The Thousand Year Dynasty
05. Two Young Men from the Sky
The next morning due to the proposal from Lucia, the five of them agreed to use the Couran train to get out of the Land of Pharos together. Using Lucia and Jean's horse to pull the carriage.
Aksa and Nata seemed to agree, after they understood the proposal from Lucia. And immediately used the most effective way to fix the broken wheel of the Couran train. As a result, it was not until noon, the train had started to walk with five people were in it.
Actually, Couran's car is quite big. The four-wheeled carriage that had a roof frame was made of bamboo that was covered with cloth like a tent for shelter. And its width, two and a half the width of the body of a horse. It's just that Couran's many and piled up items are very confiscating places, making the train feel crowded when filled by the five people.
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"It's hard to believe they can both learn so quickly about our language" Lucia said as the sun began to sink in the western sky.
"Are they really from beyond this land?" Jean was dubious.
"It seems so. This is the first time I have seen such clothes. Also the letter they wrote yesterday. It's too detailed to be faked" Couran said, answering Jean's doubts.
Then the three of them were surprised by Aksa who suddenly said, "We left until when?"
Lucia, Jean, and Couran looked surprised that the young man could already speak their language even though the pronunciation still seemed strange and the meaning was still imperfect. Aksa had just learned the language a day ago.
"Maybe you mean 'our trip takes how long', right?" couran said. That was answered with a deep nod by Nata and Aksa.
"We're going to get to the end of Pharos in two days" Lucia said, pointing two fingers at the aid. Which was also responded with a nod of the head from the two. A sign that they understand.
"Book again," Aksa said later, intended to ask another scroll to be read, to Couran.
"The young man named Aksa was very easy to remember. The one named Nata was very quick to understand. Who exactly are the two of them? Where did you two find them?" couran asked Lucia and Jean after he gave Aksa another scroll to read.
"If you could be honest, you probably wouldn't believe this. But actually the two young men fell from the sky" Lucia replied with a face ready to be considered joking.
"Fall from the sky?!" And Couran was increasingly frowning, because he could not believe the next Lucia story.
"So like that, it happened. We found the two of them among the strange items scattered just below the black cloud" Lucia said. He was ready to receive the affirmative question from Couran.
"Black cloud? In the land of Pharos?" As Lucia had guessed, Couran asked an affirmative question.
"Yes, and yes," Lucia replied later.
"What if they were from another world?" Suddenly Couran asked something that had just crossed his mind.
"You mean?" asked Lucia who did not understand the intention of Couran's words earlier.
"The world is beyond this world" Couran explained later.
"Like the world of the gods or the world of the demons?" This time Jean asked to make sure.
"But things like their clothes, letters, and ignorance of the world, and their ability to learn can be a proof" Couran said.
"Could they be from a faraway kingdom at the end of the world, one we've never met before?" Lucia still did not agree with Couran's conjecture.
"Yes, that was just a wild guess, Miss Lucia. There is a possibility, too, that they are from the plains far across from the Elder's plains" said Couran, who again tried to think logically.
"So they are from the world of Gods or the world of Demons?" ask Jean later.
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Aksa and Nata only stopped reading when the sunlight had completely dissipated. And start asking questions and interacting with word fragments and body cues the rest of the night as a way of learning.
Lucia, Jean, and Couran seem astonished by the enthusiasm and learning ability of the two young men. But in Couran's mind, he knew that his sense of urgency would soon be answered when the two of them had started to speak fluently. And he also knew that it would not be long.
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The next day Aksa, who had understood the basic form of writing and words, began to question all the new words he found in Couran's scroll. And by the end of the day, almost all of Couran's scrolls had already been read out. And this makes Aksa began to understand and understand the language of this world.
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And exactly two days after they traveled on the Couran train, they finally arrived at the place called by Lucia as the Final Limit of Pharos Region.
They passed through the high cliff walls and weaved before long the land they passed began to be green, filled with grass. And after passing the last cliff wall, there is a stretch of green savanna with forest trees appear lined up in the line of the horizon. It was in complete contrast to the situation just a moment before behind the cliff wall earlier.
Aksa and Nata seemed amazed to see the green and beautiful grasslands. From the look on their faces like showing, that they have not seen the scene like the one in front of them at this time.
"Are we allowed to keep following you for a while longer? We still need to learn more. At least until we get to the village where Couran lives?" pinta Aksa as soon as the carriage started stopping to rest the horse in that shady daylight.
"Mr Couran." Lucia heard correcting Aksa's words.
"Mr Couran." Aksa repeated Lucia's words.
"of course. You can stay at my house for some time if you want," replied Couran then who was replied with thanks from Aksa and Nata.
"I think you should also start learning how to meet your own needs, before you can be independent" Lucia said later.
"really. On this land you will not get food for free as when you were with us," said Jean who seemed to be cheered on by Lucia because it felt disrespectful.
"We understand that very well. Then don't worry. We'll learn that too" Aksa replied later with a fluffy smile.
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