Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 40: Alstroemeria (Part 01)
Bright mornings—mentari shines brightly as a new beginning of spring, barren land begins to be overgrown with grass even though it is still wet due to melting snow. Shoots on the branches began to bloom, on the surface appeared new plants as a result of ore that fell in the autumn and through winter to arrive at the moment.
In the garden of Luke's family residence, a variety of wildflowers Lantana type blooming—hasi park with strong colors such as blood red, dark purple, orange and pink. Wild herbs began to grow in— results from herbal seeds that had previously withered in the fall and began to appear buds as a sign of spring entry in this Michigan continent.
The temperature began to rise, the hibernating stars began to awaken and their voices were heard from the forest as well as the bushes. Although in the midst of the warm atmosphere of the long winter passed, a young man with black hair who stood in the middle of the park did not look to enjoy it. Staring straight at the growing weeds, he did not smile at all and his expression was full of the burden of thought.
“Padalaah there is Speculation Perception .... If you add this power, not too much? I could be an omniscient creature if this keeps growing ...”
The young man walked up to the garden, down from the path of the ornamental stone arrangement and stepped on the ground. Picking up a red Lantana flower, he went back up the garden path and sat on a bench. Staring flatly at the flower that had not yet fully bloomed in hand, Odo Luke slightly sighed lightly.
The flower grows quickly, blooms and the color changes briefly according to what Odo wants. It was a power that he obtained from Odrania Dies Orion— an ability to manipulate information, Aitisal Almaelumat.
Indeed, at first Odo thought the power he would get was some kind of Anti-Material manipulation or something, but it turned out to be very deviant. The level of power that the Demon King actually possessed was more complex than he thought.
Aitisal Almaelumat is the ability to manipulate information in full as long as Odo can make physical contact with objects that will be manipulated information. Of course it is not absolute as freely being able to change the information of the physical form or level of access on it, there are some conditions that must be met in the use of such power. In the example, Odo could only share a packet of information with a person if they were in physical contact with that person.
“Aitisal Almaelumat— a connection, modifying, manipulating, and deleting information .... At the level I know, this power can interpret simple causality such as eliminating the consequences of a burning fire or ..”.
Odo dropped the flower from his hand. However, what happens is contrary to the existing law of cause and effect. The falling flower was supposed to be downward, yet it instantly floated upwards as if it was contrary to the laws of gravity.
“Manipulating such causal information is still easy within this range, without any magic structure I can do it. But if you eliminate the consequences of a sword slash or sharp object incision — it takes some conditions that must be met .... Well, I guess it's worth the payment for all my lost magic structures.”
Odo momentarily closed his eyes, attempting to access the Magic Core and began to rebuild his external magic structure for the activation of the outer magic. Compile information, install from scratch and script structures on body tissues.
That he did gradually, could not as a whole because it can make defects in the structure. Actually, he could also manipulate the information on his own body with his new power and recover all the information. But since the magic structure is something sensitive, it can be very potentially bad to do such a thing because it can make it permanently flawed if it does one mistake only.
Information that has been altered with Aitisal Almaelumate tends to be permanent. So if you make one misinformation, it can imprint forever and must be overwritten with other information. Overwriting will eat the structure of the body and make the development of magic become defective.
Finished recovering some of his magic structures to 5%, the young man got up from the seat and looked towards the door of the Mansion. Knowing who was going to open the door for the next few seconds, Odo sighed.
“Master Odo! All his letters are done we take care of!” julia said in a hurry. Cat girl in waiter uniform opens the door —coming from Mansion and gazing towards her master. Moving his silvery tail and ears, he put on a look of wonder when he found out his master looked restless.
“What's up, Mr Odo? Isn't your plan going well? Wood and other building materials have been approved by the artisans in the city of Mylta, we just take care of the payment and they will build the store according to the design you sent yesterday ..”.
Julia walked towards Odo, the silver-haired Nekomata staring in wonder and curiosity. Seeing such an expression and attitude, Odo was relieved that Julia was no longer moody and felt guilty about the incident at the dock. But because of understanding and thinking about what was conveyed by him, it could not make Odo smile.
“I did finish everything and just woke up the building. But still, if it's not like this?”
“Witch why?” Fiola slightly tilted his head, tail and ears twitching.
“My budget is not enough .... The ends must be requested to Mommy.”
“Ouh ..” Julia's mouth opened slightly with her eyes, then said, “I don't think that's a problem. Madam would definitely like to make a donation for you sir! After all ... it is to build the city as well, passi he would or .. if we need to ask the Mayor Meanwhile?”
“Uwah~ debt?” Odo stared lazily, looked away and complained a little, “Mbak Julia knew, the debt was like suction mud. If you do it once, it will definitely be addictive and unknowingly personal economy can not develop.”
Julia fell silent, feeling as if Odo's words were taken from her own experience. Staring into his master's eyes, the cat-type Demi-human looked away awkwardly as it was still unfamiliar with the appearance of the master.
“Be-So, so Sir don't want debt~! Eeeh~ nice attitude I think,” said Julia with a reddened face, look away and look awkward.
Odo only gave a flat look at the silvery-haired woman before him. Despite understanding what Julia felt, the young man felt that it was not too important considering the problems that were entangling.
“Hmm, can I go mo— hunting?”
“Can't!” cut Julia.
“If looking for crystals in Ast— World?”
“Can't be anyway! Mr Odo is not aware, anyway?! Your condition is now weak! You could be killed easily by a flock of Goblins! Please do not be reckless, understand your condition well ..!”
“Hmmm ...” Odo turned his eyes.
Looking at the slightly moody expression of her master, Julia realized that she had said something that deeply offended her and that it was forbidden by Mavis. He began to panic, his tail and ears moving furiously with an anxious look on his face.
“A .... Sorry, it's not that I'm insinuating Mr. Odo ..... It's just ..., I'm worried .... If the incident happens again with the condition of Mr. like this .., the Master will probably ...”
“Not to worry,” says Odo relaxed. Raising his face and staring flatly, he said, “I understand my own condition clearly, really. Anyway, if I'm overwhelmed, I'll ask you Shieal for help. That's why now I'm asking Ms. Julia and the others to take care of the papers as well as the development issues. My condition is not prime and not strong brought up.”
“Hmm ...” Staring in wonder, Julia asked, “Then why sit here? Shouldn't you sleep in the room?”
“My body can-can be rigid .... And also, it feels very dear to continue to sleep when the sun has shone like this.”
Odo turned around, looking up at the visible sun starting to shine in the still faintly cloud-covered sky. Closing his eyes at a glance, the young man felt a warm feeling that seemed to melt away his frozen problem in his mind.
“Hahah, it's western customs.,” said Odo sepontan.
“Hmm, west person?”
A little confused, the young man immediately turned his head and said, “No, no, forget that! I don't like sunbathing, anyway. But just love to see the sun, especially later at dusk.”
“Ooh, you like to see the sunset?”
“Like, really like ...”
Odo smiled from the bottom of his heart, staring in relief and as if taking off all the problems in his mind. Closing his eyes at a glance and turning towards the sun, the young man stared with a look that looked a little sad.
“Mbak Julia knows, it feels like it gives meaning to me after living a full day's life. So short, the moment of sunset at the end of the horizon and the beginning of a night ..”
Julia did not understand such a thing, but she smiled stiffly and said, “So, yes. I think the sunset is beautiful.”
Since Odo was silent as if to understand that the words were only to harmonize with the conversation. Sighing lightly, he said, “Have already discussed such a thing.”
Odo faced towards Shieal, then looked straight at him. Smiling small, he clearly asked, “Mbak Julia, is Ma'am Julia still sorry about the incident on that dock?”
“Eh ... I-It ...”
Julia's face immediately looks pale, regret is clearly still in her mind. He did feel useless to his master, or even to the two who had given him a reason to live. Subjecting to it gloomily, he did not reply and simply fell silent.
“If indeed Sister Julia wants to do something to make amends for that mistake, grab this hand ...”
Odo took off one of his black gloves, then extended his right hand forward. As Julia shakily shook the fragile and pale-looking hand, Odo again said, “If Julia grabs this hand, Julia will never be able to get off in the middle of the road. This is just a one-way ticket ..”
“A-What does it mean?”
The nekomata trembled, stared in fear and thought deeply about the words. However, he still could not find a conclusion that he felt was right. Even he did not have time to think of the reason why Odo called his name directly like that.
Putting down his hand and not daring to grab Odo's hand, he once again asked, “Why? What happens if I grab the hand of Master this time ..?!”
“Julia must follow me forever .., must be on my side even though the whole world will be hostile to me. Whatever Julia feels, it doesn't matter any time. Instead, I’kan always with you, until the end of life and will never betray you .... Hows it? Want to accept this contract?”
“Contract ..?” asked Julia trembling.
Smiling faintly, Odo re-affirmed, “Ya, contract . Between the two of us, an indisputable sure promise. Although this seems pushy, but I think this is what Julia needs now. I'll give you a purpose, I'll bear your burden ...”
“A-What are you talking about? You are weird .... Why say it like that? Don't scare me!”
Julia stepped back, hid both her hands back and stared with a pale face full of cold sweat. Seeing that Odo understood that he was also rejected by Julia. Taking a deep breath, he smiled in satisfaction as if he had known that answer from the beginning.
“Handering, really! Hehe, is Ma'am Julia surprised? My acting was like a great business man, wasn't it? Soon after I do business, I will be more realistic!”
Odo smiled innocently, erasing the serious expression just now as if everything was just acting. He began to put his gloves back on and considered what he said was unimportant.
But Julia understood, what Odo said before was earnest. He understood that the master was indeed such a person, diverting the conversation and changing the flow when what was intended was not achieved.
“Come, we're in .... I haven't had breakfast, what's the menu this time?”
“Today is special he said .... Because no longer need to save food, Mind and Imania make Pot Roast.”
“Box?”
“Iya, from beef according to the likes of Mr. Odo.”
“Then, let's quickly enter! Cock me hungry again.”
Seeing her master walking towards the Mansion, Julia was still stunned thinking about what she said earlier. He digested it well, wondering what would happen if he had just grabbed the hand of his master. Understanding that thought was no longer important, he raised his face and tried to keep thinking positively like his usual self.
After that, Odo entered and had breakfast as usual with Mavis— accompanied by Fiola and Julia alone because the other Shieal was busy. Linkaron, Xua Lin is in the capital following Dart to inform him of the attempted murder of Odo by the people of the kingdom of Moloia and has not returned for some reason, while Kinkarta herself has been there from the season end of last year accompanying her master in meetings.
For Mind and Imania, after cooking breakfast they went to the city of Mylta again to continue to take care of the files and supervise the process of collecting construction materials in preparation for development.
For Gariadin himself also went to Mylta, but with a different task to take care of the mediating problems between the Government and the Religious. Because he himself is close to religion and can also be called Celric because he was a priest in a village, he is quite suitable for such a thing.