Junta & Wizarding World

#44 Contract

Today is a hot day because the sun shines brightly without clouds, Junta is very grateful this train has a roof because otherwise, I don't know what will happen to him, he said, while lying on the carriage Junta called Zonya who was in front along with Aya and Alicia.

“Hei Zonya, is it still a while?”

Zonya stopped her laughter after hearing Junta, then said.

“Really can you stop doing that Junta? We'll be there any minute, keep complaining won't help you to fast until you know?”

“Agh.. Heat..”

The junta said that while lying limp in the carriage.

“Rather than you keep complaining like that, why don't you tell me about something?”

“A-Ah! Zonya's right! Tell me something Junta!”

“News? I can't think of anything interesting”

“Ehhh? At least you must know 1 or 2 interesting stories from where you came from, right?”

“No”

“Ehh.”

Alicia said that with a disappointed tone and look.

After Alicia said that, they returned to their previous state, Zonya who told Aya and Alicia about her adventure and they laughed together, as for Kou who was sitting quietly and quietly because he was reading a book, and the last one was certainly Junta who was lying inside the carriage.

It did not feel that time had passed and now that the Junta team was approaching a city, the city was at first glance quite large and looked the same as other cities, maybe if viewed carefully again, the city was at first glance, the stone walls surrounding the city looked slightly taller and bigger compared to other cities.

“Stop!”

The two guards of the city gate crossed their spears to block the Junta carriage from entering the city.

“We will do some checking, please get off train”

His zone who was still sitting on the coachman's seat showed his necklace to the guards as he said.

“We are not suspicious” people

“Class 5! Please forgive us! Please”

After saying that the guards pulled their spears and allowed the Junta carriage to enter the city.

“It is the first time happened in our trip, what is it exactly?”

The junta said it was in his position still lying inside the carriage.

“This city is close to the war area between the kingdoms of Aruf and Slyn, if such a thing I think it is natural, let alone this city looks very crowded like this”

The junta that had just been lying down was now trying to stand up in order to see the streets of the city.

“Eth why I feel guilty.. I'm sorry”

Aya suddenly spoke like that.

“This is not your fault Aya, you are not a member of the military, or a member of the kingdom, or a noble, you are just a village girl who knows nothing about this matter, so this is not your fault”

“Which Zonya says is right Aya! Wasn't the village in the Slyn kingdom also affected?”

“Yes.. Since the war began we have been in trouble in our village, the fruits of our fields were mostly taken by the landowners plus all the young men in our village were also forced to go to war with the kingdom, so in the village we are currently experiencing a shortage of manpower to work the fields and other heavy work”

“That little explains where the kingdom of Slyn gets such a large army, and also it seems like the people here are lucky because the kingdom of Aruf does not set such a thing here”

Junta said that while walking towards Zonya.

“That's right, maybe my trip with you guys hasn't been long, but during this trip I saw the villages that were there looking fine as if nothing had happened, the cities even live their lives normally, if I had not known that the kingdom of Aruf was at war with my kingdom then I would have thought that this kingdom was at peace”

“Oh.. W-If you think about it again.. How can Queen Rana turn things around? If I don't remember wrong.. At that time the territory of this kingdom only left the capital of the kingdom and its surroundings right? But suddenly the kingdom of Slyn gave one of the territories he controlled then withdrew their troops.”.

Alicia said that while visibly trying to remember something.

“More or less like that, I only get information that Ratu Rana went with General Hako and two unknown people to the place where the enemy main troops are in”

“Du-Two unknown people? A-Did Queen Rana take an important person from the Slyn kingdom hostage and then threaten them with it?”

Alicia said that with a slightly frightened tone.

“Who knows, what you're saying is one of the rumors circulating, another rumor says that Queen Rana ordered Hako to challenge General Barmun to a duel with him”

“Be-So! In that duel there was a bet and Ratu Rana won it!”

“Woah.. I did not know that General Barmun was weaker than General Hako, I often heard people in the city say that General Barmun is stronger than General Hako so our kingdom must win”

“All that is just a rumor, no one knows what really happened except Queen Rana and General Hako herself”

Junta and Kou, who are the most instrumental actors in this, just quietly listen to the talk of Zonya, Alicia and Aya. If you recall it happened long enough and somehow Junta felt nostalgic when remembering about that day.

After making it through the very crowded city streets, the Junta carriage finally arrived in front of an inn, after placing their lizard carriage where it should be, The junta along with the others entered into the inn through the side door.

“Welcome, want to order how many rooms for how many days?”

A well-built young man greets Zonya from behind the counter table.

“Can you give us.. Uh.”.

Zonya looked back then her eyes looked at Junta, Kou, Alicia and Aya in turn.

“What?”

Junta asked like that because she saw Zonya staring at him 3 times.

“Give us 3 rooms for the next 2 days”

“Alright, the total is 2 gold coins”

Zonya paid the money and went upstairs with Junta and the others.

“Aya, you will sleep with me, do you not mind?”

“Samely not Zonya, I'm sorry if it troubles you”

“No problem don't think about it, this is your room key Junta”

His zone gave one of the keys he held to the Junta.

“And this Alicia”

“Te-Thank you, I'll give you the money” later

“Casual only”

After Zonya said that, they went into their rooms, the Junta and Kou rooms were close to the stairs and the large room was actually not much different from their favorite room in the inn that was in the royal capital of Aruf, after taking a look around, after looking around, Kou immediately rushed to sit on the chair and placed his book on the table.

On the other side of the Junta immediately laid his body on the mattress, the air that was inside this room felt much better than the air that was outside, he said, at least not too hot here and therefore Junta was very grateful, not long after Junta laid himself on the mattress, there was a sound of knocking on the door 3 times.

“Junta, can you come with me for a minute?”

“Today is a hot day Zonya, why do you want to go on a hot day like this?”

After Junta said that, the door of his room opened hard and of course behind the door was Zonya who suddenly entered without permission.

“Kou, mind if I borrow your brother for a minute?”

“Not at all, as long as you don't mess with him”

Kou said that in a relaxed tone while turning the pages of the book he was reading.

“Just calm down, I'll guarantee your brother is back in one piece without getting hurt”

Zonya said that with a relaxed tone and a smile.

“Wait a minute, I didn't say that I agree about this”

“Already come with”

His zone pulled Junta's hand that was lying down firmly, making Junta forced to get up from his comfortable bed.

After successfully pulling Junta from his bed, Zonya quickly dragged Junta out of his room towards the lower floor, then somehow since when they had walked on the hot and crowded city streets.

“Wait a minute, release my hands ku”

Hearing the protesting Junta, Zonya stopped to turn her back so she could see Junta.

“If I let you go, you will definitely walk very slowly, I also do not want to walk too long here you know?”

“Then why don't we go out tonight? Or later when the day is already afternoon, why should now”

“Because I want to visit a place that is only open until noon only”

Zonya looked at Junta seriously while saying that.

“Will I explain later, now walk quickly”

And after saying that even Zonya pulled back the Junta's hand violently, they walked very hastily like a person who was late to something, he said, if only the condition of the road was not crowded and crowded like today, maybe Zonya had chosen to run rather than walk fast like this.

After passing through the many crowds of people on the road, Zonya suddenly turned into a narrow and dark alley, actually the alley was not narrow, wide enough even for 2 people who walked side by side, what makes the alley feel narrow is the large number of wooden boxes along with other items that look like garbage in the eyes of Junta, he said, because the seemingly useless items are what makes Junta and Zonya must pay attention to their steps if they do not want to hit the objects.

After walking for some turn, Zonya stopped.

“Are we there?”

The junta looked around at the surroundings, but what was there was just an ordinary narrow alley like before, perhaps the difference besides the dead end that lies ahead is the number of wooden boxes stacked here, as if this place was a warehouse.

“Use this”

His zone gave a cloth to the Junta.

“Cain? For what?”

Zonya also held the same cloth in her hand, and upon hearing Junta's question, Zonya quickly covered her face with the cloth.

“Close your face with it”

While doing what Zonya did, Junta said.

“Can you explain to me what we are going to do here?”

“Do you remember what I said when Aya woke up that day?”

“Ah, are you going to do something about the kidnapping done by The Fingers?”

“I think if I can't handle this directly, then all I need to do is get someone else to do it”

“So.. You promised someone and you'll meet here?”

“To fight against dark organizations, ideally we also need other dark organizations, or at least we need someone who comes from the same world as the dark organization world that”

“I understand what you're talking about, it would be more effective to have people from the same neighborhood with our target, that's because the dark side of the world has their own way of working and living their lives”

“Good if you understand, therefore we will go inside and will make direct contact with people from the dark side, so, people living in the same neighborhood as The Fingers”

“Log in?”

Ignoring Junta's question, Zonya turned her body against the wall in front of them and knocked on the wall 3 times rhythmically, not long after that the wall trembled a little and then suddenly disappeared somewhere and was replaced by a big enough tunnel, which was quite large, the wall completely disappeared without a trace as if the wall was just an illusion.

“Follow me”

The zone goes into the tunnel followed by the Junta at the back, the tunnel was unexpectedly large enough, large enough for 1 adult to get into it and walk firmly, since the tunnel had no illumination at all, Junta was forced to rely on his hearing to let him know the position of Zonya.

After walking perhaps for about 1 minute without turning, Junta and Zonya finally arrived at a place that looked like a hallway in an inn, there were many doors lined up side by side in front of Junta, and there were many doors, the doors ran from right to left and on each top of the door was a small dim light, the very quiet passage itself was also not too big but not too small, as the Junta looked around to its right and left, too, he also realized that there were other holes in the wall that seemed to be the tunnel exit just like the Junta had passed.

After taking a quick look at the surroundings, Zonya decided to walk to her left while looking at the door that was beside her right, there was some kind of writing on every wooden door that was here, he said, it seems that the writing indicates that behind the door there is someone or not, after walking through several doors, Zonya also opened one of the existing doors and went inside followed by the Junta.

Behind the door was nothing special, just a small room with dim lights near the door, tables and chairs facing towards a glass placed on the wall, the room was even small enough that Junta had to stand behind the chair while Zonya sat there.

“So... What room is this? Somehow the atmosphere here is a little scary and gripping”

Junta said that in a relaxed tone but sounded very alert.

“All you need to do is shut up and watch that door, don't let anyone else in”

Not long after Zonya said that, the mirror that had been reflecting the image of Zonya and Junta suddenly changed to display the face of a dark red-haired man with red eyes as well, the man looked very mature with some injuries on his face, he also wore heavy armor made of iron, in view of his physique, he also wore, Junta estimates he may be around 37 years old.

“I have a job for you”

Zonya suddenly spoke, the man seemed to be able to hear her, so he responded by nodding to let her continue.

“Search for information on what The Fingers is planning, you have about 14 days to finish this, can you do it?”

The man looked a little surprised before finally saying.

“Looks like you have an interesting but also very dangerous task, how much money do you dare to offer?”

The man's voice turned out to be very heavy and somehow he sounded like a professional adult male in his work.

Zonya took something out from under her cloak and opened the drawer on the table, after Zonya put in a bag of cloth containing something, Zonya closed the drawer and said.

“Does this amount look satisfactory to you?”

The man is seen opening something under him, he takes a bag of coins given by Zonya and opens and calculates the amount.

“Looks like you're not an ordinary person playing around ya”

The man smiled while saying that.

“Can you do it?”

“Alright I accept this job”

The man took a small knife out of nowhere and injured his thumb, as blood dripped from his finger the man stuck his finger on an object in front of him and then after it was done he was seen opening something.

Zonya seemed to understand this, so she opened the drawer on her desk and found a brown paper with something on it, Junta could not read the writing but what caught Junta's attention was the blood stamp on the bottom right corner of the paper, the blood stamp was placed on top of an image that looked like a magic circle at a glance.

“Then I will explain your assignment once again, look for information on whatever The Fingers are planning, you have about 14 days, hand over your search results to the receptionist lady of the Association building in the city of Kloria and tell her L Z, do you have any questions?”

“Nothing, maybe it's more appropriate if I have some advice for you, you might sound like a person who is very understanding of what you're doing, but remember that what you're doing right now is very dangerous, The Fingers is not an organization that you can underestimate, what else are you playing around with him”

“Thank you for the advice, will I remember it”

After Zonya said that, the man disappeared slowly and the mirror again displayed the image of Junta and Zonya, after a small sigh, Zonya stood up and left the room together with Junta.

After passing through the tunnel where Junta came from, Junta and Zonya were now in the narrow alley where they came from, Zonya removed the cloth covering her face as well as Junta.

“What it was”

“The place was.. It was simply a hidden place to find someone who would do any work, and I think you already know who would accept such a job in a hidden place like that”

“So yeah, so that's why you told me to cover my face, if we want to deal with people who come from the dark side of the world, then indeed we should be careful”

“Actually the room was equipped with magic to maintain the anonymity of each party, our voices will not be heard until the room, out, our voice can only be heard by our interlocutors who appear in the mirror, plus what is heard by our interlocutors is our voice that has been changed by magic, he said, so the man just now didn't know my real voice”

“Oh, it sounds very helpful”

“Not only that, our face actually cannot be seen by our interlocutor, but we can see his face and his original voice”

“The room does not seem to keep the identity of the interlocutor well”

“Not to worry, those on the dark side live in their own way, what we saw earlier was the real figure, but when that person was on this side of the world, it was, usually he goes undercover, so even if you know who you're hiring, there's very little chance you'll find him on this side of the world”

“A unique way of life, but it makes me a little relieved, I don't think it's anything funny when you find that person walking through the streets of the city casually”

“Because our business is done here let's go back to lodging”

As Zonya and Junta walked down the narrow alley again, Junta suddenly remembered something.

“Oh Zonya, by the way what is the meaning of L Z that you said earlier?”

“Oh that? That's kind of a secret code that I created, all the receptionists who work in the Association building know that code means ‘It's meant for Zonya’, and therefore it's addressed to me, they can't open or damage that item”

“Because it is intended for class 5?”

“Yap, they also understand that the code will only be used in certain conditions, so they should have understood that the goods entrusted with the code means the important item”

After Zonya said that, without realizing they were already on the city streets, the streets were still as crowded as before, the sun was still shining brightly so that the hot air could still be felt, he said, after walking through the crowded crowd, Junta and Zonya finally arrived at their inn.

After they entered into their respective rooms, Junta found Kou sitting on the floor facing the direction of the map he had stretched on the floor.

“Oh, you came in good time Brother, I want to track our target today, can I borrow Mana yours?”

“Sure, no problem”

The junta walked towards Kou and sat down next to him after closing the door of his room, after Junta sat down, Kou held his hand and said.

“What Zonya does not do something strange?”

“No, I just went with him, that's all, as you can see I'm still intact without a wound”

Kou smiled in response and then closed his eyes, not long after Kou closed his eyes, his body began to emit a blue light, as well as Junta's body, after the bodies of the two of them gave off a blue light, his body began to emit a blue light, the black water in the bottle also emitted a bright blue light along with the map that was in front of Kou.

After the blue light lasted a few seconds, it suddenly disappeared from nowhere, either from Kou and Junta's body, or from the map or the black water bottle, after the blue light was gone, there was a white, circular beam shining on one part of the map, it came as if from under the map like someone was pointing a flashlight at the map.

“Hmm this location..”.

Kou looked at the map carefully.

“She moves?”

“Hmmm I also think like that Kou, last time I remember him being in this city”

The junta said that while pointing at a black dot on the map.

“But now he is here”

The junta drags its index finger to the right towards another black dot.

“Has our detection magic been discovered? That's why he's moving?”

“I don't think Kou, and I also hope that it doesn't happen, if indeed our magic has been discovered, then our target position today is very dubious, who knew this was his original position? He could have used a magic that could have faked his position”

“At least he is still in the Elf kingdom, and somehow I also have the same premonition as you Brother, I also feel that this movement is not because he knows that he is being tracked, I also feel that he is not, for now as a precautionary measure, we should think about the next steps if indeed he knows that someone is tracking him”

The junta stared at the map meticulously, this was the first time their target had moved, the target was now moving from one city to another, more precisely he was moving to the city next to him, Junta was really hoping that this sudden movement of his target was not because he knew that he was being tracked, The junta is hopeful that these movements are normal movements in its daily life.