JAGRAK

PART- 10 HOME

Fareda's hand was holding him. Wisanggeni's eyes widened in disbelief. She smiled faintly and said, "Pakdhe,(1) may I have my first prayer with Pakdhe?" Wisanggeni could not say a word, his lips seemed numb. He nodded with a definite smile, his eyes looking at her gratefully mixed with emotion. There was relief even though the sadness was still lingering in his eyes. Ki Sudarsana, who had been staring at them all this time, looked at the two of them with a blue expression. He approached her, smiled faintly and said, "Welcome Cah Ayu, you can have your first prayer with Pakdhemu and soon you must also go to the mosque to have your prayer with me."

"Inggih Ki, pangestunipun,"(2) replied her weakly.

The doctor who checked Fareda said that her condition was improving, she just needed to recover. But not allowed to go home for the next three days. If it continues to improve, then she can go home and continue to take medication.

Wisanggeni looked at his nephew with a sad look, sorrow still lingering in his eyeballs. There were so many things he wanted to ask but he couldn't bear it, his mouth was locked. Fareda also kept her mouth shut, because she really didn't know where to start. Since then, Wisanggeni has never discussed what had happened. While Fareda doesn't seem to have found the right way to start talking about what she's going through. She is also afraid of miscommunication and creating new conflicts, because Wisanggeni is a strict person. She was also still afraid to talk about her sudden visit to City C. Her uncle would definitely not accept the reason.

Three days later, Fareda was allowed to return home. A thousand souls also came with her. However, they could not approach within a radius of five hundred meters from Bambang Wisanggeni's residence because of a magical fence that had been installed by the owner of the house. Actually, one of the seven shadow troops could easily destroy the magical fence that Bambang Wisanggeni had installed. But it's not necessary, they just want the safety of Fareda, as long as she's safe, it doesn't matter to them.

After that day, Fareda was not allowed to leave the house until the first forty-one days. Wisanggeni invited a private doctor to monitor her recovery. He even chose not to go to the mosque and pray together at home. Ki Sudarsana came regularly. Fareda began to be trained to fortify herself and communicate with the unseen world. Sometimes taken for a walk into their world. Starting from learning to recognize herself, who's the real her. Who are her enemies, who have been put into her body? She was also taught how to distinguish between the human world and the supernatural world, because the difference was flimsy. They often trick us into creating a world that is exactly the same as the human world.

There are many examples and stories of people who learn and then go crazy and can't go back. First, because they are not under control and guidance until finally, they cannot distinguish the human world from the other world which, in the end, strays and does not know the way to go home. Second, they may experience this phase, where they cannot distinguish between the human world and the supernatural world. Fareda had learned to disappear and could not return. That's because she is going through this phase. It is difficult to distinguish between the human world and the supernatural world. Luckily, at that time, Ardi—one of his seniors found her and took her back.

The first forty-one days had passed, and Fareda's condition was getting better. Doctors still visit once every two weeks for therapy. It turns out that almost the entire uterine wall is injured. Apparently, the snake implanted in the uterus has gnawed at the uterine wall. Luckily, Fareda managed to force the snake out, otherwise it might just continue to grow and attack other organs of the body. She is allowed to go to the mosque, is allowed to go to the office, but only for half a working day. However, they are not allowed to leave the city, especially going close to the Forbidden Forest. She was under the strict control of Wisanggeni, Adi and Ki Sudarsana.

Days passed, unbeknownst to Wisanggeni and Ki Sudarsana, Fareda also had a close relationship with Grace—Magdalena's sister. Grace is a Christian but has strong spiritual abilities. Grace secretly guides Fareda on her way. As well as therapy for the pain she was experiencing, and the results were extraordinary. Fareda has progressed rapidly. Gradually she began to trick a thousand souls.

She was determined to be better than all of them, she would get out of the tutelage of the Seven Shadow Forces and the Leader. She was also determined to free herself from the leader. Because of that, he is increasingly diligent in studying, fasting white(3) continuously. She did many tirakat(4) practices because, in order to free herself from the Leader, she first had to be able to control the Thousand Souls that had been implanted in her body.

The seven full moons of the Fareda are required to fast white. He can only open seven spoons of white rice without salt and a glass of water for sahur(5) and iftar. Her teacher said this was done to cleanse her heart and so she could understand who she really was. At the same time, she was continuously trained to keep visiting the two worlds. The human world and the supernatural world. Without any pause, the day after midnight, Fareda was taken for a walk to the villages to the beautiful cities and in the afternoon was brought back to the same place. “This is the place you visited last night.” The teacher's explanation at first made her shocked and confused. Because what at night is a village, it's a big city at daylight or what at night is a big city, by day it is a wilderness or sometimes just a cemetery. What makes her astonished is that the two worlds are almost the same or even the same. Here you are required to be observant and careful, otherwise you will not be able to return.

After the seven full moons were over, she began to be released on its own. This is where he began to be a handygirl, from one village to another. From one forest to another. From one city to another. From one cemetery to another. She began to conduct research on what distinguishes the two worlds of humans and the world of the supernatural. On his journey he gained a lot of knowledge, including Kidang Kencono and Seipi Angin.

While the thousand souls that had been put into her body and had been used as bodyguards when she was injured, slowly they began to return to their original position. Until the next seven full moons, they all nestled gracefully and comfortably in the body of Fareda.

Over time, along with their nesting in her body, the face and body of Fareda changed. Sometimes she is very beautiful and charming, sometimes she is pale like a living corpse, sometimes she looks like an old lady or even an old, ugly and hunchbacked grandmother. Sometimes it looks like a skeleton, sometimes it looks like a sundel bolong(6). Sometimes like a giant. Sometimes, suddenly, she can eat a lot. She can finish five kilograms of rice in one meal plus the side dishes. Her scent also changes according to her form.

From here, Fareda began to sway because one invites the west and the other invites the east. One invites south, the other invites north. In the name of justice, she tries to fulfill their every request. Besides that, she has not been able to control them. What she can do is just obey. Only inggih seniko dawuh, no longer exists. As long as they don't go too far, she still obeys them even though it sometimes endangers their lives, because in fact these orders come from the leader who is conveyed through one of the seven shadow troops.

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