Chapter 17

Third Person’ Point of View

"Hekni dur (is that so?)"

"Viche (yes)," he answered.

"I have something else I want to tell him, but I might just ruin his good day."

"But I'm fine," said Asclepius, then smiled at his Dehar(Sibling).

"Are you sure?" the worried God asked him.

"Is your wound healed?" Hesperus asked Asclepius worriedly.

"It doesn't," replied Asclepius weakly.

"What is troubling you?" the God asked Asclepius again.

"I just remembered something, but it's not that important," Asclepius lied to Hesperus.

"But if you want someone to sympathize with your problem, I'm here by your side," a smiling Hesperus told Asclepius.

"Doje Ibwa, hekbe najadei (Thank you very much, and there by my side,"

Hesperus just nodded to him, and Asclepius turned his attention to those who were repairing the palace.

"It's rude, but I'd better take you to your room."

"Two hectares in my area have also disappeared." Pushed by a Yharve imitating their Desa, who treated them badly.

"With your behavior, you even surpass the Askars because of the stench of your behavior," the youngest Yharve whispered softly.

"And what do you think, little toddler, that I won't listen to what you teach me?" Agathodaemon's grumpy attitude

"If you were hit by what I taught, I'm sorry." The toddler bowed a little and quickly stood up.

"Why did your parents raise you like that?" Agathodaemon asked the toddler in annoyance, then firmly grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Oh, I'm in pain," the toddler said tearfully to Agathodaemon.

"Does it hurt?" Agathodaemon scoffed at the toddler and pressed Agathodaemon's grip on the toddler's shoulder even more.

"They raised me right, but they didn't teach me bad behavior like you!" was the bold statement of the toddler.

"Do you know who you are in front of the toddler?" Agathodaemon asked the toddler. The toddler shook his head as if he didn't know him.

"I don't know you, and I don't want to know you," the toddler replied to Agathodaemon.

"What-"

Agathodaemon stopped for a while, looked at the toddler's neck, and something caught his attention. "What's on your neck?" Agathodaemon wondered if what he saw was real.

The toddler has a mark on his neck that is three triangles like that of the god Hesperus. The toddler stared slightly at Agathodaemon.

"You don't need to know what's on my neck." The toddler was about to leave, but Agathodaemon pulled him back.

"Where are you going? We are not done talking yet." Agathodaemon smiled bitterly.

"I don't know what you are teaching me," the toddler refused.

"Really?" Agathodaemon was still a toddler.

"It's up to you if you believe me," the toddler said nervously.

"Can I take you to the Shamra of the Arberr?" This question made Agathodaemon's smile even wider at his evil plan. "But I have something else to do," said the toddler.

"There is no need to do something that will make you suffer in this life, Toddler. It's better if you come with me." Agathodaemon was about to pull the toddler by the arm, but he struggled.

"Where are you taking me, and why do you want to take me?" The toddler continued to struggle in Agathodaemon's hands.

"I just need something from you, so come with me," Agathodaemon softly promised the toddler.

"I do not want,"

"Don't fight anymore; come with me right now," Agathodaemon ordered the toddler, but the toddler continued to struggle with Agathodaemon. "He said he didn't want to," the toddler told him in disgust.

"Don't force me to go with you," the toddler threatened Agathodaemon.

Yharve's anger toward the toddler intensified even more. He was forced to grab some black smoke from his pocket.

"And why would I force you to come with me if there is another way to get you?" Agathodaemon's smile widened at the toddler.

The toddler smiled secretly. The toddler in Yharve, Agathodaemon, has an evil plan.

"What are you going to do?" The toddler was cut off and laid down on the floor because of Agathodaemon's blowing smoke in his face.

The light flickered slightly on the toddler's neck to bring him back to his trance.

"You enjoyed the sound sleep of a lifetime." Yharve laughed lightly at the toddler.

Agathodaemon is about to take the toddler's power, but he can't. It is a sacred thing for creatures in Krea to be saved from harm by a God. The toddler facing Agathodaemon was given power by the god Hesperus. That power is to know if it is telling the truth. Agathodaemon was about to pick up the toddler, but the toddler opened his eyes and smiled at him.

"You intend to poison me, right?" The toddler laughed silly at Agathodaemon.

Agathodaemon's eyes widened because the toddler displayed power. The toddler smiled a little more mischievously. "It's like you've seen a story," the toddler said, happy with his teacher.

"I know you are not the real Yharve but a spy here in Krea," added the toddler to Agathodaemon.

"There is no truth in what you are saying, boy." Agathodaemon immediately acted and strangled the toddler.

"Even if God Zeno curses the soul of my father, I am telling the truth." The toddler struggled to speak.

"I'm not afraid of you," the toddler told him sarcastically.

"You are a traitor, and you will continue to be a traitor." He pointed at Agathodaemon's grip of sand.

"And I'm not afraid to kill a toddler like you," Agathodaemon replied to the toddler.

The toddler named 'Alab' only smiled slightly.

"May you be forgiven for your great sin, Agathodaemon," Alab wisely said to Agathodaemon.

"Are you the Nehara that the God Hesperus saved?" was Agathodaemon's last question to Alab. "Hidden in secret, darkness will shine good; do not hold back," was Alab's enchantment to the spy Yharve in Krea.

Agathodaemon was about to peck the toddler on the cheek when someone stopped him from doing so.

"Dimanra (stop) Agathodaemon, you're also going to punish a toddler," Sinang frowned when he said while pulling Agathodaemon's hand to the toddler. Agathodaemon just glared at Sinang and the toddler.

Agathodaemon returns to his trance but can't remember anything that happened. Agathodaemon also does not know what he will do with the toddler to get his power.

Agathodaemon's mind seemed naive and reverted to childhood.

"Are you naive and will you kill this toddler?" Sinang pointed at Agathodaemon.

"Wait a minute, you have no right to stop me," he emphasized the word 'right.'

"And there is no 'Right' to hit the toddler," added Sinang.

The toddler looked at Sinang, who was very grateful for what he did to protect his life. The toddler smiled slightly at Agathodaemon, then stuck out his tongue as if mocking.

"Because a weak Yharve like you has sharp hearing," the toddler mocked Agathodaemon.

But Agathodaemon looked at the toddler in confusion, as if he hadn't recognized him for the first time. "Who are you?" Agathodaemon naively asked them.

"What do you need from me?" Agathodaemon said confusedly to many Yharve.

There were many murmurs in the palace. Sinang was also confused because of Agathodaemon's behavior. Agathodaemon looked at everyone as if knowing their names. Some laughed, and others felt sorry for Agathodaemon's behavior.

"What do you need?" Sinang asked Agathodaemon in confusion.

Agathodaemon frowned and looked at the toddler, but quickly looked at Sinang. "You alright?"

Alab looked directly at Sinang, then nodded. Then Sinang looked at the noble Agathodaemon. "Sinang," Alab called Sinang.

Sinang looked worried, like a parent. "Why?" Sinang grabbed the toddler's shoulder, but there was a worried smile that troubled Sinang.

"He tried to kill me, Sinang," said the toddler. "That's why he behaved differently than before," Sinang said, looking at Agathodaemon evilly.

"But how can he kill a toddler? What is his motive?" said Agathodaemon's friend Shibal.

"I will kill you," Agathodaemon slowly pronounced the word 'murder.'

"Agathodaemon," Sinang called to Yharve.

Agathodaemon did not look at Sinang, and naive Yharve continued to cry. "It seems that if he tries, he will beat the toddler," Liway replied and stroked Alab's face.

"You're right, Liway; I know there's something different about this Yharve," Sinang agreed with Liway.

Liway saw red sand on the floor. "I think this is proof that what the toddler is telling us is true." Liway picked up red sand.

"You can't get this sand if you don't belong to an organization," Liway said to the Yharves.

He looked closely at the red sand that he thought was cursed.

“Organization,”

"Organization in the depths of the kingdom of Krea," Liway added to Sinang.

"That's surprising, and why do you know so much about the underground?" Sinang jokingly asked Liway.

The toddler looked slightly at Liway and read what was on Liway's mind. The toddler smiled slightly because he was telling the truth.

"During the era of Queen Mother Minerva, I was assigned to guard her collection of equipment in her room, the queen told me. The good Arberr used blue sand; therefore, the red sand was used by the bad Arberr. I also saw that the Arabs often used the red sand to deceive their enemies in the war of gods and soldiers," Liway's long story

"Because the evil Arber cannot touch the blue sand because of the blessing of the God Hesperus," added Liway. "I have one more question: if they will be touched or sprinkled with blue sand, what will happen to the evil Arber?” Sinang asked Liway meaningfully.

"They will turn into ashes that will eventually turn into golden sand," Liway recounted.

Many people were surprised by what Liway taught. There was a murmur in the room, and it quieted down later when God Hemera arrived.

Their conversation was not over, and they paid respect to the God. At the height of God Hemera, their necks were almost broken due to its height.

"What's going on here?" asked the goddess.