TIKZ [Moving To The Golden Age]
017 - YOU WILL BE MARRIED (2)

"Resert!" idaline's orders.

The two bodyguards who heard the instructions reflexively threw the body backwards. The giant serpent turned his eyes to Idaline which he did not feel coming.

Idaline stood trembling trying to hide her fear by clenching her hands tightly.

The snake that did not see the movement of Idaline tried to attack first, he was surprised to feel a deep darkness that would suck on him when approaching Idaline. The snake slammed its tail flipping towards its body away from Idaline.

"I'm not gonna suck you. I know you're here, in a place far from your nest waiting for someone" Idaline said as the big snake had taken up its position after falling rolling on the ground.

"Well tell me who's among them." Idaline pointed at the protective room with her palm. "I can't hear you. Come here." Come here." Idaline gives off the aura of Fusena to convince the snake.

Noticing the aura of the Great Sage, the huge black-colored snake dropped its head near Idaline and Idaline touched its big nose starting communication.

"I would like to contract with Sirang to thank his parents for insisting on protecting my eggs first."

Idaline closed her eyes, concentrating on hearing the serpent's speech. Maybe because of tired of fighting, the sound of the snake becomes faint with the original sound of the snake, or it could be the way the snake pronounces.

"Many psst psst," lamented Idaline's ears buzzing.

"At that time the two strongest animals on this hill fight making me have to protect this hill from collapse by winding the body around the hill. Who knew that my eggs in the cave would fall down." The snake recalled the precarious time that happened a dozen years ago.

"I threw the old man Sirang with a tail when they wouldn't allow me to get close to my eggs. After the anger was gone, I understood that they were trying to protect my children. They didn't even report the whereabouts of my eggs."

"You feel guilty?" ask Idaline.

"We can't owe anyone. Sirang's parents were hit by a landslide, in the last second using the opportunity I gave, they asked me to protect Sirang." the snake looked at Sirang. His gaze was sad when his eyes met Sirang's eyes but the man looked at him in fear.

"Your eyes are too sharp" said Idaline in her heart to know the meaning of the snake's gaze which turned out to be female.

"The baby they left in the dugout, I took it for a few months until it was finally taken by her parents now. As I continued to pay attention, I became restless when I did not feel his presence for several months when he went to the city."

"Therefore you want to make a contract in order to protect him up close? Though the boy was not strong, he also only studied basic science after almost twenty years old. And he also didn't develop it until now because he felt it was unnecessary."

"I want to protect him instead of contracting for profit. My other children have grown up well and strong. Only my human child is still weak, just like when I first saw him in a fist. So small and weak."

Idaline cried when she heard it. He took his hand off the snake's nose and wiped his tears. Idaline walked towards Dopo who was still installing a protector.

"Dopo, you can let go."

"You're not hurt, are you?" tanya Dopo checked the left right of Idaline.

"No." answered Idaline. "Sirang, do you want to be the mother of this animal?"

If contracting is making a profit with each other and slavery makes the final human speech an indisputable command.

Then the mother uses the heart to connect with each other. Animals can resist their master's wishes, but their hearts will be filled with a gnawing feeling of guilt that will hurt them to the point of causing mental harm if they don't get sorry for breaking, whereas slaves will die when breaking.

Although similar, slaves can only eat from the gifts of their masters and live cooped up but not united in their minds. While the mother gives freedom to the animals but their minds are connected.

"While the word master is more polite than slave, the master does not need to think about his contract animal and can be used as he pleases. Slaves are often referred to as tools, for which there must be care." explains one of the soldiers.

"Self is also too vulgar because we keep reading people's minds." whispered another.

"Is that good?" ask Sirang.

"The power of mind used in the master contract. You have to be mentally strong to be able to control animals properly and to be able to call them lightning-fast to get to distant places."

"Then I better train mentally first,"

The snake closing in on the human crowd made those who were in serious discussion shocked. Idaline put her hands together watching the snake keep looking at her.

"Take the scales on my forehead and give them to her. Tell it to keep it as good as possible and it should be carried at all times."

"Wouldn't that be a human's target?"

"I'll make it a copper plate,"

"Then excuse me," Idaline climbed onto the snake's head pulling the scales according to the instructions. The scales that glowed when plucked changed their shape into rusty copper coins.

"You can take the other scales for you."

"No need." Idaline jumped down. The snake stuck out its tongue twice and left them.

"Where are the animals? Oh that!"

"Uncle-uncle. Sorry to make a scene. Two of my bodyguards were warming up for not swinging the keris for two days." the Idaline barrier covered the snake's departure.

"So it wasn't an animal attack?"

"I'm sorry to interrupt everything."

"Then please continue your training" said the resident not to bother.

A bunch of grown men were also gradually descending.

"Sirang, accept this as a gift. Always bring it." Idaline gives snake scales.

"Your Majesty, we must leave now."

"Come on."

Upon reaching the residence, Idaline told Roro and Gecko who were still in her yard to help her prepare.

"Miss.."

Idaline who was checking her luggage looked at Sri who gave the code to follow her.

"What's bi?"

"Until how long will the lady stay in the palace?"

Idaline told Sri that she would stay in the palace for a while, and in others she said she would stay with her parents' friends. There are no lies and no hassles will happen.

"If it goes as well as possible until the new year." Idaline saw Sri move her hand anxiously. "Say me, bi."

"Two more months, Miss will have her seventh birthday. And next month den Nandana is coming, den Nandana has completed her probation–"

"WHAT?!" idaline's screams left her workers in the living room shocked.

"Maybe miss forgot, den Nanda works as a teacher in academics."

"No, not that. I'm only seven?" Idaline thought she was fifteen years old because of her height and shape.

Indeed, the people he had met were large and tall, different from modern humans. He thought people would call him small and tiny because he couldn't be as tall as them, but he was only seven years old.

"Yes, miss."

"That's impossible, right? My body is this big."

"What did the lady say? Miss is as big as any other kid."

"Then Gecko and Roro?"

"They're eight years different from the lady."

"Am I a monster?" idaline Gumam. He thought Atem missed his son who had grown up because he had left him for six years or because his face was similar to Idaline, it turned out that they counted height and age with children in this age. "Atem and Hasta are already contaminated with life here. Do I want to take you home?"

"They work hard from the age of adulthood. Their backs always carry heavy loads. Eventually their growth stopped at the age of ten" added Sri.

"Nandana this is my brother?" ask Idaline. He did not want to discuss the matter of age anymore, of course there is a big difference between modern and ancient humans. "They got married at this age" he thought, recalling historical documents.

Many modern people consider marriage under the age of seventeen to be a sad thing. Whereas the times lived in and the previous times are very different.

In addition to his body, the expertise of the ancients was seen at a young age. Five to seven years mostly have memorized the Holy Scriptures and important literature, then the next age develops the talent possessed.

Their education is directly under the experts. A fish will not be told to take a mango that is far in the land.

"He is the future husband of the lady. You'll get married a week after the missus's birthday and stay together until you get into academia. But maybe you'll stay together because he taught there."

"Me-married?" Idaline cursed her who always thought about marriage when working, now when it will become real everything feels strange. "Aren't I too young, bi?" Idaline grabbed Sri's shoulder.

"Let's see that the lady is this big to the point of reaching aunty's shoulder." Sri weep haru. Idaline let go of her hand realizing her disrespectful act.

"Ehm. After all, was it my mother and father who asked me to marry her?"

"Oh no. Did the burning feeling of love a year ago just disappear?"

Idaline got goosebumps hearing it. The minimum age of men to enter academia is 10 years and women 7 years, according to the age of maturity. The education that is carried out throughout 4 years and the trial period for educators is 2-3 years.

But since Nandana was a commoner, then her age could be older. Most of the accepted commoners were already 15 years old, as they had to go through a series of exams. Unlike nobles who are obliged to study according to maturity.

"Is he a pedophile? Or is Idaline greedy?" idaline was shaken thinking that Nandana was between twenty and twenty-two years old.

"Nona was stunned by the intelligence of Nandana who vacationed in the last year. Miss's parents funded her who was an orphan to study for being able to read the writing. During the holidays usually miss staying at the palace or at the house of friends miss. A year ago, Miss had a high fever so she was lying at home and finding her love."

Sri's face flushed like a teenager in love. He imagined himself as Idaline who was secretly peeping at Nandana reading in the living room.

"Uh isn't that monkey love?" reject Idaline on sparkling eyes Sri.

"Because I decided that. Then I want you to cancel it, "Idaline must not be bound as long as Fusena has not come. It would be difficult to meet if he had to move to an academic or some other place.

"Please think well. The madam and master must have thought carefully, not just because of the love of the lady." Sri's face turned serious.

"Auntie's right, there's still two months left" Idaline said.

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© Al-Fa4 | 18 July 2021