The Repeaters

9. flowers and trees of destiny

After hearing what Lily told me. The girl named monika let out tears, she felt sorry for what was told by her, who would not be sad when she heard such a sad story, after all Monika is very understanding of her feelings and she is very grateful that Lily was saved by someone. Otherwise Lily would have fared the same as it did.

Monika kept crying until her snot came out a little through her two noses, and she hugged tightly the girl sitting in front of her, she wanted to give a signal that everything would be fine. Lily smiled slightly at Monika's behavior, she returned the hug while occasionally stroking Monika's shoulder from behind.

The day had turned into daylight, the sun rising right above the head. Along the way were filled with merchants and customers clustered together. Wherever the eyes look, the city is filled with crowds, warmth, and peace. But ironically the city does not look that good, the city of Oz is more rotten, the outside does look luminous, but not to the hearts of the residents they even trade for humans. No one would have thought this city was that bad. Actually this is not one hundred percent wrong OZ city, this is all Edward's fault for trading slaves.

In the middle of the crowd there were two figures of someone wearing a brown jacket with a hood to cover their faces, they were seen walking together, he said, they walked without looking to the right to the left and just looked down as if they did not want their identities uncovered. These two people were none other than Monika and Lily.

Previously they planned to go out and buy a little food and find information, but because of the uproar at the restaurant yesterday made them have to be more vigilant, even throughout the trip there was a poster of the three of them face, but, leonardo, Lily, and Monika have face posters along the way. It seemed like the three of them were actually becoming fugitives right now.

What they did yesterday was unforgivable to the surrounding population, slave theft, maybe it was the viewpoint of the citizens, but such a thing is taboo in this world. Not only in the city of OZ, almost the whole world has a system of slavery, but in the city of OZ which is the worst after all this city where the sale of slaves is located, this is all the work of Edward, Edward, he created a system of trash like slavery. Slaves used to exist, but not as much as they do now.

It was for this reason that the two of them decided to go undercover, which was very dangerous when the residents found out their faces.

The two of them continued to walk until accidentally passed by a flower merchant man, he was mobbed by many customers both men and men, Lily did not pay too much attention to the merchant and continued to step up, but Monika paused for a moment to stare at the atmosphere.

He did not want to buy flowers, but he just felt similar to the flowers. The flower is named, "Dod Bloem", This flower is quite rare only sold in the city of OZ this is what makes many tourists and residents buy it, this flower is reddish in color and looks beautiful, so it is very beautiful, but there is one ironic story. The flower was actually dead, the Bloem Dod flower could only live where they had come from once it was plucked then the flower would die. Though dead, but the flower still looks beautiful, the foolish customers only attach importance to the beauty they certainly do not think that the flower is dead.

Lily came to a halt, she looked back and got Monika staring at the merchant. He doesn't know what Monika is, look. Lily walked towards Monika carefully, so that her identity would not be revealed.

"Monika why did you stop?"

Monika did not respond, she was still swept away by her own thoughts and was still staring at the merchant, the curious Lily decided to stare at what Monika had just seen.

"Do you want flowers?" Lily asked after realizing what Monika was looking at.

"No. It's not like that, I was just thinking how similar I am to that flower."

"What does that mean?"

"The flower can only bloom in one place, but the traders pull the flower when if the flower is removed it is the same as killing the flower. Isn't that a little like me? I used to be taken by someone, they killed my parents and forcibly took me. I'm mentally dead on sale, I'm so much like that flower, I can only live in one place if I'm about to die.... And wherever I go in the end I will"

Without waiting for Monika to finish speaking, Lily left and walked towards the crowd. He bought a pair of red flowers and brought them to Monika. He put it right in Monika's ear as a decoration.

"Hm, looks prettier, doesn't it?" Lily smiled broadly after putting up the flower.

"What are you doing?"

"The flower may be dead, but if it is worn like this it will bloom in your heart as well as those who see you."

Monika smiles sweetly hearing what Lily said, out of nowhere she learned those words, she looks like a man in a nightclub.

"You can smile, it's a sign that you're not mentally dead. Your life may have been painful, but just relax there's me and Leonardo, we'll always be there for you."

"Thank you." Monika thanked him the most sincerely, this was the first time she let out such a sincere smile.

But that smile faded as suddenly bad thoughts flashed through his brain.

'You guys are so good, but whatever you do is free.. In the end I was just a Dod Bloem flower, in the end I would die' He thought making the smile disappear.

"Why are you silent?"

"It's okay." Monika forced herself to smile, she shook her head towards the right and left.

"Then let's continue on our way." Lily Grasps Monika's right hand and goes somewhere.

***

In an empty room, the window opened wide, making daylight enter the space. Seen as a young man in all black clothes sitting by the mattress, he kept a man who was sleeping weakly on the white mattress.

It's been a long time since he's been asleep like that. He should be able to wake up now, but what kept him asleep.

"You're finally awake, Leonardo," said Razor.

"Razors? Why am I still in-" Leonardo forced himself to stand up from the bed, but he quickly almost fell over.

"Don't force yourself, just rest!" Razor said, lifting Leonardo's body and putting it back on the bed.

Leonardo followed his advice and returned to the bed, staring at the window as Razor prepared a cup of tea for him.

His head was still full of what happened yesterday. His encounter with the human-shaped Rukh with wings, a memory of his childhood. Everything felt mixed in his heart.

"This is tea please enjoy." Razor brought two cups of tea - one for Leonardo and one for himself.

"Thank you." Leonardo enjoyed his tea, he occasionally sighed in satisfaction. His eyes were still staring at the window.

Outside the window showed a huge tree, and the inhabitants crowded around the tree.

"Razor, what tree is that?"

"It was the tree of destiny, one of the most famous trees in this world, it was only in various cities it could even be counted with fingers, the city of OZ is the one that has the tree of destiny."

"Why is it called the tree of destiny?"

"The legend says that time or destiny does not go one way."

"What does that mean? Explain it in detail!"

"Time, future, destiny don't go one way. All have their own lines, like the roots of a branching tree, the future is also branched. For example, there is a future in which a person dies, but there is also a future in which that person is saved." Razor continues her tea.

"So it's like that. It's like a parallel world, right?"

"You can say it like that."

"But why are they surrounding the tree. It looks like worshiping a tree. In the end it was just a tree, right? Are they stupid?"

Blur up!

Razor splashed the tea she drank through her mouth, surprised and astonished by what Leonardo said. He sighed and explained the situation again.

"Of course the tree was praised. Because the tree was created by the god of destiny."

"God of destiny?" Leonardo was getting more confused, he really couldn't digest what Razor was saying.

Razor stroked his head and sighed lazily once more.

"This is how you forget it too? Really troublesome. Listen carefully to Leonardo! In this world there were many living beings like Rukh and others, even god-like existences existed. One of them is the god of destiny. Later you will also know many other creatures along the way, so that's all I say.. But I'll give you a warning, don't fight the god of destiny once in a while! He's the most dangerous of all the gods."

Leonardo nodded his head, he picked up his tea and drank some more. His gaze was still staring towards that tree and the crowd.

In his heart somehow felt very familiar, especially after hearing the word god of fate he was very familiar with the topic.

'I had expected that if I followed the eraser, my memory would come back'

***

In a space without time, without light, even life is not there, there is only a black world there and one girl who wears all white clothes.

The girl sat on the floating chair and enjoyed a cup of coffee.

"Your thoughts are little by little Leonardo's return. But remember this one thing! The answers you seek, the memories, and everything, they don't end well. Hehehe, I'm getting impatient, what are you going to do when you remember everything? Are you going back to this side? Or are you gonna do that crazy thing again? I'm really looking forward to it, Leonardo."