Behind the Eyes of INDIGO
Illusions

Irfan drove Alia home on his motorbike, while Alia's motorbike was returned to the dormitory.

Throughout Alia's journey just silent, her hands were still trembling from shock and fear.

Irfan turned his bike and pulled over to a restaurant, he was well aware that something was going on with Alia, so he wanted to try to calm her down.

"Why stop here?"

"Eat it"

"But it's getting late, I don't want my parents to worry"

"You see your hands, trembling so rich people have not eaten from morning, meningan now we eat first and then later again"

Alia was speechless, she could only obey Irfan's words because she happened to have not eaten since lunch.

Alia immediately looked for a seat while Irfan went to order food, after which he returned and sat opposite Alia.

"Irfan was right too well, maybe I was hungry so my mind got messed up"

Alia spoke inwardly while clenching her two hands that were still trembling.

Shortly thereafter the waiter came to deliver drinks. Alia immediately grabbed the glass containing the sweet iced tea and immediately drank it slowly.

"Slow down dong Alia"

Irfan reminded Alia, but Alia paid no heed.

Alia was so absorbed in drinking the sweet iced tea that was in front of her that she choked and was very surprised when the iced tea she drank turned into a thick red liquid like fresh blood.

"Astaghfiullah!!"

"Didn't I just say to slow down?"

Alia was speechless but her eyes glared towards her drinking glass and her hands came back very trembling even more severe than before.

Irfan was astonished to see Alia who was like a frightened person when he saw the glass of drink in front of him.

"Why are you?"

"That's.. it's..."

Alia spoke stammering while pointing towards her drink, she stood in fear like she was looking at a ghost. Irfan looked around, people started to look towards Alia. Irfan immediately took the drink and asked the waiter to replace it with a new one.

"Now you calm down, let's sit down"

Alia sat down slowly, her hands still clenched in restraint so as not to tremble.

"What exactly are you?"

"Don't you see that? it was in the glass that was filled with blood!"

"blood? what blood does that mean?"

Alia tried to explain what she saw but Irfan did not seem to believe it, so Alia chose to go back to silence.

"Where's your bracelet?"

Irfan asked Alia for a wooden bracelet, and she looked at her left wrist. He just remembered that it turned out that the bracelet had been broken this afternoon when he tried to open the door of the room that felt foreign.

"It was not intentionally broken"

Alia finally recounted everything she had seen while in the religious faculty building. From there Irfan began to realize that the tree creature that disturbed Alia had a fairly high aura, and he would not easily release the person he had followed. Now Irfan knows why every new student who has become the target of the tree creature will definitely not last long on campus and prefer to resign.

Shortly after, Alia asked Irfan to take her home immediately because her feelings were already very bad.

Irfan finally drove Alia home and did not eat.

As soon as she reached the house Alia did not say a word and went straight into her room, so Ms. Mia who thanked Irfan for delivering Alia.

When she was in her room, Alia became calmer and not afraid anymore.

Shortly after, Mia came and approached Alia, she asked if Alia was okay or not, after which she handed her an envelope containing money that must be brought tomorrow to pay for Alia's college.

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The next day Alia left as usual. Actually today Alia's lecture hour is 10, but because she was picked up by Irfan, then Alia must leave at 7 because Irfan has morning classes.

Arriving at the campus Alia confused where to go, but she remembered her Mama's message to pay tuition. He immediately walked to the rectorate building and entered the administration room.

Shortly after Alia exited the administration room, she walked alone through the deserted passageway.

Suddenly Alia saw the figure of a white creature, its shape is not clear but it is very large and scary.

Alia just stood still and looked at the creature as she continued walking, but she felt like her legs were tied to something, and when he looked down he found his feet already tied by a white scarf that came out of nowhere.

The braakkk!!!! Alia also fell on her stomach, her chin hit the floor and was unconscious, the atmosphere in the hallway was very quiet because everyone was in the room.

When Alia woke up, she was in a toilet.

"Why can I be here?"

Alia had absolutely no memory of what happened after she was unconscious. He tried to get out but it turned out that the door was locked from the outside, because it turned out that the toilet was indeed in repair.

Alia tried to scream for help but no one heard. For a long time Alia stayed inside the toilet, knocking on the door, hoping that someone would hear and open it.

Krieett...

Shortly after the door opened, Azam opened the door and saw Alia sitting on the floor with a desperate face.

"Ragasy... Why are you?" let's get up"

"Don't touch me!"

Azam tries to help Alia stand up but Alia rejects him. Alia came out of the toilet and looked at Azam with a cynical look.

"Why are you here?" ask Alia.

"Oh I was out of the lecturer's room and accidentally saw you again the way to this toilet, but when I came out I heard a voice asking for help, so I came here"

Alia was very surprised to hear Azam's words, because as Alia remembered, her legs were pulled by a white scarf and fell unconscious.

"You're not lying, are you?"

"Why am I lying, you can ask my classmate, he saw you walking this way"

"No need!"

Alia immediately left Azam, she was still confused by the incident earlier.

"The weirdo? though I was clearly on the road in the corridor and wanted to get out of the building, how could it be to the toilet?"

Alia muttered while holding her chin, and it turned out that her chin was indeed injured because she had fallen and made her unconscious.

"The wound is there, meaning I don't fantasize dong? who does Arrafi see his victory?"