PURPLE WITCH

17. THE THREAT

a month and a half had passed since Via began his training.

"forty eight...

forty-nine...

fifty...!

yep, it's finally done...!"

unlike the first time, now Via lightly swung his body to break the water ripples times. Fifty rounds was no longer a heavy matter for him, it was like his daily meal.

squeezing his wet clothes and pants, Via looked up at the sky, measuring the heat of the morning sun.

"hmmm.., it seems like today my clothes will dry faster...!" he murmured as he dried his clothes on a large rock.

"are you hungry...?" he asked a thick white-haired creature who had been watching him since.

as if understanding the meaning of the words of Via, the creature immediately jumped up in excitement.

"what if now we see our catch today...? " Via then pulled a net that had been installed on the edge of the time.

"three tails, good enough for both of us...!" his gum.

Via then retrieved some equipment from his backpack and started a fire.

not long after, Via and the creature coolly eat three fish that are grilled potluck.

"good, Sim...?" ask Via while stroking the head of a creature that is none other than Simba, Adi's favorite dog.

Simba ignored Via, coolly chewing his mouth food.

looking at the cute Simba, making Via pensive.

"isshhh..., not the dog...! the master...! same time...! if you have good food, no matter what...! let someone die in front of him, still cuek...!!! hemm.., but his nature makes him more attractive, hehehe..." Via smiling himself imagining Adi.

"gong...!!!"

suddenly Simba stood up and barked, breaking the daydream of Via.

"why Sim...? what's the...?"

"gong...!!! yggghhhh...!!!" back Simba barked, then turned back and growled, as if to tell Via if an enemy was approaching.

realizing that something was wrong, Via quickly tidied up their food marks and hurried to put his clothes back on.

"trust.. crackle..."

from afar, Via heard the sound of a twig being stepped on.

"someone is coming...! who yeah...?" inner alert.

"grrrhhhh...!!!" back Simba growling.

"it seems not like this village people, if people around here, Simba might not feel threatened...! ah, I'd better hide first while watching the situation..."

"Sim..., you don't be noisy...! just hide in there, let's see how things are...!"

Simba who is basically an intelligent dog immediately understood the meaning of the second master, and hid in the middle of the bushes designated Via.

while Via directly climbed the most lush tree and went into hiding.

after a while, from behind the trees appeared people in red suits.

"lho, they're not Brandon's men...! why are they here...?!" inner Via was surprised.

the people in red suits looked around him, as if looking for something.

not long after, several people in red suits appeared and a young man with a scar rubbed from the right temple, up to the cheek.

"is he here...?!" the young man who was none other than Brandon.

"ti... no sir...! looks like he's not here...!" replied one of the men in red.

"in that case, look elsewhere again...! you think our informant, he hasn't been to college for a month, and every day he goes into this forest...! when you find one girl you can't...!!! do you all want me to fire...!!!" Brandon looks really upset.

"ti... no sir...!!!" answer all the men in red.

frantically, the red-clothed men searched there and there, until finally, when they did not find what they were looking for, they began to move.

not long after Brandon and his men left, Via slowly came down from the tree where he was hiding.

"it looks like they're looking for me, he must have been willing to take revenge for the trouble that night...! I don't think he can know I'm here, it looks like I should talk to Siska and Ayu right away...!"

"Simba, let's go home...!"

"gong...!!!"

as soon as Via and Simba leave the forest and return to his home.

***

"afternoon, Mom...!"

"uh, my mom's son is home...! how's practice...?"

"breake Ma...! even though there was a little disturbance...! but everything is safely under control...!"

"interference...! what distraction...?!" her mother frowned.

"that's Ma.., there were strange people in the forest, but you don't know what to say...! maybe rough...!"

"but they don't do anything about you, do they...?"

"until Ma..., Via did not meet them, Via hid in the tree...!"

"ow.." his mother's beard.

"by the way, you've eaten...?"

"already Ma, just caught a fish...!"

"yes, if so you take a bath there, it's rest, later in the afternoon you have to practice again."

"yes, Ma..."

...

after the bath, Via laid himself in his bed.

just about to close his eyes, Via who remembered something immediately grabbed his Handheld Phone.

"ring.the ring..."

"hello Vi... What's wrong? tumben called noon?"

"Sis, where are you?"

"again on campus..."

"what time is it?"

"about three o'clock, why?"

"coming home from college to Ayu's place, huh? there's something important I want to talk to you guys."

"what do you want to talk about?"

"about Brandon...!"

"Brandon'un...! what happened to Brandon...?"

"later there I'll tell you...!"

"oh, okay...! that means we'll meet at half-four at Ayuk's..."

"yes, I'll wait, and Siska..."

"dah Via..."

"tuttt..."

after calling Siska, Via immediately typed a message.

Via: "Yu, where are you?"

Ayu: "in the office, why Vi?"

Via: "later in the afternoon around 3 am the same time Siska wants to play at your place..."

Ayu: "can, do not forget to bring souvenirs, hehehe..."

Via : "done..."

back Via lay himself in his bed.

"how's Adi doing? is he healthy? is He still alive? why has there been no news at all in over a month?"

"In... where are you...? you know I'm not worried? do you know I miss you? you know I'm not tired of waiting for news from you...? you know I'm not tired.. I'm sleepy... and want to sleep.. zzzzzzzz..."

***

"Well...! Oh...!!!"

the sound of a call coming in on his cell phone woke Via up.

quickly his hand grabbed the TG that was beside his head.

"In..., how are you? where have you been? how'd you ever tell me...?"

"......." the caller did not answer.

"In..., what's diem...?"

"The Da Di...! this is Siska Vi, not Adi...!"

"uh... Siska...!" Via squinted one eye, looking at the TG screen.

"ma... sorry Sis... I just woke up, I thought Adi just called, hehehe...., mmmm...... What's up, huh?"

"issshhh..., it's so good that you quit college...! can take a nap at any time, hehehe..., we go to Lemon ga...?"

"oh, yeah.., so dong...!"

"if that is ready! I've been on my way, now I'm taking you home...!"

"uh, but this is only 1 o'clock more, why have you gone home...?"

"i'm truant...! I am lazy to hear the theories of Mr. Similikiti...! meningan your problem with Brandon, it seems more exciting...! hehe..."

"basic...! yeah, well, if you wait for me downstairs, I'm ready now..."

"okay..."

"tuttt....."

***

after washing his face and preparing his equipment, Via immediately went down to meet Siska.

"are you ready, Vi...?"

Via nodded.

"Ma..., Via go first yes, there is a similar business Siska and Ayuk. later say papa Via today practice alone."

"yes, dear.., don't forget to eat, we're not eating lunch yet...!

"

"yes, Ma..."

***

that afternoon, the village library where Ayu worked, Via, Siska and Ayu were busy chatting while eating lunch.

"nyam.. nyam.. tumben you invite us to meet during the day? what do you want to say? nyam..." Ayu opened the conversation while devouring 10 fries at once.

"do you remember Brandon, Sonia's boyfriend...?"

"nyam.. nyam.. oh, Brandon you said you hit with a bottle that night...?"

Via nodded,

"last morning, while I was training in the woods, He came with his men, like He was looking for me."

"yes...?!"

Via nodded.

"yes, it looks like he wants revenge on the events of that night...!"

"nyam..nyam...how can he know you are in the forest?"

"from their conversation I heard, he said from the informant...! it turned out that all this time He sent spies to search and watch over me, so that He could know I had never been in a cube again, and every day went to the northern forest...!"

"hmmm... He seems to be really angry with you...! trus, did they find you...?" this time Siska asked.

Via shakes.

"fortunately before they reach Simba barking, so that I can still hide in the trees, otherwise I may be their moons...!"

"well, that if they can catch you, nyam... nyam, your run is now like a gazelle, I don't think it's that easy they can catch you, nyam..." this time Ayu put 3 pieces of grilled sausage at once into his mouth.

"then what's your plan...? the time of your departure is still one and a half months away, will you still be training in the northern forest or moving places...?" ask Siska again.

"i don't know either, Sis...! that's why I want to ask your opinion how you should...! if I don't practice in the forest anymore, then my ability can decrease, and for sure, papa will be suspicious and question me various things...! at this time I don't want them to know this problem, I'm afraid papa and mama are worried, so I can be accelerated to go to grandma's place...!"

"lho, that's not even good...! so you can learn shamanic science faster...! nyam..."

"yuk traditional medicine, not shamanism...!' via protests.

"ah, it's the same...! both science is not clear, hehehe.." said Ayu chuckled.

"Lemon is right, Vi... shouldn't you be happy because you can be a shaman faster...??"

"because healer Sis! HEALER...!!!" Via looks sewot.

"yes, yes, that's what I mean, hehehe...!" Siska chuckled.

"i really want to get there soon, but my mom said, if you study there it will take a long time, maybe about three to five years, depending on the speed I learn everything. and if I have started to learn, it will take me a long time, I'm forbidden to leave Grandma before graduation.if I break, then Grandma won't want to teach me anymore...!"

"yeah...! the time is until...?! turns out your grandmother was hard, too, huh...! nyam..."

"iya Yu.., besides being hard and firm, my Grandma is also cruel and sadistic...! ishhh..., just scary...!" Via re-imagined her grandmother as in a fairy tale.

"in that case, it means we won't see you in a long time dong...?" Siska looks sad.

"yes Sis, that's why I don't want to go quickly...! I want to leave after my twenty-first birthday...! I want to celebrate the last time with you guys, who knows I'll be eaten by a beast and not come back again...!!!"

"hush...! don't talk weird...!!! you are still a virgin...! the time you want to die before ever feeling the pleasure of making love...! hehe..." Siska chuckled again.

"or don't-don't.., you want to make love before you go...! hehe..." Ayu chuckled.

"don't worry, Yu...! who do I want to be like that...?! just a girlfriend I don't have...!!!" via's face looked red.

"well, who knows you'll forget yourself and..."

"and what...!" cut Via irritated.

"just don't talk about it anymore...! clearly now, do you have a solution for me...?" continued.

"i have not thought of anything, nyam... nyam... if you are Sis...? nyam..." Ayu turned to Siska while putting 3 crispy tempehs into her mouth.

"sama.., I have not had any advice..." Siska let out a long breath.

for a moment they were silent, cool with their respective thoughts.

after five minutes, Ayu suddenly said, "how about we talk about this matter with THEM? I think they've got a way out...!"

"i agree...! we'd better invite them tonight to have a good time while enjoying a bottle of two bottles of wine...! usually when they're drunk, they have a brilliant idea...!" Siska.

"yes, especially Adi...! when he's drunk, his brain suddenly becomes a genius...! ah, but baby, he's not here anymore...!" Via looks disappointed.

"cie cie.., the keinget continues to be the same Adi...!" Ayu Goda.

"what the hell...!" back Via see sewot.

"but it's true that you keep thinking about Adi...? the proof was that this afternoon, when I called you.., you immediately said, 'In..., where are you? whitherver? how did you just call me...? I miss tau...! i miss...! I love you...! muah....!" Siska is flirting.

"Siska...! don't bother...!!! where am I talking like that...!!!" via's face was getting redder, as red as a red light at night.

"already Vi.., do not avoid...! you really miss him, aren't you...?! hehehe.." back Siska teases.

He just kept quiet, not answering.

"In.., I love you.." suddenly Siska held Ayu's hand, and acted as if it was Via.

"i also love you Vi.." Ayu replies to Adi.

"i love you, Di.." replied Siska again

"i love you too, Vi.." retorted Ayu.

"kiss me dong..."

"luck..."

"luck..."

"hahaha..."

Via that continues to be teased finally can not stand,

"you guys...! good thing you guys are my best friends, if not, I've made you two satay for daring to tease me...!!!" threaten Via joking.

"uh..., fear...! the days of shaman candidates, the mightiness is now extraordinary...! ahhaha..." Ayu laughed widely.

"what shaman is Mon...?! child shaman...!!! ahhaha..." Siska laughed a lot.

"the basics are stupid...!!! hahahaha..." Via laughed out loud.