Complexities
CHAPTER 8: 17 Year Old Girl
“The baby is born!”
“Congratulations on the birth of your first daughter mr.”
“Your baby was born healthy, this is a good sign for your family.”
Said an old woman who had helped the process of giving birth from a husband and wife from a common family.
The old woman looked tired, occasionally she rubbed the sweat droplets that soaked her forehead. The wrinkles and aging lines between his face are now getting sharper as the anxiety that had haunted his mind.
“Thank God, the mother of this baby was able to get through it safely.”think the old woman with a feeling of relief.
1000 Years ago, the first human to be bestowed the given ability was born into the world, a daughter with the first GIVEN known as COMPLEXITY.
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****Tsukiyama Hana Vermillia has entered a mirage island****
“GIVEN, RED FLOWER.”ucap Hana while fully concentrating on her index finger.
An old man who looked familiar was walking slowly with Hana's steps, standing right behind her back.
He was one of the three elders of the Tsukiyama family line who were present at the previous meeting.
“Thank you for the help, grandpa.”
“Please don't be too far from me.”Hana's request to that Tsukiyama family line elder.
The elder looked at Hana's back while smiling softly, occasionally strands from his irregular beard moved slowly due to the sweeping sea breeze at that time.
“Thank God..”thought the elder, for a moment he recalled the image of himself when he was young.
“This girl has reached the strongest potential of her GIVEN.”
“After going through it for many years, I am grateful to be able to see it once again.”
‘Rebirth GIVEN’
“I don't know how to explain this phenomenon, my body gets taller, my skin gets firmer, and my legs can reach a greater distance as I walk, but it's a pity my size here seems not too developed.”ucap Hana while fumbling his chest.
“Happy birthday.”ucap the elder Tsukiyama on Hana, but Hana did not notice. He does not seem to understand the changes that are happening to him.
“Eh?”Hana responded with a confused face.
“My ability gives someone the possibility to jump his age faster than they should, you have now jumped from your 10th age to your 17th.
“The golden age of GIVEN's ability is when the owner is 17 years old, that's why I send you faster to get there.”
“GIVEN: SWEET SEVENTEN, such is my ability.” explained the elder to Hana.
Hana carefully watched the changes that occurred to her body, both from the tip of the hair to the tip of the foot has now completely transformed like a 17-year-old girl completely.
Hana who is actually still a child, his GIVEN ability is known as RED FLOWER, a condition where he can create red flowers whose petals resemble Flamingo birds, a condition in which he can create red flowers, to be honest he himself did not know the benefits of his GIVEN when he first raised it.
When he stepped on the number 7 years, he was able to grow red flowers with petals shaped Flamingo bird was as high as 7cm, he often gave the flower as a gift for the mother, as a gift for the mother, although the mother often experience mild eye irritation when adjacent to the flower.
But now everything is different, Hana who has jumped his age to 17 years has reached the golden age of his ability, GIVEN his developed many times compared to the last time he used it, he said, red flowers as high as 7cm it can now grow many times the size.
“This.”Amane seemed to notice a giant red flower standing firmly in front of him.
“Aduh, my eyes hurt.”
Charle rubbed both of her eyes with her sleeves, it seemed that she had mild eye irritation after standing within reach of the giant red flower.
“This giant red flower, is not wrong anymore.. This is a type of Anthurium Scherzerianum, also known as the Flamingo Lily flower, I read about it in an encyclopedia in the library of the Koharu-sama residence.”think Amane after paying clear attention to giant plants in front of him at that time.
“Oh, thank goodness you guys survived.”sang elders from the Tsukiyama family line who were with Hana before approached Amane and the others, he waved his hands while greeting from a distance.
“Uhuk..”.
Amane suddenly felt a painful sensation in his throat, not known for sure but his throat now feels completely dry to make him cough.
“You drank it?”asked the elder while patting Amane on the back
“This island has water created from the given ability of someone, if it has already entered the body then this water will be toxic to anyone who drinks it, although the effect is mild.”
“This giant red flower has the natural ability to neutralize toxins in the air, currently the entire island is the embodiment of a very large poison, the, and only those who are under the petals of this flower are protected from its poison.”
“The water from the mirage island flowing in your body has been neutralized by the existence of this flower, in short the ability of GIVEN RED FLOWER has defeated all the negative elements created by the island. Therefore your throat becomes dry.”clear the Elder to Amane.
“Te..thank you, I've kind of improved.”balas Amane while trying to regulate his breathing.
‘...’Amane looked at Charle with a bit of worry, he realized that previously Charle and Sheele had been drinking the same water.
“I'm fine.”Charle held up her thumb as a sign that she was fine.
“I also.”connect Sheele simultaneously.
“Sheele's HIDE ability was previously unusable, but now everything is back to normal. Sheele has hidden the water in my body with her ability.”ucap Charle on Amane.
The mirage island is created from the given ability of a person, everything in it is made following the rules of the given owner himself. If this island does not want any other GIVEN user in its territory, then it will go according to its will.
It's just…
All of these rules do not apply to anyone who takes shelter under the giant petals of flamingo lily…
The ground became hollow, the giant plant seemed to float like an impenetrable sturdy wall, although basically it was still treading on the surface.
But because the island is designed to be undiscovered, the embodiment of land from the outside world becomes invisible and only leaves a transparent hole when viewed from within the island, but this hole does not make anyone who stands on it fall.
“Waah, we like to float in the air.”ucap Charle while occasionally jumping on the transparent surface.
“Already, Sheele..Everything will be fine.”
Charle seems to be trying to comfort his twin brother, he still looks moody after previously failed to save the Uncle who sacrificed his life for them.
“All will be fine..”Amane spontaneously embraces Sheele's head to make her a little calmer.
“No need to cry like that, Sheele.”from the distance, someone's voice sounded break the silence.
Not only one, his footsteps sounded quite tight even though his form was still shrouded by the fog covering the island.
It sounded very crowded, maybe dozens, or maybe even hundreds, the footsteps were getting closer and closer walking towards Amane and the others.
“I am still alive.”ucap someone who is certainly familiar to Charle and Sheele, he is the uncle of the Tsukiyama family who was previously swept by the waves.
He appears along with hundreds of members of the Tsukiyama family who were previously lost swept away by the fog in the meeting, and the most surprising is…
Two of the Tsukiyama family's three chief elders were also there, along with the entourage.
“Two of the three leaders, and 50 percent of the Tsukiyama family members want Tsukiyama Aldera Gardner to be the new leader.”ucap the man arrogantly to the elder from the side of Hana.
The man had the voice of two elders to make Tsukiyama Aldera Gardner the new leader, while Tsukiyama Hana Vermillia's side had only one voice from the old elder.
Two against one, whoever rejects Tsukiyama Aldera Gardner's appointment as the new leader will be removed.
“Uncle, what does this mean?”
Sheele asked in a slightly trembling manner, though she was still trying to get closer to her uncle, but Charle and Amane blocked her move.
The elder from Hana Vermillia's side walked slowly towards the man who had just made the unilateral decision, he seemed to be holding back the mixed feelings within him.
“Mr Johannson, I was really curious about what you did to other family members in a meeting that did not agree on your choice.” asked the elder to the man who was later known as Johansson.
“I am also a family member, elder. So please don't lose the clan behind my name.”reply the man with a slight disdain for the elder.
“Hey... Come here.”the man named Johansson was seen calling someone, shortly afterwards accompanied by the arrival of a girl with rosy eyes who walked through the crowd. It was Tsukiyama Lavia Mirage.
“This island is the ability of his GIVEN, it is very sad. He could not even distinguish between the real and the unreal, maybe he did not realize that he had killed people in the meeting ahahaha.”ucap Johansson accompanied by laughter of other family members.
Lavia did not understand what she was doing, all her actions were more like the result of someone's manipulation. He was used by Johansson to eliminate members of the family who opposed the election of Tsukiyama Aldera Gardner as the new leader.
“Hey, are you all real?”lavia said softly with an empty look.
Increasingly loud, laughter from members of the Tsukiyama family on the part of Johansson who felt satisfied after using Lavia to finish off other family members sounded louder and louder until it felt almost filled the entire island.
They care nothing but power, even to use an innocent person to get rid of a fellow family member feels like a fun game.
“Ah, I thank whoever the owner of this giant tree is, now I have regained all my GIVEN abilities that the boy has lost.”ucap Johansson while smiling with satisfaction at Charle.
“The girl who created this tree, she is one of the new leader candidates right?”connect Johansson with a laugh so loose.
“Thinking how a young child should live alone in a world without both parents makes me feel a little claustrophobic, maybe I will send it to his parents in the afterlife after this.”
“But there is no need to be too hasty, the actual show has just begun.”ucap Johansson with a grinning face.
“So..”.
“What's your decision this time, elder?
Johansson gripped tightly onto the elder's shoulder with an intimidating-sounding tone.
“My decision is...”sang the elder stared intently at Johansson.
****1000 Years ago…****
“My name is Tsukiyama Theresia Iris!”shouted a girl with shoulder-length black hair while making a loud voice in front of other children.
“Hei, Theresa.. 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 called Tsukiyama Village, named after the clan of the chiefs, so I don't think it's a problem if anyone wants to bring the Tsukiyama clan behind their name, anyway, this is proof that we are part of this village.”balas Theresia is 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.
****FLASHBACK END****
“My ancestor, Tsukiyama Theresia Iris, has been keeping ties in this family for thousands of years.”sang elder quickly crossed his fingers in front of Johansson.
"And everyone born into this family line will carry the name Tsukiyama in their hearts forever, even though they are gone!"
"Rubborn people like you will never understand..."
The glow of light burst out in line with what he was doing, everyone in there covered their eyes, the light was so dazzling that it made anyone in there unable to open their eyes.
“GIVEN: SWEET SEVENTEEN.”
Charle, Sheele, and Amane have jumped their ages towards the 17-year mark, along with Hana.
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