leo will become very angry and Leo will do anything so that the person who made Phelia cry gets the consequences that person deserves.

but it turned out that Leo was already standing in front of Phelia's bedroom door. Leo, with his face just waking up, came to Phelia and asked her, "Why are you crying, brother?" But Phelia remained silent. "What's making you cry, Sis?" Phelia didn't answer anything. Leo raised his head and looked around, the sight that Leo got really made him rage. How could it not? The paintings that Phelia made had been torn to shreds and scattered on the floor. Leo loudly said "HAS THAT MAN LOST HIS MIND?! HOW COULD HE DO THAT TO HIS OWN DAUGHTER?!" Phelia, who heard Leo say that sentence, immediately covered her sister's mouth. Phelia didn't want her father to come to her room and scold her beloved little brother. Leo roughly removed Phelia's hand that was covering Leo's mouth. With a tone that tried to remain gentle even though he was furious, Leo asked Phelia, "Why do you still tolerate father's harsh treatment? Why don't you dare to fight father? What's so difficult about it? You always told me that the one who has the right to determine our future is me. ourselves not other people. but why don't you ever talk to dad about what you want? if not now when? when are you going to tell him? and also, aren't you going to have a competition soon? have you told him? about your competition?" The paragraph that her younger brother said made Phelia realize. Right! I used to say that to Leo a lot.. I always supported him to be what he wanted to be. I always supported him to be a scientist and inventor like he wanted to be. . I always tell Leo to be honest with dad. But why do I never have the courage to do that? but Phelia only replied to Leo's words with a short sentence, "Stop it, Leo. Don't let father come here and scold you. It's still early"

But it was too late, their father had entered Phelia's room and greeted them both, "Oh! Good morning Phelia , good morning Leo. oh yeah, what do you think Phelia? isn't your birthday present perfect? ​​has this made you want to stop achieving your stupid dreams?" Leo who heard that clenched his fist, but Phelia quickly grabbed his hand her younger brother so that nothing unwanted would happen. "Why are you silent, Phelia? Don't you like the gift I gave you?" her father said sarcastically. Phelia replied, "Dad, I will have a painting competition in 2 days. Let me follow it." With his eyes completely round, his father's emotions finally peaked drastically, his father said while holding back his anger, "Phelia, cancel your competition." But Phelia refused, "No Dad" Dad swung his hand in the air and slapped Phelia's cheek hard, "DON'T DISOBEY PHELIA!" Leo who saw his older sister being slapped pushed his father's body away from Phelia and said "DAD STOP IT! YOU'VE GONE OVER THE LINE! " Father shifted his gaze from Phelia to Leo and then returned Leo's push with a slap that was harder than the one he threw at Phelia. "SHUT UP LEO! DON'T YOU REBELL! FATHER IS DOING THIS FOR YOUR GOOD! STOP DREAMING THAT YOU WILL BECOME AN INVENTOR SCIENTIST, REALLY OMG, FUCK! YOU AND PHELIA ARE GOING TO BE DOCTORS! NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRY TO BE SCIENTISTS, INVENTORS, OR PAINTERS OR WHATEVER, IT WON'T WORK! STOP IT!" Phelia pulled Leo back and she replaced Leo's position, "FATHER, ENOUGH! DON'T SLAPP LEO" Father in an angry tone replied "STOP BEING DISOBEDENT, YOU JUST NEED TO STUDY. YOUR FUTURE HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY ME! DON'T TRY TO CHANGE IT! IT WON'T WORK AT ALL, PHELIA!"

Phelia held back her tears. Their lives were truly sad. They weren't even allowed to determine their future. Phelia always thought, 'until when will our lives be controlled by their parents? Isn't choosing a right that all humans have? Why can't we dream? Is that wrong? No, right? '

With a trembling voice, Phelia answered her father, "Dad, is it wrong for us to determine our own future? No, right? WHY DO YOU ALWAYS FORBID US FROM GETTING THE THINGS WE WANT? WHY DO YOU ALWAYS INSULT AND DEMONISE THE THINGS WE WANT AS IF THEY ARE SO WRONG FOR US? LET US DECIDE OUR PATH IN LIFE! YOU THINK BEING A DOCTOR WILL MAKE US HAPPY? ME AND LEO MAY BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT IN MY HEART WE ARE NOT HAPPY! BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT! STOP TELLING US WHAT TO DO WITH OUR LIVES! WE'RE OLD ENOUGH TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT! I NEVER ASKED YOU, DAD. I NEVER ASKED YOU THAT I WANT TO BE RULED ALL MY LIFE BY YOUR RULES AND YOUR SELFISH DESIRES. STOP, DAD! WE ARE NOT YOUR PUPPETS TO ACHIEVE ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT AND THEN YOU CAN SHOW OFF ABOUT IT EVERYWHERE, WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN, NOT YOUR PUPPETS, STOP MAKING US TO ACHIEVE ALL OF YOUR EGO'S! I'M SICK OF LIVING AND LIVING LIKE THIS, THIS IS OUR LIFE NOT YOUR SHOW! IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A CHILD THAT YOU CAN SHOW OFF EVERYWHERE YOU SHOULD ADOPT OR FIND ANOTHER CHILD. "

Phelia stopped her sentence, her father who heard these words could only be silent. ‘How can a daughter that I raised from childhood with affection be a person who is full of emotions and dares to yell at her own father?’ Phelia's father retreated outside the room and stood in the doorway, he looked into his daughter's eyes, full of emotions. sad, angry, upset, regretful, all of them were mixed in his gaze.

It has been over a month since King Henry formally divorced the former queen, Cathrine Of Aragon, nothing much has changed The United Kingdom already has another queen, Queen Anne Boleyn. The change of queens doesn't affect 12-year-old boys, at least it shouldn't but the 12-year-old Theodore Clinton made sure it affects him. He was lucky enough to be born into a family of nobility, his father, Baron Phillip Clinton, raised that boy to be a spoiled one, countless private lessons were filled with joy, of course, after all, he chose those lessons himself, economy, business, politics everything he chose including lessons such as violin lessons, was in his hands.

One thing that he didn't actually like from his lessons was sword fighting. He wasn't an active boy like his 10-year-old brother, Christopher Clinton, who enjoyed sword fighting and dreamt of being a knight. Like his older Christopher, his decision of being a page in another family house was in his hands, too. The Clinton house's Baron and Baroness ensured their two sons were raised happy and well.

January 1538

Theodore now 15, was told by his father, Baron Phillip that he was going to be Head of the Clinton family once something happened to the head, or in other words once something happened to his father. He knew that one day he was going to become head so his father's announcement wasn't so shocking, none was shocked since he was now a charming and diligent boy, and his brother did not grow envious as in a year he was going to be a squire. , now 15, was told by his father, Baron Phillip, that he was going to be Head of the Clinton family once something happened to the head, or in other words, once something happened to his father. He knew that one day he was going to become head, so his father's announcement wasn't so shocking. None was shocked since he was now a charming and diligent boy, and his brother did not grow envious, as in a year,

Though the two have not reached adulthood, they have reached the expectations of the people around them, a sign that the noble Clinton family will have a bright future.

December 1543

Theodore has not seen his brother in a while, the head of the family he went to strictly forbade him to see his older sibling, not that Theodore minds but their father has been lying sick in his bed for the past year, and there was not a single time where that younger brother of his visited, lord knows how much letters he has sent, possibly once a month, and all that was replied with a single letter that told Theodore the letters he gave made the family think Christopher secretly had a woman. Though somewhere through March he came home it was only to take his belongings that were left the year before, once their mother even said that Christopher was slowly turning into the knights' son, he didn't like hearing that.

As if his sick father and hard-headed little brother weren't a problem, his friends and other relatives kept asking of when he was going to get a woman, his least favorite question, he plans to marry one most likely once his own business was successful, for him this was a problem for the future.

October 1544

The family doctor told Theodore and his mother that there was nothing much to do with his father, so they had no other choice but to let his father die. Having that said Theodore finally persuaded that little brother of his to come home and visit his half-dead father. Barely 2 weeks after Christopher came home their father finally died peacefully, meaning that the head of the family had changed. The head of the family who was Baron Phillip Clinton was now Theodore Clinton, the first son of the Clinton family.

January 1545

3 months have passed since the head of the Clinton family changed, and a new year has just started. It was a great time for Theodore to start anew. One of the estates that had been empty for the past few years was getting refurnished as another family of aristocrats was moving in, of course, Theodore takes credit on that as the reason why the family moved in was because of him. Though he has not done anything much with the military, he made sure that those who live on his land pays well. And since his brother was turning 21 this year he expects him to be a proper knight who possibly owns a land.

August 1550

Things aren't looking good for the Clintons, all because of Earl Cleveland Ashton that selfish man who demands more land, the Clintons are at a loss since the Ashton family are the higher-ups of the Clinton family

In a village, there were two small children in the Cardiff area (walles), they always played together whether in the park, forest, or school, they had been close since the beginning of elementary school and until they were about to graduate from elementary school they were still always close even though there were definitely problems. had to go through, they really liked playing with wood/sticks as if they were fighting each other, until when they were playing in the forest together, in the afternoon, when one little boy accidentally stabbed his friend in the back, they were both shocked and the one who was stabbed said, " Why are you actually stabbing me, let's just play?" and the one who stabbed said, "I don't know, it's like someone took my hand, I'm sorry" and without them realizing it, behind them appeared a witch wearing a big hat filled with dozens of rattus norvegicus (white rats) were controlling the child's hand, one small child who was stabbing said "LOOK THERE'S A STRANGE CREATURE, LET'S RUN!! " They were both shocked, and immediately ran away from the forest, but the witch chased the two The little boy flew on the witch's broom, caught them, and was taken to another world by the witch

One day, Astoria had evil intentions toward the pregnant Sanera. She wanted to kill and get rid of the queen, Sanera. She sought a way to remove the queen without the king finding out. Eventually, she asked the royal healer for help. Astoria falsely accused Sanera, telling the king that Sanera had tried to kill her and the child she was carrying. At first, the king didn’t believe it, but the royal healer confirmed that Sanera had indeed tried to kill Astoria and her unborn child.

In the end, King Ragnar became very angry with Sanera. The king ordered the royal minister to take the queen to the forest and kill her. However, the minister couldn’t bring himself to kill her because Sanera was pregnant, so he only abandoned her in the forest and did not kill her.

A few months later, Sanera gave birth to a baby girl, whom she named Freesia. She named her Freesia because the king used to give her bouquets of freesia flowers. Freesia grew up to be a beautiful and brave girl. One day, she asked her mother about a mark on her hand that resembled a half-sun. Sanera then told her everything.

After hearing her mother’s story, Freesia realized that she was supposed to be the princess of the kingdom, not Princess Isla. Freesia wanted to tell the king but didn’t know how. One day, she went to the market and met Princess Isla. Princess Isla was very kind and very different from her mother. Eventually, Freesia told Princess Isla everything, and Princess Isla was shocked by the revelation.

Princess Isla then took Freesia to the palace, but suddenly Astoria stopped Princess Isla from bringing Freesia to the king. Astoria panicked when she saw the half-sun mark on Freesia’s hand because she feared that her position would be threatened. The commotion attracted the king, who came to see what was happening. Princess Isla explained everything, but Sanera denied it and slapped Princess Isla. The king was shocked, and then the minister, who had once abandoned Sanera when she was pregnant, revealed the truth of what had happened. Astoria became very angry and insulted them all. In the end, the king exiled Astoria.

Sanera and Freesia lived in the kingdom with King Ragnar and Princess Isla. Now Freesia was called Princess Freesia. She and Princess Isla became close sisters and ruled the kingdom of Sunspire wisely and well. They lived happily, and the people rejoiced, for they had two beautiful and kind princesses.

one day the Princess was waiting in her room towards the window to find out who Her Prince was suddenly a Dog came, She thought the Dog was the Prince So he took good care of the dog. The next day the dog ran into a forest and the princess ran after the dog and went into the forest. While on the way, the princess saw the dog change its form into a human prince in a very beautiful forest palace kingdom.

The princess was shocked by this. The prince just realized that the princess had been following him, that's when the prince proposed to the princess and she said you didn't propose to me because of my beauty, right? and he said of course not, but I saw you from the kindness you showed me because actually I was cursed by my father because I committed a crime and the time came when I met the princess, I could change my form like I was before, so... will you marry me? and the princess answered yes of course!!

The prince invited the princess to his kingdom and met with his father and said that the prince had found the right woman for him and his father was very happy. Finally they brought the princess named Glodie and the kingdom in the forest to marry and work together in the kingdom.

~ and they become a happy family

~ and have a 2 children

4 years later there was a kingdom that really hated this forest kingdom and he hated it because he was jealous of him because he could get a princess from the kingdom of Glodie,

he planned a crime by treacherously in the forest kingdom of this evil royal official, he put a lot of bombs in a room and place in all the castles to kill this prince and kidnapped the princess and her child to order him to marry her, he was the most powerful king cruel and the highest party from another kingdom,

the princess said you will not get me because you are very selfish and cruel, the king was angry with that he took the child of his princess to be burned alive, the princess cried and she said I will :(

after that the prince broke down the door with his skill he brought a sword and all his soldiers to save the princess and the villain king did not give up immediately when he had a puzzle to the good prince and he said if you kill me I will click the button to bomb your royal palace,

Prince Well then smiled and he said quickly give me my wife and behind the criminal there were his soldiers who immediately ran to him to kill him using a machete and he managed to die after that he took back his daughter and his wife to return to his kingdom and kingdom. the forest became level 1 because it succeeded in capturing the evil kingdom, finally the FOREST kingdom and their GLODIE were conquered from all the very strong kingdoms and they lived in peace and tranquility

THE AND

“Hei, sini ikut paman”

“Oh,eh… Maaf, paman, aku hanya mencuri sedikit. Nanti kalau musim semi telah tiba, aku akan Kembali bekerja” jawab si anak salah tingkah.

“Berapa potong churros yang kau ambil?”

“Hanya dua kok, paman”

Lelaki berkulit sawo matang itu semakin kuat menarik tangan sang anak kearah penjual. Jantung sang anak berdegup kencang, berharap tak dilaporkan perlakuan-nya ke si penjual churros.

“Tuan Juan, tadi anak ini mengambil dua potong churros-mu, biar ana yang…”

“Tak apa paman walid, sudah kuanggap churros itu hol…hol…hel, helel ya?”

“Halal, tuan juan”

“Oh, iya itu lah pokoknya, yang suka dikatakan oleh orang-orang maghribi di pasar sana”

“Besok, datanglah ke rumah kami. Anak perenpuanku sudah lahir. Akan ada acara aqiqah”

“Akeeka? Apa itu?”

Tuan Juan dan Pman Walid berbincang-bincang dengan akrab. Si anak hanya diam saja menunggu paman walid selesai bicara. Bukan karena ia tertarik dengan perbincangan, tapi paman walid masih menggandeng tangannya dengan kuat. Pada akhirnya, paman walid mengajak si anak pulang ke rumahnya.

Sampailah keduanya di sebuah rumah tua yang masih terawat. Tak kecil, tak pula megah. Rumah yang masih tergolong nyaman untuk penghuninya.

“Ini rumahmu?” tanya paman walid.

“Bukan. Ini rumah nenek sofia”

“Nenek sofia? Ooooh jadi kau Markochilla…”

“Kenapa memangnya?”

“Nenek kau bilang, kau sudah bisa membaca Bahasa Arab”

“Na’am, Yaa ‘Aaam”

“Yasudah, ini undangan buat kamu sama nenek. Terjemahkan ya, bahasanya ke nenek”

Hari demi hari berlalu. Ia telah akrab dengan putra sulung paman walid, selim namanya.  Marko sekarang sudah bisa sekolah Bersama selim. Selama ini, ia hanya menguping Pelajaran yang diterangkan dari sekolah Kristen yang disarankan nenek. Semenjak nenek

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Musim semi yang indah di kota Feleran. Angin sejuk menyapu kedua wajah pemuda berjubah pagi itu. Di bawah sinar mentari yang lembut, keduanya menaiki kuda dengan riang.

"Hei, perbaiki dulu kantong anak panahmu!" perintah Zeid, namanya. Seorang anak keturunan maghribi dengan bangsawan austria. Lihat saja, hidungnya mancung, kulitnya sawo matang, perwakannya sedang, senyumnya manis seperti ayahnya yang merupakan parajurit perbatasan di selat Malaga. Namun, mata Zeid yang biru menawan itu ia dapat dari ibunya, diantara cicit bangsawan austria.

"Udah, ayo!" saut Markochilla, kawan Zeid berambut hitam pekat, bermata biru, perwakan sedang. Ciri fisik yang jarang ditemukan di negri itu.

Air sungai tak akan begitu galak di musim ini.

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"PLAK" kepala si raja pun dipukul dari belakang dengan prajurit kerajaan lain tersebut dan raja pun meninggal di tempat, setelah itu beberapa prajurit sedang mencari kemar putri Asterin, karena tujuan nya untuk menculik putri kerajaan, [ FYI : prajurit yang jaga gerbang dh di bunuh ok ] .

Pada malam yang gelap itu, Asterin terbangun oleh suara keras yang memecah kesunyian. Ia merasakan sesuatu yang tidak biasa, seperti ada getaran aneh di dalam hatinya. Dengan cepat, ia mengenakan jubah putihnya dan melangkah keluar dari kamarnya.

di lorong yang remang-remang, Asterin melihat jejak langkah prajurit yang tampak gelisah. Jantungnya berdebar, ia merasa ada yang tidak beres. Ketika ia berbalik, ia mendengar suara gemerisik di balik pintu. Dengan hati-hati, ia membuka pintu dan melihat beberapa prajurit bersenjata, wajah mereka menutupi sebagian oleh penutup, berusaha mencari-cari sesuatu.

“Putri Asterin !” salah satu dari mereka berteriak, “Kau harus ikut dengan kami!”

Asterin, yang masih terkejut dengan berita kematian ayahnya, merasa ketakutan melanda dirinya. “Apa yang terjadi? Di mana ayah dan ibu?” tanyanya, suaranya bergetar, “Tidak ada waktu untuk menjelaskan! Ayo ikut dengan kami!” jawab prajurit tersebut .

Asterin merasa bingung, tapi dalam hatinya, ia tahu ia tidak bisa meninggalkan kerajaan yang dicintainya begitu saja. Tiba-tiba, ia teringat akan lukisan besar di ruang tahta yang menggambarkan nenek moyangnya, para raja dan ratu yang berjuang untuk keadilan, ia bertekad untuk melindungi warisan keluarganya.

“Tidak! Aku tidak akan pergi sebelum mengetahui siapa yang bertanggung jawab atas ini!” Asterin berkata tegas. Dalam sekejap, ia mengambil keputusan yang berani, ia menyusuri lorong, menuju ruang tahta, Saat ia sampai di sana, ia melihat bayangan gelap bergerak cepat. Seorang pria bertubuh besar dengan tanda kerajaan yang asing terpantau di jubahnya.

“Ah, si cantik Asterin. Sepertinya, kita harus menyelesaikan ini dengan cepat,” katanya sambil tersenyum sinis, Asterin menguatkan dirinya, “Siapa kau dan apa yang kau inginkan dari kerajaanku?”

“Nama ku Taran, dan aku ingin kerajaan ini jatuh ke tanganku, [ Taran itu putri kerajaan sebelah ych ] mulai malam ini, tidak ada lagi keadilan yang kau kenal!”

Dengan keberanian yang tiba-tiba muncul, Asterin meraih pedang kecil yang tergantung di dinding, “Aku tidak akan membiarkanmu mengambil alih!”

Pertarungan pun dimulai, suara metalik pedang bertemu dengan pedang, menggema di dalam ruang tahta. Asterin berjuang keras, melawan ketakutannya dan berusaha melindungi semua yang dicintainya.

Namun, ia tahu bahwa pertempuran ini lebih dari sekadar fisik ini adalah pertempuran untuk jiwa kerajaan, dengan setiap serangan, ia berdoa agar cahaya keadilan dapat kembali bersinar.

One night in a very large kingdom and inhabited by 1 family, one of them named Asterin, she is the daughter of King Leo and Queen Luell, Asterin is a very beautiful princess, the local residents really like her, her skin is white, her hair is curly and cream colored, her eyes are blue, she often wears her white clothes. The kingdom is very famous for its justice but one night there was a riot in the kingdom, there was another kingdom that did not like the princess's kingdom, the princess's parents were happily sleeping suddenly "BRAKKK" the sound of falling objects was heard outside the room, because the king was curious about it, the king finally checked what was happening outside the room, step by step when the king was about to turn on the lights

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"SLAM" the king's head was hit from behind by another kingdom's soldier and the king died on the spot, after that several soldiers were looking for Princess Asterin's room, because their goal was to kidnap the kingdom's princess, [FYI: the soldier guarding the gate was killed, okay].

On that dark night, Asterin was awakened by a loud noise that shattered the silence. He felt something unusual, like there was a strange vibration in his heart. Quickly, he put on his white robe and stepped out of his room.

In the dimly lit hallway, Asterin saw the footsteps of soldiers who looked restless. His heart pounded, he felt something was wrong. When he turned around, he heard a rustling sound behind the door. Cautiously, he opened the door and saw several armed soldiers, their faces partially covered by the cover, trying to find something.

“Princess Asterin!” one of them shouted, “You must come with us!”

Asterin, still shocked by the news of her father's death, felt fear wash over her. "What happened? Where are father and mother?" she asked, her voice shaking, "There's no time to explain! Come with us!" the soldier replied.

Asterin felt confused, but deep in his heart, he knew he couldn't just leave the kingdom he loved. Suddenly, he remembered the large painting in the throne room depicting his ancestors, the kings and queens who fought for justice, he was determined to protect his family's legacy.

“No! I will not leave until I find out who is responsible for this!” Asterin said firmly. In an instant, he made a bold decision, he walked down the hallway, towards the throne room. As he reached there, he saw a dark shadow moving quickly. A large man with an unfamiliar royal mark on his robe.

“Ah, the beautiful Asterin. It seems we have to finish this quickly,” he said with a sardonic smile, Asterin steeled herself, “Who are you and what do you want from my kingdom?”

“My name is Taran, and I want this kingdom to fall into my hands, [Taran is the princess of the neighboring kingdom] starting tonight, there will be no more justice as you know it!”

With a sudden surge of courage, Asterin grabbed the small sword hanging on the wall, “I won’t let you take over!”

The battle began, the metallic sound of sword against sword echoed in the throne room. Asterin fought hard, fighting his fears and trying to protect everything he loved.

However, he knew that this battle was more than just physical, it was a battle for the soul of the kingdom, with every strike, he prayed that the light of justice would shine once again.

One day, Carol took Phil to play in the forest. They walked through the forest until they reached a dark forest, out of curiosity Phil asked Carol "Carol, why did you invite me here? You know I'm very afraid of the dark?" Carol grinned and suddenly took Phil's pendant roughly, Phil Shocked and try to take her pendant back. Suddenly Carol pushes Phil in to the ground, and with a winning smile Carol said "Dear Phil... don't you know this pendant is an expensive things?" after that she immediately ran away!

Philippa Lyne sat stunned on the forest floor, her hand clutching the dirt where her pendant had once been. Her heart pounded in her chest as she stared at Carolie’s retreating figure.

The woods, once a place of peace and wonder, now felt oppressive and dark. The cool evening air seemed to tighten around her, and the deep shadows of the forest loomed like silent observers.

How could Carol do this? Phil thought, her green eyes wide with disbelief. They’d been best friends for years. She’d trusted Carolie more than anyone. Her mother’s pendant, the one Carol had stolen from her, was all that remained of her late mother, and it was no ordinary piece of jewelry.

The pendant was a constant reminder of the love and warmth her mother had given her before she passed. It wasn’t just valuable—it was priceless.

Phil stood up slowly, brushing dirt from her knees, her hands trembling. The weight of the betrayal settled like a stone in her chest. She could still see Carol's smirk as she ran off, the pendant dangling from her hand.

“Carolie…” Phil whispered, almost too soft for the wind to catch.

The pendant was everything to her. It wasn’t just the memory of her mother, it was a symbol of the bond they’d shared. How could Carol not understand that? Why would she do this?

Phil began walking after her friend, though the forest seemed to stretch endlessly before her, the shadows deeper than before, and the path winding in unexpected directions. The further she ventured into the woods, the harder it became to see.

Suddenly, a rustling noise broke the eerie silence, and Phil stopped in her tracks. She turned quickly, her heart racing again, her eyes scanning the darkness. Was someone else out here? Had Carol run into trouble?

She shook her head, pushing the thought aside. She couldn’t afford to think about anything other than the pendant. She needed it back.

But as she walked on, an odd sense of foreboding crept over her, as though something was watching her from the shadows. Was it just her fear of the dark playing tricks on her, or was there something more to this forest… something she hadn’t noticed before?

Philippa tightened her grip on the hem of her dress, steeling herself. She couldn’t turn back. Not now.

Philippa Lyne pressed on through the forest, her heart still pounding in her chest. Each step felt heavier, the ground beneath her feet slick with dampness, the air thick with the scent of earth and decay. The wind whispered through the trees, but it wasn’t the comforting sound she had grown accustomed to.

It felt like the forest itself was alive, watching her every move.

Her breath came faster as she tried to keep her thoughts focused on one thing: the pendant. The green stone, the symbol of her mother’s love, had been wrenched from her grasp. How could Carolie have done that? She had always been Phil’s closest friend—someone she confided in, someone she trusted. Yet now, Carolie had betrayed her, taken the one thing that meant more to Phil than anything in the world. A pang of hurt lodged deep in her chest, but she forced it away. She couldn’t afford to feel sorry for herself now. She had to get the pendant back.

As the minutes passed, the dark woods seemed to close in around her. The trees grew denser, their gnarled branches twisting like skeletal hands reaching for her. The path, once familiar, had become an eerie labyrinth. She couldn’t remember how far she had walked or how many turns she had taken. The forest felt endless, stretching into a place she didn’t recognize. The shadows weren’t just cast by the trees anymore—they were moving, creeping closer.

Philippa stopped. She couldn’t ignore it anymore—the sensation of being watched. Her green eyes darted nervously from tree to tree, but there was nothing there, just the darkness. She tried to shake the feeling, telling herself it was just her nerves. But then, she heard it.

A faint whisper.

Phil's heart skipped a beat. Was it the wind? Or something else? She took a cautious step forward, her gaze scanning the shadows.

Another rustle. Louder this time.

“Who's there?” she called out, her voice shaking despite her best efforts to remain brave. Her hands trembled at her sides.

Silence. Then, the sound of something moving quickly through the underbrush, the soft thud of feet brushing against the forest floor. Phil’s pulse quickened. Was it Carolie? Had she come back?

She was about to call out again when something else happened. A figure emerged from the shadows, tall and cloaked in darkness. It wasn’t Carolie.

Phil’s breath caught in her throat as she stared at the figure. The shape was humanoid but seemed distorted, as though it was too tall, too slender for a human form. Its eyes glowed faintly—an unsettling green, matching the color of Phil’s own eyes, but with an unnatural gleam.

The figure didn’t speak, but its presence was overwhelming. It wasn’t just standing there; it was watching her, its gaze sharp and cold, as though it knew exactly who she was and what she sought. Philippa’s instincts screamed at her to run, but her feet were rooted to the spot.

The figure took a step forward, its movement fluid but eerie, like a shadow slipping between trees. Phil felt a strange pull, a magnetic force that made her hesitate.

“Who… who are you?” she managed to whisper, her voice barely audible against the stillness of the forest.

The figure tilted its head slightly, as though considering her question, before it finally spoke—its voice soft but commanding.

“The pendant you seek,” it said, its words sending a chill down Phil’s spine, “has a power beyond your understanding.”

Phil’s heart thudded in her chest. Was this some kind of forest spirit? Was it here to help her? Or to warn her? She didn’t know, but she wasn’t about to let her fear stop her from getting the pendant back.

“I don’t care about its power,” Phil said, her voice trembling but determined. “I need it back. It’s all I have left of my mother.”

The figure’s eyes glowed brighter, and it took another step toward her, its presence growing more imposing. “It is not a mere trinket,” it said. “That pendant is tied to more than just memories. It holds a connection to this forest… and to forces older than you can imagine.”

Phil’s mind raced.

“What are you talking about? Where’s my pendant?”

The figure remained silent for a moment, its gaze piercing. Then, with a slow, deliberate motion, it gestured to the dark woods around them. “Follow the path. It will lead you to her… and to the pendant. But be warned, child. Not all paths in this forest are meant to be walked.”

Phil stood frozen for a moment, uncertainty and fear clawing at her. She had never heard anything like this. The pendant had always been a symbol of her mother’s love, something to hold onto after she passed. But now, it seemed as though it was part of something much larger, something beyond her comprehension.

“I have no choice,” she said, her voice barely above a whisper, her hands still clenched at her sides. “I need to find it.”

The figure nodded slowly, its features still obscured by the shadows. “Then go, and be swift. The darkness is patient, but it is not forgiving.”

Phil hesitated for only a moment before she turned and began to walk toward the direction the figure had indicated. The rustling sound in the woods seemed to follow her, like an unseen presence lurking just behind her, but she pressed on.

The forest seemed to close in even tighter as she walked, the shadows pressing closer with each step. She could feel the weight of the trees around her, their branches bending and swaying in the breeze, but there was no escape. She had no choice but to keep moving forward.

As she walked deeper into the forest, the path ahead of her grew narrower, more winding, and the shadows darker. It felt like she was moving through a dream—or a nightmare.

And somewhere, in the blackness ahead, she knew her mother’s pendant was waiting for her.

In a small village there was a very harmonious family whose father and mother were eagerly awaiting the arrival of their first child named EMMLY, who would be born in a few months.

until finally the child they had been waiting for was born, he grew up being educated by his parents.

However, when Emly was 10 years old, she realized that when she was little, she always felt there was something strange about herself, which she and her parents didn't realize, Emmly's father went to work with foreigners, Emmly dang His mother was single in the small village, just the two of them without being given enough food or money.

At that time, because Emmly's mother missed her father so much, Emmly fell ill, Emmly took the money she had and took her to the city to buy medicine for her mother. There, Emmly saw a woman the same age as Emmly asked, "Hey, what's your name? Where are you from? Can I meet you?" said Emmly. and this woman answered "oh... hi, my name is Sandle, I'm from the opposite village, of course we can meet friends."

setalah dari kejadian itu emmly dan sandlde sering mengobrol lewat surat,emmly menceritakan apa yg dia rasakan saat ini,dan suatu hari ia mencari ikan untuk di santap nya malam ini bersama sang ibu.ia berenang di laut dan.. setlah ia berenang sambil mencari ikan ia merasa" HEI ADA APA DENGAN TUBUHKU SEBENAR NYA" ia sangat lah kebingungan dan ketakutan karna setelah dari laut ia merasa badan nya sangat gatal gatal,tetapi ia tetap menyiapkan makanan nya untuk ibu nya.

Ibunya sudah memakaan ikan yang telah di buat oleh emmly,tapii emmly belum mau memakan nya karna ia merasa tidak sehat,karna itu dia memisahkan diri nya dengan ibu nya,tengah malam ia merrasa lapar dan ia memakan ikan yg di masak nya.Siang nya ia bertemu dengan seseorang yang misterius,ia berkata "akan ada sesuatu yang terjadi padamu"sete;ah mengatakan hal itu orang ,isterius ini pun pergi,malam nya ia merasakan sesuatu yang di mana tiba" kaki nya berubah menjadi ekor duyung,ia tercengang dan jatuh pingsan.esok kan nya ia normal kembali menjadi manusia lagi dan ia akan merahasiakan hal ini akhir nya ia lari dari rumah karena ia mendengan kabar bahwa ayah nya akan kembali pulang.Hari itu pun tiba,dan yang benar saja ia menanyakan sang putri,"dimana emmly??" sang ibu tidak bisa menjawab karna ia pun taktahu anak nya di mana,tidaklama kemudian warga warga berteriak" APA INI?APA INI? ADA SEEKOR DUYUNG"ujar para warga dengan panik ketakutan.

Ayah emmly menghampri para grombolan itu dan melihat apa yang sebenar nya terjadi? setelah ia sampai ke tempat para gerombolan itu dan ternyata duyung itu adalah anak nya sendiri yang sudah 16 tahun lama nya ia tinggal berdua dengan istrinya.Ia sangat terkejut akan apa yang sebenar nya terjadi ia membawa seret anak nya sendiri dengan kejam,ia taruh di dalam rumah nya karna ia malu kalau anak nya ini seorang mermaid.ia memukul anak nya,menjambak rambut anak nya ,menampardan melakukan kekeresan lain nya,emmly sangat terkejut dengan apa yang telah ayah nya lakukan.Setelah sepeerti itu ayah emmly meninggalkan emmly dengan begitu saja  

THE END.💕💕💕💕

Outsra is still a woman who wants to feel a free life without being surrounded by various rules and manners created by the royal family. Being in a royal environment is not an easy thing for some people, including herself, not infrequently she also wants to do things that break the rules. Being born in a family that obliges him to devote himself to returning favors to noble families, and being in the environment of the nobles does not make him big-hearted, often Outstra only wears simple clothes and also greets the people who are trading or carrying out their activities.

In the mornings Outstra lived a very beautiful life, styling her hair, choosing beautiful clothes, or just sitting in front of her house to pay attention to her neighborhood that she had to cover for the newspaper. But no one knew where Outstra disappeared to when the sun went down, as if she had gone down with the sun.

One day, a nobleman from another country visited her, they had made an appointment the other day to talk. Outstra appeared wearing a navy blue shirt with a touch of broken white income on both sides of her arms and also a long broken white skirt that covered her beautiful legs which added a simple and elegant impression to her body. Her guest was Calhine, a woman who turned out to be a messenger assigned to spy on Outstra by the nobleman who had been watching her for a long time.

The arrival of her guest almost shocked the entire noble family, because Outstra was not the type of woman who liked to receive guests for unclear reasons, because honestly she was too busy with her work as a journalist. Calhine's reason was simply to visit and greet Outstra. They talked for a long time, asking how she was doing, how Outstra was living her life, and many other things they discussed. until finally Calhine said goodbye to Outstra.

But then again, behind that, Calhine's intention was not just to say hello and visit. She came to be a spy for the nobleman who had apparently been watching Outstra for a long time. After saying goodbye to go home, Calhine left the area of Outstra's residence, and intended to stay at a hotel near Outstra's house so that she could monitor further how the woman who became the nobleman's idol seemed to have a heart for Outstra.

During the night Calhine woke up because she felt uncomfortable, sure enough, she was still wearing the dress she had worn to meet Outstra earlier in the day. Clhine changed her clothes and looked at the window, how surprised she was to see Outstra's residence so dark, a sense of worry came over her. However, suddenly all the lights in the residence were fully on, as if knowing that someone was watching her. Calhine saw Outstra who was carrying two bottles of alcohol in her hands, and waved at Calhine, it seemed like she really knew that someone was watching her, even she waved her hand, so it couldn't be wrong right?

The next day Calhine went home to meet the nobleman who ordered her, and conveyed the events she had witnessed last night. “I already knew, even before you told me” said Ghasper, the nobleman who had ordered Calhine, after Calhine told his story. It turned out that the reason Ghasper sent people to spy on Outstra was not because he was interested or even had a heart for Outstra, but because he wanted to make sure whether Outstra was the one people were talking about.

Outstra was not a stupid and easily deceived woman, in fact she also knew the real reason Calhine came to visit her, not because someone fell in love, but there was someone trying to reveal where she was after sunset, and this was not just a one-time occurrence, but many times. And the person who tried to spy on her also always stayed at the same hotel, that's what Outstra questioned, why are people so stupid to repeat the same thing?.

After knowing that Calhine shuddered in horror, because it turned out that the person she admired yesterday because of her good looks and polite speech, was the woman who had been the talk of many people, the woman who disappeared after sunset. And until now no one has been able to find out, where Outstra went after sunset, even after her death.

-The End-

ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯, 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔶, 𝔥𝔲𝔤𝔤𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔱𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔩𝔶. "𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢, 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢. ℑ'𝔪 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲." 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔲𝔭 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔨𝔶, 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔢. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔨𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔞𝔯 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔲𝔫𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔰𝔬 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔢, 𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔣 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔬𝔫 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔧𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔶. ℑ𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱, 𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔲𝔭, 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔥𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴, 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢, 𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔦𝔱. 𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔭𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔢. ℌ𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔢𝔣𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔡𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫, 𝔫𝔬 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔩𝔬𝔣𝔱𝔶. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔨𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔟𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔡, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴, 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔧𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔶 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔣.ℑ𝔫 𝔞 𝔰𝔪𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔩𝔬𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔬𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔐𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱 𝔅𝔢𝔫 𝔑𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔰, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔤𝔦𝔯𝔩 𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔡 𝔓𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢. 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔯𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔥𝔦𝔤𝔥 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔩 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔶. 𝔖𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔡, 𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯, 𝔄𝔩𝔣𝔯𝔢𝔡, 𝔞 𝔣𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔢𝔩𝔡𝔰, 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 ℭ𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔞, 𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔞 𝔟𝔞𝔟𝔶. 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔴 𝔲𝔭 𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔥𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔞𝔰𝔪, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢, 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥, 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡. 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪: 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱. ℌ𝔢 𝔬𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔰𝔞𝔱 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔰𝔢, 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔳𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔰𝔨𝔶, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔪𝔞𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔦𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔟𝔲𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰 𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢. ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪, 𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔯. ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔦𝔡𝔢 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔩 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔡𝔦𝔣𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔲𝔩𝔱.

𝔒𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔶, 𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔢𝔵𝔞𝔪𝔰, 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔶 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔲𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔰. 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞 𝔭𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱, 𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯, 𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔫𝔢𝔴𝔰. ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔦𝔱 𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔯𝔢𝔧𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫. 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔭𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔢𝔯. ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪 𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱, 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔶'𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔢, 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔪𝔰 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢. "𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢, ℑ 𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲, 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔟𝔦𝔤. 𝔚𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔭𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔰," 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔞 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔶 𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔢. 𝔈𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢, 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔡𝔳𝔦𝔠𝔢, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔞 𝔭𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔵𝔱 𝔡𝔞𝔶, 𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔡𝔰𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫, 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔞 𝔩𝔞𝔯𝔤𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔶. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔭 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔱 𝔞 𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔶. 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔢. ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔞 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫. 𝔄𝔡𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶, 𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔦𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔭𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔰. ℌ𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔰𝔬 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔦𝔭𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔩𝔶 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔡. 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔰𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔢𝔷𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰.

𝔒𝔫𝔢 𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱, 𝔞𝔰 𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢, 𝔱𝔯𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔨𝔢𝔱𝔠𝔥, 𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔡. ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡, 𝔯𝔢𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥. 𝔄𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱, 𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯'𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰: "𝔑𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔲𝔭. 𝔈𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔨𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔪𝔰 𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢, 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔟𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔭𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔢𝔣𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔱." 𝔖𝔲𝔡𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔩𝔶, 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔤𝔞𝔷𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢, 𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔴. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔰𝔨𝔶 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔰𝔬 𝔳𝔞𝔰𝔱, 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔩𝔶. 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢, 𝔟𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔰𝔨𝔶, 𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔳𝔦𝔳𝔢. 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔥𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔞𝔰𝔪, 𝔥𝔢 𝔤𝔬𝔱 𝔲𝔭 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱. ℌ𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔲𝔭, 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔬𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔱𝔶 𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔞𝔡𝔳𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔬𝔣.

𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔡𝔞𝔶, 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔪𝔞𝔩 𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔭𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱. ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱, 𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔟𝔲𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰, 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔟𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔬𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔫 𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔬𝔲𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔰 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔳𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔤𝔢. 𝔈𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔴, 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔡𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔩 𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔡𝔡𝔢𝔡, 𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔣 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔥𝔦𝔪𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣, 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔡𝔞𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔰𝔲𝔟𝔪𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔰 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔡. 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔵𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔟𝔢𝔰𝔱. 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔰𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔩𝔶 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰, 𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔟𝔪𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔢. 𝔄 𝔣𝔢𝔴 𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔨𝔰 𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯, 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔢𝔴𝔰 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔪𝔞𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔡. ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔯. "ℭ𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰, 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢! 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔭 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔱 𝔞 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩-𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔶," 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔢. 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰. 𝔄𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔨, 𝔭𝔞𝔦𝔫, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔭𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔬𝔣𝔣.

ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯, 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔶, 𝔥𝔲𝔤𝔤𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔱𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔩𝔶. "𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢, 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢. ℑ'𝔪 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲." 𝔍𝔞𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔲𝔭 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔨𝔶, 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔢. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔨𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔞𝔯 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔲𝔫𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔰𝔬 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔢, 𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔣 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔬𝔫 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔧𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔶. ℑ𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱, 𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔲𝔭, 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔥𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴, 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢, 𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔦𝔱.

𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔭𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔢. ℌ𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔢𝔣𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔡𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫, 𝔫𝔬 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔩𝔬𝔣𝔱𝔶. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔨𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔟𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔡, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴, 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔧𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔶 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔣.

In thousands of agonies,

I exist.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

Berkali-kali Re mengutuk dirinya, memaksakan kesadarannya. Pening sekali ia memutar otak memburu teroris yang meneror isi kepalanya 1440 menit terakhir yang menjadi penyebab kembalinya ia dalam dimensi non ruang waktu tersebut. Re kembali menyumpahi ketiadaan. Hei, bukankah pada akhirnya semua hanyalah bentuk residu dari abstraksi simpang siur kehidupan?

Kelam yang sama, dengan heningnya yang begitu familiar. Memuakkan. Mengaburkan garis batas nyata dan maya. Sampai kapan ia harus melakoni hal yang manusia dakwakan di luar nalar seperti ini? Kembali terseret ke dalam kelam yang sama, sebuah dimensi asing dengan jalan berliku dan pengejaran tiada akhir.

Setiap detik berlari terasa seperti sebuah keniscayaan—ia tahu ia akan jatuh, tahu ia tak akan mampu lari selamanya. Keringat dingin membasahi tubuhnya, sementara ketakutan semakin dalam mengakar. Namun selalu saat terbangun, ia mendapati dirinya terperangkap di antara alam realita dan khayali, jantung berdegup keras dalam kesunyian malam.

Re mulai muak pada rutinitas yang mengerikan ini—kewajiban yang melelahkan untuk terus lari, terus mencoba lolos, hanya untuk tahu bahwa esok ia akan kembali dijemput mimpi yang sama, kembali terseret dalam pengejaran tanpa akhir. Tuhan, untukku, mengapa kau mengharamkan rehat?

After Leo motivated and supported her, Phelia was even more confident that she would continue and win the painting competition. In her heart, she pushed away the guilt of what she had just done to her father. Leo was right, Phelia had got what she wanted. namely the freedom to realise her dream of becoming a painter. Phelia must not back down, it is time for her to rise up and show the entire population of the city of Athens, that they have a great and amazing painter who can advance Greece in this era in the field of art.

Phelia packed her clothes, painting tools, and biology textbooks. she prepared it all to stay at Eve's family home so that she could be guided and practice painting more seriously and more focused. After Phelia packed all her things, she went downstairs, she went to the front of her father's workspace and she knocked on the door of her father's workspace. tock tock tock, she knocked on the door of her father's workspace three times. "Come in." said her father. Then, Phelia entered the room, Phelia's father was silent and did not say a single word. Phelia's father invited Phelia to sit on the sofa that was right across from his desk. They were silent for a long time, until Phelia finally got the courage to explain what she was going to do. ‘Dad, I'm going to Eve's house, do you allow it?’ Her father nodded as he gestured for Phelia to continue her dialogue. ‘I'll still enter the competition, I'm sure I'll win it.’ Phelia's father nodded in understanding. ‘And then?’ Phelia stood up and walked to the door and said, ‘And I will fill you with pride.’ Then Phelia walked out and closed the door to her father's workspace.

Phelia's father smiled broadly and happily, ‘it's true, my daughter has indeed grown up.’

Then Phelia said goodbye to her brother, Leo. ‘Wish me luck, Leo.’ with a big smile Leo answered Phelia, ’Sis, take it easy. I'll always support you.’ Phelia who heard her brother's words laughed happily, and gave him one last warm hug before Phelia left her house.

Phelia went to Eve's House, The first thing she did when she arrived at Eve's house was to knock on Eve's door ‘Knock knock knock’. Eve opened the door and let Phelia into her house. "Why are you back, Phelia? Didn't you just go home at dawn? Why are you suddenly back?" Eve asked Phelia with a curious look on her face and a slightly interrogative tone. "eumm, well... there are some things that just happened and it's a long story..." Phelia replied in a rather awkward tone. "Well then..." Eve pulled Phelia's hand and sat her on the sofa, "tell me about it first, and then we'll continue our painting practice." If Eve had said that, Phelia would have no reason to refuse, so Phelia finally told her about everything that had happened at home. Eve who heard the story from Phelia could only stroke Phelia's back as a sign to be patient, "fight Phelia! I know you can do it! don't give up and keep going, I know you are capable and you can do it!" Phelia nodded and her cheeks flashed a sweet smile. She promised herself that she would train hard and not back down. She was sure that everything she was doing now was the right thing and that it was the best thing for her, she would not back down even if there were people who would look down on her and not believe in her abilities. Phelia stayed at Eve's house until the day of the painting competition and for the last 2 days Phelia practised hard.

The day of the painting competition arrived, Phelia prepared and packed all her painting tools. Phelia wore a white dress that was calf-length, and she wore a light green outer with her hair tied up using an olive green ribbon. She went to the Competition Venue with Eve and Eve's Mother, then she went to the registration area, after going to the registration area, they (the participants) and their parents were asked to enter the waiting room. Phelia looked around, hoping that her father and Leo would come to her and accompany her into the waiting room, but unfortunately Phelia did not see them. "We will accompany you and come with you Phelia, don't worry" said Eve's Mother to calm Phelia who looked restless because she did not see any of her family. Phelia smiled and thanked Eve's Mother and Eve because they were the ones who always supported Phelia in any condition. After being in the waiting room for a long time, the Participants were asked to say goodbye to their parents and go up on stage because the competition was about to begin.

Phelia stepped onto the stage, the competition had just begun. They were given 90 minutes to complete their paintings. Phelia took a deep breath and began to move her brush gently across her canvas. Phelia painted So calmly, she poured out all her feelings onto the white canvas, Phelia painted about everything she felt and what was on her mind. for 1 hour, everything was fine and suddenly she heard a sound coming from the Venue door, the venue door was wide open. all participants remained focused on their Paintings except Phelia. Phelia looked at the Venue door, she saw 2 men entering the Venue and sitting in the front seat. How surprised Phelia was when she found that the two men were her younger brother, Leo and her father. She saw her younger brother smiling at her and clenching his fists then raising his hands in the air, as a signal to Phelia to be enthusiastic to Complete her painting. While her father smiled broadly, while giving Phelia a thumbs up. Phelia who saw her younger brother and her father smiling then she continued her Painting. And finally the painting time was over, Phelia finished her painting with satisfaction. everything went perfectly, very perfectly. She was happy that she could finish her painting, plus the presence of her younger brother and her father who suddenly came in the middle of the competition. Phelia was waiting for the announcement of the winner of the competition. the third and second winners had been announced, Phelia waited and wondered 'who is the first winner?'. Then suddenly Leo and her father approached her and they chatted. "I actually didn't want to come here, but Leo forced me to come here and watch you paint." said Phelia's father while glancing at Leo. "Yikes! I originally wanted to go watch you alone, but Dad begged me to watch you with me. I warned Dad that he had a meeting this afternoon, "you should rest" I said that to Dad, but he stared at me stubbornly" Leo explained at length making Dad and Phelia laugh with joy.

"Illucia Ophelia!" Said the MC of the competition event. Phelia who was initially busy chatting with Leo and her father immediately shifted her focus to the stage, 'did I hear you right?' "To Illucia Ophelia, please come forward to take the award" continued the MC. Phelia faced her father and showed a very happy expression mixed with surprise. she smiled at her father, "Come forward Phelia, that is the reward you should get." Said her father while patting Phelia's shoulder gently. Proudly, Phelia came forward to take her reward.

That is the life story of Illucia Ophelia, a famous painter from Greece. After winning the painting competition, Phelia became a famous person. She was invited to several places and events, she told her life story. Her struggle to become a painter, which was initially opposed by her father but in the end her father supported her. In addition to being a famous painter, now Phelia's paintings are displayed in various places, and that makes her name remembered.

One night, the air was thick with coal smoke that filled every home around it. The coal smoke irritated the throat, causing Herminia to cough for several days. It was this cough that sparked her desire to reach the source of the smoke as it burned. The locomotive sped along, its whistle accompanying Herminia in her solitude. Day after day, she observed the workings of the great locomotive from her small room, until one day a little child stopped in front of the window of Herminia’s room.

"Hey... Heimi, let's play! When will you leave your bed and play with me again? It's been so long. I'll take you to the station once you're better, and we can play together again," said Brianna, Herminia’s playmate.

"Wait for me, I'll get better as soon as my mom lets me go out to play. It won't be long. Today, I'll be well and come to join you, if needed."

"Hi, Heimi! Let’s play! When will you leave your bed and join me again? It’s been so long. Once you’re better, I’ll take you to the station, and we can play together again," said Brianna, Herminia's playmate.

"Wait for me! I’ll recover as soon as my mom lets me go outside. It won’t be long. Today, I’ll get better and come join you if it’s the last thing I do," Herminia replied with renewed determination. She dashed toward the nearby room, calling out, "Mom! I’m better now! Please let me go play with Brianna!" she yelled as she ran. But there was no clear response from her mother.

When Herminia reached the room, she was shocked to find her mother lying weakly on the floor, clutching a piece of fabric. "Mom! What’s wrong? Mom, please!" she cried out repeatedly, but her mother didn’t respond. Herminia struggled to lift her onto the bed, making sure she could rest after working tirelessly from morning till noon to keep up with housework and care for her daughter.

"Mom, may I go play?" Herminia whispered repeatedly into her mother’s ear. Her mother furrowed her brow in pain, curling up with her eyes closed. With a weak and trembling voice, she finally replied, "If you truly feel better, you can go. But please come back quickly so I don’t worry."

Overjoyed, Herminia kissed her mother’s forehead and exclaimed, "Thank you, Mom!" As she leaned in, she noticed the heat radiating from her mother’s skin. Mom is burning up, she thought, alarmed.

“Herminia! Hurry up! You promised you’d join me today. It’s been a whole day since you said you’d come! We’re not just going to the station this time—we’ll visit the city station!” Brianna’s voice called from outside, breaking Herminia’s train of thought.

"Mom, I’m going now. I promise to come back early. Wait for me and my stories, okay?" Herminia said as she dashed out, excitement bubbling at the thought of seeing her beloved locomotive up close. She met Brianna, who had been waiting, thrilled that her best friend was ready for their adventure.

Their long journey was filled with laughter, brief happiness carved into memories. However, the joy turned to fleeting dust, a reminder of a bond tested by time and choices. Their friendship wasn’t just about playing together but about supporting each other through every challenge, selflessly.

This is where the story truly begins.

Herminia was a girl with a dream—to become the greatest female train engineer. She had always cherished this ambition despite her ailment, a sensitivity to locomotive smoke. But for Herminia, no obstacle was insurmountable. From a young age, she immersed herself in the world of trains, and as she grew older, she pursued her dream with unyielding determination.

Yet, her biggest challenge wasn’t her illness but her friendship. Brianna, who once championed Herminia’s dreams, had planned a surprise that ended in sorrow. On a fateful night, both girls stood at the city station, and Brianna was ready to unveil her surprise. But instead of joy, words were exchanged that shook their bond.

Time seemed to accelerate as Herminia remembered her promise to her mother: to return home early. But Brianna delayed their departure. "When are we going back?" Herminia asked repeatedly, her voice gentle to avoid upsetting her friend.

"Why do you keep asking to go home? Aren’t you happy I brought you here?" Brianna snapped.

"I just wanted to ask if I could leave a bit earlier. My mom’s waiting, and I don’t want to worry her."

"Ugh, Heimi! Why do you only think about your mom? This is supposed to be your happiest moment. Appreciate what I’ve prepared!" Brianna’s tone was firm, her frustration evident.

Herminia fell silent. Without another word, Brianna walked away, leaving Herminia to head home, worried about her mother. Upon arriving, she found her mother’s condition worsening. Guilt weighed heavy on her heart. She had left her mother in search of fleeting joy, only to return to deeper sorrow.