Chapter 6

Knock-knock-knock. My door was knocked from the outside, it's been a while since I felt this situation, when someone knocked on my door to wake me up in the morning.

"Get up, when will you wake up? Get ready immediately, wear your most comfortable clothes to move freely. " Male voice, whose voice is it? Since when was there a man in my house? After I opened my eyes and looked around I realized I was no longer at home. Yesterday's incident seemed to have passed too quickly, I had a hard time digesting all this information, but how did my instincts naturally react to it. I changed into the most comfortable suit for exercising. Tidying the bed then hurried out of the room. When I opened the door Alex was standing beside my door. Ah, apparently he woke me up.

"Until when are you going to sleep, princess? Come on, everyone's waiting. " Alex patted my shoulder then walked ahead of me.

Arriving on the top floor I saw a very large room. The ceiling is high, and the room is like a gym with various pieces of equipment. But if you pay attention, there are so many unique items in this place. Rather than a gym, it was more like a special forces headquarters or dojo where martial artists practiced. There are several common sports equipment such as treadmills, static bikes, several kinds of weight lifting equipment, punching bags, and several shooting targets. The interesting thing is that in the middle there is a square stage area like a battle arena, also on several sides of the wall there are various weapons, both melee weapons such as knives and swords, to long-range weapons such as crossbows and guns. On that floor, I saw that the others had gathered in the middle of the room.

"Sastra, welcome to the training hall, in this place you will train in order to increase your physical strength, as well as to defend yourself." Mr. David spread his hand, greeted me with a big smile.

"Wait a minute, physical improvement, defend yourself? Isn't this a library, and aren't you librarians? " I asked with a very curious face, why are these people practicing things like this?

"What do you need as a guard, son? Power? Wisdom? Skills? You need everything. Not only as the librarian who sits all day at the table and reads books, but you also need to train your strengths and skills. Like your parents who defend themselves and all their knowledge. They are struggling very extraordinarily, son, even to their last breath while maintaining their honor and responsibility as The Keeper of Knowledge. "

“The Keeper of Knowledge? So you mean my parents are a part of all this weirdness? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THEY WERE DYING? I'M ASKING NOW! " I raised my voice, I realized I had yelled at Mr. David while moving forward as close as possible to him.

" Calm down sir. " Vanilla held my arms while comforting me.

"Sorry Sastra, we admit that we could not protect your parents at that time. But don't you feel selfish? Look around you, do you realize what happened to everyone here is no better than what you experienced? "I didn't expect Mr. David to respond with a soft tone.

I sank to the floor. That's right, I'm too selfish with my own interests. To the point that I forgot the circumstances of these people.

Kara patted my shoulder while helping me to stand up. "Dude, we know how you feel, no, we understand how you feel. It's okay to be sad, but being sad for too long won't solve your problem."

"Alex please get me a chair." Mr. David sighed a little, then he started to speak. "Alright Sastra, to be honest, I don't want to tell you this instance. But the sooner you know the sooner you will accept this. Do you still remember the stories your father read when you were a child? Legends of the forming of a place, folktales about magical creatures that live among humans, myths about unseen cities around the world, to powerful items lost in history. "

I nodded slowly.

"What do you think will happen when one morning on television the news appears about the capture of a creature who has being a thief, for certain people to make money, or when the existence of a community that has abilities beyond human is discovered, or the magical items that contain power? There will be great chaos son, those who are thirsty for wealth, power, and strength will justify any means to obtain it. Those who do not take a firm stand on their religion, belief, or ideology will find a way to justify themselves. It is a bit of luck if they just let it be and act normal. " Mr. David paused for a moment, staring blankly. “But things are not that simple, do you remember the story about the witch hunt era? Where are the false arrests happening because some of the people who were executed were simply people experimenting with science? Also, the dark era in which scientists are considered to have insulted belief and religion, thus receiving punishment from the local belief system? Humans tend to be like that, Sastra, they hate those who are different from them, whether it is superior to them, weaker than them, or just different kinds from them. This is where our duty as Keepers of Knowledge takes place. "

Again that thing, what's up with the Keeper of Knowledge? Why did father and mother sacrifice their lives as part of these people?

“Scholars, librarians, smart people, magicians, scientists, throughout the ages have been known by many names. It is not wrong, because some do have such a profession. But we are not merely working to fulfill the desire for knowledge. Your parents know the price of their integrity, and so do the parents of others. They gave their lives to carry out their duties as the Keeper of Knowledge. For that, I have gathered you here to practice. Since a real threat never waits for us to let our guard down, they will look for ways at every opportunity to catch us off guard. "

I hardened my body. All muscles seemed to tighten hearing all the stories from Mr. David just now. I often deny and think every word he said is something that doesn't make sense. But the more I deny my instincts the more I say that all of this is reality. A fact that even now I had a hard time on processing.

"Okay, I guess that's enough for that story. Compared to other children, maybe you are really left behind, kid. Therefore, from today you have to practice. If there is any difficulty everyone here is ready to help you. Maybe your wound hasn't healed yet, but remember, you are not alone, everyone here will help you to heal. "

When I looked around with a languid gaze, everyone replied with smiles on their faces. Alex, Wulan, the twins, Mr. David and Vanilla. I made up my mind, now there is no time to ponder sadly. Time for me to turn the table, I'll reveal everything that happened to my parents, I'll solve all these problems. I will train with all my might and destroy the mountain of my troubles.

And on that day my long adventure started.