Chapter 73 - 74. His Name Is Rumpa (1/2)

I went back to my own room with mixed up emotions. This gave me a headache. Soon, I needed to see Antonie. I chose some photos I needed to show him. I was not sure yet if it would help, but it worth trying

”Are you okay Miss?” Kerberos asked then he sat next to me.

”Hm, I cannot say it yet right now, ” I said in response, then I stroked the top of his head, ”I will finish it fist, collecting something I need. If I can do it all well, I will tell you all,” Kerberos cleared his throat as the answer. I decided to get and make preparation for that.

This time I was accompanied by Kerberos. We stood by the edge of that big hole and faced the cages that were used to lock wizards who had problems. ”No ,atter how often i come here, this place is still scary for me,” I whispered.

Before Azalea took me into Antonie's cage, she said that I should have finished my job before she picked us up. I nodded to understand that request.

”Hello?,” Antonie greeted us softly.

”Are you okay?” I was a bit worried, ”you did not eat all those sweets, didn't you?” I inquired.

Antonie shook his head and showed us the jars of sweets on a small table that he used for reading. The sweets seemed to be untouched. ”I don't eat it all, but more or less,” he giggled.

I did not say anything but looked at him, irritated, ”Such a hard headed boy!” I said as I handed him some cakes I got from Hana.

After he took the cakes, I gave him the photos that I had prepared. I arranged the photos neatly in front of him, ”Can you show me  if anything in this pictures are familiar to you?”  I asked him.

Antonie took a look at them very carefully, he was trying hard to recall something out of it. I was thinking if it would be easier by exposing him to the place directly. But it was impossible. As Azalea said, this young man was actually much smarter than he showed up to us. He was hiding something so I needed to gain his trust first before he was open to me and told me all the truth that he knew.

Every movement of him and his facial expression came to my inspection until he finally picked up a photo again with his right hand and put another one with his left hand. He looked at those pictures alternately, Errr,” he was thinking and wanted to say something, but then he just looked at me.

”It is okay. Take your time,” I said to encourage him.

”I was once took here by someone, and I believed it was before the shooting tragedy.  But I am not sure when and where. But I remembered very well the stained glass at the window was very beautiful. It attracted me a lot. And the place was very comfortable,” he gave me one photo. It was my family's house in Sa'bah.

”I have ever been there. He took me there, and—”He paused for a second, ”I forgot what happened after that. But I am telling you the truth that I ever visited that place,” He was trying to convince me.

”And he,” He continued while holding the photo, ”Although I don't know who he is right now, I feel like I saw him very often. Or is it possible we used to have a close connection” Antonie was thinking hard?

”His name is Rumpa. He is the son of the former wizard leader from south,” I explained to him. it made Antonie very shocked. it turned out that not only me got shocked seeing the facts presented in front of us...

”Did I use to be an important person so that I feel so much connected with him? Or perhaps kind of a family?” Antonie sounded hopeful.

I saw him with a level look, ”I don't know,” my voice rose to be a bit sharp, ”I will leave all the photos here so that you can write down anything you can remember in that notebook. I will pick it up tomorrow,” Right after I finished talking, I saw Azalea standing by the hole next to this room.