Luccane
Chapter 4: The Discussion in the Dark

"You can keep that red lantern if you want. Besides my mother, you deserve to have that red lantern I made with all my heart."

Hearing Luccane's soft voice say so, I turned my face to him. "can I keep things that come from different dimensions?"

Luccane smiled knot. "literally such an inanimate object can come to death.after all it is a real thing, not from my dimension."

"Then, where did you keep this red lantern?" I began to wonder to question Luccane who took a sitting position next to me.

Luccane thrust out my pillow and blanket.

"i had put it somewhere back then, so this lantern didn't sink with me in the ocean."

I received a blanket and pillow from Luccane. "but how can you hold all those things without penetrating your body? from what I've known since childhood, ghosts just can't redeem fir trees. don't you think?"

A pair of blue beads belonging to Luccane ambushed quickly hearing my question that seemed unexpected. "if that one is a secret! after all, not all ghosts can be like me, can touch things and touch you. about not being able to penetrate the evergreen tree is true."

I pecked. "well, Luccane.You're too annoying and mysterious.I'm afraid you can eat too!"

Luccane chuckled amusedly at my grievances, sounding so beautiful and soothing as cool as the air outside.

"if you knew everything about me in that fast time it wouldn't be exciting."

"Then may I ask you a question?"

"Sure.say," said Luccane quickly without a second thought.

"Did you ever like a girl in your life?" I don't know why this question so smoothly came out of my lips without a cue.

"What kind of a bad question is that?" Luccane grunted amusedly. "never, I didn't even have the time to look at a girl. My very disciplined father always demanded that I keep learning all day."

I leaned back on the back of the sofa. "it turns out that the 'Tiger Parenting' parenting pattern has been around for centuries ago apparently."

"What does that mean? old tiger?" luccane asked with an innocent face, making me anxious to pinch both sides of his white cheeks with faint patches of freckles.

"If interpreted linguistically, you're right, but the point is that parenting is hard and tends to force children to achieve success like their own will, not from the child's will," I clearly explained it briefly.

Luccane nodded. "oh, it turns out so. and yes, that's one of the reasons why I don't have any friends."

"Your father also forbid you to play?"

"About like that. all day I just spend time studying and studying," Luccane said with a sad view. "but unfortunately I have not had time to feel the benefits of studying too hard during my life first. so while you live do good and useful things for you as well as others, Visha."

"Then do you regret everything?"

Luccane shook his head, still with his own glare. "whatever has passed I never regretted, except when I was powerless to save my parents the last day we met."

Now I understand why this handsome ghost looks so sad. Apart from the tragic manner of his death, he also harbored deep regrets that haunted him to this very moment. Luccane was just a lonely child who loved his parents.

Tears without me knowing had accumulated in both my eyes, making my vision blurred. My heart also felt tight after hearing Luccane's confession filled with regret in the sad eyes filled with wounds.

"Your voice shakes, why are you crying?" Luccane asked worriedly, gently rubbing the trace of my tears with both of his thumbs.

"my life did end miserably and I don't want that to happen to you either."

I'm sure if Luccane could survive and have a partner, that woman would be a very lucky woman.

"Study properly because your parents are far away on the opposite island then I will be your supervisor during my education here" Luccane said firmly.

"Okay, Mr. Luccane," I said, mocking Luccane's pretentious attitude.

Luccane chuckled. "perhaps if I were alive I would really be a general."

"Did you learn English? how was school at the time?" again, I was wondering who knew getting interesting information about life at that time.

"Yes, in addition to Indonesian I can also speak English, Mandarin and Dutch. used to be in school we use Dutch as the language of instruction and only certain people can go to school," luccane answered, which intrigued me even more. Surprisingly, any question I ask of him Luccane can always answer satisfactorily even though he is also a mysterious pretender.

"What kind of person was once allowed to go to school?" ask me again full of interest.

When else can you get a chance to learn history right from your witness? hehe.

"Of course the Dutch, Europeans, foreign east such as the Chinese and Arabs and natives who have high positions such as nobles or higher officials who work in the Netherlands. Well, it's the children of them who can go to school" Luccane explained, in turn, like a teacher who is teaching.

Luccane looked at the ceiling.

"because of the intense competition in education, so my father was very strict with me in contrast to Mother who always gave me a lot of love."

I nodded in understanding. "thank you for answering all the questions from me so satisfactorily.Thanks to you now I have gained a little unusual additional knowledge."

"Then can I also ask?" Luccane turned his attention to me.

"What do you want to ask?"

"On your feelings towards the opposite sex" Luccane said hesitantly.

I plotted the eyeballs, "ask specifically if I don't want to answer your question."

"All right, all right," Luccane let out a short sigh.

"is there a guy you like right now?"

My head reflexively shook his head. "nothing.how about you?"

"It seems like I'm falling in love too late, when my life is so long over. But I think it's a form of God's kindness," Luccane's ambiguous reply confused me.

I raised my left eyebrow. "what do you mean?"

Luccane's pair of charming blue obsidians looked straight at me. "i used to pray to God. I asked him to meet me with a girl who could make me fall in love at first sight."