"Hey, stop it!" Satrio trying to break free, he tried to stop me.
I'm quite confused, Satrio is a boy, but he can't hold me, when compared to Satrio's hands are much bigger than mine. I think this is not important to discuss, I have to stop running now.
“Sorry, I got too excited. Hehehe." I chuckled, lowering my head.
"You fell from a height, but you're excited... why don't you break your bones?" asked Satrio, surprised.
“Don't know, it's possible that I have plot armor,” I replied, smiling broadly.
“You are addicted to reading novels.”
"Ha ha ha ha. You are addicted to fighting right?”
Satrio was silent for a moment, he took a breath of fresh air, then said, “Let's continue our journey. Don't waste time."
“Ah, well....” Turns out this boy is really boring, he's too flat, he also doesn't have any intention of seducing me or teasing me, but somehow he looks attractive to my eyes, especially his hairstyle that looks like a cock's comb.
....
Satrio led the way, he was in front of me, while I was behind him. Our trip was filled with awkwardness, my new friend and I didn't open our mouths at all, but I didn't care, I'd rather enjoy the wind than find a topic of conversation.
I don't know his background, family, and something that Satrio hates. That's why I refuse to pick the fruit of the conversation, I'm afraid he'll be offended. Silence is the best option, maybe Satrio is also thinking the same thing as me.
....
The wind was so cool, my hair waved gracefully in the light breeze. I love to be able to feel the air of the outside world, but the path I'm walking right now really disgusts me, it's so muddy, my feet are dirty from not wearing sandals.
I am a woman who loves and upholds the values of cleanliness, but my feet have been stained with wet soil and last night I drank murky water, it's ironic, my eyes felt like spilling water.
After crossing that disgusting road, we climbed a plateau, this one path is not muddy, but very steep. I was very careful when I stepped on my feet, if I stepped wrong, I might fall down.
I want to beat up people who choose this incline as the main route.
After experiencing a lot of suffering while climbing the incline, we managed to pass this damn path smoothly.
I saw a sign on the right side of the road, the sign said 'If you or your colleagues fall while crossing this incline, then immediately send a letter of protest to Mrs. Lestari to get free medical expenses, don't hesitate, because she is the one who chose this incline as main road.'
I was stunned when I read the writing on the sign, so my mother herself chose this steep incline as the main road, then I had to give up my intention, there was no way I could hit my own mother.
“Ristia, are you tired?” Satrio looked back and looked at me coldly.
“Eh, just a little bit.”
“Want a break?”
“No need. I’m fine.” I waved my hands in front of my chest.
“Okay.”
Satrio, a flat and indifferent man, I thought he would lock his mouth and glance away when someone was in trouble, but he still has a sense of caring.
I don’t know why my heart skipped a beat when Satrio glanced at me, could I have another heart attack? Impossible, I always take care of my health.
At the same time, Satrio was talking in his heart too, his face is red now, he must be very tired after climbing the incline, but I don’t want to force him to rest.
....
We have arrived at the plateau. This location is really cold, I saw several men and women who were passing by, they carried things on their shoulders and wore thick cloth jackets.
The people of the highlands carried piles of rice, baskets of fish, sacks of stones, and bundles of twigs. It seems that this plateau is the fastest route to Segoro village, they can save time when delivering goods and basic needs to the village. Now, I know why my mother chose the steep incline as the main trail.
“Hey, look at that girl, her hair and eyes are really weird!” Whispered a fat woman, she was carrying a basket of rice.
“Ah, that’s right, the girl’s hair is gold, then her eyes are blue. How could that be?” The skinny woman whispered too, while glancing at me with a scornful glance.
“I don’t know!” replied the fat woman.
“She’s really pretty too! Whose child is it?”
“Stupid, I said I didn’t know.”
The women were talking about me, I could hear their whispers clearly. I just realized now, everyone around me has black hair and black or brown eyes. Am I the only gold-haired and blue-eyed human in this world? If that’s the case, uh, that’s terrible... I might become the target of men looking to renew offspring. That’s disgusting. Instead of thinking about nothing, I’d rather just enjoy the view.
On my left side there is a very wide ocean, I saw several small boats in the middle of the sea, the fishermen on the boat threw their nets into the sea, then a few minutes later the nets were pulled back and they managed to catch a lot of fish. Besides that, I saw large ships near the shore, the ship was carrying a number of goods, my eyes were always on the crew passing by on the ship’s deck, they were working with enthusiasm.
It’s amazing, it’s the first time I’ve seen the ocean in person, completely different from the illustrations in the book.
To my right are farms, mountains, and the enormous Reliquia tower.
In the livestock area, I saw farmers tending the plants in the fields, they sprinkled some kind of fertilizer or maybe anti-pest medicine, then I found dozens of buffalo working on the rice fields, the farmers who controlled the buffaloes seemed to whip the buffalo’s ass to want to walk.
Meanwhile, the scenery in the mountains is not very interesting compared to the views of the ocean or farms, but I was impressed by the shape of the mountain, like a sleeping fox.
I remembered an article about the sleeping fox mountain. According to an article I read, once upon a time the fox mountain was a large fox statue, supposedly it was built as extravagantly as possible to seduce a fox-demon woman, but the statue was neglected for hundreds of years and became a mountain. The article was written by my mother, but some people still doubt it and prefer the sleeping fox mountain conspiracy theory.
Then, the Reliquia tower, the most conspicuous object in this world. For 20 years experts have been researching Reliquia and they have succeeded in measuring the width of the tower which reaches 300km, but unfortunately, the maximum height of the tower is still unknown until now.
When compared to Reliquia, the fox mountains were like mounds of earth, the oceans were like puddles of water, and humans were like germs. On Reliquia’s body itself was a mysterious magic circle, the circle covered most of the tower body and was at an altitude of 10,000 meters. The magic circle keeps humanity from seeing the top of the tower.
Reliquia may be terrifying and intimidating, but this tower provides abundant and limitless natural resources. In the past world wars occurred because a number of kingdoms fought over the Reliquia tower, the war lasted for one year, without a truce and without a winner.
World wars were stopped by influential figures through black table negotiations, my mother was one of those figures. The results of the negotiations formed a new agency called Skyscraper, then each kingdom could extract natural resources according to the quota determined by the Skyscraper Commander.
The members of the Skyscrapers themselves are deprived of their citizenship status and submit to the Commander, their task is to fight the monsters in the tower, find natural resource points, and solve the mystery of the Reliquia tower.
My mother hated black because of black table negotiations, every time she saw black she remembered the rotten faces of greedy kings.
....
“Ristia...” Satrio stopped walking and turned around, then he pointed towards the ocean, “look at that.”
I turned my head in the direction of Satrio’s index finger, after looking closely, it turned out that there was a kind of foam rising up near the fishing boats. The fishermen looked panicked, they were scared and hurried away from the boat from the foam location.
I was both curious and confused, “What is that froth? Then why did the fishermen panic so much?”
“You will have the answer in a moment.”
Suddenly a large fish appeared from the foam point, the fish slid very high from the ocean and made a distinctive echoing sound. I was blown away when I saw the huge creature in the air with the seagulls.
“Wow! What kind of fish is that!?” I couldn’t hold back the explosion of amazement inside me, my mouth hanging wide as I shouted.
I didn’t know the big fish, even in the book entitled Sea Fauna, it was probably the type of jumbo fish that was written in the second volume of the Sea Fauna book.
The sea creature plunged back into the ocean, hitting the water, and causing violent waves to roll. Luckily the fishermen were not hit by a big fish and their boat did not sink when hit by the waves.
“Tio, what fish was that?” I asked, tilting my head to the left.
“Armanillo Whale. The large creature lives at depths of 500 to 800 meters, is carnivorous, but does not prey on humans. The whale jumps out of the water because it needs a lot of oxygen.”
“Why does Armanillo need such a large amount of oxygen?”
“To strengthen stomach acid. If the food is not digested properly, then the Armanillo whale will get sick and die.”
“Oh I understand.”
I didn’t expect Satrio to want to explain about the fish, he was quiet, maybe Satrio will talk at length if needed or he is interested in discussing sea fauna. It’s not clear which one is right, there are a million possibilities to think about.
“Satrio, how do you know all about that whale?” I asked, tilting my head to the right.
“I know from the second volume of the Sea Fauna book.”
“Armanillo is listed in volume two!? No wonder I’m unfamiliar with the big fish!” I shouted.
“Huh?”
“S-Sorry, no need to think about it. Hehehe.”
“If you want, I’ll lend you the second volume of the Sea Fauna book.” Satrio glanced at me with a cold gaze.