Alpha: The Elemental Guide
Chapter 2: Strange
"Hey uncle."
"Don't call me uncle, boy."
"Hey uncle, how old are you?"
"Tsk, don't ask me my age again."
"Hey, uncle, how did you kill that monster without Life?"
"Hahhhhh, that question again. Don't ask too many questions."
"Hey uncle, where does uncle live?"
"The guru has no home."
Dea begins a conversation with the man as he gets closer to the village. The answer given by the man did not satisfy Dea's sense of questioning. In fact, there are many things Dea would like to ask the man. However, Dea felt that if he asked back, he would only make the man upset.
*They've arrived at the village*
"Here you go back to your house, and never go back to that forest without the permission of the village chief and your parents. Don't make anyone else in trouble again. Understood?" Speak to the man in a slightly intimate tone.
Dea just nodded.
"Uncle may I have one more answer from uncle?"
"WHAT?"
"Whose Uncle's name?"
" Raiden."
"Raiden?..Strange name hahahha" Dea chuckled.
"As far as you are" answered Raiden.
"Well, there go to your house."
Dea says goodbye to Raiden and rushes to his house. Dea is thrilled to be able to stay alive and meet Raiden. In his entire life, Dea had never met anyone so unique as Raiden.
When he got home, when Dea knocked on the door, Nata opened the door and in a moment, Nata slapped his own son hard. Suddenly, the incident was seen by a passerby. Dea was shocked and when she saw her mother back, her mother was already crying. Nata's cheeks were covered with many tears.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU!? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!? JUST CAME HOME NIGHT-NIGHT. WHERE'S IT GOING!?"
"..."
"IN THE WOODS, MOTHER ALSO CAME TO NYARIIN, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO SAW YOU ENTER THE FOREST. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THERE?"
Nata scolded his son so loudly that it became a public spectacle. Dea could only be silent listening to her mother's words. Dea's eyes shed tears.
"Ibuuuuu, sorry Dea. Maafin Dea buuu's. Sorry Dea for entering the forbidden forest, ma'am." Dea said as she pleaded with Nata.
"Hahhhhh, you've worried about mom son, mom until you go into the forest son. Actually do you want to" asked Nata to his son in a lower tone than before.
"..."
"Judah let's go in first, let's talk about it".
Dea nodded her head, a sign that she agreed with her mother.
*Home in the house*
"Try talking, where are you going Dea?"
"..."
"....Anu,anu, Tadi Dea went to the forest to skip training ma'am."
"Why don't you want to go to training?"
" ..... Shame ma'am, Dea can't do anything."
" Can't you do anything? What does Dea mean?"
" The power of 'Life' Dea is very weak bu, even for low-level water control alone can not bu."
"Dea can still learn, right?"
"Engga ma'am, Dea's peers alone can master middle-level control. Plus Dea was excommunicated for having such a weak Life."
"....." Nata continued to listen to Dea's complaints against his coaching.
"If this continues, when can Dea make Dea's promise to Dad. Could, Could-can..."
After Dea finished her words, Nata hugged her son tightly and said..
"I'm sorry, I can't realize that. Sorry mom..." Nata let out tears.
"Hmphhhghhhgahjshfjsfhjs". Dea muttered and cried to her mother.
A few minutes later, when Nata was about to see his son, it turned out that his son had fallen asleep. Nata just laughed and rubbed his cheeks with tears. Nata realizes that his behavior towards Dea has lately been too harsh as it forces him to take up training. From tomorrow, Nata will change to give more attention to Dea. Nata starts to look at her husband's clothes and says "I'm sorry."
*Next the next day*
Dea woke up with a feeling she had not felt for a long time. Like losing something that has become a burden in your life. Dea woke up in her room, maybe her mom moved her to the room last night. A moment later, Dea walked out of the room with a face full of smiles.
"Good morning, ma'am." Greet Dea to her mother kindly.
"Good morning too, Dea. What's breakfast this morning?" Nata with smile.
"Hmmm, what yes, maybe just like yesterday ma'am."
"Ready."
*After breakfast*
"Hmmm ma'am, sorry Dea yes to yesterday ma'am."
"Hmmm? it's okay anyway it's the fault of the mother who is not paying attention to you."
"Hehehehe, it's not mom's fault. Ohhhh ma'am, I don't know anybody named Raiden?"
The mother was surprised by Dea's question, when the mother asked Dea :
"You know that name? Where are you from?" with serious experimentation.
"Aaaanuu, yesterday in the forest, Dea was chased by a bull-headed snake monster. Coincidentally back then, Raiden's man helped Dea."
"....."
"Raiden is great loh bu, can defeat monsters without using 'Life'. yaa, although the style of speech is a bit rough. But he's actually a good man." Say Dea with an excited expression.
"Deans....Look, from now on you don't ever get close to that Raiden guy." Nata with a serious face.
"Why mom?"
"Here you go, just follow what mom says."
To be Continued....
