Arska: Love and Magic

93. Water Monster

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At the dinner table

Even though it is on the dining table and is in the same room but the room has been in a bulkhead or separated by a thin cloth, which becomes the separation between the place of men and women.

Aksa and the other men were sitting on the right, while the women were on the left, the beginning of the regulations in this village did not allow the women to eat together, they can only eat if the men have eaten, but because of this difference Arsya spoke up.

" The head of the village is a wise leader, and a guest is treated as equally as your own. Unfortunately I am not your citizen, my life is far from this village, so that makes me not accustomed to this rule, I am also not a woman who will submit to male orders. The village chief was so wise that he could find a solution to my confusion!" His words casually seemed as if what he had just talked about was not important.

But not for those who hear it, Arsya's words actually have another meaning 'as a wise leader should know how to treat that guest how, how you can treat the guest in such a curt, curtly way, she comes from a town not a village whose rules ask women to submit to men, outside this village women can decide what she wants or not, the guest is King how a leader treats the king so disrespectfully' that is what Arsya really means.

His words clearly made the village chief speechless.

" The young man is now so free and unfettered, he does not even respect the host...." His words seemed unexpected

" I'm sorry son, I think you want to respect the rules of our village, so you want to feel for yourself, not to be expected..." He did not continue his words to make the girl feel guilty but who would have thought Arsya's answer even made her cornered.

" Honoring? Who should be respected and who should respect, of course as the host you know it. And forgive me for wanting to be destitute said the village chief, our goal here is to try to save this village, not to travel!" This very word struck the heart of the village chief.

He did not expect this girl who was thought to be kind and innocent to say such sharp and straightforward words, the words of this girl even made it difficult for him to answer them, when facing young master Davies alone he can win it easily, but this girl is really difficult to overcome, here is the losing side.

" You're right, son, how could we treat a guest so badly.. Kirana quickly prepared one more dining table on the left and prepared a barrier on both, is this enough son" she said she wanted to turn the situation around again if this girl tenaciously wanted a table with them, but her answer was very unexpected.

" Nothing, just like that is enough"

He had lived for 70 years more various people he had faced, and with the young he could see the character of that person, actually the village head also had a little advantage, his advantage is that he can see the character of his interlocutor easily, but only this time he was difficult to see the character possessed by the girl whose appearance looks very good but her mouth is so sharp.

Because this debate is also the current situation.

" Can you tell me the current situation of the village?" Aksa asked directly at his core, he really did not want to mince words.

His extremely cold and flat facial expression involuntarily made the village chief who was staring at him feel a little frightened at the tip of his heart, as if the young man in front of him was extremely dangerous, the slightest mistake he spoke of, as if the young man in front of him was extremely dangerous, he'll get shit. However he tried to calm himself down, and immediately refuting his thought of it, he thought it was impossible for the young man to have the aura of a King.

Aksa did not touch his food at all, not even the slightest drink in front of him, his expression remained flat and cold. He just sat and folded his hands on his chest and closed his eyes, his posture now looks charming as if a King was sitting there. In contrast to Aksa, Arsya even ate all the dishes served with greed.

" Daughter, don't you like all these dishes?" Asked the village chief in a slightly displeased tone, as he thought Aksa was currently disrespecting him as the host.

But Aksa was not flabbergasted at all, he was not interested in answering his question, he was still cool with his position.

" Oh sir, he's such a proud and arrogant fellow, he might want to eat this simple dish." Said someone who hated Aksa so much.

" If the village chief so wanted to entertain us no longer even care about the condition of this village, just keep asking him, but better not expect him to answer." It was not Aksa who answered but Arsya, though he did not know why Aksa had not touched his food, but Arsya, but he also knows at this time the most important thing is to know the actual conditions that have happened in this village so as not to happen unwanted things, he said, instead of procrastinating on things that are not important.

Hearing that statement the village chief immediately fell silent, because what the girl said was true, at this time the most important thing was to finish off the monster.

The village chief stopped eating, he began to explain the incident from the beginning until now how the monster appeared and made the residents afraid.

The beginning of this village is very calm and safe, but the appearance of a monster that resembles a snake-headed lot who live in the lake and the lake is the source of the village's springs. Since the appearance of the monster left the villagers lacking water, they could only wait for the spring from the rain to fall.

The village is a village that still applies old traditions so there are no wells or water pumps. Villagers still forage and drink from nature, whether hunting or picking fruits.

But because of the appearance of the monster that makes the villagers afraid to go to the forest, many villagers are desperate to go into the forest because the village is already short of food, yet they have all been wiped out and eaten alive by the monster. After that day no one dared to approach the forest. To ease the problem his villagers could only buy food ingredients from the nearest town or village, he said, but if this continues, the village budget will be depleted so that the village head asks for help from the Blue Ocean academy to get rid of the monster forever.

Actually it was not just this time that the village chief summoned people who had magic to repel the monsters within the forest, already more than three times but none of them succeeded, they always end up in failure and for various reasons there are those who ask for very expensive fees and some who run away after meeting the monster, because of that, the village chief did not have high hopes for the young people who came from the Blue Ocean academy, but he slightly hoped that these young men could actually do it, all the people he called them were from low-level colleges or just playing around, maybe the Blue Ocean academy was different, he thought.

The village chief told him all in detail about where the monster was up to the form and ability possessed by the snake monster.

" The size of the monster was about 17 meters long, with a very hard skin even harder than iron." He ended his story.

" I understand your explanation, we'll check it out tomorrow morning to find out more information about the monster!" Harraz tries to look better than the others

" Okay, it's late afternoon. If you want to tour this village I'll ask one of the villagers to be a guide."