Elvarette Shiro
Episode 8: The Word
The dry season night
The mushroom has grown fertile
Time to cook the harvest
The copper cauldron contains slices of carrots, potatoes, mutton and spice spices combined in a whirlpool of broth. Not forgetting he added slices of mushroom that he had just picked from his yard. The smell of broth and spices tempted my hungry stomach from that trip. The old man painstakingly cooked in the middle of the forest, did he not have any friends?
“Elvy, don't think strangely!” scold Ohba to me.
“You cheated Ohba, you read my mind!”
“What race do you think this is? Besides you're funny when you're angry, like a starving duck!”
“Uncle, he's been teasing me!” whinek.
“It turns out I was misinformed, I thought of keeping a girl graceful, it turns out a little boy.”
“Speaking what the hell are you?”
“Ha...ha..ha...ha...the house is finally filled with laughter again after centuries no one has joked like you.”
“What? CENTURIES!” my yelling.
“Abiasa course, no need to overdo it like a boy.” Sindir Ohba's.
I don't know this time I started to feel my emotions coming back. The long-lost feeling of warmth and freshness is back.
“So originally you are a spoiled child huh?”
“Ohba, never read people's minds without permission!”
“Alright, I won't tease you by reading your mind again. But if you read your feelings can not?”
“From you guys noisier, we better eat together. I haven't cooked a lot.”
“Uncle, does uncle not feel lonely living here alone?”
“Lonely?”
“It seems that you are beginning to think critically of my son, but I like the way you think. Always looking and asking. Well I will answer, uncle never feel lonely while living here?”
“Why uncle?”
“For the people that uncle loves are always here.” Said the uncle while showing his chest with his index finger.
“Here?” show me mimicking the uncle.
“True, our loved ones never leave, they just move on.”
“Moving in what sense?”
“Loving is about taste, as long as there is a sense of no suffering to regret.”
“Taste? I remember the words of my sister, Serena, before there was.”
Stringing up beautiful words
In a peaceful summer
Enjoy the day together.
Suddenly I shed tears. The words that I remember in my mind remind me of him who has long since died. Serena is a good girl, but unfortunately her fate is not good. If I could have met him before the day he died, I would have said I loved him. And apologized for failing to be a good brother to her. If time could be repeated.
“You can't repeat time, all you can do is pray for him to be included in the star cluster in space Elvi.”
“You read my mind again, but I take what you say Ohba.”
“The greatest sacrifice is to let go of what loves Elvy. Your sister will be proud of the greatness of your heart to let go by praying for her. Love knows no time or space. As long as the taste is still in the soul, as long as it is also love remains together in silence.” Said the uncle.
“Thank you for the advice.”
“By the way, if we just chat here, what use am I to cook this much soup? Come on please eat the soup while it's warm.”
Finally we ate the mushroom soup together. Every spoon I ate was sweet and savory. It was my first experience eating together like a family. Rarely do I eat like this, simple food mixed with love is indeed different from sweet words that are often made to break promises. Warmth is the kind of love I've long dreamed of with Serena.