JAGRAK

Part-27 The price

Slowly she opened the car door, the first thing she took out was her right hand. The hand holding the dry leaf she brought from the Forest of Forbidden. She held the dry leaf up high as she slowly got out of the car. "All of you have received permission to live in the Forest of Prohibition on the condition that you will follow the etiquette there."

The hideous, frozen, and deathly pale faces had no reaction. They kept their eyes Fareda unblinking, neither one moving. "I'll be dropping off all of you today after midnight." Simultaneously with the completion of the sentence uttered by Fareda, a faint sound of tarkhem was heard from a distance. Slowly those who surrounded her inched away from the place and disappeared into the darkness.

Fareda immediately fell to the ground, leaning against her car. She put the dry leaf back under her shirt. Fareda still looked tense, I don't know what she was thinking. She only felt that this place was still not safe until she moved all the inhabitants into the Forest of Forbidden. She got up and paced back and forth, she seemed to be deep in thought. I don't know how long she was like that. Finally she got back into the car, started the car engine then turned the car and left the area. She drove the car at full speed. The goal is only one, as soon as possible to meet the teacher.

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The streets of City B are still quiet, because the dawn call to prayer has just sounded. The car driven by Fareda entered the courtyard of the mosque when Ki Sudarsana had just finished praying. Fareda out of the car and immediately bends her knees. Her teacher smiled faintly, it was clear that Ki Sudarsana was trying to hide his sorrow. But his eyeballs can't lie, this middle-aged man immediately grabbed her student's shoulder. He guides Fareda to stand up. “Go home! Clean yourself and rest, let's just say the problem is over," ordered Ki Sudarsana. Fareda looked confused to hear her teacher's speech. But his smile widened when he saw the owner of the Occult Prison coming out of the mosque veranda.

"So Uncle is here too?" Says Fareda is happy. Fareda's face was really happy. The owner of the Invisibility Prison had been among them before Fareda finished her sentence. "Yeah, I'm here to help you," she answered simply. The Occult Prison Owner smiled faintly. His smile looked smug. Fareda's previously tense and frantic mood melted a little when she saw the Occult Prison Owner smiling mockingly at her. This was the first time she had seen her teacher's younger brother smile.

Ki Sudarsana also felt peace in his heart because he saw his brother smiling. "I don't know when he last saw that smile." Every time Ki Sudarsana saw him, his face was always expressionless. His brother is indeed a little different, when smiles mockingly it's a sign that he is really sincere and really wants to help.

“Go home, take care of yourself and rest! Your teacher and I will guard the area. I'll make sure there won't be another victim," the Occult Prison Owner ordered. Fareda looked dumbfounded at the order from the Occult Prison Owner. But her smile was once again growing again when the teacher nodded sure to reassure her.

Then the teacher said, "come after midnight, we will finish everything tonight." Fareda almost hugged her teacher with joy. But she undone it when she glanced at the face of the Lord of the Occult Prison. The Occult Prison Owner's face was frozen again expressionless. Fareda back again, awkwardly she nodded respectfully. After saying goodbye she left the place. For a moment Fareda forgets all the chaos that continues to surround it.

She entered the car and took her car out of the courtyard of the mosque. The car drove slowly, the teacher stared at the car until it was out of sight. The Occult Prison Owner stood beside him transfixed. In his heart he was amazed by the persistence of Fareda. He never thought that Fareda would succeed in bringing a dry leaf from the Forbidden Forest. Dried leaves that signify a blessing and protection from the Lord of the Forbidden Forest.

When Fareda's car disappeared from sight, Wisanggeni, Nina, and Saka appeared. They just came out of the mosque. Ki Sudarsana rushed over to them. "She just left. Hurry up, she will need your help," said teacher of Fareda whispering to Nina. Nina's face turned pale. In the next second, Nina immediately ran when she understood that what her teacher meant was Fareda. Wisanggeni and Saka looked confused.

"I'm sorry, I just told her that Fareda would really need her help," said Ki Sudarsana to Wisanggeni and Saka. Wisanggeni still didn't understand what the man in front of him meant. But his hunch said this was bad. He immediately drags Saka running from the place.

When they were in front of the gate, Saka had just parked the car into the garage. She's out of the car. Before she came out she had ordered everything in his body to come out. “Come out! let me just enjoy some fresh air without being filled with the hustle and bustle of all of you!” Countless black shadows shot out of her body. The body is like a Lintang Kemukus,(1) the black shadow disappears with the disappearance of the cubeb from her body. She staggered, she felt her body very tired. She also felt incomparable pain all over her body.

She walked towards the door, right in front of the door her body collapsed, she saw a lot of fireflies then everything went dark. Nina who first arrived in front of the gate of the house ran over her. Five minutes later Saka and Wisanggeni also rushed out. Saka opened the door of the house while Wisangeni carried her. Wisanggeni ran to bring Fareda into the her room. Nina and Saka run behind him. Magdalene who heard the noise immediately left the room. Seeing them rushing to Fareda's room, she followed behind them. Wisanggeni lay down Fareda's body. His teeth gritted and his eyes were bloodshot. He couldn't even look at the Fareda's body for long. Not to mention the rancid smell emanating from the torn pieces all over Fareda's body made him want to throw up. The condition of Fareda is indeed very pathetic. Saka who is also able to see the state of Fareda hugs his mother and hides his face while crying. While Nina and Magdalene who can't see are confused because of the rancid smell that makes them both want to throw up.

TO BE CONTINUE