The Eternal Fragments of Moonlight
Chapter 32: The Forsaken Soul
“So...the reason why you became like this... because you have exchanged your time with Mira so that she can live?” Miss Mustika looked at me in disbelief while covering her mouth.
“Ya, there you go.”
“Jeez Aji, I didn't think it turned out to be this bad!”
He confirmed the sitting position and looked at me very seriously.
“Leg Aji... Mira was supposed to have died at 22:13 on Wiwitan Day, while you can only repeat the time when 3 to 4 hours after that. Well, if your life line is exchanged, it means your life time is up from the beginning and you do not allow to repeat the timeline. That's what his name is..”
“Paradox.” Cut me.
“Yes, but this time is a big paradox that could undermine the consistency of the timeline. And your current condition is Aji, it's you're still lucky. Because this paradox should be able to make one's existence disappear without a trace, forever.”
Hearing that, I also became confused.
Miss Mustika then let out a long sigh. “In addition, I can understand why everyone at school forgets you but your family, also Laras, they do not forget you too.”
“Oh, so I can understand why it can be like that?”
“Yes, I'm not sure. But the greatest possibility of this has to do with the equilibrium theory. Where the power generated will always ask for a price that is in proportion to the power required. Alright I'll try to explain..” Next. “Before you exchange life lines with Mira, how many times have we you repeated the timeline?”
“Four, ah no. If you follow the description of Laras, it means it is the sixth.”
“Well, six times that time means equal to 3 years. Then, since your current life line is what Mira should have, it means that as long as you travel through time, you have lived longer than you should for 3 years anyway. Then..”
“Wait.” Cut me. “I understand. Because I have lived 3 years longer than I should, Nitehake took my excess time by eliminating my existence three years ago. That's why everyone in school forgot about me! Because 3 years of my life in SMA has been eliminated!”
Mustika also nodded.
“Aji, elo..” Ronny stunned. “But hey, if all this is true, continue suppose we manage to digagalin Laras repeat the flow of time now, that would mean..”.
“Gue will disappear for good? Maybe aja.” My solute.
“Ta, but..”
“That was my decision, Ron. I hope you can understand.”
We also fell silent. Until finally Ronny broke the silence by turning on the porch lights of his house. Because it's getting dark now.
“Aji, Mom.. don't know what to do now.” Said Mrs Mustika. “But... are you really sure you would trade your lifeline for Mira?”
I also nodded calmly.
“But what about Baras? Do you feel sorry for him? In this way her sacrifice for you all this time will be..”.
“Eating me pity him, we must solve this problem now, and for eternity.”
“Then, what do you want? Do you want me to stay like this? I want the timeline to keep spinning here?”
“But if Mom helps you, you will..”.
“Nothing. After all I have gotten used to myself and been forgotten. Like the title I gave to my story.”
“That, I didn't think that turned out to be what happened like this. At first I just thought that you and Laras had made a paradoxical mistake and.. not a deliberate thing like this.”.
“Udah I said, ngak nothing.” I tried to smile. “Alright I will continue the story that is just a little more. Using the title you gave me. ‘Anged-back souls’.”
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When I finally got to the fifth trip, I woke up very heavy and the first thing I saw at that time was my own body still lying on the bed in my room. It felt strange that I approached her and tried to touch her but I certainly couldn't.
Then when I turned to the side by itself where there was a large mirror there, I jumped. Because I didn't find my reflection in the mirror at the time. Yes, it was there for the first time that I realized that I was separated from my body.
In a panic I immediately went out of the room. Of course by breaking through the wall, because I couldn't touch the doorknob that time either. When I went down the stairs to the living room I felt like my body was floating, and then when I got downstairs, like I should have, I found Ami who was having breakfast at the dinner table.
I scolded him even to the point of shouting. But he did not respond to me in the least. As it should be, from the television that lit up in the living room, there was morning news that reported the phenomenon. The Super Blue Blood Moon.
In a state of confusion and fear at that time I became hysterical. Approaching Mother, Father also took turns Ami. But none of the three of them were aware of my existence. At that time I thought that I should see Laras immediately!
At the same time, the sound of the house bell was heard. I immediately darted towards the entrance and it turned out that there was already a Laras waiting for the door to be opened. Seeing her not reacting to me who had just broken through the door, I realized that Laras could not see me either.
Not long after, she came to open the door.
“Laras? How about coming back again? Is anyone missing?” Mother asked like that because just a few hours ago Laras and the others came home after we all finished watching the total lunar eclipse over the attic of the house.
“Aji! Is Aji home, Mom?” Ask Laras a little hunt.
“A, no.”
“Can I meet, Aji?”
Finally, I allowed Laras to go straight to my room on the second floor. Then as Laras frantically walked up the stairs, his phone rang. He opened it and there was a strange, distorted message.
A pair of flowers I wish I could make
Together all the dreams
It's okay for me here
The place where the moon rises as usual
Just thinking about you, crying, waiting for you