He/Heroine And My Villainess

HE/HEROINE AND MY VILLAINESS

(TO HAVE MEET YOU)

After one hour, the elder are now felt satisfied, from not hearing any whine and uncomfortable sound inside his house. He stood out from the chair and gather all his materials as well as the ingredients, then bring them all back inside the kitchen to continue making pile of medicine. 

The unbearable night continues until the surroundings and the town street are deafeningly quiet. So quiet that the only sounds heard were the clinging sound of empty canned goods being guided by the wind and wild animals howling all over the forest, mixing the song of the trees.

After the day of mixing and stirring some liquid medicine the physician at last goes back to his chamber and sat at the chair beside the young child, until later on his consciousness was pulled into the slumber. 

He fall asleep in the chair guarding the young child, until it awakes tomorrow. The physician residence were now quiet and filled of slumber rhythm. 

The wind cross over the land, giving simple vibe and comfort. Hours of night are now over and the rooster that live at the physician residence were now all awake, giving out sound that made the people awake. Giving signs that the sun were now take its lead to brighten up their days again. 

The restaurant in the town and some stall were now slowly being opened and occupied. Some houses were now open to start their days with their morning routine again. 

A once-silent town and land are now alive and teeming with people and children. But the physician's residence remained unbothered, and the inner part remained silent. The elder appears to have been a heavy sleeper.

Regardless of how loud the people outside are, he remains asleep in his chair; however, the young child who had been sleeping since the other day has now fully regained its healthy complexion and is fine, but the strength in her body has not returned to its original state.

But her senses are now back. The young Mary open her eyes and blink three times to clear her vision. When she finally had a clear eye sight. She then saw a different ceiling and a different house, but she seemed just ignore the fact that she is in different house right now. 

The five-year-old girl sat up in bed, her throat dry, and her face unshaven from sleepiness. She stretched her arms and asked for her mother to bring her some water to drink; her mind appeared to be confused for a moment and was still buffering.

But when she heard no respond, she then turned around and saw an elder man besides her sitting on the chair, snoring in his sleep. The young Mary got surprised and the memory of the other day came rushing back to her like a passing wind. 

She then quickly went out of the bed, taking careful measure, making sure that he won't awaken the elder man in his sleep so she can escape out into this house and find her mother. When she successfully had gone out of the bed she then stood at the ground, barefoot. 

The young child could not remember where she left her slipper but she didn't pay mind wither she had a slipper or not. Right now all she care is to see her mother back to their house and get the pouch bag that the young Vendia had given to her as a token of promise that they will meet again. 

She dashed out of the house without stopping, despite the fact that her body was still ailing and she lacked strength. The young child continues to run, oblivious to whether or not the people on the street judge her for not wearing a slipper or for looking a mess. She didn't care because their words were just unnoticed thoughts to her.

The young Mary went up on the hill and continue striding to their house. Only to see that her mother was not there anymore and that their house was now completely filled of darkness. 

All their belongings are still there, completely in place and in right position but the feeling of warmth and comfort was never their anymore. The five year old child, open the door wide, letting a light enter their house. 

The young Mary went further inside their house, move closer to her drawer and search the pouch bag, when she found it. She then put it inside her dirty cloth and strode over to their kitchen to take some food that her mother cooked the other day and eat it. 

But the food was already cold and full of red ants as a result of the unexpected and surprising event the night before. The young child had forgotten to close the cauldron that had remained open at the table.

The five year old child stare at the cold food that are now filled of ants with a displease face and uncomfortable feeling. She was really already hungry and she could not cooked for the meantime because she need to find her mother body in hurry. 

Because of what the adult man had done to her the other she could not trust him anymore and would not want to see him again. Even if she bumped to him at the street she would run away and never be in touch to him. 

As the all say a five year old child has a wise mind but a tiny bit of understanding to the situation because of how their age are. The young child stare at the cauldron that filled of red ants for three seconds, until she could not stop her hunger anymore and impatient self. 

She get a spoon, scoop inside the cauldron and shoved the food inside her mouth that are filled of red ants. The taste was disgusting and rotten, the red ants also bite in your tongue but the young child don't have a choice. She did not care. Her body needs food and strength. 

So she need to endure the bitter taste of the food she was eating. She will cooked later when she found her mother body. The young Mary stood out from the chair and went to drink some drinking water. 

The day was lively and the street were now crowded with people from different cities and land. Some of them explore the town with extravagant and luxurious carriage while others prefer to walk and enjoy the true meaning of traveling through different land. 

A five year old child were now strolling to the town in hurry, her face were filled of worry and anxious, she didn't know where her mother body was been put by those people who help her the other day, all that she know that they all wear a uniform same as to the people who keep their land safe and secure all the time. 

So the young child went over to the place where authorities gathered and she ask for on the counter for her mother. Saying her mother name over and over again, until the person who has present to the crime the other day saw her. 

They then lead her inside the office and told her that her mother body were now in a safe place. The young child ask them to let her see her mother body and they let them inside the morgue. 

The authorities carry the young child into his arm, so the child could see her mother lifeless body clearly. When the young Mary saw her mother pale body again, she could not help but shed tears again. 

"I want to hug my mother," she propose. But the authorities didn't let her and they then explain further to her in a way that the five year old child could understand. 

They told her that the body of her mother are now filled of medicine that can maintain the freshness and rotten smell of the dead person away. A kind of medicine that can give unpleasant feeling into a person who can smell it and it's not good for the person health. 

The young Mary could not help but just nod at the authorities and stay still at her place, staring at her mother body for five minutes. After it, the authorities then bring the five year old child back to the office for the further explanation about her mother. 

They all ask her if she wants to buried her mother into a ground or cremate her mother body. The authorities explain to the child about the cremation and the young child answer,

"I want my mother to stay with me always," her words made all the people inside the office feel sentimental and distress. 

"Okay, we will cremate your mother instead. For now I want you to go home and go back here again tomorrow with your elder sister or brother, understand?" 

The young child look at the person who answer her words, with wondering gaze, then nod. She didn't tell her that she was the only child because she felt something bad will happened. 

The young Mary went home with a sorrowful expression and inspirited feeling. When the authorities the young child has already far away from their office, some of them then went over to their subordinates and told her that the young child don't have other family member anymore. 

To be continued.