Ares: Never Grow Up
Find Vani!

..."What's?"...

POV: Ken

"What?" civilian asked when I accidentally made a sound. I immediately closed my mouth while smiling awkwardly. Civilian raised his eyebrows, and looked at me with probing eyes.

"There's nothing. Really," I said gently while shaking my head. Civilian was still looking at me suspiciously, but thank God it seemed like he let this incident slip away.

"What do you want to eat? I'll go make it for you" I said as I stood up, Civilian seemed to think for a moment.

"Pasta?" civilian asked flatly, I nodded while giving my thumbs up. After that I went to the kitchen, and started preparing any ingredients to make pasta.

Fortunately, Civilian didn't follow me into the kitchen. Because I want to check out some things.

I saw his phone when a message came in. Yes .. I know this sounds disrespectful. But it automatically read by my eyes. And I was very surprised to find out what the message was about.

The message was sent by Boni directly. The contents of the message are .. they say they want to hold a welcoming festival. Although I do not know who this festival is for ... but I feel a little happy because I think that this festival is for us?

Well it looks like Civilian and Boni are really good people. Should I ask him to join the team? But I have to ask for Ares and Vani's approval first.

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POV: Ares

"It's impossible!" I said as I sat limply beside an uninhabited house. Riot was also already lying down with a gasping breath.

Although I did say that we should look for clues, but we have absolutely no idea where to start?! It's like I have to find a needle in a haystack.

"A ... res ... it seems, it is better if we .. find Vani and leave this city," Riot said as he tried to sit down. His face was so sweaty that there was even a reddish color on his skin due to exposure to the sun.

Yes ... nearly 5 hours we searched for Vani non-stop. Starting from the scene, then spread to several kilometers with the hospital as the center. But Vani still did not meet!

What if she gets kidnapped?! Or maybe an experimental object?! Shit .. I kept thinking since I met Ron. But seriously, where is Vani?!

"Krear?"

"Huh? Bird sounds?" Riot's voice broke my daydream. My eyes and Riot looked directly at the sky, there was a dove perched on the window sidelines. The pigeon is pure white and has red eyes.

"Krr, krr!" The dove continued to sound while flying towards the South. Riot and I were silent when we saw the pigeon leave, because we thought it was just a perch and then left when we saw a human.

But we were wrong.

He repeatedly approached us, and flew again towards the South. He also did not ask for food or anything, but he did this repeatedly.

It was as if he was asking us to follow him.

"That bloated ain't tired, is it?" muttered Riot while looking at the white pigeon that was busy flying around. I slicked my shoulders slowly, then focused towards the asphalt. Thinking like anything, it is impossible for the bird to understand the problems we face.

After all, the bird did not lead us to the settlement. From the direction he flew, I can confirm that the direction he was heading was the Southern wilderness. There's no way Vani is there, right?

...

It's impossible, right?

"Rully."

"What?" Riot immediately turned his head towards me and I directly carried him on my back.

"Hey! Where are we?!" riot asked while clutching my back shirt.

"We're going to follow the bird, who knows if there's a clue" I said as I watched where the bird went. Riot no longer asked, now he was silent and following well.

Long enough for us to fly straight, the bird finally started to turn and descend in a crack in the forest. I came down slowly, as much as possible still keeping my distance from the ground.

When I entered into the gap between the leaves of the trees in the forest. I was immediately greeted with an amazing sight.

Maybe this is what they call a hidden paradise? I even knew there was a lake around here.

The lake is spread out with clear water that can even reflect the shadow of the sky. The bottom of this lake is invisible, it seems quite deep. And what surprised me more .. is the number of animals here.

Starting from pigeons, various reptiles, large-bodied animals, even carnivores are also here. And strangely .. they don't attack each other.

"Your woof!"

"HUH?!"

"WHAT?!"

Riot and I cried out in surprise when they heard the dog barking. When I looked back, there were hordes of dogs that attacked me with Ken. But ... Do they seem a bit strange?

Why are their eyes so friendly? Even ... I don't feel threatened anymore when I'm around them. How can they be so tame in a few days? They are not dogs, are they? They look more like wild dogs that are as big as wolves.

"Down me" Riot said as he patted me on the shoulder several times. I immediately lowered Riot, he then walked slowly closer to the horde of dogs.

"Woof! Woof!"

BRUK!

"Haha! It's ticklish!" Riot was licked by the dogs spontaneously. Not bitten .. It seems true that they have become tame. But now the strange thing is .. why the pigeon brought me here.

Pluck up! Pluk pluk! Pluck up!

"Huh?" Fruits continued to fall in front of me, as I looked up. .. There were so many birds flying while carrying fruit on the clutches of their feet as well as on their beaks.

They feed me?! Waitie?! Seriously?! They're someone's pet?! But who? I didn't know there was this crazy guy who even kept a boar up to a tiger in his house.

"Oh? You guys arrived?".

I turned to the origin of a voice that was no stranger to me. From behind the bushes came a little girl with blond hair .. she ... was the boy I was looking for fruit at the time!

"Sorry, you must be surprised why I asked my friend to bring you here" he said with a polite tone and a guilty look. I immediately put up a standby position, my eyes looking at the girl with a suspicious look.

"You?! Who exactly are you?!" I asked with a little scream. The dogs that were busy playing with Riot, immediately ran towards the girl and stood in front of her. It was like a shield for the girl.

"You don't need to be suspicious like that .. I'm sure you've heard my name." The girl spoke casually, then sat on the ground. Instantly the dogs were also directly spoiled to him, like a child who missed his mother.

..."I'm Safa."...

TBC.

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