Project : Alterization
Prologues

"Failure is not the end of everything."

The man thrust the sword he held tightly into the ground. It hinted that the duel during the day was over. He sighed.

"So you're saying I can still get up even if you've had more than a thousand fights you've managed to beat me?" he was saying my words. I was stunned, still a little breathless. Meanwhile, he did not look to lose any stamina at all.

"Even a thousand may still count a little to say that you have been adept at swordsmanship."

"You're saying that I still have a chance to be a winner?" many ensure.

"Yes. Everyone will never miss that opportunity. Not that someone who fails will continue to fail forever."

After hearing that sentence, my body reflexively moved towards the place where my sword lay. He managed to slash it until it was thrown quite far earlier. That word is like a mantra. For a moment my mind seemed to be bewitched. My heart is obsessed with satisfying desires. My soul is filled with a spirit of ambition. Yeah, I haven't lost yet. I still have nine thousand chances if it takes ten thousand times to defeat him. As long as this leg was still standing upright on the ground, the hunch of my sword would never stop swinging even if it only managed to cut through the wind. I'll show you who I really am.

"Yeah!!" I lunged towards the man with my sword ready to slash out. He gasps. He then returned to his sword which he had thrust into the ground.

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My hands stopped writing. I put my pen on the table and I closed my notebook. For a moment, let me look around. The empty second floor of the mosque is now visible. Silent and serene. The right nuance to complete the writings I have made before.

I looked to the side. A window that emitted a twilight light from outside made my eyes unable to turn away. If you remember, this is the first time I share my handwriting with everyone. A piece of a fad I wrote in the middle of the end of this twilight. You are among the lucky ones. I rarely want to show my handwriting to just anyone.

I am a writer. Sixteen-year-old boy who established himself as a santri as well as an amateur novel writer. I am currently in Second Class High School. I have been interested in the world of writing and began to plunge into it since the third grade Junior High. I really like to write. But I don't know why I hate an activity that is the purpose of my hobby right now. Reads. I hate reading books. They're so boring. Full of writing, not pictorial, like a blurry television that can not pick up the signal.

Imagine, opening the front cover of the book alone weighs like lifting a fifty-ton stone because it is so lazy. In fact, I once wrote a novel without knowing how to form the novel itself because I had never read it at all.

Only, there is one that distinguishes me from them. I enthroned myself in a boarding school in Java as a santri. But that doesn't change any reality. Still, I'm just an ordinary high school boy who doesn't have any privileges compared to those out there.

However, it turned out that my parents' decision to enroll me into a boarding school was one of the first steps that led me to the path of change. The unusual path. Far from parents, no longer spoiled, and all must be independent. This is the beginning of my evolution from cupu to temperature. From zero to hero. From nothing to something.

I have indeed changed from myself before becoming a santri and now a santri. There are so many differences that I created from the beginning to enter the pesantren until now. But it's not enough. I have not been able to achieve success only with capital that has been commonly owned by many people. My life here is average. Everyone can do it too. My experience of life is still minimal. There are very few interesting stories about me that I can tell to others. That too is still mediocre. Meanwhile, success is an amazing thing. Only certain people can get it. In fact, it never even occurred to me in my head that I wanted to achieve success.

Until finally, came the figure of someone who changed my life. A person who changed the way I looked at the world. He was a great figure in everyone's eyes. The ideal sturdy body, handsome face, and has a convincing eye gaze. Judging from any side, everyone knew that he was a person who had a lot of experience. His thoughts are inspiring, his words are motivating, and his actions by action are not mere pleasantries. And I, my heart was broken by it. I was inspired by his words.

"Most people always go with the flow. Few want to separate themselves from the flow of that average life. And they are the ones who will lead the course of this world."

On one occasion, he spoke to us. That was one of the dozens of motivational sentences he gave us in front of the class. I was so impressed with him. He always took the time to motivate us with his words on the sidelines of lessons to make us grow. His spirit never faded. But of course, his hard work produced results. He developed the minds of many people. One of them includes me. She seemed to have become a role model or role model in my life. A teacher who inspires me to keep growing. It was the first time in my entire life that I found a teacher as great as him. Teachers who not only focus on the curriculum presented by the school. Instead, he also looked far ahead. Very concerned with the development of his students for the sake of their future. I was amazed at him. It was at this moment that desire began to appear in my heart.

"I want to be like him. I'll go beyond it!"

Many times he decorated in front of us. He always reminds us of something.

"Only the average person does not want to leave their comfort zone. They are monotonous people. Just living in the flow of a flat life. However, successful people are different. They always choose a path that is challenging, tortuous, dangerous, but they will succeed. Who doesn't want to succeed? Everyone wants success. But few people are willing to take action to realize that success."

That's when I decided. I will separate myself from the stream of comfort in life. I'm going to get out of my comfort zone. My soul chose to stop being an average person. I think this is the right step to achieve success in the future. This is my story. The story of the struggle of a snot high school boy who wants to reach the peak of success. There are always a lot of thorns and twists and turns on every corner of the path to the peak of success. I want to tell you. I want everyone to know about my struggle. I hope that those of you who will follow the storyline of my life can take many lessons, wisdom, and experiences contained in this story. I guess, we'll suffice the introductions to get here. You will know more about me after reading my story. I offer you, this is my story...

...~Happy reading~...