LUCEM
The Chapter XXIX

The great battle of Grimoland. Over ten thousand lives were lost without Rong noticing, three-quarters of the total buildings were destroyed. Rong doesn't want to tell her how he knew, but she scares Tunik to death as he tells her a story until he ends up at the foot of the Colonomis mountain range and meets the girl. Rong simply said that the forecast was already in the system, and Rong was well aware of it.

Tunik breathed. “Not to say anymore, I'm really curious, Tom.”

Tom, is the new name that Rong uses. He was still forty-five when he was forced to leave Grimoland and his family, trapped for some time on the run and the search. It was his second year at the foot of the Colonomis mountain range as Tom.

Tunic has turned into an adult woman who infiltrated his life. In a mischievous way, Tom often reminds his wife that when he first met in his fight on the side of the mountains, Tunik did not get Tom intoxicated at all. At that time, Tunik stocky, his job collecting magic plants and spices, his hair was messy, heavy stress as a worker, bad eating habits and such. As for Tom, his face even deserves to be displayed on the cover of the magazine even though his skin tends to pale, since the first Tom as a star in his youth is famous and brilliant, in Tom's mind is engraved the body image of a cheerleader or a royal harem girl.

Frankly Tom never thought about romantic things with Tunik until a strict diet and exercise changed the girl's body and became more beautiful than an hourglass.

“Means I'm a petty,” Tom will admit it if someone remembers that.

Appearance is not the only barrier between them, Tom also has to introduce Tunik to cynicism. At first Tunik is a magic student who sucks, chatty and too easily happy, making Tom nauseous. Similar to stomach virus. However, Tom is a kind and patient teacher. Under his guidance, Tunik learns to suspect power, break free from bureaucracy, get used to grazing danger and boast magical advances.

Until one day, while facing a dead end in an impossible fight and quest, Tom realizes that this girl did all that for him, turning everything all-out. Tom found Tunik's tiny body so voluptuous, he could hold it with both his hands and his feet until Tunik's body almost disappeared. Tom likes the texture of brown hair Tunik like silk, his face that met red up to the neck because of blushing. Intelligent and brave tunic. His extensive knowledge of magic and culture is intriguing, even for nerdy men who consider culture to be document-only. More than anything else, Tom finds out that Tunik is a descendant of Ghoyanta whose parents were killed for being accused of being wild and perverted witches.

Having a small family with a cheerful daughter and followed by a handsome boy. However, their happiness did not last long. Tom's trail is sniffed. The King Grimo and the kingdom spread the word that the king had heard the revelation about the wild witch in the outer lands. The magical knowledge of the Mayan queen can sense the emergence of selected witches and send Onanna and royal warriors to every corner of the country to cross the border and also try to open the dimensional door. The foot of the Colonomis mountain range is no longer safe and peaceful, Owannna is rampant. People betray each other and suspect each other. Tunic had secretly taught her little girl some magic skills and prepared some important notes if needed.

TarNow has long disappeared since Rong became Tom, but suddenly he returned when Onanna managed to control the region at the foot of the Colonomis mountain range. One time Tom, Tunik with the help of TarNow managed to repel the troops of Onanna but all did not last long. Thousands of Onanna came back and destroyed everything. The foothills of the Colonomic mountains had been ruled by the kingdom and envoys had been positioned. Tom and Tunik are dragged back to Grimoland, Tunik manages to hide the whereabouts of their two children, sending them among the refugees to a town. The two boys were left in disarray, surviving in chaos without both parents. Tom and Tunik know they will be fine if they make it through the bleak times and find their own way.

Their smart daughter is reliable, they are sure of it. The little girl who then filled her head with money, cynical, critical, cunning and agile.

“Stands tight behind me, Mars,” that he will tell the boy behind him every time they have to stand in line for food distributed on the side of the road. He would not hesitate to fight boxing either with a jerk man or a crazy woman who shouted at him. Marbella is the most powerful shield of Mars. A boy named Mars, thin and weak but he has no doubt about Marbella's protection and crazy plans. They are Yin to Yang, and Marbella is light to Mars.

When Marbella finds a flute that will change their lives, Mars faithfully follows Marbella's every lead without asking. Money comes and life changes. A house he got from a clue in his parents' books, Mars and Marbella, headed for the highlands of the Colonomis Mountains. No longer homeless and have a job with pay, they live safely and adequately.

Marbella doesn't feel enough. There are things beyond the knowledge of Mars and others that Marbella is trying to solve. Whatever it was and whatever the way Marbella did, Mars never objected. Books and flutes were enough for him.

Eventually, Marbella's plans lead them to Moonflower's current residence. Mars is a teenager. Life goes back and forth with him. But, as long as there was Marbella, Mars had no meaningful fears at all.