
[Inauguration Exam Arc - #5]
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"You why?" Dae-vin asked. He was indeed a little insensitive, quite annoying to some people who liked him.
"It's okay! Don't come near me!" xela then ran away from the meadow. Dae-Vin just stared at him flat.
"Eh? Isn't that Dae-Vin? With who?" Hanny reaches the meadow where Dae-Vin is. It's just that he's at a different point. Hanny looked at the two of them from behind the bushes.
"I feel like there's someone else around. Hmm.." said Xela inwardly after stopping her steps. Then he prepared a stone made of ice using one of his techniques, without turning around first, he immediately threw the ice towards the bushes. And..
"Ouch!" hanny said, and stood up while holding her head on the ice.
Dae-Vin and Xela immediately turned their heads towards the source of the sound.
"Hanny, why are you here?" ask Dae-Vin after learning of Hanny's whereabouts. "Where is Araya?" continued. Hanny had yet to reply as she grimaced in pain after her famous forehead of ice cubes earlier.
"Hhwzzz.. Near the river. He said he was tired, so I went by myself" said Hanny still rubbing her head.
"Why did you leave him alone?! What if there's nothing?! I'll leave the rest to you!" dae-vin said as he ran away from the place. His feelings were mixed, but he was definitely worried that something bad might happen to Araya.
After that, Hanny looks at Xela. Stare with a flat look.
"H.. Hi Miss. So you're the one who threw this ice stone over my head?" hanny asked while showing the ice cubes that were as big as a big toe.
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Araya runs along the river to find the missing lion cubs. Several times he almost slipped. But he can still run.
"Well. huh.. It doesn't seem to be far away." said Araya with a gasp of breath. He stopped for a while before continuing his journey. Faintly, he heard the voice of a lion cub. Araya walked following the direction of the voice. Until he got to where the lion cub was.
The lion cub was trapped between the rock crevices in the river. Seeing it not far away, Araya immediately descended into a river that was about sixty centimeters deep.
"Yeah my pants are wet.. Let it be, it will also dry itself" said Araya after realizing that she forgot to fold her pants first. Now Araya is still on the river bank.
"Should I just use teleportation? Alright. Take me to the rocks there."
After that, Araya directly arrived in the middle of the river that contained rocks. It's also pretty deep, about a meter.
Originally, the rock gap was not too narrow. The lion cub could not go outside because the current was swift enough for him. After getting it, Araya also carried it like he was playing dolls.
"Now you're safe. I'll give you back to your mother. Take me to the place I'm going. Eh? Why doesn't it work?"
Strangely, Araya's teleportation device did not work at all. Possibly damaged? Yeah, it's possible. After being dipped in water and also scratched by the rocks there, its function becomes slightly disturbed and not optimal.
"Alright, I'll just walk." in the end, Araya decided to just walk to the edge. But, when he reached the middle of the river, the current had indeed become extremely swift and also deeper. As a result, he too.. Drifting away by the river, as well as the lion cub. But he's still with Araya.
"Please! Help me!" Araya tried to shout loudly while pointing her hands up so that someone would see if someone else was passing by.
"Eh? Why does this river end? Don't-don't.. A waterfall?!"
Sure enough, in front of them was a fairly high waterfall. I don't know what will happen to the two of them after passing through the waterfall.
"Tolooong!" Araya shouted back. She also hoped that she would still be given a chance to live, be able to return home next time, she still wanted to have fun with her brother. He still wants to get through his teenage years. He still wants to feel sitting in High School. She still wants to watch anime and drama with her brother. She still wants to eat her mother's cake. The point is, he still has a lot of desire. However, he was not too worried about his future, yet he already knew the picture about it. She's alive to adulthood, which means, she's not going to die today.
They were getting closer to the waterfall. It's five meters away. The next moment, something was unexpected.
"Flow Stoppers!" shouted someone from the river. After the person shouted the words Flow and Stopper, the river flow instantly came to a halt, becoming calm like a swamp. Flow Stopper which means stop current.
"Araya, what are you doing there?!" ask someone whose voice sounds familiar. He's Kim Dae-Vin.
"I just want to help her" replied Araya.
"Come fast! It won't last long" Dae-Vin said. He asked Araya to get out of the river immediately. Araya obeys him, walking towards Dae-Vin.
"You're so drenched like that. How's now?" dae-vin said as he looked at Araya whose clothes were soaked.
"Let it, too long dry itself. Aye right?" reply Araya while talking to the lion cub. The lion cub only roars softly to answer Araya's question, perhaps.
"Luckily yesterday I asked Aria for medicine. If not, maybe I can pollute the river water" Araya said in her heart, her decision yesterday was right. He was silent for a moment, until..
"How come you get sick like that" Dae-Vin said.
"That's business later. Now I'm fine." replied Araya casually. Then, just remembered. "Oh yeah, thanks for helping me out." Araya thanked me.
"Together, next time don't be careless." replied Dae-Vin while holding his normal-temperature nape.
"I. yeah. But, how do you know where I am?"
"Where are you going?" dae-vin asked after seeing Araya who was about to step on her foot leaving him.
"Of course to return it." replied Araya, then continued her intention. Dae-Vin walks with him, next to him. Araya didn't bother about that.
Secretly, Dae-Vin holds the tip of the hoodie of light purple in Araya's wear. He said in his heart.
"Water Remover,"
After using the Water Remover technique which means water removal, Araya clothes immediately dry, as well as the fur of the lion cub.
"Eh? My clothes are drying? That's very fast" said Araya. He pretends not to know that Dae-Vin is using his technique.
"Of course, today will be sunny, so it will dry faster." replied Dae-Vin while putting on an ordinary attitude. Later then..
"Thank you" Araya thanked me again.
"For what?"
"For the water-busting technique."
"How did he know I was using that technology? Yasudah, let it go." said Dae-Vin inwardly.
"Sama-sa-Hachiu!" yet to finish his words, Kim Dae-Vin immediately turned around and still distanced his face.
"Dae-Vin, are you sick?" asked Araya with a worried look. It was fine, but now it seems like something strange.
"Ti-Hachiu! Its alright. It's just the effect of Hachiu! Use of elements." Not just once, Dae-Vin sneezes after several times he uses his elemental powers. Now it has been revealed, the side effects of the use of the water element are rather excessive. Actually it would not have happened if he had already reached the second or third stage.
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Long story short, Araya and Kim Dae-Vin have reached their original place. The place where the lion mother is located, is also the second member of the eighth generation European elemental organization.
Now, the lion cub has met its mother. They roared for a while, maybe that was their way of thanking them, then left that place.
"So, what's your name?" ask a man about twenty-two years old who uses an armband that says 'Jeasson' and also has a picture of the Swiss flag.
"Araya, from the country of Indonesia." replied Araya casually. His mission to save the baby lion was over, he could breathe a sigh of relief now, well even though that was not his goal coming here.
"Your name is Araya, and who is it?" ask her again while looking at Dae-Vin who stood staring.
"He's Kim Dae-Vin, my teammate, from South Korea." Dae-Vin did not answer. Araya represents him.
"Just a teammate?" dae-vin said in his heart. He was a little disappointed after Araya only considered him a teammate, even though he had more feelings for Araya. But, maybe it's better, than not considered at all. Aye right?
"Araya and Kim Dae-Vin. My name is Jeasson from Switzerland. Nice to meet you guys" Jeasson said.
"And there, her name is Lina, from England" he continued, glancing at the woman who had just been silent and stood beside him.
"Greetings to Jeasson and Mak Lina" Araya said with a smile, Jeasson smiled back. But, Kim Dae-Vin and Lina looked at the two of them with dislike gazes.
"Because you've prepared well, here we give you a gift. Ruby and gold you're looking for." Jeasson said again while taking the two objects out of his pants pocket, then immediately gave them to Araya. Wait, why is he carrying two at once?
"Waah, thank you sister" said Araya with sparkling eyes. He thanked them, for not having to bother to snatch the two things from them.
"Either. If so, you look so cute." Jeasson said, holding Araya's shoulder.
"What?!" After witnessing that, Dae-Vin looks at Jeasson with a sharp gaze. I want him to immediately invite Araya to leave this place right now.
"Ehem!" to wake them both up, Dae-Vin and Lina cleared their throat together. It was very difficult to separate the two of them.
"Araya, it's almost noon now. We'd better find another one" Dae-Vin said as he pulled Araya's right wrist.
"Eh, wait-" Araya was speechless. Same with Jeasson. Lina directly dragged him in the opposite direction.
To be continued...
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