JAGRAK

Part-30 New Beginning

After seven month.

Sapu Jagat waltzed sweetly down the paved road in the Prohibition forest. From out of sight, sneaking through the trees a handsome young man dressed in all white continued to follow her steps, escorting her. Apparently she's realized this, it seemed she was hiding her smile. "I told him already I could go home alone, how come I'm still being followed. Am I that weak, that I have to be escorted home?" Inner of her said flatly. Her face was still expressionless. On a splinter from the road leading to the village where a hunchbacked grandmother had warned her to stay overnight, she made a turn, "I want to apologize to you, Grandma," she thought. Fareda has come a long way, but has not found the house she is looking for. Now his steps began to waver, he stopped. He began to ponder,

"It doesn't look too far from the highway, why isn't it there?" she said, talking to herself. Her hesitation disappeared when he was startled by the presence of a handsome young man dressed in all white, the Lord of the Forbidden Forest. The young man nodded kindly and then said, "shouldn't it be better to go home first, Nimas?" Fareda seemed to have realized his mistake.

"You're right, go home." Before she finished her sentence, she had already turned around and sped away from the Lord of the Forbidden Forest. The young man was stunned for a moment, confused. "What really happened to her? She looks like he just realized something?'' The young man darted after her who had disappeared from view. The two of them who were able to live in the two realms, continued to run after each other, causing flashes of flashes to the eyes. ordinary observers. Creating a strong gust of wind for those who passed.

Had she not been escorted and warned by the Lord of the Forbidden Forest, she would have gone astray again. Because the previous incident was the act of the hunchbacked grandmother, apparently this time the hunchbacked grandmother is trying to do the same thing. Because the goal has not been achieved. All the misery experienced by Fareda, she was one of the triggers.

In fact, Fareda was exiled from home and entrusted to Wisanggeni so that she would not be seen by the Leader and the Seven Shadow Men. Hunchback Grandma removed the veil that covered her because she wanted to eat Fareda's body and drink its blood. Because of this, the Leader and the Seven Shadow men found her again. That's where the disaster began.

The hunchbacked grandmother desperately wanted the essence and blood of her for the sake of beauty. She never knew that the Fareda was in the control of the Lord of the Forbidden Forest. After the incident some time ago, she was never able to approach her, because she was always under the control of the Seven Shadows and a Thousand Lives. He was tempted again when she watched Fareda sweetly stroll through the Forest of Prohibition without anyone's escort. Even her body was much more beautiful and dazzling than before. Her aura was much cleaner than before. She tricked her into falling into her hands, she took advantage of Fareda's sincerity and compassion. By making a sense of guilt blow into Fareda's mind. Until she comes to look for her. Luckily the Lord of the Forbidden Forest was aware of this.

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Dusk was already looming when Fareda and the Lord of the Forbidden Forest entered Wisanggeni's yard. Wisanggeni who realized the presence of her immediately opened the door. He came out of the house, standing waiting for the two of them. His face was smiling as he looked at her and the Lord of the Forbidden Forest standing in front of him. Fareda immediately knelt down, before she could open her mouth, Wisanggeni had preceded while guiding him to his feet.

"Welcome back, Cah Ayu." Wisanggeni immediately buried Fareda into his arms. He hugged his niece so tightly that it was difficult for her to breathe. Fareda returned her uncle's hug. The atmosphere of emotion enveloped their meeting. The Lord of the Forbidden Forest stood frozen not far from the two of them. When Wisanggeni was satisfied hugging his nephew, he cleared his throat awkwardly and greeted his guest.

"Welcome young master, I don't think thank you is enough, because of your favor in taking care of my daughter, May God repay you for taking care of my daughter." Wisanggeni spoke awkwardly, but clearly sincerity radiated in his every word. The Lord of the Forbidden Forest was no less awkward, he didn't expect the respected Bambang Wisanggeni to welcome him in such a way. He nodded respectfully, "I only do what I should, my lord," he answered simply. Bambang Wisanggeni, then invited his guest into the house, but the Lord of the Forbidden Forest politely refused. "Thank you. My lord. But really, I must go." He nodded respectfully and excused himself. Bambang Wisanggeni and Fareda stared at his back until he was out of sight.

The Lord of the Prohibition Forest left Bambang Wisanggeni's residence. The goal was not to return to the forbidden forest, but to meet the Hunchbacked Grandma whom Fareda had been looking for. He realized something when Bambang Wisanggeni hugged Fareda. "You have dared to play with her, I will make calculations with you," he thought furiously. The Lord of the Forbidden Forest sped up fast, he really couldn't wait to meet Humpback Grandma. For some reason his heart always hurt, when someone tried harmed Fareda. "She has suffered a lot, isn't all her suffering enough? Anyone else want to sacrifice it just for the sake of beauty?” The Lord of the Forest of Forbidden grumbled the whole way.

The Lord of the Forbidden Forest came to a crossroads leading to Humpback Grandmother's house and turned left. Entering the road, not long ago there was a simple house on the left side of the road. Before he knocked on the door a woman had opened it. The beautiful woman is dressed in Sundanese style. Her beautiful face is no less beautiful than Fareda, maybe the difference is that she is a Sundanese beauty. "Welcome sir, what is it that young master is willing to come to my hut?" she said kindly, welcoming the arrival of the Lord of the Forbidden Forest.

"I've come to warn you, don't ever deal with Nimas Sapu Jagat. If you try to harass her again, you'll regret it!" he said firmly, anger evident in his tone. The woman immediately bent her knees. "I deserve to die, Sir," she replied. The woman's body trembled, her face immediately paled. She did not dare to look up, the Lord of the Forbidden Forest immediately turned around and left the place.

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Bambang Wisanggeni's residence, after the Lord of the Prohibition Forest said goodbye.

Wisanggeni guided Fareda into the house. He still held his nephew in his arms, as if he didn't want to let her go. From inside the house, Nina and Saka can be seen running away. Both of them immediately embraced Fareda. Wisanggeni almost collapsed carrying the three of them. While Magdalene and Grace stared in disbelief, standing not far from them. The atmosphere of emotion enveloped their meeting again. After seven full moons, finally Fareda returned to the midst of the family. Even though they weren't expecting much. Because, so far the forbidden forest is completely closed to them.

As long as Fareda is under the protection of the Lord of the Prohibited Forest, Wisanggeni and Saka have visited the Forbidden Forest many times. But the secret door that connects the visible world and the invisible world can never be penetrated by the two. “These greedy people will continue to make him a slave and force him to do work for their sake. Even when Fareda was dying they didn't care. They will keep moving from one impossible job to another.” That's what Ki Sudarsana said when Wisanggeni complained about his inability to penetrate the secret door.

“For the sake of Fareda's safety and healing, the Lord of the Forbidden Forest closed the entrance to his world. Because indeed Fareda was seriously injured. Both, body and soul. She is required to meditate in meditation for seven full moons without a break,” continued Ki Sudarsana explaining.

As long as Fareda meditated and sank into meditation, the Lord of the Forbidden Forest continued to treat the scars on Fareda's face and body. Change clothes in the morning and evening. Because Fareda's wounds gave off a strong rancid odor. He was assisted by a court healer, a healer who usually treated his family.

In her meditation, Fareda felt that she was in a beautiful and comfortable room. There was a beautiful woman dressed in Sundanese custom who faithfully took care of her. Helped her bathe, and change clothes in the morning and evening and tended to her wounds. This beautiful woman is very painstaking, her lips are always smiling with a smile on her face. Never once did Fareda hear her complain. Although sometimes Fareda herself hates and is uncomfortable with her body odor. This beautiful woman named Adistia Indira Karamina, used to be called Indira.

Almost every day Indira took her to a very beautiful garden. Lots of wild flowers there. The flowers are very beautiful and charming. But there was something strange, Indira forbade Fareda to touch the flowers. She could only stare at them. Fareda would love to pick it and take it home, or just touch and sip its fragrance. However, Indira always forbade her to approach the flowers.

"Don't! Cah Ayu, it's very dangerous." Fareda didn't really understand what Indira meant, “how can very beautiful flowers be dangerous? Could it be poison or______?”

"My days seemed to go by so slowly while there," said Fareda starting her story.

“I missed home so much, but I realized that I wouldn't be able to get out of there unless I recovered. But apparently my wounds are not ordinary wounds. So it takes a long time to recover. When three full moons passed, my wounds began to dry up. I started to be trained with the science of kanuragan.”

Something she had never learned before, neither from her teacher nor from her uncle, Wisanggeni. At first, she felt strange, but gradually got used to it. She was directly trained by the Lord of the Forbidden Forest. Day by day, continues to experience rapid progress. Until the sixth full moon passed. The beginning of the seventh full moon, her condition had really improved. She just had to finish her meditation.

Meanwhile, Thousand Lives, was given a special residence by the Lord of the Forbidden Forest. While waiting for Fareda to finish her meditation. In addition they are also trained to be able to protect themselves from the cruelty of the Leader. Apart from the Leader, the seven shadow humans were also extremely dangerous to them. They had to be willing to obey whatever orders the Leader and his minions ordered, or they would experience the worst thing, something they never even imagined.

When the seven full moons passed, the usual Fareda and a Thousand Lives seemed to be reborn. At that moment, the Lords of the Forbidden Forest felt that it was time for them to be released and returned to their world without any trepidation. At least, Fareda already understands how to control and protect them. Apart from this secret knowledge, there is another very important thing that has been impossible to build, namely trust. So far they have never believed that Fareda has sincerity. All they know is that they only need to carry out orders to stay in the body of Fareda. Obey all the will of the Leader and his minions, or they will be mercilessly tortured.

The torture made them want to die. Though they are destined not to die before the Day of Judgment. That's the hardest thing, not being able to die prematurely. Even though they were chained above the Mount Merapi crater and roasted for thousands of years, they only felt incomparable pain without being able to die. While they never know how to protect themselves, or escape from the Leader and his minions. As if the world is so small. There was no place to hide, no room for them to breathe a sigh of relief. The forbidden forest is the most beautiful and peaceful place for them. As if they were enjoying a long holiday. A vacation where they can enjoy the air of freedom they've dreamed of for hundreds of years. Because in fact, they have been held by the previous ruler. Namely the leader's father, grandfather, great-grandfather, advanced, wareng(1) and previous and previous rulers again. They have the same name, namely the Leader.

When Fareda left the forbidden forest, she decided to leave them there for a while. After all, he didn't need them, if he could she wanted to leave them forever. However, that seems impossible. When the Leader and the seven shadow troops, knowing that Fareda has come out of the forbidden forest, they will definitely chase after her. For now until the next three full moons she can still trick them. But three full moons later, she had to be ready to face them all. Her determination is made, live or die, Fareda will take rebellion.

TO BE CONTINUE