Junta & Wizarding World
#27 River
“So, what do you think Brother?”
Kou said that while looking towards the flower that died dry.
“I don't know Kou.. But, the fact that this plant died after you doused it with that curse water, is a fact that no one can deny
“Do we have to try it again?”
Kou said that while pointing towards another yellow-colored plant nearby.
“I don't think so.. It is not good if we continue to water the plants that are here with the curse water, we do not know what impact can be caused later.”.
“So, I think we've come to the end of the conclusion?”
“Hmmm, maybe we should try to splash this curse water on plants that are in other areas, other areas that are a little far from this village”
“Does Brother have a picture of what plant it is?”
“Not really, we have tried it on a plant shaped like a flower, maybe next we need to try it on tree”
“You can see from any side.. It's still weird to me, it's black and thick, but it tastes like coffee, how can a plant die immediately after we water it with water that looks like this coffee?”
“I think it is one of the mysteries that we have to solve?”
“I doubt whether the benefits of solving this mystery are worth the time we will sacrifice..”.
“If you want to solve it I will help you, if you do not want to deal with this mystery then I do not mind it either, after all you are an information specialist here, you determine whether the information to be obtained is valuable enough or not”
“We'll see later.. By the way Zonya still hasn't appeared, it's been more than 30 minutes we wait”
“Hmmmm, maybe he's still getting ready?”
“Or maybe he slept again?”
“I don't think, Zonya is class 5, it's hard to believe that a class 5 is lounging in the middle of a mission like this”
“Should we knock on her room door again?”
“No need, we can leave Zonya if the old man the village chief comes first”
“Speaking problems village head..”.
Kou looked around before continuing to speak.
“The village is very diligent yes, it is still very early in the day, but the villagers have started working in the field”
“Working a field of this size definitely takes Kou time, if they start working on it during the day then surely their work will not be completed before sunset”
“Yo!”
Suddenly Zonya came out of nowhere.
“Do you guys wait too long?”
“Should I answer that question?”
“I have to prepare myself Junta, more precisely I felt a little pain this morning when you knocked on my room door..”.
“If you're sick then don't come, why didn't you tell me from earlier?”
“That's not something serious, yes even if it takes up enough Mana to cure it.”
“You used healing magic? How much do you want to go on this mission?”
“Hey, if I don't accompany you who knows what will happen, from the beginning of this mission is not an easy mission, it is not safe to leave 2 people class 0 wandering in this difficult mission area”
Junta and Kou sighed simultaneously.
After hearing the lecture from Zonya for a few minutes, from a distance the village chief was walking towards Junta and Kou.
“Have you guys been waiting here for a long time?”
“If I have just arrived here, so, sir village chief, can you explain in more detail what is really going on here?”
“What I do know is, one morning when I went to the river to catch some fish, the normally clean river water turned black and thick, and the, because I felt that something was wrong I finally returned to the village and warned the villagers not to go to the river”
“Then?”
“As you can see, somehow the wells in this village are also polluted, too, and finally we have to go to another spring source located a little far from the village to take clean water”
“Then what about the Association members who were previously here? Is there something you want to tell us?”
“Not many, the Association members who came here only checked against the river, then after failing several times in his attempt to purify the water, they went”
“Hmmmmm”
“How's Zonya?”
“There may be some things that the village chief sir was not informed by the Association members who came here, but, from the Association itself there is not too much information regarding this mission, either, looks like we should start this investigation from 0 Junta”
“Me and Kou have done some experiments while waiting for you Zonya, it seems like this water is very toxic to plant”
The junta said that while pointing towards the dead plants after being doused in black water earlier..
“Hmmm could it be that my illness was because I drank that black water yesterday.?”
“I don't know, Me and Kou don't feel anything at all”
“It's a little weird”
“Do you guys need me to take you to the river?”
“It will be very helpful to us pack the village head”
Junta, Kou and Zonya walk after the village chief to the river.
The location of the river was not too far from the village, they had to go through several areas overgrown by many small trees before reaching the black river.
The river itself is not a river that is too big, but not a river that is too small, like the well water in the village, the river is black and thick.
Junta began to look around, on the left there is a dense forest, in front of it there is a river, on the right there are only a few trees that grow well.
“This is quite strange, why around this river the plants do not die?”
Kou who had the same thought as his brother immediately took the black water from the river with a bottle, then doused it to a nearby tree that thrived.
After being watered, the tree looks unaffected in the slightest, unlike the plants of previous Kou experiments that instantly died dry after being watered.
Kou who felt strange just as his brother started to take the black water from the river again and then water it to another tree, and the result was the same as the previous tree, which was nothing.
“You saw it yourself Zonya, what do you think?”
“The plant you pointed out earlier died after you flush the black water, but why aren't the trees here? Could it be that the trees here are already immune to this curse water?”
“I don't think, not a single tree has died since this black water appeared here”
The village chief suddenly entered the conversation.
“Kou, can you check this water?”
“I'll try it”
Kou walked closer to the river and soaked his hands into the curse water, after a few seconds of soaking his hands, the water around Kou's hands began to glow blue.
The beam was there for quite a while before finally disappearing as Kou raised his hand.
“Kakk.. “
Kou approached Junta with a serious expression.
“Did Brother remember the poison magic that mother taught us first?”
“Poisonious magic? Which magic?”
“Magic that mom says that we can't master it yet because magic is too hard”
“Although I still don't know which magic you mean.. But you can continue your explanation”
“Somehow, this curse water turns out to have the same principle with our mother's magic”
“What?”
The junta asked in a deeply disbelieving tone, his expression looking like denying something.
“Although I don't know which magic you mean, but I'm pretty sure that the hard magic you meant was pure magic created by our mother right?”
“Yes exactly, our mother did not teach that magic because it is indeed very difficult to learn magic, maybe Sister was never told how it works, she said, but mom once taught me how to do that magic”
“Then? Can you do it?”
“No, but in my memory, I still remember how magic works, even now I still can't master it fully, and the black water that is before us today, uses the same principles and ways of working with the pure magic of our mother”
“This... I don't know Kou.. This sounds impossible”
“I know what you think Brother because I also think about it, how could the pure magic created by our mother exist in a place like this.. “
“Is possible.. This is another magic that uses the same principle?”
“So, if this is another magic that uses the same way of working, how can this magic be so exact with our mother's magic? There must be at least one or two different things”
“Didn't you miss something Kou? Maybe you can check that water again to make sure it's”
Kou seemed to think for a moment, then he walked back to the edge of the river, soaked his hands into the black water, and repeated the same process.
This time, the process took a little longer than the first one, after it was finished, Kou walked back to his sister.
“After checking more details, I did not find anything different, it's just that the poison magic that pollutes this water looks imperfect”
“You mean this magic is like incomplete when compared to the pure magic created by our mother?”
“You could say that, there are some things lacking in this magic when compared to our mother's magic, as if this person was trying to imitate our mother's magic without knowing how.”.
“Hmmmm”
The junta walked closer towards the river to see the water more clearly.
Junta thought out loud, how could there be magic similar to the magic his mother created here.
In the world of magic, one would not be able to replicate the pure magic created by others, unless that person knew how to create that magic, which of course the creator of the magic must teach directly to the person.
It is possible that Junta's mother taught the magic to others, but Junta's parents are not someone who likes to teach their magic to carelessly.
Although that was true, Junta was very confident in his memory that the identity of the Junta family in his world was very awake, no one knew that the Junta family had a witch except Uncle Ji.
Keeping the identity of Rayka's family is always a priority, it is impossible for Junta's mother to reveal the secret by teaching her creation magic to others, in addition to being able to divulge the identity of the family, the pure magic of one's creation is not something that can be shared easily.
If indeed the Mother Junta taught the magic of her creation to others, then another question arises, why did the Junta Mother do that?
While it is possible that the Junta's mother taught others the magic of her creation, the Junta still does not believe that her mother can do such a dangerous thing.
After gazing at the black river for quite a while while thinking about how his mother's magic could be here, Junta realized that solving this problem would take a long time and should be resolved at a later time, and also finding out about this mystery was not the purpose of the Junta coming here.
“Kou”
“Your command Sister”
Somehow Kou answered his brother's call in a ready-to-fight tone, Junta felt it was a reasonable reaction considering this river was poisoned by magic similar to the magic their Mother had created.
“We put this matter aside first, take this water sample as much as you can, if you have, try to purify this river”
“.… I understand”
The junta walked back towards Zonya and the village chief, while Kou walked away from them.
After arriving at the riverbank, Kou took out some bottles that he had somehow gotten from nowhere, then started filling those bottles with water from the river.
“It looks like you guys have found your way out?”
The zone that had been keeping a quiet watch began to speak.
“Not really, let's see what Kou” can do
After finishing filling the bottles, Kou did the same thing as he did to check the river water earlier, only the light that came out this time was cold white like ice.
“I think this will take” time
His zone suddenly spoke while stretching his body.
“It doesn't matter if it's sooner or later, if Kou can purify the water in this river then problem finish”
“Do not forget the wells in the village also need attention”
“I know it's Zonya, I know”
After a long time Kou purified the water, slowly the water in the river began to turn clean and clear.
“I think it's done?”
Kou asked himself.
“Good work Kou”
The junta said that while walking towards Kou's place.
“Purifying this water turns out to eat Mana quite a lot.”.
“Because the river is pure, I think our job is left with a well?”
Zonya spoke like that while walking towards Junta and Kou.
“Can you still purify Kou well water?”
“I think I can Big Brother, but not all wells”
Right after Kou said that, the once clear river water suddenly turned black again.
“I've guessed something is strange here”
Kou said that while dipping his hand into the river again.
“I think class 4 failed not without reason”
Zonya says that while looking thoughtful.
Seeing this, Junta started to think.
It can be ascertained that the river has been purified.
Junta was very sure of that, but why would the river that had been purified by Kou be polluted again in just a matter of minutes?
Did Kou miss something?
“Kou, when you cleared the water earlier, did you miss something?”
“No, absolutely not Brother, I am very sure I have destroyed that poison magic and repaired this river”
Kou said that while focusing on the light coming out of his hand.
Seeing Kou's very serious expression made Junta more convinced that the river water could be polluted again not because of Kou.
Then what's the problem?
Somehow suddenly Junta remembered one of the lessons given by his father.
His father once said.
“If you don't want to drown in a ship, then close the hole” first
Could this river not be the source of the problem?
If this river is not the source of the problem, then how can the wells be polluted?
The junta suddenly remembered what Zonya had said when he was about to begin this request.
Something about the Sorz forest.
“Zonya, you used to say something about Sorz forest, where is that forest?”
“What is beside you it is the forest of Sorz”
The junta turned its head to the left and of course there was a very dense forest.
“You mean that forest is Sorz forest?”
“Exactly, what do you want to do?”
“You ever talked about the problem of passing Sorz forest to check the river upstream right?”
“Don't make me laugh, are you really going through the Sorz forest for that?”
“Checking upstream of the river might have to do Zonya, if the source of the poison magic is there, then there is no point in us purifying the water here”
Zonya seemed to think for a moment after Junta said that.
“I don't think Junta, I can't guarantee your safety in there, you still remember what the Sorz forest looks like right? Even though I am a class 5 does not mean I can do all things”
“Really.. How dangerous is this Sorz forest.”
“I can't explain it, but since you're a newcomer to this land, my advice is if you can, stay away from the Sorz forest as far as possible”
“Then what about this mission? Are we leaving him?”
“I think we better leave this mission to another class 5, besides that it will increase the success rate of this mission, it will also prevent us from the danger”
Zonya paused for a moment to think, then continued.
“If there are at least 1 class 5 team consisting of at least 3 people, then I dare to come with you to enter the Sorz” forest
After saying that, Zonya walked towards Kou.
“3? Isn't that too much? The number of classes 5 can be calculated with a finger right?”
Not answering Junta's question, what Zonya was doing now was the same as Kou, he dipped both his hands into the river.
But for some reason Zonya just dipped her hands for a while, she raised her hands suddenly and then wagged them as if her hands were on fire.
After looking at Kou in surprise, Zonya took some seeds from under her cloak, then broke them with her hand and applied the powdered seeds to both hands.
After he finished applying the powder, Zonya again dipped both hands into the river, this time, there was a dim purple light coming out of her hands.
“Hmmm this water.. Contains quite strong magic.”.
“Can you help Kou purify this water?”
“Will I try”
Kou and Zonya were now trying to purify the water, Kou with an icy white light, and Zonya with a dim purple light.
The river returned clear again, this time taking a shorter time than before.
“If you can purify this water, why don't you help me from earlier.”.
“I just want to see how the situation goes Kou, if you can't purify it then I'll take over”
Kou looked at Zonya with a flat expression.
“Don't be happy first, we see the result”
After a few minutes of waiting, it was true that the river water returned to black again.
“Still can't yes..”
“How is Brother?”
“Hmmmmm even after being assisted by class 5 still can not, do we have to go upstream river.?”
“I told you earlier Junta, as class 5 I highly recommend not to go there, we better leave these 20 gold coins and let the professionals who work on it”
“How do you think Kou?”
“I follow what Brother wants”
“Then let's go upstream river”
“Wait for Junta! You didn't hear my warning?!”
“I don't force you to iku Zonya, we can go both, after all we really need 20 gold coins it”
After feeling upset, Zonya shouted.
“Ok Ok! Ah shit, rather than me carrying the guilt of letting two class 0 people into the Sorz forest.. Ok! I will accompany you!”
Junta and Kou looked confused and astonished at the same time after Zonya shouted like that.
