This Early August morning begins, it is beautiful to see the sun that begins to shine on the earth. Warm, cozy, and soothing. yeah, that's summer in this time. It is a fun and amazing summer because you can spend time with friends such as shopping at the largest Mall in Tokyo, seeing hanabi together, etc. This moment is the beginning of happiness.
Today is their schedule to go to Tokyo Theme Park. But unfortunately, his mother's boss calling her and said that tomorrow there is a client who will come at 10 am. So they have to go home tomorrow. Farhan, who heard his mother's conversation on the hotel's phone, was immediately in a bad mood because tomorrow would be the day he wanted to spend time buying his favorite manga comics. He ran out of the room immediately and wanted to go to the place where the hotel library was.
When Farhan got there, he cornered himself and cried softly so that no one would listen. After all, there was no one in the library room. After making the call, Zahra wanted to talk to Farhan about it, but Farhan was not in the room. Zahra thought that maybe he had heard the conversation earlier. With alacrity, Zahra then called Farhan loudly but nil. She then came out and asking someone maybe they saw Farhan.
Elisa, the librarian passed in front of Zahra. Zahra remembers taking Farhan home. Zahra then asking Elisa for it. Elisa who heard it was shocked and she wanted to find Farhan too. She then called someone ( probably her Colleagues ) and canceling her meeting and change the meeting date. For some reason, Elisa thought Farhan was also his son. Remembering his favorite place, Elisa invited his mother to go to the hotel library. It was the place he liked the most. Especially if there is his favorite manga comic.
After arriving at the place, and sure enough, Farhan crying in the corner room looking down and clenching his fists. It was like he was sad. Seeing Farhan who seemed gloomy, Elisa then asked why Farhan could be like that. She then explained in as much detail as possible. After hearing that problem, Elisa then went to Farhan's place and hugged him saying that she would accompany him and would even buy his favorite manga comics as long as he was not sad and happy anymore. Hearing the whisper, Farhan, who was sad, suddenly stood up and widened the smile on his face. He was really happy even to running around cause he was happy. Seeing that smile, his mother entrusted his son to Elisa to go to the manga comic store and gave Elisa about $200 or ¥29,000.
But Elisa refuses and she wants to treat Farhan. After all, Elisa has a lot of money, so it doesn't matter to her. She then returned the money to Zahra for her needs. Zahra was so happy to meet that person, she thanked her and left because she had to clean up the room and preparing because they would be home tomorrow.
Elisa and Farhan then got off and boarded his car. The car is classic in style and really makes you comfortable, unlike most cars that are intoxicating. The two of them then walked to the biggest comic store. It is located not far from Tokyo, but a little closer to the beach. 2 hours drive they finally arrived at the place. Seen on the billboard is the name of the store, 東京ビーチのマンガ本・コミック専門店( Tōkyō bīchi no manga hon komikku senmon-ten ) or Tokyo Beach Manga Book and Comic Store. It is the most complete and updated store whether it's manga, comics, novels or other stories. Even manga that are not well-known are there. It's really a complete store. Then they two went in and looked for his favorite manga. Elisa then took Farhan to the top floor because his favorite manga was there. However, it can be seen that the store is really crowded and cannot be expressed. Even the escalators overflowed. Farhan was confused whether he wanted to continue or not.
Accidentally, he saw a manga comic in the shop next to them. Farhan looked like he was familiar with the book. But he really seemed to forget, but he also seemed to see it for the first time. Without hesitation, he walked into the store. He saw the Novel, which was titled ユートピア,テクノロジーの驚異,そして人類の傲慢 ( Yūtopia, tekunorojī no kyōi, soshite jinrui no gōman ) or 'Utopia, technological wonder and the hubris of humanity' . And next to it is also a comic manga with a picture of Niagara Falls. He really feels déjà vu with this comic manga. The manga is titled ナイアガラの滝での激しい戦い ( Naiagaranotaki de no hageshī tatakai ) or 'Wild fight at Niagara Falls' . Because he like these comic manga and novel, he didn't want to buy his favorite manga comics anymore. Farhan wants to buy this one only. Elisa, confused by his decision. She going to the cashier to paying these book. The price of the book is quite cheap, of which a novel only costs $10 or ¥1500 and the manga comic only costs $18 or ¥2600. The total price of the book purchased is $28 or ¥4100.
Even though his favorite manga comics are around $150 or ¥21,800.
After paying for it, the cashier told Elisa that the book really didn't sell well in the market and no one even bought it because the theme was too boring and exaggerated. The cashier was really surprised why there were children who were interested in such a book. It's really confusing. Actually, Elisa was also confused, but Farhan was still a child so maybe it caught his attention. Afterwards, they went to the cafeteria first because it was time for lunch. They went to Elisa's favorite place, which was 拉麺( Ramen ). They bought 2 servings of ramen. Original Ramen for Farhan and extra spicy and cheese Ramen for elisa.
After Lunch, Elisa invites Farhan to go to the beach. The travel time is about 3 to 4 hours. Since Farhan wanted to see the beach, he agreed. They then set off for that beach. On the way, Farhan really seemed to like the book. His face looked radiant and sparkling while looking at the book. Elisa, who realized it, also smiled at Farhan's behavior. After a long journey, Elisa and Farhan stopped by the grocery store to buy ice cream. He bought Farhan vanilla-flavored ice cream because it was his favorite. After that, they parked the car in the available parking space. After parking, they walked to the beach. The first time they went there, the wind hit them. Very soothing wind. Elisa and Farhan then sat on the available beach chairs, looked at the sea water, enjoyed the breeze, and Looking up at the clear orange afternoon sky while enjoying the ice cream they bought. It's really a satisfying feeling.
Unexpectedly, Viki passed in front of him. Farhan immediately called her to enjoy the atmosphere this afternoon together. Viki who saw farhan also stopping by where farhan was.
"hey farhan, what are you doing here? And btw what you doing with the librarian here?"
"nothing else. I was just treated by Ani-saan buy a comic book and novel. Even treated to ice cream"
"ehhh Nice. I want to be like you too."
"Do you want to buy ice cream? Here's the money to buy it" Elisa replied
"thank you ani-saan. I want to go to the grocery store first, you guys wait for me here, don't leave me"
"yeah Viki, It's up to you, weirdo" Farhan's answer
Viki then runs to the grocery store to buy her favorite Taro-flavored ice cream. Moments later, Viki come back to where Farhan and Elisa were. Farhan was confused as to why she was here alone, It turned out that she was here with her family visiting his grandfather's house across the street. He was bored there so he walked on this beach. Besides, it's close to his grandfather's house, so it doesn't matter. The three of them then told stories and joked with laughter. Anyway, it's a fun thing, exciting.
It was half past 7pm, and soon the sun was about to set. Elisa and Farhan wanted to go home because it was time. Before that, Farhan drove Viki to his grandfather's house first and then they went home. Elisa and Farhan then got on the car and set off. On the way back, it turned out that the road they passed was really jammed. Don't know what happened in front of there. Elisa then asking the patrolman who passed by, it turned out that there was a collision in front of there. It was a terrible collision, he said. The patrolman is turning the road around to avoid another accident. And because the road was closed, Elisa had to use the road provided by the police. But the time to the hotel using the road is quite long, about 7 hours drive. They would run out of time, even for dinner. But because of the circumstances, it can't be helped. Because it will be a long time, across there is an instant food store. He saw that Farhan was still reading the comics, so she got out and locked the car because there was Farhan inside. She then went to the store to buy burgers and drinks for dinner later. After buying it, she took it to the car to give to Farhan. Farhan was happy to be given food because as he read, he was a little hungry. She was very happy if he accepted the food given. After that, he started the car and continued on the road.
On the other hand, Zahra is very worried about the condition of her son, especially when she hears that there is a collision incident that occurred close to place where they left. Zahra really panicked, but because she believed that Elisa would take care of her son, she calmed down a little bit and went back to organizing the things they were going to take home. While tidying up, she found Farhan's bag. Zahra actually didn't want to mess with her son's things, but she was a little confused about what was inside. She was afraid that maybe her child's belongings would be left behind. After checking, there is a Tamagotchi given by his father, there is a manga comic book, and there is a bracelet. Zahra felt strange about the bracelet, but maybe Farhan bought it in here, so she put the bracelet back in him bag.
In the car, Farhan really enjoyed reading the novel. He has even read it until chapter 15. Because he saw Farhan who was really focused on reading it, Elisa asking Farhan for few question..
"ne farhan, What are you reading? I mean what the novel story is about and what kind of it?"
Hearing Elisa's voice, Farhan turned his face to her and reply it
"I was reading a novel about a man who went to ancient times and there he found a civilization. Then because that civilization was so amazing, he named it utopia. it's amazing to see his story. It really made me déjà vu"
"Wow, that's cool too. Btw you déjà vu because of what? Is it because of the theme or what? "
" i don't know ani-saan. I've never been here before, but I think I've been here. It's really confusing. I kind of thought it might be a dream but strangely there was something that was exactly the same as the dream I felt. "
" Really? What is that stuff? "
" Bracelet "
" Bracelet? So the bracelet is in reality and you dream of going there and there is the same bracelet like that? "
" yeah. That's what I mean ani-saan. It was a strange incident yesterday."
" What is that? It looks interesting"
"yeah. Yesterday I met that person, it was a person carrying a book. Well, there was a piece of his book that was torn down. I saw that the book was an old school book but it looked newly printed and it was written like a heliograph. It can be seen once that it is ancient writing. Well, I chased that boy, but instead I went to the toilet. In that toilet for some reason I forgot "
" Then what happened? "
" Well, I forgot what happen in that time. But that's really weird. I mean, I really remember I was chasing the stranger. I want to return the piece of paper. Even though I'm sure I'm holding it but i don't know why can just disappear. Even more stranger, I wearing a bracelet. That bracelet has writing but I don't know whom's owned and what it is. But after I tried to search the wikipedia book in the library, I only found one word that was closest to the meaning, It is time police. I don't know what it means"
"time police? Can I see the bracelet later? I want me to take pictures for my research."
"Yeah, it said referring to that meaning. Okey If it's for photos only, no problem"
Because she was too curious, Elisa was eager to quickly look at that bracelet.