X-Loves: From Another World
Chapter 4: The Facts

The mother served soup and warm tea to the two of them. Coincidentally, at night

fog fell in the village so that the air temperature became cooler. The three of them were talking in the dining room. Here and in other rooms, although the lighting uses petromax, but strangely the brightness level is the same as fluorescent lights in general.

“Thank you for allowing me to stay here for a while, mom..”.

“Call me Mother Rara,”

“Oh yes, mother Rara. Thank you very much,” Anna said.

“Anna, why did you get lost in the middle of the forest? You don't even remember anything at all?” ask Licia.

“I don't know. Oh yea. My mother Rara was a Parachi. By the way Parachi what?” Anna asked Rara.

“Parachi, short for Parallel Childs. It is an international designation for a child misled by Rott,” replied mother Rara.

“Rott?” Anna was shocked to hear the unfamiliar term.

“Oh, the. The delicate creatures that supposedly he said liked to kidnap those children right, mother?” Licia just understood what Mother Rara meant.

“right once,”

Anna just listened to it. It's a really strange world. Mother Rara continued her story.

“Konon said Rott didn't just kidnap children and hide them for decades. The Rott can also erase all the memories of the kidnapped children,”

“oh so,” Anna said.

Rott, perhaps in the world of Anna commonly called Dedemit or the like. It is said that he is a delicate creature who likes to kidnap children who come out late at night alone. In the real world where Anna came from, the legend about the existence of subtle creatures who like to kidnap small children is just a myth that is always told by parents to their children so that they do not dare to go out of the house carelessly at night. But since this was a different world from where Anna lived, he did not want to speculate much about the myth of the creature.

“Oh yes. By the way where is this actually? What's the name of this place? And also..” Anna stopped him for a moment while looking towards Licia.

“...The light ball you fired at me earlier was actually what was it?”

“Okay, how far has Rott brainwashed you, Anna? Well I'll tell you from the beginning with a brief.”

Licia stood up from her chair and began to explain about everything with both her hands placed on her waist.

“We are the human race living on Tierra Hyuma, the third planet in the Helia Solar System, with its main star Solaris. And this village we live in is Dara Village on Una Island, a small island that is part of the Moluccas Islands cluster in the Nusantara Empire.”

“What? Tierra Hyum? Nusantara Empire?”

Hearing this, Anna realized that she was being thrown into another world called Tierra Hyuma. He was moved to a region that may be quite rightly referred to as ‘Nusantara Alternat’. It's like ‘Nusantara’ in the real world, but it's different. The laws of nature and geography seem to be inversely proportional here. Licia continued speaking.

“Oh yes, and that ball of light I shot at you just now is one kind of magic. In addition to light magic there is also darkness magic, fire magic, wind magic, magic.”.

Mother Rara stopped him.

“That's enough, Licia. You're confusing him,”

Anna looked a little dreamy until she realized that Licia and Mother Rara were watching her.

“Eh, anu. Until the types of magic kan.”

At first, Licia wanted to continue speaking. But because it was late at night finally Mother Rara told them to rest.

“Already, it's night. You two clean your bodies first. After that you sleep. Oh right, for Anna, you can wear Licia's nightgown.”

“Thank you very much, mother Rara,” Anna said.

In accordance with what Mother Rara said, Anna and Licia took a bath together to clean their bodies. The bathroom here looks simple, with a large area that is not too big with black stone walls. Bathing tools are almost the same as on planet Earth, but the herbal composition is much more.

While sitting on a wooden bench, Licia cleansed Anna's hair with an herbal shampoo. The girl looked quite happy while humming a song. But that was not felt by Anna. She could only blush in embarrassment as Licia rubbed her blotchy hair.

“Eh, Anna. You why?” ask Licia.

“Eh no really, hehe..”.

“Aduh, why can this happen in beta anyway.” he said in his heart.

After cleaning their bodies, they immediately rushed to Licia's room to rest. Anna borrows Licia's nightgown, a long-sleeved shirt with white trousers patterned with blue spots on both.

“Huff, thank goodness it's over,” Anna said back in her heart.

Licia's room is almost the same as the rooms of the house in general. There was a glass cabinet near the door. The bed was gray and red with a size large enough, and in front of him was a window directly facing the front yard. They also rushed to bed.

“Hah... tired, but fun to have new friends hehe...” said Licia while jumping into her bed.

“Haha, true too..” lead Anna with a slight smile. He also went up to the bed.

The atmosphere was quiet at night, plus Licia turned off the lights in her room to make it cooler. The two girls also looked at the plain white ceiling that was not decorated by any items. They were silent for a moment before Anna asked something.

“Iya, what's up Anna?”

“Sorry this is a little rude. But I didn't see your father. Where's he?” Ask Anna.

Licia was silent for a moment. Anna who saw his reaction was a little panicked.

“Eh, wait. Excuse me. Not that I'm talking about it but..”.

Lia finally answered the question.

“Actually, I never knew who my father was. Even to see his face I've never been.”

“Do not-do your father already..”

“No, no. Mother Rara once said my father was alive. But my mother said that my father went wandering when I was a baby. I don't know where he wandered either. I don't know when he'll be back either. And maybe I won't get to see him anytime soon.” Answer Licia. The brown-haired girl's blue eyes were glazed over. Anna who saw that could only fall silent with pity.

“Sorry for asking that,”

“Eh, no, no. That doesn't mean it. So look at.” Licia wiped her tears before continuing her explanation.

“My age will be 17 years in 1 month. And in accordance with the father's mandate to the mother, after my age is sufficient, I am required to study in Jailolo City, at the Jailolo National Magic Academy. There I had to hone my magic before coming back here and meeting my parents back.”

“Oh, I get it. Then I say congratulations, yes,”

Licia turned her body towards Anna, causing her to be shocked.

“You should also join, Anna.”

“Eh, you're kidding.”.

“No, I'm serious,” replied Licia with a sharp look.

“But, why?” asked Anna confused.

“Aduh, you unlucky Rott..” Licia sighed.

“So like this, you're a Parachi right? Under the rules of humanity on this planet, if a family finds a Parachi then they are obliged to take care of it exactly as their own child, until the Parachi returns to his family. This includes education and other things. So inevitably you also have to go to school like me,” Licia explained.

“Wait, can't it burden mother Rara?” ask Anna.

“Haha.., it can't be like that. Bunda Rara is a reliable plant cultivator of high economic value. You don't underestimate his abilities huh.” said Licia with a smile.

“Haha. I believe.” said Anna.

“Kahaha.. Come on, let's go to sleep. Tomorrow I will teach you basic elemental magic,” said Licia while turning her body back.

They also stopped mumbling. It's true what Licia said anyway.

Anna looked at the ceiling and slowly closed her eyes. Indeed, he was still confused by what was going on and thought of a way to get out of this parallel world. But before that, there was something very important that he thought about. Where's Dwiana?