The Cold Blooded Hunter: Seeker of Peace
25. Me, my grandfather, the old man, and the radio
My grandfather and I sat down and blew on our hot tea.
We are now in a house that we previously knocked on the door. The owner let us in and that's how it all ended.
"Emm, Star grandfather, what made you bring yourself to the world again?" Ask the old man who owns the house.
"Hmm? I'm the one visiting my son's house you call resurfacing into the world? What reason?" My grandfather raised his eyebrows.
I'm sure, everyone in the village who saw the two of us would definitely ask the same thing, why did my grandfather bring himself back to the world?
I may have said it before, but I will say it again.
My grandfather has been retired for fifteen years... For a second, I counted first at what age my grandfather retired...
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Ignore it, I don't know how, but for sure, my grandfather has retired long enough, and unfortunately, even though he has retired a long time ago, his achievements are not easy to forget.
Various things my grandfather has faced and all of them managed to pass by my grandfather. With that alone my grandfather is already on par with the SS rank Hunter though.
Many have mentioned that my grandfather had a way to end the Monster invasion, but until now no one has been able to prove the truth that my grandfather was able to stop this chaotic period.
Even so, there are still many who are convinced, there will be a time when my grandfather will appear again and help the humans to face the Monsters again.
Since his actions in the past were hard to forget and because of that rumor, then the old man who is now with us is currently asking such a thing, he must be sure that my grandfather appeared to help the humans.
"Ah, it's just been a long time since you decided to retire and lower your weapons from fighting the Monsters..." The old man smiled faintly, "So, what do your grandparents want to eat?"
"Emm, anything can, the important thing is warm and fruitful..." My grandfather replied, "I'm sure Heaven wants something warm and fruitful..."
Well, I can't resist it anyway, because I now want to eat something warm, something that can warm my body.
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The old man made us soup, a medium-sized pot, and served it to us at once with his pancakes as well.
The old man put his pancakes on the table then took three bowls with three tablespoons then gave them to me and my grandfather.
"I'm sorry I can only serve a pot of hot soup..." The old man lowered his head, "Rice prices are expensive, few distributors are sending a little rice to the village..."
My grandfather shook his head and said, "Take it easy, after all eating rice will only make me fatter..." My grandfather laughed too.
If I noticed, my grandfather's body was quite full, containing muscles that began to shrink due to his exact age, if from a distance my grandfather would look thin but his arms were loh, muscular!
The old man laughed then gave me a spoon larger than a tablespoon, I could call it a soup spoon, saying, "Come, get eaten..."
My grandfather took the soup spoon and then took the soup until the bowl was full. I was also given soup by my grandfather, but it was filled only in half.
After being given the soup, I thanked him and prayed before eating.
"Good meal!"
The three of us ate quietly, accompanied by a radio that put out songs that my language did not understand, maybe an English song? I don't know either because I can't follow the lyrics.
"His song... Old songs, right?" asked my grandfather on the sidelines to eat and the old man nodded.
"Yes, I like to listen to the radio because I often play soothing songs, and because I don't have a television as you can see, I like to listen to the radio..." The old man stood up and picked up a radio that really looked like an old radio, "This is the radio..."
My grandfather stared at the radio for a while and then said, "This is a radio that still uses an antenna as a radio receiver, right?"
"You can say that." the old man chuckled, "I've been taking care of this radio since my grandfather was in the world, about twenty years ago..."
"I think this radio has been around since the years before the Monster came to earth, so it may have been held by my family for three centuries.." the old man closed his eyes, "Ah, "Ah, the song I like plays..."
My grandfather kept silent as a completely relaxing song played for me, before he sang a little.
"Country road, take me home... To the place, I belong..." My grandfather sang little.
I who heard it could only be swept away in contemplation.
For some reason, this one song really calmed me down until the soup the old man was serving cooled down.
The song went on I think for less than three minutes, until the lyrics that made me really calm came up.
"I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Driving down the road, I get a feeling
That I should've been home yesterday
Country road, take me home
To the place, I belong
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
Take me home, country road..."
The last lyrics are repeated twice until the guitar sounds end the song.
"You know what, Sky? This song is very fond of grandfather because the lyrics are soothing this and make us remember again with the house that is far away..." My grandfather.
It's true, when I heard this song, instantly my memories of my home, my family, and all the sights I saw while still at my house, all came up, no matter what the reason.
"You're right, this song is the best one to listen to when it's raining, accompanied by instant noodles and this song." The old man added, "Well, it's cool, it's cool, I feel like I want to go back to the time before the chaos..."
"Yes, that time was really fun and soothing..."
Before long, one more song played and that was when, the two went back to silence.
"Heal the world, make it a better place...
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying, if you care enough for the living
Make it a better place, for you and for me..."
I have to admit, the old songs are not bad either, although the music is completely different from the current music, the rest is very good.
My grandfather and the old man were singing little songs they knew were playing while occasionally talking about the hope of a return to the pre-clutter times.
Outside it was raining and just right, this soup was eaten while listening to old songs...
Fun Fact: Take me home, country road is a song popularized by John Denver, a singer from the United States, exactly do not know me, to be precise, but certainly the song mentioned earlier is really good to listen to on the way home, who knows you suddenly remember your village.
Heal the world is a song sung by Michael Jackson, a singer from the United States (Kayaknya.) and according to my mother, this song was sung during the famine in Ethiopia because of the war. This song is good for learning English because the pronunciation is quite clear behind the meaning of the song that asks for peace to be presented to the world.
Of the many songs I have, Take me home, country road is a favorite, because it means that...