Tale Of The Half-Blood Wizard - Chapter 72

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.

“That must be a palace, isn’t it? I want to meet the king and tell him that there is one of his people who is very ignorant. He is annoying and very talkative!” I said and glanced at him, “Let him get punished!”

Naar giggled to hear my words, “Miss, look into the mirror,” He said, “ARent you the one who is very ignorant and chatty? Why am I the suspect here?” he said with his innocent look.

I glared at him, trying out Azalea’s intimidating style, “I am sorry, sir. How dare you say a beautiful and adorable human like me an ignorant and talkative woman?” I said arrogantly, imitating the style of a queen, “Are you tired of living?!”

“I am sorry Your Majesty,” Naar bowed slightly, then he stood upright and spoke calmly, “But you are indeed having a lot of sense,” After that, he smiled innocently.

“I take it as a compliment. Thank you, Sir,” My voice was pretentious and powerful, “Therefore, I spare your life.”

We both broke into laughter, the sound filled up the place where we were in. Naar laughed at my acting which seemed so awful in his eyes, I just sat there, waiting for him to finish. Honestly, I felt really embarrassed because I was very lousy at acting. Am I silly? He looked so happy laughing at me?” I was annoyed.

“I am grateful you are not a queen and such kind, Tha,” he was still trying to press his laughter, “I would feel sorry for your people. You are more suitable for a cruel wizard tha a queen.” And he broke into laughter again.

“Such an annoying man!” my voice rose, my hand spontaneously swung to hit him slowly, “I am a queen so you just have to pay me respect!”

Naar was like a wizard for me. He had a spell that could always make me smile and made me forget my heart pain.  I just realized that there was a part in me that was pulled bit by bit from my previous position.

I looked at the man who was looking up at the sky. He seemed to be enjoying the night too much, the faint and gentle strains of the dragon summoning spell music became the background music of the silence between us, “Be careful” I whispered.

Naar turned to me with his bewildered expression, “For?” he asked innocently.

“Just to remind you to be careful.” He still looked at me with a confused look. “Leave it.” I chose to stay quiet, unwilling to help him understand my words.

We sat side by side on the edge of the bridge that led to the palace, enjoying the view in front of us. There were thousands of buildings with twinkling lights and the breeze of wind carrying the scent of flowers from the meadow outside the city.

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An arrow was shot from my bow. I was practicing archery when I distinctly heard the strains of a music box from Naar’s room. Ever since the music box was in his hand, this building started to have sound. That man really liked it. he would play it anytime he was in this place.

“That boy is just as noisy as you are since he has that thing,” Yoru said with his expressionless face. He was at my back, watching me practicing archery.

I was just quiet and tried to ignore him. He was so sarcastic as usual. I knew he meant nothing with his words. He was a sensitive type of person, so I had better not trigger it.

“Could I ask you something?” I said quietly as the second arrow landed on the target. I saw Yoru nod, allowing me to ask. “Can’t you guys check Rumpa’s involvement in that murder case?”

Yoru looked at me in confusion, “Do you feel he was also involved?” He asked back, hesitated.

I put down my bow instantly and looked at him seriously, ” I did not say if he was involved or not.” I answered, then took the third arrow.

“I just felt a little odd about what Antonie said, that he saw someone shot at three children. If he was indeed the culprit, the explanation he gave me seemed to indicate that he was not that person despite the claims of three witnesses including saw it was him. He seemed to be outside his body and became another person who also witnessed the incident.”  I ended my explanation by landing the third arrow next to the second one.

“You just want to say that person was involved.”

I immediately lowered my bow, then looked at him as he just finished his words.

“I am not saying he is. I just want us to punish the right person in this case!” I said it firmly.

“This is going to be difficult, Tha. I am warning you in the beginning.” Yoru signaled to the other archers to stop practicing and resting

“Follow me!” He ordered me. I directly followed him after I put down my bow.

“It is quite safe to discuss such thing here,” he said as he walked out of the training room, “we don’t know id anyone can eavesdrop us,”

Yoru took me to his room. It was my first time going there. mengajakku ke ruangannya, ini adalah pertama kalinya aku masuk ke sana. The room pretty much represented the owner who was so neat and tidy. No odd things I could see there such as preserved owls, like in Azalea’s room. It was the cleanest room I saw in that dimension.

Another thing that made me surprised was I could see the white orchid I gave him some time ago put by the window’s frame. It looked well-taken care beautiful, and about to bloom. Even Yoru gave a supporter bar so that the stalk could stand upright.

I was just silent when I saw him check some files in the cupboard next to his table. It did not take for him to finally find what he was looking for and gave it to me. “Read it!So you know who Rumpa you are talking about,” he said.

“I will explain it to you because it will the time in the world for that. It is just a piece of advice that you must not get involved too deep. Your job is to help Antonie regain his memory in any ways you can do,” he warned me again this time.

“To be honest, since you came here, we have made a big progress. That is why Miss Azalea believes that we will get that immortality spell back.” I did not react differently when he finished his last words. It was like a compliment, but it did not make me out of the world because I had not proved anything yet that I could help Antonie recollect his past memory.

I stayed still. I would not tell Yoru that I was the daughter of Rumpa. No one knew this unless Azalea. “alright, if the investigation toward Rumpa impossible to be done,” I tried to sound relaxed while flipping the pages of that book he gave to me.

“he seems to be a very important person and feared so that no one is able to go against him. Is that it?” I asked him out of curiosity.

“Yes, more or less,” Yoru replied, “So, just don’t be too close to him. And I warn you that he is not a good man.” He stressed on ‘not a good man’ and I understood him

“Just don’t look for trouble with that man, especially in this situation when every wizard wizard came to that banquet in that elederly home really curious to know about you. They want to know who the humans being who dared to argue with him.” Yoru stared at me, “Do not make bigger problems, okay? It will make Miss Azalea get trouble too.”

“I just ask you,” I paused while closing that book. I knew what was in it without reading through, “If there is another man—besides Antonie who is also involved in this case, will we close our eyes on him and simply punish Antonie?”

Yoru just kept quiet. He did not look me in the eyes. ‘laws are simply the same throughout the universe. So blunt to the top, but very sharp to the low’ my thought was irritated.

I stood up from my chair, and bowed to say goodbye, “Looser!” I whispered, but I knew Yoru still could hear it. ‘I myself will drag that man to the mouth of Falak if he is proven guilty in that shooting incident!’  I promised myself.

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