Sir, Don't You Sick Me!

The Heart of Mahawira

Mahawira enters the house where Cornelia and the three men wait for her to return with glad tidings. Aksa who was making something from woven bamboo outside the house immediately looked at it and stopped its activity.

Even so, Mahawira had no intention of greeting the man and went straight into Cornelia's room. There's no change. Cornelia still lay weak with all the silence that made Mahawira really fed up with her.

The man was still unsure of using the method of the Fire Dragon in order to resurrect the lover. If it is true that it will revive Cornelia, then surely she will bear all the risks. After all, Mahawira once said that sacrifice is part of love itself. However, why would he still hesitate to sacrifice a little of the element of life even his entire life?

When Mahawira was pensive with all negative thoughts, Birendra and Kalandra came to him quietly. The two men stood behind Mahawira.

“Finally you're back, Mahawira. What happened while you were gone?” Kalandra asked.

Long enough Mahawira was silent only to answer questions from Kalandra. He did intend to tell about their brother, but it did not seem like the right time. Much more important to Mahawira was the safety of Cornelia.

“I'll answer all your questions later.” Very flat tone of speech. The two men behind him concluded that Mahawira was being let down by something he experienced while going to Simaseba Palace.

Birendra and Kalandra exhaled a long breath and chose silence according to what Mahawira said.

“I have to choose. I can save Cornelia, but I'll have a very big risk to myself.”

“I can't say anything, Mahawira. Everything I leave to you. After all, you alone can decide and save Cornelia, for she has chosen you as the lover of heart she will always fight for.” Birendra took a step forward so that his position was parallel to Mahawira while watching Cornelia who could only exhale and sigh.

“Even too dangerous for myself. The biggest possibility that could happen is that I won't be able to meet Cornelia again.”

Birendra and Kalandra. Both of them may not understand the meaning of Mahawira's explanation. Indeed what treatment method Mahawira will use so high risk that he predicted himself to be unable to meet again with Cornelia. It is something beyond belief.

“I'm curious, Mahawira. What method would you use to cure Cornelia? Is it something that could take your own life?” Kalandra seemed unable to stem the curiosity that had peaked in her mind.

“Yes. Like death it could happen. After all, I cannot completely trust what this Fire Dragon inside me is saying.”

“Dragon Fire?” Hearing Mahawira's explanation, Kalandra's breath became rather heavy.

The two princes should have known that in Mahawira there lived a dragon which he called the Fire Dragon. However, they had never expected before that the man could communicate with the dragon.

In this age, it is not strange if in every human being has each power with various symbols. What makes Kalandra difficult to believe is that Mahawira can talk to the common animal inside him.

“What did he say to you, Mahawira?”

“I have to accept it as the main source of strength for myself. It was an absolute condition for him to save Cornelia for me.”

“There's not much I can say about that, Mahawira. I can only tell you not to get dragged too far by what that Fire Dragon said to you.”

“I'm the same. I can't say anything. Even so, I strongly believe you are not someone who is easily defeated by anything.” Birendra chimed in with a big smile.

However, his passionate feelings for Cornelia became the main foundation why Mahawira refused a silly marriage done for political purposes only. Until now, Mahawira how aware that Cornelia who has freed his life from all the rules that restrain in the palace. Cornelia is the only girl who always accompanies Mahawira in any moment.

If you think about it, Mahawira's eyes must always be enveloped by tears that are ready to hit his mind in a short period of time. Now, he had to make up his mind to choose. Wanting to save Cornelia at great risk or remaining silent saw the lover lying helplessly on the bed with a flat face.

It's really not elegant. It was truly not graceful and the more the day made the hole in the depths of his heart grow bigger.

Mahawira took a deep breath before starting to speak to her two friends.

“I'll do it. If anything happens to me or Cornelia, make sure you do something. If I do something destructive, I hope you take serious action. Never be shy. Don't let me be the devil that closes my heart to the full.”

Mahawira had to say it because it was the only way to save Cornelia. She doesn't want the actions of a demon to hurt Cornelia when she wakes up. Indeed, it was the right decision for him.

Kalandra and Birendra shook their heads slowly as if they were unable to do something like Mahawira said.

“We won't be able to do—“

“You have to do it for me and Cornelia.”

Lamat Mahawira stared at his two friends in turn. Even so, Kalandra and Birendra immediately lowered their heads.

Raised hands and placed on the shoulders of two of his friends, Mahawira said with a smile.

“I believe in you two. I trust you guys so much. If in the end I will be gone in this world, you will be the one in charge of looking after Cornelia.”

Kalandra shook her head as a sign of her disapproval of Mahawira's words that seemed to be going away long after Cornelia could be reawakened.

“Do you remember? You also have a taste for Cornelia. I hope it becomes the thing that keeps you motivated to make sacrifices for her sake. Cornelia needs me, but after that she'll need you guys.”

Mahawira with a steady heart lowered his hands, then sat cross-legged by Cornelia's bedside. The closure of both eyes, along with the unification of the hands from the top to stop in front of the chest.

Mahawira began to activate the Fire Dragon energy on him to flow into Cornelia. After she finished, she opened her eyes and fondled Cornelia warmly while intending to enter into the void space where the girl was trapped.

After his soul went to a realm that Mahawira had never visited, his body went limp, then lay limp on top of the girl's body. Kalandra and Birendra arranged the position of his friend's body so that it was beside Cornelia.

Meanwhile, Mahawira in the realm she was heading to had opened her eyes, then saw Cornelia was lying weakly in the white vacuum.

“Cornelia!”

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