Children Light
Which is uncontrollable

The tiny house was chaotic, shards of glass were everywhere. Arthur looked at everything in confusion and helplessness.  He saw Rara still crying while hugging Wulan who was still without reaction. While Suryo was like a madman going in and out of the house trying to find a signal for his alchemy.

He knelt beside Wulan's body. He held out his hand to Rara. Rara looked at him confused.

"Said Nainai when there is nothing we can do as human beings. We can ask who created us. And I don't know how to ask. But Arthur once read that two or three people gathered asking for the same thing in his name. He'll be in our midst." He said nervously.

Rara looked at him in amazement. Then nod his head while crying. The hand of Arthur. While crying, he tried to pray. But no words could come out of his mouth. It can only be as much as it wants.

Arthur looked at Rara in confusion. She held out her other hand to hug Rara. Then his heart was strengthened and he gave himself.

"Hallo.ehm Thou who said to make Arthur too. This is Arthur introduce. Because it seems we've never met. Though you created Arthur. But I'm afraid you've forgotten because it seems Your creation is so much."

Rara looked at Arthur. At other times, he would laugh if he heard Arthur's prayer. But it makes sense, too, because Arthur had never known God at all in his lifetime.

"Ehm.ehm... This is we're confused. Wulan was unconscious. Our communication tools are all broken. Please help us so that Wulan can be healthy again. Maybe you can send Nainai or anyone here to help Wulan. We are very grateful, for your help. Amen......"Continue Arthur. " Eh has to end with amen right?"

Suryo came in. The three of them were on the kitchen floor. Somehow he doesn't like to see how Arthur hugs Rara. When he learned that Arthur suggested praying, he was upset.

"Hey, I know you guys are confused but why waste time praying? This is what we're trying to do first so the bleeding stops. Grab a cloth or something, there should be a first aid kit in this house. LET'S FIND IT QUICKLY!"

Quickly Arthur got up from his kneeling position and headed for the cupboard under the stairs. HAIFU once showed him a first aid medicine box when he learned about human work, one of which was a doctor whose job was to cure people of disease. He tried to remember the steps to take to help the gunshot wound. Before he managed to remember everything, Suryo was already impatient and took the box out of his hands. Dissipating the contents to the previous floor finally, he sat on the floor and began to cry.

Arthur looked at him with pity, however ignorant Suryo was towards Wulan, he was still Wulan's twin brother. Near him Suryo, patted his back. Suryo nodded back in exchange for patting Arthur on the shoulder. Slowly Arthur took the gauze on the floor. Somehow all the videos he saw with the HAIFU guide flooded his brain. Slowly and deftly lift Wulan's head from Rara's lap. Then with Rara's help, they opened the T-shirt Wulan wore, cleaned Wulan's wounds with alcohol. Blood was still flowing, but Arthur used to see blood. Another case with Rara and Suryo who immediately feel nauseous. Carefully bandaged Wulan's upper arm and shoulder.

From outside they hear voices...

Flop....

Someone is coming.

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Arthur awoke from his sleep and he heard the voices of some people talking outside. Suryo fell asleep next to him. This time the boys slept in the upper attic. The bed was large and comfortable. Not like the iron bed in the compound where he slept first. Also much more comfortable than the hammock where he slept for these two days. Although to him, the hammock was also much more comfortable than his hard and cold iron bed. But this bed is really another story. So soft but able to support the whole body from the feet to the head.

He got up and crawled close to the security fence. The roof in the attic was low, not enough to stand completely. He looked down, saw Wulan lying on the sofa bed, the girl seemed to have regained consciousness. Their eyes stared and Wulan gestured with her finger to tell her to shut up.

Arthur was relieved to see Wulan had regained consciousness. Beside Wulan, her head drooped leaning against the armrest of the sofa, her position sitting on the floor while her hands clasped Wulan's hands, looking Rara asleep. Sheba and Milly were also on her left side sleeping as well. Duh.. surely when you wake up will feel sore all that Rara's body.

"Don't start Yesha!"

Arthur jumped in shock, seeing Wulan looking at him in shock as well.but once again Wulan gave her a cue to be silent. That was Nainai's voice.

"Loh, my opinion might have a point, right? Of the four of them, only Rara is undeveloped when I am sure she clearly has talent. So it's possible, that what you call faith is blocking the power of his talent to show up and grow."

"Hey.you may be skeptical about the faith we have. But it is our faith that has saved us from many things." Yeye was heard answering patiently.

"Surely it is God's help thanks to your faith? Of the four children, I saw Rara who inherited your faith the most. And look at the result, maybe because he believes in God, so always expect the solution to come from God rather than believing that self is capable, Know what it means..."

"Enough Yesha!" cut Nainai, "Kita can argue here and there about what we believe and what we don't believe. That won't solve the problem."

"I just didn't think it out, because I could clearly feel his talent, though, and the fact that until now you have never seen anything that shows that he has a talent is very strange to me.You sure not to use your power to dampen Rara's ability?"

"No." Yeye replied firmly. "I did use my talent to temper the talents of Wulan and Suryo ever since I saw the signs of their talents appearing, but not on Rara. There's never been a single incident to suggest that he has any talent other than his ability to care for our animals and plants at home.Then from that, we were very surprised when you could detect his talent."

"In addition to Papa, is there anyone else who has the ability to remove or dampen the talents of others?" ask Papi to Yeye.

Silent......

"Why should there be, but somehow I can't remember" said Uncle Hughes." But it is rare for talent to be associated with the human mind. All I remember reading was the founder of TLC who was able to read and influence the minds of others, then Mr. Eraser who was able to temper and even wipe out the talents of others, Oh there is another few with his telepathic talents. Then this Yesha is able to detect the talents of people....."

"It doesn't matter whether it's. Now the most important thing is how we can quickly help these children master their talents. So that this incident that Wulan experienced does not happen again."

"Yahhh, you know, our best teachers are in TLC schools. And they're just willing to accept these kids and start all over again that means they're going to start learning with first-degree kids who are eleven or twelve."

"Hadeeh is ridiculous once, it would just be a waste of time. Suryo, Wulan and Arthur's abilities are far above that."

"Well they don't know that. They only believe in their own judgment. You know for yourself that I don't want to teach, not because I don't like it but because I can't stand their convoluted bureaucracy."

"Yes, yeah....We know that. My wife and I were teachers at TLC. We are the ones who input into these rules with the intention that all children are the same regardless of their connections" Yeye said, chuckling in amusement.

"Koq even ngguyu anyway!" (Koq is laughing!) nainai said irritatedly.

"It is not so.." said Yeye, "Because it turns out making rules for others is easy, but when ourselves feel disadvantaged by these rules we become difficult to accept.hehehe...."

Arthur heard Uncle Huge chuckle as well.

"So you mean, we have to take it for granted, these kids learned from the beginning where we actually know for sure that their abilities are on top of that, except for Rara anyway."

"Well I don't think there's any harm in them starting from the bottom. Let the teacher later in TLC who gives an assessment if that is the rule. "

"Oh come on. You know how much the assessment is determined by the Head and Vice Principal. And as I recall there is no human being in this world I know who is more irrational than the vice principal. And he clearly still holds a grudge against you for using your talent to temper his talent in our first test of determination." Nainai said fiercely.

Yeye further chuckled amusedly and it seemed that everything that was with her was also laughing even Nainai was also laughing.

"Ah but now my grandchildren have to bear the consequences of my former mischief."

"Is there nothing we can do? From your story, children may have to sacrifice five more years in their lives to catch up with them in school. Where I had previously thought, that if they learned more and were able to pursue, they would be placed with children their age."

"There's no Emily. There's nothing we do. If this is the rule, we will obey it. Rather than being extended and they were increasingly waiting to start school. I'm sure, one day they will be properly placed according to their abilities."

"What about Rara? Can we see how he has trouble following it all? How about school? Moreover, his talent is connected with sheba and milly according to Yesha. We never found this. There's never been a record of animal-related talent?"

Arthur could hear the tone of worry in Mami's tone.

"There's a record of that. You guys are weird not knowing." Aunt Yesha said and quickly continued her words before others asked, "Isn't it recorded in your book that the first man created was given full power over all the animals and plants on earth?"

"Eh....Adam?"

 "O Adam was given full authority over all the animals and plants on earth. Even he named them. Does that include talent?"

"Of course it's talent! Don't tell me that you don't believe what's written in your book......"

"I know where you're talking to Yesha." Cut Nainai, "Okay, we can't be wrong in detecting whether someone's talent is present......."

"Wrong! Everyone has talent, whether or not talent is developed to fight the daemon is what I detect...."

"Once again you cut off my words Yesha, I'll have my husband remove your talent!"

"Just try if you can, I'd like to see...."

"Already. It's old too."

Arthur shook his head in surprise, not expecting that even older people could be bickering. He thought that only Wulan and Suryo could get into trouble. Wulan looked back at him with a sweet smile. Wulan's hand seemed to stroke Rara's head unfortunately. This also made Arthur curious. So you see, with Rara, Arthur felt comfortable he felt a lot of similarities between himself and Rara. While Wulan made her curious, the girl could be as gentle as a cotton swan feather on the pillow now colonized by Suryo everything, but could suddenly turn her judges half dead without warning. Makes Arthur confused how to behave. He smiled back at Wulan's smile and continued to eavesdrop on the conversation outside.

"As for Rara, we are equally ignorant of how to handle it. Maybe those at TLC school can find a solution to how to develop their talent. The problem is, they do not allow children to bring pets. While clearly, his talent is related to your dog-anxiousness" said Aunt Yesha. His tone had dropped by an octave compared to earlier.

"Yes that's the problem, until now I'm still trying to negotiate, so that sheba and milly can come along. Just yes it is, there is no record of uh other than in our book" Nainai said quickly adding before the corrected Aunt Yesha, "Regarding animal-related talents. How far the talent is, whether limited to dogs or can connect to other animals we are blind at all, as well as those in TLC schools, he said, I'm sure they're just not as happy as we are. Moreover, there were no signs at all of Rara showing the strength of her talent. Others with Suryo and Wulan who from childhood have shown a variety of signs that we deliberately dimmed so that it is not detected by you, now the result of Wulan must be injured like this.." Nainai's voice choked.

"You do what you think is best for them." Said Aunt Yesha softly. From the window facing the terrace, Arthur could see Aunt Yesha reaching out her hand to hold Nainai's hand. It seems that these old men quickly reconciled Arthur thought. Oh how wrong he was about it, but back again Arthur only realized about the new world within a month so there is still much he has to learn especially about the interaction of relationships between humans.

"Try me tomorrow to see the Headmaster. I know him well, we fought together from the school days, taught together too, even fought together. He is a rational person and can be spoken to. Maybe he can give some leeway to Rara."

"Yes, hopefully it works. And hopefully Rara can muster her talent so as not to be repatriated."

"It's late, we should go home, tomorrow morning have to go to school to see the Headmaster. Yesha can you take me?"

"Of course, I'll also help you persuade her for Rara's sake. He owes me a favor, hopefully it can help soften his heart."

"Oh,, thank you Yesha." Nainai.

"OK I'll take a look at Wulan before I go home."

The sound of the chairs shifting. Arthur quickly returned to the bed, somehow he felt he did not want to be caught eavesdropping. But before returning, he saw Rara at a glance, the girl shed tears. He looked at his head again to be sure. And he saw it clearly, yeaah.know that the eyes of Arthur as sharp as the eyes of an eagle, so he could see the tears that flowed from the corner of Rara's eyes. Wulan did not seem to realize that, because from earlier only her hand stroked Rara's head. His eyes were directed to the ceiling and occasionally to Arthur.

Only Arthur realizes that Rara is not sleeping, and he listens to all the talk outside.

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