Santri Famiglia's

The World to Come

"Why did Grandpa say that? He's gone, right?" Damiyan looked at Sanubari's back which was getting further away, then disappeared.

The relaxed man was not in a hurry to chase. As far as anything Sanubari went, he was not at all worried about losing track. Everything is still in control. Things are easy to find Sanubari whenever it is.

The room next to them was dark. The lighting automatically goes out because there are no more humans around the room. Only Damiyan and Fang's place was still bright.

"Didn't you say to give him a purpose to learn? I just gave him that goal." Fang smiled.

"But he's gone."

"You're apparently too young to understand how parental strategy works. Let's see if he'll stay here or go like you said after this!"

Sanubari walks in an unruffled mood. He kicked the ground, no matter what his actions were in vain. His mind denies the humiliation of him.

"Without papa's help I can live alone! Before, I also lived without papa, only with my mother."

His master's geru is weakened. The sentence instead reminded him of the memories with Sanum, the times they had to face the strange life below the poverty line, and Aeneas came to bring happiness and ease. He stopped at the riverbank, then sat down while hugging his knees. His gaze looked up at the blue sky.

"If you still exist now ...."

Missed the ambush. His pouting lips slowly turned into a smile while recalling the fond memories with Aeneas and Sanum. He no longer blamed Aeneas. All that remains in Sanubari's memory is kindness for the good of Aeneas. He doesn't even remember having any bad memories.

"I just need to build my own success to silence them. Aye! I should be better than Papa. All those gifts I might as well give back."

Sanubari recalled the plane and private island that had recently been gifted to her. It just justified Fang's ridicule. His pride was hurt because of that. Sanubari threw pebbles into the river.

"But how?"

Sanubari's mind wandered far away. He's counting the salaries.

"Aragh!" He yelled in frustration, "it didn't help at all. I need to find a way to contact Abri or Eiji."

For Sanubari, Abrizar is very reliable when he needs a solution to a problem, while Eiji is very reliable in financial matters. Eiji who had all this time helped him complete the transaction. Eiji also gave an injection of funds when he was short. Sanubari believes Eiji must have a lot of money. If he does not want to depend on Aeneas, Sanubari only needs to borrow money from Eiji again.

Sanubari forgot that it made him look the same. Although he could be detached from Aeneas, he was still dependent on others. Instead of realizing this, Sanubari instead remembered about Sai.

"What about Sai, huh?"

Sanubari should be with the man. However, something he did not know kept them far, far away. In the same flow of time, at the same second, one of them stared at the day, while the other was trapped in the dark of the night.

Sai and Renji drive a car on the moon road. Their car floats over a white line that forms on the surface of the water. The straight line formed from the reflection of the full moon was swerving.

"I feel like I just came from the moon just by car." Renji chuckles.

Sai was silent. He focused on paying attention to the animatronic footage sent to the dock. The object highlighted the docked cargo ship.

Tonight, an illegal transaction will be made. Abrizar had reported the dark activity to the police. This is certainly not Abrizar did carelessly.

Before sending information about drug smuggling, Abrizar tested the apparatus concerned. He sends aifka partitions to spy on their movements, then sends out small case clues to see their reactions.

During surveillance, there are police officers who apparently conspire with criminals. So, the ambush operation of another police unit failed due to the intervention of dirty-handed officers. Abrizar immediately tagged them and only gave smuggling information to the clean police.

The men of different nationalities did not expect the mission of cleaning the grand name would develop in the global case. The case grew even more complicated until they lost Sanubari. Sai recalled their conversation at dinner with Aeneas.

That night, Kelana said, "Young Master Sanu probably won't come back to you for a while."

Kelana had already planned another training for Sanubari even before Damiyan requested. The plan was just spontaneity after a glimpse of Sanubari's footage. From the background of the recording, Kelana could guess where they were, and it just so happened that she and Damiyan had the same thoughts before talking to each other.

"What are you planning on Sanu? We're just getting started. There have been enough disruptions that have resulted in our agenda being delayed. If you're bothering ...." Abrizar has little objection.

If Sanubari had survived the kidnapping, he should have been returned to them. Sanubari wanted to create an organization. It's not funny that in the end they have to continue Santri Famiglia without Sanubari.

"We will not hinder you. This can even benefit you. Just a little training. I hope you can guide him after coming back. Young Master will be even better if he can absorb knowledge from you," said Kelana.

"Where's Sanu?" ask Abrizar.

"He's in the right place, with the right people. No need to worry!"

"My promise still applies to you, Abri."

"You made that agreement, but you also kept Sanu away from us. Isn't this ridiculous?" Abrizar demanded an explanation.

Sanubari is bad according to him. Eiji and the others agree with Abrizar. If left to roam without getting used to running field missions, it could be that the child will only become a pest when he returns later. That was Abrizar's worry, and it made him feel Aeneas was just playing him to break the promise.

"Mr Aeneas did not keep Young Master Sanu away from you. As I said before, Young Master Sanu will only do preparatory training."

"Preparation for what?" Abrizar raised next to the eyebrows.

"Facing the world to come. The little chaos that occurred recently may be nothing compared to something that would happen. Right now, Mr. Aeneas might be able to pressure any country to submit under his power and provide protection to Young Master Sanu secretly. But, in two or five years, it might be difficult to do. Young Master should already be able to protect himself. We all are."

Kelana's words made Abrizar and the others curious. Go on with the explanation. In an increasingly modern era, it has become commonplace for the surface layer of the earth to increase.

Most of the land inhabited by humans is even artificial. A few years ago, when Aeneas was not even born, sea levels increased dramatically. The rain has rained unendingly all year round. The islands began to sink one by one.

Environmentalists from around the world are trying to tackle the crisis. Humans cannot keep crammed on the ship to evacuate. In order to create a place of comfort again, architects, geologists, and other scientists work together. They put all their resources into building layers on the islands like multi-storey buildings.

Iron shields were produced. The mechatronics were asked to create an efficient tool to dredge the soil. Astronomers are also involved in bringing in material from space.

They engineered a meteor shower. The points of the meteor fall are marked. Humans were also evacuated from the area.

Meteor showers really happen. As a result, some of the surface rises by itself. Some are growing widely. Even so, other places still have to be raised by humans themselves.

There was no unemployment at that time, except for the toddlers. Those who were not involved in the construction, were assigned to hunt in the ocean, preparing food for everyone. The livestock that were taken away were few. They let what is left to be preserved.

The incident is not told in history. The fact was buried with eyewitnesses who died one after another due to age. It is certain that 90% or even 99% of the earth's population does not know that far below the ground they are exposed, there is a civilization that sinks.

Little Aeneas were once thrown into the sea. When the father tried to save, both of them were dragged into the stream. Aeneas did not know what happened next due to fainting. When he woke up, he was in a building that was like an aquarium. Outside the windows, the buildings were submerged in water and quite dark as if no light had penetrated.

At that time, Aeneas met Kelana for the first time. Kelana claimed to be fad following her great-grandfather. He separated, then accidentally saw two humans spewing whales.

"It's burping!" so thought Kelana at that time while gluing hands and face to the glass.