Leap Dream (Love From Another World)
OCCASION
It's been two months and I still don't know what my fate is in this world. I miss, miss my previous life, I don't deny I miss that jerk too!
“Aunt where to go?” ask my aunt who is ready to leave.
“Auntie wants to go to town to sell these medicines.” replied the aunt who was holding a basket containing several bottles of medicines.
“Can I come to the city too?” tanyaku.
Aunt fell swipe at the top of my head, “Of course, as long as you promise not to be far from aunty”
‘Yeah! Finally I can go to town againmy inner’ is happy.
In the city, just like when I went with Rey, there were lots and lots of interesting things like food that was sold and of course music that made people want to dance
“Kakak.. instead of the brother who was dancing with us. let's dance again kak..” a little boy who was dancing together came up to me.
“Sorry, maybe next time.” I replied looking down and stroking his head. He nodded like a little disappointed and smiled back.
“Hana, have you been to the city before? Why not tell aunty” I forgot aunt beside me and did not intend to tell aunt that I went to town with Rey.
“Egh, that.. sorry” said I'm sorry.
Aunty smiled “Aibi will not ban you from going to the city, but you should be more careful because the city is not as safe as in the village”. I nodded in understanding.
Arriving at the drugstore aunty chatted for a long time with her owner, the aunt said the owner was an old friend of hers. I was getting tired of being in a room full of the smell of these drugs and just sitting down.
“Auntie, can I go out for a walk for a while? I'm bored..”
“Yes forgive aunty, aunt forgot if aunt is with you. Aunty's way out will be waiting for you here.”
‘How can aunt forget to go with me’ my grumbling while browsing through the city streets.
“Hana..” someone called me from behind. “It turns out to be true that you.. I saw you coming out of the drug store are you sick?”
“No, I just accompanied my aunt to her old friend”
“Oh, you got tired of hearing their conversation and decided to take a walk out” I was nagging. How could he know what was clearly visible from my face.
“Hm, Rey how was your meeting at the palace back then?” ask me to open the conversation.
“Currently.. Did you get home safely?” tanyanya checked my situation.
“Rey, if I don't survive, is it possible that I'm still standing in front of you now” Rey laughed.
“Rey, do you often go to the palace?” manya curious.
“Yes sure, I live inside the palace.” he said.
Maybe Rey can help me get out of this world, auntie says the book about the history of this country is in the palace library, maybe there will be more books I can read for directions there.
“Do you work inside Rey's palace?”
“Ha?” Rey was confused by my question. ‘Why? Is there something wrong with my question?’
“Rey what is true in the palace library of many interesting books?” continued
“Yaa in the palace library a lot of interesting books, do you like to read books?”
“hmm, little.” I replied, I honestly don't like reading books at all if it's not interesting what else if it only displays the writing.
“Kruyuukk~” aah belly bottom do not know manners when asking for a tumbal.
“Hahaha are you hungry?” rey laughed to see me
“Do you think?” I answered with embarrassment.
“Come along, I know a good food store here.”
I followed Rey and got to the front of the intended meal.
“Why not log in?” rey asked as my feet were too heavy to step in, I just remembered that I didn't bring any money at all.
“Egh, hmm it's Rey.” I'm ashamed to say it by playing my two index fingers close together.
Rey smiled at my silly behavior “Not worry about me paying, you can eat as much.”.
“Really!”
“Of course.” he said pushed me in.
After giving the tumbar to my stomach, I intend to return to aunt's friend's house. Rey walking beside me, I suddenly stopped when I saw a piece of paper stuck on the wall of a stall with strange letters.
“Why?” rey asked confused as I suddenly stopped.
“This..” my words point in the direction of the sheet.
“Oh this, yes the palace is looking for some people to help the palace healer as well as become his student” explained Rey.
‘Good this way I can be part of the palace.’
*****
“Of course..” said aunt while holding my cheek.
“Assyik!! Means aunt wants to teach me right.” I said with sparkling eyes.
Aunt smiles at my kitten-like behavior “Kalo so let's start.” said aunt to her work.
My aunt taught me all kinds of foreign medicinal ingredients in my ears, and repeated what I had been taught.
*****
It's been a week since my aunt taught me about medicine, and it's the day that the physician assistant selection was held.
“Auntie, I go first thanks for teaching me various kinds of medicines, I will not disappoint aunty” I said before leaving and hugging aunt.
“If you fail it's okay, because you've tried your best.” Aunty answered while holding my cheek. I smiled and left.
Unlike the other children, I went to be accompanied by a friend because aunt still had work to do.
“Wah, look at Poko this city is more crowded than before” said I look around the city that is more dense than before. I also realized that I had never been to the palace and did not know the direction to the palace. ‘Sial! Why not think of yesterday!’ my inner.
“Excuse me, sorry if you can know where to go to the palace?” ask a man.
She looked at me from top to bottom ‘what's wrong with my clothes!’ “Do you want to go to the palace?” i megangguk. Smiling at saying “Let me drop by.”
Damnit damnit! All I know is that if a man had said it, there must be shrimp behind the rock.
“No need to bother just show me where it leads” reject me. His face looks unhappy with my rejection. ‘aah why I have to deal with a jerk man at a time like this’.
“MEEOOWW!!” Poko jumped from my arms and hit the man's face, ‘good Poko’ this is my chance to escape.
If it is like this I can only rely on my palace, first I have to find a crowded place, secondly be a good eavesdropper.
“Do you know today the palace will choose an assistant to be a palace healer” said a young girl to her friend.
“Are you going to enter that competition?” ask friend.
“Well, there's no way people like us can win in that competition, you know the ones who enter that competition are the ones who are already high caste, you know, maybe what works is the person who can pay higher than others.” Haa, my heart is not good after hearing their conversation.
“Yeah, you're right, but there's no harm in us watching, this competition is open to the public, what if you look there, how about, maybe we can also meet the emperor and prince” they get excited then leave.
Third, be a good stalker. I followed them until I arrived in front of the palace gate. I did a participant registration, and walked inside the palace.
Still thinking about the words of the two people, if indeed this competition is not fair why it is made such a sheet and makes people like me hope. I watched my surroundings why the atmosphere had turned quiet like this. My eyes were fixed on a pond with a shady tree at its edge.
‘it's so cold here, even though the sun is blazing’ I close my eyes and breathe deep air to feel the gusts of wind that blow away every strand of my hair.
“Who are you!?” I spontaneously turned towards the direction the voice came from. He was the man I had seen in the lake that day, the man with long black hair and beautiful brown eyes.
“Ma.sorry I am a participant who will participate in the competition to choose a physician assistant, but I was lost until I arrived at this beautiful place.”
The man stepped closer and picked up a strand of my hair that had slipped from the scarf, he looked at me fixedly with his beautiful eyes, my heart is broken!
I quickly regained my senses and raised the medley I was wearing to cover my hair. “Sorry I have to go it looks like the competition is about to start.”
*****
I waited for the seat turn that was provided, it seemed like the conversation I heard was right. Participants who participate in this competition have a high caste on average, different from me who is only a strange girl from the village. Damnit damnit! I became pessimistic.
“Do you like plants?” ask the young man sitting next to me.
“yah, I like it, but I prefer their usability.”
“Really? So do you know that like we won't be able to win this competition.”.
“Why can't?” I asked as if I didn't know it.
“You see that sitting over there?” he pointed towards a girl with elegant clothes, and expensive embellishments being worn. “He was the son of the minister in the palace.” He pointed towards a young man whose castle was not much different from the girl. “He is the nephew of a healer friend who was looking for assistant” I just nodded my head.
“You see most of them have relations with the palace, in contrast to us who are just ordinary people.” I began to pay attention to my surroundings, and he was right I was like in a different world now. ‘hei am not I in a different world!’
“Then do you also follow this competition when it is definitely not going to qualify?”
He smiled “Well, I only used this opportunity to enter the palace, it is quite possible to enter the palace which is not arbitrary people can enter. The audience can only be on the front page of the palace only, only participants can enter.” Hmm, that's right too.
“I Hana..” I said smile, “What's your name?”
“My name is Loki” we shake hands with each other and enter the competition until the end.
Until the end of the match all they said was true, the ones who won in the competition were those who had more treasures than the others. In this day and age of corruption is also a lot. If this is how else I can get into the palace library and find out how to get back.