RESMINI was stunned staring at the girl in front of her as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"My son.... are you really my son MANISARI...?" this woman snapped with a trembling voice and half-opened eyes. Yang stared at taking a step forward as he said.
"That's right mom, I'm Manisari! Hihi why
mom doesn't believe it. I am your lost son. I'm still alive. You can see my two feet, aren't they on the ground? I'm not a ghost, mother"
For a moment this woman watched from head to toe. And scatter this woman hugging the girl with sobs touched.
"My daughter Manisari... Oh, you've come son? You promise you'll never leave your mother again..." said this woman in tears of joy and hugged the girl tightly.
Manisari let her mother hug and kiss her to her heart's content. Only then did he let go as he said.
"Never mind mother...! Forgive my mistake for leaving you without saying goodbye. But all of that is for mother's happiness," and Manisari stopped her words. He stared at the woman with eyes flashing feelings of affection, but behind that there was one thing that made him turn his gaze to look out the window.
"And what is my child? asked the mother. "And for our welfare together, mother!" said Manisari, quickly diverting the words that were originally ready to be spit out from her mouth. "No! I won't tell my mother that I have a grudge against Adipati Kayoman, because it will only hinder my steps like Uwa BALAWA's advice...!" Manisari said to herself.
"I don't understand what you mean, my daughter..." said this woman looking at the girl. Manisari smiled, then took out a bundle the size of two hands from under her clothes.
"Look mom. I brought something for you...!" he said as he handed the bundle to Officialni.
"Is this my son?" asked this woman in surprise.
"You just open it, mother ..." said Manisari. The woman's eyes widened when she opened the cloth bundle, it was full of gold and silver jewelry, as well as the quality of the jewels that were priceless.
"Where did you get it, my son?" he asked in a trembling voice. As if in disbelief he stared intently at his daughter's face.
"You don't need to ask where I got them from. Keep those things for your needs. I want to make you happy! Haven't we lived in misery all this time, since Adipati Kayoman divorced you? Well! I have to go again, mother... And mother just waiting for my arrival to pick up mother to move from this territory!" said Manisari then got up and stood up.
Before this woman could utter a word, the girl had flashed out of the room. Formalni was stunned like a statue with wide eyes and trembling arms clutching the jewel-filled bundle. But he quickly got to his feet, then chased out of the room. "Manisari, my son ... wait!" But he did not see the girl again. For a moment this woman so stood transfixed. His heart was pounding erratically.
What the hell has happened to his son? And where did that much jewelry come from?
Meanwhile in a hut on the bank of the river to the east of the border of Kota Raja, a man dressed in black with a wide headband which is also black, sits on a pandanus mat and looks intermittently at the front door. This person is BALAWA.
It looked like he was waiting for someone. The long awaited one appeared. A chuckle could be heard from outside the hut. When Balawa turned around, he saw an old man in a gray robe standing at the door, out of nowhere.
"Ah, welcome, Wiku..." said the man as he stood up to welcome the old man.
"Heheh...heh...how long have you been waiting for, Balawa?" asked this grandfather while stepping inside. Balawa smiled and invited the old man to sit down. "Since this morning. Master..."
"Where is Manisari?" asked Wiku Ampyang.
"She went to deliver jewelery to her mother, Master...! May be back soon." said Balawa. This grandfather nodded. His arm stroked his beard which was only a pinch of it. Then said.
"Your nephew loves his mother very much... However, you have to be careful. Balawa! Even though he has been equipped with occult knowledge, it is not impossible that royal people can smell his footsteps. And it is not impossible that there are people who also have magical knowledge who can know and destroy my dream...!"
Balawa nodded his head.
"I understand, Master...! I will try to act carefully!" said this man.
"I have granted your wish to dominate your niece's girl. But one thing that you must fulfill after you have succeeded in getting rid of Adipati Kayoman, you must fulfill your promise to deposit a girl once a month into the Jalatunda Well!"
"Of course, Master...! I won't forget that!" said Balawa.
"Because I have represented you, on every night it takes it to serve his will...! You understand, don't you?"
"I understand. Master...! And thank you for your help all along." The grandfather nodded, chuckling.
"Good! For the success of your goal, I have provided you with two creatures that came from my two female students, SARITI and LELANI!" said Wiku Ampyang, raising his hand. Looks his mouth reading incantations. Soon something extraordinary happened. Two plumes of smoke were seen billowing to the left and right of the grandfather's body. The white smoke transformed into two strange creatures. She is two beautiful girls with human heads and snake bodies.
Of course Balawa was shocked beyond measure, until he inched backwards with wide eyes.
"Heheh...heh...don't be afraid, Balawa! Both of them will be your helpers...!" said Wiku Ampyang with a chuckle.
Wiku Ampyang motioned for the two creatures to sit in a corner of the room. Obediently, the two creatures slid to the place the grandfather pointed at. Then the two sat in a circle.
"Teacher...can't they be ordinary people anymore?" asked Balawa with a swallow.
"Hehe...heh...the power of the occult is in the well of JALATUNDA! They can become human again if they meet the conditions needed for that!" said Wiku Ampyang.
"But one more thing you have to remember! You can't love any of them! And you have to stay away from women!" continued Wiku Ampyang.
"I... I understand. Master...!" Balawa said with sweat dripping from his forehead. The conditions were quite heavy, but he would try to comply.
"Well! I leave these two creatures to you. Do you remember their names?" asked Wiku Ampyang. Balawa nodded.
"Sariti and Lelani!"
"Hehe... he... right!" said Wiku Ampyang, chuckling.
THE BLACK HORSE RIDED ON A LONG YOUTH RIDES suddenly stopped when she met a girl in a white flower dress on the small road she was passing.
"Eh, a sweet girl walks alone, no one escorts. Who is she?" muttered Nanjar while grinning to himself. Suddenly he turned his horse around and came back behind him, and beat him up
quickly rushed towards the girl.
The girl who was walking fast stepped aside when she heard the sound of hooves behind her.
"Eh, sweet sister! May I know where you are going? It seems you are in such a hurry, of course there is some very important business..." asked Nanjar, while hugging the virgin with the horse's pace slowing down. This girl turned around. Who this virgin is is none other than Manisari. This Dara did not answer, but only glanced at her sipen who was sitting on the horse.
Nanjar scratched the nape of his neck which didn't itch. For some reason he felt curious to know who the beautiful girl was. Suddenly he jumped off the horse's back. In an instant, he was standing in front of her.
"Hm, who are you? Why bother people walking?" said Mansari. Inevitably he was forced to hold back his steps.
"Ah, don't be angry little brother! I didn't bother you. I just wanted to ask a question. I mean... if you don't mind I can take you where you want to go!" said Nanjar with a smile.
"Thank you for your kindness! Just let me walk!" replied Mansari. "But..." Nanjar said.
"Get out of the way! Don't get in the way!" Manisari said cutting.
"Wait! Oh, yes! May I know your name? And where are you going miss?" asked Nanjar without shifting his body. He was still curious to know who the virgin was.
Manisari stared at the young man in front of her. Like examining the young man's face. His heart said. "Hm, it's fine if I tell you my name. He seems a nice young man... And I shouldn't be too suspicious of anyone!" After a moment of silence, he answered.
"My name is Manisari...! I... I'm going to my brother's house behind the forest!" Nanjar was stunned for a moment as if thinking.
"Behind the forest? Hm, is what you're headed for a house by the river?" asked Nanjar. The question was asked because he had just passed the road behind the forest to the east, and saw a hut on the rocky side of the river.
Manisari was momentarily stunned. The house that Nanjar meant was indeed the house he was going to. He thought about not telling her, but already nodded.
"That's right! That... that's my brother's house..." he said short and stuttered a bit. Nanjar smiled again.
"It's quite a long way there, sister Manisari! Besides, you have to cross a river with fast water. I'd better accompany you! Don't worry, I'm not a masher who likes to make fun of beautiful women!" said the Daze God.
"No! Thank you! Just let me walk!" said Manisari refusing. Nanjar shook his head.
"Well then! Well, please pass sweet sister!" said Nanjar with a sigh and stepped to the side of the road.
The girl stepped quickly, and without looking back continued to infiltrate the path by taking a turn from the main road. Nanjar looked at the girl's back for a moment. At that moment in the distance came the sound of hoofs approaching. The Daze God wrinkled his brow in thought. "Hmm, who are they?"
He had wanted to jump on the horse's back without thinking about her again. But seeing some horsemen in the distance coming towards what looks like the Royal soldiers, he jumps into a bush, and disappears...
Among the seven horsemen, three were three hot-tempered men that Nanjar had seen at the fat man's Gombloh shop. Meanwhile, the other four horsemen were soldiers of the Duchy.
"Eh! Isn't that Raden Anom Sura Banga's horse?" shouted one of the soldiers. In unison the horsemen stopped their respective horses.
"That's right! This is Raden Anom Sura Banga's horse!" said his comrade soldier.
"Why live in this place?" interrupted another friend.
"Hm, I thought something had happened, because when I saw Raden Anom Sura Banga entering the Duchy gate without riding a horse. While he was leaving this morning riding a horse..." The first soldier gave an explanation. Three of his fellow soldiers nodded.
"How about we just take this horse to the Duchy?" asked one.
"But, we are accompanying Kangjeng Gusti Adipati's envoy to Baluran...!" answered a soldier while looking at the three men on horseback. These three men are martial arts figures who have the title of the Three Tigers of the South.
"It's enough for two people to accompany us to guide the way. You two can go back!" said one of the stout figures, usually well-dressed and colorful.
"Then all right! The two of us will return with this horse to the Duchy and you two will accompany the three princes sent by Gusti Adipati to Baluran!" said a soldier. His two fellow warriors nodded. They soon separated. Two soldiers continued their journey to Baluran, and two more soldiers returned to the Duchy by tying a black horse behind the horse that was ridden by one of the soldiers.
Nanjar seems more interested in following the girl named Manisari. Only briefly did he listen to the conversation of the soldiers of the Duchy who found Raden Sura Banga's horse. Secretly he felt grateful that there was someone who represented returning the horse belonging to the son of Adipati Kayoman. Regarding the three hot-tempered warriors, Nanjar didn't really care, because at least they were only assigned by the Duke.
Nanjar secretly continues to follow the girl in the white flower dress. This virgin does not seem to feel that she is being followed. Somewhere he stopped walking. Then he turned around and looked around him as if he was afraid someone had seen him. After feeling safe, it seems he closed his eyes. His mouth twitched as if reciting a spell. After a while there was an oddity. Suddenly the girl's body turned into a snake... The animal slid quickly along the ground and penetrated the bushes.
Of course, this strange incident did not escape the eyes of the Daze God, who stared wide-eyed in shock.
But just as quickly he had flashed vanished from that place.
"As I thought, that girl is very strange... turns out she has extraordinary magic. Of course she's heading to the hut on that side of the river. I'll go ahead and hide not far from the hut! I want to see who the person she's aiming at is, and who Also, is there a girl named Manisari?" Nanjar said in his heart. He was already on top of a large tree branch. Before long his body had flashed fast like a monkey, scurrying through the forest....
***
Nanjar who aims to precede the strange girl turns out to take a detour. Before long he was at the back of the hut on the river side. His movement was light and didn't make a sound when he stamped his feet on the ground after jumping from the top of the big tree that grew behind the hut.
His ears are set to listen to sound. Lappat-lapat heard a hoarse voice like an old grandfather talking.
"Memorize those incantations for your purposes of mastering these two creatures!" There was another voice that sounded a little louder. "I've memorized it. Teacher...!"
"Good...!" the grandfather's voice could be heard, none other than Wiku Ampyang, repeating Balawa's words.
"Well! Balawa! I will return these two creatures to the subtle realms that are invisible to the human eye! You can use both of them for your benefit. They are just like Manisari. Can change forms like an ordinary snake without a human head, and can become a creature that can kill dozens of Royal soldiers, and can disappear if you cast a spell according to your will..." said Wiku Ampyang.
"Thank you, Master...! Thank you...! But, until when is the condition that I am not allowed to have sex with women?" Balawa said. This man seems to find the conditions very heavy. Because as a normal human being it is certainly difficult to leave that one thing behind. Moreover, he is still quite young. Even the teacher, who is old and rickety, turns out that every month he asks a beautiful girl to take him to the Jalatunda well.
He felt the teacher lacked wisdom and was unfair.
Hearing the question, Wiku Ampyang chuckled until his body shook.
"Heh...heh...if you meet the requirements of escorting a beautiful virgin to the Jalatunda well every month, for forty times, then you are free to do as you please!" said Wiku Ampyang.
"Forty times. Teacher?"
"Yes! he explained for forty months. If there are twelve months in a year, it means about three more years, then you can touch women. And hehehe... of course you have become someone who controls the Kingdom of Pajang, Balawa...!" said the grandfather with a chuckle.
For a moment Balawa was stunned. But then smile. For him that time was not too heavy. And he received the wisdom of his teacher.
"Thank you. Master...! My heart is so happy to hear that!" said Balawa, nodding with satisfaction.
From between the holes in the wall, Nanjar watched with wide eyes. You can see an old man wearing a dark robe, sitting next to a man with bad sideburns, a big nose and rough facial skin.
And what made Nanjar's eyes widen even more were the two strange creatures with the heads of two beautiful girls, but the bodies of snakes...
Since listening to the conversation, it turned out that Nanjar was curious to find out. Carefully so as not to make a sound, even holding his breath, Nanjar managed to peek through the hole in the plank wall. "Crazy! What perverted humans!"
Nanjar cursed in his heart. But he can't act recklessly, for fear of causing himself harm, because he doesn't know the strength of the opponent, who will definitely use demonic arts!
At that time the grandfather said in a hoarse voice. "He has come..!"
Nanjar's heart constricted. What is meant is of course the strange girl who transformed into a snake. However, Nanjar began to worry that the old man knew his presence in that place.
But being curious to see further developments, made the Dazed God still not move from his place.
"Balawa! You save these two creatures that I have empowered you!" said Wiku Ampyang. Balawa nodded, then read the incantations. Soon the two strange creatures with the head of a human and the body of a snake vanished into two plumes of smoke, and vanished from sight.
At that time, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the door. She is the girl named Manisari. Wiku Ampyang chuckled, looking at the girl. Seeing that the grandfather was in the hut, this virgin immediately dropped her body to her knees.
"Come on, wake up sweet boy!" said Wiku Ampyang. This girl immediately inched to sit on the pandan mat not far from the old man.
"What's the matter, did Master catch up to this place?" asked Manisari before asking. Wiku Ampyang turned to Balawa and said.
"Balawa, you can explain it so he knows!" Balawa nodded, then looked at the girl.
"Manisari...! Master wants you to return first to the Jalatunda well. Regarding the matter of killing Adipati Kayoman, leave it to me! Later, when things are done, I will summon you to the Duchy. And of course with your mother! Because your mother is my own biological sister. We can feel happiness and serenity after I was appointed as a substitute for that bastard Duke who killed your father and married your mother, but then divorced your mother because the reason I was involved in a robbery case several years ago!"
The girl was silent and did not answer. A drop of clear water popped out of the corner of his eye.
"But, Uwa Balawa...! Allow me to kill that deceitful human so that my heart is satisfied! Unfortunately, when I appeared at the Duchy building, I only met his wife! I only robbed her jewelery and killed two bodyguards. I gave the jewelery to my mother to please her her heart..."
"Actually you have acted too fast, Balawa! And you Manisari you shouldn't have given that jewelery to your mother... I'm afraid it will make your steps difficult later!" said Wiku Ampyang with a frown.
"But, Master... I can't forbid him to meet his mother. And I feel sorry for my sister who has lost her daughter since I brought Manisari to the Jalatunda well where you live..." Balawa protested, bowing his head.
"Things that have already been done cannot be changed anymore. I will not allow you to act alone, Manisari! It is true as Uwamu said. Let him finish your revenge business! You must return to the Jalatunda well!" said Wiku Ampyang as he stared intently at the girl.
"For what. Teacher...? Don't I already have enough knowledge? And doesn't Uwa Balawa need my help?" asked Mansari.
This girl seemed reluctant to return to her teacher's place. He was no longer comfortable living there. In fact, he had planned to find a good place to take his mother to another area.
Wiku Ampyang chuckled. Then said.
"You still don't have enough knowledge, beautiful child! And your uncle already has two assistants to replace you, they are your own fellow students, Sariti and Lelani!" said this old man.
"That's right, Manisari...! You better follow the teacher's words...!" Balawa also said, and he continued.
"In the future I will definitely call you to live together in the Duchy building. In fact, don't worry, I have more goals than that we have planned together!"
This time Manisari could not say anything other than nodding her head with tears streaming down her cheeks. He could already guess, that by returning to the Jalatunda well, it was the same as entering hell, and whether he wanted it or not he had to serve the depraved lust of that old old man...