TIKZ [Moving To The Golden Age]
037 - KEONG SHELL

"Thirteen full moons have passed and you're still not freeing me, miss witch?"

"Daughter Kirana, your words are very rude. Sounds like I'm just a bad guy,"

"Have you kidnapped me and said no evil?"

"Well if I'm evil, won't you be able to relax?"

"Ugh," The veiled woman's words struck her heart, Kirana straightened her body and stared intently at the witch.

"Who is relaxing?" the upset. He grabbed the bubbling bundle on the table then placed his body by straightening his back. Kirana held both sides of the package, pulling it opposite until it was torn apart.

"You've been an expert in opening it," The hooded witch rose from her seat and drew closer to Kirana. "Daughter, now is not the time to eat. There sports," He snatches Kirana's snack, his eyes pointing to the end of the goa. There complete a variety of twenty-first century gym equipment.

"Oh, I did that last night. Let me relax today," Kirana broke down.

"You just did five minutes and fell asleep. Wake up eating chocolate sponge and full cream milk. Not to mention you make greasy meat. I swear to you!" grouse the hooded witch while rolling the snack pack. "The treadmill is on. Get on olga,"

"That's really bad," Kirana squirms on the sofa.

"Who would have thought that the meek and perfect daughter in various ways had a lazy hobby?" mumbling witch.

"The perfect daughter?" Kirana glared into her times through various parties and public judgments. "I did all of that because it preserved the dignity of a princess. Thanks to you, I can feel what I thought was a dream" Kirana got up from the sofa.

Laze is her dream, she lives as a royal princess to be busy for twenty-four full hours receiving education and work not to mention facing the devious schemes of the princesses and sons of the nobility, who are, also his own family.

"My banquet for cursing is almost finished," the Witch turned her red face away. How could he bewitch others. Just imprisoning him was already unwell.

"You've said that over a thousand times," Kirana walked leisurely on the treadmill. "Miss witch!" he screamed on the treadmill plus his speed.

"I've warned that today you will be cursed,"

"Yes, just curse," Kirana casually had mastered the treadmill speed. "If Goddess Galuh knew, she would rebuke you all out. It's been a long time, you haven't cursed me,"

"You want to be cursed, right?" The hooded witch took out her hand, a green light appeared illuminating her dark robe.

"Just do it, haha," Kirana laughed dismissively.

Kirana and the magician were shocked to hear the ear-shrinking sound coming from the door of the cave.

"The f*ck," said the witch in surprise. By reflex he directed the green magic in his hand at the approaching footsteps.

"Aa–" did not dodge, did not have time to shout. The sight of the person who came became white.

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"Behind this gate is a place that is forbidden to be visited by outsiders" said Dewi Galuh blocking the Idaline road.

"Your words are very suspicious,"

"I'm sorry, Your Honor. There is the tomb of our ancestors. Even the family was very limited for access to it," Kerta appeared with Djahan and some of his concubines after getting a message from the servant that Dewi Galuh had sent.

"What if I told you your daughter was there?" Idaline glanced at the trembling Goddess Galuh.

"Truly a Great Sage disciple!" angry and amazed Goddess Galuh became one.

"That's not possible, just three months ago we held a do'a ritual there" answered Kerta.

"Well that's not sure yet. But there are two lives inside the cave there," Idaline pointed to the southwest that was full of trees.

"Pffts. You kidding huh? This is the ancestral tomb, there can be no cave," Goddess Galuh tried to restrain Idaline, she stared at Kerta to keep the secret hidden.

All this time the cave was hidden because it had a strong power, even the children of the king did not know much except the king's successor.

"Dad..?" call Goddess Galuh to the father who is sculpting.

"Then ask for his help" Kerta bowed to Idaline. Goa it can not be careless to enter and exit, cave is like having his own thoughts. "Let our guests in" he ordered the guards.

"Ready," the guard held up his spear.

Idaline stepped up quickly, her feelings since coming continued to lead to the cave, as if calling her to come. At first he did not feel life, after staying up all night he felt two movements of life.

"Calm down" said Djahan who followed. He was worried to see Idaline's water.

Idaline took her breath. "Why are you coming? Shouldn't you train an army?"

"My forces are already blending in with the troops here. The training will be easier, I'm just watching,"

Idaline and Djahan stop in front of a deserted cave with no sign of life. Djahan put his hand on the wall. "I feel a flow of strength but not with one's life,"

Idaline smiled, she extended her hand floating at the entrance of the cave.

The cave door opened and a few moments later the empty cave became full of furniture. A beautiful girl was shocked by the legs still running on the treadmill and someone wearing a witch-style outfit complete with a hood that Idaline knew from comic books, let out a green light in her hands.

"The f*ck," said the witch pointing her hand at Idaline.

"Aa–" Did not have Idaline dodged and shouted. All his views turned white.

Kirana and Djahan's eyes widened, they were outside after the green light was thrown towards Idaline. The door closed again.

"(Anjir, how is this. how is it.)" worried the witch.

Idaline stared at the giant foot in front of her. He closed his eyes, clasped and focused on spreading the aura he could.

"Oh you're back," The witch heaved a sigh of relief.

"What are you actually doing? My body was heavy, "Idaline's breath was puffing as she took off her ascetic, she closed her eyes opened the container within her and tried to drain the remaining energy.

"Mmm yeah it's your fault that surprised me. My hand slipped in surprise,"

"Reason,"

"Here's the curse,"

"(What's your name?)" Idaline stood before him with her body slightly trembling. He could not resist the curse of the witch.

"(The world is full of surprises.)" The smiling witch held Idaline's hand. "(I'm Dina. You?)" he said introduce himself and open his hood. Dina's face is very typical of the archipelago, petite and adorable, yet irritating in the eyes of Idaline. How not? He was cursed!

"(My name is Udelia, just call me Udel.)"

"Pfft," Dina could not help but smile. "I'm sorry,"

"No problem," said Idaline was used to ridiculing his name.

"So Udel, in here you can still maintain the shape. To get out is easy, but you're going back to being a conch mas,"

"It's really funny. I came to see the legend, and I got cursed in the legend,"

"Please sit comfortably" Dina said, switching the conversation.

Idaline sits on a soft sofa. I don't think he wants to go out. "(This stuff, how did it get here?)"

"(It might be a little long.)" Dina gave Idaline a can of soda.

Dina's father works out of town and her mother works abroad, she is entrusted to her grandfather. Their family had an heirloom keris, originally used as a weapon by the first ancestors who made it, after several generations used to santet who eventually asked for the fall of the young men-drivers.

As time grew, they realized the practice was wrong. The tumbala itself turns into children then babies then buffalo, then the last is chicken.

When the heirloom fell into the hands of his grandfather, the grandfather did not want to pass on troublesome objects to his grandchildren. He intended to break the contract, learn the ancient books and ask the more knowledgeable to expel the inhabitants in the keris. His kris returned after being banished until his grandfather Dina was forced to come to their dimension.

Dina who still decided to stay at the grandfather's house even though her family had enough and re-assembled, with her grandfather forced to teach all the knowledge he got thinking about her condition was very weak.

"Is it harmless?"

"Fearing to harm the family, each family head who inherits the keris continues to perform the offering practice. The rewards are wealth, luck, and power. Grandfather's assumption was that our strength had mixed in with them, so it didn't matter. Grandfather sometimes comes to this world to discuss with them,"

"Are you really okay?"

"Yes. Just can't get away from this place. This cave door looks like a painting to me,"

"Then what about the goldfish? Supposedly Goddess Galuh begged the black magician at the border of Daha Kingdom," Idaline stared suspiciously.

Dina notices the soda is still intact in the hands of Idaline. "Of course we have to be careful" he downed a little soda and smiled.

"I found that magic in an old fairy tale book. It is no different from any of the versions circulating on the internet, only the cover and pages look outdated. But I saw different contents under the eclipse. If I give you this curse, I can go out and follow the victim. Maybe I can meet my grandfather" said Dina.

"Eh wait. I had seen the conch in the border river before" Idaline recalled as she exited the portal and washed her face.

"Say Kirana is a mythical animal, I don't know what she means,"

"The mythical animal yes.." muttered Idaline. "That means strong against normal lions?" thought thought.

"When you hear the name it may be similar. But the conch mas I cursed is the same as in history. You just need to find true love,"

"True love.do I deserve it?" idaline Gumam. "How did Goddess Galuh get here? That's not a coincidence, is it?"

"I felt emotions from the wall of the cave. If we focus on one emotion, we can speak in their minds,"

"so.."

"If you ask me to get you out of here it doesn't seem like it can. I once tried to bring a cousin who believed my words but ultimately failed" Dina said with a serious look.

"Then your grandfather?"

"Suppose this cave is my entrance and exit. Grandpa also has something like that. She just couldn't get away from their clutches," Dina pulled out a cell phone from her pocket. "This is grandfather's face,"

"Oh, isn't this Gedhe my neighbor? Or doang-like?"

"You know my grandfather?"

"But the power is not. Mbah Gedhe lives with Eva's tea family," Eva is Idaline's neighbor and one of her housemates, one SMK with her but two levels apart.

"Yes, my grandfather lived with budhe Entik, Eva's mother, after I got a work call in Jakarta. Ohh are you de' Li?"

"Kok know Eva's tea's nickname to me?"

"Inget no one scolds you while daydreaming in front of the barn at Mbah Gedhe's house?"

Her grandfather Dina's house and Eva's neighboring village house, Idaline, were visiting to borrow uniforms. Eva, who lost her grandfather, took a month off school to help search through an IT office that had promised her career due to Eva's ingenuity in field practice.

"Yes. I saw a human-shaped creature with a thick aura around it. Usually such a creature goes straight away when we are glaring, but he insists on staying in the corner," said Idaline goosebumps. He has not told anyone because it would only be considered a joke.

"That's because of where he lives there. He was confined inside the urn, able to come out after grandfather slightly stretched the seal in his urn but could not yet be completely free," explained Dina.

"I was so scared of me back then" Idaline rubbed her hair that was still standing.

"Haha. Your face has no fear at all" Dina smiled. "Thank you for worrying about Eva and my family,"

Dina who keeps confinement in the training ground knows Udelia often visits to accompany Eva who is sad because of the loss of her favorite grandfather and also always takes time to see the warehouse to make sure the creatures she sees do not make trouble.

"I'm telling you that you're afraid you haven't found out. The time here is faster than in the modern world. A month here is a day there," instead Idaline doesn't want to remember the good she's done. Afraid of himself going big head.

"At least I've been trying," Dina smiled excitedly.

"alright. Let's go!"

"Eh? You don't want to relax first? I wouldn't dare poison someone,"

"I knew. Kirana was fine when she was found, even more fertile," Idaline chuckled and went outside.

Idaline stepped out and turned back into a small snail. The entire scene looked extremely large and far away from Idaline's eyes. Dina took her breath, she stuck out her hand and walked out the door. His body became transparent.

"Your path is a hundred times faster than that of an ordinary snail,"

"Are you comfortable?" worry Idaline. The transparent body looks like a ghost and could have accidentally struck it. Many people are still afraid of ghosts and put up painful seals.

"I'll stay a few feet around you. Precisely you. Sorry yes,"

"I wasn't by Grandpa's side as he breathed his last. Even his request that day to see all his grandchildren, just because I was tired from the exam I went straight home and fell asleep. How can I sleep so soundly?" Idaline tells of her loving grandfather.

Udelia's grandfather was treated at a clinic not far from his home. He who finished the test when the sun was sinking, went straight home and fell asleep. His father and uncle had told his grandfather's request to gather, citing tired he ignored it.

"At that time, too.."

"Jon," the grandfather's weak.

"Get out the Mbah!" udelia shouted clasping the wet clothes in her hands. Currently, the young woman who is still in vocational high school is washing clothes by hand because the washing machine is damaged.

When the sky changed color, Udelia was shocked to see her grandfather being carried by the men of her family. It was his grandfather's first day of treatment and five days before his grandfather breathed his last.

"I know it's sorry I didn't do anything." Idaline smiled little hoping her grandfather got the best spot. "You, whatever the outcome, know that you are amazing."

"Thank you,"

"Where's your grandfather?" ask Idaline.

"I don't know, actually," Dina rubbed her head while laughing.

"(What the.?!)"

"The "crisp was made in Semarang. I don't know the name of the kingdom,"

"You know where the legend of the conch mas comes from?"

"Know,"

"Then you want me to go that far with the conch's body?!" Idaline looked at Dina in disbelief. Maja is located in East Java while Semarang is located in Central Java. Just walking was shuddering and Idaline had to suck with her snail body?!

"Your path is faster than an ordinary conch,"

"Stay still!!"

"Then," Dina flicked her finger, throwing the body of the Idaline conch into the stream. "We will quickly arrive," Dina floated her body on the water following the stream.

"Can't be careful? My shell is my skin. Scratched is the same as making a wound!" angry Idaline.

"The shell of the conch is very strong, really,"

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