"Heroes.... Heroes.... Hero.... Please... Please save our future" said a person wrapped in dazzling light with chains emitting a dark aura.
"Who are you asking?... the person you're calling can only lay back and watch the resurrection of our glory!!! HAHAHAHA..." said a person surrounded by thick black mist.
The person who was being restrained with the chain smiled. "Who said I only chose her? You were so focused on covering up the sunlight that you forgot about the light of hope she spreads!!!"
The conversation took place on top of the mountain of corpses and the river of blood, far below the horrific scene someone was staring at the two with a sharp gaze.
A young man in royal armor stood proudly, even with a body full of wounds that continued to bleed. But that wound did not stop him from continuing to walk with a body that seemed to have crossed the limit that could be endured by ordinary humans.
With weapons in hand and unflagging determination, he began to climb towards the top of the mountain of human remains.
In a large field under a cloudy orange sky a child was sleeping under shady tree, with a pile of green grass that had been cut and the caress of the breeze made his sleep even deeper.
But in the middle of his sleep. "Hey!!! Wake up!!! Agra!?...WAKE UP!!!"
A cute little girl with her hair in a ponytail was shaking her body to make her wake up, because there was no response from the child named Agra, she finally left, then after a while with a cow.
"Pisa!!! Wake up Agra!" the girl commanded cow. "MOOOO"
The cow sniffed Agra for a while and after finding her face it immediately licked her
face.
"WAAA...hoek!!! Pisa! You!!!" said Agra who was awakened from his deep sleep, he felt very upset especially when the cow licked his face when his mouth was wide open.
After Agra cleaned her drooling face she turned to a nearby girl. "Aruna!!! Why do you always wake me up with drooling pisa!!!"
The girl who turned out to be named Aruna of being afraid of Agra's anger laughed contentedly. "HAHAHAHA... whose fault is it if sleep is very difficult to wake up?... try looking at the sky it's time for us to go home!"
Agra looked at the sky and it was true what Aruna said, seeing the calm and beautiful scenery Agra instead stared at the sky with a deep gaze.
Seeing her friend dumbfounded, Aruna immediately kicked Agra's ass, making him fall forward. "What are you doing!? Quickly pick up these grasses is your life not fully recovered?"
Agra immediately got up and cleaned her clothes a little. "Huh... just relaxing for a while what's the harm? After all, I've been mowing all this grass while you've been playing with butterflies."
Aruna immediately glared at Agra while clenching her tiny hands, seeing her friend angry Agra swiftly tied the grass she had previously cut and arranged it in a wooden cart.
"Piiiii!!!...." after the two of them finished arranging the grass ties, Aruna whistled loudly, after a while waiting from a distance a horse was seen running closer, and when the horse was in front of Aruna and Agra the horse slowed down and stopped.
The horse immediately approached Agra and brought its head closer as if expecting his caress, and of course Arga complied with the horse' request. "hahaha... you're very spoiled huh?"
On the other hand, Aruna puffed up her cheeks and her face looked angry mixed with jealousy. "huuup...hmmm!!! Agra!!! Why do I always approach you!!! Even though I'm the one who often drives it and invites it to play!!!"
Agra shrugged her shoulders and replied. "I don't know... maybe I treat me better than
you?"
"ehiiiek!!!" horse whinnied as if agreeing with Agra's words.
Of course it made Aruna even angrier, she immediately got on the horse and patted its
back. "Hmp!!! If you continue like this I will not give you your favorite leaves and sugar cane stalks!!!"
The horse immediately turned to Aruna as if he couldn't believe what she had just said, after which he immediately bowed down sluggishly because he was helpless.
Agra who saw the scene just laughed while tying the rope used to pull the cart to his cow, after which Agra immediately sat in front of the cart to control his cow pulling the cart towards the village where they lived.
"Agra...why is it that when you sleep you always have a frightened and anxious expression?
Do you always have nightmares?" asked Aruna on the way.
Agra was stunned for a moment he looked down and closed his eyes, his mind seemed to drift to the deepest point of memory that he buried deeply, even so the memory kept appearing like a movie that kept playing through dreams.
Yes... that's right, it was Agra's memories of his previous life, a life where the world had been so devastated that even the soil couldn't grow a single green plant. I don't know why he still had memories of his previous life, but fortunately they didn't affect his daily life in this new world too much.
A world where plants can still be found everywhere and animals still roam at will, if in his previous life he was born in a time of war with modern weaponry, now he was born in the royal era, an era where everything was still done traditionally and humans still depended on nature.
But unlike the world he previously lived in, here what is considered a myth is a real thing where the practice of shamans and occult sciences or clenics is commonplace and has even developed into a part of people's lives, not only that in this world there are also warriors who work in martial arts who compete to become the most famous and stand at the top.
People in this world develop knowledge and clairvoyance not without reason because there are creatures out there that we consider as myths and fantasies are real existences, they occupy the interior of the forest, at the height of the mountain, to the depths of the Ocean.
Among all these differences, there are also similarities between the two worlds, although it is not very accurate but according to Agra's estimation, the kingdom he currently lives in only has 2 seasons with fertile land throughout the region and very abundant natural resources, and for the location itself Agra does not really know because there are no accurate maps at this time, what he knew from the stories of merchants and traders was that in the north of the kingdom was a very large cape that led to a very large land that had deserts, grasslands, mountains and so on, while on the east and west were directly adjacent to the Ocean, finally in the south it was bordered by a continent with various unique animals living there.
"hey!! Agra!! You fell asleep again!? We're almost there! Look at the entrance to village ahead..." Aruna said, breaking Agra's musings.
Agra looked forward and found the entrance to the village which was built a simple gate with a post underneath guarded by 2 young men, even though they were called guards they were not wearing knight's clothes or anything but a machete at the waist, ordinary villagers' clothes and a badge on their chest as a marker, well it was natural that they dressed like that because in fact this village was also in a remote area and rarely touched by the kingdom.
"You're late..." said guard A with a fierce face as he stopped the two children in front of the village entrance.
"Hmp!!! What's too late? It's still fairly late afternoon not dusk!" replied Aruna.
"hahaha... never mind, the important thing is that he doesn't cause trouble, you must be exhausted right Agra" said the more mature-looking guard B.
"Hey!!! What did you mean just now!!" said Aruna who did not accept it. "hahaha... as usual sis" Agra replied casually. "hmm...well " said guard B.
They were allowed to enter while Agra gazed at the writing on the gate of the village that had the name Mandala Jati Village, the village where he was born in a very peaceful and serene life.
They both continued to walk and occasionally passed and greeted the friendly and smiling villagers, Agra really enjoyed this atmosphere every day and never felt bored while Aruna was the opposite, she even felt a little depressed because many people always bowed their bodies to salute.
"Why is your face like that?" asked Agra.
"huft... they always treat me like I'm important, even though I want them to be normal," she replied irritably.
"hihihi... isn't it because you are the daughter of the village chief here that you are so respected?" Agra said.
"Yes indeed, but when I went with the priest to visit other villages they didnt treat their leader too much... you're the only one who wants to interact with me normally" Aruna grumbled.
"hahaha...let's just say that it's their way of honoring you" Agra tried to console.
"Yes, but right, romo..." replied Aruna, but before she could finish her sentence someone cut her off.
"What's with this romance of yours Aruna?" a voice that was so warm and soft was heard from a man in very neat clothes who welcomed them in the courtyard of Aruna's house, the two of them did not realize they had arrived at Aruna's house or the house of the village head of Mandala Jati.
"emp... that's so... no romo" said Aruna to the man who turned out to be her romance. "Greetings demang Wira" said Agra who had dismounted and saluted.
The village head named Wira smiled and rubbed Agra's head. "Why are you always like this when we meet? We are not in a formal situation Agra you can behave like this naughty Aruna."
"ROMO!!!" protested Aruna who was teased by her father.
"hehe... it's okay demang, this is a sign of my respect to my elders, especially since you are the head of this village" Agra replied politely.
Wira smiled widely at the polite attitude of the child in front of him, he then reached into his pocket and took out 5 pieces of kepeng money and gave it to Agra. "This is for today... thank you."
"No problem demang" Agra accepted the money and also gave thanks to the village chief Wira, after which he immediately dropped all the grass in the fodder storage and led the cow he was carrying into the drum.
Afterward, he immediately said goodbye to the village head to return home while riding the horse that had been ridden by Aruna. "Then I take my leave, Demang Wira"
"hmm... see you tomorrow Agra" replied village head Wira.
"Be careful on the road Agra! I'll pinch you if you get hurt tomorrow and don't bring me to play!!" Aruna said.
"hahaha... you take it easy, you know that I am very strong, right?.... HIYAH" Agra said
while kicking his horse in the stomach which made the horse gallop.
After Agra left, Aruna was still staring at her yard.
Wira nudged his daughter as he turned to enter the house. "You're so young to be interested in men. remember you're only 4 years old!"
Aruna's face reddened slightly and immediately caught up with her father who was a few meters away from her. "What does the priest mean!!! I'm just curious!"
"hoo...curious about Agra? Turns out you're really interested in him... huh..this makes your romance sad" Wira said teasingly.
"No!!! That's not it, Padre!!!" argued Aruna. "oh...so what?" asked Wira.
Aruna thought for a moment and then nodded. "You see, isn't Agra an ordinary villager, Father? But why does he have a horse? Moreover, he's the only one who has a horse in this village, aren't horses very expensive, romo? And only the city nobles, knights, merchants, and traders own them?"
Wira now looked at his girl with a bit of surprise, because at such a young age he could already think that way, but dismissed the surprise Wira stroked his girl's head and answered. "Actually, Romo doesn't know either... Romo Agra is a newcomer to this village, he said he was a hunter who traveled because his village was attacked by robbers, so maybe the horse is a wild horse that he tamed while hunting."
Aruna nodded in understanding, she was now even walking into her house while half- dreaming, but in the midst of her reverie Wira quickly approached her daughter. "So... you're getting interested in Agra, right?"
Hearing her father's words Aruna turned around and found Wira had left quickly entering the house, while Aruna who was being teased made an annoyed face and immediately shouted while running after her father. "ROOMOOO!!!"
On the other hand Agra spurred his horse between the village rice fields he headed to the far rice fields where rice fields were directly adjacent to the forest, in the distance Agra saw a crowd of villagers who were walking together.
Agra's eyes immediately fell on a very elegant woman, who was carrying a basket full of plants, in her hands also carrying a partridge that occasionally struggled to escape
As Agra approached, one of the villagers immediately told the woman. "Kirana look your son is coming..."
The woman named Kirana smiled and nodded. "Yes, that's my son."
"Hmp!!! Looks like he's done flirting with the demang's daughter s, so he's very late picking you up" snickered a woman next to Kirana.
Kirana just smiled without responding to the words of the woman next to her, it was true that Agra was a little late picking her up usually he would come some time before kirana finished working but actually he was also not entirely guilty because at this time
It was indeed the time when the farmers went home and after a while Agra arrived and immediately got off his horse and approached his mother.
"Mom... sorry I was late picking you up" Agra said with a smile and scratched his head that wasn't itchy.
"Yes, it's okay, son," Kirana said as she rubbed Agra's head.
Agra immediately took the basket and partridge that Kirana was carrying and hung it on the back of his horse, after which he accompanied his mother to ride his horse, before he rode his horse Agra said goodbye to the residents who were previously with his mother.
"We'll go first sir...ma'am... let's go" said arcane while bowing his head.
The residents immediately returned Agra's nod, some also returned his words. "Be careful son..."
Afterward he immediately mounted his horse and spurred it to leave the crowd, but there was someone who gave Agra and Kirana a sardonic look as they rode away. "Hmp!!! The woman who teases her son is also a tease!!!"
"Swari better watch your language!!!" said a resident who did not like what the woman named Swari was saying.
"Huh? What did I do wrong? I only spoke truth" Swari argued.
The people there shook their heads and chose to remain silent and walk back home, they knew that Swari had always had an enmity towards Kirana if asked why, no one knew or even when it all started, Kirana herself was also a kind and gentle person she also did not like commotion and disputes.
"hmp...!!! Even if I had a daughter, I wouldn't mind having a relationship with a boy as nice and polite as Agra" said a villager quietly and was replied to by several nods from other villagers.
On the other hand Agra spurred his horse to follow the river upstream, both of them headed for the village at the very end and a little far away, on a hill well although it didn't deserve to be called a hill because it was only on a higher ground than the surroundings stood a simple house but had a fairly large yard and was planted with various types of vegetables.
Agra entered the courtyard of the house which was his own home as the sun was setting, he immediately helped his mother to get down and bring the basket and partridge in front of the house, after which he led his horse back to the drum.
Behind his house there is also a large yard that grows a lot of grass but the surroundings are fenced with very sturdy wood, all the grass is intentionally allowed to grow for his horse's food, besides that there is also an artificial pond that is directly connected to the river near his house.
In addition to the horses he brought there were also several goats, chickens and ducks that had entered his stable, not waiting long Agra entered his horse and checked that all the stalls were locked tightly and safely, although it was on a hill but near Agra's house there was a spring, although it was not large or heavy but the spring continued to release water throughout the year, by utilizing the flow of water Agra's house could get a supply of clean water for daily life and as irrigation needs for their livestock and small gardens, but with a note that bathing and defecating they still did it in the river.
After he checked outside to look for eggs that might have been dropped by his livestock, he was lucky to get 2 large duck eggs and after washing them in the artificial pond.
When she entered the house she immediately showed the two eggs to Kirana. "Mom!
Look..I found the eggs at the back"
Kirana who was in the kitchen saw her son and accepted the egg. "Smart... well tonight we will eat eggs how?"
"Cool!!! Okay mom!" Agra said excitedly. "Alright then, go clean yourself up!" said Kirana.
Agra nodded then ran to get a cloth and torch and went straight to the river, even though it was dark but in the river there was a simple hut whose surroundings were covered with woven coconut leaves and wooden boards underneath it was also a stream that had been dug and shaped in such a way as to be comfortable to use and as we know this is where Agra's family bathroom is.
Agra while heading to her bathroom she also did not forget to turn on a few small torches as lighting in case someone wanted to go to the bathroom, she quickly took off her clothes and jumped into the river and she enjoyed it so much that she ignored the cold that slowly entered her body.
After finishing he went straight back inside his house secretly he also put his hard- earned money in a hole on the floor of his house, at the same time Kirana had finished making something and put it in a bowl. "Are you done, son? Come and give this jamu to your romance."
Arga nodded he took the bowl and approached a room in his house, when he entered the room on the bed someone was lying with a pale face it was certain he was sick, Agra approached the man.
"Padre?... are you sleeping?" said Agra as she checked her robe.
The sick man opened his eyes and turned his head. "hooh... no son, Father just closed his eyes"
The man got up and sat down leaning against the wall behind him, Agra quickly handed him the herbal medicine his mother had made. "Here romo... drink it"
The man was named Bima before he was a migrant like Wira said, in his daily life he was a hunter while his wife Kirana took care of the house, but in the past year his health continued to deteriorate for no apparent reason so Kirana had to work hard to work, Agra actually wanted to help but he was too young especially where Kirana worked on the edge of the forest which was prone to being attacked by wild animals.
Finally Agra only quietly went to help earn money by looking for animal feed belonging to the village head or anyone who needed his services, but even though he lived in the midst of these difficulties he could still be grateful and never complained because his life in this world felt very peaceful and calm, unlike in his previous life where even if he wanted to drink, he had to spend extra energy.
After Bima drank all the jamu, Agra took back the bowl, after which he moved the table near Bima's room and arranged several plates there, soon Kirana brought dinner to them.
"Let's eat first" Kirana said with a smile. "Good mom" Agra said happily.
Their dinner was very simple, just corn stew mixed with vegetables, roasted sweet potatoes and 2 boiled eggs, Kirana immediately shared the food with her husband and son.
Agra eagerly ate all the food cooked by his mother, even though the food was almost tasteless but he could still add more because he remembered that he had difficulty eating decent food throughout his previous life.
Bima and Kirana themselves saw Agra who was very polite, devoted, and never complained and were very grateful for his presence, Agra's presence between them became a very valuable meaning for the presence of the two people.
After finishing dinner Agra headed outside to enjoy the night atmosphere, the cold but fresh air did not prevent him from enjoying the beauty of the almighty creator,
stars and the moon who accompanied him to play with fireflies flying in his garden even though in the body of a child there is the soul of a grandfather but still his mentality is a child's mentality he only has memories that make him wiser and smarter than others, When he was busy running here there a voice called him.
"Agra!? Don't go too far" Agra turned to the origin of the voice and found that his father Bima was calling him, knowing that his father was sick he went straight to him.
"Father? Why did you come out? Father is still sick," said a worried Arga.
Bima smiled as she sat on a bamboo chair in front of the house. "It's okay... the priest is not that weak"
Agra shook his head and came out carrying a cloth he used as a blanket. "Here...it's better to use this blanket if you want to go out."
Bima smiled and accepted the blanket from Agra. "Thanks son"
Afterward, Agra didn't play anymore but sat together with her father enjoying the night atmosphere, after a while the bima who was staring at the sky began to sink into his mind.
"Don't you ever think that we have this difficult condition because the sickly priest is like this Agra?" asked Bima suddenly.
"Not really... instead of being happy that Father is sick, I am happy that I can walk around the village, because before, Mother always forbade me to go here and there" Agra replied.
"Hooh... Isn't it because you can collect a few pieces of money from your work and buy market snacks?" Bima teased.
Hearing his father's words Agra immediately became confused and immediately hugged his father. "Father!? How did you know!? Please don't tell mom"
"hehehehe..." chuckled Bima as he stroked little Agra's head. "... all men have their own secrets and ways Agra... the priest does not forbid you as long as you do not do things that harm others and you should immediately find another place to hide your savings."
Agra widened her eyes in disbelief that her father knew that much. "Father... did you know? How could you!?"
Agra now immediately shut up and thought hard to determine another place that he could use to hide all his savings, although he knew that his mother was very kind but when it came to Agra's mischief then his mother could be someone very terrible.
"Agra... are you interested in becoming a wanderer or warrior?" said Bima suddenly. "erm..why romo?" asked a curious Agra.
Bima smiled as he looked up at the starry night sky. "It's okay...it's just that I feel that your future destiny will have a very difficult path, and your romance is actually not a hunter."
"ermm... yes romo, I will transfer my savings" Agra replied absently.
Bima turned his head and just realized that Agra had fallen asleep soundly, seeing his son sleeping so peacefully made Bima smile gently but behind that smile Bima's eyes looked far into the future when his son knew the truth about his secret.
"AGRA!!! WHERE DID YOU GET ALL THIS MONEY" he shouted.
Kirana's voice was so loud that it woke Agra up in a 100 percent conscious state.