Filed to: Into The Sky

Long time no see, prof…

I silently saw that answer. Totally beyond my expectations. How not, everything I see today is no different from that night. It's broken, it's messy, it's gripping, it defines the situation I'm in right now. It was no different from the world, except for the cloud clumps that occupied some plains.

“Why can it be like this..?”

Of course I know the answer. Knox, his name immediately flashed in my head. But, ah, what a heartless man.

“After the earth, you do also here? Then, what's next?”

My cheeks became wet unconsciously. Not because of rain, although the sky is dark enough to be cloudy, but other rain. It was as if my eyes could not blink, imagining what would have happened here. Every time I stepped up, more and more horrible things were going on in my head.

Stopped me at a sword drawn to the ground. There was a red cloth tied to the handle.

“Pedang Knox? For what?”

There's not a single person lying here. I'm sure all Knox's men are still alive. I walked back to see all the damage he had done.

Until I finally couldn't see all this. I faced my gaze upon the heavens, wishing for help among the stars and the full moon. A full moon that looks like a full moon on Earth. I doubt I thought I was in the sky.

People look sad to see all this. I was turned to someone who was looking down at the ground. He looks like someone I've seen, but I don't know who. He is like an aged man. I approached him and knelt beside him.

“Thank God... They are not here..”.

“They? What do you mean, Sir?”

He was still staring at the ground in his hand. It's hard for me to see his face.

“They, the answers we're looking for. No sign of their presence here.”

“Then, why did everything get ruined like this?”

“Knox and his slaves. I don't know what they're doing here.”

“Basic, Damn Knox!” my wrath clenched my hand.

“But, thanks to you I was able to be one of the people who will see it.”

“Berkatku? A—Ah. To be sure all of this is because of the efforts of all of us..” reply I screech shyly.

“No, basically all this because of you, Malka.

His face was clearly visible. Yeah, I know him…

“P—Vled Professors? Ah— Eee... I mean... You come here?”

“Iya.. Thank you, Malka..”.

The geography teacher made me wonder about the sky. Millions of sentences I wanted to ask, but all were instantly lost. I hugged my geography teacher.

“L—For a long time no see, Sir... B—How are you..?” I couldn't say more restrained the day that kept making myself tear up.

“I'm here.. I'm fine.. I can't believe my student brought me here...”.

“A—I got this far because of you, Sir.. You're the one who made me want to explore amid those endless questions..”.

“We will see the end of that question together..”.

“Malka! Malka!”

I heard the screams of the friends who were looking for me.

“Tip my regards to Alya.”

I ran towards the sound it came from. Sometimes I scream at him. We all finally got together.

“Where are you from, Malka?” ask Leora. I was excited for Alya and wanted to take her to the Professor to greet each other.

“Alya! I have something to show you! Fast!” I immediately pulled his hand. “E—Eh? What's all of a sudden like this?”

By the time I got back to that place, he wasn't there.

“What do we want to see?” ask Alya astonished.

“Yah.. You got from Prof.”.

“B—True? He's coming with us here?”

Alya was immediately excited when she found out that an idol was participating in this crowd. “You really met him earlier.”

I told Alya everything. He smiled, his voice was sobbing in every sentence I told him.

“We will meet him soon..” I continue to comfort him.

We then went back to friends. They were surprised to see Alya's very clear face her cry marks.

“You why, Alya?” ask Ellie to worry.

“What have you done, Malka?” leora was upset.

“T—No... It's nothing..” hiss Alya.

“Really? What really happened?” continued Ethan. Alya looked at me with a smile and replied, “I'm fine.”.

The night is getting late. I feel like the sun is not rising. A lot has happened in just one night. I've been feeling very tired. Our place now feels unworthy to wait for the morning.

“Do we not want to get out of this place?” ask Sara.

“Everyone is exhausted. It never hurts us to spend the night here,” replied Athar. I'm the one who agrees with him.

“Alright, we will tell the others,” Ethan said. He went with Zilei, Athar, Luke, Stella, and Ellie.

“You didn't come with them, Malka?” ask Leora.

“I'm no longer strong..”

It looks Alya who is overwhelmed with her communication radio.

“Radiomu broken?” ask Sara.

“Iya, this tool does not work at all.”

“Wear mine.” Alya uses Sara's radio, but it still doesn't work. “Eh? Mine's also broken?” sara was surprised.

I tried my radio, it didn't turn on. All this leads me to a conclusion, “This tool does not work in the sky.”

“I also think so,” says Alya.

My eyes feel heavy. It didn't take long, grounded in the ground, covered in space, and covered in mist, I fell asleep through the night. The occasional cool breeze blew me deeper into the subconscious world.

There was the sound of people, not as lively as before, just the conversation of a few people from a distance.

My eyes opened, the sunlight instantly dazzled my eyes.

“Morning..?”

My friends are still asleep, like everyone else. I'm getting out of my place. It felt strange, like something was enveloping my body.

“Come? Since when?”

Surprised I saw everyone wearing a robe similar to mine. It's white and glowing. Not dirty in the slightest, but I just got up from the ground. “During sleep I wear this?”

I intend to release it— “E—Eh? Can't get off?”

After forcing it a few times, it still could not be removed. I resigned to keep wearing it, after all it does not make it difficult to move— “Separ, my body so it feels lighter. Is it because of this robe?”

I decided to take a leisurely walk in this robe that came from the middle of nowhere. The fog of the night was just as thick. Until I finally arrived at a hilltop, I could only be silent in amazement.

“I—Great once..”

“B—True you..”

“Ah! Who?” I immediately turned my face to the side, it was Alya and Leora who came to me. When the sun is as high as a spear, we enjoy a beautiful panorama—

“—though in a ruined land like this..” murmured.

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