Complexities
CHAPTER I CHAPTER 9: The Girl and Her Childhood Admirer
As a woman born of commoners, Theresa spent a lot of time helping her parents with their work.
His mother and father were commoners, his mother worked as a hay collector, and his father worked as a fishing boat.
Despite living a simple life and full of limitations, Theresa lived her life happily, with her small family in a simple village adjacent to Pier.
The village where he lived was known as Tsukiyama Village, a place that became a trading destination and a place to lean for ships in trading activities.
Tsukiyama Village has a simple Government structure, its leader comes from a chieftain chosen from a lineage of descent, their sacred land is the sea, the, and they believe in the sea god as the protector of the village.
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“My name is Tsukiyama Theresia Iris!”shouted a girl with shoulder-length black hair out loud in front of her friends.
“Hey, Theresia.. You are not from a family of chieftains, do not use the clan of our chieftain behind your name at will.”return a boy with a tone of protest at Theresia who stands before him.
“The village we live in is named after the clan of the chief, so I don't think it matters if anyone wants to carry the Tsukiyama clan in their name, this is proof that we are part of this village.”balas Theresia excited
“From now on I will carry the name Tsukiyama in my heart forever!”teresa told her friends
“She started again, decided arbitrarily.”think other children who heard the speech of Theresia at that time.
“A..I agree with Theresia.”ucap one of the boys while raising his hand in front of the other children gathered there at that time.
“Eh..”
“Joel?”
“...” Other children who were in that place spontaneously looked at him with a bit of surprise.
"Hehe.."Theresia smiled slightly, she felt like she had gained her own fans.
"Joe..Joel likes Theresia!
The boy who later became known as Joel spontaneously made a shocking confession before Theresa and the children who were in that place.
"Joel will always support Theresia!"he continued loudly, his face is now reddish like a hot tomato.
He felt ashamed after saying it, but he could not bear to express his feelings after seeing the face of Theresia and her shoulder-length black hair glittering when the sunlight hit.
Theresia looked at Joel with a slightly surprised face after hearing the sudden declaration of love, even more so she did it in front of the other children who were watching.
Theresia takes her eyes off Joel and runs away from the place with Joel's love statement that never finds an answer.
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‘I hope nothing has changed..’
About the distinctive aroma that arises from the ground after being hit by rain, about the wind that blows away the leaves of trees aimlessly, he said, about the birds in the forest who always sing even though no one understands the meaning of their singing, and also about a girl.
‘Theresia Iris..’
My name is Julius Alexandre, I don't think I wrote this letter after 10 years, and as I've done, it never went to his destination.
“Ah, the trash is full, I have to throw it.”ucap Julius while throwing the letter he just wrote into the trash can nearby. The trash was filled with piles of paper made from mashed tree bark and a little ink bottle that came from fruit juice.
Today is my 20th birthday, because I was too busy with work, I forgot that it had been 10 years since that day.
What is he like now?
I hope nothing has changed
10 Years ago, I expressed my pent-up feelings to a girl named Theresia Iris. In retrospect, it was so embarrassing that I wanted to die thinking about it.
From the day I expressed that feeling, Theresa never again appeared in front of me, though she was still occasionally seen gathering with the other children. But still, he was very clear away from me.
If humans had the ability to return to the past at the expense of half their lifespan in the future, I thought I would. I hope the day I express my feelings to Theresa doesn't really happen, so Theresa stays the Theresia I know and grows with me into adulthood.
“...”Julius covered his reddened face, he recalled all the love statements he made spontaneously to Theresa 10 years ago.
“Captain Julius, we will soon resume our journey back to the kingdom.”heard the voice of someone from behind the tent where Julius rested.
“The troops will continue their journey back to the kingdom under the command of the first division vice-captain, Isac Sanders, please pass this on to him.”Julius' command to a troop travelling with him.
“I will stop by for a while to the Village near the Pier, please convey this to Raja.”more while packing some equipment that he will tie to his horse.
“I hope you enjoy your time, Captain Julius.”return the soldier to Julius.
“Yes, I hope I can enjoy it..”ucap Julius with trembling after recalling Theresia's face 10 years ago.
Julius Alexandre, 10 years have passed since I left my homeland, Tsukiyama Village. I don't know what it's like after 10 years, I hope I don't get nervous when I get back to meeting people there.
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“Alright, then the troops will walk under the command of the first division Vice-Captain, Isac Sanders.”
“I hope you all rest enough after reaching the kingdom.”message Julius to Isac and the royal soldiers who traveled with him.
“We will split here, I will take the path westward.”
Julius turned his horse and broke away from the troop, he drove his horse through the forest towards the Pier in the west.
My name is Julius Alexandre, but people in the village call me Joel more often.
At the age of 10, I expressed my feelings spontaneously to a girl I had long admired, but she never showed her face to me again.
A few months after the day I expressed my feelings for Theresa, my parents took me from Tsukiyama Village to the royal capital, so I really didn't have time to say goodbye to Theresia and the other kids.
I thought this was a bad way of parting, after 10 years had passed I thought of returning to the Village and saying the right goodbye to Theresia and the others.
At the age of 15, I took the entrance exam to become a soldier in the royal capital, I went through all the stages easily, he said, it only took me 5 years to be trusted as the youngest army Captain in the history of the Kingdom. Maybe this was because of the talent my father had passed down to me, and I absorbed it very well.
I thought I could give a little surprise to the people in the Village, what they looked like when they found out that the child from the small village on the edge of the Pier had now grown into a captain of the royal capital army.
I hope I can impress the chief, and maybe I can go there and impress Theresia too, and then we'll get married and live happily in the royal capital.
“...”again Julius covered his dead red face with both hands.
“Alright, in front of there is the West Pier, and next to there is Tsukiyama Village.”ucap Julius while patting his face, he tried to arouse confidence.
“10 years ago I forgot to say goodbye to all of you, this time I will do it right.”think Julius while accelerating the movement of his horse towards the Pier.
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‘EH..?! JOEL?’
‘Everything!! Joel home!’
‘JOEL? You mean that snot boy?’
‘Wah! Look at you now, there are no people in this Village who are able to surpass your achievements.’
‘JOEL..’.
‘JOEL..’.
‘JULY ALEXANDRE..’
Joel was jolted from his dream, when he fell asleep lying on the ground, when he realized that his horse had kissed his cheek that smelled like straw.
“Oh well, horse kiss in the morning.”gum Julius shortly after waking up from his sleep.
Julius stared at the surrounding land, everything looked black and more like a forest that had just been burned down compared to a Pier.
“Since when did I fall asleep..”Think Julius at that time.
He took out a gauge containing sand from a bag hanging from his horse, a sand gauge used to determine the time and rotation of the Earth, with little calculations and astronomical science, and used it to determine the time and rotation of the earth, one can know the exact date and time.
“What the hell is this, the calculation of the sand is chaotic, the flow changes.”ucap Julius after realizing the error on his measuring device.
“I have counted it many times but still, this is impossible.”
“Today is..”
‘February, date 30.’
"This is not true.February has only 28 days in a count, and 29 days that only appear in 4 years, why can it be 30?”julius thought with a chaotic feeling, he felt his tools were in fine condition and his calculations were clearly perfect.
“From that, this place is also very messy, how can no one report this incident to the royal capital.”
Julius decided to continue his steps further to see the situation around him, until finally he stopped on a large stone in front of him.
Julius recalled, 10 years ago. Theresia stood on this huge rock and spoke of the Tsukiyama clan behind her name.
“This is obviously Tsukiyama Village, memory cannot possibly lie like that damn sand counter tool.”
“But where are the people? What really happened?”questions kept coming to Julius's head, the anger crept between his faces, until unknowingly the cold sweat began to flow until it fell between his cheeks, but he did not care about it.
He walked and continued walking while guiding his horse through the streets of the village that looked different. Everything has changed, the village has changed.
But Julius realized that one thing had not changed…
“Joel...”A girl with shoulder-length black hair stood in front of Julius, somehow since when he stood there and somehow he could be there in one blink of an eye.
The horse that Julius had been leading rebelled against, the animal instincts always showed the truth, when danger approached he would rebel despite being under the supervision of his owner.
Julius looked at the girl with a blank feeling, he did not understand what to behave like, the girl was very clear, the same girl that happened 10 years ago in his memory.
“I Theresa, Theresia Iris.”ucap the girl on Julius.
Julius drew his sword and drew it right in front of the girl, just a few pauses before it almost touched the skin of the girl's face.
“Theresa I knew was Tsukiyama Theresia Iris, and she would carry the Tsukiyama surname to her death.”ucap Julius on a figure resembling Theresia before her at the time.
“You mentioned your name without carrying the Tsukiyama clan, it is very clear that you are not Theresia Iris.”, he continued, staring intently at the similar figure of Theresia.
"And again Theresa was the girl of my age, the real Theresa should be 20 years old by now" Julius told the figure
The mysterious figure had a form like Theresia 10 years ago.
"Jul..."
"Didn't you wish things never changed? I am Theresia Iris, the same as Theresia Iris in your memory 10 years ago. You're the one who wants everything to never change, right?"the Theresia figure said to Julius.
Julius dropped his sword, as he stared at his palm which looked smaller than before.
"This.. This is me, 10 years ago." thought Julius after noticing the changes in his body, He returned to the children's version of Julius when he was 10.
To: Tsukiyama Theresia Iris
From: Julius Alexandre
[I hope nothing changes..’.
About the distinctive aroma that arises from the ground after being hit by rain, about the wind that blows away the leaves of trees aimlessly, he said, about the birds in the forest who always sing even though no one understands the meaning of their singing, and also about a girl.
‘Theresia Iris..’]
"I'm the one who's always hoped things would never change."Julius recalled all the letters he had written over the past 10 years.
"I'm..."
"I...."
"I'm just lonely."
"I never regret the day I expressed that feeling to you, but I regret the day after, the day you never showed up and played as usual with me and the other kids."
"And for the last 10 years I've always hoped that when I return to the village, things will never change."
Today is February, the 30th. A day that should never have existed in the history of any human being in the world. The day Julius hoped everyone would never change, but it was impossible.
Humans actually experience a cycle of growing and developing, in a matter of 1 calendar turnaround, then their age will increase by 1 year. However, all that only applies if humans live their lives based on the calculation of 12 months in the calendar.
The 30th of February has never existed in calendar or human history, it has its own dimension, a new structure of life in which everything can be designed as the creator wishes from February 30th itself.
He can bring to life the dead, create the form of a person in the past, create forests, animals and all kinds of things he sees and add them to dimensions that never existed, the 30th dimension in February.
This ability is known as GIVEN: COMPLEXITY, with its user Tsukiyama Theresia Iris.
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