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Chapter 3 - Flame of Hope in the World of Despair

Part 1 "Smile, Swear, Save"

This event took place in the kingdom of Rahi, exactly three days before Enity and I returned home from an adventure in the forest and where the Druids were. Lokiy and Tohr are in their library with their father, Odiyn. There, Odiyn shows Lokiy and Tohr the dark history of the world. The dark history of the world is when the two great kingdoms still do not stand. In those days, darkness that people were not familiar with was covering the world, and they were referred to as Purgatory. The whole world was in turmoil, and then also the Holy Knights and a certain other group fought against Purgatory. "Wow! The Holy Knights are cool!" said Lokiy excitedly. "Can we be like that too?" asked Tohr. Hearing the response from his two children, Odiyn smiled and said "you two don't have to be like the Holy Knights, I know you're going to be strong and that power you need to use to protect a lot of people, especially your mothers." Hearing this, Lokiy and Tohr smile in front of each other. After that, suddenly there was one open road in the library. Odiyn paved the way with a secret mechanism. After some time, the three of them reached one large room that was also full of books. "Second library?" asked Tohr. Odiyn heard it smiling and "arguably so" Odiyn continued, "the book and the story I told you was just the outer shell of the whole story, and this place contains all the things about continuation or clearer view about the war against Purgatory." Hearing that, Lokiy and Tohr were pleasantly surprised. "But..." Odiyn whispers. Lokiy who heard it immediately responded, "but?" Tohr also immediately looked at his father. "Lately, Purgatory is starting to get active again... The Holy Knights did not manage to seal Purgatory and only imposed maximum limitation on their power." Suddenly, the atmosphere becomes heavy with Lokiy and Tohr starting to swallow saliva. After some quiet time, Odiyn picked up a book at the very top of the left corner of the room. The book is untitled, it is colorless other than black and there is no pattern whatsoever, because it is only black. "Lokiy, Tohr... all the books here can be read except this one and I have an important message for you" said Odiyn with confidence. Odiyn gave three messages to Lokiy and Tohr, "I want you to continue to protect this book and not to fall for the right people, I want you to promise not to open this book once in any part, and I want you to live in order to fulfill the previous two messages." Lokiy and Tohr couldn't say anything after that, and the one who started it was Tohr. "Why would you say that? Dad still a lot stronger than us, but why are we going to protect that very dangerous-looking book?" Hearing that, Odiyn whispers until Lokiy English translation. and Tohr could not hear it "the time is near...." Odiyn continued, "I believe in you, nor do you have two wonderful friends." After that, the three of them came out of the library and regrouped in their mother's room who was sick as their routine activity. "Lokiy....Odiyn....did you manage to defeat your father today?" This is common. Their mother's dream was that we beat their father and he always asked about the same thing every day. "Hehehe certainly not mom, today we just studied together in the library" replied Tohr then "ONE DAY!" shouted Lokiy to shock everyone in the room. "One day we will definitely beat dad, mom just calm down," Lokiy said excitedly. Lokiy and Tohr smile in front of their mother. Afterwards, Lokiy and Tohr turn to their father and simultaneously say "we accept your challenge and we will definitely defeat you one day!" At that moment, their mother looks very happy but there is one tear falling from Odiyn's eyes and he is unable to face Lokiy and Tohr so he goes straight out of the room. This is just the beginning of an unexpected destruction by anyone living in the world.

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Part 2 "Point of Calimity"

A bespectacled girl with short, straight light blue hair is reading a book in a library. The girl was wearing unusual clothing found at the time. The girl is like wearing a purple dress, covering her entire body except for the head. Next to her is a white cat trying to play with an object like the girl's magic wand. It can be seen from the top of the stick and the cover of the book that the girl is reading has one similar symbol, which is a symbol like the letter A with a unique motif. The girl casually read the book while drinking a cup of tea she made. "Hey Norsen, don't you play with my stick!" the girl yelled when she saw the cat playing with her stick. The shocked cat then retaliates by "meow" to the girl. "I know you want to play with me, right? But, let me enjoy tea while reading the book first" said the girl. After that, the girl produces a small ball from her hand with magic then handed it to the cat, "Norsen, you played with this first." And "meow meow meow" the cat looks happy receiving the ball then playing with it. After some time reading the book, suddenly the teacup held by the girl fell and broke. The girl immediately stood up suddenly so that the chair she was sitting on fell. "It's impossible...does this have to happen again? Are the events of that time still not enough, Harmonia? The girl said it was in a small voice. The cat, which was happy to play small ball, was gone because it escaped after being shocked when the girl's glass fell and broke. Elsewhere, the next day, Lokiy and Tohr are seen entering their library without their father's permission. They were curious about the second library in the deepest part of the library and wanted to read the books that were there. However, they did not realize there was something following them from behind. When they try to get into the second library, there is a protective magic that does not let people carelessly see let alone enter the second library except the one that has some kind of key. "Ah, we can't go in without the power of the father!" Tohr told Lokiy. "Hm, if it's not wrong yesterday, dad did something in front of us to pave the way" said Lokiy thinking. Suddenly a sound like something cracked then broke, and they both saw their way to the second library wide open. "Hehe it looks like we're lucky today, Tohr" said Lokiy. *Gulp* Tohr swallowed his saliva then said "is this the best decision, Lokiy?" Lokiy responded by saying "relax as long we don't open the black book." They walked up to that second library. English translation. Lokiy and Tohr with curious faces begin to read various books. However, they do not understand any of the things written because they contain a language they never learned. "AHHHH!!!! In this case, all the books can not be read, plus the books are no pictures at all!" resented Lokiy. "Yes, it is... if this is the case, we came here in vain moreover without the permission of the father." Suddenly the wind blows quickly behind Lokiy, "huh? What is that? Why is there wind in a closed place like this?" The wind was getting stronger so that the books in the room flew everywhere. "Oh no! This is bad!" shouted Tohr. "What is it, Tohr?" asked Lokiy. "That black book! Don't make it opened because blown by the wind!" Tohr immediately ran to where the book was, but he didn't find the book. At that point, Tohr becomes panicked, while Lokiy is still searching for the source of the wind. Lokiy fell and his hand touched one open book. "....Why is this book down here? Isn't it upstair?" Afterwards, Tohr shouts at Lokiy, "Lokiy! The book isn't here!" While saying that, Tohr was surprised when he saw Lokiy with one book in front of him that was open. Lokiy stares at Tohr with very tense eyes. It turns out that the black book that was previously forbidden to be opened by his father has been opened before the eyes of Lokiy and Tohr. Then, the wind brought the book. The wind here means about a form formed from a cluster of black wind vortexes. The wind form says, "finally, the time has come, FINALLY!!! I thank you both..." Then the wind disappeared from the second library room. In other different places, Odiyn and Rakh are seen sweating coldly as they realize something bad and evil is starting to rise from his sleep. In the distance, some people who are not known their identities also feel the same way. "Lokiy... Tohr... I didn't expect it to happen so soon..." After the wind disappeared, there was a tremendous gravitational pull throughout Rahi's kingdom. "Ugh, what is this? My body feels like it's being pulled so hard into the ground!" said Lokiy. Tohr experienced the same thing. After some time it happened, everything went quiet. Rahi's kingdom became very calm and lost its life. At the gate of Rahi's kingdom, Rakh and Darga are seen silent and unable to put out a single word, until Rakh gives a small whisper "no way...this is...the creature's doing! Gradiora!" Hearing that, Darga was surprised "WHAT!?!?!? GRA---DI---ORA...!" Gradiora, the purgatory keeper who can devour all life on the earth's surface very easily. "Is that going to happen again?" asked Rakh in a small voice as he gazed up at the sky. After that, Rakh and Darga returned to the Khai kingdom and the next day they got me and Enity who fled from the kingdom to the forest.

Part 3 "Finite Life with Infinite Problems"English translation.

I still can't believe about what's going on. I was terrified of my own thoughts, when I realized that dad had actually gone to see Odiyn which is heading to death itself. "He must have gone to save them...but why are you doing that, stupid father!" Hearing my anger, Enity said "brother, daddy is a good person...he certainly doesn't want any of his best friends to take one problem alone!" I heard that and realized from Enity's words, "wait a minute... friend? Dad and Odiyn are best friends?" Enity responded with a nod. I just found out that Dad and Odiyn are best friends. I think they are rivals as kings of the two greatest kingdoms in the world. "Now, what do we do, brother?" Hearing that question, I'm still thinking about how we should act. "If we assume this disaster happened suddenly, of course I was also surprised when I saw and knew this, but if father want to see Odiyn then he has access to Purgatory!" I think we should find a way to Purgatory. I realize that this is a very dangerous thing, but we can't just stay in the kingdom. "Enity, I want you to be with Darga to stay here." Enity was confused when I heard what I said, "what do you mean brother? Where are you going? Are you going to find father alone?" I didn't give any response. "All this time we've been together! Then now we have to split up? I don't want to, brother! I want to be with you on an adventure in places we've never explored before! I want to be with you to see Vermillione again! I want to...brother to...take me again to the sunflower field!" As he said so, Enity's eyes began to glaze over and he held my right hand very tightly. So did my eyes that began to glaze as I placed the palm of my left hand over Enity's head. "But, this is the only way for you to protect you!" On the other hand, Darga was listening to our conversation. "I don't want anything to happen to you, Enity! I'm not only want to save dad, but I want to save you!" I know this seems selfish to me. Later, Enity immediately responded seriously and shed a tear, "I also want to save them, especially dad! I don't know what to do, but I feel safer and more comfortable with brother! I don't want to lose my only family member!" Hearing Enity's words, I was astonished. The thing Enity said was true, I thought. Our mother is gone, if dad is gone, then only I can be by Enity's side as his family. I was also her brother, then I immediately hugged Enity while she had a few tears on her shoulders. English translation. In addition, Enity cries like a newborn. I didn't realize this side of Enity where it turned out she was a weak girl and cared deeply about others, especially her family. Suddenly, I remembered one thing that could be the way out of this problem. I immediately let go of Enity, and headed straight to a certain place. "Maybe it's... No, it can definitely help!" I said as I ran. I saw Enity follow me from behind while calling me in her state of still crying. Enity is indeed the sister I love so much and I've been determined to protect her always. I got to our room, then I looked for one thing in the closet. I remember father giving me something one day after mom died. Father gave me the thing and said "when it feels like there's no way out, when you want to protect your sister and a lot of people, take this thing and go to the front of my room." It is a coin with unique motifs on both sides. On the one hand, the coin has a collection of symbols of fire, water, soil, wind and leaves. On the one hand, the coin bears a crown with seven symbols that I don't know. "This coin... is it true that it will answer all the problems that are happening now?" Enity saw me holding the coin and asked, "what is that, brother?" I replied, "this is the thing dad gave me for a hard time like this." Still with her confusion, Enity scratches her head. "But, what's waiting for using this coin?" After that, Enity and I went straight to the front of our father's room. "Are you ready, Enity?" I asked Enity behind me. "I still don't understand, but I believe you can find a way out of trouble right now." Suddenly, the coin lights up in various colors like a rainbow. Then, a small hole the size of the coin appeared on the front wall of our father's room. The hole was shallow, and I immediately put the coin in that hole. Then, something we didn't expect to happen in plain sight. The wall, which was previously empty, split in half and formed one stairway down. Enity and I immediately followed the stairwell without knowing clearly where it was going to take us.English translation.

Part 4 "Foreshadowing the Eternal War"

"In the past, the world still did not have a single kingdom." 'Not yet' may be less precise to define it. The first time when the world was created, the world had more kingdoms than it is today. With the development of the times, the world enters a time called the modern era. The number of people became so large that it touched the ten billion total of population. The kingdom society is almost gone, because of something that man developed called "technology," it is spreading all over the world and everyone depends on it. Economic, social, cultural and political life moves with technology. Many conveniences are obtained by utilizing technology. This is the embodiment of a mission of the Creator of the universe, known as Harmonia. He tells all mankind to make use of all the resources on earth, rule them, develop them and nurture them. Thus, man becomes the most powerful creature on earth. Knowing this, which people referred to at the time as "the Evil One" or the "Devil" disliked man's status as rulers on earth. They are known today as "Purgatory." They want to be the rulers of the earth and to make it happen they plan to destroy mankind. Realizing the irregularities, a large organization called the "Committee of 200" consisting of all world leaders began to move. Committee 200 is a union organization between religious people who rely on divine or supernatural power and people who uphold human science and ratios. They call those who have special powers to fight the "Devil." They get a total of twelve people divided into two, namely "Holy Knights" representing religious ones consisting five people and "Strongest Ones" representing people who uphold science with seven people. The "Devil" has so many armies reaching the number of twenty thousand with six main leaders and against only twelve men. They fought for sixty years that make the world crumble from surface to depth. Fortunately, all other human beings have been evacuated to the moon with the help of committee 200. After a fierce war, the human side managed to win. The twelve men made a seal to suppress power and all things Purgatory related. After that, all of the Holy Knights disappear without a trace, while all the Strongest Ones part ways and live their respective lives. The world is again a safe and comfortable place for people to live. This happened two thousand years ago. Don't think the story stops there. A thousand year passed, the Purgatory seal was open for unknown reason. The world did not have time to prepare so the destruction could not be expressed in words. English translation. The world's human population was six hundred thousand people left because the massacre by Purgatory. Strongest Ones and Holy Knights are gone. However, five mysterious people appear who claim to be the Holy Knights. They are much weaker than the previous Holy Knights. As time went on, they became stronger and they fought against Purgatory for a hundred and fifty years until they managed to seal Purgatory back. And this time, they made a seal that was twice as strong as before. In the end, the five of them separated and two of them married a woman and each had two children. This happened about a hundred years ago. They were both Rakh and Odiyn, two kings of the great kingdom of today's world. After fifty years of their reign as king, the world began to emerge many small kingdoms until now." Enity and I arrived in one spacious room full of books. At that moment, I realized that the place was a library. We never knew if the Khai kingdom had a library. We saw then found someone, a bespectacled girl with short, straight light blue hair reading a book in a library. The girl was wearing unusual clothing found at the time. The girl is like wearing a purple dress, covering her entire body except for the head. Suddenly, we couldn't move or talk. The girl started telling us at length about things we didn't expect. We can only hear her tell the story. Once wshe done telling the story, we can move on and talk again. I got confused when I heard some part of the story. Strongest Ones? Rakh and Odiyn, are the Holy Knights? A hundred years ago married a human being and gave birth to two children each? "Hey, what does all this mean?" Then, the girl replied, "well, I'll answer all the questions you have in mind." English translation.