The Heir of the Sea
Painting Girl...

"Hello"

"Hello. Sorry I bothered you Baruna. Do you have time today?"

"What's the problem Et? Did something bad happen to my parents?"

"No. Both your parents and your brothers and sisters are fine"

"So? So what's the matter?"

"There's something else that makes me curious. Can we meet?"

"alright. I'm in the apartment"

"good. I'll be right there"

The phone call ended. Baruna was still astonished by the sudden words of Ethan who wanted to meet him.

Previously there had been no plans whatsoever between the two as the location of the fake office to trap Zaky was already completed.

In addition, according to Ethan, nothing happened to Baruna's parents. Both are fine.

At first Baruna had thought something had happened to his parents again. But apparently nothing bad happened.

Of course it made Baruna sigh in relief.

30 Minutes later Ethan arrives at Baruna's apartment. The bell sounds.

Baruna opens the door and lets Ethan into the apartment.

"What do you want to drink?"

Baruna asked as Ethan was already sitting on the sofa in the living room of the apartment.

"anything. Don't bother - bother"

Ethan told Baruna. He did not come to ask for a drink. But there was something important he wanted to make sure of with Baruna.

Baruna directly serves a glass of warm tea that smells lotus.

The aroma of the tea instantly made Ethan remember the woman named Kaimana in his dream.

The blood that flowed on the body of the woman named Kaimana was lily-flavored. Not the smell of blood.

"What's wrong?"

Ask Baruna who's sitting on the couch across from Ethan. Seeing Ethan who was silent and contemplating something made Baruna even more curious.

"Ah sorry to interrupt. Can you come with me somewhere?"

Ethan asked, which sounded very serious.

"What's the matter?"

Baruna asked astonished at Ethan's attitude back then.

Ethan appears to pull out his phone and shows Baruna a photo.

A valley with a waterfall is exactly in his dream.

"What does this mean?"

Baruna asked confusedly. Ethan sighed harshly before speaking again.

"Try the screen slide to the right"

Ethan said again.

Baruna then swiped Ethan's phone screen to the right. The next photo made Baruna widen her eyes in surprise.

He doesn't know what to say. Inside the photo is an ancient painting of a woman who looks a lot like Baruna.

"I-This??"

Baruna was completely confused and did not want to believe. Was he the only one who felt if the painting resembled him.

"That's the painting under my Papa last night to the house.. Papa said it was one of the paintings that was kept in the big house of my late great-grandfather and was well guarded. Reportedly it is an ancestral relic and always must be guarded. There are even many such paintings. Honestly I was confused as to what the relationship between my great-grandmother and the girl in the painting was. Because I feel like it's very similar to you"

Ethan's explanation made Baruna even more surprised. To his knowledge he and Ethan are not brothers and their families do not know each other.

"I asked Papa for permission to go to my great-grandfather's mansion. But the place is far away. Do you want to come along? I'm honestly curious and I want to make sure of something"

Said Ethan who invited Baruna to participate to see what other relics are in the house.

"alright. I'm in. I'll change my clothes first"

Baruna said then immediately headed for the room to change clothes.

"Come"

Baruna looked like she had changed clothes. The two of them walk together to the elevator to get down to the lobby and to the car park where Ethan parked his car.

Ethan swiftly opened the door for Baruna, he was indeed a man as good as that.

The treatment he had often shown Baruna certainly did not upset Baruna.

"Ah tumben you didn't turn into Avisa?"

Ask Ethan in wonder. And Baruna forgot. Every time Ethan is together, he's somehow very comfortable and can be himself.

"Gosh, I almost forgot"

Said Baruna who immediately changed into Avisa.

Baruna's abilities are getting stronger. He could maintain his true form without having to change constantly into Avisa. Unlike before, as if his ability to change into oneself in the human realm was locked and he could only change his form as himself when running errands or being in caves or apartments.

"But I prefer the form of Baruna. Not Avisa"

Ethan commented. He was honest if he liked Baruna instead of Avisa.

"Don't tease me. Not mempan"

Said Baruna casually. After that they fell silent.

Each was lost in their thoughts, all the way to the ancestral home Ethan was quite far away.

They had to travel more than 3 hours to arrive at that place. Even to enter his village a journey is dangerous.

The winding road - also full of rocks certainly makes people in general will be lazy to come to the place.

Until they enter a village that has been lived by its citizens.

There are only a few houses left that are still there. One of them is a house clerk who is in charge of cleaning Ethan's ancestral house.

Ethan's ancestral home is the largest and grandest in the place. Once arrived Baruna could see the old building that was still well maintained and stood firm was different from the others.

Even impressed like one of the buildings for the royal family's house in the past.

Once there were already two cleaning workers waiting there. Every day they will clean the house even though it is uninhabited.

It's been years and the job seems hereditary to them. There are no complaints for the employees. They were happily trapped in that village far from the city and so remote.

They were very happy to welcome Ethan. But their faces were also shocked to see Ethan. It was as if I saw something that should never have existed.

"What's wrong?"

Ethan asked astonished to see the behavior of the two employees.

"Ah. N-no Young Master. Ma-Sorry"

Said one of the officers stammering.

Others whispered to his friend that Ethan could still hear. Another employee whispered, "It's very similar to the Prince's picture".

Ethan looked astonished at the whispering.

'Prince? Who?'

Ethan's mind was curious about the words of the officer. But he continued his steps into the house.

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