The Scards: Start!
Chapter 8: Kirania and Ganymede

Kirania opened her eyes, in front of her were various memories played like movies. That memory was the memory of Kirania at birth until this very second.

"Your life is very sad. They treat you worse than animals." The voice of a mysterious man made Kirania turn her head to the origin of the sound.

Before him stood a figure of a man in an ice-blue robe covering his gallant body, the aura emitted was so strong, firm, and like a leader. The figure of the man stared at the memory of Kirania's life with a flat look.

Kirania noticed the figure, her face was not clearly visible. It must have been a very handsome figure with a simple yet beautiful decoration on his head.

"You... Who?" Kirania asked curiously.

"Oh, me?" Asked the figure while pointing towards himself. "I am the Aquarius, and my name is Ganymede." The man introduced himself kindly.

Kirania was in disbelief. All he knows, Aquarius is one of the zodiacs that is under the auspices of the planet Uranus which has never been in its trajectory in the arrangement of the solar system. It is rare for Uranus to be on its own trajectory and more often in Neptune's trajectory.

Zodiac signifies air, freedom and intelligence. And according to legend Aquarius is the incarnation of a beautiful young man named Ganymede who was kidnapped by the god Zeus and made immortal in Olympus as a bearer of drinks of the gods. But over time Ganymede who was kidnapped from his family felt sick and rebellious. He poured all the water, Ambroneksa and Nectar (food and drink of the gods) so as to cause endless rain and cause flash floods on earth.

Realizing that his actions were quite evil, Zeus placed Ganymede in the sky as the constellation Aquarius, the water-pourant.

And now that he was in the presence of the Aquarius, Kirania could not say anything at this moment.

"You look pretty smart, but they're ignoring a rare piece of diamond in favor of an imitation diamond. Very smart." When he saw the memory of Kirania.

"Do you want revenge on them?" Ganymede asked Kirania who was now looking down sadly.

"I'd love to, but if I do then I'll look just like them." Reply Kirania firmly. There was no worry in the look in his eyes making Ganymede smile.

"A wise choice and I love it. Then what do you want?" Asked again while looking at Kirania with a judging look.

"I will make them regret and suffer in the deepest regret. The heartache I had felt since childhood was nothing compared to torturing and then killing him. That's too light." Kirania answered with a view of hatred.

"Ah, as expected. I'll train you for thirteen years." Tawar Ganymede's.

"really?"

"of course. But thirteen years here equals three weeks out there." Obviously Ganymede then continued his words when he saw Kirania hemdak asked again, "Oh, of course you're not dead. Right now you're in a coma and two fools are arguing next to your body. But they have the Dragon and the Phoenix fire." Ganymede said, showing two handsome men arguing.

"Uncle Joshua and Uncle Albert?" Beo Kirania did not believe it. After Frankie's death, Joshua would often meet him secretly outside Anderson's residence with Albert.

"Oho! These two stupid men are your uncles, huh? They look pretty handsome, but I'm definitely better-looking." With confidence.

"We'd better practice now." Ganymede then snapped his finger. Automatically they were in a field quite wide, pieces of memory Kirania and the appearance of his two uncles disappeared.

"It's your subconscious." Light up that figure again. "Let's start warming up. You only need to run fifty rounds, then do push-ups and sit-ups fifty times." Ganymede clearly with a serious look.

Kirania began to run around the field which was three times the size of a football field. After ten rounds, the girl's breath was dull.

"If you stop then you will repeat from the beginning!!" Shouting the man casually without any burden made Kirania try to run with all her might.

"Damn, he's so mean." Grumpy Kirania trying to run. Until finally three hours passed quickly, the girl's body was filled with sweat. The girl's breath seemed to be wheezing from exhaustion.

Seeing Kirania's pitiful appearance, Ganymede immediately approached the girl. "You'd better rest before warming up." Ganymede said a bit of pity.

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'Ckek'

The door opened and Joshua entered the room carrying a parcel.

"Later in the afternoon you can go home." Said Joshua while looking at the dreamy Ellios.

"I don't want to go there. They always torture me." Ellios answered without distracting him.

"Who said you'd be there? You will stay with me from today. Don't worry, you won't meet the old man who doesn't have that heart." Joshua said cheerfully making Ellios turn her head and look at the grown man in confusion.

"We're going to Special City and I've made a fake death for both of us. So don't worry if the old man's looking for us." It was clear that Ellios was silent. He does not understand the thoughts of adults.

"As for you sir." Answer Ellios cuek who managed to make Joshua upset.

"At least call me uncle. Don't call me sir, I don't like him."

"Eh."

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Joshua walked down the hospital hallway looking lonely. The young man saw someone come out of the ICU room while carrying a novel in his hand.

Joshua immediately approached the man who was none other than Albert and asked, "How is my favorite nephew doing?"

"His condition is stable, but he's not conscious yet." Albert answered while putting a novel in the waiting chair. Joshua who was curious about the novel immediately grabbed it and read the book, his forehead wrinkled.

"Novel romance? Why do you read novels like this? He's a minor, you idiot!" Maki Joshua while landing the novel in Albert's head.

'Place!'

"Sick, stupid!" Pissed Albert while stroking his twitching head due to the sweet kiss he received.

"I'm just telling you that loving the wrong person only brings suffering. I don't know what books are suitable for a twelve-year-old boy like him. After all, there's no harm in telling a love that ends sadly." Albert's pretext was long which made Joshua gaping wide.

"Wow, as long as I get to know you this time I hear you talking at length like this." Joshua quipped while giggling that made Albert annoyed.

"Whisper!" Said Albert while glaring fiercely.

"Alright, alright. Speaking of which today I managed to break into the finances of Anderson and Brawijaya's company again." Joshua whispered while raising his eyebrows makes Albert can only twitch annoyed with the behavior of Joshua who likes to make a furore.

"The company is almost bankrupt, anyway. And I've also transferred half of it to your account." Reply again while fiddling with his phone.

'Drrr... Drrrtt's'

Albert felt the phone in his pants pocket vibrate. The young man immediately checked his phone and his eyes widened in shock when he saw the nominal listed there.

"You're crazy!" That's all he can say. Joshua was just a whimper with a background of flowers and hearts falling and accompanied by dazzling glitter.

Albert imagines himself mutilating and selling Joshua's organs to the black market if the young man isn't his best friend. Really am! He's tired of Joshua's madness!