The Musafir

A Heart that is Split in Two

"Mantingan, if I had as much courage as yours. If I had the subtlety of a word like you. I will definitely say beautiful words, which express how much my heart has fallen on you.”

MANTLE widens his eyes. The Northern River Angel speaks Sanskrit. The girl must have thought Mantingan would not understand Sanskrit, because indeed they almost never use Sanskrit in conversation, and indeed rarely understand Sanskrit. But dear thousand dear. Mantingan is not a traveler without knowledge. His parents understood Sanskrit, so the ability was passed down to his son, Mantingan.

“A heart split in two, can it? I love you, O man in the land of Champa whom I have always longed for. But I also love the Javadvipa man named Mantingan. It was like finding my soul mate in a land that was foreign to me. A soulmate like no other in the world. Can a man become a mantan? Although stealth can imitate its appearance, but cannot imitate the soft and shady eyes, unable to imitate the subtlety of the word in speech, unable to warm his smile as the sun shines on the earth without demanding a reward.”

The mantle is still sculpting. The words of the North River Angel really made him speechless. The young man was still waiting for the next words of the Northern River Angel.

“Manting, oh, Mantings. Why are you so charming? You know, I want you to wear a veil and a thick robe just like me, so that no other woman ends up like me. Poor is my fate. O heart that is split in two, may I stay here forever? Until the bones become soil is not okay. As long as it's with Mantingan, please my heart. But why do I miss my beloved in Champa, heart divided? Can I choose just one of them?”

The voice of the Northern River Angel was no longer heard. Mantingan let out a long sigh before releasing his sharp hearing science He guessed, it looks like the days ahead will be more complicated.

***

In the morning, as had been planned earlier, Mantingan and the Angel of the North River faced each other. But Mantingan's gaze on the girl was no longer the same as yesterday, there was a hint of awkwardness in her gaze.

The Northern River Angel noticed the change in Mantingan's beautiful eyes. Really he is willing to do anything as long as the gaze of Mantingan back calm and shady as usual. “Mantingan, are you okay?”

The mantle shook slowly and smiled. Such an answer did not satisfy the Northern River Angel at all, he was sure that there was a problem that made Mantingan like this. The woman looked at the young man anxiously as she began to worry that Mantingan had heard and understood his words last night.

“Mantingan, did you hear me last night?”

The mantan wants to say something, but is stuck in his tongue without being able to say it. He could not deny or lie.

The North River Angel was silent for a long time. There was a war going on inside his head. One camp to lie alone and say last night it was just a booze, another camp to confess and say that last night he meant it.

The inner war that took a long time made Mantingan first raise his voice. “Saudaries, in real combat, what should concern us is the opponent in plain sight. In fact it is no exception in training though.”

By taking a breath and exhaling it slowly, the Angel of the North River felt relieved. At least, his feelings were already known Mantingan. So that later there will be no regrets, no sense that stuck in the depths of the deepest feelings.

“Mantingan, prepare. I'll attack.” The North River Angel said before preparing the horses.

Mantingan behaved like yesterday morning. Stand quietly with one hand behind the waist while the other hand holds a teacup. A moment later Mantingan threw his teacup over, that was when the Northern River Angel darted.

But this time the body of the Northern River Angel did not dart towards where Mantingan stood, the young girl slid upwards, approaching the teacup. The thin smiling mantle. There are no rules on how to fight or how to win a fight. Provided that the cup was not captured by Mantingan and fell to the ground, then the North River Angel was considered to have won, whatever it was. Including when he flew towards the teacup with the intention of catching the cup first than Mantingan.

Mantingan treads lightly to the ground. Although the appearance was slow, but able to bring the body of the Mantingan lightning fast into the air. Mantingan and Bidadari Sungai Utara in a short time faced each other.

The North River Angel had guessed this from the beginning, it was impossible for Mantingan to be silent, so he had prepared another attack. The Northern River Angel fluttered her hands into the air, in an instant the originally calm-quiet air just started to churn. The wind whistled fiercely over the body of Mantingan.

Mantingan did not understand why the Northern River Angel could do such a thing. At one time, the North River Angel controlled only water, not wind. Was the young girl trying to hide her other strength from the Mantingan? But it actually makes little sense that if the Northern River Angel hid the power from Mantingan, in fact he used that power now, it would be the same as revealing his secret power.

But for Mantingan, facing unexpected situations like this can be overcome with other sciences. He uses the Wind Control Science—mu which comes from the White Wind College, this science allows users to control the wind.

The point of weakness of this science lies in its control only on the wind. It is not air that is still and not moving. In this situation, Mantingan can still utilize the strong winds generated by the North River Angel so that the Wind Control Science can work.

The mantang unsheathed his arm which formed a site attack. The wind that originally hit him, now turned to attack the North River Angel. The young lady in front of the Mantingan had not expected the Mantingan to have strength that was almost similar to its strength. There was no defense at all in his body, so the crashing wind immediately hit him.

The body of the Northern River Angel fell several fathoms back, it floated freely in the air, with a robe that was madly fluttering, its veil was torn off due to the extremely violent wind waves that had hit its body.

Everything seemed to slow down in Mantingan's eyes. He glanced down. Their distance was five fathoms from above the ground, they floated at a height that exceeded the teacup itself. Now Mantingan glanced towards the North River Angel, the extremely gentle young girl would be severely injured if she were to plunge free into the ground without any obstructions.

The mantan twisted its body against the body of the North River Angel, it then sent a tread attack into the empty air. With the attack of the site, Mantingan's body was pushed to the place of the North River Angel. Mantingan quickly caught the waist of the girl and then exerted a science of lightening the body with all his strength on her legs.