Sign of the Zodiac: Aries
[Sign 1: Aries] Takuta

Anaru arrived first at the house of takuta. There he found only the remains of the fire. There was nothing left but ash and some smoky wooden poles. Anaru found no one. Even the bodies of the uluwero he had defeated yesterday also disappeared, leaving traces of blood splattered on the ground.

Airyung arrived shortly afterwards. Sighing Tsagan who was galloping, the girl stopped next to Anaru.

“Jeez what happened here?” airyung asked in surprise.

“Hope and his men come to us at night. He then set fire to the house of Takuta and made me awaken the power of the Zodiac through my anger,”.

“So you killed all those uluwero?” airyung asked as he got off his horse.

Anaru just nodded small, feeling guilty. He's killed a human. In fact they were a tribal protector uluwero.

“Lantas where are their bodies?” ask Airyung later.

“Entahlah. I also did not find uma and the castle.”

“Let's try to walk around for a while,” said Airyung trying to comfort the depression of Anaru.

Anaru according. This time they rode with Tsagan to be able to comb the area more closely. Airyung tried to walk around the house, until down a shallow valley behind the house. There they found eight mounds of land that seemed to have just been made.

“The old man although it looks old, but his physique is quite strong as well as it turns out,” Airyung comments saw eight mounds of earth burial former bodies of uluwero.

Anaru could not disagree with the girl's opinion. Burying eight bodies with the condition of the stomach, chest and head decomposed must not be easy. Especially in a relatively short time. Anaru had guessed that the truth was that it held a hidden ability that he had never shown. Moreover, his insight into matters related to medicine and soul energy. Not everyone knows about it.

“The record is only eight. Does that mean your father is alive?” ask Airyung later.

“It looks like so. They must have gone to the nearest village for help.”

Airyung nodded in agreement to Anaru's thought. “Then we also went there. They must not be far away. You want to run or ride a horse with me?”

“If I am too fast, I am afraid that I will even miss them on the way. We walk slowly with Tsagan,” replied Anaru later.

Airyung then immediately took his horse to the nearest village. The journey in the dead forest didn't seem a little foggy that morning. Anaru kept thinking about the condition of her parents. Even so, seeing the tomb made by the takuta there are only eight, that means his death may still be alive. It must have predicted the coming of Anaru and therefore he could not have gone too far.

Even so, the nearest village is still a two-day walk away. And if using horses, they should be able to catch up with the castle before reaching the village. But apparently, throughout the journey of Anaru did not see any signs of the existence of the takuta or umanya. Even after almost reaching the village, Anaru did not also see the traces of their journey.

“We have arrived at the entrance of the village, Anaru. Do we have to go there?” ask Airyung later.

“Iya. Let's try to find there,” replied Anaru.

Airyung also brought his horse closer to a small village filled with old wicker wooden buildings. In front of the village's bamboo gate there was an uluwero who was standing guard. Seeing the arrival of Airyung, the uluwero was then on standby and ready to hold them before entering the village.

“Mutuka! Ewa kou matou[1]” exclaimed the uluwero while holding them in front of the bamboo gate.

“Tok ara Anaru. Tok rapu takuta mai mahaere mate[2],” says Anaru bluntly.

“Very soon news about you got out,” comments Airyung a little wary.

“I think the map has a hand in spreading news about me,” said Anaru trying to conclude.

Sure enough, shortly after they entered the village, some villagers seemed to be crowding and came to him with curiosity. Anaru was suddenly flocked with various words and questions from the people of the village. He could not do anything because now many people had swarmed him until he was far away from Airyung.

The girl could only laugh amusedly looking at the pitiful gaze of Anaru who was as if asking for her help to get out of the crowd of people who cornered her. Even so Airyung could not help anything at all. Apart from not being able to understand the language of the Khitai tribe, also because Airyung could not crackle among the crowd of people who were like ants looking at sugar.

“Let the young man rest,” a raucous voice sounded from one corner of the village.

Airyung, Anaru and all the villagers who swarmed him turned their heads. They found the old man walking with a cane emerging from inside a plaited house.

“Truth!” anaru exclaimed without being able to hide his joy.

The young man then walked through the crowd towards the city.

“I'm glad to see you here, amuta. Even though it is this old, but you are still so strong,” said Anaru later.

“Come, Anaru. Matu and umamu have been waiting,” said sangtakuta while guiding Anaru into one of the woven houses.

Anaru nodded at Airyung for the girl to also follow him into the house. Airyung according, then ran to meet Anaru. In the house Anaru saw his weeping people and hugged him gratefully.

“Uma, forgive me,” said Anaru lirih. Tears were welling up in her eyes, but Anaru insisted on refraining from crying.

“No, son. Um you are so grateful for being able to give birth to a hero like you. Thank you, Anaru, because you have survived,” he said in the language of the Khitai tribe.

Anaru hugged her umanya tighter. There was nothing she was more grateful for than seeing her general survive.

“Where did matu uma?” ask Anaru later.

“Your heart is unconscious. She laid bale of medicine. Luckily the fire that burned down the house yesterday was not too big. Takuta managed to get your eyes out once you left us,” is obviously umanya.

“Thank God, uma. Has his condition improved?”

Umanya. “Not yet, son. Takuta took us in a wheelbarrow that he kept at the bottom of the valley. The lute turned out to be very strong Anaru. He brought us very quickly to this village.”

Anaru smiled knot. Of course it is. After he remembered his past life, Anaru now knew who the castle really was. He remembered it because the old man was the one he had known in his last life before becoming the figure of Anaru.

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[1] Stop! Whoareyou?

[2] My name is Anaru. I'm looking for a takuta from a dead forest.