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“A young boy is not just a child. He is a dreamer and a creator of his own imagination. Whoever puts him upon redemption of his ideas will cease to explore the peculiar beauty of one’s uniqueness.” CHAPTER XXX: The Demolished Prophecy; A Little More Ally, A Little Less Doubtful IT WAS A night deep in the woods. There were quite a few gusts of wind and a rustle of fallen leaves outside the tree house— I could see it from here. I was pretty sure it was six in the night that time, of course, I saw the vintage clock right above the main door. Now, as we were dwelling in the witch’s little house, we also delved into the deeper truth she told us. It was as if she was a mother and we were her kids, hearing her stories— also in the right scenario where we settled ourselves around the table as sh

Last Updated : 2021-10-20

XXXI: An Abrupt Encounter

A Train to Kokoshi/Giona Lebraco

“Actually, if I have something to confess to you, it is that you are your own enemy, not those who you thought your enemies are.” CHAPTER XXXI: An Abrupt Encounter; The Break of Dawn Over the Peculiar Land IT WOULD HAVE been normal for me to start off a day with a smile on my face— forced or not, only when I was in Piterbern the usual morning, but it was not the case right now. I woke up in the same wicked tree hut with the two other men getting ready, so quickly and alive to take off. The moment we got out of the hut and launched down to the ground, another two horses welcomed our vision. “What are these?” I asked the witch, who seemed to have not gotten any sleep like she always looked like.

Last Updated : 2021-10-21

XXXII: Confessions and Murmurs (Part I)

A Train to Kokoshi/Giona Lebraco

“Some things may look dark, but they are actually colorful inside. If you wish to seek beauty, delve deeper into the depths of things you normally see. There is more to it. Find it.” CHAPTER XXXII: Confession and Murmurs; A Lovely Baby Foal (Part I) “WHERE DID YOU wander off? You were literally just behind my back, so close to me, then one minute you are gone! How come you lost your way?” That was the first thing the prince had asked me the moment we decided to stop by a big rock and sit. My arms and legs were still exhausted but I could breathe normally now, at least. And I hated to admit that what had happened to me a while ago was actually my fault. “I— I was looking at the sunrise,” I confessed in all honesty.

Last Updated : 2021-10-22

XXXII: Mother Horse (Part II)

A Train to Kokoshi/Giona Lebraco

“Some things may look dark, but they are actually colorful inside. If you wish to seek beauty, delve deeper into the depths of things you normally see. There is more to it. Find it.” CHAPTER XXXII: Confession and Murmurs; A Lovely Baby Foal (Part II) “They won’t harm us, I guarantee you,” the prince said as he ended the argument, and then turned around. “Anyway, what do we do to this horse?” I glanced at where he was pointing and I recognized it was mine. Instinctively, I creased my brows because it sure made a weird movement of shifting from its position from time to time, as if uneasy. I capped my bottle back and stood up, nearing the animal. “What’s happening to it?”

Last Updated : 2021-10-23

XXXII: Freddy, George and Junkin (Part III)

A Train to Kokoshi/Giona Lebraco

“Some things are dark, but are actually colorful inside. If you wish to seek beauty, delve deeper into the things you normally see. There is more to it. Find it.” CHAPTER XXXII: Confession and Murmurs; A Lovely Baby Foal (Part III) “What?” I mumbled, bewildered by the unrealistic sight before me. I signaled Houlio Merto to look at the horse, and the moment he did, his mouth slightly fell ajar too, so as the prince’s when he followed our eyes. “I thought it would take hours?” Something with four, small limbs was squirming gently just right next to the resting mommy horse. The baby foal was covered with something sticky and white, as if jacketing itself in a sack of wet spider webs. It looked kind of disgusting t

Last Updated : 2021-10-24

XXXIII: Odd River

A Train to Kokoshi/Giona Lebraco

“The craziest ideas you could create are the ones that you casually encounter everyday, except that they have no meaning yet. You give it significance yourself.” CHAPTER XXXIII: Stopping by an Odd River; Learn to Live Junkin A MURDER OF CROWS passed by above us all of a sudden, screeching, so we had to look around. Something in the air in this particular area changed drastically. It was starting to blow a little more coldly and humid even though the sun was on the duty now. Instinctively, I turned to them, only to discover that they were already looking at me too. “We have to move now,” Houlio Merto said. It was a couple of minutes before the fra

Last Updated : 2021-10-25

XXXIV: River of Solid Depths

A Train to Kokoshi/Giona Lebraco

“Learn to embrace the enigma of the world, for it will bring all the wonders none could perfectly perceive.” CHAPTER XXXIV: The River of Solid Depths; A Lunch by the Riverbank ENIGMA IS WHAT they called it. The outrage of the world’s reality had only ever been trying to ruin the magic and power of one’s imagination. It was almost noon when it was laid in front of my eyes, which I had only been daydreaming about before. None else could actually call it a dream come true but those who never ceased to believe the wonders of the world. I was a kid when I first encountered written fairy tales and was also young when I pretended to stop believing in it. I mean, everyone around me found it stupid so I, too had to believe it really was

Last Updated : 2021-10-26

XXXV: Walk on Water, Child of Wonders

A Train to Kokoshi/Giona Lebraco

“But because there is bewilderment, there must also be suffering. Or it could be the other way around. However, it comes side by side, and it is going to be inevitable forevermore.” CHAPTER XXXV: Walk on Water; Embracing All the Dreams You Had When You Were a Child of Wonders “BOY, HOW come you discovered this yourself?” I talked to the horse as it finally reached me. It let me pet him on the forehead. “You sure are a smart young lad, are you not?” It neighed loudly at my face and I chuckled lightly, messing with its fur. “But yeah, what do you think about it?” Houlio Merto said as he approached me. He was crossing his arms toge

Last Updated : 2021-10-27

XXXVI: Diamonds and Drought

A Train to Kokoshi/Giona Lebraco

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” CHAPTER XXXVI: Diamonds Below; Drought in Lake Adon HOW MUCH WOULD you risk if I say that you can attain all the riches of the world if you give something very dear to you in return? I would opt to say I love all the things that I cannot have. Will that give me anything? Of course it will give me everything! It is a bet of all and nothing. Either to have it all or have none at all. It would be the most enticing yet deadly battle you could ever put yourself in. So I do ask, would you do it? Because if I were to be questioned, I would… with no second thoughts. “Wouldn’t it be dangerous?” I asked, skepticism was evident in my voice. I lightly

Last Updated : 2021-11-01

XXXVII: The Water Deer

A Train to Kokoshi/Giona Lebraco

“How beautiful but at the same time, hideous humans are.” CHAPTER XXXVII: The Water Deer; Fateful Meeting of the Four Wanderers THERE WAS A strong weave of wind that slapped me right on the face. The two, the prince and the old man were stunned, looking at it with pure astonishment as much as I did. In a moment, they seemed to have noticed that I was there, for the horses were making a racket in the ground. They slowly looked our way, but retracted immediately, asserting their faces back to the entity. It was a deer. A very big deer. However, aside from its size, there was something really wrong with it. The deer… was made of water. It was made of water.

Last Updated : 2021-11-02

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