"I think you got a good life in the city," Valeria said when I drive the car.
"no, not at all," my answer.
"is that so? But you're driving porsche in small village like this"
"it's not really village you know, you can find grocery stores anywhere in this place"
"more like developed to be a city?"
"uhm... I'm with you"
"so if this village became a city, were you gonna return to the city?"
"I didn't think so, I was gonna make my own company here...... maybe"
"great"
"so what were you gonna do?"
"uhm..... let me think..... playing violin?"
"amazing"
"no, I haven't finished my study yet"
"you can play your violin after finishing it. go to the opera or found your own opera"
"it'll be so great, but I don't have any plan for all"
"that's okay, you just have to focuss on your study"
"you're right"
It spends 20 minutes to reach the public library in the central of this place. Like what I talked before, it's not really village, so we can still find many restaurants, grocery stores, parks, and many historic sites in this place. And here we go, in the big public library with more than 1000 books from other sides of this world.
"hallo madam Sophie, How've you been?" Valeria's greeting to the one of the librarians.
"owh my beautiful lady, I'm great. Long time no see since you went to college. How was your experiment?" Madam Sophie replied friendly.
"I got succesful experiment because of your recomendation book," Valeria answered.
"wow, it's great, I'm so grateful of that"
"thank you"
"anytime sweetheart. Anyway, who is that handsome man?"
"oh yes, he is my friend, Lucas"
"nice to meet you Madam Sophie," I greeted.
"Lucas?" Madam Sophie replied.
"excuse me?"
"Lucas Adelard?" she guessed.
"yes, how could you know my name?"
"you're Noah's grandson?" she asked.
"exactly"
"oh God!"
"Madam Sophie, what's wrong?" Valeria asked with great concern.
"Noah, Robert, Ellie, and I were friends. I'm so happy meeting you Lucas. This is your time"
"what? My time? What do you mean Madam?" I asked.
"save all"
"what?"
"I know what you need this right now. It's almost 20 years I've been here and waiting for you"
"hah? Waiting for me?"
"It's your turn dear"
"what are you talking about?"
"you must be looking for Xavier Rhodes," she guessed.
"yes you're right. But how could you know it?" I asked.
"she must be comming"
"who? Who's comming?"
"that wonderful girl I've ever known"
"Lily?"
Madam Shophie just smiles responding my words. Then she leaves me to enter a dark room.
"wait! Madam Sophie! You have to explain it to me!" I shouted but there is no answer.
"silly," I cursed myself.
"wait for it Lucas," Valeria calmed me down.
But it didn't take a long time until Madam sophie returns and brings a tick old book. That's what I'm looking for this right now. A novel that Valeria read at that time.
"it is," Madam Sophie gave me the novel.
"Ignatius Reincarnation," I thought.
"exactly, you'll get the answers of your questions here"
"thank you Madam Sophie"
"I'm happy to help you. Anyway Lucas, don't let her sad. Protect her well. She is a kind girl"
"what do you mean?"
"you know what I mean"
"Lily?"
"she will be the best sibling you've ever had"
"thanks for your advise"
"anytime you need me"
"you wanna read it?" Valeria asked softly.
"yes," I replied.
We decide to read the novel in a seat in this library. I turn page after page of this book. Silly, it's so dusty like no one ever touched this book for a long time. I don't really think of it as negative thought, because I know that there are more than 1000 books here and of course no one wanted to read the old novel like this. Wait, anyway, why did Madam Sophie take this book from different place besides it was supposed to be put on the shelf like normal books? Then I stop my hand to open the next page of this book after reading the opening and start to stare at Valeria.
"what's wrong Lucas?" she asked.
"how could you find this book 2 years ago?" I replied to ask.
"oh that's, I got a vary complicated experiment from my college and I couldn't find a book that able to help me. So I asked Madam Sophie about it, and she gave me some recomendation books. It's like very thick encyclopedia books. I remembered at that moment I dropped the books because she gave me 3 thick books. And I felt hurt in my arms. When I took those books on the floor, there was a beautiful girl helping me. I thanked her for helping me and she smiled. She brought a thick book like me but it was not encyclopedia book, it was a novel. This novel, Ignatius Reincarnation. I asked her at that time, 'you like reading novel?', 'absolutely' she answered. I said that I couldn't stay a long time because I had to finish my experiment and she agreed about it. I thanked her again and again before leaving her at that place. When I started to do my experiment, she came to me suddenly and gave me that novel. She said, 'It'll help you'. I was shocked at that time and started to ask something, but she cut my word immediately, 'I hope you want to spend your time to read it. I need you to help anyone'. 'But I have to finish my experiment, I don't have much time to read this novel' I explained. 'I know, but you must. I beg you, read this novel and it'll help you and someone to fill the puzzle in the future'. So how could I refuse her request at that time? She looked like vary kind and soft girl, she had beautiful eyes and I thought they were the most beautiful eyes in this world I've ever known. So I took her request and it made her smile, or maybe she were very happy about it. But it was such as silly moment when I saw her smiled and said, 'thanks Gracemoon. Ups, I forgot, thanks young majesty' and then she just dissapeared from my sight without leaving a trace, like there was a very shinning hole pulling her in, like a portal. I knew it didn't make a sense but it happened in front of me. You don't believe me, right? But I swear I saw it in front of me"
"I believe you," my respound.
"really?"
"there were a lot of silly things comming to me"
"like what?"
"a beautiful girl you met at that time. Did she have crystal blue eyes and blonde hair?"
"exactly, how could you know it? She was among 19 at that time I met"
"she said her name?"
"no"
"okay, I have filled one by one puzzle I got because of you. Thanks Va," I said and it made Valeria feels curious about what I said. I could read it on her emotional expression, it's expression full of questions.
"what do you mean Lucas?"
"we have to go home now. I have important thing to be finished," I replied before holding Valeria's hand to leave this library.