by Faulina Arif
"Big bro . . . how can we find someone that we don't even sure about her existence?" Marsha look at Reyn
That girl always trusts Reyn but for now she can't help but to doubt him. It’s because all of these time they was always tried to find her, but all for naught.
"Then a question from me . . . who killed those monsters? A police officer? Do all of you think they can do that? And for now they all consumed with idiocy and they pretended not know at all." Reyn smiled cynically
"I think they are involved. From your entire story, they always came to the crime scene. They always quickly isolated those places from civilian, they even bribe a mass media to change the content of their news. If not for me and Faisal that manage to hack police department server, maybe we now just were thinking the same as other civilians. We certainly will think that incident is just a normal accident." Hafiz added
All of them fell in silent, but then all of the gaze go into Faisal. He looked eerily silent, his eye focused to something that for a long time disrupt his soul.
Marsha standing up. "Faa . . . i . . . sal . . . !!!" Marsha growl angry and threw cigarette ashtray toward Faisal
Faisal that discovered were looking into Marsha thighs for a long time became surprised. He reflexively dodge that ashtray which nearly hit his head. That ashtray then hit the wall and falling down to the floor.
"Ey! That’s not my fault!" Faisal pointed at himself "It's entirely your fault Marsha. Your thighs are so damn sexy. I wanted to touch them badly I want to cry . . . My precious "
"You Goblin!!" Marsha let out a curse, and then she threw a sofa pillow. This time Faisal had no time to dodge, that pillow hit his face directly. "Perverted goblin, I swear I will mince you!"
Marsha wants to hit Faisal in the head but she stopped because someone special to her called her name.
"Marsha! Could you please make me some tea?" Reyn pleaded
Marsha smiled and then nods "Yes, of course big bro."
"Me too!For me too Marsha!" Faisal wave his hand to Marsha
Marsha looked away and walk toward the kitchen, she completely ignoring Faisal.
"Are you sure? She will give you poisoned tea . . . “Hafiz warn Faisal
"You . . . You could say that to yourself." Faisal laughs loudly then walks away from their sight
Hafiz became quite, he thinking something in his mind
It's true, Hafiz and Faisal is the same. They always make some problem to Marsha because of little things. Even so they still have different meaning. Faisal always irritate Marsha because of her clothing that made him always feel passionate when seeing her. And Hafiz is the other way around, he always scold Marsha because he worried about her fashion sense, she always use a clothes that show too much of her skin, he can't help but think that kind of clothes will invite some hungry wolf like Faisal. And because of that reason both of them always makes Marsha annoyed. Even though Hafiz said those words because of worry. She still thinks Hafiz is the same as Faisal, just some annoying people.
Marsha add some sugar into a little cup of tea
There is one person that never makes Marsha angry. Reynold, she always thinks highly of him and at the same time she can't help but fall in love with him. Reynold can always makes Marsha calm and can makes her comply without any requirement.
But until now, Reyn is still clueless about Marsha's feeling. Marsha isn't afraid to convey her feelings to him, but she's scared what if there is no future for both of them. For this time, Marsha can only hope that they will finish everything that was planned. Because when everything is over, Marsha will use that time to convey all her feelings and try to seek a gap to steal him from his lover.
Delusion
At dawn Zafar waking up, Zafar can't sleep well because he can only sleep for only one hour. Throughout the night Zafar curiosity is not calming down. Even though Aria already warns him, but he still can't kill his curiosity. Especially about Aria. If it's true that she was targeted, then what was the reason?
Aria is not a normal woman. Aria can kill many of those monsters alone. And that means, Aria had a strong physique. She can even swing that giant sword easily as if that was made of plastic.
His eyes widen, he remember a piece of his shattered memory. Zafar saw that, her blood that was originally in the ground, move and gathering in one place. Then it slowly going back into Aria's body after all of those monsters died. And not long after that, Zafar can't see the wound anymore in her arms. Her skin was so smooth and not even a scratch was there.
It was possible if that was happened because of her strong antibody, her body can automatically regenerate her wound. If that severe wound can healed easily, then all of dangerous disease can't harm her at all. But how can she have that strong body?
Zafar massage his head slowly because it's starting to hurt. Then he wake up from his bed to take something from his wardrobe, after that he go to another room. Zafar open the door and push the light switch. Searching to all of wardrobe, cabinets, and bookcase that previously belong to his father. He then found something that for a long time was forgotten.
IRISE DELEGNERE
"Did you see my beloved?" Shela asking to one of university college student that sitting in front of crowded laboratory room.
"Seems like 5 minutes ago he's leaving this room then go to the side yard." That student answering Shela.
"Thank you very much." Shela smiled then walked to the side yard.
"Huff . . . "Shela exhaled her breath, she hoped this time she can find her beloved that always seems busy. There is some serious matter that she wanted to discuss, and today she must tell him. For a long time Shela postpone this matter. Where will this relationship bring them, about their future together and how will they walk on in this live.
Her step was stopped, she found him. Her beloved sat alone below a banyan tree in the side yard. There were so many books beside him, and now he was seen reading one of those books. When she saw what he was doing she doesn’t know why but suddenly she feels a slight doubt. Aren’t she always like that though? If not now, then when? Always delaying, and waiting for something good happened. But in truth that was never happened, more and more she plunged into misery and lies. Always lie to someone she loved and herself.
“Zafar!” Shela call to Zafar.
Zafar won’t budge, he’s still focused in his book without realizing that someone just calls to his name. Shela sighed then walking toward that man. She sits beside those piles of book and Zafar then noticed her presence.
“You seems occupied . . . .“ Shela plays with her hair while at the same time let out a thin smile.
Zafar looked at Shela “These Old books belongs to my father. Recently I found them and, they all seems interesting.”
“Yes, I can see that” She was forcing her smile.
For a moment they fell in silent. Zafar read his old book once again, and Shela seems confused. She was confused from where to start a conversation.
“Za . . . .” Shela suddenly shut her lips and let Zafar to first start a conversation
“Are you ever heard of Gipsy?” Zafar asked.
Shela shakes her head slowly.
“When I was still a kid, my father always tells a story about them. They are a wandering nomad in Asia, Africa, and Europe Continent. Murder, rape, and discrimination are always happened to them. They was valued as a lowly being because their habit that always wandering and lived in caravan. They were discriminated because European started a bad rumor cause they were afraid of their mysterious aura. In addition they also reputed as a dangerous existence because they can use strong magic. In the past, Romanian woman liked to use their magic because of their reputation. There were so many stories that tell about their magic. There was one time in Europe that many witch appeared, a lot of people believe it was related to Gipsy. Some of them were born to be a great magician, or they call them a Shurani. They are much stronger than another Gipsy people. Usually they have great abilities like spell casting, potion mak
ing, scaring, divination and medium ship. If they are disturbed or hurt, they will not think twice to curse those people.
Shela gulped. She doesn’t understand why Zafar suddenly interested in history, especially about Gipsy people. Moreover she doesn’t understand why did Zafar tell all that to her. If she wants to be honest, she didn’t know how to respond to Zafar’s story. But one thing she can see, Zafar appear to be restless. There is something bothering him and that’s mean this was not a right time to some future plan.
“Zafar dear? Are you alright?” Shela can’t help but feel worries.
Zafar nod, for only a moment he look directly at Shela then he going back to read his old book. Reading those words one by one with a deep breath.
At earlier morning before he go to his workplace, Zafar intentionally go to that place he was before earlier night. He go by a long road to make sure that everything he saw that night was real and not only a bad dream. But when he arrived to that place, Zafar was shocked because he found nothing. Moreover that place was unusually clean and normal, it’s like nothing was really happened there. Not even one shed of blood was left.
The truth that he saw today made him feels like, everything happened that night is like a dream, although the wound in his shoulder still hurt. And now he was doubting himself, feels like he can’t differentiate what’s real or what’s just an illusion.
Zafar tried to find the truth. Reading his old book. Those books tell a story about werewolf. But like before, he just found the same information. Zafar know, from past research that he always heard before. A werewolf is just a false information, the truth is they were human that experience a delusion, poisoning and genetic disease.
But regardless from all of that, in truth Zafar more curious about Aria. That very fast regeneration ability, he was heard about that before. Some people tell that story before when he was a kid and he remember that well, it was his father that disappear long ago. As an historian his father always told the history of this world to Zafar. He even told a weird story that can’t be comprehended with common sense. He told him about how he meets with a mysterious beautiful woman and the story about Gipsy people.
Zafar can’t tell, is those story that his father tell to him is true? But inside his mind Zafar was sure that his father is not a liar. Zafar believe that those stories are true. But still most people take that story is just nonsense, and quickly be forgotten.
Zafar interested in medical Knowledge, he was often for many times relating that knowledge into an ancient history. He liked to do that, take a note for an interesting thing inside that ancient history. And think about possibilities that he can never imagined. Zafar believe that all the mysteries in this world can be explained with science. He even dreaming that he wanted to solve all those mystery around the world. But since his father was left him, those wishes were forgotten. It’s not because he want to forget that, it because he must. The reality made him realize, he can’t survive in this world with just a dream. For him to survive he must work hard to earn some money for his education and to live, that’s why he must forget about his dream.
Zafar takes a deep breath. He turn the new page, and found in that book there was a little writing. Do not believe with what you heard. Only believe with things you wanted to know. Not only once Zafar was ever heard those word, his father in the past always said it. Even though he doesn't know it's meaning, he still think those word is very important to his father.
Zafar leaned his head to banyan tree behind him. Then he remove his eye glass while at the same time massage his dizzy head. Zafar can't understand the meaning of those words even until today.
Zafar was thinking, is it possible that all of those story that his father always tell is related to that mysterious white haired young woman? And about Gipsy tribe? Well, it's all is just a possibilities.
"Umm . . . Zafar? Are you really fine? Actually . . .Is there something happened?" Shela became more worried.
How come she isn't worried? For 10 minutes she was there beside him, but she was completely ignored. Zafar was drowning deep inside his thinking. This is far worse than before, He became more and more far away outside her reach.
"I'm just tired . . . " Zafar replying in low voice.
"Isn't it better to go home and rest?"
"Yes, maybe it's better that way." Zafar exhaling his breath.
A blood that came back to the body, he said that in his mind. While he close his eyes Zafar suddenly remembering something in his childhood.
"Father, do you think that story can be proved with science?" Zafar stare at his father full of curiosity.
"You mean . . . about magic spell?" His father asked in return.
Zafar nod.
"Hmm . . . Maybe it can. Father thinks those magic spell is just some requirement for a potion they made, it become more interesting that way and many people thinks that those potion had some supernatural power. So father thinks it was their way to prevent other people to steal their recipes. It was possible that those potion recipes are just a natural or normal ingredients then it was mixed with knowledge like in modern science. in the past the technologies isn't so advanced, the people in the past can't help but think all of those strange things that happened is magic.
Zafar's father fell silent while looking at his son. And then he smiled.
IRISE DELEGNERE
Aria standing up. She spying at Zafar for a long time and now she choose to leave. She wears a black wig, eye glasses, and white dress. Certainly Zafar can't recognize Aria and that's why she can roam freely around him, even in 3 meter distance like before.
Aria sits in one of long wooden chair not far away from Zafar position. She holding a Smartphone in her right hand and her eyes pretend to see it. She is using a headset so other people can see that she was hearing music and didn't want to be disturbed. A perfect disguise
Aria tries to overhear the conversation between Zafar and the girl beside him. Aria surely didn't understand what they are talking about. But thank god, Zafar did not tell the incident happened that night to another people. Because of that reason she is spying Zafar deliberately.
If only she just killed him that night together with those monsters, Aria will not need to do these troublesome things. She will not feel this burden and can free from dismay. She can only hope that Zafar is smart enough not to dwell in this dangerous matter and only think the incident happened that night is just a bad dream. Therefore, Zafar is safe and will not endanger anyone around him. Yes, she can only hope that. Because for her, there's was not a single soul she can trust. All of people always wear a mask, first they act kindly then in the end they will betray you.
IRISE DELEGNERE
Both of Marsha eyes glared fiercely, Marsha take a screwdriver beside her then throw it toward the young man that standing not far from her.
Immediately Faisal stopped to whistle and rub his own chest. Fortunately Faisal can quickly dodge that flying screwdriver, if not he was sure those thing can make a new hole in his head. This is always happening to Faisal, much stuff flying toward him accompanied with harsh insult, but Marsha still did not know why Faisal always liked to upset her in this manner. And after all that he was still seen looked at Marsha mini skirt while let out a naughty smile.
"Filthy bacteria with filthy brain! If you do it one more time I will poke your eyes out!" Marsha threatens Faisal. Her face became red because of anger
"Oh, come on . . . You are too sensitive. What use of those miniskirts if not for seducing me? A lonely man such as myself . . . “Faisal said that while flicking his front hair
Marsha became more and more disgusted by his behavior. She stopped to check the payment note and she walking toward him through cashier table. She then suddenly grabs his slightly long front hair
"I had warned you earlier damn bug! This is the end . . . “Marsha growl angrily
"M-Marsha . . . Spa- spare me please! My hair . . . My poor hair!" Faisal screaming in pain, he tries to release Marsha's han
d in his hair but her grip becoming tighter.
"Ha? Spare you? Die . . . ! Every woman in this world will rest easy if your filthy existence is removed."
"W-whoa, Marsh!That Reyn. He’s behind you!"
Her eyes wide open, at that time she releasing her grip and turned to opposite direction that she was now. In her front she really finding Reynold standing there quietly.
Marsha gulped Damn since when he was here? Did he see my brutal side earlier? Marsha anger takes a drastic change into agitation.
At that time, Faisal feels relieved. And quickly he runs away from Marsha before that girl back to destruction mode.
"B-big bro . . . is, how long that you standing there?" she ask Reyn awkwardly
"Not so long ago. I think it's when you grab Faisal hair."
Marsha once again gulped "T-this is not like what big bro thinks . . . Y-You know his behavior annoy me."
"Well, I think both of you was so friendly."
"Heh? Ah! That was just your imagination. You know big bro, in my eyes his existences just like an annoying flea that stick in cat's body. So, I want to quickly exterminate it."
Reyn was smiled "For you!" Reyn gave Marsha some clothes
Marsha looks at those clothes in Reyn hands "From big bro . . .?"
"You ought to wear some normal clothes, to prevent a man like Faisal from harassing you."
Marsha smiled flat, and then she forced herself to take those clothes "Thank you." She said that in monotone
Reyn smiled then walking away from Marsha. For an instant her flat smile was gone. Marsha became more annoyed.
For who did he think I do all of this? Marsha growl angry, her facial expression resemble a demon now.
After Reyn was seen entering the house, she throw all of those clothes to the ground harshly. for a moment she wanted to step into those clothes, but then suddenly she stopped. This is from Reyn, I can't do this. Marsha then slowly takes those clothes. Even though I know who was ordering Reyn to do this, who else if not that idiot Hafiz?