WORLD GAMES
A Misconception

as the day began to fall into the night, everyone began to get ready to go to the Lunar Eclipse festival.

while Sotaru and Jirou are cool to play together until they forget time.

"hahaha. Come after me, brother Sotaru."

"alright, I'll catch you."

Sotaru ran over quickly and caught Jirou's body, he immediately carried her onto his shoulder.

"hahahahah.you have caught me, now I win, hehehe..."

"sotaru is great .."

Sotaru and Jirou really feel happy and cool playing. Aina who kept seeing the two of them was also happy.

Aina looked at the setting sun and immediately stood up, she walked closer to Sotaru and Jirou.

"both of you..."

"just play it, now it's time to go home, so you can get ready before the festival arrives."

"let's go Jirou, let's go home, grandma is waiting at home" said Aina as she gave her hands to hold Jirou.

"hm. I want to go home, if Sotaru's coming home with us." said Jirou.

Aina who heard it, thought for a while before answering.

“Sotaru..” call Eiji through mind.

“Iya Eiji, what's wrong? and where have you been, you?” said Sotaru who was upset through the mind.

“euhh.. I've been all day, accompanying Nasywa and Mizu around the city three.”

“they forced me and begged to accompany them but I also had to obey their will to release my helmet.” said Eiji who explained through his mind

“oh.. can-can, date them and leave me.."sap Sotaru who was quite upset through the mind.

“maaf-sorry... I also don't want to leave you” said Eiji who apologized through the mind.

“Alright... Now, where are you? I will accompany you.” asked Sotaru through thought.

“i'm currently in the inn room, the three of us are getting ready for the festival.”

“and I called you to meet us at the festival to talk about the dream.” Eiji said through his mind.

“ alright, then... See you at the festival, Eiji” Sotaru said through his mind.

“well, see you soon and welcome to the sexy woman, heheh-..” said Eiji who immediately closed their telepathic communication.

“basar you.. just watch out for you, the upset inner Eiji.” Sotaru.

while Aina was still thinking of answering Jirou's wish, she took a deep breath and sighed.

"alright, brother Sotaru can come home with us."

"but you have to obey what you said later at the festival" said Aina who agreed to Jirou's wishes.

Jirou who heard it was immediately happy and said "okay sister Aina, I will according to what big brother said".

Jirou was really happy and pleased with Sotaru coming home with them.

"hehe.thank you, Aina, you are indeed a good sister." said Sotaru with a gentle smile.

Aina who heard and saw Sotaropun's gentle smile, immediately blushed her cheeks and she turned her eyes away.

"it's nothing and you don't have to thank me, it's for my sister not for you" said Aina, who blushed her cheeks and looked away.

Sotaru only smiled at this and had a chance to see their family photos.

"alright.. because I've been allowed by Aina, then let's go home.." said the spirit of Sotaru.

"ayo brother.." said happily Jirou.

Aina who saw them excited and excited, just smiled at them from behind.

the three of them walked towards the hill where Jirou and Aina lived. Sotaru and Jirou were really familiar like brother and sister.

the two of them joked and told each other about their experiences like Jirou being chased by a baby bear, while Sotaru was playing with 3 enormous fire lions.

the two of them were really very close which made Aina happy but started to spring negative thoughts towards Sotaru.

they arrived in front of the Harumi family's simple wooden house.

"we have arrived." said Jirou.

"wow. is this both of you're houses? it's simple, let alone pretty good on this hill."

"not to mention, this place is suitable to see the scenery because there are no trees or buildings that block" said Sotaru.

"really? thank you Sotaru for praising our home." said Jirou happily

"in that case, let's go inside" said Aina.

Aina opened the door and bersuk inside, the three of them entered the house which was immediately welcomed by their grandmother.

"welcome home, grandkids of this grandmother." welcome Harumi's grandmother.

"we're home, grandma." said with Aina and Jirou.

"hallo grandma.I'm sorry if I disturb grandma." said politely Sotaru.

"hmm.. Young man, Aina's boy?" ask the curious grandmother.

"no, she's not my boyfriend or my man."

"she's Sotaru Takeo, the person we just met." replied Aina with flushed cheeks.

"oh. Your name is Sotaru, welcome to Sotaru." warmly welcome Grandma Harumi.

"thank you for the welcome, may we help each other and be familiar." said politely Sotaru.

"in that case, let's sit down. We have dinner before the festival starts." said Harumi's grandmother who invited them.

Sotaru paled Jirou down from his shoulder sling, Jirou directly ran to the dining table while Aina held Sotaru's right hand to hold him for a while.

"i want to talk outside with you for a while" Aina said with a serious face.

"hmm. okay but you tell your grandmother first, so she doesn't look for us both" Sotaru said with a serious face as well.

"alright.."

"grandmother, Sotaru and I want to go out first. Grandma and Jirou eat first." said Aina.

"oh, well. you two are alone, after we finish dinner together." said Harumi's grandmother with a smile berkandya.

"grandmother.." said Aina who was embarrassed.

Sotaru just laughed looking at her, Aina who saw Sotaru in her arms immediately pulled her right hand out of the house.

Aina pulled Sotaru's hand up to the courtyard of the house and she immediately let go of her handrails.

"alright, it's like a suitable place for me to talk" Aina said.

"hm. like you're really serious, so what do you want to talk about?" ask Sotaru.

"ok... firstly, what is your motive and purpose in approaching my sister?"

"both why can't I and the other astrologers see your future?"

"third, do you want to destroy my family like the other Hubots?" aina asked with her serious face.

"i hope you can answer all that, if you don't answer, then you, I consider as a threat" said Aina.

"please answer your question, but I also have something to ask."

"first, why do you and the villagers hate the Hubots? what's wrong with the Hubots race that can make you and the villagers hate my race?" ask Sotaru back.

"cihh.it is not worth asking because you know better, why we hate your race" replied Aina with a face of hatred.

"alright, if it's like this, then we fight."

"if you win, then I'll show you my Hubots form and you can tell everyone I'm Hubots."

"but if I win, then you have to tell me why you hate the Hubots race."

"how? is fair?" ask Sotaru.

"okay.. I'll take it but what kind of weapon is this?" ask Aina .

"hmm.. Maybe we use the sword alone, I see from your appearance, it looks like you are great in sword skills." said Sotaru while glancing at Aina carefully.

"alright, if that's what you want." said Aina with a look of disdain.

Sotaru and Aina, walked away from each other by a distance of 10 meters. Aina raised her sword using her right hand.

while Sotaru, take a wooden branch to fight. Aina simply smiled disdainfully and Sotaru smiled casually.

"remember the rules, must not use magic, defeat his opponent until he limps and falls. if the loser, then must tell what the hell the winner asks."

"alright."

"in that case, let's promise through «Agremen», so that it is more challenging and if someone breaks. then he will lose all his strength." said Sotaru.

"okay, it seems really fun." said Aina .

"«Agremen»" said with Sotaru and Aina with their right hands towards the magic pattern on the ground.

the wind blew, the pressure between the two of them was really big.The atmosphere was very quiet in Harumi's courtyard.

as the leaves floated and fell in the middle of the two of them.

Swoosh's!...

the two of them with quick movements, swung each other's weapons and exchanged slashes of weapons.

the two of them instantly gave out many weapon slashes with extremely fast movements.

their fight was really fierce with Sotaru and Aina who were fighting for weapons slashes.

they fought in all directions at high speed, Aina could keep pace with Sotaru who was above the speed of Nasywa.

” he is really strong and fast, the wooden twig is really strong.”

“ I felt the wooden branch was as hard as iron, evident from the slash of my sword which could not cut the twige” inner aina while swinging her sword and giving 13 sword stabs towards Sotaru.

Whoosh's!...

Slashhah!..

Sotaru easily, fending off all the punches with just his wooden twigs.

Bomm!...

their fight deals great damage in the courtyard of the house, Harumi's grandmother and Jirou do not feel their fight inside the house.

whoosh's!...

"feel this, «Death Slash»" Aina said as she gave a sword swing towards Sotaru.

as Aina swung her sword towards Sotaru and Sotaru dodged it with her body sideways to the right.

the moment was utilized by Sotaru by giving the slash of a wooden branch towards Aina's shoulder and made Aina bounce to hit the ground.

Plakkp!....

swoosh's!...

bomb!...

"arghhh. - he is very strong! I can't match her sword arts" said Aina who endured the pain all over with her body lying on the ground.

Sotaru approached him and extended his right hand, "it seems like I won this match."

"so now, you have to tell me what I asked" Sotaru said with a smile.

Aina grabbed Sotaru's helping hand as she turned her gaze, Sotaru held Aina's hand and took her sitting in the courtyard of the house.

"have turned your eyes away, now let's tell me. Remember the agreement «Agremen»" said Sotaru who persuaded Aina.

"i won't tell you even if I lose my power" Aina said.

Aina still turned her gaze away and did not see Sotaru at all.

Sotaru simply sighed and stood up to show something.

"alright then, I will break the promise of «Agremen» and show my Hubots form"

"but instead, you have to tell me what I asked" Sotaru said.

Sotaru broke the «Agremen» agreement by injuring his thumb finger with his bite and dripping his blood into the magic pattern of the «Agremen» agreement to break his promise with Aina.

after that, Sotaru's body glowed and size became 7 meters taller than a human.

Sotaru Returning to his Hubots form with a blue motif black iron color, his body was completely full of iron with glowing blue eyes.

Aina who saw that, felt surprised and looked at him without a word.

Sotaru returned to his human form, however,

"alright, I've already shown my true form."

"it's your turn now" said Sotaru who sat down next to Aina.

"alright..."

"i'll answer it, starting with our ancestral tribe story about after Realms Wars 500 years ago."

"a long time ago, the Hubots and our tribe lived together because they defeated the Maou forces of Realms Wars" said Aina who showed her ancestral past who really lived peacefully with the Hubots.

"they lived in peace and prosperity, helping each other and honoring each other.in that era it was truly peaceful until one day, their leader-..."

"ordering to attack our tribe Precognition, the city of Time was completely destroyed, the city buildings were destroyed by them easily" Aina told as she showed the city of Precognition was chaotic and destroyed by the Hubots.

"at that time they were aiming for the «Crystal of Fate» that our ancestors had, it was said that the ball could change destiny and become a portal to the River of Fate." aina's story concerns the Hubots leader who fought Aina's ancestors while holding «Crystal of Fate».

"River of Fate, according to our ancestors it is the place to hold the Fate of all people and this realm."

"the shape of the River of Fate is like a river and there is a flow of destiny that branches out with an unlimited number of branches." Aina's story that shows the River of Fate.

"if the Hubots make it to the River of Fate, then they will upset the balance of destiny and could destroy the entire Realms" Aina's story shows a vision of her ancestors' future.

"and if I hate the Hubots because of the tragedy of 5 years ago."

"5 years ago, I found Hubots in the woods with my father who was chopping down and collecting tree trunks."

"we found Hubots badly damaged and wounded in his stomach, out of pity so we took him to our house unbeknownst to the people." aina's story shows her memories with her father and Hubots.

"our family welcomed her with warmth and comfort, I was 11 years old and my sister was 1 year old." Aina's story shows her memories with her family and Hubots in their home.

"he was really nice to us, helping mom with homework, helping dad get the job done."

"companied me to play and accompany my toddler sister, she was also kind and respectful to grandma." Aina's story shows the kindness of the Hubots.

"but it didn't last long, one day, when me, dad, mom, Jirou and Hubots went to the meadow near the forest for a picnic." aina's story shows her togetherness with her family and the Hubots.

"we were originally so happy and full of happiness that in the end" Aina's originally happy memory became a catastrophe.

the memory shows the Hubots fighting with their father, while Aina runs with her mother who holds Jirou.

bomb!..

the laser shot hit Aina's mother protecting her.

"ughh... Are you okay? Aina!." said Aina's mother who endured the pain.

"you don't look at me like that, you have to keep smiling and protect your little sister" said Aina's smiling mother with Mulu covered in blood.

aina's mother gave Jirou to Aina, Aina held Jirou who was still a toddler and Aina's face felt disbelief in the situation.

"run away!. You two have to stay alive!.."

yelled Aina's mother.

bomb!....

Duarr's!...

the laser shot hit Aina's mother and Aina's mother bounced into the tree until the tree fell.

The Hubots walked over to Aina and Jirou who could do nothing.

"thank you little brother, thanks to your help, I recovered and was able to defeat your father" said Hubots with a heavy voice.

"this is the right reply because you have helped me, and your history is finished" said Hubots, who activated Gun's right hand.

Whoosh's!...

bomb!...

"arghh! I'll come back!" hubots turned himself into a fighter and flew away into the air.

"go ahead.. Don't expect you to come here again!" yell old man.

the old man approached Aina who felt disbelief and his eyes were like a look of emptiness.

"are you okay, son?" ask the man.

Aina simply nodded while Jirou cried loudly.

"thank God, then I'll take you home."

"calm down, everything will be fine" said the man who held Aina's hand.

Aina simply followed him while holding a crying Jirou.

"at that time I was hopeless and did not accept all these things, my father and mother were killed in front of my own eyes"

"i really became empty but the man encouraged me almost every day." Aina's story shows him in Semangati by the man.

"i could only look at him without saying anything until he said that word"

Aina showed the man sitting next to Aina, both of them sitting in front of the courtyard on the green grass.

"son.. Remember this, affection and love can be hate and betrayal,-"

"even if you've been betrayed and lost the person you love, but you have to live to be what the person you love wants to be."

"use your love to stay alive and fight against the person who betrayed you or made you lose the one you love" the wise words from that man made Aina come back with a smile and hope.

"when I heard those words, I kept fighting to be strong and trained my sword arts to protect my family" Aina told me that she was struggling.

"i did whatever it took to be strong, I joined the Precognition Force and became the Division Leader there." Aina's story shows that she was appointed division leader.

"i continued to visit the graves of my father and mother to pray for them with my grandmother and Jirou." Aina's story shows her to the graves of her father and mother.

aina's story was finished and they returned to the real world, they both opened their eyes and looked at each other.

"how? are you happy with the answer?" aina asked with a face that wanted to cry.

"i-i'm happy and also sad about your story..."

"i didn't think you were such a strong woman!" said Sotaru who felt guilty.

"yes, thank you." said Aina who really wanted to cry and needed a place to cry.

"if you want to cry, then I'm willing to be the place where you cry" Sotaru said.

"thank you and help!"said Aina who immediately hugged Sotaru with her face facing Sotaru's left chest.

Sotaru hugged and stroked Aina's hair to let her let out her long-cherished grief.

a few moments later...

Aina let go of her embrace and sat beside Sotaru while wiping her tears with her right hand.

"thank you Sotaro, you want to be the place to let me out all my sadness." said Aina who smiled happily.

"sama-sama Aina, and now I will settle this misunderstanding!" Sotaru.

"misunderstanding, what do you mean?" ask Aina.

"a misunderstanding of the Hubots that is supposed to destroy your tribe and your parents" Sotaru replied.

Ainan remained confused by Sotaru's reply, he continued to look at Sotaru with thought and confusion.

"let me explain from your story, that the robot that attacked your tribe and your parents was Decton!" sotaru explained.

"Decton's? whatisit? and what does that have to do with Hubots and Decton?" ask Aina who doesn't understand.

"lt's so... Decton is the same race as the Hubots, they are both robots but from two different missions!"

"Decton has a mission to become a military and defense force to guard the Hubots race, while the Hubots have a mission to develop technology and create new technology..."

"we lived side by side until one day, they wanted to take a Box Tekno where it was a cube that could make its users create and control the technology."

"but our leader immediately kicked them out and they disappeared somewhere."

"Maybe you're confused as to who Decton was created by, of course, from our leader Leader of Hubots or One of the 5 Major Gods!."

"our leader created Decton to aim as I said before..."

"oh.. but how can you prove that the robot that attacked us is Decton?" asked Aina who was starting to understand and wanted to know how to distinguish the two things.

"easy..seen from Eye color, Iron Color of armor, and appearance. Decton has fiery red eyes, has silver-white armor and a sinister appearance and is like an army!" said Sotaru who showed the Decton and Hubots holograms.

"the Hubots have blue eyes, free-coloured iron armor, and a friendly, scientist-like appearance" Sotaru said.

"just like I showed you my robot form and the Decton leader attacked your parents!" said Sotaru who showed the Hologram leader Decton and himself.

"leader? so he's the leader of Decton?" asked Aina who was shocked and surprised.

"yes, he is the Decton leader chosen by the Leader of Hubots, I can tell because from his appearance." replied Sotaru.

"so as the story goes, I finally found out the truth.-"

"the robot that destroyed the city and the happiness of my family." said Aina who was full of anger.

"calm down Aina, I'm sure you can hold back your anger and I'm really sorry" said Sotaru who calmed Aina down by patting her right shoulder.

"yes.thank you, Sotaru, and you don't have to apologize..."

"i have to give this information to the headquarters, so that you are not suspected and clear your good name" said Aina.

Aina directly contacted the headquarters to inform the important information.

a few minutes later.....

Aina finished reporting to the superiors and they trusted her, they immediately rushed to arrest Decton for getting their appearance from Sotaru.

Aina closed her communication and smiled happily.

"ultimately, this misunderstanding is over and now, let's go back inside for dinner" said Aina, holding Sotaru's left hand.

Sotaru just smiled and joined Aina into the house.they walked together like lovers who had just improved.

“Decton, like you guys already made a lot of trouble let alone make Hubots' good name bad.”

“let alone you guys have destroyed Aina's family relationship, of course I do not accept.” Inner Sotaru that is full of anger.

“wait for you guys, tonight we will solve the problem I have made for a thousand years and tonight too, you Aina will get what you deserve.”

“wait a little while longer, then you will return to your family and I am really sorry for my actions, You got the impact.” Inner Sotaru who kept staring at Aina who held her hand unconsciously.

“Eiji..” call Sotaru through the mind.

“Iya.. I already know everything, so later tonight we will finish it with them?” ask Eiji through the mind.

“Of course... we will party tonight.” said Sotaru happily Through the mind.

“well, I'm so impatient.” said Eiji the spirit.

Sotaru closed his telepathic communication and the two of them entered the house which Harumi's grandmother greeted him immediately.

"welcome back.-"

" wahh.. it seems like someone has just become a couple." said kidding grandmother Harumi.

"eghhh. eegghhh.. there is no kok nek." said Aina who blushed her cheeks.

"really? so, why are you holding hands?" said Harumi's grandmother who teased Aina.

Aina instantly let go of her armband quickly.

"ehh.. It's just a pair of hands accidentally really, grandma." said Aina whose face reddened her cheeks and face embarrassed.

"hehehehe.. You are funny, if you are embarrassed and seduced." laughs little grandma Harumi.

"grandmother..."

"already, let's have dinner." said Aina who immediately rushed to the dining table.

"hehehe... Aina is indeed my cute granddaughter just like her father." Grandma Harumi's little laugh.

"and he deserves a man like you, Sotaru" said Harumi's grandmother.

"uh? me? that's my grandmother?" asked Sotaru who was surprised suddenly talked about by Harumi's grandmother.

"of course you are, you are the only man who is worthy and Good for Aina."

"Jirou told me about you when you two left the house" said Harumi's grandmother.

"hehehehe.. grandma so know me before I tell you about myself." Little Sotaru laughed while scratching his head.

"yes, you are indeed a good child, even though you are a Hubots, grandma believes you are worthy of her" said Harumi's grandmother.

"it looks like.-"

"Eh? hold on, grandma how do you know I'm Hubots?" asked Sotaru who was surprised by his cute expression.

"of course you know, grandma can see the real identity of someone through the eyes of grandma, let alone grandma can hear your conversation clearly" replied Grandma Harumi.

"whooping.-"

"grandmother is great and grandma seems to know the truth" said Sotaru.

"yes, but grandma also actually already knows that, Decton who attacked Aina's parents, grandmother's children" said Harumi's grandmother.

"meaning, grandma? so grandma knows? but why didn't grandma tell Aina's parents?" asked the surprised Sotaru.

"grandmother just follows the given destiny, grandmother is only limited to seeing but grandmother does not change it because she knows, what the end looks like" replied Harumi's grandmother.

"grandmother is really a wise woman, I didn't expect Aina to be lucky to have a grandmother like this" Sotaru said with a smile.

"thank you and come on, let's have dinner" said Harumi's grandmother.

Sotaru who sits, feels the warmth and comfort of the Harumi Family, although simple but their love surpasses the beauty of Emerald.

they were really happy family when they had dinner.

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