Training week was completed in the ancient underground city of Samar, where students gathered to sing the anthem of independence in the courtyard of the high school in the city center. Ordin was very happy to have left behind another week of boring lessons. Two weeks later, he would finish high school and spend his days wandering around the city freely until he was hired. The lights on all sides did not lit the courtyard completely. The students stood in rows of seven, their shadows crossed each other as they were impatiently moving. With the command of the director, they began to sing the anthem of independence with enthusiasm.
Fire burning in the heart of mother earth
Feeds, raises, replicates us
We're dedicated to him, we're with him, we worship him.
On the altars, hollows, and roads
In the heart of the promised land
Wander the souls of our martyrs
Fearless, eternally, with divine whispers
Cursed spirits of three-legged devils
Burn in the fire of the holy volcano
We're dedicated to him, we're with him, we worship him.
In galleries, tunnels, and buckets
Underground people are noble, hardworking, honest
Each one magnifies a volcano in their hearts
Proud, carefree, with sincere prayers
The decayed sun reflected in the mirrors
Never let down our enthusiasm
We're dedicated to him, we're with him, we worship him.
Our hearts find peace in the humming of magma
As long as the holy volcano protects us with its arms made of fire
Three-legged demons can't chew our country
We will defend our independence forever
As the students were leaving the courtyard, Sitta approached Ordin, and said: "today is the great day."
"You have finally overcome your fears," said Ordin with a cynical attitude.
"I'm not a psycho like you, son, I've waited for the right time," Sitta said.
Like other students, they went to the city square, walked together for a while and separated to go home.
Ordin stayed alone on the Northwest suburban train after a while, as no other student was going to the suburban areas of the city. He sat on a leather-covered bench in one of the open carriages, watching the shops, temples, and piling houses carved into the ground along the coast of the railway. The electric mini-train, where only eight people can get into each car, entered a narrow tunnel and did not leave the twilight of the tube for a long time. When the train finally came out of the tunnel and came to the station, Ordin jumped down and started to walk into another tunnel where it could barely pass. There were houses on both sides of the tunnel that had been carved out of the soil. The doors of the round entrance of the homes were closed because of the recent burglary incidents in the neighborhood.
When Ordin reached home, his sister was playing on the rug, which was laid on the ground floor, and her mother was trying to open the lid of a large tin can.
"Another week is over," said Ordin cheerfully.
"Two weeks later, high school ends, Did you have a plan for the future?" Nepher asked while she was putting food in canned vegetables on the plates.
"I don't know, I have no idea," said Ordin.
"Your father can arrange you a job at the mine where he works," Nepher said.
"In fact, I don't intend to stay in the underworld, I will go up to the surface," said Ordin.
"I love your jokes," said Nepher while putting metal spoons on the table. Like many mothers, she was bound by love and admiration for the children she was born and raised. The Ordin had his big nose from his father and big black eyes from his mother.
"Sheep and cows go up to the surface to graze, and those famous demons that no one has ever seen do nothing to them," he said.
"It was a good joke, but let's not let it go anymore," Nepher said, getting serious.
"They do nothing to the greenhouse galleries covering the top floor of the city," said Ordin.
"Because the farmers do not go to the surface, the light is transmitted through mirrors. No one has ever been able to go to the surface and return," Nepher said.
"If they're so bad, why don't they come underground."
"Because as long as we are underground, the holy volcano protects us."
Ordin didn't believe in three-legged demons or holy volcano, but he didn't need to extend the matter. She didn't want her mother to worry.
After eating his food, he left the house saying, "I'm going to go for a walk," and then he got on the electric train and went back to the city center. He met his classmate Sitta at one of the coffee shops in the square. Like many places in the Undercity, the shop was darkish, electricity produced by the sacred volcano was not enough to illuminate the city entirely.
"Today's the big day, huh?" Sitta said.
"There's no need to exaggerate it, I'm going to walk around the surface and come back," said Ordin.
Sitta whispered, "Do not speak aloud, do you want to go to jail."
"I will bring the wildflowers from above to let you give your lover Derma, you can say that you bought those special flowers from greenhouses," said Ordin, who did not need to lower his voice, he had no fear of anyone.
"I will not go to the surface as we speak, I will wait for you in the barn," Sitta whispered. One day he visited his father, he discovered that there was no guard at the exit of a barn group. His father was sick, and he was at home. They decided it was time to take action.
They got out of the coffee shop and got on one of the vast freight elevators that came up to the floor of the stables. Sitta told the elevator officer that he had taken a message from his mother to his father who worked in the barn. The elevator attendant did not believe this lie, but as Sitta put a silver coin in his pocket, he did not make any noise. Sitta was proud to discover that the elevator attendant was bribing, returned to Ordin and blinked in a cheerful mood.
As soon as he got up, they were greeted with the smell of manure. The cows came from the grasslands on Earth heated the air from the chimneys with their breath and covered the stone floor with almost entirely fertilized. No one was interested in this mess while Sitta's father was sick.
Ordin entered the upward sloping channel where the cows continued to arrive intermittently and began to move fast inside. The tunnel that farmers and barn workers were forbidden to enter smelled worse than the barn because nobody had cleaned the manure in it for months. The length of the tunnel was much more than Ordin had predicted. He continued walking in the ascending tunnel, drawing large spiral upwards. He was very excited to see the Earth for the first time, and he was not afraid of three-legged demons. The road, which seemed never to end, finally ended, and Ordin stepped to the Earth where no man has been standing for decades.
It was so bright that he had to close his eyes to get used to the light. To protect from the sunlight, he put his hand on his eyes and looked at the environment. There were a green meadow and a wooded area in front of it. "I knew there was no such thing as a three-legged demon," he said to himself. The cow passing by looked at Ordin, thinking it was called.
The three-legged robots that were sent from the Terminus star system were not delayed to determine that Ordin was on the surface. The order they were given was clear. When a second robot approved the definition process, an apple-sized guided mine jumped out like an arrow. A few seconds later, Ordin was vaporized with the cow next to him.
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Pelatihan minggu selesai di kota bawah tanah kuno Samar, di mana siswa berkumpul untuk menyanyikan lagu kebangsaan di halaman sekolah menengah di pusat kota. Ordin sangat senang telah meninggalkan satu minggu pelajaran yang membosankan. Dua minggu kemudian, dia akan menyelesaikan sekolah menengah dan menghabiskan hari-harinya berkeliaran di sekitar kota dengan bebas sampai dia dipekerjakan. Lampu di semua sisi tidak menyalakan pekarangan sepenuhnya. Para siswa berdiri dalam barisan tujuh, bayangan mereka saling bersilangan ketika mereka tidak sabar bergerak. Dengan perintah sutradara, mereka mulai menyanyikan lagu kebangsaan dengan antusias.
Api membakar di jantung bumi pertiwi
Feed, naikkan, gandakan kami
Kami berdedikasi kepadanya, kami bersamanya, kami menyembahnya.
Di altar, cekungan, dan jalan
Di jantung tanah yang dijanjikan
Jelajahi jiwa para martir kami
Tak kenal takut, secara kekal, dengan bisikan ilahi
Roh terkutuk dari setan berkaki tiga
Terbakar di api gunung berapi suci
Kami berdedikasi kepadanya, kami bersamanya, kami menyembahnya.
Di galeri, terowongan, dan ember
Orang bawah tanah adalah orang yang mulia, pekerja keras, jujur
Masing-masing memperbesar gunung api di hati mereka
Bangga, riang, dengan doa yang tulus
Matahari yang membusuk terpantul di cermin
Jangan pernah mengecewakan antusiasme kami
Kami berdedikasi kepadanya, kami bersamanya, kami menyembahnya.
Hati kita menemukan kedamaian dalam dengung magma
Selama gunung suci yang suci melindungi kita dengan lengannya yang terbuat dari api
Setan berkaki tiga tidak bisa mengunyah negara kita
Kami akan membela kemerdekaan kami selamanya
Ketika para siswa meninggalkan halaman, Sitta mendekati Ordin, dan berkata: "hari ini adalah hari yang luar biasa."
"Akhirnya kau bisa mengatasi rasa takutmu," kata Ordin dengan sikap sinis.
"Aku bukan orang gila sepertimu, Nak, aku sudah menunggu waktu yang tepat," kata Sitta.
Seperti siswa lain, mereka pergi ke alun-alun kota, berjalan bersama untuk sementara waktu dan berpisah untuk pulang.
Ordin tinggal sendirian di kereta pinggiran kota Northwest setelah beberapa saat, karena tidak ada siswa lain yang pergi ke daerah pinggiran kota. Dia duduk di bangku berlapis kulit di salah satu gerbong terbuka, mengamati toko-toko, kuil, dan rumah-rumah bertumpuk yang diukir di tanah di sepanjang pantai rel kereta api. Kereta listrik mini, di mana hanya delapan orang dapat masuk ke setiap mobil, memasuki terowongan sempit dan tidak meninggalkan senja tabung untuk waktu yang lama. Ketika kereta akhirnya keluar dari terowongan dan datang ke stasiun, Ordin melompat turun dan mulai berjalan ke terowongan lain yang hampir tidak bisa dilewatinya. Ada rumah-rumah di kedua sisi terowongan yang telah diukir dari tanah. Pintu pintu masuk rumah yang bulat ditutup karena insiden pencurian baru-baru ini di lingkungan itu.
Ketika Ordin sampai di rumah, saudara perempuannya sedang bermain di karpet, yang diletakkan di lantai dasar, dan ibunya berusaha membuka tutup kaleng besar.
"Satu minggu lagi berakhir," kata Ordin riang.
"Dua minggu kemudian, sekolah menengah berakhir, apakah kamu punya rencana untuk masa depan?" Nepher bertanya ketika dia memasukkan makanan ke dalam sayuran kaleng di piring.
"Saya tidak tahu, saya tidak tahu," kata Ordin.
"Ayahmu bisa mengaturmu pekerjaan di tambang tempat dia bekerja," kata Nepher.
"Sebenarnya, aku tidak berniat tinggal di dunia bawah, aku akan naik ke permukaan," kata Ordin.
"Aku suka leluconmu," kata Nepher sambil meletakkan sendok logam di atas meja. Seperti banyak ibu, ia terikat oleh cinta dan kekaguman untuk anak-anak yang dilahirkan dan dibesarkan. Ordin memiliki hidung besar dari ayahnya dan mata hitam besar dari ibunya.
"Domba dan sapi naik ke permukaan untuk merumput, dan setan-setan terkenal yang belum pernah dilihat oleh siapa pun," katanya.
"Itu lelucon yang bagus, tapi jangan biarkan itu pergi lagi," kata Nepher, menjadi serius.
"Mereka tidak melakukan apa pun pada galeri rumah kaca yang menutupi lantai atas kota," kata Ordin.
"Karena para petani tidak pergi ke permukaan, cahaya ditransmisikan melalui cermin. Tidak ada yang pernah bisa pergi ke permukaan dan kembali," kata Nepher.
"Jika mereka begitu buruk, mengapa mereka tidak datang ke bawah tanah."
"Karena selama kita di bawah tanah, gunung suci suci melindungi kita."
Ordin tidak percaya pada setan berkaki tiga atau gunung api suci, tetapi dia tidak perlu memperpanjang masalah ini. Dia tidak ingin ibunya khawatir.
Setelah makan makanannya, dia meninggalkan rumah sambil berkata, "Aku akan berjalan-jalan," lalu dia naik kereta listrik dan kembali ke pusat kota. Dia bertemu Sitta teman sekelasnya di salah satu kedai kopi di alun-alun. Seperti banyak tempat di Undercity, toko itu gelap, listrik yang dihasilkan oleh gunung api suci tidak cukup untuk menerangi kota sepenuhnya.
"Hari ini hari besar, ya?" Sitta berkata.
"Tidak perlu membesar-besarkannya, aku akan berjalan di permukaan dan kembali," kata Ordin.
Sitta berbisik, "Jangan bicara keras-keras, apakah kamu mau masuk penjara?"
"Aku akan membawa bunga-bunga liar dari atas untuk membiarkanmu memberi kekasihmu, Derma, kamu dapat mengatakan bahwa kamu membeli bunga-bunga istimewa dari rumah kaca," kata Ordin, yang tidak perlu menurunkan suaranya, dia tidak takut pada siapa pun.
"Aku tidak akan pergi ke permukaan saat kita bicara, aku akan menunggumu di lumbung," Sitta berbisik. Suatu hari dia mengunjungi ayahnya, dia menemukan bahwa tidak ada penjaga di pintu keluar kelompok lumbung. Ayahnya sakit, dan dia ada di rumah. Mereka memutuskan sudah waktunya untuk bertindak.
Mereka keluar dari kedai kopi dan naik ke salah satu lift barang besar yang naik ke lantai kandang. Sitta memberi tahu petugas lift bahwa dia telah mengambil pesan dari ibunya kepada ayahnya yang bekerja di lumbung. Petugas lift tidak percaya kebohongan ini, tetapi karena Sitta menaruh koin perak di sakunya, dia tidak membuat keributan. Sitta dengan bangga menemukan bahwa petugas lift menyuap, kembali ke Ordin dan berkedip dalam suasana hati yang ceria.
Begitu dia bangun, mereka disambut dengan bau kotoran. Sapi-sapi yang berasal dari padang rumput di Bumi memanaskan udara dari cerobong asap dengan napas mereka dan menutupi lantai batu dengan hampir seluruhnya dibuahi. Tidak ada yang tertarik dengan kekacauan ini sementara ayah Sitta sakit.
Ordin memasuki saluran miring ke atas di mana sapi-sapi itu terus berdatangan dan mulai bergerak cepat di dalam. Terowongan yang membuat para petani dan pekerja gudang dilarang masuk lebih buruk daripada lumbung karena tidak ada yang membersihkan kotoran di sana selama berbulan-bulan. Panjang terowongan itu jauh lebih banyak dari yang diperkirakan Ordin. Dia terus berjalan di terowongan menaik, menggambar spiral besar ke atas. Dia sangat bersemangat untuk melihat Bumi untuk pertama kalinya, dan dia tidak takut pada setan berkaki tiga. Jalan, yang sepertinya tidak pernah berakhir, akhirnya berakhir, dan Ordin melangkah ke Bumi di mana tak seorang pun berdiri selama beberapa dekade.
Itu sangat terang sehingga dia harus menutup matanya agar terbiasa dengan cahaya. Untuk melindungi dari sinar matahari, dia meletakkan tangannya di matanya dan melihat lingkungan. Ada padang rumput hijau dan area berhutan di depannya. "Aku tahu tidak ada yang namanya setan berkaki tiga," katanya pada dirinya sendiri. Sapi yang lewat memandang Ordin, berpikir itu disebut.
Robot berkaki tiga yang dikirim dari sistem bintang Terminus tidak ditunda untuk menentukan bahwa Ordin ada di permukaan. Perintah yang mereka berikan sudah jelas. Ketika robot kedua menyetujui proses definisi, sebuah tambang terpandu berukuran apel melompat keluar seperti panah. Beberapa detik kemudian, Ordin diuapkan dengan sapi di sampingnya.
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