Elvarette Shiro
Episode 9: Serena

Meet me with a pure heart.

I finally ate the mushroom soup together. Every spoon is 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. If you were here today, my dear sister.

In the bowl of soup there are memories of loved ones. A broth that is cooked with a sincere feeling will knock on the past memory. The three of us had finished eating dinner made by the man in the legend. It is an honor and a rare moment for us.

"You must be exhausted, you should rest here last night before continuing your journey."

"Thank you uncle"

"Mr Hallaj, I'm sorry we interfered."

"No need to apologize, I always forgive you before even asking."

"Uncle was too kind to us, made us dinner and gave us a place to rest."

"Elvy, sometimes doing good is one way to calm the heart. Doing good can soften a high ego."

"Do well? Uncle, I used to do good to everyone but the people I helped pushed me into the prostitution hole?"

"Good seed will always grow the best tree, trust the seed-giver Elvy."

"I understand uncle. The apple tree never grows grapes."

"Now you're starting to understand my son, so you can rest in the corner bed. Me and your friend here have a little business."

"Ok, I'll rest. I'll take care of it!"

"Good night Elvy, don't forget to pray before bed."

"Thank you!"

The man went out onto the terrace with Arafis. I slept in a well-supplied, white mattress wide enough for the children. At least this was more than enough, I opened the white blanket and went into the warm embrace of the gray cloth made of sheepskin. Tonight is a long night. These eyelids began to close my conscious gaze. Then I covered this tiny body with a blanket.

Let me close these eyes, lay down the weary ones from the endless journey. But my mind felt called, the voice of the girl I knew so well. The longer the call to prayer melts the heart that continues to grieve for years. Is that maybe him? Serena called me? But is that really him?

"Sister!"

"Rena, is that you?"

A little girl with blue eyes greeted Elvarette in a soft voice. She stood beside me wearing a black dress that contrasted with her white skin like her. The long straight black hair adds to my belief that she is right my sister, Serena Shiro. My tears trickled unconsciously seeing her coming to see me, I just hugged her tightly to treat the longing that shackled my heart.

"It's me brother Elvy, why are you late?"

"I... I'm..."

"You've always been reckless, but you're the most caring of all I know."

"Rena, why did you leave sister?'

"I have never left you, brother, your own immortality that kept me from you."

"But..."

"I know you're angry at both of our parents. They do abandon us, but is it appropriate that we erase the relationship between the child and the parent?"

"Why do you say that Rena?"

"For your heart there is still anger that is still a brother. I don't want you to get hurt by a beast you tied up with yourself."

"But they're both bad Rena, they're the ones who make you die in loneliness?"

"Why do you still want to forgive them Rena?"

"Because I want you to meet me with a forgiving heart!"

"You, you want to see me?"

"Right, I was waiting for you, brother. It's just that we can't meet right away, there's a partition that separates me and you."

"What's that close?"

"Emotion, ambition, and pain."

"Serena... You"

"Big brother here has a mission, to be a helper for those who need to be treated."

"Serena, sometimes you're more mature than your sister."

"However, no one cares more than brother."

"Then how can we meet again Rena?"

"If you finish beating your ego, we'll meet again at this place."

"Rena, don't go... Serena!"

"See you, brother..."

"Due... Serena... Don't go..."

"We'll meet brother, don't worry."

"SERENES... DON'T GO!!!"

"Hey, wake up Elvy. You delirious?" Nervous Ohba.

I woke up from the bed, my body stiffened when I realized it was just a dream. It's just that the dream is so real. Ohba woke me up at the right moment, and I might just keep yelling for Serena.

"You had a bad dream?"

"I dreamt of meeting my sister, Serena."

"It was neither a dream nor an Elvy illusion, it was an inner promise that had to be repaid."

"Promise?"

"That's right my son, it seems that your mind is starting to be honed here."

"I still don't understand Ohba, uncle?"

“You'll know in a minute, son, how did he tell you something?

"Find me with a pure heart. He just said that.”

“Means you have to get ready again, Elvy.”

“Pregnated for what?”

“Meet him after the task is done.”