JAGRAK

PART-06 Ki Sudarsana

When all the snake carcasses had burned to ashes and had no trace, Wisanggeni shuffled from the room to the kitchen. He was briefly surprised to see Magdalene there, but a second later he ignored her, he went to the kitchen to get a handful of salt. While walking towards the fireplace, the salt in his hand continued to be blown, his lips quivered reciting an extermination spell. He threw salt in his fireplace grip. His face was frozen and hard to define. After that, he turned towards Magdalena, “come with me to the hospital, take your car and take Saka home.“ Without waiting for Magdalene's answer, Wisanggeni immediately left his wife and went to the garage and took the car out of the garage and drove the car to the main road to return to the hospital. Magdalene immediately followed behind him and did the same, the two sedans side by side splitting the thick night. Thirty minutes later, they were running down the hospital corridor to the room where Fareda was being treated.

Saka is fast asleep on the sofa. The little boy was really tired, his energy was drained from having to help his father. He does seem to be doing nothing, but he is the one who is able to pave the way for his father to enter another dimension. Because his father's vision had been blocked by Fareda. Wisanggeni did not expect that Fareda loved and worried about him so much. He was wrong if he thought that Fareda had paused, because actually she loved him very much. It was this affection that made Fareda close his eyes on her when she realized that she was in danger because she did not want Wisanggeni to get involved and endanger himself and his family. Wisanggeni continues to regret this. His heart was sliced to see her lying helpless.

By sign, Wisanggeni asked his wife to take Saka home. Magdalene immediately picked up Saka and then visited Fareda and spoke to the nurse who was taking care of her. After saying goodbye to her husband, Magdalene left the room. Her heart was also frantic, just like Wisanggeni, she regretted it a lot. Magdalene shouldn't have put her very young niece in charge in her office. But she was the only candidate who passed the selection. Fareda does have more abilities than her peers. She is smart, consistent and independent. In addition, she is also an honest, diligent and responsible person.

Meanwhile, Wisanggeni is now sitting beside his nephew's bed, holding Fareda's hand. Now he could see everything, everything that was covered up by Fareda was clearly visible in his vision, like a film being replayed. Only, he couldn't see what was the cause of all this chaos. For some reason, he felt that the old lady that Fareda met before she left the village was the cause of all this chaos. "I will wait for the Universe Sweep to improve and I will make calculations with you!" Wisanggeni's mind was furious.

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That morning, the following days, Saka woke up before dawn—at tarkhem.(1) He was surprised to have been in his room. Saka tried to control himself. When he had regained consciousness, he remembered Wisanggeni and Fareda. “Papa must be still in the hospital looking after Mbak Ida. I have to make sure Ratih goes to the mosque.” He rushed to wake his sister and told her to get ready. When the call to prayer sounded, both of them had left the house and walked to the mosque. After the Fajr prayer in the congregation, Saka met his spiritual teacher. The teacher of spirituality is also the teacher of Nina and Fareda. Their teacher was named Ki Sudarsana. Ki Sudarsana is an imam who every day serves as an imam at the mosque where Bambang Wisanggeni and his family pray together five times a day.

Saka kissed Ki Sudarsana's hand, taking turns with Nina. "Is there something you want to say, Saka?" Ki Sudarsana seemed to know what was on Saka's mind. Saka looked hesitant but then Ki Sudarsana stretched out his left hand. Saka was surprised for a moment but then he smiled. He thought only his father knew that with the palm of his left hand he could explain what he could not explain verbally. Ki Sudarsana smiled reassuringly, Saka nodded with certainty. Then he stretched out his left hand. After holding saka's hand, the teacher extended his right hand to Nina and smiled. Nina, who had been confused about witnessing the behavior of the two of them, finally smiled. Then the three walked hand in hand towards the house. Nina and Saka looked happy because they were brought home by Ki Sudarsana. At least that's what Nina understands, but Saka's understanding is different.

Ki Sudarsana did not close his eyes and meditated with Saka to see everything because Ki Sudarsana was also taking care of Nina. In fact, Nina was born an ordinary person, unlike Wisanggeni and Saka. She would be in shock and even lose consciousness if she was involved in this because, physically and psychologically, she was unable to understand all this chaos. All the chaos is hard to understand. Ki Sudarsana is indeed extraordinary. Sometimes Saka feels that his teacher is a second father to him. If not under the supervision of Wisanggeni and Ki Sudarsana, of course, he would not be able to become what he is now. People with autism can live a normal life.

Arriving in front of the house, Ki Sudarsana whispered in Nina's ear. This young girl seemed to smile amused and then said goodbye to enter the house before making small talk for a while. She looks cheerful. Leaving Saka and Ki Sudarsana, Ki Sudarsana held both Saka's hands and put them together. “I've seen everything, and you don't have to worry about Fareda. I will go to the hospital after this and accompany your father. Go to school as usual. Don't make your mother and sister worry," said Ki Sudarsana at length. Saka smiles and nods for sure. After Ki Sudarsana said goodbye. Saka stood still watching his teacher until he was out of sight.

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