Canticles

217. Gone

When everyone saw Shezi's hand shake, apparently when Shezi was facing directly with the spirit of Luna. Shezi was also shown the beginning of Luna's spirit trapped in the fabric.

Shezi held her breath seeing how Luna's father was torturing the girl. Shezi's tears flowed as if she felt the pain Luna felt. Shezi repeatedly shook her head while rubbing her wet face with those tears.

As if to understand if Shezi also felt his suffering, Luna's spirit turned towards Shezi. A moment later Luna's spirit floated closer to Shezi.

" I'm sick. Please help me escape from their pursuit. I was tired of running away from them. Can you help me...?" ask the spirit of Luna with a raucous voice.

" God willing," Shezi said in his heart while nodding to the request of Luna's spirit.

Seeing Shezi not want to talk to him made Luna's spirit disappointed. Luna's spirit prepares to move away but Rex holds her back. Rex signals that Luna's spirit will tell her who the figure in the coffin is always chasing her.

" Don't go yet. You can tell me who the figure inside the coffin is...?" ask Rex.

" He.., I also do not know who he is..," said the spirit of Luna while throwing her gaze in the other direction.

Rex knows that Luna's spirit is lying. But patiently Rex persuaded him. And unexpectedly, Shezi also persuaded the spirit of Luna to want to tell everything. And what amazed Rex was that Shezi did it by speaking inwardly according to his message.

" If you don't want to tell a story, how do we help you. Though I see You are frightened pursued by the army of the keranda bearer. I was scared too. You see how they can make me crash on the road. If I were you, I'd tell them not to chase anymore and I could go where I should be. You don't want to go quietly. Or are you waiting for something...?" shezi asked carefully.

Shezi's words made Luna's spirit stunned. A moment later Luna's spirit smiled. He approaches Rex and invites him away to pass the time and leaves Shezi.

Slowly Rex released his hand and as it happened Shezi opened his eyes. He turned to Rex and saw the man still sitting and closed his eyes. Somehow seeing Rex's condition like that made Shezi amazed.

Lilian approached Shezi and greeted him.

" You're Gapapa Zi...?" lillian asked half a whisper.

" Thank God I am Sister Lian..," Shezi said with a smile.

" Keep why Rex..," Lilian's speech was interrupted as Shezi cut quickly.

" Captain Rex was invited to go with Luna's spirit, I don't know where they are.", Shezi said.

" Gapapa Darling, that means Rex and Shezi have succeeded in persuading the spirit of Aunt Luna. Maybe now he's taking Rex away to show him who the keranda guys really are." Gama said.

" When it's that easy why Rex still needs Mom's help...?" ask Lanni suddenly.

" It's not an easy job, ma'am. Rex must have tried to snorek information from Luna but always failed. Maybe there is something in Shezi that makes Luna believe and want to follow his advice.", said Ramon mediate to make Lanni understand.

Meanwhile Rex is following Luna's spirit to a place. Rex shook his head as he looked at that difficult place to reach. The dark nighttime atmosphere made it harder for Rex to recognize his surroundings.

" Where are we going...?" ask Rex.

" To a place where you do something that makes no sense..," said the spirit of Luna.

" It doesn't make sense what...?" ask Rex curiously.

" Look over there.." said Luna while pointing somewhere.

" I don't know what they want. Now it's me, hiding there watching what you do." said Luna's spirit, pointing behind the bushes where she hid.

Rex nodded with a smile seeing how Luna had to endure the cold and ferocious attacks of forest mosquitoes just to follow her father.

" What was on your mind at the time...?" ask Rex.

" I'm not a bod*h woman, even though you always accuse me of that. So I know what you're doing. You are performing a perverse ritual to get rich quick. Well, it's a kind of naivety that is..," said the spirit of Luna riled.

" If you know why you don't go away from home. You know if doing pesugihan means there will be a collision...?" ask Rex.

" I know..," said Luna's spirit quickly.

" Why do you still survive and don't go far...?" ask Rex.

" Because I don't want Lanni or Ramon to be a tumbar. I know because you once mentioned their names. And it makes me unable to leave. I'm afraid you're hurting them..," said Luna's soul.

Luna's spirit touches Rex's heart. He was moved by Luna's affection for both parents to be willing to sacrifice himself in their place.

" Don't ask me why I'm willing to give myself up. Lanni and Ramon are good people. With them I feel valued, loved, needed like a human being. They will be the front man who will stand against all those who want to hurt me. I love them more than anything. They are like my own brothers. I don't want anyone to try to hurt them including my Father." said Luna's spirit with teary eyes.

" Mash Allah. Very noble of your heart. Thank you for helping to keep them out of danger. If you hadn't helped them, maybe Mom and Dad wouldn't have gotten married. And that means I won't be in this world.." joked Rex just wanted to melt the atmosphere.

Luna's spirit seemed to smile at Rex's joke. Then the spirit of Luna resumed her sentence.

" Watching Lanni and Ramon loving each other makes me realize that in this world there is genuine love. Because I've never seen love like they showed me including from my parents. I'm happy to see Lanni and Ramon happy. I don't want anyone to ruin their happiness. Because I have nothing to repay the kindness of Lanni and Ramon, so I just resigned when the Father made Me fall.

Rex was silent because he couldn't say anything. Up ahead Luna's father had apparently finished digging the old tomb. Luna's father was seen coming out of the grave biting something.

" good. This thing will make you rich. Take it wherever you go, then luck will always follow you" said the shaman with a laugh.

" Good Kek..," said Luna's father with a smile imagining wealth would come to her without her doing anything.

" Don't forget the collision you have to give up every Tuesday Kliwon..," said the shaman reminded but surprised Luna's father.

" Flame...?" ask Luna's father.

" yes. You think this is all free ?. There's a price you have to pay so that the creature in that thing will work optimally...!" said the shaman annoyed.

" But Grandpa never told you about the collision before," said Luna's father.

" I thought you knew that's why I didn't tell you. Remember don't forget the first mash should be a girl peraw*n..," said the shaman as he passed.

Luna's father looked silent. But a moment later a smile fell on his lips.

" I know who my first candidate for the collision is..," muttered Luna's father who was heard clearly by Luna, Rex and Luna's spirit.

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