THE PENANCE 2: THE PREGNANT
TP2 - 05

The waterfall sounds so refreshing. God's creation always presents beauty.

Zael held Nalesha's hand. The two walked down the cliff towards the back of the waterfall.

"Are we gonna be okay? Is this harmless? What if we drift?" Nalesha looked trembling in fear.

"You just need to pay attention to the stone you're stepping on" Zael replied.

Because Nalesha seemed hesitant and often stopped, Zael lifted the slender body then jumped high through the waterfall.

"Zayl!" Nalesha hugged Zael's neck.

"Open your eyes" asked Zael.

Nalesha opened her eyes. They had already arrived in the drucless world. The girl came down and touched her body. "I'm not wet?"

"Because you are in another world" replied Zael.

"It's really a drucless world?" Nalesha spread her gaze around. Zael nodded.

"You lied to me? It's not as scary as you're telling me," Nalesha looked at Zael suspiciously.

"Because it's still morning here. If it gets dark, I'm sure you won't be afraid of ghosts or demons anymore. All the more frightening things are here" Zael said as he walked ahead.

Nalesha looked around. He was in a lush forest. Lots of giant trees and chest-high grass. The girl did not know what kind of plant it was, because there was nothing in the human world. Even their colors are very strange. Nalesha had never seen those colors.

Zael has come a long way. Nalesha immediately chased after him. "Morning yet? Isn't it late afternoon?"

"The morning atmosphere in the world of drucless is like this. The sun shines dimly." Zael pointed to the sun in the sky.

"Oh, yes, I've read it. He said the night in the drucless world was very dark. There is only a red moon that illuminates the drucless world" Nalesha added.

"Yes, the red moon is the eye of Goddess Amiles" Zael said.

"Ma-eye?" Nalesha looked surprised.

"Oh, yeah, I was curious. Who is the author of the Drucless novel? How could he know so much about the drucless world?" Mumbled Zael.

"Look, what is it?" Nalesha pointed at some creatures resembling cats and rabbits in front of them.

"It's treteaa, in the human world it's like a rabbit, or maybe a cat," Zael said.

Zael spoke an incomprehensible language. The hairy creatures ran towards him. Nalesha squatted down and touched them.

"Well, their fur is very smooth. This treteaa is so cute." Nalesha rubbed them.

"They thought you were drucless, so they approached you, because they didn't think you were dangerous" Zael said.

"Is that so? Oh, sweetness." Nalesha was very anxious.

Zael smile. "Look to your left."

Nalesha turned to the left cautiously. "What's wrong? Any other creatures?"

"Follow your head" said Zael.

Nalesha looked up. He saw a very tall tower. "There's a palace behind this forest?"

Zael nodded. "That's the Kingdom of Zeroun. My kingdom is still far away."

"Still far?" Ask Nalesha.

Zael looked at Nalesha. "You said once that you're very good at running. And it looks like you can run fast."

"Why indeed?" Nalesha asked as she glared at Zael.

"I won't tell you to run, but we will walk until we reach my kingdom" Zael said.

Nalesha seemed to think. "All right."

They also continued their journey. It's getting dark. The beautiful atmosphere in the forest changed into a very frightening one. Where the giant trees looked like they were alive. The roots hanging like waving, the wind-blown grass felt very rough when it touched the skin, the red moon illuminated the drucless world.

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^^^18.42 | 24 April 2021^^^

^^By Ucu Irna Marhamah ^^^