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It's night, they are eating dinner. They eat quietly. Werner is wondering if he should ask his parents about it or not. But he decided to ask his parents about it.
"Is there a difference between the Dutch and pribumi?" Werner asked, and his parents looked surprised
"Why are you asking that?" Ask Hendrik.
"Because... Kirana said we shouldn't talk because we are from different classes, even though she has Dutch blood." Werner said.
"Well, it's hard to explain. But I don't prevent you from interacting with her; she's a sweet girl. However, some Dutch people think that the whites are superior." Hendrik
"Why? Isn't that the person who.... On their land?" asked Tobias suddenly.
Their parents are enough, not knowing how to respond.
"You will find out when you grow up." Hendrik.
"Adults are always like that," Tobias said.
"It's not like that. The two of you are still too young to understand." Hendrik
"Understand what? About we discriminate against People who are native to this land? That's not good. You say we should respect all people. But why do we do it to them? Aren't we the ones who occupied their land?" Tobias said.
Hendrik and Julia looked too stunned to answer.
"Let's just eat. It's not good if we fight in front of the food," said Julia, who tried to clear the air.
Werner picked up his fork and started to take small bites of his food. His eyes occasionally flickered back to his parents. Tobias is observing him.
Werner looks at Tobias. "She's beautiful," Werner said.
"You think she's?" Tobias
"Yes, she is beautiful. Her name is so cool."
"What's her name?"
"As far as I remember, her name is Senja Kirana Larasati, but she doesn't have a Dutch surname. Her mother didn't put her father's surname. Her father's surname is Jansen." Werner said.
"Why?" Tobias looks curious.
Werner just shrugged, "I don't know. She didn't tell me anything about it."
"Why don't you ask?" said Tobias
"I'm scared."
"You're afraid of a girl, huh?" Tobias looked amused.
"It's not like that! I just think if it's privacy! What if he gets angry when I ask her about it?"
"Okay. You're right." Tobias said.
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Heleen takes Ruben to Van Den Bosch's house. Johan Schouten will go to Lebak, and she will accompany him. But she can't take Ruben with them because he has to go to school. Heleen talks to Julia and warns Ruben not to cause trouble while his parents are away.
Julia greeted Ruben with a warm smile, "Yes, Ruben can stay here. Tobias and Werner would be very happy if Ruben stayed here for a while. Julia said.
"I hope he doesn't cause any problems," Heleen said.
Julia.... Ruben walks into the house and plays with Tobias and Werner, while he and Heleen talk for a while in the living room.
Werner was in his bedroom when Ruben suddenly opened the door.
"You're here," Werner said
"Yes, my mother said I would stay here for a few days while my parents went to Lebak."
"You didn't go with them?"
"They said i couldn't skip school."
"In that case, that's good. You can sleep here!" said Werner.
Ruben smiled and sat down next to Werner, "I'm bringing some of my toys. We can play together." Said, Ruben.
Werner and Ruben spend time together. Sometimes Tobias would come and talk to them.
"Can you speak the local language?"
"Yes! I can speak the local language." Said, Ruben. He looked at Werner with a proud look.
"Can you teach me?"
"Of course I'll teach you!"
Werner looked at Ruben, and he smiled. "Thank you. You really are my best friend."
Ruben would teach Werner's local language almost every day. Werner will ask Kirana to teach him as well, but Kirana can help him a little, since Kirana can't really understand Dutch.
"I can't teach you, Werner." Kirana said.
"You can teach me the basic local language. I'll teach you Dutch after I'm fluent in the local language." Werner said. He read a dictionary.
"Why do you want to learn the local language?" asked Kirana
"I want to be able to talk to everyone, especially you, without a dictionary," Werner said. "And i can fully understand you."
Kirana smiled at him. "That's really cool." It is said. She appreciates his efforts to learn a new language just so that he can talk to her without a dictionary and take the book with her wherever she goes.
De Rijp, 2025.
David read the Diary until he fell asleep. He woke up at 10 a.m. because he had slept late at night.
"Uh, what time is it?" he looked at his phone's clock
She walked into the living room, seeing her parents chatting there. She stretched and joined her parents.
"I found an old Diary," David said.
"Well, there are so many old items in this house, including from the Dutch East Indies era. Your great-grandfather lived there." Elisabeth said.
"It was an old diary, and there was a picture of a white man and an Asian woman. I don't think it's my great-grandfather because they don't look alike." David said he walked into his bedroom and grabbed the diary, and walked back to the living room. He showed it to his parents.
Her mother looked surprised. "Where did you find it?" she asked him.
"In my grandfather's bedroom. It's in his wardrobe, and I want to keep it." David said.
"For what?" Wilhelm
"Well, I've read the Diary, it's interesting! The owner lives in the Dutch East Indies. It seems like I'm going back in time when I read it." David said, he turned the book over.
"You just read someone else's personal book," Wilhelm laughed
For days, David had read half of the Diary. He wondered who owned this book. It was clear that his great-grandfather was not the owner of the book, and how he came to have this book.
"Can you think again about selling this house?" Said Wilhelm to Elisabeth.
"We don't even take care of this house." Elisabeth said.
"You can tell David to take care of this house; he seems to love this house. Or maybe we can rent this house." Wilhelm said.
David came over and sat down beside Wilhelm. "Yes, I can take care of this house."
"Are you sure? De Rijp is quite far from Utrecht." Elisabeth said. "We will just end up abandon this house again. Maybe we can let someone rent this house?"
"That's a good idea." David said. "Let someone rent this house. I should continue to working." David returned to his room and continued working again.
The diary distracted him, some of the text in the book had faded, and he couldn't read it. He tried several ways to read the letter, but his efforts failed.