Aaaah, glad to be back after a long break. Finally I'm updating! Yay! This chapter is rather short because it's finished in two hours along with finishing some school stuffs. But, oh that's not important! I'm just glad to be able to update once again!
Jupitergirl132: ... UPDATE! I don't know you'll like it or not. I'm just trying to do my best. If you're reading this, then 'Thanks for reading my story." This is still far from the ending, so, you've got to wait for a veeeeeery long time!._.
Anyway, this is it, the ninth chapter!
Chapter 9: Cured!
"The thing is, how the heck will we be able to reach that high place up there?" Garet #2 questioned in the middle of the confusion soon as Jenna pointed at the Magenta Celery. "Any idea, anyone?"
Isaac and Jenna started to search the circumstance even though obviously there wasn't any elevator, but, hey, they weren't looking for such thing! I mean, like the growth sprout or whatsoever. "Easy enough," Garet said, intending to voice his opinion up, with arms crossed and eyes looking at Garet #2's, "we can ask Isaac to cast Growth on nearby sprout, right, Isaac?"
"Unfortunately, we don't find any," Jenna was the one who answered instead of Isaac. "Another idea maybe?" she stopped searching while Isaac just continued wandering around the place.
"No here," Garet #2 answered simple, shaking his head, "because I was the first asker."
The blonde went back to the party the time he found himself in frustration as he couldn't find something useful. "What now?" he asked with a flat intonation.
"Can you lift the ground and throw our entire party up there?" Jenna asked. "You're an Earth Adept after all."
"I choose to differ with you," Garet said, "I guess." And then, it was silent. There wasn't any more idea until Garet said, "Hey, Isaac! I think you can carry us up by lifting the ground below us!"
… No one said a word. And Garet was confused. So did I. "What?" he reacted, breaking the silence.
"That perfectly is Jenna's idea," Garet #2 said.
"What do you mean? You're accusing me stealing her idea?" And the fight began.
"I'm not accusing. It's the fact."
"If o—"
"Let me and Jenna lock your mouths up and sent them to the state where you two can't say anything again," Isaac said, stopping the fight. Garet, deep in his heart, was shocked. That was the first time Isaac threw such words to him.
Oh! He's becoming annoying! he thought. But then suddenly he felt something wrong. What about if I changed the way I think? he asked to himself. I'm way too… stupid? What? No! That's impossible! he argued with himself. But I think it's possible too…
After that self fight, Garet went silent along with Garet #2. "I agree with Jenna, so be sure to make yourself closer to me or else you'll be left down here and miss the chance to see the…" he paused, "the… uh…" again, he paused, "whatever there."
That wasn't an ideal diction to be used but Isaac just couldn't find anything better in his head. No one responded and soon Isaac prepared a stance, preparing his power to do the trick; his feet were bent and opened widely, his right hand was stretched forward while the other one was bent near his chest, with both palms opened. He closed his eyes and focused his psynergy. Yellow circle started to on the ground around his feet. As the psynergy went greater, the Earth-powered aura started to form around his body.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Cracks were appearing, making a perfectly imperfect circular shatter around the party. The shatter went further until it fully surrounded the gang. Isaac opened his eyes, while everyone stare at him in awe. He didn't stare back at them because they were behind him. "Everyone, ready?" he exclaimed as loud as possible because the circumstance blocked voices easily.
"Sure we are!" the rest of the party shouted back in unison as they prepared themselves so they won't fall from the ledge, died, and the credits will be rolled in.
"Saturos's illness disappearance, here we go!"
Knock! Knock! Two knocks were heard upon Saturos' little house door, which was made from wood. The door opened slightly as Saturos looked at it. He was barely able to stand with his illness and he forced himself to stay on his bed covered in furry warm blanket. The day was already late and Saturos couldn't eat anything because he couldn't do anything except lying down.
"Saturos," Garet #2 was the first to enter the room, "we've brought the medicine from Karst." Behind him were his companions, Isaac, Garet, and Jenna. There was only a slight light coming in from the opened door, sourcing from the night candles spread around the town. Saturos' house was almost pitch black.
Jenna went out from the house again and took a nearby candle which was put on a beautiful silver candlestick and bring it in. Light from the small fire lit the room a bit, light enough to make everyone able to see each other's eyes. On Garet #2's gloved palms, there was a little pot into which the medicine was poured. It was olive green in color actually, but the dim light wasn't able to make it clearly olive green.
"Can you sit up?" Garet #2 asked gently. Jenna immediately went to his side to help Saturos. But instead of doing so and saying a thing, they just heard a sound of chattering teeth. Teeth of Saturos. He was shivering in the moment since night air was rather cold for him, even though with the help of the furry blanket.
"The possible answer for that is no," Isaac said. He went to the opposite side of the bed. Jenna was on the left and Isaac was on the right of the sick man. "Okay, let us help you to sit up." He nodded at Jenna and she started to slip her hand beneath Saturos neck.
After successfully bringing Saturos to the state of sitting, Garet #2 walked closer and put a head on the back of Saturos' skull. "Ready to face the bitter taste of this special medicine?" Garet #2 joked but no one laughed, so it couldn't be called a joke and it was a mistake to type 'joked'. Slowly, he tilted both the pot and Saturos' head and the medicine slowly entered his mouth.
As the pot was fully emptied and Saturos took the last gulp of the medicine, he said, "Okay, I'm no longer in a bad shape now. Bye-bye, you freaking illness!" He took the pot, releasing his grip from the blanket and threw it innocently to the other side of the room.
"Well, that's not a good idea to tell everyone you have gotten well," Garet #2 commented.
"That doesn't matter!" Jenna said as she immediately hugged Saturos the time she realized he was no longer ill. "I'm just glad you're safe!" She kissed him for a moment .
"Okay, thank you very much, Jen," Saturos said, letting go of the hug. "Anyway, why are you being so quiet this moment, Garet from Weyard?" he asked as he tilted his head to see Garet's face.
"Umm… me? What?" Garet responded. "Oh, I think because the author didn't give me the chance to."
"You're blaming me?" the author typed. "It's your fault for not being perceptive. Now, don't mention the word 'author' again!"
And then a silence occurred. Saturos asked something, at one blow also breaking the silence, "Can you four tell the story of your last visit to Karst's Herbal House and finally get that terrible-taste medicine?"
"Well, no problem for you, Satu," Jenna said with a kind smile. "Okay then, flashback!"
Knock! Knock! The wet party knocked the door leading to the inner part of Karst's Herbal House. Garet #2 was the one who carried the Magenta Celery which was stored in a leather pouch he always brought everywhere remembering he was the most knowledgeable among them. Karst opened the door and welcomed them all with a friendly wide smile. "Come in," she said.
The adepts obeyed and entered the building. "We've brought the ingredient you asked us to look for," Garet #2 said. He walked closer to Karst who already reached her potion-mixing table.
"And I already finished the medicine just in time when you knocked the door," she said as she lifted a black little pot from her table.
"EH?!" Jenna was shocked the time Karst told the truth. The rest followed him with the same reaction. "B-but you said earlier you need that ingredient to make the medicine!" she shouted in a loud intonation.
She shrugged in an innocent way. "You're not wrong," she answered. "But it's replaceable with another ingredient so… I just used that other one. Simple, right?"
Jenna pulled a heavy breath just like a mad bull. "How dare you!" she shouted at Karst madly. Garet #2 went to protect her. "YOU DON'T KNOW OUR STRUGGLE IN GETTING THAT STUPID CELERY, DO YOU?!" Her intonation was even scarier than before. Garet started to think that this Jenna was really like a female dragon. Dragon did suit her very much as a fire adept. I was only trying to explain Garet's thought. And then another flashback occurred…
"WAAAHOOOOOO!" Garet shouted in happiness as the ground beneath the part was sent flying. Thanks to Isaac's psynergy power.
"SHUT UP YOU NOISY COCKROACH!" Jenna said with glaring eyes. It was even louder than Garet's shout of excitement.
"NO!" Garet #2 exclaimed and destroyed the fight between the two fire adept, making the two of them to pay their attentions toward the direction he was pointing: the upper part of the waterfall. "We can't make it!" he shouted aloud.
They were going to crash the waterfall. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no! But why the heck was I panicked? It was them who were facing a crucial accident! "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The flying ground didn't hit the waterfall completely, instead, only the edge did. As a result, the ground's other side was thrown to the upper river and the party got thrown away to the river further. Wet. That word described all the conditions. They immediately swam their way toward the riverside.
"Phew," Isaac sighed in relief. Everyone locked their eyes at him.
"What do you mean with 'Phew'?!" Garet #2 asked.
"I could still channel my psynergy so it flew higher, you should thank me for saving your life," Isaac answered. Everyone was still panting because of the accident. Garet stood up the first, as the one who could control his own breath the best.
"Okay," he pulled one Magenta Celery. "Let's go back."
"Lemme bring it," Garet #2, still panting, pulled out a pouch from his robe pocket.
"Just take this medicine and went out of my shop already," she said. She was angry, but being so kind and soft, she couldn't make it sounded like an angry statement. "Bye, Garet!" She hugged him and kissed him on the cheek.
The party then walked out of the shop with Jenna still angry at the shop owner. "Let's forget about visiting her every time we need medicine!" she screamed.
"Agree," Garet just responded and lifted his thumbs up.
"That's all!" Jenna said, finishing the story. "Do you like the time when I was mad at that crazy shop owner?" she asked for her boyfriend's opinion.
Garet #2 was a person who could control his emotion well enough to prevent himself from bursting out to someone who had offended his love because he knew it wasn't in any bad mean. "Huh? It's between yes and no," Saturos answered with a smile. "Anyway, let's meet Agatio once again. I had something to ask him. And I'm hungry."
Okay, that's all. See you again anytime (I hope) soon! Be sure to leave a review and give your thoughts! Thank you very much!
