A tiny body was seen running from the corner of the room.
"Ren my dear son, it's late, time to sleep." A woman lifted the tiny body of Mikhael Ren, who was still around four years old, then carried him to the bedroom.
Little Mikhael Ren rubbed his eyes. "Mommy, can you read me a bedtime story? I'm not sleepy at all."
"Do you want to hear the bedtime story I usually tell you?"
"About The God?!" Mikhael Ren replied excitedly.
"Yes, about God and His army." The woman replied with a small smile as she gently stroked Mikhael Ren's hair.
Little Mikhael Ren is happy, "Yey! Okay mommy!"
Then the woman gently laid Mikhael Ren's tiny body on the bed, and she began the story.
"One day God came to the world bringing his angels. They then explored the earth and created everything that lived and moved on the earth, one of which was humans."
With a small smile, Mikhael Ren replied, "That's me! I'm human!"
Chuckling, the woman touched Michael Ren's tiny nose, "Yup! Including you, my dear."
Then she continued her story; "God saw the humans He created developing with love, they grew and spread love for one another. They made the earth more alive for many years to come. God was very proud to see the abilities of the humans He created.
However, Serpent, one of God's army who fell to earth, was not happy to see this. He was filled with envy and jealousy towards all of God's creations, especially humans. God realized this and warned Serpent not to touch the humans he created. Feeling displeased, Serpent then rebelled against God's warning.
Serpent challenged God that he would prove that not all of His creations were good, and he promised not to touch the humans God created, but he would give many life choices to the humans God created and let them choose and be responsible for each choice so that God would see what was really in the minds and hearts of humans."
With sleepy eyes, little Mikhael Ren asked, "Mommy... is Mr. Serpent evil? Isn't he one of God's army? One of God's angels?"
"No my dear, Mr. Serpent is actually good, he loves God very much. He is just filled with jealousy because he feels that God no longer pays attention to him and is only busy taking care of His creation," the woman replied.
"Oh my poor Mr. Serpent!" Mikhael Ren replied sadly while rubbing his tired and sleepy eyes.
The woman smiled and continued, "Because God also loves Serpent, He accepted Serpent's challenge request even though He knew for sure what would happen to the humans He created. Then God began to see the true colors of every human being He created. For several years humans perished every year. They perished of their own choice, so that death overtook them earlier.
God also saw how humans could become filled with envy, jealousy, greed, selfishness, and a thirst for power and authority. Humans began to think and act as if they were God and wanted to surpass God.
God witnessed humanity's rapidly developing capabilities. They formed their own armies, which then waged war, destroying each other, believing their actions were righteous. This caused the earth to slowly erode due to their actions, rendering it fragile.
Witnessing it all, God did not remain silent with Serpent, because God also loves the humans He created, then He ordered Mikha and Gaby, two of His best angels to come down to earth to protect humans from destruction."
"Wow!! Mikha and Gaby! My favorite angels and they're bestie!" said little Mikhael Ren, laughing happily.
"Yes, they are besties, and you will get your own when you're grown up my dear," the woman answered while patting little Mikhael Ren's head.
"Hehe! I'm so happy mommy!" Mikhael Ren smiled broadly. "Then what happened after that, Mommy?"
"God didn't send Mikha and Gaby empty-handed. He gave them both a seed. God instructed Mikha and Gaby to find two people they believed were capable of cultivating the seed, and to tell them that if they succeeded, they were to be careful not to let the seed fall into the wrong hands—those of other people who had decided to follow the path of the Serpent.
Then Mikha and Gaby immediately went to Earth, explored the Earth and found two young men, a pair of human friends. To these two humans they were given the mark of the chosen humans. The first man was entrusted with a gold bracelet by Mikha and the second man was entrusted with a gold earring by Gaby. The gold bracelet and earring identified the two humans as their owners."
"I see! I see! Mommy has lots of gold bracelets. Does one of Mommy's gold bracelets belong to Mikha?" asked little Mikhael Ren curiously.
"Who knows?" the woman replied with a chuckle, and she continued,
"Then the two humans were given the seeds. The angels instructed them to cultivate it using the knowledge and technology they possessed. They named the seeds of wisdom.
After several years, the two humans succeeded in creating an extraordinary, sophisticated technology from the seeds. Technology that far surpassed human capabilities and was almost equal to the power of God. God's weapons were later named the weapons of heaven and hell."
"Woahh!! That's cool mommy!"
"But, because Mikha and Gaby knew how dangerous the weapon would be if it fell into the wrong hands, the two angels connected the weapon to the bracelet and earrings that they entrusted to the two humans. So that the weapon could only be activated if the bracelet and earrings recognized their owner, a human who had the mark of the chosen human, to protect humans from destruction against the Serpent."
"Mommy, how was the mark of the chosen human look like?"
The woman smiled at Mikhael Ren's question. "Who knows?" She then looked intently at little Mikhael Ren's face and gently stroked his cheek.
Little Mikhael Ren looked back at the woman's face, slowly touching the woman's face with a small smile and said, "Mommy is very beautiful. I really like looking at Mommy's face, especially Mommy's curly eyelashes with eyes that are so sparkling like an ocean of sparkling blue crystals."
"Aww my sweetheart you're so sweet!" She curled up and nuzzled lil Mikhael Ren's face with hers.
"Ahahaha.. Mom, don't! It tickles, your hair tickles! Ahahaha..." Mikhael Ren laughed out loud and couldn't sleep because he was ticklish.
. . .
"Ren!"
"Mikhael Ren!! Hello Mikhael Ren, wake up!!"
"Huh?!" Mikhael Ren jolted awake from his reverie. He vaguely remembered his childhood.
"Hey, are you ok dude?!" Ruby Meleny waved her hand right in front of Mikhael Ren's face.
"I'm ok. Where am I?" asked Mikhael Ren.
"What?! Are you serious?! We are still in the middle of the spring ceremony!"
"Really?! How long am I passed out?!"
"I don't know, man! You, who looked like you were thinking hard, suddenly stood there silently with a blank stare, as if you were lost in a very deep reverie."
"Then where did the people who were around us go?"
"Well, I don't know. They suddenly went somewhere after the Cordoba kid moved to the front row."
"Hmmm.." Mikhael Ren just raised his eyebrows while pouting.
"Hey, my advice is that you should be careful with the Cordoba kid. He seems very curious about you. Then also be careful with the thorny roses, the woman who attacked and the man who looked fierce earlier, they are the government's special security forces who are known to be arrogant, and they are very strong even though they are still young."
"Well, thank you for your advice. Leave me alone now, I'm not in a good mood suddenly."
"Okay, you ungrateful brat! The event will be over soon. See you or never see you again." Then Ruby Meleny stuck out her tongue to tease Mikhael Ren, "WLEEE!!!"
Huh?! What a strange woman! muttered Mikhael Ren.
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