The Eternal War Kasarewang
Harsa Wijaya vs First Love

Returning home from the cafe where Adi, Harsa, and Aster practice Kasarewang language, Harsa has prepared a thousand and one questions. However, Adi shunned Harsa's questions.

“Kak Adi make what buy Aster ring that kayak hp it?” Harsa began her interrogation.

“It is not good if you can only contact Aster through you. Besides, I've bought you a ring to the Edge of the Spirit World.”

“Oohh, gitu.” Harsa said she was still unsure. “So no other means?”

“I'm sorry. He is human and wants to take the standardization exam of the Kingdom of Kasarewang. If not from me, how could he ask if anyone doesn't understand? If you are, ask dad!”

Harsa nodded. He did not want to overemphasize Adi either. “If book?”

“Yes, I gave new books to Aster because it was bad to give used books to others. If it's you, I think it's okay. It is also futile if I buy two packs of new textbooks.” Adi Bela.

“Then, met duaan?” ask Harsa.

“Yes, yesterday you said you wanted to learn by yourself. I thought you wouldn't want me to study with you too.”

“Ya, if that matter there is a point too. Only if there is no other appointment, I will join kok.” said Harsa.

“Ya already! Later if you want to learn together again, I will ask you also.” Disconnect Adi.

“Neventless. I don't want to be third.” Harsa said in a seductive tone.

Adi's face flushed. He can't say anything.

***

Although Harsa is content to tease Adi, she herself has her own love problems.

From the piano that Elis was playing, there was a faint tone of voice. Today was the first day Elis and Harsa began their perfect pitch training session after a long holiday of class hikes. Before starting to help Harsa train his perfect pitch, Elis played a classic song. Harsa did not dare to interrupt or stop Elis' piano playing. He was happy to see Elis playing. In his heart, he began to feel uneasy. Harsa has no desire to stop her routine training with Elis, although she has found a trick to increase her ear sensitivity. Being alone with Elis like this felt too precious to take off.

Without feeling Harsa's lips smiled widely just by looking at Elis's game. “You're getting better playing.” Praise Harsa when Elis finishes playing.

“Still!” Elis said with a big smile while looking at Harsa. “You're ready, the exercise?”

Harsa took a long breath. “Ya.” He said in the end. He was still estimating whether he should say the truth or continue training with Elis.

Elis began his practice by pressing one key of the tone. ‘Teng!’ “What's that tone?”

“D major?” The time Harsa did not guess, he already knew clearly that the tone was D major. Physis is concentrated in his ears,

Elis's brows nodded with complete agreement. “Lumayan, it looks like you have progress.” He was not suspicious yet, because once Harsa had managed to guess correctly.

Harsa kept guessing correctly. After five consecutive correct. Elis stood up from his piano bench. “Wow, Sa! You were right five times in a row! You could say perfect pitch! I really did not expect you managed to master this perfect pitch.” Elis was excited.

Harsa smiled widely. “Hehe, thanks.”

Harsa was wrong to feel that she could lie. “No training how, really. Yesterday I finally found my family's hereditary trick.” Physis and magic. Inner Harsa.

“Woaw.” Elis shook his head in disbelief. “There's trick? Can you teach? I used to say I had no problem not having a perfect pitch, but honestly if there is a trick that can make having a perfect pitch easily, I also want. Who knows really helped me play the piano.”

“Unfortunately, no.” Harsa said as she shook her head. It turned out that not only Adit, ordinary people like Elis were also definitely interested in the usefulness of magic.

“Why? Family secrets huh?” elis asked somewhat disappointedly.

“Iya, but not so.” Answer Harsa. “More to cannot be taught.” Harsa must be confused if you have to start teaching physis to people who have never had any experience of magic at all. Aster alone is quite difficult to learn to feel the physis. Aster had only been able to begin to feel his physis since being taught some martial moves by Barasa. According to Barasa himself, not everyone can recognize ‘tenaga in’ despite having learned martial arts for years. Then, to control the physis perfectly, Aster trained for months with Adi and himself. He was not imagined how to teach Elis who did not even believe in the existence of magic to be able to master physis.

“Ohh, like talent huh?” Elis still could not hide his disappointment.

“Yes, talent and environment too, but it will be difficult to teach it. It may be more difficult than using an app if you are not used to it.” Harsa tried to explain without saying the word ‘magic’.

“Oohhh.” Elis was still nodding. She was silent for a while while trying to accept the fact that Harsa would reveal nothing about her family's tricks.

“Sorry, yes.” Pinta Harsa was serious. He broke Elis' daydream.

“Haha, it's okay, really. Relax aja.” Said Elis. “Well, if this is the case, our training is enough to get here, right? It's a shame, even though I still want to ask for your help maybe, if there's a show of our club.”

“Eh, just say it. I must be trying to help, really. You have been helping a lot.” Yes, Harsa wants to do a lot of activities with Elis.

“Ready!” Elis began to tidy up their belongings. Harsa followed him too. Too bad, this time their training finished so quickly, but how else? Harsa felt bad if she had to continue to take Elis time by training things that she could do herself.

Before they came out of the hall, Elis called out to Harsa. “Eh, actually, there's one thing. Sa. The thing I wanted to ask for help, but it wasn't about the music club.”

“What's wrong?”

“That, yesterday I was included with my mama to participate in the intelligent race of careful biology. He said it's good for capital to apply to medical majors in college. I can't refuse because he paid all the macems. Honestly, I was also interested in the prize because it could be savings for college itself later. The problem! That meticulous intelligent race takes three people one group. I've asked Gina for help, but there's still one less person.”

“Mau! I want to do it!” Exclamation of Harsa's relief.  He'll be in any race if it's with Elis.

“Totally?” Aster's eyes widened in shock. “I think you won't want to because lately it seems like you have a lot of activities.””

“Iya, I want to come with.” Honestly, biology lessons are not Harsa's favorite. Harper doesn't like to memorize details. Even so, the value of the biological coating is not too bad. “I don't know how much you can help with Biology, but I'll try!”

Elis continued to explain as he walked in happy steps. “Later if you win, the prize is divided by three. Later will be narrated by Mr. Yono as well, so no need to worry.” Pak Yono is their Biology teacher.

“Ready!”

“YEAY! Thank you, Sa!” Said Elis raising his hand to the tos. Of course, Harsa welcomed him without a doubt.