How She Can Be Loved
Ch 9: Pick Them Up

I don't know how many times he cursed himself. He cursed himself for his destiny. Condemning her for not being able to do anything when they start running out of food. He cursed himself for not being able to do anything to protect his younger siblings other than run away and hide. Even in his present life, there were too many things he could not forgive himself. Even until all this happens.

“I'm sorry, Kananga. I should have acted sooner. If only I had a little courage against them. Just sec...Then everything won't be like this.” Kak Asa's tears fell soaked the old wooden floor. His long skirt looks very tangled because it is endlessly squeezed by it. His cheeks look blue. The tip of his lips looks hurt.

“Your sister, Enrich. He managed to reach the village while dragging the body of an Elfad. He kept shouting for help and managed to wake up some of the villagers. He managed to wake us up. We could help him. But unfortunately, his screams also managed to attract the attention of the Village Chief's minions who had deliberately lured your sister out of your hiding place. Their target is Enrich, they know your brother's a runaway device. Soon they'll catch your two sisters. Asa who at that time prevented them..” Grandma bit her lip. Realizing that compared to Brother Asa, her grandson, she was more helpless. Letting those people throw punches at his granddaughter's pretty face. Letting those people also bring along two brats that he already considered to be his grandchildren as well.

“Baron Ledger...He's the cause of all this happening.” Isak Kak Asa's. This time his face looked crimson trying to hold his anger in the middle of his sobbing.

“Baron Ledger's. He's the one who brought your two sisters. Kananga, you may not know this, but Baron Ledger's the one who bought Enrich as a tool. Somehow, they managed to track the whereabouts of Enrich.” Obviously Grandma.

Kananga. Squeezing his palms. No matter if there were some cuts and scratches on his palm. His face was pale. His gaze was filled with despair. This was the worst situation he had ever expected

it can happen to them.

Did it just get like this? My days with them-Is it only up here?

“Don't give up..” A soft whisper suddenly rang out in Kananga's ears. I don't know where that sound came from.

“They are still waiting for you..You promised, didn't you?.” Again and again. As if whispered directly into his head. No one noticed the voice but her. Not Asa, or Grandma. Miraculously, the voice seemed to give her hope again. His eyes are back alive. His face no longer withered.

“Nek. Brother Asa. Ii'm sorry. I can't keep lying around like this when my two sisters aren't okay. Either way, I have to go find and help them. If my right leg is broken, I can still use a cane. If both my legs are broken, I just have to drag my body. If both my hands are broken, at least this limb is still complete, that way, in any way I will drag my body. I promised I'd find them.” His eyes glowed, like a fire that had just been given oil.

I knew the little girl meant it. She knew that the little girl would literally drag her body tens and thousands of miles to save her two sisters. She knew the little girl would do anything to save her two sisters.

“Basic fool” Granny's wrinkled fingers begin to gently rub Kananga's hair. “You must have forgotten that this old Grandma is the best healing magic in this village, right?” Instantly a breeze surrounded Kananga's frail body. A light that looked like a bright blue firefly touched his skin. All his wounds were closed. His chest that had been painful since one of his ribs was broken no longer hurt. Even the bruises on his body disappeared. That's grand! The little girl was stunned to see her wounds heal instantly. This is the first time Kananga has seen how healing magic works.

Seen both hands. Twisted many times his body to see if there was one wound left. Kananga was really amazed.

“Thank you, Grandma!” A wide smile bloomed on his thin face.

“If you want to save your two sisters. Go to the southwest of the village. There you will find mine. In the mine was a hidden prison that was no longer in use. I'm sure they locked your two sisters in that place.” Obviously Grandma.

Kananga nodded seriously hearing Grandma's direction.

THE DUARRRR!!

An explosion shook the ground. Making Kananga focus break. His eyes locked out the window. The sky looks red. Fire and smoke everywhere. In addition to Kananga, it turns out that some villagers also took care of Grandma's house. Kananga looks confused. It seems that after some time when he was unconscious, the rebellion in the village on the outskirts of the country had already begun. Some of the village houses burned down. The garden even their farm. Women and children were evacuated first. Leave the citizens who are ready to become an attacking force. Outside the room, some residents groaned in pain. The smell of blood. Sis Asa has been running here and there busy taking care of the injured residents, before finally deciding to check the condition of Kananga who will soon be awake. This was the first time he had seen such a scene. Seeing what was happening around him made his courage almost fade. Soon Kananga might put aside her fear.

“You can't reach that place if you don't make plans, son. Have you prepared your plan?” grandma's question brought Kananga's mind back into focus. But did not make his gaze back focused on Grandma's wrinkled face. Although his courage almost disappeared, his eyes did not stop sweeping all parts of the room in the simple wooden house.

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“Is this enough?” Murmured Asa to herself. Since then, he no longer ran around here and there taking care of the injured villagers. Thanks to her and Grandma's skill, their patients are starting to improve. The conditions in the old wooden house had already begun to calm down. No longer focusing on the injured villagers, Kak Asa began to focus on preparing a shabby bag made of burlap. Put some stuff in that shabby bag. Some food is not easily damaged; bread and some fruit, a bag of drinking water, do not forget also P3K equipment that is very necessary if Kananga or one of his sisters is injured.

No less busy with Kak Asa who was preparing his travel supplies to pick up his two younger siblings, Kananga was busy tinkering at something else. No one knew what the frail girl was doing.

“Kananga?”

“Ya?”

“What is your luggage not heavy? I mean, those things.”

Asa's sister peeked out from behind Kananga's small body. He was curious about the thing that had kept Kananga busy. A pocket larger than his palm. It looks heavy when Kananga

lift it with his thin hands.

“This thing? No need to worry, brother. Although it looks big, but these items are not heavy kok.” Kananga smiled looking at Kak Asa's curious face. He placed the round bag over the palm of Kak Asa's hand, and it was true, it felt light, like just containing sand.

“Thank God, not as heavy as I imagined.” Brother Asa breathed a sigh of relief.

There were many things he was worried about on Kananga's trip. How could the frail little girl save her two sisters by herself. There will definitely be a lot of people guarding the two boys. He volunteered to join, but was rejected by Kananga. “Kak Asa is much more needed in this house.” That's Kananga's answer. Many times Kak Asa offered to go with him, but Kananga's response remained the same. Seeing the persistence of the frail little girl, Kak Asa finally gave up. He could only hope that any plan that Kananga had devised would be successful. Not to forget he also continued to pray for the safety of the two Kananga sisters.

“Oh, yes. Bring this.” Sis Asa handed me a shabby bag containing supplies that she had prepared.

“It..”.

“Bring it. The trip to the mine wasn't as close as you'd imagine. You're gonna need it.” Obviously Grandma.

“Thank you. Somehow I will be able to repay all the kindness of Kak Asa and Granny.”

“Basic of this child. Do you think we're that hard of hoping that little girl will avenge everything we've given her? But if you insist on repaying our kindness, then live. Live with your two sisters. If we can meet again, I hope your bodies won't be this straight. You have to stay alive, and healthy....D-With that said, you've already returned our kindness.” The eyes of the village girl were glazed. Unknowingly he was already sobbing. Cuddled by Kananga's petite and frail body. Kananga's eyes are starting to get hot. Grandma with her hunchback body, no need to lower her body to gently rub their hair both with her wrinkled fingers. Asa's highly emotional sister seems to have managed to influence her emotions. So did Grandma. Unknowingly, Kananga also started sobbing. Realizing this would be the last time they met. Realizing that he and his two younger siblings might not meet again with people as good as Grandma and Kak Asa. Or maybe just.

One of them will not live long anymore. Young people, no one knows when their age will end.

Along with the beginning of the water droplets falling from the sky. Kananga begins her journey. Pick up his two younger brothers. Prepare to destroy anyone who will stand in his way.