In the middle of a rainforest in eastern Yegristan, about seven hills away from the most remote residential areas on the outskirts of the small town of Isla, Echaydor Province, there is a settlement consisting of only three stilt houses, with one simple house built on the first branch of one such a massive tree.There are only thirteen souls living in this small settlement, eight men, and five women, of whom all of them are the only the Amanet tribe remaining.They have to live in hiding like this, because they are a group of people who have declared themselves to be the pureblood of Yegristan, whose existence is actually very undesirable by the current state, The Democratic State of Yegristan.The three stilt houses are inhabited by three families, while one house on the tree is where Amanet, the leader, lives with his one only son.In that tree house, Mary is currently resting, with a girl about to climb the tree to bring something.“Tatti!” A young man suddenly shouts at the girl a
Not angry, but annoyed. That’s what Dean feels right now.When he woke up two days ago, it was this person's annoying face that greeted him full of hatred. Who knows where the hatred comes from?Dean is quite aware that without this person's help, he would have died by now. But still, that arrogant tone, the prejudice, and the condescending gaze...“Oh God! Why do I always meet people like this in my life?” he mutters, whining.It changes Zulfik’s facial expression. “What did you say?” he asks.“What?” replies Dean with an annoyed face.BAM!!!Zulfik slams the wooden bar in snapped, making dust fall from the cave ceiling which is held up only by the wooden logs supports.“Do you have any idea of your current situation?” he deplores menacingly.“I’ve faced death many times,” replies Dean before yawning. “Meeting you is nowhere near that experience.”Zulfik is fumed, with face already red with rage. He stands back a few steps, and then tells his friend to open the cage for him, while he
It is actually the old man Camran, just by himself, but no longer in his beggar outfit. He looks a bit more like a noble man now with a formal black suit, despite how old the suit is. But the jacket he currently wears seems like it was a handmade, out of a bear’s skin. Not just Camran, but there’s also Musgly with him. That spirit creatures looks so excited, hovering so close around Dean’s body before getting inside his dirty T-shirt. Well, he can’t hide there under such thin clothes, so he simply comes out soon after. “I’m glad you are okay now,” says Musgly. “You should be grateful that this man found you in the middle of the Great Deathly Plain. And it seems like he knows the old man Camran too.” “Amanet brought me here to see you,” says Camran. Dean averts his attention to the 274 cm tall giant man in front of him. “Are you Amanet? Why does your name sound so familiar to me? Hold on, wait! Isn’t that the name of one of the noble tribes in Yegristan?” “Yes,” replies Amanet. “A
Dean clearly feels hatred in Amanet’s words. And somehow, he feels like he begins to see the glimpse of the cause of the civil war which sparked the revolution in this country about two decades ago.Even when he is climbing the tree to reach Amanet's house, all the residents in this small settlement slowly gather together, looking at him with curious faces, except for the three Amanet Warriors whom Amanet has introduced Dean to.And the two young Amanet men, Zulfik and Baurzhan, are still staring at Dean with their unfriendly gazes, despite they already know who Dean is.Especially Zulfik, he seems so displeased with Dean currently approaching Amanet’s house. The people here greatly respect their leader, and consider his residence a sacred place.Even though already introduced as a Miarnin, Dean is still considered an outsider by Zulfik. And it seems that Zulfik himself has inherited the hatred toward outsiders, the same hatred Amanet has.“She is inside,” says Amanet as he leads Dean
However, she, who always liked to argue heatedly with Dean, is now speechless. There is no way she would put forward any argument to refute it, because in fact she has accepted Dean's proposal at that time.After all, deep in her heart, Mary does have special feelings for Dean from the start. It is something so complicated to express, but she knows exactly what she feels.Everyone turns their attention to Dean. The Amanet people, women from the Miarnin tribe, and also people from the Dastan tribe, they stop talking to each other, and direct their attention to Dean, taking this matter so seriously.“Kid! I didn’t know you already had a wife,” utters Camran, baffled.“Well, we just married recently,” says Dean as he grabs Mary’s left hand, with Mary only able to show her awkward smile toward Camran.The old man Camran is still confused. He knows that not long ago Dean was still often mourning the loss of the girl he loved, Monica, who was buried in one of the cemeteries in Pine Hill, wh
Soon, three married couples from the Amanet tribe get up, and they hold hands with their respective spouses, holding face to face like they are going to dance. They slowly sway with some kind of rhythm, without having any music, revolving around Dean and Mary.“What are they doing?” asks Dean with a restrained voice.“This is what we do in wedding ceremonies,” says Camran as he takes his leave.Their big body build makes Dean and Mary look like kids in the middle of an adults' night party. Even with his recent growth, Dean only reaches 181 cm now, with Mary only about 1 cm taller than him.Feeling not comfortable to see their leader looking like a kid there, a few Miarnin women join the swaying dance, even without any male. But then, two men from the Dastan tribe come to Roselyn and Adrianne, and invite them to do the same thing. And so, more couples join the sway.Amanet is still not so happy with the idea of a leader of the noble tribe of Yegristan marrying an outsider. But he still
One man who looks like most normal men, the one who looks the most normal among them, an advocate named Teddy McDonald, immediately expresses his objection.“But, Valery! That man has killed Lina and Simon. He even killed Levi, who has been with us for more than a hundred years. And you still want to recruit that man? What is it that you see in him?”“Nothing?” replies Valery short before taking a seat on a chair specifically prepared for him at the end of the table. “I haven't even seen him yet.”“Then why?” asks another man with gray hair named Harley Conrad, a renowned scientist who was reported missing about 50 years ago. “Is his existence that important to our goals? I do not think so? There are still so many talented professional guardians we can recruit for that purpose.”Valery just slowly shakes his head, composedly, with a flat expression. Yet he doesn’t say anything, which makes Harley Conrad look so impatient.“So what is it you are expecting from him?”“You know it,” repl
In a class, at a vocational high school, Florian's arrival immediately makes the commotion of the students so quiet.It's not because of his appearance which is too young for someone who is over a hundred year old, but because he clearly looks like a kid from a noble family.Most of the male students in the class look sloppy, with rough and dull haircuts like ordinary street thugs. The neatest one is at least like a man who has been working part time for 9 hours and hasn't had time to go home.Yes, most of them look like adults passing their 20s, despite the fact they are all just teenagers. That’s how a hard life affects someone.Meanwhile, Florian's appearance in a neat uniform, with clean hair arranged so beautifully, with smooth skin like a celebrity in a beauty product advertisement, makes him such a contrast from the others.He really tries to look like a good kid. But will this endear him? Unfortunately, no!“Who is he?”“Are you sure he's a boy? He looks like a girl if you ask