"Throw here, Yuji!"

"Get ready Doni!"

"Hyyaattt ...! I'll take it !!"

"Hurry and give it to me Don!"

"Hahaha ... keep chasing! Ren .."

"Huff..huff..hiyaattt ..."

That afternoon after learning to master mana, we used to play around in the large lawn where we lived. The catch throw game is our favorite game. The five of us always played together, because we were the only five children in our neighborhood and we were all boys, myself Yuji, Doni, Bisma, Candra, and Rendra.

I am Yuji, small body and yellowish-brown skin with straight hair, although my body is cute my body is athletic because I always practice martial arts with Mas Koco and train my strength with my father at home. Doni, for the size of a 7-year-old child with a tall, muscular body, he is the bravest of the five of us and also very helpful when we are in trouble. Bisma, which is the opposite of Doni, has a moderate body, white skin, but is whiny and likes to pretend to cry when making a mistake. Candra, who has a tall, thin, curly-haired body, he is good at using arrows because he always routinely learns archery with his father, Uncle Wawan. Rendra, who is the fattest among us, also has a big body, he always gets to be the last in every game, but if he gets angry, his strength is so great that he can even use mana unconsciously when angry.

"Haaaa ... Ren, you became shogi again."

"Hmmph ... Come on!"

"Chatter ... chatter ..."

After a while, we played and we're exhausted, we lay in the grass where we played.

"Hey guys, here we lie down and relax here." Candra at the front end of the grassy field called us to approach and move to relax.

"Come on! Gas!" I and Doni agreed at the same time.

"Wait, help me wake up." Said Rendra with a grimace

"Eh, what are we doing there, it's dangerous, near the cliff ?!" Said Bisma.

"It's okay. Blewwghh" While Meloni's drip and the three of us left Bisma to go to Candra place.

"Wait ... wait! I'm coming!" Bisma shouted

*

On a sunny afternoon, a warm breeze blanketed the chill of the mountain's natural aura, the breeze, lying on the floor with green grass, looking at the surrounding nature below.

"Look at this, hehe." while smirking I showed something to my friends.

"Leb, wshh .." A small flame came out of my right hand. The four of them then sat crammed in front of me and watched the fire in my hand.

"Hmm, Yuji, how can you do it?" Bisma asked.

"How do you do that?" Said Candra and Doni.

"Wow, cool .." Rendra was amazed until his eyes got glassy.

"Calm down, guys, you can all do this. My father said everyone can do it as long as they practice hard."

"Is it true?!!" The four of them seemed very happy to hear my words.

"You are delicious, can learn all the time from your father," Bisma said.

"Hehe ... Swoosh." I winced while putting out the fire in my hand.

"I've also taught my father how to use mana for archery bows," said Candra.

"Hee ... You guys are very lucky ..." Doni, Bisma, and Rendra were amazed.

"Never mind, we better lie down here without thinking about anything else," I said.

"Hmmm, I wonder if, in other places, there are people who survived and can relax like this huh?" Candra said.

"I don't know, uncle Tejo said that it's dangerous out there. Did your father ever tell you something Yuji?" Doni asked while laying his head on his hand and biting a stick of grass.

"Yes, my father once said that maybe there are still many other people out there who are still alive, he said out there is very dangerous. That's all I know." I replied to Doni's question while picking my nose.

"What is that? I think something is flying here." Rendra suddenly said something.

"Blewushhhhh ..."

"Kyakkkkkk .."

A gust of wind suddenly hit us, it turns out there is a giant eagle that flew over the cliffs and across us. As we know, a giant eagle is an ordinary eagle that changes shape because it is possessed by a demon beast from behind a gate and has the ability to manipulate mana.

"Gwahhhhhh ..."

"Hahahahah ... hahaha .." We all bounced back and then laughed. Even though they are big, they have low intelligence, and they don't attack humans without cause.

"Hey, kids! Don't be there! It's dangerous, you can fall down." Uncle Wawan shouted from afar when he saw us laughing.

"Come home kids, it's almost dark. Candra let's go home!"

"Yeah, dad! I'm home." Candra shouted

"Let's go home, guys."

"Yok! Gas!"

"See you tomorrow!"

We returned to our home together.

In the evening, I tried to ask my father before I was told to sleep.

The atmosphere is dim in a small cave measuring about 4 x 15 meters, a natural stone walled cave, only one door in front. Illuminated by the light of a torch made of cotton and bamboo sticks, the atmosphere was calm and there was only the sound of crickets singing.

On a bed made of wood with leaves, my mother laid me down and sat beside me while accompanying my father who was working on something on a circular wooden table right in the middle of our room and only lit by the torchlight stuck to the cave wall.

"Father.."

"What is Yuji?"

"Are there still people like us out there?"

"Of course it's still there, but I'm not sure what their condition is."

"Can they sleep well like me?"

"Murr Murr Murr ..." I could not hear my father's words, because I felt sleepy and fell asleep a few moments later.

[Mother POV]

"He seems to be sleeping, dear."

"Thankfully, children his age should be filled with time to play."

"I hope we can change this world for the better. If we are unable, at least we leave our children the goodness and ability to realize their dreams and our dreams."

"I hope so too, dear."

"But, ..."

"Never mind, our job is only to look after and ensure the future of our children. And I, as the head of the village, have the responsibility to look after the inhabitants of this village including the children of our future generations."

I moved from my place from my son's bedside and then approached my husband while covering him with a thick cloth and faithfully accompanied him until what he was doing was finished.