The Eternal War Kasarewang
Aster Tears

Harsa's confident words about her usual third rank are not just any words. On Sunday afternoon, Adi had given a nod of approval after seeing the aura of Harsa which was finally quite wide, thin, and famous. “Stay how to make your aura even wider to detect the arrival of formskitter.”

“Good.” He said nodding. “Next lesson, you should be able to absorb physis.”

Harsa wiped her sweat and looked at the sun that had started to set on the savannah on the Edge of the Spirit World. “Umm. Adi brother still want to continue?” ask Harsa.

Adi looked at the sun that had started to set. “Yes, I don't think we have a choice. BUT. You're gonna have to practice at home. For ten hours a day, you should be able to keep your aura out. Continues. Do not forget to try the exercise to absorb physis.”

Harsa gulps. “Yaps.” He said weeping inwardly contemplating the fate of another PR teacher of mathematics and physics.

***

Wednesday, after school, there was one additional figure besides Harsa and Aster in the magic club room. Aster's face grinned wide with satisfaction seeing Barasa appearing in the magic club room. Barasa turned his eyes away and his cheeks reddened in embarrassment. Previously, Barasa refused tenaciously to join the magic club, but now here he is.

“Ehm.” Aster said opening their conversation. “Happy you can come.”

“I just wanted to see what his activities were like. I don't necessarily want to join the magic club kok.” Barasa said shyly.

“Iya, yes.” Aster said with a satisfied smile. “Just look fine.”

Magic clubs actually do not have any specifically structured activities. They began their activities with their respective magic medalami. Two weeks ago, Harsa had been as good as possible to explain what is physis to Aster, but Aster Harsa's explanation did not produce results. Instead, Aster had already explained how to control the water element on Harsa, but until now, Harsa had been unable to detect any other element outside of the fire element. In the end. Harsa decided to explore her own science.

So, in that class, Aster's activity was to contemplate the physis and Harsa tried to absorb the physis. From the outside, their activities are nothing more than sitting around and concentrating. Barasa, who had only come for the first time, looked at Aster and Harsa with astonished gazes. After a few minutes, he looked at Aster from left to right.

“Hm, sorry we did ya?” tanyanya's confused.

“I'm trying to absorb physis.” Harsa replied without opening her eyes, unwilling to damage her concentration. Absorbing a physis is very different from simply detecting a physia with an aura. After knowing the existence of the physis around him with aura, Harsa had to pull the physis into him. In contrast to pulling elements, pulling physis was not as easy as he thought. Much faster and easier to replenish his energy and stomach through food and rest, but Adi requires him to learn this science, because Adi said, he might not have a chance to eat. Especially if there is no fire element to eat around. “You want to die because you have no energy? Though there are many physis around you.” He said so, even though Harsa himself was confused whether he would ever face a situation of hunger without food.

“Physis? You mean power in?” The word Barasa.

“Iya, if you say so.” Harsa doesn't care.

“Power in?” this time Aster couldn't hold back his opponent. “What is it?”

“Same as physis.” Harsa.

“Ngak. No, the power in it is not magic.”

“Bentertimes.” Said Aster.  “How can you feel the power within?”

“Uuhh. With training. When doing certain movements, there is energy that feels flowing in your body.” Barasa.

“Teach those movements.” Pinta Aster is real.

Harsa. In less than a minute, their magic club activities turned into martial club activities. Initially Harsa was distracted, but after he noticed, those moves were very useful for fighting against formskitters. In the end, he also learned from Barasa.

“Huh.” Barasa said after two hours of practicing his movements on Harsa and Aster. Without a single point of sweat, he complained. “So this, magic club activities?!” He said he didn't believe.

“Hehehe.” Aster tartawa is proud. “Iya, me and Harsa focus on learning magic at club activities.” Aster.  His face and body were full of sweat and his breathing was breathless. “But if you want to see something special, here I show you.”

Barasa's eyes blinked in shock. “What? How do you do it?”

“Hehe. By magic.” Said Aster satisfied to see the admiration of Barasa, who was still amazed by the mixture of colors that filled the classroom. Not stopping there, Aster controls the colorful gas in the room into various shapes. Red gas gathers into the sun, green gas becomes foliage, and white gas becomes jasmine flowers.

“Eng? Not likely. There's a trick, right?” Barasa still does not believe.

“Neither.” Harsa said he was defending Aster. “It's really magic.” Harsa then took out a fireball from his hand.

“Woah!!” Barasa exclaimed in shock. “You two indigo?!”

“Ndon't know. I'm just changing the physis. Power in the one you have been using is also.” Harsa. “I can't see ghosts.”

“I never either. Except the black shadow that time wanted to kill.” Aster said, looking at Harsa. “What shadow it won't come again?”

“Shadow Legend?”

Formskitters. Harsa said in his heart. “Hm, no need to worry.” This time, I will be strong enough to face the formskitters myself, without harming you. Harsa's promise to himself.

Aster nodded and turned away with a satisfied smile at Barasa. “Where? Are you interested in joining the magic club?” ask Aster with a proud puffed up chest.

Barasa's face flushed in embarrassment, but he still confessed. “Yes, maybe I'll come a few more times, but I'll give music club a hand first, because I promised. Help-help for school festival.”

“Oh, yes. Festival school... Hm but if you are registered as an active member of the magic club, and show advance just to sign the attendance list every two weeks, can you?” aster asked half forcefully, half pleading, and full of hope. His smile was wide and his eyes were filled with demand.

He raised his hand as a sign of surrender. “Good.”

“YES!!” Aster jumped up and down his hornbill. Not usually the quiet and timid child gives off high energy. “YES! YES! There remains a club room for magic practice.”

Harsa laughed happily. “Haha! Congratulations, yes.” Said. In fact, the joy was transmitted to Barasa. A small smile offended on his face.

“Yes, geez, guys!” Shouted Aster happily while holding the hands of the two of them. “Still, much!! I never thought I could have a friend to learn magic!” Most pleased, Aster was filled with tears.

“Woah!! I also did not expect.” Harsa shocked Aster's eyes to tears. “During this you must be frustrated not to be able to chat about magic with anyone.” Harsa said imagining Aster's feelings.

“Hehe. Yes.” Aster wiped his eyes. “Still also Barasa. Already want to join a magic club until this club can survive. Thanks for teaching me how to feel physis.”

“Haah? You mean the power within? Did that really help?”

“Physis!” Aster and Harsa said together.

“Help, coke. Really help.” Aster said with a confident nod. Then he looked at Harsa. “Wait a minute, I can actually order physis.” Said sure.