
"Ats," called Arjuna as soon as the boy from the Asir Family walked into the dormitory, "So there's someone who's nyariin you anyway."
"Hm?" Ats turned, "Who?"
"Senior Salam," Arjuna answered while still struggling with his dress. He has a job from his extra class. Today is the final deadline for its collection.
"What's up?" Ats was suspicious. He did not expect that the poor student would look for him to the dormitory. It was very strange considering they had never met or known each other before.
"I don't know," Arjuna shrugged, "He asked once, just kept going."
"Oh," Ats decided not to care about it. He wants to rest immediately. This afternoon, he had a study with Professor Han. Maybe he could ask the professor about his senior later.
"Ah, yes," Ats recalled his sister lying on the bed. All this time, he had never been curious about the girl. She had only heard of her name and coronation as one of the imperial princesses, but never once saw her face.
"Arselan," called Ats who then said "Find information about Princess Ayya Zarah Altair!"
"Well, sir," Arselan came up with his librarian cat. In an instant, dozens of information appeared behind him that fused instantly. All of that is information about Ayya, the only daughter of the Great Laksama of Asir and the smallest princess in the royal family of this generation.
Name: Ayya Zarah Altair
Age: 6 Years
Status: Princess of the Altair Empire
Affiliation: Golden Tulip Palace
...
Ats also looked at the photo of Ayya who smiled sweetly with several other princesses. Of the many information that Arselan got, none of them contained a single photo of Ayya. Basically, the existence of the little princess was very faint compared to the other imperial families.
"She's really a princess, though not popular," Ats muttered with a faint smile on her lips. He and his younger brother have different surnames. His family name was Asir, while his younger surname was Altair. It was because their mother was also a princess from the empire.
However, Ats was born in the Asir Family Region thus got the surname, while Ayya was born in the capital thus got the surname of the imperial family. As a result, their parenting rights fell into different hands after becoming orphans.
That's not a problem. Although their surnames were different, the fact that they were born from the same womb did not disappear. As per the promise he had told the grandmother, he would definitely love his sister when they met later. But ...
"When can we meet?" Ats took a slow breath. His eyes were closed too. His consciousness slowly evaporated. However, it was not long since he fell asleep, that Arjuna woke him up.
***
"Huh?" Professor Han stared in disbelief, "That kid is still in the academy?"
"Hm, I met him earlier," Ats replied as he looked at his hands. He sat cross-legged on a soft pillow. Today, it will test additional functions on the system.
"Surprisingly, according to the rules in place, he should have been expelled from the academy a few days ago," Professor Han looked suspiciously, "Hais."
Without further ado, the two of them ended up doing their scheduled trials. This is a natural simulation test. In fact, the natural simulation was already perfect enough to be operated by the academy. The prototypes have been well updated. It's just that the simulation hasn't made it possible to fully simulate the practitioners of zarahian.
"Wear this," Professor Han gives a bando-like device attached to the head. When the object is attached, Arselan is automatically attached to it. Research data such as the condition of Ats began to appear on Professor Han's device.
"You ready?" professor Han asked for confirmation.
"Yes," Ats nodded. Simulations of nature are also lit. A moment later, Ats's gaze darkened, then came back bright. He found a different world in his eyes.
"Ats, you can hear me, right?" professor Han's voice rang out in Ats' head.
"I heard, Professor," replied Ats briefly. See the beautiful surrounding scenery. The shady trees stood firm. Its roots firmly gripped the earth, its branches high clawing at the sky.
Ats also walk to an .. either branch or root. Anyway, it was the part of the tree that was sticking up from the ground surface. Its size is so large and wide that a flying car can be parked on it.
Green mosses grew around it as if they had lived there for a long time. These trees must be very old. They are awake from all forms of intervention other creatures that might damage it such as ..—Yah, surely know who is the most destructive nature on earth.
"Professor, does this place really exist in the real world?" ask Ats about.
"Yes, it was a forest apparition that supposedly said it was where the Fairy Clan was," Professor Han explained. After the Zarah Clan carried out the Disappearing Scheme from the Face of the Earth, they carried out expeditions to various parts of the world—to places that had never been touched by other clans of course.
One of them was the Thousand Year Moss Forest that existed in the middle of the Cherokee Continent. The reason the forest can never be touched is related to its extreme geographical location. That said, the roots of the spread of life take care of each side. The roots have resistance to fire. They also hold hot metal very strongly. Therefore, the invaders from other clans were unable to enter it too deeply.
"We're missing that introduction next time" Professor Han said. It's time for a test run. "Now, you can try your technique in there."
"Okay, Professor," Ats sat cross-legged on the part of the tree that was sticking out. He concentrated on activating the zarahian techniques he had mastered. The particles of his body began to split apart, but still tied together.
In the real world, Ats body also activated that basic particle technique. It was just as Professor Han had expected. He saw the bando he put on Ats' head. Right now, Arselan is conditioning the connection to the object to be unbroken.
"Hm, I see, yes," Professor Han the mangosteen, "This technique can be used as long as the driver and server are uninterrupted. The system can help drivers to stay connected to the server. Ats, are you okay?"
"...."
There's no answer. Professor Han turned to the data coming into his account. According to the data, there is no problem with the condition of Ats.
"May go well" murmured Professor Han hoping. He also waited while continuing to observe the data that entered his cave. Every now and then, he went for a while to make coffee.
"There's no problem so far" Professor Han said after sipping his coffee. It's been almost half an hour since Ats got into the virtual world of cyberspace. His condition has been fine so far.
"Is it because he's just staying in place?" Professor Han thought of that possibility. According to him, this was too smooth for the first experiment. He decided to call Ats back, "Son, can you still hear me?"
"...."
There's no answer.
"Ats, did you hear?" professor Han asked, starting to worry. He immediately looked at the device. No problem there. But that's exactly the problem. Again, he called Ats, "Hi, son! Hear me! You can hear me, right?"