PURPLE WITCH

16. WORKOUT

"princess Sephia..., if you really love me and want to marry me, then tonight you should be able to build a thousand temples before the cock crows, will you be able to...?"

"could you like my Lord Adiyasa...! for the love of the servant to the master, the servant will finish it before dawn breaks and the cock crows...!"

"great...! now start building it...!"

...

"behold my followers, build a thousand temples tonight, and they must be finished before dawn breaks, before the cocks crow and before the thicket mothers in the market!"

"carry out princess Via...!!!"

"dock dock...!"

"tang teng tong, tang teng tong...!"

"dock dock...!"

"tang teng tong, tang teng tong...!"

"dock dock...!"

"sir princess Via...! princess Via...! wakeup...! we're in trouble...!!!"

"dock dock...!"

"princess Via is awake...!"

"dock dock...!"

"Via wake...!!!"

"dock dock...!"

"VI... WAKE...!!!"

"Huh...!!!"

a loud scream and a knock at the door made Via wake up from his dream.

"dock dock...!"

"Vi, wake up Vi...! morning already...! he said he wanted to practice...!"

"exercise...?! what exercises are...?" inner Via half conscious.

lazily Via got off his bed and opened the door.

"Huahem..., what training is it, Pa...?"

"did you forget...? from today you should exercise physically and mentally...!"

"huahem..., doesn't the exercise start later in the day...?"

"dear, practice from now on...!"

for a moment Via narrowed his eyes, trying to pay attention to his wall clock.

"but Pa..., this is not yet four, what is the part...?! Via is still sleepy Pa, just akan ya...? huahemmm...., another half hour huh...? uh, fifteen more minutes...! fifteen minutes, huh, Pa...? huahemm..."

"okay, fifteen more minutes huh? papa wait downstairs...!"

his father then left Via, who closed the door and went back to sleep.

...

"dock dock...!"

"tang teng tong, tang teng tong...!"

"dock dock...!"

"master princess...! princess...! we got a problem...!!!"

"what problem...?!"

"flood of princesses...! the flood...!!! our ruined temple all submerged in flood...!!!"

"flood...?! where is the flood...?!"

"that's the princess...! flood's coming...!!!"

"whua...!!!"

"byur...!!!"

"help...!!! there's a flood...!!! i drowned..! whua...!!! help...!!! I'm teng.. ge.. lam... hah...!!!"

at once Via woke up from his sleep, and found his body all wet.

"uh, oh.., how wet...? why is there water..? is there really a flood...?!" She blinked her eyes, trying to realize what was happening.

faintly, Via saw the shadow of someone before him.

"Papa...!!!" he shouted when he saw that figure clearly.

he saw his father standing with a bucket, his face grinning, revealing a smile full of satisfaction.

"Papa...! why was Via watered...?!" via protests.

"hahahaha.this is the first lesson...! this is what your Grandma will do later if you wake up bad luck...! hahahaha.. hahahaha.." his papa laughed out loud.

"but you don't have to be like this, Pa...! Look for a warning first, do not immediately play flush...!!!"

"remember well, dear...! there is no lesson more effective than direct practice...! ahhaha..."

"take everything as a bus..."

"already, don't protest too much...! quickly change your clothes, in five minutes we start training...!!!"

his papa cuek left Via who was still upset.

"bad papa...! ...!!! eh, is grandma also cruel like this...?! ish...., how does it feel grandma is getting creepy huh...!!!" back Via imagines his grandmother as in a picture story book.

***

"well, as a warm-up, you will run around the village once, after which we go straight to the northern forest."

"me...? is papa coming?"

"of course papa's coming, but don't run, papa's riding a bike...!"

"that's how...? papa cheated...!"

"cheat how...?! just look after the supervisor...! why must be tired of running...! who needs to practice you...! hehe..."

"yes, it's up to you...!"

...

that morning, accompanied by his father, Via began the exercise by running around the village.

for Via it is not too difficult, because it has been diligent to run in the morning to maintain his health, ah, more precisely for the sake of meeting Adi.

almost an hour of running, until now they finally reached the northern forest.

"for the next, you go up and down the tree twenty times...! for the beginning, you can simply climb the kedongdong tree, so it is easier...!"

without asking again, Via immediately obeyed his father's orders.

in the first ten climbs, Via did not feel too tired, but entering the eleventh climb, Via began to fatigue. but with full struggle and hard effort, finally Via managed to finish it.

"next, you swim back and forth twenty times...!"

"it's still a little darling...! tomorrow-tomorrow you must swim fifty times...!!!"

"fifty times...! papa wants to kill Via...?!"

"well, if it's for your own good.., why not.!, hehehe.." he said casually.

although Via was tired, but still He obeyed his papa's orders.

one round...

a two...

five...

ten...

in the thirteenth round, the exhausted Via began to sink.

"w...! help...!!! blup... Via...! Blup...please...!!! the flood...!!! blup..blup..blup..."

seeing his daughter start to drown, his father immediately jumped into the times and helped Via.

"Vi...! Vi...! you gapapa...?!" his papa pressed down on Via's stomach lying on the ground.

"Wukkk..."

Via spouted a litre of water from his mouth.

"Vi...! Vi...! you ain't papa...?!" the father repeated his question.

"Via..., via gapapa, pa...!" reply Via weak.

"good...!, that's papa's new daughter.!, hehehe..."

vaguely Via saw his papa smiling, then slowly his gaze started to blur...

getting away...

and...

***

"basic liar...!!! he said he wanted to build a thousand temples, where is the evidence...?!not work...! uh, even good sleep...! I wouldn't have a lazy wife like you...!!!"

"ma..., forgive master Adiyasa's servant, there was a flood...! so the candle sank all...!"

"no excuses...!!! where is there a flood...?! not just slackers...! you are a liar too...!!! I'm sick of seeing you...!!!"

"don't go Mr. Adiyasa...! ilove you...! really, I love you...!!!"

"In..., don't go...! please, don't stay with me. hiks... hiks..."

"In..., huh...!!!"

back in waking from his nightmare.

"why dear? dreamin Adi, yes...? issshhh.., only two days have left, hehehe..."

Via felt her mother's soft hands caressing her hair.

"ma... Via where, ma...?" the voice sounded very weak.

"you're in your room, baby, you just passed out, and your papa brought you home."

"ow... Where is papa?"

"normal, again in the store.., check sales..."

"emmm..., what time is it ma...?"

"six o'clock in the afternoon..."

"huh...! six o'clock in the afternoon...!" The surprised Via instantly opened his eyes wide and noticed his wall clock.

"yes dear.., it's already six in the afternoon...! you've been in the stings for quite a while, about nine hours...!".

"old as well huh, ma...?"

"my dear, it seems like your father is training you too hard...!"

for a moment, Via recalled the incident this morning.

"iya ma..., the time of Via was hunted up and down the tree twenty times...! he was told to swim twenty times...! mana strong Via, ma...!!!" Via.

"patient, my dear...! you mean your father is good, maybe you are not used to it. later if you have been trained often, it is not very heavy-weight really...!"

Via nodded, as if understanding his mother's intentions.

"kriuk.." suddenly a voice rang from Via's stomach.

"ma..., Via hungry...!"

"mama tau, tuh mama has prepared warm tea and your favorite roast beef...!" her mother pointed to the table.

Via who was already feeling very hungry immediately moved his body to sit down.

but just moving, Via felt his whole body crumpled, as if he had just been dragged by a crazy bull.

"ma...., the body of Via is sick all, yes...?"

"that's natural baby, your muscles are shocked forced to work hard...! later mama make hot water mixed with salt for you to soak, so as to reduce the taste of the peg."

"i. yes ma..."

***

after eating and soaking, Via fell asleep again.

"princess Sephia. because you have proven your love for me, I will accept you as my wife...!"

"do you really mean - really Mr. Adiyasa...?!"

"of course...! abstinence for a prince to lie...! especially to the princess as beautiful and elegant as you...!"

"ah, I am very happy to be a companion to my master Adiyasa..."

"come here...! come nearer...! so that I can have you completely...!"

"servant wants master.., but at this time the servant is unable to move, the body of the servant is sick all...! probably due to fatigue from building a thousand temples for my lord...!"

"i understand princess Sephia...! and I am so grateful for the thousand temples you have given me...! then, what can I do to alleviate your pain...?"

"if you don't mind.., I just want to be hugged...! at least it can reduce the pain of the servant...!"

"alright, if it makes you happy, I don't mind at all...!"

"thank you, sir..."

***

that night, the exhausted Via fell asleep very soundly.The dream from last night was very bad, tonight turned very beautiful.

who is not happy hugged the person he loves...?

who is unhappy with the person he loves...?

everybody must be happy...

everybody must be happy...

but only in dreams...