The Thousand Year Dynasty
23.5. Antology Story: Aksa VI Holiday
Aksa and Lily decide to spend the night at the Lumire family campground. While the trio of hunters headed to Fla village. They will spend the night in the village, before leaving tomorrow for the east coast.
While Ellian and Selene already have a place to spend the night around the lips of the forest.
"So is your business done with those Yllgarians, Lily?" Aksa asked as they sat around the campfire with the Lumire family waiting for dinner to be served.
"Already" Lily nodded.
"So you're from Sekai forest, Miss Lily?" Asked Lumire who was also sitting with them waiting for dinner.
"Right, Mr. Lumire. From two days ago"
"Are the Yllgarians able to adapt to their new environment?" Ask Lumire again.
"We are Yllgarian, quickly adapting to the forest" Lily replied later.
"Then how did it go? Do they agree?" This time Aksa asked Lily.
"They agreed to do the cutting of the tree after I re-explained the explanation you gave me. And they will send the wood products periodically to the development department. Only, they had not been able to determine the amount. They still have to weigh it up again" Lily explained.
"Do you ask them to cut down trees in the Sekai forest? Is not as far as I know, Yllgarian is a nation that always preserves nature? Why would they want to cut down a tree?" Lumire cut in with a question to Aksa.
"You know why we have to take care of nature, Mr Lumire?" Aksa gave a question to Lumire.
"For nature not to be broken and die?" Lumire replied doubtfully.
"No. Actually nature is very strong, Mr. Lumire. They can't die. And when they are damaged, they have Auto-Regen who can fix themselves" Aksa said later.
"So why should we take care of nature?" Lumire asked even though he did not understand some of Aksa's words.
"We take care of nature is to protect ourselves, Mr. Lumire. Let's take this land as an example. When this land is not awake and considered dead, who is harmed? We are human beings living in this place. Or when we let the river clogged because of fallen trees or because of twig deposits. Then one day there will come a flood, and so forth that harms us" explained Aksa who responded to Lumire with a nod of understanding.
"And for that, maintaining nature does not mean letting nature live just like that. They are wild forces, we will be crushed in their bulldoze" Aksa added as if he was storytelling. "The same thing with the cutting of trees. It is important to reduce the number of trees to a certain extent, if we want to live in the forest"
"Because what?"
"Because we have to make sure that the forest floor is exposed to enough sunlight. Otherwise, moist soil and too much water can lead to longsongs someday. What else Sekai forest is on a mountain slope" Aksa replied explaining. "Yes, but we don't need to care if we don't live in the forest" he added.
"As it turned out. Your knowledge is indeed very broad, Mr. Aksa. Even though you are so young. And every time I talk to you and Mr. Nata, my views and insights always increase" said Lumire, who made Aksa so proud.
"And as for help in terms of soldiers, do they agree about it, Lily?" Aksa continued her question that was interrupted by Lumire.
"When to help the development around the forest, they still agree. But to create a combat force, they didn't approve of it" Lily replied later.
"I thought they agreed, because I saw you go out with the three generals" looks disappointed in Aksa's eyes.
"They already have a young, battle-trained Yllgarian group, but they disagree with the group under human leadership"
"I've thought of a cool weapon for them. Imagine an army of birds hovering with Grenades and Machine Guns, could be Elite Air Force, right?
"Or bat team with a blend of Grappling Hook and Electric Taser. You are rich in Batman, right?
"Or bear troops with Axe-Gun, who will be a team of Beserk, sweep clean.
"Or bull troops with Kevlar and Chainsaw-Gun. Well, that's a big manteb when" Aksa started babbling obscurely which Lily and Lumire didn't care about. And then just stop when interrupted by the arrival of dishes for dinner. Which changed his interest immediately.
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"That means after this you'll go to Nata's place?" Aksa asked Lily again when they had finished dinner.
"really. Since the matter I have to take care of in this central region is done, then I should head south immediately" Lily replied while cleaning her clothes off the food crumbs.
"Although I don't doubt the ability of the girl who earned the nickname the Moon Witch, to protect Nata. But anyway, it's still my job" Lily added later.
"Who is the Moon Witch? Parpera?" Aksa asked that only Lily answered with a short nod. "Well, that girl has the highest rank in the association?" Sounds like Aksa doesn't believe it.
"You mean the highest level in the association?" There was something else that attracted Lumire.
"So in the association of magicians dikotaraja it knows the level in the ability to use magic. They use the term numbering sequence. Like tiers four, three, two" Aksa explained. "But for the highest level, they don't call it the first level. But they called it by the name of the Moon Witch" he continued.
"Where do you know all this?"
"I read almost the entire book in the palace library"
"Almost all the books in the palace library?" Lumire was surprised by Aksa's confession.
Aksa just nodded with a smile.
"Then, what are you going to do after this, Aks?" Lily asked as she began to clean her magic wand with a cloth.
"I'll help Val and Mr. Haldin finish the gondola heading to the base of the Star Alcove. Besides helping Lucia to prepare what the city needs" replied Aksa who had started leaning on one of the train wheels near the bonfire.
Then the silence happened. The moment after Lumire had to help his wife improve and left Aksa and Lily both.
"Lilly?" Said Aksa who looked like he was staring at the night sky.
"Yes?" Lily answered, still cleaning the wand.
"It looks like we will make weapons" Aksa said later. Lily stopped her activities and looked towards Aksa. Although still.
"We need it. To be able to survive the power that exists in this world" Aksa was still staring at the starry night sky. "But I can't guarantee it. Whether the weapons we will make will lead to the destruction of this world or not" he added.
Lily then gave a small smile seeing Aksa's worry. "Do what you think is right. That's all I can tell you right now" the rabbit softly said.
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The next day they both rode in the carriage of Lumire family members who were about to head to Selene's place in the western region.
And finally Aksa's adventure journey, completed in three days' time.
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