Catalyst System

Barbed Rose

The wind that was blowing slowly shook the grain stalk, making it look like a wave in the open ocean. The road that divides the land there is a luxurious horse carriage is heading to Illiod Village.

The villagers, who were checking the wheat fields regularly, saw the horse-drawn carriage that had the epitome of the glory of Tungsten City, soon learned that their leader had come to visit the village. One of them took the initiative to tell the other villagers, especially the village chief to do a welcome. For the others, they stood in front of the side gate of the road, waiting for the horse-drawn carriage to do an initial welcome.

“Welcome to Illiod Village, Sire Duke Tungsten. Sorry if this village has not experienced a real development” said one of the men who had checked the condition of the land with several other people after the horse carriage was dismissed by the coachman of the horse carriage after getting an order to stop from Veroa.

Veroa also saw them and greeted them while replying to the man earlier,”Thank you for your hard work and welcome”

Hearing the positive response from him, they smiled happily and excitedly led the carriage to enter the village.

In the 1000:1 scale village square with the town square, the villagers had gathered there, all without exception, because no one was sick

or other obstacles, to welcome the arrival of Duke Fliff or call it Duke

Tungsten. After the news reported by the residents, the residents with high enthusiasm flocked to the square to participate in the reception. Usually, the citizens only welcome the local leader or nobility with a casual welcome, referring to the formalities.

As Duke Tungsten's horse carriage began to be seen at the turn, they began to cheer. Veroa who was in the car was very satisfied to get this lively and sincere welcome, especially when – children who were the same age as Vina swing their hands in unison in the front row.

The car stopped in front of them. Veroa came out with Vina following behind her left.

“Welcome to Illiod Village, Sire Duke Tungsten.” said simultaneously all of them with enthusiasm, to echo throughout the village area.

The welcome event continued until late at night. Veroa has not stated the purpose of his arrival, let tonight be a night of rest in short and will be done the next day.

Night has been replaced by day, not feeling the sun has shown its light behind the mountains. Morning dumps dripping from the leaves, the refreshing wind coming from the direction of the forest woke the villagers, making them have a high spirit to start the day. The former celebration yesterday is still there and now some people, more precisely young women take the initiative to clean it up. – Kids have been running around on the village streets, playing with their peers. Some people still have breakfast in the dining room. There are also those who are still sleeping, because maybe the work that has now been completed yesterday. There are also those who only spend time in the river that flows beside the wheat field, fishing for fish.

Veroa sleeps in a room that is specially provided for him, this room is still included in the building of the village head house, but is designed more luxurious. Actually, Veroa felt awkward, but if he refused, it was like he did not appreciate the effort they had done for him.

Veroa also explained the purpose of his arrival to Illiod Village, which was to help solve the problem related to the disappearance of six children who are still a mystery.

Surely it made those who heard it happy, but they also did not expect the labih, the scouts who served in the village alone could not help much.

From their expressions, Veroa could understand it. Toh, even though he had changed Tungsten City for the better, but they also understood that Duke Tungsten was talented in government, but whether he was talented in any other field, they had no idea. They only imagined how the Duke's fatigue would be in solving problems that the scouts alone could not solve. However, Dorway Village Chief still meets all the needs of Veroa in solving the problem.

She guides Veroa to the scene and explains each of what she asks.

Child – children go missing in the afternoon in a natural park located in the south of the village.

There, it turns out that what was ignored by the scouts and people – villagers, Veroa pointed to it as one of the clues related to the disappearance of children. There are six flower stalks, roses are neatly cut. The number of children lost is equal to the number of children lost. But, Veroa still needs some clues to be able to provide a clear answer or solution.

He was confident in his abilities, let alone there was a system in his soul that had helped him lately. In addition to the sword and archery skills, there are skills from the system that are very useful for him such as the ability to extract materials. Despite not having the fighting skills of the system, he still felt confident with his sword and archery abilities. So, he took Vina with him to look for clues around which he thought was possible, whereas the others returned to the village to secure the – children in their respective homes.

He took Vina a little deeper into the forest south of the village until nightfall. On the sidelines of the search for clues, Veroa apologized directly for involving him in this matter which the child should have been preparing for

sleeps.

He has been down the place – places that allow – children to be taken. He is convinced that there must be at least another clue that leads him to the kidnapper's hideout. Luckily, at the seventh observation site that was thought to have potential clues, Veroa saw a piece of the rose crown that seemed to be detached from her daughter's head. Next, Veroa checked further whether there was a trace of someone leaving or not. Once again, a drop of dried blood stuck to one of the tree trunks.

Seeing Vina yawn, Veroa realized that she was forcing Vina too much to solve the case as soon as possible. He held Vina who was sleepy and was about to take her back to the village.

As soon as he walked, he felt someone was watching him. Not a person but several people from various sides, he can feel the presence of someone who divides his body into several parts aka clones. His assumption was immediately fixed on the kidnapper who seemed to be lured by the presence of Vina.

“Maybe he's like a fish that will be hooked with the scent of worms” that's what he thinks while still walking and concentrating on the surrounding view.