The Thousand Year Dynasty
Anthology 13
It appears Go was walking past one of the East Star Atelirs at the bottom of the Star Alcove ravine when Matyas greeted him.
The middle-aged Morra woman nodded politely in response to Matyas' greeting.
"Where are you going, Miss Go? Are you going to the Gondola?" matyas asked as he approached.
"Right, I'm going to go there. My niece invited me for a drink at the Central City Bar," Go replied later.
"Yes, I think it's pretty sunny today to go have a drink to the bar. Even though it is still too early" said Matyas later, with a small laugh.
"Not entirely drinking, they think I need to relax for a while enjoying the atmosphere of the city" said Go.
"I agree with them. Looks like you've always been in the mining area since you got back here. You've been in this region from a week ago, haven't you?" Matyas tried to continue the conversation.
"Yes, a week ago. But because of the failed mine construction plan, this old woman had to go to and fro thinking of a way to find a way out. Though my advantage is only in the muscles, not in the brain," Go replied with a little joke.
"Everyone is experiencing the same thing right now. We, too, who only know how to smash a hammer into this hot metal, now have to think about the cost and the material" Matyas replied with a small laugh.
"But it seems like the Eastern Star is in high spirits. I saw from the mining area at the west end to the east end, the craftsmen seemed to pass from Atelir one to Atelir the other, with a stroller filled with dozens of goods," go with hand gestures when talking about distance and size.
"Yes, it was all because of that problem. We have to do the division of labor with each Atelir." Matyas replied with a face that looked resigned.
"How many Atelir were built in this region of the Star Alcove?" ask Go again while paying attention to the several piles of wooden boxes located next to the three iron chariots not far from where he stood.
"Four if you include this Main Atelir, and Atelir Armament which is not far from your mining place." Matyas answered quickly.
"Oh, yes I think I saw two Atelir on the way here" Go said, nodding as if remembering something.
"We're also building a new Atelir at the eastern end of there. Close to the Canal Pass that penetrates directly into the lowland area of the Southern City" Matyas said again pointing eastward, where a semi-finished building is seen between two towering cliff walls. "The goal is to be closer to shipping and receiving goods from the south" he added.
"Oh, I heard that the Canal Gap has been built better to make it easier to pass through. But I've never been there before" Go said in response.
"You should try it once in a while, Miss Go. It only takes less than an hour to arrive at the South City square using the Iron Train, if it passes through the Canal Gap," said Matyas who looks between people trying to explain to Go.
"Yes, maybe I'll do it later," Go replied later. "Alright then, because I don't want to obstruct your work any longer, so I'll excuse you first," he added, nodding lightly.
"Haha... You could have, Miss Go. Then excuse me too, be careful on the road," replied Matyas who then went along to go opposite to the direction of Go.
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Soon Go arrived at the eastern boundary of the Star Alcove. The place where the cliffs of Ceruk Bintang meet the cliffs of Wall Sekai.
At the corner of the meeting of the two cliffs stood a building with a shape like the Steam Train Station, which looks quite crowded by people. There are also several iron chariots and horse carriages, lined not far from the entrance.
But what makes the place amazing is that in the cliff north of the Station stands several pairs of metal pillars that look shiny and built solidly on the edge of the cliff, patterned towards the top.
A pair of metal ropes connected the entire pillar into a path. And from the metal rope, it looks hanging, like a steam train car but in a smaller size. It only has two seats for four people.
The carriages were seen moving up to the top of the cliff in order on one side of the rope, and then back down through the other side of the rope. Like it was spinning one way.
Looks Go exhales and shakes a little. Seen amazed looking up his head staring at the top of the cliff. "This place has always amazed me even though I have often seen it," he said later.
Go was looking for an empty bench in the waiting room of the station, when he saw Shuri sitting on one of the benches not far from the exit. Seemed serious reading a book while waiting for the Gondola to come.
"Good morning, Miss Shuri." said Go as she approached where Shuri was sitting.
"Oh, Miss Go?" Shuri was shocked as he lifted his gaze from the book, and found Go standing before him. "Good morning. How are you doing? For a long time we did not meet," he said later while shifting his sitting position to give a place to Go.
"I'm fine, how are you now, Miss Shuri?" go said as he sat down at the place Shuri had prepared next to him.
"My news is good, Miss Go. When did you get back from the South? Are you heading to Central City?" shuri asked after storing her book into a small bag that hung on her shoulders.
"I came back a week or so ago. My niece invited me to Central City. Because they think there's a lot of new things I need to see in this area, and I think they're right." Go answer. "And where did you come from, Miss Shuri?" continue with the question.
"Not too much new stuff actually, when we talk about Middle Town" Shuri replied politely. "If I had just been from Atelir Armament. Ordinary, doing routine tasks. Awake," he added later.
"Oh, right too. From what I've heard, now you're responsible for surveillance in the Middle East? It must have been pretty hard watching the entire region with just two people." Go respond.
"Yes, you could say that, Miss Go. But I feel much better than my other colleagues. Because I don't have to be far from Mr. Edward's bakery, and can drink as easily and as I want" Shuri replied with a laugh.
"Yes, I don't think that's a bad thing" said Go, who was cut by the voice of the officer who told them that their Gondola carriages had arrived.
Their conversation continued in the Gondala carriage. In the middle of their journey up the cliff wall of Ceruk Bintang. They were just the two of them in a carriage b. which contained two long chairs facing each other.
"Never get tired of seeing the view from inside the Gondola like this" said Shuri who was staring at the outside view through a glass window that was almost half the height of the Gondola carriage. "Although many people think using Gondala is scary, and prefer to rotate the canal from the South City, but with a view like this, where might I miss it?" he continued, who still looked amazed staring at the ranks of the hill that increasingly looks smaller, along with the position of the Gondola that is getting up.
"I also feel that the view from the cliff slope like this is very beautiful," answer Go who also seemed very satisfied to see almost all parts at the base of the Star Alcove was shrinking and then lost covered by a cliff wall. "I think this Gondola is one of the achievements of mankind" he said later, laughing.
"Hahaha, I think so too. Miss Go." Shuri replied with a laugh. "It is inconceivable that the person who had the idea to make all this was a young boy" he added later still with laughter.
"really. The messenger god who is now even hiding in the sharp of the cave," Go replied with a joke.
"They are indeed unusual people," Shuri replied later.
"really. Because there is no ordinary person who does not use such abilities to master," said Go who looks earnest.
"right." Shuri looks smiling.
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Soon their gondola cars arrived on the cliff. The uncomfortable shaking was felt as the carriages they boarded entered his Station building.
The station at the top is no different from the station at the bottom. Starting from the shape of the building to its busyness.
Shuri walked out of the station together.
"You're going to Mr. Pietro's bar, aren't you, Miss Go?" ask Shuri later.
"really. The three boys were already waiting there," Go quickly replied.
"Then, let me drop off" Shuri replied as he pointed his hand at an Iron Train not far from the exit of the Gondola Station.
"Oh, so now an Iron Train like this is already owned by everyone in this region?" tanya Go looks pretty amazed.
"Yes, perhaps because it is more profitable than having a horse that must be cared for attentively," Shuri replied, allowing Go to walk first towards his Besi Train.
"Is it not difficult to control it?" ask Go then. After they were already inside the Iron Train.
"In my opinion, it's no harder than controlling a towing horse. Because all we need to do is memorize, there is no need to use feelings to understand a horse," Shuri explained with a slight joke.
After that, the Iron Train containing Shuri and Go immediately left the Gondola Station area, heading north, to the Central City.
The road between Gondola Station and the not-too-long Central City is dominated by sloping plains that in some places stand a guard tower. And similar to the streets in other areas, street lights are also installed neatly on the edge of the road.
"This city continues to develop every day" said Go later when they just passed a large gate made as a sign of the boundary of the region.
"Right, but not too visibly changed. It's like a city in general." Shuri replied as they had already entered the residential area. "It is only now that the population growth of this city is increasing rapidly. According to what I heard is likely next month when the registration and re-recording of the population is done, the city will be closed from the migrants to stay. They will be directed to other areas such as the Western City which is under construction at the moment" he added.
"Western city, huh?" Go seems to be remembering. "Last I came to the western world when I first tried the steam train. And now there's a town on that rugged beach? Though as I remember just yesterday," he said later.
"Hahaha, we've been living in this place for almost two years now, Miss Go," said Shuri, who also seemed to be remembering the past. "I also felt just yesterday it was like hunting a herd of Hyena Padas in this region" he added.
"Two years, huh? Time goes by quickly when we do something interesting" Go replied.
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"It's been a long time since I've seen you in this place" Luna said when she found Loujze, Deuxter, and Huebert at the bar where she worked.
"Yes, it's been a long time since we last came to this region. The city is growing rapidly" Loujze replied.
"What drink do you order?" asked Luna then after the three young men had sat in a row at the long table in front of her.
"I haven't been here in a long time, so what about the bartender's choice?" Loujze answered while doing a hand gesture like allowing Luna to do whatever the Getjza woman wanted.
"Well, if you're Dex?" tanya Luna connected to Deuxter who was sitting right next to Loujze.
"I'm the same as Loujze, you choose" Deuxter replied later.
"If you are, Hue?" Luna continued on at Huebert who was sitting right next to Deuxter.
"I'm the Wine of the Stars only" replied Huebert who did not follow his other two companions.
"All right." And Luna immediately took out a few bottles of drink and glasses from the shelf behind her.
Because the time on the clock tower in the town square is still at half-twelfth, which means it's still too early for people to come for drinks to the bar, so currently there is only a trio of hunters with Luna and Seigfried in the Bar.
Seigfried was wiping the table at the end of the room. Seems not concerned with the existence of a trio of hunters.
"Then, by the way, how's the region doing now?" Deuxter asked again while Luna was still busy concocting drinks for the three of them.
"It hasn't improved yet" Luna replied quickly.
"How are the two people?" Deuxter continued his question.
"Still not answering," Luna replied briefly.
"What's really going on, Lun?" deuxter asked once more, as Luna started handing out drinks to them.
"What what what what?" asked Luna who looked confused.
"No need to play dumb like that. You must know that we must be suspicious of this strange situation that is happening right now. And you know, too, that we would assume that you know something about this" Deuxter said at length to Luna.
"Why are you talking in circles like that, Dex?" Loujze looked confused by Deuxter's remark.
"True, why are you talking in circles?" Luna asked.
"For you not to try to hide something you know by turning back the word try to avoid my question." Deuxter still speaks with quite a confusing word.
"What exactly do you mean?" Luna asked again trying to ascertain Deuxter's intentions.
"I know, you must know something about what's going on with those two young men." Deuxter asked Luna as clearly as possible.
"It's as clear as you've heard before." Luna answered quickly. "If not, let alone the Queen, Mr. Val and Miss Lily would have been lost" he continued.
"It can't be that way." Duexter seems to still not believe the answer from Luna. "Mr Couran and Ms. Rafa are acting very strange, not to mention Mr. Orland who, according to the news I heard, always avoids the topic of conversation about the two of them" he added.
"I don't know why Mr. Val and Ms. Lily remained calm, but I also felt that something must have happened." Kaii this is Huebert speaking.
"really. Otherwise, believe me, it would not have been possible for our work plan to fail until what it is today, if they both acted" Deuxter later said. "And there must have been something that happened until the two men had done nothing at all" he added.
"When they are the ones who will not be silent when they see their friends in distress like today, even though their speech sometimes has no rules," Loujze said this time who added.
Luna sighed when she heard the three people shouting at her with confusing questions and words.
"Are we not trusted enough to know the truth?" Deuxter asked once more.
Luna breathed a long breath. "You know this is a public bar, right?" said later. "And you expect me to say something that might be a secret in a place like this?" he added, shaking slowly.
"People who don't know the place" Seigfried heard muttering as he walked past behind the trio of hunters. It was so loud that Luna could hear it.
"When is this bar closing?" asked Loujze who responded to Luna's words quickly.
"You guys..." Luna was seen shaking slowly with a resigned face, when then the entrance of the Bar opened.
"Good day" said Shuri who appeared first from behind the entrance of the bar.
"Good day, Miss Shuri," Luna replied politely in a cheerful tone, like a good bartender.
Then the figure of Go follows entering behind Shuri.
"Ok, aunt. You came too" said Loujze, looking happy.
"Oh, Miss Elian.I mean Miss Go, I haven't seen you in a long time" said Luna who looked surprised and excited to see Go in front of her.
"Over time we don't meet, Miss Luna," Go replied later.
"How did you come together?" Deuxter asked as he moved to the table next to the entrance, in order to sit facing each other with Go and Shuri.
"We met while riding the Gondola," Shuri replied.
And they started to tell long stories.
"So you know something, Miss Luna?" shuri asked after the trio of hunters began to enter the discussion about Aksa and Nata.
While Luna was just silent behind a long table, she seemed to be wiping the glass on the shelf behind her.
"Aren't you suspicious about all that, Miss Shuri?" tanya Loujze who looked completely shocked Shuri believed about Aksa and Nata locking themselves inside the cave.
"I think because they are strange, so they could have done something like this" Shuri replied solemnly.
"They're strange, but they definitely won't stay silent in case of any trouble in the region, right? Either way this area was built by them," Loujze said later.
Shuri was seen nodding slightly, "If thought of like that, it is true. They will not be silent to see the chaos that is happening. What else Mr. Aksa. That guy likes to be praised. So it doesn't make sense that he would just shut up" Shuri said, trying to rethink what happened to the kingdom with the situation that Aksa and Nata experienced.
"And what's true, you know what has really happened, Miss Luna?" tanya Go then, who made everyone's gaze fixed on him.
Looks Luna who is helpless to face the question from Go, only able to breathe a long breath.
"Are you going to keep this a secret to them?" suddenly Seigfried asked Luna from the end of the room. Which made the others surprised to hear it. "Am I the only one to tell Mekeka?" he added again when he did not get an answer from Luna.
"Alright," said Luna giving up. "If you want to hear the truth, come here tonight when this bar closes. I'll tell you everything," he continued later resignedly.
"Well, we'll be here tonight" Deuxter said quickly. The young Morra smiled after hearing Luna's words, following the others.
"Well, now let me calm down." Luna replied in a slightly irritated tone while returning to pick up the glass for the lap.
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After noon, the trio of hunters, Go, and Shuri leave the Bar where Luna works. While Shuri must return to patrol the territory, the trio of hunters and their aunts begin to tour Central City. Then as it still had plenty of time, they continued on their way west to the region.
They visited the Port City first, which continued to the breeding and breeding areas of Selene's animals, then to the agricultural region and the Reservoir hills to greet Ellian and Katarina. Before returning to Central City to hear the story of Luna about Aksa and Nata.
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