The LandLord

"So what flowers do you want to combine with the bouquet, Sir?"

The man, around 30 years old, still walking around looking for several kinds of flowers that he wanted to make into a bouquet. Beside him, a waiter also follow him while offering several choices of fresh and beautiful flowers. There is sound of footsteps from the second floor and a beautiful woman came down, her face was very radiant and it looked like she was going out from her outfit.

"Finally you come bro, it has to be beautiful, Koko, so that the proposal is accepted." The man laughed, it seemed like they had known each other for a long time.

"I will definitely choose a very good one, if only I could find a beautiful flower that is very rare, that's what I would give him. If it's you, Sis, what kind of flowers would you give to your best friend if you were me?" The girl's forehead wrinkled.

"It's easy bro, I will definitely give him my bank account, he won't reject my proposal." They both laughed again.

"You so funny, if that's the case, after marriage, I will definitely give all my assets to her. By the way, where are you going, all neat and pretty like that?"

"I want to meet a my client, there is a project flower arrangements for bridal decorations." That beautiful girl go to behind the cashier's desk and opened several books which seemed to be notebooks for her meeting schedule with clients.

"Okay, you can go, your client must be waiting for you, your workers here also provide good service."

"Okay, Ko. Indah, I want to go out to meet clients for a moment, later there will be several new flower deliveries and there are clients who want to pick up their graduation flowers, I have already arranged them on the table there. Oh and tell Anissa to check again on some of my meetings with other clients, because I've already told her that next Saturday my schedule must be free and ... if there's anything, just call me." The girl took several notebooks and tidied up her luggage then left the shop.

"Yes ma'am, be careful ma'am."

***

"DOORRR!!!" Gunshots echoed from the quiet underground passage. No one understands why one person's life had to be lost, only a few people there understand but won't say anything. That person who died would just lie there to rot and even his relatives might not find him anywhere.

A tall, sturdy man entered the underground passage with arrogant steps, everyone in the place looked at him in fear except for three people who were close to him. His steps stopped in front of someone who looked like he was covered in cold sweat, the man tightened his hand around the person's collar, "It seems like your men have gone too far, am I being too nice to you guys?"

"N-no sir, I wasn't the one who didn't educate him properly, that's why he was rude to you, but you don't need to worry about that anymore because I've destroyed him." The man stammered looking at the sturdy man who was grabbing his collar because the man's aura was very deadly.

"Then what can I get from your useless men? Do you know where he hid the sedative that should have been in my sedative stockpile a week ago?!" His loud voice echoed throughout the hallway.

"So-sorry si-sir, I already know where he hid the medicine and I will immediately bring it to you."

The man with the deadly aura slap the man's cheek, "Beni, have you forgotten that I really don't like people who are not punctual in my cooperation agreements? I had given you the marijuana land that you want to steal from the Wongso mafia, right? And my request is very easy, take the sedative that I have ordered from my Russian friend. We promised that we would each be given a chance one week, so why don't I get what I want in the time we agreed? In fact, I have to deal with your men who dare to take my medicine!" His voice loud again, making Beni even more frightened.

"Do-don't worry, sir, I'm sure something like this won't happen again and your sedative will reach your hands within in 24 hours."

The man removed his hand from Beni's collar, he stepped towards one of his men, "Are you sure we can work together again under circumstances like this, Beni?"

Beni smile, "Sir, don't doubt me, all of this is just negligence of my man, but after I eliminate them, we can work together professionally again." His words seemed very convincing.

The man looked at him intensely, a sharp piercing gaze that was very murderous, "The thing you don't know Beni is that I'm not just anyone you can fool, I can read your mind!" He quickly snatched the gun from his men's hand and then without thinking, aimed it at Beni.

"BANG!!!" Two lives were lost that day and what you should know is that the people who killed them were people who would not feel guilty at all for the deaths of those two people.

"Take care immediately of what you have to do, I'll wait for you in my room." The man leave the place with an eerie silence that followed.

"Yes sir!" Answered the three of his men together.

***

The man's room was so big that it could even be said that it should be a bedroom, not just a work room. Occasionally the man opened several reports laid out in front of him, but mostly he leaned back in his work chair while drinking his favorite wine. A knocking sound from outside caught his attention, "Who?" A bass sound that is very smooth to hear is his signature sound.

"Kawindra, sir," said someone who knocked on the door.

"Yes Kawindra, come in." Someone enter, he is not very tall but have a very sturdy body, one of the man's accomplices.

"Sir, I have brought the spirit that you ordered at that time, he is ready to be taken to the underworld. It's just that he asked to meet the master first before he went across, he wanted to thank you, he said," report Kawindra.

The man's brow furrowed, "I'm confused about what he actually wants to thank me for because everything has been arranged for all people to go to the underworld, but if he really insists on meeting me and that way he will be quicker to cross then I will meet him at the River Styx. Thank you for your hard work Kawindra, I saw that in order to chase this spirit you didn't come home for 2 days. Go back to the underground world first, I have prepared several bonuses for you there." Kawindra smile happily at his master's appreciation.

"Thank you very much sir, then I'll excuse myself." The man was again engrossed in his work.

But apparently there was one thing that Kawindra had forgotten, "Oh sir, earlier when I was at the Olympics, I met Mr Ervito and he gave me a message that his work was finished and he would soon come down to earth to meet you."

The man's writing stopped, he took a deep breath, "Doesn't he have ears? I already told him that he doesn't need to come back like that and make me dizzy!" Kawindra chose not to reply to his master's scolding, he was afraid that his master, who had been kind, would become furious because of the news that the God of love, whom he loved but hated, would come to him. When he opened the door to his master's office, it turned out that there were already three of his master's men waiting in front.

One of the strange things that his master warning is that he didn't like when many people were crowded together in his office because he thought it was very disturbing and swelter. This is of course very strange because the work area is very spacious and has three air conditioners installed at the same time which is impossible for people to overheat, but considering that this is their master's dislike, they choose to obey him. Not following one's master's wishes was the easiest path to an underworld that crueler than ordinary spirits. They ended up queuing at the door of their master's office when they found out that one of their friends was reporting inside.

"So what happen Kawinara, Kumara and Kastara, everything is fine?"

"Yes sir." Answered one of them, Kumara.

"Kumara, what about the drinking water company which yesterday was said to have been visited by workers demonstrating, is there still chaos there?" Ask-answer activity begins between them.

"Everything is safe, sir, we suppressed the rumors created by Beni. We have also assured workers that there will be no problems with salaries, that will remain the same as before. We also found and secured the provocateurs within the workers." Even though Kumara seems indifferent, he is very alert and resourceful in completing his tasks.

"As usual, our Kumara is a strict Kumara. How about you Kastara, have you succeeded in lobbying our illegal weapons buying and selling place from Puerto Rico?"

"Um... sorry sir, I ended up harm someone so I could calmly lobby with that arms seller. I observed that there were other people who wanted to negotiate with that person several times. I asked him to give in in a better way but he insisted that he didn't want to." Meanwhile, Kastara relies more on muscle and wants everything to be finished quickly.

"You have to suppress your emotional nature, Kastara, we could get into trouble if you continue to use violent methods to get what you want." However, his master was certainly not someone who preferred to rely on strength.

His eyes turned to the last of his men, "Kawinara, what about the land I asked you to evict all the residents from, is it clean?"

Kawinara looked down while squeezing his hands tightly, "Actually ... there are two residents who haven't left the land, sir. One is an elderly person but will be leaving soon after his child returns from abroad to pick him up. The other is a woman who runs a flower shop business there, she insist that she doesn't want to move because she can't find another place to open her shop with her unstable financial situation."

"That's not my business! Kawinara, you have to stop pitying other people because you might be busy pitying other people but you are wearing out my patience!"

"I'm sorry, sir." Kawinara has more patient nature than her two brothers. He know better that when everybody can talk well then he doesn't really need muscles, but sometimes he gets scolded more often from her master because of her indecisive nature.

"Kumara and Kastara, next week you accompany Kawinara to that place, I want that place to be clean next week. If there are still stubborn residents who don't want to leave the place, then just destroy them!" Kawinara wanted to speak again but was stopped by the sound of her master's old telephone.

"Hello Hector Gavriel Austin, did you miss me?" This voice, which was very familiar to Hector's ears, make Hector have to finish his conversation and tell his three men to leave.