ARYA MAHESA
The Dark Side of Arsa

" A-i .. only ... "

"  Just?!  You're just what? Huh uh?! "

I don't know why Ciel's question makes Arya nervous.

" Ciel! Keep your voice down! We've already discussed this, haven't we? "

Ciel still glared at Arya with an unhappy face. Ciel himself actually does not know why he became upset with Arya.

" I just want to take a look around " said Arya finishing her sentence while pointing at the area around the settlement.

" uh!  People like you have no feelings. " Ciel spoke again in a disdainful tone. "you are the one who made them like this. and you, ... What did you say? Want to look around? ... Nauseate! "

" Ciel is already! " Luna reminded me again.

" Sister! This guy is really a bitch! " ciel's protest.

Arya did not understand what Ciel said. Arya was the first time she was here and how did she cause the people here to be like this.

Luna is closing in on Arya. " Young Master ... " Sapa Luna" Are we supposed to call you that? "

Arya shook her head quickly "No! Call me Arya just "

Luna nodded "I'm sorry that we offended you at the time. But, we have our own reasons for that "clearly Luna "what's your interest here? Do you really just want to look around? " luna's gaze looked suspicious of Arya

" Yes, I'm going around town today. A lot of places I went and ended up here! "

Luna looked back at Arya's appearance. " then?  What did you get after looking around? You feeling happy? "

Arya slightly rewinded her head, wondering "Why should I be happy after seeing so many people starving? I was wondering. What makes them like this? " answered Arya while looking at Ciel for a while then returned to Luna.

Arya's answer, of course, made the two brothers surprised. How could anyone who knew Bajra and Hattala not know this kind of thing.

" Aryans. I don't know what you want to hide from us. But, if you mean to trouble them, I won't hesitate to beat you up! "

Arya closed her eyes then took a deep breath and released it roughly. " All right! I am not used to meeting a lot of people. I come from a faraway area there? "Arya pointed to the direction of the Obskura mountains. "this is the first city I came to. So I went to a lot of places to study it during my time in this town "

Now Ciel was standing next to his brother. I want to say something, but Arya speaks again.

" I don't know what makes you mad at me. Is it because I can read the symbols in your store? Or are you angry, because Hattala came to pick me up at that time. " Arya looked at the two in turn. " In order that you do not accuse me of a right that I do not do, I tell you. ... I can read anything! " close Arya.

Both brothers are now at a loss for words. Whatever Arya said was not something they had expected.

But, Arya said that she could read anything. Of course that sounds absurd. Luna and Ciel had absolutely no idea that their family symbols could be read.

Previously they thought it was just an ordinary image like a symbol from other families in their Country.

It's hard to believe it. But, this young man who was in front of them could actually read it. because in fact the Semith family was famous for its shield.

When Arya left with Hattala, Luna and Ciel immediately discussed it. They think Arya knows their family secrets. So they get ready for the worst.

" If you're from a remote area, then what makes you get to know Bajra and that bastard Hattala? "

Arya seemed to think for a moment and then noticed the eyes of the two girls alternating. " I can feel anxiety in your eyes when I see you. I have my own reasons for coming to this city. But, I made sure to the two of you that this has absolutely nothing to do with you! "

After Arya said that, somehow the two felt a little more relieved. They do not feel that Arya is lying to them.

But after three times they met this young man, twice before, Arya had always surprised them. They try to believe but remain vigilant.

The three of them now turned to the poor settlement. An ironic sight compared to the situation in the middle of the city.

" How come, they're here? "

" aha! That's the dumbest question I've ever heard "ciel mock.

Arya immediately replied to him with a dislike look "I asked because I did not know it "Arya protested.

" You should have asked. What makes them like this?" Luna explained.

Arya was about to straighten out her question, But the two sisters had walked over.

" You can ask them later. But, you have to wait first. We can't let them wait any longer. There are a lot of stomachs to fill here! "

The two went to prepare a meal for everyone there.

Arya looked at everything carefully. Arya could sense that Luna and Ciel were highly respected by the people there. Arya guessed that the two brothers were not the first time to bring them food here.

Arya decided to help. Because there are many older women who understand more about cooking, Arya spends more time playing with children there.

Luna and Ciel once looked at him who was running around with the children. It looks very natural and not made up. They were smiling people like Arya were still here.

They feel that there is a sense of security when with Arya but along with that too, they feel Arya is actually very dangerous. It's just that they can't explain it in words.

During the time spent with the children, Arya took the time to ask them where their parents were. And their answers are almost the same.

After they finished eating, Arya finally began to plan to dig up information to answer her curiosity.

Arya asked the question that Luna suggested earlier. The answer from the people there, instantly made his chest burn.

It turned out that those people were the residents around the city of Aska. However, ever since the city was formed, the kingdom sent soldiers and people from the government.

At first they welcomed me with joy. Because the kingdom is finally watching its people. However, everything was not as they expected.

Suddenly they were taxed from their own fields. For the sake of regional development and because the land actually belonged to the kingdom, they ended up paying for it.

The tax is getting higher and higher, so they can no longer afford it. Nurmageda, as the owner of the highest office in the region, confiscated their land.

Some of them were employed in their own former fields by the government but some were not. Especially for the elders, their energy is no longer needed.

Having no more land to work on, the villagers came to the city to find work.

Those who do not have any skills at all, can only be transporters or people who follow in the homes of the rich who come from the city of Basaka after opening a business here. They are paid very low wages.

What surprised Arya even more was that some of the young men and fathers of these children were now working in a village called Paganti. But after they left, no one ever came back.

The rest, old and weak women and children ended up in this settlement. They were forced to beg for mercy on the people of the city just to survive.

" Girl? ... Where are the girls?! " Arya asked again.

Arya just realized from all the information that was obtained. It did not explain where the village girls were going. Arya didn't find any of them in this settlement.

Arya got no answer other than the cries of the people there. That made him even more astonished.

" Arya! "

Arya immediately turned to Luna and got a very sharp look.