\u201cNow, now, there\u2019s no need to look at me like that. I\u2019m not going to do anything to that child anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d I asked, confused. Didn\u2019t she just say she had business with him?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s no more darkness in his eyes.\u201d That made even less sense to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSay what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHow can I put this? It\u2019s as if he was relieved of the dark burden he was carrying. And it\u2019s your fault. Again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy fault?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is this girl trying to say?!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy are you always in my way? You even stole the Dark Covenant…\u201d she complained, raising her eyebrows slightly but otherwise still smiling as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI didn\u2019t steal it! I didn\u2019t even want it in the first…\u201dI started, but then the shock registered. \u201cHow do you<\/em> know about the Dark Covenant?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only the Ministry higher-ups and some of the people closest to me were supposed to know about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI know everything. I even know how hard you are training in Dark Magic right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHuh?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only a handful of people know about that, and I\u2019ve only been taking Dark Magic lessons for a few days… I don\u2019t understand. How can she know that? Who is she?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I felt fear overtake me, and I took another step backwards. Her expression, again, didn\u2019t change one bit. I couldn\u2019t tell what she was thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can I make a run for it? I have no choice either way.<\/em> I quickly made up my mind, turned around, and started running toward the orphanage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t done talking. If you\u2019re going to hinder me so much, you could at least show some manners. Maybe I will punish you a little bit,\u201d I heard her call from behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I could tell that something was chasing after me\u2014something bad. I didn\u2019t have time to look back to see what it was, but somehow I felt<\/em> that getting caught wouldn\u2019t be good news. I started running even faster, as fast as I could, and then I noticed someone running toward me. Two people I knew well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I just need to reach them, and I\u2019ll be safe,<\/em> I thought, mustering all the strength I had left in my legs, but…<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGot you,\u201d the hooded girl somehow whispered directly into my ear. Moments later, a black fog had enveloped me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKatarina!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBig Sister!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The two\u2019s screams sounded distant and muffled. The darkness surrounding me was so scary that I instinctively closed my eyes. Soon after, everything went silent. I couldn\u2019t even hear the birds and bugs in the trees all around me. It was so silent that it made my ears hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I opened my eyes back up, still scared, but everything was so dark that it didn\u2019t make a difference. There was nothing there, no matter how much I looked around. Or maybe there was, but I couldn\u2019t see it because it was so dark. I couldn\u2019t even see my own arms and legs after all. I tried touching my face, and I realized that I could still move my hands and feel things. But, blinded like that, moving around would be too dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where am I? It must be that girl\u2019s doing. What did she do to me? Was I sent to another dimension, like when I accidentally got the Dark Covenant? I don\u2019t know. Maybe it\u2019s something else.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I couldn\u2019t hear or see anything. I was surrounded in terrifyingly silent darkness. Not knowing what was going on was scary, but what was even scarier was not knowing when it would be over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m scared…\u201d I mumbled to myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKatarina!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBig Sister!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I heard two voices calling out to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJeord? Keith? Are you two there?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes. I cannot see my surroundings, but I can tell that I am close to you,\u201d Jeord responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJudging by your voice, we can\u2019t be that far away,\u201d Keith concurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo you two are trapped in darkness too?\u201d I asked. For a second I had thought that it was just me who couldn\u2019t see, but that didn\u2019t seem to be the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI definitely am.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can\u2019t see anything either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So all three of us were stuck in this dark thing. \u201cBut why would you two be here too?\u201d I asked them. I remembered them running toward me, but they still hadn\u2019t reached me when all went black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI saw a dark fog engulf you from behind, and I jumped toward you to pull you out of it. A moment later, I found myself here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe same happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I knew that they couldn\u2019t see me, but I bowed apologetically as I told them that I was sorry to have got them into trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am the one who should apologize for not being able to protect you, Katarina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe\u2019s right. And we were so close too… Sorry, Big Sister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you both,\u201d I replied to their kind words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnyway,\u201d Jeord spoke again, \u201cI believe it would be better to concentrate on how to get out of here now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keith and I immediately agreed with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFirst of all, what is here?<\/em> I can feel my own body, so it\u2019s not just our consciousness being transported to a different place,\u201d Keith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIndeed. It is likely that we were physically transported into this dark place,\u201d Jeord answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI wonder if we can touch each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf we could, that would prove that we really are in the same place. We should try,\u201d Keith replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ll try getting closer to you and touching you then. Keep talking, Keith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat?! Closer?! Is that safe?! And touch me where, anyway?!\u201d Keith kept speaking, just as I had asked him to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I trod through the darkness to find him. Now that I knew that those two were there with me, moving around wasn\u2019t so scary anymore. After taking a few steps, I felt something make contact with my hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKeith?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBig Sister?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keith\u2019s voice was coming from really close by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh! I managed to touch you, Keith!\u201d I exclaimed, patting him all over his body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWh-What are you touching?!\u201d he asked me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHmm? What did <\/em>I touch?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNever mind! Just stop it! Give me your hand now,\u201d he demanded curtly, taking my hand before I could even reply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His hand was larger and stronger than I remembered, but I could tell that it was Keith\u2019s, and that made me feel safe and relieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou two sound like you are having the best of times. May I ask what exactly you are up to?\u201d Jeord asked. I was surprised by hearing his voice, since it sounded like it was very close to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWait! You\u2019re not that far away!\u201d I called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI walked toward you while hearing your banter. Feel free to touch me as well, Katarina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut I can\u2019t see you, so I don\u2019t know where you are…\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh, of course. So, give me your ha\u2014 No, Keith, not you. Why would you take my hand? Let it go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn\u2019t know what was more impressive: that Keith had managed to take Jeord\u2019s hand, or that Jeord had immediately realized who it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can\u2019t trust that you wouldn\u2019t take advantage of this darkness to touch my sister in inappropriate ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe only one behaving inappropriately here is you, Keith. Where did you have her touch you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI did not ask her to do it. She just did it of her own accord…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cInteresting. And where<\/em> did you make her touch you then?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI just said that I didn\u2019t make her…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n These two are always like this, huh. Not even being trapped in this absurd situation can stop them from bickering,<\/em> I thought, and I couldn\u2019t stop myself from laughing out loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat is wrong, Katarina?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy are you laughing, Big Sister?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s just so funny that you two would act like this even now!\u201d I explained, continuing to laugh for quite some time. I couldn\u2019t see them, but I was sure that they must have looked pretty annoyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the laughter subsided, I realized that, suddenly, I wasn\u2019t scared at all anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOkay. Let\u2019s think of how to get out of here,\u201d I said, feeling that I had gotten my cool back. I also took Jeord\u2019s hand in my left hand, and Keith\u2019s in my right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSince we can touch each other, I think it\u2019s safe to assume that we are all together, physically, in an actual dark place,\u201d Keith reasoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes. We are not just mentally connected while being physically apart,\u201d Jeord agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat girl must have sent us here with her Dark Magic!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n After all, a pitch-black space just screamed \u201cDark Magic,\u201d didn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe kid that told us about you explained that there was a hooded girl with you. Is that who you are talking about?\u201d Jeord asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe kid? That must be Liam! I\u2019m glad he got to the orphanage safely!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes,\u201d Keith explained, \u201che rushed into the building, telling us that you had run into a scary hooded girl and were probably in danger. He asked us to go and help you out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe did all that? What a good boy!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you, Liam.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe came for you as soon as we heard that, and we saw you being chased by a dark fog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI see… And that girl wasn\u2019t behind me then?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNot at all. There was nothing there except for you, Big Sister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s weird. I heard her whisper into my ear just before the fog surrounded me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMaybe that was part of her Dark Magic spell. Dark Magic is still a mystery to us for the most part.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI guess so, yeah…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Which is why the bigwigs at the Ministry want me to study Dark Magic and learn more about the covenant… Unfortunately, all I\u2019ve been able to do so far was conjure a teeny tiny bubble of darkness and make it disappear. I have nothing on that hooded girl. She completely surrounded us with darkness! Hmm… Now that I think of it, could <\/em>this darkness be made of the same stuff that I learned to make? Raphael told me that he was able to make a whole room go dark. If that\u2019s true, then maybe I could make it disappear, even if I\u2019m not good enough to conjure it up myself.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cActually… There\u2019s this Dark Magic spell I\u2019ve been practicing that makes darkness appear and disappear, so…I want to try using it,\u201d I announced, letting go of their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBe careful, Katarina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStop as soon as you feel it\u2019s getting dangerous, Big Sister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you. I will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I thought back to my lessons with Raphael. First of all, I need to visualize the skull wand…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I was scared that not being able to see anything would make it impossible, but thankfully, I soon felt the wand appear in my hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Okay. Now I just need to make the darkness disappear like I do while practicing…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHaaah!\u201d I flicked the wand and saw a tiny white dot appear in front of me. It was just the opposite of when I\u2019d summoned darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a good start! I need it to make all of it disappear though!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHaaah!\u201d I flicked the wand again, and the tiny white dot started sucking up the darkness like some kind of super powerful vacuum cleaner. It was so intense that I was scared we\u2019d end up being sucked in too, but thankfully that didn\u2019t happen. The dot kept absorbing the darkness until our surroundings got so bright that I had to squeeze my eyes closed. At the same time, I started hearing the cries of bugs and birds again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I opened my eyes, I saw Jeord and Keith standing in front of me where the dark fog had been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe made it back,\u201d I rejoiced, feeling so exhausted that the two boys had to keep me from falling over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I thanked them, I heard a voice call my name from behind me. I turned around and saw two familiar faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh, Mister Cyrus. And Liam too.\u201d Before I was even done finishing my sentence, Liam had already sprinted toward me, hugging me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHuh? Liam…?\u201d I asked him, surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis boy warned us that you were in danger,\u201d Cyrus explained. \u201cPrince Jeord and Master Keith immediately started running here, and I followed them. I told him to remain at the orphanage to avoid any danger, but I guess he tagged along without my notice. He saw all of you get surrounded by darkness from afar, and he wouldn\u2019t listen no matter how much I told him to escape.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I put my hand on Liam\u2019s head and noticed that he was shaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry I made you worry,\u201d I told him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI thought you were going to die too…\u201d he feebly answered between sobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s right… He lost his whole family.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry. That must have been scary. But thanks to you, I\u2019m safe. It\u2019s because you ran back to warn everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n If he hadn\u2019t warned them, Jeord and Keith wouldn\u2019t have reached me here, and they wouldn\u2019t have been able to comfort me, making my fear go away and allowing me to think of a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you so much, Liam,\u201d I comforted him, stroking his hair. He started crying even harder, so I rushed to pat his back too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHow did it look from outside, Mister Cyrus?\u201d Jeord asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI saw the three of you being engulfed by a dark fog which then lingered in place. I did not know whether it would be safe to touch it, so I asked for help from the Ministry. I was waiting for this help to arrive when you made it out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe fog lingered? How wide would you say that area\u2014\u201d Keith was going to ask another question, but Cyrus gestured for him to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have a lot to talk about, but let us go back to the orphanage first. The orphanage employees helped me rid this area of other civilians for the moment, but people are eventually going to return, and we would stand out too much. What happened here today is not for the public to know about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He had a point\u2014we didn\u2019t want people to know that Dark Magic, which was supposed to be forbidden, had been used here, so we all hurried back to the orphanage. We left Liam with one of the employees, so that he would be brought to his room to rest, while we went to the director\u2019s office. Maggie was there, and she told us to sit down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou probably have Ministry secrets to discuss, so I will excuse myself,\u201d she remarked before leaving the room. She had just wanted to give us a safe place to talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once Maggie had left and we were all sitting down, Cyrus started talking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI heard part of it, but I want to know about what happened in more detail. First, I will tell you what I saw, and then you three will tell me what you experienced. Does that sound reasonable?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n We all obviously agreed, as we were also mostly clueless about what had happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cyrus\u2019s recounting went more or less like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeord and Keith were stretching out their hands toward me, and all three of us were surrounded by the dark fog. The dark fog kept increasing in size until it reached a size close to that of the office that we were currently inside of. It was only slightly taller than Cyrus, but he couldn\u2019t see anything that was happening inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He assumed that we were inside the fog, but he considered the possibility that touching it might trap him inside too, and calling out to us wasn\u2019t working. He asked some of the orphanage employees to make sure that nobody walked in on what was happening and contacted the Ministry to get help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He then noticed that Liam had followed him and tried to persuade him to go back to the orphanage, because staying there would be too dangerous. It was then that the fog started shrinking and the three of us came out of it. That kind of explained how surprised he looked when he saw us jumping out of the fog. He was probably working as hard as he could to come up with a solution, and then we just up and escaped ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now it was our turn to explain the events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the fog surrounded us, at first we couldn\u2019t see or hear anything. After I started talking, we realized that we could hear each other, and after that we found that we could also touch each other. We all moved close together, and then I used the Dark Magic spell I\u2019d been practicing to make the fog go away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After hearing all of this, Cyrus remained quiet for a while, looking as if he was thinking very hard. Then, he spoke again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is something that does not add up. You talk of walking around and looking for each other, but when seen from outside, the fog was, at most, as large as this room here. There should not have been enough space. Also, the fact that you could not hear anything is weird as well. We could hear just fine even after the fog appeared, and it would be weird for the fog to be enough to block all sound.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cyrus can sure come up with all kinds of theories just from hearing our short explanation. That\u2019s impressive. Had it been me, I could have only come up with a \u201cDark fog? Wow, that sounds cool,\u201d or something.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is possible that you were not simply surrounded by the fog, but transported to a different dimension, just as happened to Miss Maria and Lady Katarina when they found the covenants. We will probably need to question you all further about this once we are back at the Ministry. Would you two be able to follow me there right now?\u201d Cyrus then asked Jeord and Keith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI had freed up my schedule for the rest of the day to spend all of it with my Katarina, so I would be able to, yes,\u201d Jeord replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou didn\u2019t even ask her about her<\/em> schedule… Anyway, I would also be able to come,\u201d Keith added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPerfect. Now, let\u2019s go to the Min\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The office door slammed open, and we all turned to see who was behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLady Katarina!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maria, who was clearly out of breath, ran toward me, then grabbed my shoulders and started looking at me from top to bottom as if to check for something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMaria?! Why are you here?!\u201d I gaped, confused, while she was still examining my whole body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI assume that they sent you here because I told the Ministry that Dark Magic was involved,\u201d Cyrus clarified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cExactly,\u201d she replied after a long pause. \u201cI was actually on a mission nearby when the Ministry contacted me to say that there had been an incident involving Dark Magic. When they told me that Lady Katarina had been on the receiving end of this magic, I came as fast as I could to make sure that she was fine… You do not seem to be hurt anywhere. Are you all right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She was looking at me with worried eyes as she asked that. She had probably been inspecting me for wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am not hurt, and I feel great. Thank you, Maria,\u201d I responded. I instantly saw relief spread across her face. Simultaneously, her legs gave way and she squatted on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cM-Maria?! Are you okay?!\u201d I asked her while giving her my hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI may have run a bit too fast… The moment that the fear left my body, my legs just started shaking…\u201d she murmured, blushing. Indeed, her legs were still trembling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She came here so fast just for me…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you, Maria.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeing her like that, I wished I were a man, strong enough to coolly pick her up into my arms and lift her off the ground. I was a girl though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But hey, all that work in the fields has made me strong enough to handle a hoe without any problem, right?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo, Big Sister, stop it. Don\u2019t even try it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe is right, Katarina. Leave that kind of thing to men. Mister Cyrus, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n They know me well enough that they guessed what I was thinking of doing just by the way I was looking at my arms and comparing them to Maria\u2019s…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cO-Oh, sure…\u201d Cyrus replied uncomfortably. \u201cW-well, Maria, here…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His face was bright red as he picked her up, but he was also probably enjoying himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eh eh, good for you,<\/em> I thought, but I was also a bit sad that I wasn\u2019t strong enough to do that myself. We decided that we would return to the Magical Ministry immediately. The carriage, probably called by Cyrus, was already waiting for us. Maggie and Liam were standing by its side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLiam? But I told you to go to your room and rest!\u201d Between the scary incident that he was involved in and the sprint he had to make back to the orphanage, I thought he had to be too exhausted to even stay awake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He pouted, and Maggie explained with a smile. \u201cI also told him to rest, but he heard that you people were going to leave soon, and he really wanted to tell you goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hearing this, his cheeks puffed up a bit. So cute.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you, Liam. Something came up and we have to go back, but I\u2019ll come back to visit soon,\u201d I vowed, and he anxiously looked up at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor real?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He really got cute the second he stopped being so angry at everything… But, yeah, just telling him that I will isn\u2019t enough, I guess. That gives me an idea.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I took out the handkerchief that I had in my pocket and I placed it inside Liam\u2019s little hand. His eyes widened up as he looked at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is my favorite handkerchief. Can you keep it for me until the next time I come here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI promise I\u2019ll come soon,\u201d I said, patting his head, and he grabbed at my dress with his free hand. Seeing him torn between wanting to rely on me and being too shy to do it activated my maternal instincts. I hugged him, and he hugged me back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou promised…\u201d he mumbled, blushing even harder than he already was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWait for me,\u201d I told him while looking him straight in the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We got some parting gifts from the orphanage\u2019s children, and then told Liam and Maggie goodbye and boarded the carriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI swear, Katarina, I wish you would at least refrain from seducing children,\u201d Jeord griped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI must agree with him, Big Sister. I did not think that you had the brass face to do something so inappropriate,\u201d Keith piled on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHuh?\u201d I was only half listening to them. What did he say? Something about grass on my face?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMaria, do I have something on my face?!\u201d I asked her after wiping my face with the first piece of cloth I found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou do not, Lady Katarina. Do not worry,\u201d she answered, to my relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh, okay. Must have gotten it, then.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Keith and Jeord both let out a loud sigh. After all we\u2019d been through today, I wish they\u2019d be able to forgive some grass on my face, or at the very least tell me about it earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cyrus, by the way, was riding with the coachman once again. Even though he\u2019d managed to lift Maria off the ground minutes earlier, sitting beside her was apparently too much. I didn\u2019t really get it, but the carriage started moving anyway, taking us to the Magical Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I walked through the Magical Ministry\u2019s gates, I was met by several familiar faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMary, Sophia, Alan, Nicol! Why are you all here?\u201d I exclaimed, surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mary, worriedly looking at me with a hand on her mouth, explained, \u201cMy spy… I mean, Prince Alan told me that Prince Jeord had left the castle despite not having to do so for any official matters. Worried for you, we rushed to the Ministry, but we heard that you were not working today, and we were just talking about what to do next when we heard that you were involved in a terrible incident…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It turned out that they already knew that I\u2019d been hit with a Dark Magic spell, and they were all worried sick about me. Mary must have mistakenly said \u201cspy\u201d instead of \u201cPrince Alan\u201d because of how tense she was. Prince Alan himself walked right next to her, holding her as if to keep her from falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe heard that you were safe in the end, but we wanted to make sure, so we were waiting for you,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAre you hurt anywhere? Are you wounded?\u201d Sophia asked me, leaning toward me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m fine, I\u2019m not hurt at all. I\u2019m sorry I made all of you worry,\u201d I said, jumping up and down in place to bring home the point of just how fine I was, and my friends seemed to be relieved by seeing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cyrus, who had been talking with one of the gate guards, reached us and spoke to everyone. \u201cI know that you are all worried about Lady Katarina, but we need to question her about what happened. Can I ask you to leave?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI will wait here until you are done. I have a lot to ask her too,\u201d Mary replied, and Alan and Sophia both agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt could take a while,\u201d Cyrus warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI will take responsibility and contact our respective homes,\u201d Nicol spoke without hesitation. \u201cBecause I imagined things would play out like this, I have already asked the Ministry to provide a room in which we may wait without standing in anyone\u2019s way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hearing this, Cyrus allowed everyone to stay. Nicol is always prepared for everything.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I promised my friends that I\u2019d see them as soon as I was done, and then, together with Jeord, Keith, and Maria, I followed Cyrus into the room where we would be questioned about the incident. Even though Maria hadn\u2019t been involved directly, Cyrus thought that the opinion of a Wielder of Light could be useful to understand the Dark Magic we\u2019d run into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Larna and Raphael were already waiting for us inside the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGood to see you all in one piece,\u201d Larna greeted us, taking a good look at me before turning around to look at Raphael. \u201cHe\u2019s here because Lady Katarina was able to defeat the Dark Magic spell cast against her with the one that Raphael taught her, so I also want his opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Raphael nodded understandingly, then looked at me and smiled. He didn\u2019t say anything, but his face told me that he was glad to see that I was safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I smiled back, knowing that I owed it to him and his lessons that I\u2019d been able to come back unscathed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We all sat down, and Larna started talking again. \u201cOkay. Let\u2019s hear the details.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes. We should start with what these three and I witnessed,\u201d Cyrus began, and he went on to recount what we\u2019d already told each other at the orphanage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh, that sounds very interesting… I mean dangerous. I\u2019m really glad you\u2019re all safe,\u201d Larna corrected herself, but was unable to completely hide what she was really thinking, and then she looked at me again. \u201cI had heard that your Dark Magic spells weren\u2019t exactly the most powerful yet, but you must have improved, since you were able to absorb so much darkness,\u201d she commented curiously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m not sure. I think I\u2019m just better at absorbing darkness than I am at creating it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCould you try it out for me then?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I agreed and produced my wand, surprising Jeord and Keith, who had never seen it. Larna\u2019s eyes were already brimming with anticipation. I tried shouting and waving my wand, but, as usual, I only got a tiny speck of darkness to appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I bet I\u2019m just better at absorbing it. I didn\u2019t feel like I\u2019d become more powerful or anything back then either.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeord and Keith, who had only seen the tiny white dot, were now shocked at seeing the black one, making me feel a bit embarrassed about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s just as she said. What do you think, Raphael?\u201d Larna sounded disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m afraid that we don\u2019t know enough about Dark Magic to fully understand this event. We don\u2019t even know what kind of spell that woman used against them in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re right. Trapping them inside a dark fog… What kind of spell is that? I wish I could have seen it myself…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As usual, Larna was greatly interested in any kind of weird or rare magic. If Dark Magic didn\u2019t require human sacrifice and wasn\u2019t forbidden, she probably would have started wielding it immediately, even if it was dangerous. She now seemed to have remembered something, and she spoke again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh, right. Lady Katarina. It seems that only you and that kid from the orphanage saw the woman who attacked you. Can you describe what she looked like?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf course,\u201d I replied. Liam and I had seen our attacker, but Jeord and Keith had not. Cyrus hadn\u2019t asked me about her either, probably because he had already heard all that he wanted to hear from Liam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I tried thinking back to when we ran into her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t tell what she was thinking at any point, and I couldn\u2019t even read her facial expression,\u201d I explained. \u201cAre you sure that she is the dangerous individual that you have been talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe\u2019s a black-haired girl who looks to be around your age and can use Dark Magic. I doubt there\u2019s more than one person who fits that description,\u201d she replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good point. At least I <\/em>hope that there\u2019s not more than one.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBy the way, she goes by Sarah,\u201d Larna told me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe know her name?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt could be a fake name. We don\u2019t know if she even has a \u2018real\u2019 name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat? How could that be?\u201d I asked, confused, and I felt the atmosphere in the room getting gloomier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLarna… Shall we tell them?\u201d Cyrus asked with a serious look on his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey\u2019re already too deep in this business, and they\u2019re probably going to get involved even further. I think we should.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI see. Your decision then,\u201d Cyrus assented and then went silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their brief exchange was enough to understand that whatever they were discussing wasn\u2019t anything good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m going to tell you of our theories about this Sarah girl. Consider all of this top secret,\u201d Larna instructed, and then she started explaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She talked of the children held by the Dieke family, of the Dark Magic experiments performed on them, and of how their captors disposed of them to avoid being found out. Hearing this was painful, and the expressions on the faces of those sitting around me showed that it was painful for them as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe still don\u2019t know what she has been through, where she lives, or what she is up to right now. All we know is that there\u2019s somebody very powerful giving her orders. You\u2019d better be careful if you run into her again,\u201d Larna finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to her theory, Sarah had been used to perform Dark Magic experiments as a child, and was now being used by someone else for unknown purposes. She was supposed to be scary and threatening, but after hearing all this I couldn\u2019t help but think of her as a poor lost child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKatarina Claes has returned to the Magical Ministry, Sarah,\u201d he informed me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was surprised. I did not expect her to be back so soon. The rumors said that her magic powers were really weak, but maybe that did not apply for her Dark Magic ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI didn\u2019t think you would do something as uncouth as using Dark Magic in such a public place,\u201d he added. His voice didn\u2019t have any emotion in it, but his choice of words made me feel that he was scolding me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d I apologized, and he looked at me in surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t trying to scold you. I was honestly just surprised, and I wanted to know why someone as coolheaded as you would act in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n After all, he didn\u2019t mean to reprimand me, but, regardless, he was right\u2014I\u2019d lost my cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAfter all this interference from her<\/em>, I may have felt slightly frustrated,\u201d I explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI see. She meddled with you once again after all. But there\u2019s no use crying over spilt milk. You must be tired, so you can go and rest while I take care of things.\u201d He gestured toward the room\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I lowered my head and left. He was the most important person in the world to me, and before now, I had never lied to him. This wasn\u2019t exactly a lie, but I hadn\u2019t told him the whole truth either. I was frustrated because of Katarina Claes interfering with my mission, that much was true…but there was more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re right, I wouldn\u2019t know. I\u2019ve always lived here, in this peaceful place. I don\u2019t know anything about violence and hardship…but that doesn\u2019t mean that I can\u2019t be on your side. Both me and all the people in the orphanage. We\u2019re on your side, Liam. Even if we don\u2019t know about your past, we can try to understand. If you just reach out your hand, we\u2019ll take it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When I heard her speak those words, I felt my heart throb uncomfortably\u2014even though she wasn\u2019t saying those things to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLiam, parting with the happiness that you\u2019ve grown accustomed to is dreadful, but the memory of that happiness will give you the strength to fight through anything. So, I want you to be happy at the orphanage. I\u2019m sure that happiness will make you stronger.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n She went on to say this, and her words brought back memories which I thought I had forgotten forever. Even before being trapped in that dark place, I was never that happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My father, who was so busy with work that he rarely came back home, disappeared altogether, and I was left alone with my mother. She closed herself up, and my words stopped reaching her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We often had nothing to eat, and when this happened I had to walk around the whole neighborhood looking for anything edible just so as not to starve. It was at one such time that I met him. He was a boy around my age, crouching in the tall grass as if to hide himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d I asked him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His eyes were full of sadness, and they reminded me of my own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCan I sit with you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He looked at me with surprise, but eventually told me, \u201cSure,\u201d and I walked over to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We didn\u2019t even talk to each other, but just being there, with him, made me feel at peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI have to go back home,\u201d the boy spoke once more as the sun was starting to set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWill you come here again?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he responded, sadly looking at me as he shook his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even though he had told me that, the next day I went to the same place. He wasn\u2019t hiding in the same spot where we\u2019d been sitting the day before, but I kept looking for him and I eventually found him not far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCan I sit with you?\u201d I asked again, and he stared at me, just as surprised as on the day before, and gave me the same answer. This is how we got to know each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I started visiting that place every day. The boy wasn\u2019t always there, but whenever he was I would sit by his side. Little by little he started talking and even eating some of the fruit that I\u2019d found. I loved the time that we spent together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He became more and more emaciated, until at one point, looking very sick, he told me that he didn\u2019t know if he\u2019d be able to come there anymore. On the last day we met, he gave me a small pressed flower. Even when I was surrounded by darkness, the flower, which I kept in my pocket, always kept me company. I had taken the memories of all these events and sealed them away in the dark, where I wouldn\u2019t have to think about them\u2014until now. My heart was throbbing and I couldn\u2019t calm down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why am I remembering all of this? I have to forget all of it again, or I won\u2019t be able to get a hold of myself,<\/em> I thought, but the memories wouldn\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I bit my lip so hard that it started bleeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOkay. I\u2019ve heard enough. If you remember anything else, let me know,\u201d Larna said, and our questioning was over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Between all that happened and having to go to the Ministry on an off day, I\u2019d ended up really tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCyrus and I have to report to the higher-ups, so we\u2019ll get going. Raphael, Maria, go back to your departments. You can go back home now if you want, Lady Katarina,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Raphael was leaving, I called out to him to say thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWho knows what would have happened if it weren\u2019t for the spell you taught me! And what you thought about Liam was spot on too. Thanks to you I found the words I needed to help him. You\u2019re amazing, Raphael. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou don\u2019t need to thank me. You were the one who used the spell, and you were the one who saved Liam. You are the amazing one,\u201d he responded with a kind smile on his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just like Maria and Cyrus, Raphael was also the very humble type. He\u2019d probably answer in the same way no matter how much I praised him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt least let me give you this to show you my gratitude,\u201d I said, handing him a paper bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat is this?\u201d he asked, surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey\u2019re the cookies that the orphanage children gave us. They gave us so many! Please take some. Thank you for everything, Raphael,\u201d I told him, lowering my voice, and he blushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We parted ways with Raphael and Maria. Afterward, Jeord, Keith, and I headed for the room where the others were waiting for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou and Raphael seem to have become very close to each other,\u201d Jeord commented along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHmm? What are you trying to say?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBig Sister,\u201d Keith joined in, \u201cI was also surprised. Those magic lessons you are taking… Are you two alone when he\u2019s teaching you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I found myself being questioned from both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf course. It is<\/em> forbidden magic after all, so very few people can know about it. Is that so weird?\u201d I asked, and both of them sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf course, she is missing the point entirely. That being said, I doubt that Raphael Wolt would act uncouthly… I hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI believe that he can be trusted…probably. And, Big Sister, I\u2019ve told you so many times already, but you should be more self-aware as a lady.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeord and Keith ended up warning me in a slightly offensive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I thought that Raphael was the last person in the Ministry that one should need to be warned against, but I also realized that contradicting them would be a waste of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOkay, I\u2019ll be careful. Oh, here we are,\u201d I said and then knocked on the door of the room where Mary and the others were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was waiting for you!\u201d Mary came to hug me as soon as I entered the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSorry to keep you waiting!\u201d I apologized, but she shook her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is no need to apologize. Waiting for you was our decision,\u201d she affirmed, and the others nodded along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo, may we know what happened today? I heard that you ended up in quite the dangerous situation,\u201d Nicol asked me with a dead serious look in his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell…\u201d I started explaining all the events of the day, except for the details about Sarah that we\u2019d heard from Larna. Jeord and Keith helped me out too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis must have been very taxing on you,\u201d Sophia commented at the end, and I couldn\u2019t help but agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou managed to come back unscathed after having a Dark Magic spell cast on you… That is impressive,\u201d Nicol remarked, surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am so glad to see that she is okay,\u201d his little sister added with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWho knew that a spell like that even existed though? I have to give you credit for keeping your cool and using the magic at your disposal to get out of trouble, Katarina,\u201d Alan told me, sounding genuinely impressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNot at all. I was very scared at first, until I found out that Prince Jeord and Keith were with me. If it weren\u2019t for them, I wouldn\u2019t have managed it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Had I been trapped inside that dark fog alone, I don\u2019t think I\u2019d have made it out safely. I was really grateful for their presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo, that is to say… You were trapped along with these two, and in a dark place no less. Did…anything happen<\/em> to you?\u201d Mary asked in an uncharacteristically awkward way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNot at all. I\u2019m not hurt anywhere. Not even a scratch,\u201d I comforted my worried friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHmm, no, that is not what I am referring to. I mean…did those two do anything to you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHuh?\u201d I cocked my head to one side, unsure of what she meant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeord and Keith both spoke at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMary, please. The place was too dark to do anything anyway. Of course, a gentleman such as myself would never dream of doing anything unbecoming to her regardless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf course not, Mary! I would never do such a thing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mary\u2019s eyes seemed to go slightly dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe shall discuss the definition of \u2018gentleman\u2019 at another time,\u201d she snapped, \u201cbut for the moment, I cannot help but remember certain high-society rumors of how you, in fact, often act unbecomingly regardless of the location or situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhere\u2019d you even hear rumors like those?\u201d Alan mumbled, scratching his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKatarina, do not be misled by such unfounded rumors. I am a gentleman and would never do anything to you. You are safe with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh, um, sure,\u201d I replied despite having absolutely no clue what they were even talking about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeord offered me his hand, and I instinctively went to take it, but Keith quickly jumped in between us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI would say she is most certainly not safe with Prince Jeord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRich words, Keith, coming from one who says \u2018I would never do such a thing\u2019 and yet took advantage of the darkness to have Katarina touch him heaven-knows-where.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTh-That was just her moving her hands around, and I had no…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMaster Keith?! Were you lying? Is that shyness of yours just a facade to hide your misdeeds?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo, Mary, please, listen!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMaster Keith… I was not expecting such behavior…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI feel betrayed, Keith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSophia! Master Nicol! I swear this is a misunderstanding!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI feel for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPrince Alan! What is that look supposed to mean?! You are all misunderstanding this!\u201d Seeing all of them chatting in their usual friendly way brought a smile to my face. Thinking that I was all alone in that dark place, under a Dark Magic spell, had been terrifying. Knowing about FL2\u2019s secret character and the potential doom that was waiting for me made it even scarier…but having Jeord and Keith by my side made everything better, and now having my friends surround me like this increased the good vibes even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want all of you to always stay by my side,\u201d I muttered to myself, but they somehow all heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf course. I, Mary Hunt, shall be by your side forever. Next time, I\u2019ll come with you into the dark fog too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI guess I can be there too if you really want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf course, I will be with you too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat goes without saying for me too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI shall be by your side forever, as long as you wish for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019d never leave you, Big Sister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI would follow you anywhere, Katarina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you, everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn\u2019t know what was waiting for me…but I knew that I\u2019d be fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cNow, now, there\u2019s no need to look at me like that. I\u2019m not going to do anything to that child anymore.\u201d \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d I asked, confused. Didn\u2019t she just say she had business with him? \u201cThere\u2019s no more darkness in his eyes.\u201d That made even less sense to me. \u201cSay what?\u201d \u201cHow can I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tak-berkategori"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3677,"href":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675\/revisions\/3677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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