The After I Die

Bell Tower

Kina can't sleep.

It was already the third day since Nukas' death, he was reluctant to do anything, the girl just locked herself in her room, her mother also did not comment much, did not protest at all, she was not angry, she was not angry, only occasionally knocked on her bedroom door to tell her to eat.

In his head his mind was branching. Since the beginning he came to this village nothing makes sense in this village, the village law is very strange, the villagers are not even impressed to resist, just obey as if it is an absolute obligation to be obeyed, this is really confusing.

He could not live in this kind of place, it was better to live in the city with the market thugs who liked to trade.

Her mother, she was also confused, her attitude was fickle now, who had always been using her now looked meek, instead of oa was not happy about the change, it was just that it was strange. And her father, who was usually passive about everything, now looks indifferent, as if the matter of Kina shutting herself in the room is no big deal.

“Kina ...” There was a soft whisper from the closed window of Kina, it was still day, the sunlight penetrated the vents above the window, Kina turned her head, clucking lazily.

“Kina!” The voice sounded louder this time, Kina turned her head again, she lazily got up and opened her bedroom window.

“Eda? What are you doing?” Kina asked with a frown, under her window Eda looked up at her, the man waved at her, telling her to come down.

Kina shook her head slowly, she knew the man wanted to console her for Nukas' death, but she was not willing to do anything, she was lazy.

Eda groaned, looking to the right and left, making sure there was no one around the Kina house, around which there were only banana trees and mango trees.

“I want to show you something,” said Eda carefully, her eyebrows are linked together. “In tower.”

Hearing the word of the tower Kina fell silent, her curious soul rose, she wanted to say but Eda's index finger stuck to her lips, hinting for Kina to be silent.

The sound of footsteps rattled from above the floor of the house, walking towards Kina's room.

“Nak? Who are you talking to?” her father's voice rang out from outside, Kina froze nervously she turned her head towards the door, she heaved a sigh of relief as her bedroom door was still tightly locked.

“I only dreamed about Nukas,” said Kina while trying to neutralize her heartbeat, Eda who was still below just stroked her chest, somehow they were both scared for no reason.

“Food is on the table, eat.” His father said again, sounding commanding.

Kina gulped, she hurriedly replied. “Iya, Father.”

They kept quiet for a few minutes until Kina made sure the father was completely away from the door of her room, Eda waved her hand telling her to come down.

Kina took her jacket, there was no harm in following Eda, and yet silence lamented that fate in her room would not calm her, she had to find answers to everything that happened.

Kina piled up the pillow and covered it with a blanket, carefully Kina jumped over the window, then closed it very quietly.

“Come we go.”

The bell tower remained standing haughtily as usual, this was the first time Kina noticed the tower with such a close distance, the tower was made of bamboo, it was about five meters tall, it was very close, there was a ladder mounted along the pedestal to the top, a small house without walls above containing a rusty old bell, Eda hinted that Kina should follow her up the stairs.

The stairs creaked as her feet stepped on her, Kina shuddered, afraid to look down, slowly following Eda up.

Not until five minutes were they already at the top, Kina and Eda were sitting near the bell.

“What do we do?” Kina finally asked after a long look, from up here she could see all corners of the village, including the village cemetery which was located at the end.

“We wait.” Eda said, straightening his legs, Kina looked at him with a questioning look, thousands of questions popped into her mind for a moment.

“What we waiting for them?” Guess Kina.

Eda nodded silently. Kina held her breath, they would wait for the appearance of the undead, three more hours would enter the deadline of the village law, she felt the blood rustling, between fear and curiosity that was becoming more and more.

“I've been waiting for them since the last few days,” said Eda slowly, his eyes glaring towards the swamp located not far from the tomb, the swamp was not broad, the water was blackish, the water was blackish, on the edges there are shrub plants, small trees around it and long weeds swaying in the wind. “They appeared from there.”

“Rava? That might explain why they always leave a trail of puddles everywhere.”

Eda nodded slowly, his forehead wrinkled. “But there is something strange behind them.”

“What is it? Is there a figure controlling them?”

“Looks like you'd understand if you saw it in person, I don't dare to conclude it now. Let's wait.”

Kina was silent, she approved of Eda's words. As long as they were invisible to those undead, they would be safe, they would just have to be quiet and hide while observing what was happening, he said, Kina was very curious as to what purpose the undead were terrorizing the village and who was the mastermind behind it all.

The wind is still blowing lightly, the bell tower is only covered by a roof of rumbia, not too hot when hit by the scorching sun, but also the, enough to feel the shade and protect the scorching sunlight from behind its shadow.

Kina looked far away again, her eyes following the groove of the village road made of soil, winding around the village, but the road that was on the border to the city was covered with weeds, weeds, it was as if the road was very rarely passed by the citizens.

That city, did the citizens never have any intention to leave? He remembered when he picked up his mother from the city, they rode open tub cars to the highway, after which they rode motorcycle motorcycle motorcycle with steep terrain to the dense forest, then after that they walked almost all day to this village.

The village is very remote and remote.

“Eda.” Kina turned her head and hugged her own knees, her jaw hardened, her mouth tightly clenched. “After this is done, let's move to the city.”

Eda was silent for a moment, he was a kara in this village, leaving now was not a big deal for him, but Kina still had parents, would this friend of hers leave without them?

But seeing Kina's face staring straight at the street leading to the town of Eda undo his intentions, he let out a long sigh and said. “Oke.”