Junta & Wizarding World
#3 Legend
“Junta, can you stop making trouble?”
“Bu Layla, I'm completely innocent in this, I only exercised with the Locus yesterday, that's it”
“What exercise should be up to fight?! What exercise should be to the point of destroying some property belonging to the school?!”
“Consider me and Locus are too excited”
Ms. Layla let out a long sigh after hearing the reply from the Junta, the time is still at 06:45 but the Junta is already in the counselling room, he was sitting in a chair with a big table in front of him, he was sitting on that table with lots of papers and stationery, and on the other side of the table, you can see that Ms. Layla was writing something on a yellow paper, the room was very quiet because there was no one else there but Junta and Bu Layla.
“You just need an autograph here and you can go out”
“What is this? Point deduction letter? And also... 40 points?! Isn't this equivalent to 4 days of truancy?!”
“Hey! You've ruined a lot of school facilities! And also you know for yourself that fighting is strictly prohibited in this school! Thank you for only giving me 40 points! Supposedly, you got 60 points!”
Junta made a headache-like expression and stared at the yellow paper.
“How about Locus? Has Miss Layla already given her the points?”
“I'm not her counselling teacher, I don't know what punishment will befall Locus later”
Still with a headache-like expression, Junta read the paper carefully.
“I know this is a very disrespectful request, but, can Miss Layla help me? Can Ms Layla give another sentence? Anything other than points”
“I'm sorry Junta, I've helped you enough by giving you 40 points, I also need this job you know?”
“I think you're right, if the principal finds out that you're easing the student's sentence, then Bu Layla's job could have been replaced by someone else.”
“Good if you understand, now you just need to sign here and we will make peace about the problem that happened yesterday, and don't make trouble again! Remember that! If your points touch the 50 out of 100 then I will give you a red letter, if you sign that paper then your current points total is 60 points”
“I know, I will try not to make any more trouble so as not to score”
Junta let out a long sigh and could only give up, she signed the letter and walked out of the counseling room to her class, as the counseling room and classroom were not too far away, so in a short time Junta has arrived at its destination, although still in the morning Junta classroom conditions are quite crowded, the students there talk lightly or even play some simple games, which are very simple, then in the back corner of the room was Yui who was staring at Junta with worry.
“What's Junta? Why were you called to the counselling room early in the morning like this?”
“Nothing Yui, just a small problem”
The junta answered Yui in a limp tone.
Not long after Junta sat in his chair, the classroom door opened and Bu Layla walked into the room.
“Alright, everyone please return to your seats…. Junta?!”
“Oh good, very good, let me guess this is Miss Layla, you are our homeroom teacher?”
“I've gotten a bad feeling if I become the homeroom teacher.. Maybe I should propose to add data such as class data to the point deduction letter.. If only in the letter were the class data of the student concerned then I would not go to this class and ask the principal to move me to another class.”
Layla continued to speak in a soft tone, complaining about what happened to her today, after muttering at the door for about 2 minutes, Ms. Layla sat down at the teacher's desk in front of the class and let out a long sigh.
“Alright, let's start the introduction, my name is Layla, you can call me Bu Layla, I am a counseling teacher and now I am your homeroom teacher, I don't think I need to assert the homeroom teacher's duties, do I? All right, we start the lesson”
The task of a homeroom teacher is certainly to build a class, like a parent and child, and Ms. Layla is now explaining the school rules that cannot be broken, of course Junta did not listen, because he had almost every day heard this from Bu Layla in the counselling room, she said, The junta prefers to see the scenery outside through the window on its left rather than listening to Bu Layla's lecture, a few minutes passed and it seemed like Bu Layla was beginning to realize that Junta was not listening to what he was explaining.
“Hey Junta! Did you hear what I was explaining?”
“Ah? Oh, yes yes of course I heard it”
“Then why did you even see the scenery outside the window? Are you more interested in getting out of this class?”
“Cause Bu Layla, you've talked about this a lot with me, right? I'm tired of it”
Ms. Layla let out a long breath.
“You know, you're right Junta, I think you're much more memorized and understood about the rules here, well, class is done, if I don't remember wrong… your next class is Cooking Basics, right? You guys I'd like to leave this room and head to the Food” Lab
That way all the students in the class started to leave the classroom one by one, Junta stood up from his bench and walked towards the exit, before the Junta stepped out of the classroom, Junta received a murderous gaze from Bu Layla, as if Bu Layla said ‘Do not make trouble again’ , The junta who saw this could only sigh and went towards the Food Lab with Yui who was trying to chase after the Junta behind her.
“Hey Junta! I told you to wait for me!”
The junta that heard this stopped and looked back.
“I walk at a normal speed.. You should be able to catch up with me..”.
After Yui managed to catch up to Junta, the two of them walked together towards the Food Lab.
“Hey Junta, do you have a bad relationship with Bu Layla?”
“Yes.. I don't hate Bu Layla, and Bu Layla doesn't hate me, it's just that we're tired of meeting almost every day just because I'm so late”
“After all why are you so late for Junta? Didn't anyone wake you up in the morning?”
The junta stopped walking and fell silent for a moment, then replied.
“Maybe it was me who couldn't wake up earlier”
Not long after they arrived at the Food Lab full of people, various students who were there doing different activities, some were playing with knives, some were, there are those who play with food ingredients available, there are also jokes so that the sound of laughing people can be heard. Actually this place is not ‘Lab’, more precisely this is a large kitchen that is often used for cooking classes, this Lab is large enough to be able to accommodate about 50 children, and the lab is quite large, so often this lab is used by 2 classes at the same time.
“Hey Junta!”
“Locus? What are you doing here?”
Junta approached Locus which was not far from the door, beside Locus there was a Kenyan who was chopping a carrot.
“It looks like today we are in the same cooking class! My class was just up until a few minutes ago along with your” class
“Oh? Interesting, so today we will learn to cook together? And also what are you doing Kenya?”
“Ah Mr. Junta, I'm sorry I didn't greet you, I was just cutting these carrots”
“Yes.. I know you're cutting carrots.. I mean why did you cut them? The lesson hasn't started yet, has it? Do you want to cook something?”
“In fact Kenya really likes to cook Junta! She always cooks a meal first before cooking class starts, I'm quite familiar with her habits because it's been a year I became her classmate”
“Diam Locus! All you do is eat my homemade food without helping me in the least!”
“Come! Your cooking is so good you know? Aren't you happy if someone tries your homemade cooking?”
“I cook for myself, not for others”
Junta only sees the two of them arguing, Junta recalls that Kenya does not like Locus, but seeing this Junta argues that they both get along quite well.
“Hey Locus, about the duel yesterday, what punishment did you receive?”
“Ah it was so severe Junta, I earned 49 Points and had to clean the bathroom for the next 3 days, he said, not only that I was also required to clean the swimming pool in the afternoon and take care of the plants that were in the greenhouse, really a troublesome punishment”
“You have to do it all within 3 days?”
“Yes that.. But I have no regrets at all! If there were no duel then I wouldn't know your strength!”
“Wait a minute, Junta, did you fight yesterday? Is that why you walked into the counselling room this morning?”
Junta fell silent as if not hearing Yui, on the other hand Yui kept asking from behind Junta like a little child who was asking her parents for something, not long after that the sound of the door opening could be heard and the cooking teacher entered the room making the whole student's gaze fixed on the teacher.
“Alright, please create a group of 4 people, then you will give me the task to cook a soup, I have to leave because there is a teacher meeting, if your task is done, then I will give you the task, one of you can meet me in the guru” room
After saying that the teacher left at a very fast pace, as if he was chasing something terrifying.
Moments after the teacher came out of the room, things became crowded because the students there began to look for groups.
“What is it okay?”
“Of course it's okay! Just ask Kenya if don't believe”
“I will gladly accept Mr. Junta in ku” group
“Alright if you and Kenya are no problem.. We just need one more person”.
“Uh.. Can I join?”
“Yui? Since when have you been behind me?”
“One-time cruelty to you Junta! I've been behind you since we entered the room!”
Yui replied to Junta with eyes that were about to cry.
“Ah.. I'm sorry Yui, I don't know if you've been there all along, well then, our group is already full and now all we need to do is do the task that was given earlier.”
“Then what should we do Kenya?”
“Locus, did you know that in ‘kita’ word there is no you?”
“Hey! I'm a member of this group too you know?”
“Hah! I know all you're gonna do is sit on the wall over there waiting for the food to finish, right?!”
Locus averted his eyes, trying to avoid eye contact with Kenya.
“Already, stop quarreling and let's do this task”
“Haha! Listen to Kenya! You must hear the command from Junta”
Kenya seemed to want to protest but he abandoned his intention and began to divide the task into each member of the group, Junta got the task to peel and clean up the materials to be used, after finishing dividing the task, Junta got the task, each member has begun to be busy with their respective activities and scattered throughout the room. Leaving Junta alone with the potatoes that Kenya had given him, Junta looked at the potatoes and then he turned his gaze to the nearby knives with a puzzled expression, to be honest Junta very rarely cooked, maybe more precisely he could not cook, so he did not know how to peel the potatoes in front of him.
- Time passed and lesson finished\, each group has completed the given task\, each group has completed\, the situation there became very crowded as each group began to eat and taste the cuisine made by the other group\, but there were also some groups who looked exhausted and sat leaning against the wall\, but there were also some groups who looked exhausted\, on the side that was a little away from the crowd\, it could be seen that the Junta group was in confusion seeing the results of their cooking.
“Uh... Why are there only 5 pieces of potatoes? And also the pieces are small-”
Locus said that while looking at the soup that was inside the pot.
“This is because Mr. Junta peeled away the potatoes so that this is all that remains”
“Uh.. I'm sorry, I very rarely peel food ingredients like this”
“Nothing Mr. Junta, you did very well, much better than what Locus” did
“Hey I also help!”
“You helped what Locus?!”
“I helped you improve the taste of the food! By giving my opinion!”
“Say you just want to eat the food!”
The students who were there began to leave the room and things slowly became quiet, although the crowd in the room began to subside, but the argument between Locus and Kenya seemed not to stop, The junta who saw this only sighed and smiled slightly looking at their familiarity.
“Yui, let's go”
“Eh? Do you want to leave them in this condition?”
“It will be a long debate, we better leave them both here”
And so Junta left the room together with Yui, leaving Locus and Kenya alone in the room, not long after coming out of the Food Lab, the bell rang 2 times, signifying the break hour had arrived, the hallways that had been a little quiet suddenly became filled with people, the sound of students talking could be heard accompanied by the sound of footsteps from everyone in the hall.
“Hey Junta, would you like to come with me to the library?”
“Do you need to return a book?”
“Yes.. Can be said so”
“Alright I don't matter, you're leading”
Yui smiled and walked in front of the Junta, the distance between the library and the current position of the Junta is a bit far, so it took a bit of time to get there, after passing through many rooms and twists, the Junta arrived at the library, the scenery and atmosphere there is very different from what is in the hallway, and the, it was very quiet here and there was hardly anyone, there was only one teacher sitting near the entrance with a large table encircling it.
“Excuse me, I want to find a book on astronomy, where can I find it?”
“Ah, the book is there, close to the fiction book shelf”
After asking the teacher, Yui went to the designated shelf with the Junta following her behind, before arriving at the intended shelf, Yui stops and her gaze is fixed on a book that is on a fictional shelf.
“What do you see?”
“Ah Junta, sorry, I just saw this book”
Yui picked up the book even though it was slightly higher than her.
“I didn't expect anyone to still believe in this legend”
“Do you like the legend of Yui?”
“Yes.. I don't hate it, so I can say so”
“Do you want to read that?’
“How about we read this book together?”
“I'm not interested in the book”
“Eh? But this is a legend about this city, aren't you curious about what happened in the past?”
“Not”
“Then will you accompany me to read this?”
The junta with a slightly angry expression nodded, Yui smiled with Junta's response and walked towards a table that was in the corner of the room, Yui smiled with her response and walked towards a table that was in the corner of the room, he put the book there and sat down in a chair.
After sitting in a chair. Yui rubbed her palm over the book to remove the dust that was sticking to it, this dust is a sign that this story book has never been touched by human hands in a long time.
“ ‘The White Hero’ .. Reading the title alone has really made me nostalgic.”
“Do you like this story very much Yui?”
“You can think of it that way, in this book tells of a hero who saved this city from a danger”
The junta was only speechless hearing Yui's reply.
“But unfortunately there are many people who do not believe in this legend, it is said that the events in this story occurred many years ago, and this story is lifted from the real story”
“So... What does this hero do?”
“You've never heard of this Junta story? The hero saved the city-no, maybe he saved the whole world from the potential danger that greatly threatened”
The junta shut its mouth and listened to Yui speak.
“That danger is the threat of a deadly monster attack of any size, but thanks to this hero all those monsters have been wiped out and never seen again”
“Why don't the soldiers just finish this? Why should this hero?”
“Yes of course because the monster is too strong, it takes a lot of sacrifice to defeat one monster you know?, I heard one monster the size of an adult human needs a heavy weapon to kill it”
“Heavy weapons yes.. that means the gun will not be effective against those monsters”.
“To be exact, this hero can kill him with just his bare hands because he uses magic”
“What magic really exists? You believe in that Yui?”
“H.. I believe, but I never saw how magic was, so I can't convince you that magic really exists”
“Then what about the fate of that hero now?”
“Ah, many people said he disappeared without a trace, strangely when the hero disappeared, the whole monster also disappeared, no more monster attacks and life went back to normal”
“So... All this because of that hero?”
The junta said that in a slightly high tone.
“Now, I can't believe that hero brought monsters to this city, I mean that no one has ever seen his face because he's so fast, it doesn't seem like he's after fame, so if indeed he does not aim for fame then what is he looking for?”
“I don't know, maybe he really doesn't want to be famous?”
“Yes.. I hope so, I do not believe that the hero is what caused the monsters to come here, but most people believe that all the disasters happened because of the Hero White”
“Ironis once, the hero who saved this city but he did not get the gratitude, but the hatred”
Junta said that in a slightly angry tone, the legend told in the book is the story of his father, Junta's father was a hero in this city commonly known as the White Hero.
But, even though his father had already defeated all those monsters, still they were unwilling to stop coming and destroy everything they saw, anyway, Junta also still remembers a little about some of his father's messages concerning monsters, such as the type of attack or weak point.
“It is sad to see that the hero is hated by everyone, but the evidence that when the monsters disappear along with the hero makes the public believe that the hero is what causes all this to happen”
“Damn it!”
The junta hit the table in front so strongly that a loud bang could be heard all over the room.
“You why Junta? Why get angry like that?”
“I'm sorry, it's just that I.. really don't like what happened with the White Hero, he really doesn't deserve any of this”.
“I know how you feel, but we can't do anything because we don't have proof”
Junta was able to calm himself down even though his expression still looked angry, Yui who saw this made a worried expression on her face.
“Take it easy Junta! I'm sure one day the truth will be revealed and the White Hero will be acknowledged again!”
“Free, White Hero is dead, all the appreciation given by the community can no longer reach him”
“Eh? White Hero dead? How do you know it's Junta?”
“Ah, yes... I mean... it's been years since he disappeared right? So I think he's dead” now
The junta answered that in a tone that sounded reassuring even though he spoke in a slightly stammering manner.
“I don't think like that, I'm still sure if the White Hero is still alive out there, but if indeed he is dead then I hope his descendants will still protect this city if one day the same thing happens again”
Junta was only speechless hearing those words, it could be seen from his expression that he still held his anger in his heart, on the other hand, Yui looked at the ceiling of the library with a dreamy look like a person.
“Hey Junta”
Yui paused for a moment.
“What would you do if you were the son of the White Hero and this city was attacked again by monsters?”
