Complexities
CHAPTER I CHAPTER 9.2: The Girl and Her Childhood Admirer Part 2
‘I hope, everything will change..’.
About the rustling of sea water when it hits the pier, about how deep the anchor of the ship when it sinks to the bottom of the sea, about the waves that chase each other, about the rocks, about the rocks, and all the living and inanimate elements in the dock. And also about a boy…
‘Joel, Julius Alexandre.
My name is Tsukiyama Theresia Iris, today I ran. Running from reality, running beyond the shadow on my legs, and also running from someone.
Run like a coward…
A young boy just expressed his feelings spontaneously before me, not just a mere feeling, but this boy was also the first to firmly support my childish actions.
If you remember, it feels like you just want to die. Why did I have to run at that time? Why don't I face him? why don't I go back there and give you an answer?
And why I…
Run like a coward…
I hope everything will change, someday when you return to this village, I hope everything will change.
I hope your grown-up self will forget this day and not hate me. I hope that one day we who have grown up can talk to each other again without having to leave any impression in our hearts.
‘And I hope..’.
‘Everything will change..’.
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 wish I could go back there and give an answer, so that I would still be the one I used to be, not the one who ran like a coward.
“I can write it correctly..”.
Theresa lowered her quill pen, occasionally raising her hands to stretch her stiff muscles after hours spent writing a letter.
“It's been 5 years yes..”ucap Theresia while staring at the dim light of the candle he put on his desk as lighting.
Theresa quickly took the letter she had been writing for hours and squeezed it, then covered her own face in shame.
“Joel, stupid.”gumam Theresia while covering her face, she recalled Joel's spontaneous statement 5 years ago.
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My name is Tsukiyama Theresia Iris, today is my 15th birthday. Not noticeably, 5 years have passed since Joel expressed his feelings for me. Being too busy helping Mom and Dad with homework, I forgot about my birthday.
I could easily forget everything including my birthday, but somehow, I never managed to forget that stupid boy in my memory 5 years ago back then.
He didn't even say goodbye, could he possibly think of us as his friends? Why didn't he say goodbye before he left? Though me…
‘Ah, correct..’.
‘She must hate me so much..’
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“Everything please come together, The chieftain will give an announcement!”said one of the men while calling the villagers to gather.
Theresa walked out of her room after hearing the announcement. “Not usually chieftain gathers people until this often.”
“Maybe there is an important thing related to the Village.”think Theresia at that time.
“I get the picture in my dream, this village will meet destruction.”ucap the chieftain to all the villagers who gathered there.
“The sea god who has been guarding Tsukiyama Village is angry because there are other forces in this village.
The chieftain's words slowly brought panic, the villagers who heard him began to fidget, they were worried about what situation awaited them in the future.
“What should we do now?”ask one of the villagers to the chief.
“We will make sacrifices, sacrificing the source of strength that his presence despises by the sea god.” replied the chief.
“It has been decided, we will sacrifice the source of this matter and present it to the ocean, I will start the ritual in the next 7 days.”so the chieftain told the villagers.
That day, everything followed the decision that the leader of Tsukiyama Village had made. Everyone worked hard to gather materials to prepare the ritual offering that would be done to the God of the ocean.
7 Days from now on, the villagers must gather all the plantation products, sea products, and earth products to be offered with someone who is the source of anger of the God of the sea. But until the last day to the ritual, the chieftain never told who exactly the figure who had made the wrath of the God of the sea.
“All Villagers please use your blindfolds, I don't want you to know who will be sent as an offering.”
“And after all this is done, I hope you will not hate anyone who is missing from the Village.”ucap the chieftain to the villagers.
The entire village of Tsukiyama closed their eyes with rolls of cloth, none of them knew who would be sent to the ocean. The children are separated from the arms of their mother, the married couple are separated from their embrace of each other.
The atmosphere was very quiet, faintly the sound of people crying, but they held it with all their might.
They wept not for fear of being chosen as an offering, they wept over the circumstances in which they would lose someone who was part of the Village.
‘...’sang Chieftain pulled someone's hand and took him to walk away from other villagers who stood guard without knowing the circumstances at that time.
His hands felt extremely cold, his skin was pale white, and his shoulder-length black hair seemed to swing slowly as his footsteps split apart the crowd.
She was a girl, the chieftain pulled a girl's hand through the crowd. Occasionally the girl's body collided with the villagers who closed both eyes to make their bodies tremble.
“We have arrived, now please open your blindfold.”please the chieftain on the chosen girl.
“Ah, it turns out I.”gumam the girl slowly.
Theresa became the chosen girl…
The chieftain threw his gaze away from Theresia's face, he did not want to look at the girl. However, very clear from the wrinkles of his old face that slowly look sharp, he was crying behind his face even though as hard as he tried to hide it.
“Ah, I should have sent the letter.”thinking Theresia after recalling the letter she wrote today.
[To: Julius Alexandre
From: Tsukiyama Theresia Iris
I hope everything will change, someday when you return to this village, I hope everything will change.
‘And I hope..’.
‘Everything will change…
‘Joel..’]
Theresa recalled every sentence she wrote in the letter, regretting it.
“This is a bad farewell, I haven't even had time to say goodbye to Mom and Dad, to friends, and also to.”.
“Joel.”pap Theresa softly, she clenched her hands while holding back all her mixed feelings, she really regretted the times she had wasted.
That day, in February precisely on the 29th day, Tsukiyama Theresia Iris was presented to the God of the ruler of the sea.
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“So more or less like that, I'm dead.”ucap Theresia explained to Julius.
“But my soul lives on the 30th of February thanks to this power.”more on Julius.
“Your kind of ability, is this some kind of magic or something?”ask Julius to Theresia.
“Entahlah, when I died I had met the sea God who had been guarding Tsukiyama Village, he hated me so much and said if I was the reincarnation of the Goddess who was very close to god.”
“...”Julius was a little surprised after hearing that explanation.
“When I was alive, I knew absolutely nothing about myself being born as the reincarnation of a Goddess, but when my soul had met that sea God, I was born, suddenly it was as if my body and soul remembered everything including how to use this power and where it came from.”ucap Theresia on Julius.
“Because this power has no name, so I decided to give it a name, a power that is a gift and also a source of trouble for the villagers, then I called it GIVEN: COMPLEXITY.”ucap Theresia while smiling at Julius.
“After going through everything alone, he can still smile like that.”thought Julius shortly after seeing Theresia's smile.
“I'm grateful..”ucap Theresia slowly.
“February has only 28 days, and 29 days appear in 4 years. Day 30 will never be found in February.”
“I thought I would disappear forever here leaving regrets, but you came back here.”soff Theresia in a soft voice on Julius.
“You're back, Joel..”
Theresia looked at Julius face with teary eyes, in her heart she felt grateful for having met someone who had left a sense of regret in her heart.
Theresa's body slowly emitted a golden light, causing Julius to shift his gaze for a moment.
Julius looked back at Theresia, but now Theresia who previously had a figure as Theresia who was 10 years old turned into the figure of Theresia who had aged 15 years, as well as Julius, was, his body changed to Julius when he was 15 years old complete with the clothes he wore while taking the exam in the Kingdom.
“On my 15th birthday, my hair length is still the same as the last time we met. I thought I would lengthen my hair, if someday you return to the Village I will show it to you as a surprise, Shimmering shoulder-length black hair.”
“I was so curious as to what I was like at the age of 20, I really wanted to show it to you, Theresia and Joel when I was 20. But I didn't even live to the age of 20.”ucap Theresia while stroking her blackish hair that had grown to her back thanks to her ability.
“...”Joel lowered his face.
“Tsukiyama Theresia Iris.”.
“I like you! From that day on I never regretted ever saying it, even now I will say it louder than that time!”
“JOEL LIKES THERESIA!”julius shouted so loudly.
When you're 10, when you're 15, even if you don't reach 20! I always... always... always love you!”julius shouted so loudly before Theresia.
Theresia flicked her finger, in the blink of an eye, the atmosphere in that place changed back to the image of Tsukiyama Village 10 years ago, complete with Theresia who stood on a large rock and surrounded by other children.
Theresa brought Julius back the day she expressed her feelings, taking a deep breath while standing before Julius.
That day I ran like a coward, I always regretted the day I ran without giving any answer to the stupid boy who expressed his feelings for me.
But today...
“JOEL, ME TOO!”teresia shouted loudly before Julius.
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In the end…
Julius Alexandre marries the soul of Tsukiyama Theresia Iris and lives happily in a dimension never found.
They were awarded a pair of boys and girls, when their son turned 17, they sent the children back to Tsukiyama Village to be able to continue the life as normal humans. Julius and Theresa continued their lives in the February 30th dimension until they were 70 years old.
The children of Julius and Theresia opened a new chapter in the Tsukiyama lineage and married to the villagers, they gave birth to children who were endowed with various GIVEN abilities.
The tomb of Julius and Theresia can be found for anyone who is able to visit the 30th dimension of February, Julius had built the tomb of Theresia long before he died, it does look funny but both partners enjoy it by laughing together all the time while looking at the tomb.
In the days that followed, the kingdom left by Julius became in an uproar, the King who had close proximity to Julius ordered his entire best army to find Julius' whereabouts and bring him back.
All the best witches and fortune-tellers are gathered in a royal contest to discover Julius's whereabouts, but they never manage to find anything but Julius' horse and sword.
After Julius died at the age of 70 years, Theresa faced the God of the sea ruler and locked her up so as not to cause problems for the villagers in the future using her GIVEN: COMPLEXITY ability, which is hers, he created a new dimension, the February dimension of the 31st day and locked the God of the sea ruler there forever. Then he decided to move out of the February 30th dimension into the real world, Theresa's soul disappeared there because he could not live outside of the February 30th dimension.
Theresa and Julius' souls reincarnated into ocean waves that daily chased each other without ever finding a purpose.
Theresia and Julius lived happily together until the end of their lives in the dimension of February 30 that was never found, with their memories there forever.
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That said, in the lineage of Tsukiyama has been born someone who was awarded the given ability that is able to open the February 31st dimension of Theresia which contains the power of the God of the sea.
GIVEN is able to manipulate reality, with its users…
‘Tsukiyama Koharu’
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