In the backyard terrace, Garuvy, Lyos and Cathiw sat stretched out and leaned against the wall. Lyos is in the middle, Garuvy is on his left side and Cathiw is on his right side. Garuvy turns to Lyos and smiling.

"Lyos!" Garuvy called.

"Hmm?" Lyos replied.

"Do you think I'm beautiful?" Garuvy asked.

Lyos strokes Garuvy's hair until her right ear is visible. Garuvy is confused.

"What's wrong?" Garuvy asked.

"Nothing ..." Lyos replied with a smile.

Lyos turns his face forward.

"You know .... In my school, I've seen some girls, and I saw shiny things in their ears. I forgot the name of those things ..." Lyos said.

"Oh .... Those are called earrings. Some girls like to wear them," Garuvy said.

Lyos turns back to Garuvy.

"Oh, I see .... Well ... I think that those girls with earrings are nicer to look at than those without earrings, so ... I think ... you should wear earrings too," Lyos said.

After hearing that, Garuvy felt annoyed.

"No, Lyos! I haven't told you about this, right?" Garuvy said.

Garuvy turns her face forward.

"I don't like wearing earrings. I'm already beautiful without it," Garuvy said.

"Oh, is that so? But ... I think earrings will make you more beautiful than this," Lyos.

Garuvy turns back at Lyos with a serious face.

"No! Even if you keep forcing me, I will still refuse!" Garuvy said.

After hearing that, Lyos is laughing. Cathiw turns to Lyos and Garuvy.

"You two, don't fight, okay?" Cathiw said with a smile.

"Yes, Sir," both Garuvy and Lyos replied.

"Forget about that. I want you to tell me everything that happened to your family in Gryllia Village," Garuvy said.

"Oh, so you don't know yet, do you?" Lyos asked.

"I heard about it from the news, but I want to know more from you," Garuvy replied.

"... Okay," Lyos said.

Lyos tells Garuvy and Cathiw about his family's tragedy in Gryllia Village. After hearing that, Garuvy and Cathiw seems sad.

"... I see .... You must be very sad about that ..." Garuvy said.

"Yeah ..." Lyos said.

Cathiw and Lyos turns their face forward.

"... Don't worry .... If I'm on duty, I will always be with you .... I'll come to your house if I'm on duty and you're not going anywhere ..." Cathiw said.

"Thank you, Sir ..." Lyos said.

Garuvy turns her face forward.

"... Why did they attack us ...?" Garuvy asked.

"... It's still too early for you to understand the Bothyner War ..." Cathiw replied.

"Okay .... I want to know about Bothyner, then .... Where did it come from ...?" Garuvy asked.

".... We're still trying to figure it out ..." Cathiw replied.

Lyos turns to Cathiw.

"I want to know about that too," Lyos said.

Cathiw turns to Lyos.

"Yes .... You can do it if you become a Bothyzard," Cathiw said.

Garuvy turns to Lyos and smiling.

"We can work together, Lyos," Garuvy said.

Lyos turns to Garuvy.

"Yeah .... After we become Bothyzards, we'll work together!" Lyos said.

"Come to think of it .... Why do we become Bothyner Prodigies?" Garuvy asked.

"Well ... I don't know, either," Lyos said.

"I think you should work together to find out about it," Cathiw said.

Lyos turns to Cathiw.

"Yeah!" Lyos said.

"This is our promise, Lyos!" Garuvy said.

Garuvy shows the pinkie of her right hand to Lyos. The boy is confused.

"Come on! You don't know about this yet, do you?" Garuvy asked.

"No, I already know, but ... why?" Lyos asked back.

"If we work together, we can be close forever, just like I wanted," Garuvy replied with a smile.

Lyos is fascinated. He remains silent for a while. Cathiw is staring at Lyos and Garuvy with a smile.

"Yes ... we promised to work together!" Lyos said.

Lyos is locking the pinkie of his right hand with the pinkie of Garuvy's right hand. After a while, both Garuvy and Lyos pull out their pinkies. Garuvy stands up from the floor.

"Alright, time to play again!" Garuvy said.

"Okay ..." Lyos said.

Lyos stands up and turns to Cathiw who is still sitting down.

"Let's play again, Mr. Cathiw," Lyos said.

"No, I'm tired. Just the two of you, okay?" Cathiw said.

"What? You're already running out of energy?" Lyos asked.

"No, I'm just lazy! Just play with Garuvy!" Cathiw replied.

"Tch ... fine ...." Lyos said.

Suddenly, Garuvy pats Lyos' body with her right hand and runs away immediately. Lyos is surprised and turns to Garuvy who is already far from him. Garuvy stops running and turns to Lyos.

"Come on, Lyos! Catch me!" Garuvy said with a smile.

After hearing that, Lyos laughs for a few seconds before he starts running. The two chase each other in turn with a happy face. Cathiw is staring at them with a smile.

Around 05.00 p.m. ... in the living room of Garuvy's house ...

"Thank you for today, Mr. Thomas! My son and I will go home now," Clara said.

"Yeah, thank you for your opportunity, Mrs. Clara," Thomas said.

"I'm happy to meet people whose work is the same as mine," Krona said.

"Yeah, I'm happy too, Mrs. Krona," Clara said.

"I want to leave too, Mr. Thomas," Cathiw said.

"Yeah, thank you for coming here," Thomas said.

"Good evening!" Clara said.

"Good evening!" Thomas said.

Clara, Lyos and Cathiw turn around and walk towards the front door.

"Ah, yes. Wait, Lyos!" Thomas said.

"Huh?" Lyos is confused.

Lyos, Clara and Cathiw stop their move and turn to Thomas. Thomas takes a wallet from his right trouser pocket. He takes a banknote from his wallet with his right hand. He gives the banknote to Lyos.

"Thank you for accompanying my daughter. Here's 5.000 Ang for you," Thomas said.

"What!? But ... she was the first to approach me!" Lyos said.

"Yes, but you didn't refuse, right? Just take it," Thomas said.

"... Well ... thank you, Sir ..." Lyos said.

Lyos receives the banknote with his right hand. Thomas smiles and holds Lyos' head with his right hand.

"I'm sorry about your father. I can be a father figure to you if you come here to play," Thomas said.

"Oh ... thank you ... Sir ..." Lyos said.

Thomas lifts his right hand from Lyos' head.

"Come back here whenever you want. I will always welcome you," Thomas said.

Lyos is fascinated.

"... Thank you, Sir ... Actually, I will come back here tomorrow because I need Garuvy's help to do my homework," Lyos said.

"Oh, is that so? When will you come here?" Thomas asked.

"Well, Garuvy said that she will go to her friend's house around 02.00 p.m. until 04.00 p.m., so ..." Lyos replied.

Lyos turns to Cathiw.

"Mr. Cathiw, can you accompany me after I finished playing in the field? I will take my books in my house and come here around 04.00 p.m. tomorrow," Lyos said.

"Oh, okay, Lyos," Cathiw said.

"04.00 p.m.? if so, then I will close my lamp shop at that time, so I can immediately go home and play with Lyos," Thomas said.

Everyone else are surprised. Lyos turns to Thomas.

"You're ... you're really serious that you're willing to close your shop early *chuckle*" Krona said.

"Of course!" Thomas said.

"Then you could go bankrupt, you know," Clara said with a smile.

"No way! I'm just doing that for tomorrow," Thomas said.

"But you have closed your shop early today *chuckle*" Krona said.

Everyone else besides Thomas are laughing.

"No, it's okay! I did nothing wrong!" Thomas said.

"You must prioritize your job, Mr. Thomas," Cathiw said with a smile.

"No! Becoming a father figure for Lyos is more important!" Thomas said.

Everyone else besides Thomas are laughing.

"It's okay, Dad! I can play with Lyos!" Garuvy said with a smile.

"No! I want to play with him too! I can't miss this opportunity!"

"It's alright. I want to play with him too," Lyos said with a smile.

Thomas felt excited.

"See? He accepted me as his father!" Thomas said.

"*chuckle* Well, then .... We will leave now," Clara said.

"Oh, yes! Thank you!" Thomas said.

Thomas, Krona and Garuvy wave at Lyos, Clara and Cathiw. Clara, Lyos and Cathiw wave at Thomas, Krona and Garuvy.

On September 11, 1986, in Levytatia Village, around 03.00 p.m. ...

Lyos is walking around in the village.

"Garuvy can't play with me, but ... now I'm allowed to play with anyone in that field, right?" Lyos spoke in thought.

After a while, Lyos reaches the field with two swings.

"There's no one here .... Fine, then ..." Lyos spoke in thought.

Lyos approaches one of the swings. He sits on it and starts swinging. After swinging for a while, he saw 5 children approaching the field, so he stops swinging.

There are a 9-years old boy with yellow hair, a 9-years old girl with brown pigtail hair, an 8-years old boy with silver hair, an 8-years old girl with short cyan hair and an 8-years old girl with long black hair who is carrying a rope.

"Looks like I've seen them before ..." Lyos spoke in thought.

The short cyan hair girl is surprised after seeing Lyos.

"Hey, is that ... Lyos?" the short cyan hair girl said.

"Lyos!?" the long black hair girl said.

The 5 children run towards Lyos.

"Lyos? Is that you?" the long black hair girl asked.

"... Who are you?" Lyos asked back.

"This is us! The children who played jump rope with you a few days ago!" the silver hair boy replied.

"Don't you remember?" the yellow hair boy asked.

"Ah, yes ... it's you guys ..." Lyos replied with a smile.

"On that day, I struggled to be able to continue playing with you! Why don't you remember!?" the short cyan hair girl felt annoyed.

"*chuckle* Sorry. It's because I met a girl and I keep thinking about her," Lyos said.

"Oh, that girl," the short cyan hair girl said with a smile.

The short cyan hair girl turns to the long black hair girl on her right side.

"Yes, that girl," the long black hair girl said with a smile.

The long black hair girl turns to the short cyan hair girl on her left side.

"You already know?" Lyos asked.

"Yes, we heard the news about the two Bothyner Prodigies who meet each other in this village," the brown pigtail hair girl replied.

"Well, you have to play with us so that you don't think about her all the time," the long black hair girl said.

"Yeah! You're now allowed to play with us for a long time, right?" the short cyan hair girl asked.

"Yeah, but only in this field ..." Lyos replied.

"Yeah, we already know," the yellow hair boy said.

"We have to tell him our names so that he can remember us," the silver hair boy said.

"Yeah, right!" the brown pigtail hair girl said.

"I'm Silvor," the silver hair boy said.

"I'm Sidia," the long black hair girl said.

"I'm Cyna," the short cyan hair girl said.

"I'm Rowna," the brown pigtail hair girl said.

"I'm Mustar. Got it?" the yellow hair boy said.

"Yeah," Lyos said.

"Now get off from that swing!" Cyna said.

"What? But I still want to swing more. You should join me,"

"No! We want to play jump rope, because I've brought a rope here!" Sidia said.

"You're the one who should join us. Get off!" Rowna said.

"Oh, come on ..." Lyos complained.

"How hard is it to get off from there?" Silvor said.

Silvor approaches Lyos. He grabs Lyos' left hand with his right hand and pulls it to make Lyos get off the swing. Lyos' left hand is pulled until he approached his friends.

"C'mon, you're the first to jump," Sidia said with a smile.

Sidia gives the rope in her right hand to Lyos.

"How many times do I have to jump?" Lyos asked.

"20 times! Just like before!" Cyna said with a smile.

Lyos remains silent while smiling.

"What's wrong?" Rowna asked.

"I'm happy to be able to play with you," Lyos said.

Everyone else are smiling.

"C'mon! just jump already!" Mustar said with a smile.

Lyos starts swinging the rope and jumps on it. Every time he jumped successfully, he counted it by himself.

Meanwhile, Cathiw is watching Lyos from behind the window of the house across the street in front of the field. He is smiling.

Around 04.00 p.m. ...

In a street, Cathiw is riding on a Bothasus. Lyos is on the same Bothasus and sitting behind Cathiw. The boy carries a black backpack on his back.

After they reached Garuvy's house, they stopped in the front yard of the house. Cathiw makes the Bothasus sits on the ground before he and Lyos get off the Bothasus.

After they got off, the Bothasus stands up. They walk towards the front yard terrace. Suddenly, they are blocked by a black cat that crossed in front of them.

"Hey, you're in our way! Shoo! Shoo!" Cathiw said.

The black cat moves away from them. After they reached the front yard terrace, Cathiw knocks the front door. After a while, Krona opens it.

"Ah, welcome! Garuvy has been waiting for you in her room, Lyos!" Krona said.

"Oh, yes. Thank you, Ma'am," Lyos said.

When Lyos and Cathiw reached the living room, Thomas stands up from the chair in the room.

"Welcome! My boy has arrived! If you're done with your homework, play with me, okay?" Thomas said.

"*chuckle* Okay, Sir," Lyos said.

"What about your lamp shop?" Cathiw asked with a smile.

"Shut up," Thomas asked.

When Lyos and Cathiw reached the door of Garuvy's room, Lyos stands in front of the door and opens it.

After that. He saw Garuvy sitting on a carpet in the middle of the room. There is a small table placed in front of her.

"Hi! I've been waiting," Garuvy said with a smile.

"Oh .... You prepared this for me?" Lyos asked.

"Of course! C'mon, sit down! What do you want to ask?" Garuvy replied.

Lyos and Cathiw sit on the carpet. Lyos puts his backpack on the carpet. The boy takes out a notebook and pencil from his backpack and put then on the table.

Lyos opens the notebook and turns its pages until he found a page with third grade elementary school math questions. There are 10 questions in the page.

"I want to ask about question number 5 to 10. All of them are difficult questions that I can't answer ..." Lyos said.

"Let me see," Garuvy said.

At the same time, Cathiw hears a voice in his head.

"Cathiw!"

After hearing that, Cathiw puts the index finger and the middle finger of his right hand on his head.

"What's wrong, Recivo?" Cathiw spoke in thought.

"The Slaboths are coming! Right now!!"

Cathiw is shocked.

To be continued.