METANOIA, A Wonder Place

Episode 20's

“I just took a walk around here, then I saw the lake, and met uncle Milo” obviously I was as short as possible, telling me what I was doing all day.

“You have explored too far” Lavi replied, his face looks not too happy about it.

“There is a lake near here?” Arya and Arie asked simultaneously, I nodded answering their questions.

“Maybe we have to go there occasionally, fishing maybe” dad responded.

“Yes, it could be, not a bad idea, Milo has a fishing tackle shop, and his house is close to the lake, we can buy fishing gear at his shop” said Uncle Gray

“That's perfect, we can all picnic there, and invite your mother, Milo, we should get acquainted” mother

he said he looked full of enthusiasm, like he had not been on vacation for a long time.

“I don't know, on a lake or in a big river? Gray, you live near a big river, there is not a bad place to fish.” Uncle Milo said, it looks like he is still traumatized, against the lake incident he told me, “ I heard someone just caught a big fish there” continued Uncle Milo.

“Good, we just specify the day” said Lavi.

“Tomorrow? Or the day after?” uncle Gray finally asked, “lusa only, so tomorrow we can prepare everything,

supplies, fishing gear, and so on” said the mother, who had arranged anything that might be needed.

“Alright, the day after tomorrow we will go fishing, where Gray” father concluded, and arranged a plan to go to Uncle Gray's house tomorrow the day after tomorrow.

After Uncle Gray and Milo's dinner said goodbye, I once again thanked him, who had delivered me.

I rode upstairs, Jack-Jack from there followed me, wherever I went, I stopped in front of the books along the wall, looking at the backs of his books one by one, there may be some fun stories I can read before I go to bed.

My eyes caught one title ‘collect the Metanoia’ dongen his writing began to peel on one of the backs of the book, next to which there are several more books titled ‘Lust Lake’ his writing has also almost disappeared, above the cover that began to peel off, and some books beside it that reads dongen or history on the front cover.

All that I took, and I took it to the room, I put the books on the bed, watched the cover fade slowly, the papers had started to turn yellow, and some pages are missing, torn or termite-fed.

Obviously this book is very old, it smells moist, like it has been stored for a long time, not written down who made it and the year of writing. In it there is only a handwriting that says, ‘for my children and grandchildren’ the writing reads, it looks like this book was given to generations, so that they know the history of his birthplace.

The paper is the same as the other books, has yellowed, so old this book, and is quite clumsy, as it has been read many times, by different people, seen on the outskirts of the page, he said, there was the handwriting of a person, each of whom left a trace, like a note they had found.

At the beginning of the chapter, here in the initial story in the discovery of the lake, the story is not much different from what Mama told me. I remember the drama I watched yesterday, he said after the fog collapsed then the lake was found, and there it was already in the inhabited, the women that mama told me about, and there it was, at first the residents were ordinary, they welcomed and received his presence, at that time the location of the lake was still quite far from the residence of the residents, so it was very rare for them to meet each other, only a few times while in the market, just a few times, or if there are villagers who go fishing there.

But not long after, the people who go fishing with the lake, sometimes never come home, the longer it happens more often, and keep repeating, the suspicion by the villagers, the more, they initially questioned and conducted an investigation, on the inhabitants around the lake, but not found any clues.

Hanry was a hunter who was living in the village at the time, Hanry can be said to be a pretty reliable hunter, every time he went hunting, he always came home with something, whether it was a fox, or a fox, or even a deer.

But unfortunately he is a heavy drunk, the only person who can hold Hanry for drinks, is his only brother, who he always takes with him wherever he goes.

Dealing with him, his brother Eli, is not very good at hunting, but he is very good at talking, he is the one who makes the hunt Hanry always sold in the market, he said, and thanks to his skills, Eli was quite well known to the villagers, as a friendly young man. In addition, Eli is also popular among girls, because of his handsome face and hospitality, it is natural that many idolize him, of course, Hanry is not inferior to his sister, and his brother, it's just that his nature tends to be rude and habitually drunk, making him less interested, and people always try to keep their distance from him.

Even so Eli was not interested in a relationship with any girl at all, he assumed to always take care of his brother, and he felt he did not have enough time for it. At that moment I imagined how the figure of Eli, a friendly young man, maybe blonde hair would fit him, and blue eyes that fit well with his friendly looking face.

Until one day, his friends invited Eli to go fishing, to the lake, at first he felt reluctant to leave his own brother, but his friends continued to persuade him, “go, anyway

today I'm not going anywhere, you don't have to worry” Hanry said to her sister, hearing that, Eli's unpleasant feelings instantly vanished.

They go fishing the next morning, and come home with so many fish, seeing the results they can get, in just one day, making Eli and his friends come back again tomorrow. Although there are rumors about people missing in the lake, the rumors are ignored, added Hanry who occasionally joined, to ensure the safety of his sister, to ensure the safety of his brother, it made Eli and his friends feel no fear at all.

Given the pile of fish they managed to catch, he thought it was worth it, with their worry that ended up in vain, anyway the rumor was not proven true, and thanks to the rumor as well, thanks to the rumor, so people rarely catch fish there, making the fish easier to catch, some of the fish they sell, and some more stored for themselves, the routine continues.

One thing that Eli and his friends did not know, they were being watched, the people around the lake were notoriously friendly, and again they were very well known for their beauty.

A girl finally ventured closer to Eli, the girl timidly introduced herself, her name was Cora, the girl was a pretty bun, her eyes and hair were pitch-black, her lips glossy over her red skin.

Cora is a very friendly, kind-hearted girl, until Eli himself falls for her, Cora introduces some of her friends to Eli's friends. Whenever Eli and his friends go fishing, Cora and his friends always welcome them.