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Miyu P.O.V.

❝Miyu..❞ I heard Ukyo-nii called as he look at me with a thin of worried and nervousness.

❝Ukyo-nii..❞ I look back at him but then everything around me went black.

❝Ehh? Ukyo-nii? Why I can’t see you?Ukyo-nii! Where are you!?❞

❝What is happening? Why I can’t move my body? Everything is dark in here. Am I going to die? Is this...what is this?❞

❝Ukyo-nii..Are you also having the same situation as I am? Will we be alright? What kind of a sick joke is this?❞

❝I feel like I’m being petrified...Wait...? Petrified? Like a stone statue? I think I did saw a stone statue that looks like a real bird while walking home from school yesterday❞

❝What the hell? Is the stone bird was actually a real bird? Now I’m confused. Was it some sort of a warning?❞

A thousand years had passed...

❝Why am I still petrified like this? Will I be able to get out? I really want to get out. This is so boring...❞

❝Will the time still moving...? Of course it move, you stupid. Then, how many years have I been like this? It feels like I’m in a cold sleep...Not feeling anything at all.❞

❝I wonder what Ukyo-nii was thinking right now? Maybe worrying about me like he usually did. If we are not petrified like this, he will be texting me, asking me where I was, who am I with, did I come home safely...Oh my gosh...I miss you, Ukyo-nii.❞

Another thousand years had passed...

❝Okay this isn’t funny anymore. Can someone just fucking save me already? Did the whole world become petrified? If that the case, wouldn’t there be any survivor? Then who the hell gonna save humanity if there is no survivor? Are we even going to be freed from this petrification?❞

❝Thinking back, what was the cause of this stupid petrification. Was it a terrorist attack? No, I don’t think so. If it was a terrorist attack, the other country would definitely send help and I would definitely already freed from this darkness.❞

❝Then...an alien invasion? Hahahahah... Nope, no way. That was too weird. Then what? A fail experiment by an evil crazy scientist that want to destroy the world? Well, that might be it....and it would not be a fail experiment though, since the world definitely destroyed. I mean the world obviously not destroy, just humanity vanished from the world.❞

Another thousand years had passed...

❝I’m feeling tired right now, I don’t know how many time I almost losing my consciousness. This is crazy....I’m scared of what will happened if I fall unconscious. Will I be just fine if I unconscious? Like sleeping? Or will I be dead if I fall unconscious? Oh God! I don’t want to think about that....❞

❝Okay Miyu, calm down...Let’s think about something else, like........Okay, if time really is moving like usual and from the day the strange light appeared, I assumed that it almost three to four thousand years had passed. Well, that was from my own calculation which I assume might be right or maybe not? So, if the whole world did petrified, won’t we will be going back to the stone age? Since three thousands years had passed?❞

❝If we did gone back to the stone age, the important thing is to have a survival skills...which I don’t have any....But! I do know how to take care of myself! Besides, I don't think it was that hard to make fire, right? Then, a living place.....obviously I need one...This is crazy and stupid...How am I going to survive!?❞

❝Anyway beside the survival skills, the most important is to stay healthy, right? Like if you are sick in the stone age, it will be a game over, literally game over because I will be dead!❞

Five hundred years had passed...

❝Help....I’m bored and I obviously was trying to stay conscious. What was the last thing that I was talking about? Oh that's right, stone world. I bet the whole world have turn into a beautiful greenery views without any tall building that pollinate the air.❞

❝Oh yeah! If I did make out from this petrification, I need to stay healthy in order to survived. So let’s try to remember all the medicine books that I have read.❞

❝First, the all-cure medicine, which is antibiotic. But then again, if the world did turn upside down and there is no humanity left, how am I supposed to make antibiotic? Then, the only choice I have was to gather herbs that can be used as the medicine for the time being. That is the most logical things to do. Herbs, huh?❞

❝Let’s see.....the first one will be ocimum basilicum or just basil which contains vitamins and minerals, such as vitamin K and iron. This herbs is helpful for combating common ailments. Basil can reduces inflammation and swelling, boosts immunity and metabolism and also improves digestion. Holy basil, commonly referred to as tulsi is considered a scared plant that is used in teas, ointments and more, to help treat a variety of ailments like fevers and diabetes. This species has a much stronger than common basil!❞

❝But what if I can’t find any.....well, there’s nepeta cataria or just catnip. It is normally used as a sleep aid and also a stress reliever which I probably needed when I woke up alone in the new kind of environment. It also repels bug bites, and mostly accelerates recovery from colds and fever. I can just brew the leaves to make a teas or burn dry leaves to release it aroma.❞

❝Matricaria chamomilla or simply called as chamomile also would be great. I can just brew dried chamomile flowers. It would be helpful to relieves pain, aid sleep and reduces inflammation and swelling.❞

❝Then there is melissa officinalis, which is a lemon balm. It was a longstanding medicinal plant used to help relieve stress and ward of insects! An intense amount of stress can cause complications for many functions of the body, so minimal stress is ideal for a healthy functioning body. It can also help reduce inflammation, treats cold sores and soothes menstrual cramps.❞

❝Hmmm...... What else.... As for strong antibacterial and antiseptic I should try to find Marigolds. It can help to treats a skin diseases. I also should try to find peppermint, since it can help relieve tummy aches, soothes muscle pain, relieves headaches and also a highly antibacterial.❞

❝Wait... I feels like I just miss something important...? Thymus vulgaris! How can I forget thyme!? It obviously one of the important herbs that I need to find since it help soothes sore throats and coughs.❞

❝That is mostly the important herbs that I need to find if I don’t want to get sick.....By the way, how much longer I need to be in this darkness? I’m about to loss my consciousness again. Someone, just save me already.❞

Another two hundred years had passed...

❝Ukyo-nii....what are you doing right now? I really want to see you again. I miss you.❞

Crack...

❝Huh? What was that?❞

Crack...

❝Ehh!!? Am I hallucinating? I think I heard something...❞

Crack...

❝Wait! A light!? Did I really just see a light in this darkness? A light...❞

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