The Eternal War Kasarewang
The Agility of Harsa

Gilda did not go to school the next day. Classmates ask Harsa for news of Gilda. Afterwards, everyone saw him as the person closest to Gilda. 

"He's ill. Fatigue to play in Bali time." Answer Harsa trying to look relaxed. 

All of his friends accepted the reason without asking much questions. Some children are really sick from exhaustion. However, actually Harsa was worried. Gilda is being treated at a hospital in Drestha for her injuries after encountering the black-hooded formskitter. Adi did not say how badly Gilda had been hurt, but Harsa could not shake her guilt. 

Instead of Gilda, Lisa and Edi sneak into the school as school janitors. They had obtained permission from the principal after showing the investigation permit from the police station. It is undeniable, Harsa feels always tense with their existence. Harper felt really in danger. 

Although Harsa's friends and teachers can accept Lisa's explanation, Barasa can't be fooled. 

"You're involved in a case related to magic, aren't you?"

Harsa could not escape. He had no reason to hide his problem from Barasa. He had promised to tell Barasa that he was in danger. "Yes." Yeah."

"I'd guess. The man who attacked you in Bali had a very strong inner strength because of it. Then, that cop guy that came with you, he's the same cop that ambushed us while saving Aster." Story Barasa. Seeing that Harsa just nodded his head assuringly, Barasa continued asking. "So Gilda's really sick?"

"Really, really. Not because of fatigue, though." Answer Harsa. "My brother didn't tell me how clear Gilda's condition was."

"It's gonna be okay." Said Barasa sure. "Home from Bali he still looks healthy, really. Especially if you think about how advanced healing with magic." Barasa recalled how Aster was regrowing the muscles of Harsa that had been severed. 

Harsa nodded. Indeed, Gilda was still laughing and joking with them all the way home. Therefore, Harsa was shocked when she heard from Adi that Gilda was hospitalized. 

"What's? What are you guys talking about?" Ask a female voice from behind. 

Without Harsa and Barasa noticing, Elis follows them to the cafeteria. Without waiting for his two friends to answer, Elis sat down at their cafeteria table. Harsa and Barasa were still quietly shocked, so Elis asked again. 

"Gilda's in the hospital? Magic?" His insistence. "What are you two talking about?"

"No, it's just a game, really." Harsa said hurriedly.

"The game? I think you're too serious to talk about the game." Denying Elis. "Then if the game, what does it have to do with Gilda?" 

Harsa buried her face in his hand. He was tired of looking for excuses. Had enough. He said in his heart. I have to tell Elis sooner or later.

"Sa?" Ask Elis worried. He was beginning to fear that his name was too loud.

Harsa looked at Elis carefully, then said loudly. "Lis, I can do magic."

Elis' forehead is confused. "Huh?"

"I can do magic." Repeat the Harsa once again. "Because of that, I could have disappeared from the bus yesterday."

Elis shook his head, still not gnawing.

Elis's eyes were wide. "Wow!" Then he laughed out loud. "Oohh!! You mean magic?! Haha great, Sa. So this is what you learned at the Magic Club?!" 

Harsa clenched her hands in annoyance. With a single blow he stopped his magic. Then, without giving an explanation, Harsa stood up and returned to the classroom. He leaves the bewildered Elis and wonders to Barasa, what went wrong.

***

In class Harsa pondered alone. He thought about his relationship with Elis. After three years, Harsa felt close to Elis. However, Harsa was no closer to Elis than Barasa.

She likes Elis because she is beautiful, smart, and, though secretly, brave and well-planned. Furthermore, Harsa felt happy and comfortable while chatting with Elis. The less of their relationship is that Harsa can't talk about Kasarewang, Drestha, or formskitter. Can he convince Elis again that there is a reality beyond what the girl can perceive? Can your relationship be more than just a good friend?

In the midst of the turmoil, Harsa's mind was interrupted by the sound of a knock on her empty classroom door leaping up. A janitor, no, Edi, goes into the classroom. He sat in the front seat of Harsa's desk without asking for permission. 

"What are you thinking until you can't detect my presence through your aura? As long as Gilda is not here, we can only rely on you to detect the arrival of formskitters from afar."

"Just relax, if it's formskitter, I'll be on my guard because the aura is terrible. If you and Lisa feel like normal people, you know."

"Yes, we are ordinary people, anyway. It."

"How can you feel a normal human being if you can do magic? How can you live a normal life with your magic? How do you keep in touch with people who don't understand magic?"

Edi smiled and asked such questions. "You made me remember the same sixteen-year-old me. I started to feel the physi. If you are aware, I fight using physis in the environment only, then transform into elements with spells in my weapon. Unlike you and Gilda, I don't have Kai to draw a physis from the Spirit World. But even so, I am quite good at strengthening and collecting the existing physis in the environment. To the point that I can float a little. By accident, my family saw it. I had a pretty big fight with them back then, because they thought I was practicing black magic. Though, search by search, I can perceive magic because the grandfather of my grandfather, somehow far away, is Kasarewang. My parents no longer know what is physis and Kasarewang. I ran down the wrong path to deepen my knowledge of magic. It's a good thing Lisa found me and put me in the magic police department. As of now, I still have trouble explaining what I'm doing right now. My way of explaining magic to them…. Actually, until now I have explained nothing. I'm lucky they didn't ask much. As long as I'm fine, and know that my work is lawful, they never pick me up again."

Edi's story gives Harsa a little hope. Maybe Elis can be like that. Maybe Elis doesn't need to know or understand, but as long as Elis can accept Harsa as Harsa Vijaya.

"I'm sorry, if I'm messing around with myself without answering your questions." Said Edi.

"No! I'm the one who thanks you!" Harsa said with a smile. "I'm not so upset anymore."

"Goodoo. Focus sam auramu, yeah. Call me or Lisa if you feel formskitter."

Harsa nodded. "The question goes in the wrong direction..You mean the organization that combines formskitter with humans?" Ask Harsa curiously.

"Anything is a human organization that uses magic for the wrong things." Said Edi did not want to remember the event again. "But yeah, as bad as the organization that's after you right now."

Harsa can feel the determination of Edi to destroy this organization. One more time he nodded. "I'll help you to uncover their guise."

"We know they want to use humans as soldiers to fight against humans. They wanted to experiment more with Life's Decree. Help me to stop them."

Harsa nodded in agreement. "Surely."