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Chapter 33 - Chapter 32: Mask of Serenity

< In the last chapter, Richan has woken up from his fifth trial, but... is it a trial for him?>

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[Richan's POV]

Ugh... I open my eyes, huh? Where is this? Oh, in a hospital ward. I look around me, and I see it still dark from outside the window. I wonder what time it is right now, so I grab my phone under my pillow and turn it on. It turns out it is still 4 AM. No wonder Duran still falls asleep, but why does he sleep in that awkward position? I hope he did not get muscle cramps when he woke up.

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I sat on my bed and tried to remember and summarize my dream. So I met White and Black and had a little chat with them. It was quick and fun, but then they disappeared like that and led me to meet Kyurin. She is cute, but she has terrible circumstances right now. Not long after that, there were also those wisps that suddenly came to us and were friendly.

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Then… the ground was shaking, and a crack formed under me while I tried to help Kyurin when she fell. Sigh. I hope she is okay. I still think about her until now. Maybe I'm just being empathic? But she is just a girl that I met in my dream. Huh? What is this, a tear? Did I actually cry right now? But why?

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I sat on my bed, still weeping my tears, for about five minutes until suddenly I heard the call of prayers from the local Treyque. After that, I immediately got off my bed and went to the bathroom to wash my face and take an ablution, but because my body still felt weak, I could only pray in my bed.

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After I say my morning prayers, I make a wish again. This time, I'm not asking much; I only hope for the protection of me, my family, my friends, and… her. After I make my wish, Duran suddenly wakes up. But why did he get so worked up from the bed immediately? Maybe he had a nightmare just now, so I talked to him, "Morning kak, are you okay?"

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After I called him, he looked at me, and his expression, which looked worried before, now seemed relieved. He replied to me while stretching his body… I think he got a sore muscle from that awkward sleeping position. "Oh yeah… good morning, Richan," he said. Then he walked towards me, patted my head, and asked me, "Did you have a good dream, Richan? Are you still feeling unwell?"

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I answered him, "Ahh… it's okay. It's a good dream. Oh yeah, I think my body is already better now. Maybe I can be discharged today?" Then he said to me, "Well… I hope so, but that's up to the doctor to decide." After that, Duran also took his morning prayer.

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After he had said his prayer, he accompanied me again by playing mobile games together. While in the game, I told him about my dream tonight. Well, I just wanted to share it with him. "You know, Kak, my dream last night is a bit weird, but it's a good one, though," I said to him. After hearing what I had just said, he replied casually, "Hmm, what is it about? Women? "

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Oh wow, he guesses right. Maybe it's just a coincidence. Then I tell him, "Yeah, but this time is a bit weird." Then he replies again while still playing the game, "Uhuh, Yana again? What's the problem this time? Does her dating make you that shocked?" What, Yana? Why must he bring her to this?

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Then I said to him, with a slightly high tone, "Oh my god, it's not about her." After that, I think Duran was a bit startled. Then he said, "Ohh…sorry for that, so what is it about then?" I think he was a bit feeling guilty after making fun of me.

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Then I lay on my bed and started telling him a brief story about what happened in my dream last night, but only the part when I met with Kyurin. Long story short, I finished telling him about my dream last night, but then I turned my face to Duran, expecting him to cringe or maybe laugh at my story.

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But instead, I saw him just lying on his bed, looking at the ceiling with an intense expression, so I tried calling him. But when I called him, he did not respond. I wanted to call him around three times, but still, there was no response, so I tried shouting at him.

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After I shouted at him, he finally responded to me, but I don't know why or maybe just my feeling that he looks like burdened by something, but Im not intending to butt in further and try to let it away.

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Around two hours later, Mama and Papa arrived. When they arrived, Duran immediately came to Papa, and they went outside the room. Then Mama came to me to check my condition. She looked relieved that my condition was getting better except for the change in my hair.

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A few minutes later, Papa and Duran came back, and then Duran came to me and said that he needed to go back home; he said that something urgent had come up at the college and that he needed to prepare something as soon as possible.

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After he told me that, Duran immediately went out. Now, it was just me and my parents inside the ward. We just had small talk and had breakfast together until the doctor came for a daily checkup. Thank God he said that my condition was already perfect and that I could be discharged from the hospital.

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It did not take long. We immediately left the hospital and went straight home. After we arrived, I went back to my room and lay on my bed playing on my phone for the entire morning until afternoon.

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