Tale Of The Half-Blood Wizard - Chapter 71

“Should we chain him or something so that he will not run? I am not sure he will not run away once we get him out. That person is still very cunning before and after his death, even in someone else’s body!” Said Azalea annoyed while slamming Antonie’s notebook.

Miss Anty seemed to understand her hot-tempered friend. She patted Azalea’s shoulder to calm her down, “Calm down. We will not treat his body, but his heart. We make him believe that we will not hurt him, but will help him recollect his past,” She said slowly.

“Sometimes not everything can be solved by fighting. We will approach him, seek information from all the things he still remembers. I am sure he eventually will believe us,” The entire room seemed to be listening seriously, not to mention Azalea who turned out to be a little calmer..

“When we take him to that place and make it happen in front of him, he may gain memory by itself. For now, let him remember all the things he still can,” After saying that Miss Anty returned to the notebook Antonie gave to me.

“It is a good idea for you for ask him to write whatever he still remembers,” I just nodded in response to her compliment. Then Miss Anty turned to gaze at Azalea, “Be a little gentle with him. We will take his heart, and then take him to that place,”

…

After the banquet, we all said goodbye. The light in the sky had gone. It meant that it was night now. I started to get used to this place so I didn’t ask too many questions about things that were still strange to me.

Azalea and I were sitting face to face in the carriage because Yoru did not go home with us. He said he had things to do there, especially about how to take Antonie out and prevent him from escaping.

Azalea asked me to discuss further during our trip home, “Can you approach him?” She asked, feeling doubtful about my capacity.

“I will do my best,” I replied convincingly. “He has been in that cage, not a day or two. If it happened to me, I would not trust anyone so easily. I need time to approach him and gain his trust, and all the information about what he still remembers,” I tried to explain to Azalea what was in my mind, and asked her patience to get a maximum outcome.

“I hope you can do it faster,” Azalea looked into me with a serious gaze, “I tell you one thing, that spell doesn’t last forever. If we cannot get it in time, your friend is in danger. Hi s spirit will be lost, and he cannot go back to Kerberos place, then,—“She paused for a moment.

“You are smart enough, aren’t you? To be able to guess what will happen next if the spirit does not go back to its place,” Without being defined, I understood what Azalea means.

Naar and I went back to the city square as we both agreed. Its atmosphere was pretty different from the first time we went there. We were quiet to each other and feeling a. I did not take Kerberos along with it as I said yesterday.

I was not too innocent and naïve a woman who did not know the characteristics when my opposite sex had a special interest in me. My instinct said that Naar personally had an interest in me. I felt so much sorry for him for behaving too nice to him and gave a response to him. I should have ignored him and acted normally so that I did not have to feel like I had cheated him and played with his feelings. Honestly, the meeting at Miss Anty’s home was very unexpected.

“Could I ask you something?” Naar’s voice stopped my footsteps. I turned and faced him, “I am sorry but I keep thinking about this,” He was awkward, “Who is that guy? I mean..”  He paused and looked at me deeply. Perhaps he was confused about how to express what was bothering his mind, “So, so long you work for Azalea for the sake of that person?”

“Back then, I was being hunted by my father’s wife. She was a wizard who almost killed me when she found out that I hid that marionette she wanted. Maybe, it was just a stroke of luck when I was able to kill that woman in front of my father,” Such an urge was so strong that I needed to tell Naar all I had been through.

“Soon, a wizard came, who turned out to be a sister of my father’s wife. She wanted to avenge her sister’s death by killing me. And again a fortune came to me in my attempts to escape her pursuit. I did not know where they came from, The Manjis managed to kill that woman. So I survived again,” I sighed for a moment, watching Naar who was still listening to my story.

“After all those incidents, Azalea came after me. She managed to catch me and put me in a cage next to Antonie. At that time, she said she would take Zie from a hiding place that she knew already. She also gave me an offer so that I would be willing to work for her. And in return, she guaranteed the safety of the marionette.” Now my eyes wandered to my first arrival in this place.

“I gave up,” I smiled wryly, laughing at my incompetency, “I decided to take the deal because I knew that I would not be able to protect Zie from being hunted by other witches. She wanted to keep her promise to me,”

“So, he –,” Naar looked confused, “Marionette with the sealed spirit with that spell?” He asked. It seemed that he did not really believe what I told him.

I nodded, “Yes. You are right. He is my senior.” I replied to him confidently, “Twelve years ago I skipped classes. He would always look for me when he did not find me in my class. That time he came with bread and boxes of milk. We used to eat together in the park, in front of that kindergarten, next to my school,” I felt like I was challenged to open up my old wound that was still bleeding to Naar.

“I did not know what would happened until Antonie came to that park and killed three people there. It was a nightmare for the rest of my life, I kept trying to hide. I don’t want anyone see my weakness because anytime I recall it, it will always bring me to the lowest point.” I wiped my tears which I did not know when it started rolling down on my cheeks. I just did not care if right now people around me noticed that I was crying.

“It is okay, Tha, It is alright,” Naar was trying to console me, “relaxed, it is over now,” He kept trying to smooth me so that I did not feel worse.

I smiled at him, telling myself that it was over and I had to be stronger started from now on.

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I sat in the front row with my swollen face. I tried to stop crying, but anytime my mind wandered to that tragedy my tears were just voluntarily rolling down. Naar was beside me, buying so many snacks for me, starting from cotton candy, sweet peanuts, spicy potato chips, and some glasses of drinks. He was so patient to accompany me.

“Is this enough? If you need more, I can buy all kinds of food available here,” He boasted with his witty smile as usual. I knew he was kidding or perhaps teasing me because he knew how much I could eat, “Now, you have to enjoy this show,”  he handed me potato chips.

I looked at him and felt irritated, “Such an arrogant man!” I muttered and punched his arm, “Are you making fun of me?” He grimaced as he heard my voice rise, “I know I eat a lot, but it doesn’t mean I can eat all of this food by myself. You have to help me eat this food. You bought them all anyway!” A second after my voice rose, someone who sat beside me looked at me with an angry expression. It might be because I was too noisy when the show was going on.

Naar, who got the same look from the man beside him, whispered to me mockingly, “Come on, let us make a noise somewhere else!” His words were just like magic spells to me. He could change my bad mood to a better one very easily.

Finally, we left that place, running through the buildings that looked like shops in the opposite direction with people who wanted to see the show at the city square.. “I want to go there!” I pointed to a building at the highest point, which resembled a castle in a fairy tale with a pointed roof.