Daniel froze moments then Pro. Ian continued, "Your uncle is an adult, Dan. He can crave a lot at such a mature age. I often saw him meet women in other cities when I was traveling. You know what I mean, right? " Prof. Ian blinked his eyes.
At that time, Daniel understood what Prof. Ian. So far, Uncle Ted had been single, even though he had to take care of two orphaned children whose parents died. Even though Uncle Ted looked strong on the outside and insisted on living single, the human needed will never be deceived.
Daniel's thoughts about Uncle Ted again clouded his judgment about Prof. Ian. Again Daniel found Prof. Ian's ordinary face, who was always smiling softly and speaking in a wise tone.
Prof. Ian went to head back to the teacher's room, leaving Daniel drowning with all the confusing judgments smacking his head. Choosing to lighten the brain for a while, Daniel walked back home.
Because his body condition was better, Daniel chose to go home through the normal route, namely avoiding the forest where he met the fake Mr. Parkin this morning. Daniel assumed that maybe then he would be able to save his energy then to think at home about all this sequence of events. His journal had not been completed either, because last night many obstacles came to him.
Gavin and his gang were seen hanging out in the back of the school, jutting a little at a bend into the forest. They were seen chatting with cigarette puffs coming out of each other's mouths.
Seeing that, Daniel hurriedly took a step faster so that he could escape Gavin's sight. Because if Daniel got caught, maybe the bullying of Gavin and his gang would be even worse than before. He just wanted to save energy right now.
Shortly after his feet left the school environment, a pair of footsteps could be heard approaching, amidst the slow and relaxed footsteps of the children who walked around Daniel in groups.
When Daniel turned his head he found Serry rushing after him. Her face blushed as Daniel caught herself.
"What is wrong?" Daniel frowned, confused.
In a voice almost drowning, Serry answered, "May I go home with you? I want to see Wendy. "
Without thinking, Daniel nodded. Perhaps this was better than walking alone in a crowd of huddled children. Besides, if Gavin had seen, he would not have dared to come near. Because Gavin usually always avoided seniors, perhaps out of fear of being bullied.
Serry was heard muttering a little while walking beside Daniel. When Daniel turned his head, he saw the awkwardness Serry was feeling in him. "If you want to talk then speak up. I'm younger than you so don't be too shy even though you're a shy person."
A red hue had enveloped Serry's slightly dark-skinned face. Her long curls were tied high on her head. "Yeah, I was a little awkward. I wanted to ask about Wendy but I thought I could ask her directly. But I want to ask you a few things. It doesn't important maybe, but since we still have to walk together for about twenty-five minutes so…. "
They now passed a small village where each house was divided by at least a large vegetable garden. The grass was very green and very fresh. Many livestock could be seen being fed.
If Daniel looked at the livestock, he would remember Uncle Ted's wish to take care of livestock to increase household income. However, because he had too much gardening work, Uncle Ted gave up his desire for a while.
"The news has spread. It was said you were found by Prof. Ian in the forest not far from your house. Is that true, Dan? " asked Serry, suddenly breaking Daniel's dream about livestock. Apart from monsters, livestock and how to care for them were other things that occupied Daniel's mind.
He came to his senses. As his feet were already walking and touching the area around Musi Lake, he said, "That's right. I didn't think that the news spread so fast. It must be Nurse Mery who passed it on." Daniel was heard snorting.
Serry giggled softly behind the clasped hands on her mouth. "Yeah, that's Nurse Mery. But how come you are in the forest, Dan? And why did you pass out there? Did Gavin do something bad for you again?"
"About Gavin, did Nurse Mery say that too?" Daniel looked at Serry because when he was at the school clinic he didn't mention Gavin at all, and Nurse Mery didn't talk about it.
Serry shook her head, "No. I'm just guessing because all this time you have always been bothered by Gavin, right? You have to fight now and then, Dan. "
"I don't have enough martial arts."
"Uncle Ted is good. Why don't you learn from him? "
"If he's not too stingy I will master some self-defense moves." Daniel stopped his words. To be honest he often saw Uncle Ted practicing martial arts in his spare time. From there Daniel could learn several moves that helped him dodged the tree monster that entangled him with roots last night. But that was not enough. The knowledge gained from stealing was never enough.
The martial arts, control of the body as well as the right emotions, deep and unlimited meditation. Daniel needed all of this to awaken the three universal cores in his body. But it seemed like it would be impossible to do naturally.
Perhaps the universe's core generators who came from the world of Sotah needed to do the task they had not carried out for a long time, if only they could find a portal that would help them visit earth.
Hearing Daniel's explanation, Serry became sad. She almost provided comments and also consolation for Daniel, but her eyes also rest in one direction towards the lake. "The bird suddenly drowned, as if it had been sucked in by something." Serry suddenly said, she rubbed her eyes repeatedly.
When he heard that, Daniel quickly turned his head. When his eyes were already on the whirlpool in the lake, he stopped at once, making several children who were shocked sounded mocking at him.
Serry was busy apologizing on behalf of Daniel, while he was still watching the whirlpool which was currently rising. Again, there was a claw that appeared like a corpse from within its own grave. The claws were more textured and covered in a thin membrane of pale, slimy flesh.
About the size of the claws as big as a boat according to Daniel's calculations. The claws slammed into the water and made a high wave appear. People screamed in surprise when they saw the water suddenly rise.
"TSUNAMI! THERE IS A TSUNAMI! " shouted one of the children who then made all the children who were walking calmly suddenly panic, without even needing to look at the lake where now the burst of fire was visible.
The waves had already broken, hitting the nearby trees and breaking the weakest branches. The mud spurted out and littered the land, bringing with it some fish that floundered and then died.
Daniel almost wanted to take a closer look when his eyes found some hairs appearing from within the vortex, but Serry had already pulled himself up to take him away.
"Tsunami, Dan! We have to go escape! " Serry's sudden pull made Daniel dragged along.
Daniel was now running, even though his eyes repeatedly turned back. As he almost turned around a corner a large explosion could be heard. Daniel turned back to Musi Lake and found a monster's head coming out of the whirlpool.
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