Ancient Prophecy

After Lukas gone, we stare at each other, and like have a common thinking we also smile together.

"Ikki, I hope you don't angry with uncle Lukas, he didn't mean with what he said"

"Really? I think he really means with what he said, but I'm not angry"

"You're not?"

"Why should I angry? Didn't he wish us to live happily and have many children? Or you don't want to have many children?"

"Ikki! You meanie! Who says I don't want", she pouting while pinching my arms.

"ouch…ouch…stop it!" I'm trying to evade her pinching while laughing and try to catch her hand to make her stop pinching me.

Finally, I was able to grab her hands, but this also makes her body pulled toward my body. So we standing facing each other in close distance with our hand stick together. We stare at each other and without we realize our head getting closer and our lip met each other.

After our lips parting I whispering something in her ears,

"Silvie Harvard, I love you with all my heart"

She didn't want to lose so she also whispering something in my ears

"I, Silvie Harvard, only love one man in my life, Ikki Isaku"

After saying our vows, we hug each other for some time. After we loosen our hug, we smile at each other, and like have a common thinking, we said the same words,

"Let's go home"

We walk together again hands in hands to the village. We reach the village in a quarter hour and directly heading to Harvard's house. At the house we only see Mrs. Harvard, chief Harvard still going out to do his duty as a chief village. Because the day still around 4 p.m and the dusk still come in two hours later, I decide to take a bath to remove the sweat from my body. But when I about to leave the house, from behind a hand is tugging my sleeve. It's Silvie's hand

"Ikki, can I go with you?"

"You know where I want to go?"

"Yes, I know", she nodded.

"You know where I'm going, so you know what I will do right?"

"Yes I know", she nodded again

"And you still want to go with me?"

She didn't answer, only nodded with blushing. Actually, I want to say no, but looking at her eyes which like a puppy that will leave by his master, make me take her with me.

"Alright, let's go"

She looks happy when I let her go with me. Along the way to the ponds, I ask her why she wants to go with me

"Silvie, you I want to take a bath, why you come along?"

"I want to wash Ikki's back," she says that with an innocent look.

"Why you want to wash my back?"

"When I still a little girl, my mother also washes my father back when we bath together and my father looks happy with that. I want Ikki to feel happy too"

I don't know whether to laugh or cry with her answer, but I'm touched by her reason to make me feel happy. Besides, mix bath is also common things in Japan, so I just pretend I and Silvie going to mix bath together. It's not taken a long time to arrive at the ponds. The ponds still quiet and peaceful as before.

Silvie without hesitation strip her clothes and immediately jump to the ponds. I can only shake my head before starting to take my clothes off too. Silvie after sees me naked splashing a scoop of water to me while laughing mischievously.

"Ikki, get in the water, hurry!"

"Aren't you shy if I looking at your naked body?"

"Um, if Ikki the one who see I don't mind, besides Ikki already see my body before"

Huh? She knows me peeping her?

"How do you know?"

"Um, the chirping bird sound was suddenly gone and village people didn't use this pond except me so that must be you Ikki, who come to this pond"

"Ah, but you also see my body this morning, don't you?"

She nodded and laughs sheepishly.

"So we have nothing to hide, right? C'mon Ikki don't just stand there"

She suddenly stands up from the pond and pulls my hand. Because I'm standing in a slippery bank her pull to make me fall upon her body and sink into ponds together. When we raise from the pond, we laugh together and start to splashing water to each other until our heart content. Feel tired from playing water with her, I sit on the bottom pond and lean my body on the pond edge. Silvie that see me taking rest approaching me and sit on lap then lean her head in my shoulder.

"Ikki, do you mind?"

"No, not at all"

I wrap my hand to hug her back and my other hand hugs her slim waist. We stay in that position for some time before Silvie start speaking again

"Ikki, if I say, something makes you live in this world, do you angry?"

"I don't know, why you ask that?"

"Because I think our God, mother earth Gaia, want you to stay here"

"How?"

"She has the power to control earth, the earth moves maybe also her doing"

I'm stunned hearing her words, yes, what she said makes sense. For someone with abilities to control the earth freely, make shape-shifting over a hill or a cave isn't a hard thing to do. For a moment I'm speechless and try to understand this surprising news.

"Ikki, are you sad? Or are you angry?" Silvie ask me with an attentive tone

"No, I'm not sad or angry, just a bit surprised. I think it would better if she come to me and ask me directly, but maybe she busy taking care of many things"

"Oh yeah, maybe she is" she chuckled when hearing what I said

"Or, maybe I should thanks to her, because of her I can meet a beautiful girl like you"

I'm ended my speaking by lowering my face and give her a kiss. Silvie not resists my kiss and reply it passionately. We kissing for some minutes before we let go of each other lips.

"Oh yeah, I still don't know why I'm here and what should do"

"Maybe…." Silvie a bit hesitate to continue

"Yes?"

"Umm, there's an ancient prophecy that said, from the fallen empire will rise a hero, the chosen one, that bring peace and unity to the entire continent"

I'm dumbfounded hearing that. Me? A hero? Please, God, I'm not an expert for fight or magic, all I can do is cooking, do you expect me to unite the continent? You must be joking.