The Frost Heart
Hidden Land For The Witches Part 2 (Rack Point of View)
Even normal life can sometimes be absurd without us expecting. That's a phrase I might have experienced by now. In my world, or rather the earth, there is going on a strange and unprecedented phenomenon. All living things on earth would freeze into ice sculptures due to a phenomenon. Trees, grass, animals, even humans all froze into ice. Mary said, the phenomenon is called None Time because there is someone who activates a magic ritual so that the power of time is taken forcibly as a condition of the ritual. Because according to Mary is not safe, she then took me to a place and it was a hidden place that was not affected by the phenomenon. I don't know what this strange place is, because Mary's hiding the real name of this place.
I am currently in a hall. This hall is very large and filled with thousands of doors that are different shades of each other. MJ and Mary said, These doors are teleportation doors to get to a certain place. That's all I know from Mary and MJ, and then I don't know, like the mechanism of action. With such a description, these doors remind me of the Wazowski and Sullivan stories in Monster Inc where there were thousands of different doors that were used to teleport to earth in order to scare the children there.
I continued to follow the clear bubble that was in front of me. It was a useful [Creatures Summon] creature to guide me. He is smart and objective in his work. He didn't leave me too far and headed back when I went the wrong way. He is a reliable guide.
While still walking, I remember the incident in the past, where I was still a scavenger who liked to stalk a girl my age, then found a wounded woman in her stomach and took her to my now collapsed dilapidated house to treat her wound.
Honestly, in the depths of my heart, I was still shocked by what I had experienced before. Starting from the woman I care for named Mary it brings out strange mystical powers, black creatures that only have a mouth on his face and make me fight one of them, and feel mystical events in me. For that part of the mystical incident, I don't really remember it. I'm still trying to remember, but it failed like it never happened. It felt before my eyes.
To be sure after that, I felt that there was something increasing in me and made me able to defeat the ruthless black creature in a landslide. After something was gone, I felt that there was a feeling of emptiness in my heart. I don't know the name of this feeling, but it makes my chest heavier.
"Eh, it's here..."
In the middle I thought, I didn't realize that the bubble that was moving me had stopped at a wooden door with a slight red stripe. Could this be the place I'm headed to?
The bubble that delivered me then took out a black key from inside his body. I'm not gonna ask you how such a clear body could make a lock with such striking colors invisible, that's not important. I saw that clear bubble unlock the door and turn the doorknob.
The sound of the door slitting sounded when the door opened. Not where I'm not in this place, the sound of the door squeaking is still so horror. Well, that's natural. If that door squeaking sound turns into the sound of the song Suket Teki, it may be too late.
After the door opened, I saw a divine light hit my face. I reflexively squinted my eyes and slightly covered them with my hands. My eyes that were used to the darkness of this hall became a little unprepared to receive that much light. But it took me a little getting used to my eyes and I went straight to that door.
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The crowd was the thing that greeted me the first time I entered the door. I am currently inside a building surrounded by dragon statues. The atmosphere of the storm occurred inside the building because of the mixing of various sounds of language heard in my ears. I saw a lot of faces of strangers wearing completely different clothes chatting with each other. There were white people wearing formal suits were chatting with black people wearing casual clothes, there was a group of women who were composed of 2 narrow-eyed women and rivet women. They were all chatting in English, that's what I understood.
"By the way, where are the people from Indonesia?"
In my vision, there were only foreign faces without random faces from Indonesia. Where'd they? Is everyone from Indonesia an ice stone?
When I looked around, suddenly someone patted me on the shoulder from behind. I looked back and saw brown face smiling at me.
Bingo!! I found from Indonesia, my inner self.
"What is Indonesia?"
He speaks Indonesian with Madurese accent.
"Yes, I'm from Indonesia." My answer.
"Huh, thank goodness..." He's squeezing his chest. "I don't speak English or any other language. I became worried about my own isolation. If you're like a mas, I can relax."
Then she reached out her hand and said, "My name is Dian Prakoso. I'm from Bandung."
I hesitated to welcome his hand or not. Because I was just told how to get acquainted in this different place. But I didn't care about it and welcomed his hand, because this is how we outsiders get acquainted.
"Jack Zitman's..."
"Jack's...The ipman? So, you're the direct descendant of Wingchun's grandmaster?"
Dian seemed to have misheard about my naming.
"Zitman.not Ip-man." I then corrected the spelling.
"Oh, if you're Ipman's descendant."
Dian laughed a little realizing his mistake.
Then we chatted like the people in this place, but with Indonesian because of Dian's English limitations. We talked about how we got here.
Dian told me that she could come here, because it was ushered in by a group of people, almost the same as me. They may have been one-on-one with Mary and gone home because a mission I didn't know the details failed. Because the situation was not conducive after the None Time phenomenon, Dian was finally brought to this place by those people.
"Hey, Jack. Can you translate the languages they speak here?" Said Dian.
"Isn't that like eavesdropping on people's conversations?"
"It doesn't matter if I don't get caught, I wonder what they say."
They used to be people who were even have enough wealth to buy an island in Raja Ampat. 180° is different from me who is a scavenger.
They talk quite relaxed and do not feel panicked at all with circumstances like this, there are even comedians like clowns. It also surprised me so much that it made me a little confused. Did they know that this was going to happen? Who were they before? Illuminati Members? Global elite? Oh, no, don't think wild just yet, Jack.
I try to think positively. Perhaps they had been told by the same people as Mary and seemed to have been filled with shock.
By the way, Dian is an ordinary mas-mas that can be found in the corners of the place. He did not struggle with treasure even in his life, he wanted to try to open an effort to change his fate from ordinary mas-mas to sultan antimiskin aka the rich. But now, all of his efforts had become a mess and were destroyed overnight. So, she's also almost the same as me, having a mediocre life.
When this crowd was noisy, suddenly a blue-colored halo appeared in a place that seemed to be a podium. From that light came a girl wearing a light blue Blazer. His sudden appearance made people become silent to see him, including Dian who was amazed by the magical appearance of the girl.
As for me, it is ordinary. Because this place is almost the same as the world of Jojo Bizzare Adventures, magical and strange.
The girl stared at all the gazers of her with a flat expression. Then he smiled amiably and there was almost no falsehood from that smile. I know that's the excuse.
"Welcome to our land, master and mistress. There may be some questions in your heart, such as what is going on in your world? What is this place? And who are we really? All right, here I'll represent this land to answer all the questions of Master and Master."
Then the girl held her right chest and lowered her head. I know that it is a way of getting acquainted here in official conditions or of getting acquainted with those worthy of respect.
"But before that, my permission was to introduce myself. My name is Siska Skyseeker, the head of the Rakuen Academy student organization and will be the spokesperson of this land. All right, you guys must be impatient at length like this. I'll answer it right away...."
When I focused on the girl, Dian elbowed me. I looked up and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Eh, Jack. Can you understand what that girl's talking about?"
It turns out that the language blind is having trouble understanding English. I let out a heavy sigh, why should I meet such a random person like him? I kindly, translated what the girl was talking about. And of course it's just an important part, I don't want to interpret it in full.
"Your world is currently in crisis where the time power of your world is taken away. It was caused by a magic ritual performed by someone with the nickname Who-man. We don't know for sure what ritual it is, but we make sure that ritual is dangerous enough for your world and ours..."
Then there was a commotion when the explanation of the girl named Siska was over. However, I did not care about that explanation because I had been explained by Mary before and was busy translating the language for Dian. As soon as Dian found out what she was talking about, Dian became worried about the state of the world now and always asked me questions.
"Just calm down, you need to know who we are and rely on it. We are ancient witches hiding in a land. We have a long history and are very experienced about it. We'll figure out a way to solve our problem, so give us some time."
The stern words from Siska made a stir and this group of refugees became a little calm. The girl seemed to have the charisma of being a leader, seen from a few sentences alone make people believe in her talk. He deserves to be chairman, but there is one thing missing. She was too good at hiding her true expression, it scared me a little.
"Then what's the name of this place?" One of the people asked with his floor. Whether my feelings or indeed, everyone's expressions became changed. They seemed very curious about the name of this place, different from before. That's what amazes me.
"You guys seem to want to know the name of this place rather than the previous information, well I'll tell you the name of this place..."
Then the "cheerful" girl gave a little pause. It makes people express themselves. What is important about the name of this place?
"The name of this place is Dracvale, the sacred land as well as the safest place for witches. You guys must be proud, right? Can you tell the name of the holy land that your father and mother used to tell you at bedtime?"
Everyone was satisfied when they heard the name of this place. Even I heard words like this, "Ah, I can finally die peacefully..."
I don't know what's so special about that name. But seeing the reaction of satisfaction from these people, I could conclude that they were too curious for a long time to make them feel a burden in their heart. And when the curiosity was filled, then the burden in his heart was gone.
Before Siska left, he told the group that the officials were in a meeting to take the best measures for the refugees. He also informed that the status of the refugee pafra was changed to a guest for a while.
"Hey, Jack. What are you doing next?" Dian asked as we were walking away from this place
After the "cheerful" girl left, the refugees came out of this place to the designated place. There are a lot of people waiting in line to get out of this building so it takes time to get out.
When asked Dian, I looked up my head, looking up at the ceiling of this building.
"I'm looking for a way to survive. This place is still a new place, so I have to study this place deeply."
That's my priority right now, and after that.
"Jack, can I follow you for a second? I don't speak English or any language other than Indonesian and Madurese. It makes me unable to adapt to this place. I won't be a burden. When I'm good at English, I can go. It's just a minute."
I looked at Dian then looked at the others while holding my chin. I didn't answer, I had to consider it.
"Alright, you can follow you all you want." I agreed to that request. Dian seemed happy and walked side by side out of this building with an unpredictable future.
