CARA

Chaos in the morning

Anjani turned her head in shock, as did Rara and the female maid there when she heard an angry cry from inside the main house.

"What is that, Ma'am?" ask Anjani worried.

"Didn't know," Rara replied again, then pulled Anjani's hand immediately into the main house, the source of the commotion on that sunny morning.

When entering the main house, Anjani immediately found a crowd of courtiers in his house who peeked from the wall, curious about what happened. Anjani accidentally dated with her second brother - Kangmas Arya.

"Kangmas.." call Anjani. "That's why?"

"Kangmas just woke up, Ni," Arya replied.

Anjani widens his eyes in shock when he sees Rama slapping Kangmas Surya strong enough to make the man stagger and fall on the cold duchy floor. Although it is middle-aged, but the power of Rama does not need to be doubted. Rama and Kangmas Surya quarrel in the front room which is usually used to welcome guests. Rama looked so angry. Her cheeks are red. His breathing is irregular. His hands were shaking violently.

"It's crazy, you, Surya!" rama said as he stretched his tense neck.

Anjani widened her eyes in shock. He knew exactly the cause of the quarrel that morning. His hands were cold sweat and his body was trembling.

"Surya and Anjani love each other, Rama! If it is necessary, Surya will elope with Anjani," cried Surya bravely, made Rama bow, then presented a raw bogeman on his son's face.

Everyone there, immediately turned their gazes at Anjani with their shocked faces, especially Rara. Anjani himself stared at Rara and Kangmas Arya, shaking his head, trying to deny the fact.

"Grass!"

Mother suddenly came and broke through the crowd there. Mother ran, trying to break up the quarrel between her husband and her favorite child. Hugged Surya tightly, making Rama immediately undo his intention to give bogeman again.

"Your son is crazy, Lasmi!" rama was full of anger. "He wants to marry his brother!"

Mother also looked shocked in her place, when she heard that fact from Rama. Mother lowered her head, looking at Surya who was holding blood out of her nose with her own hands. Surya seemed to be unyielding to marry Anjani. The man even stood from where he fell, facing Rama with his haughty face.

"Is it that hard to find a woman out there, Surya, until you want to marry your own sister?!" rama said again, pointing to Anjani who was hiding behind the body of Mas Arya.

"Anjani was never Surya's younger brother, Rama. From the beginning, Anjani was also not the official child of this family. He was born from the womb of the courtier. It is appropriate that Surya marry Anjani," explained Surya again with his firm and unyielding gaze.

Kangmas Surya has gone mad, Anjani wrote in his heart. Love should be borne alone, do not bring others into it

Just now Rama wanted to play another hand, Mother had already broken both of them and held Rama's hand. "Already, Kangmas!" mom snapped while shedding tears.

"You know not the consequences of marrying your own brother, Surya?" rama threatened.

"Know, Rama," answered Surya steadily.

"Anjani will only be your mistress. The child that Anjani conceived later was no more status than an illegitimate child," muttered Rama again with a deliberately hardened voice, so that Anjani could hear it clearly."

"I'm menge-"

"Steret Anjani here," cut Rama firmly.

Anjani widened her eyes in panic, then inched closer behind the back of Kangmas Arya. Kangmas Arya was also defensive by protecting her sister, so as not to be dragged into the arena of battle.

"Yu Marsinah! Drag Anjani here," exclaimed Rama again with his tone that rose a octave.

"Anjani doesn't want to" Anjani whispered to Kangmas Arya as she squeezed the man's white shirt. Hearing his only sister was scared to death, Kangmas Arya instantly intercepted everyone who was trying to take his sister. He brought Anjani to the back of his body with his face as hard as a rock to defend his sister.

Unfortunately, Arya was of course outnumbered, because the dukedom courtiers were much more than him. They tried hard to break Anjani from Arya, because Arya was very defensive.

"Hit Arya! Drag him into the room, "pinta Rama again, as if to understand if Arya is trying to hold her sister. So, a courtier directly hit Arya's stomach with no hesitation and Yu Marsinah dragged her Ndoro Ajeng with tears. Yu Marsinah was very sad to see her Ndoro Ajeng treated like that. Yu Marsinah who raised Anjani since childhood. Seeing Anjani being dragged and tried, she felt like she was seeing her son being tortured.

Anjani immediately knelt down in front of Rama with his trembling body. So panicked, he couldn't cry. Surya also knelt next to Anjani, then took the girl into his arms.

"You want to be your brother's own mistress, Ni?" asked Rama blatantly.

At this moment, why didn't God just take his life?! Anjani is ready to be born and inner. He himself was confused to answer how. If he says yes, it means he is lying to himself. Anjani never wanted to be a mistress, not even a londo.

"Anjanin..." Anjani looked at Kangmas Surya who looked very confident, then looked at Rama. "... not sure."

"You heard it all right, Surya!" rama snapped again while pointing his index finger hard at Surya.

"Anjani. ndak never said," Anjani replied again, looking at Kangmas Surya with a serious look and glazed over.

"This is the reason why you can't spoil your son, Lasmi," jolted Rama again to his wife, making Mother bow her head deeply and cry.

"Anjani," said Kangmas Surya again with a great trembling tone, because he wanted to cry. "... Don't be like this."

"Rama will soon find you a partner, Ni," said Rama again, making Anjani look shocked with a face he did not receive. "Therefore, Rara's marriage will be advanced."

On the other hand, Rara who had just heard that immediately raised her head in shock. Anjani turned towards her older sister who looked very shocked and started crying. Her sister seemed devastated to hear the news, let alone her marriage being brought forward, just because of Anjani's troubles. Seeing that, Anjanj immediately inched closer to Rama's feet and hugged him tightly, while crying uncontrollably there.

"Rama, don't involve Mbak Rara," asked Anjani again while prostrating at Rama's feet with a great cry.

"At least in this way, you understand the consequences of your actions" said Rama again, jolting Anjani from his feet violently and walking away from them.

"Ni.." call Surya again in despair.

"Stop, Kangmas," Anjani's great-granddaughter again with a fierce shaking body held back the anger.

"Miss..." Surya tried to grab Anjani, getting into her arms.

"Anjani said stop Kangmas!" yelled Anjani full of anger, until his voice echoed in the spacious main house, making Surya, Lasmi, Rara, and other courtiers surprised to hear it. It was very inappropriate, a respectable woman took out her tantrum of this magnitude and snapped at the man who was a head of the family. However, Anjani is already too angry to obey ethics again.

Suddenly, a loud slap landed on his cheek. Because of the loudness of the slap, Anjani fell and fell to the floor. Seeing that, the worried and pitying Sister Rara immediately walked up to Anjani.

"Stop there," Pinta Lasmi sharply pointed at Rara. "Go to the room."

Yes, it was Lasmi who slapped him so hard and Surya could only stare at all those events, without defending Anjani. Anjani turned to look at her brother with watery eyes and smiled thinly, trying to calm Rara who looked so worried.

"Come, Rara!" snapped her mother again, making Rara unwillingly obey, but with a feeling of extreme uneasiness.

After Rara obeyed her words, Lasmi turned to Anjani. Anjani looked at her stepmother with an angry and teary look. Staring directly into the eyes of the elder is something that is considered very rude, because it is tantamount to challenging. Lasmi's anger increased sharply, seeing the lack of teaching the child did not know himself. However, Lasmi realized some courtiers were still peering from behind the walls and windows.

Therefore, Lasmi pulls Anjani's hand side by side haphazardly and drags the girl into her own room. Anjani is dragged inhumanely, as if he is just a sack of rice, however, Lasmi does not care. Lasmi throws Anjani rudely in the girl's room and locks the door. Anjani looked at Lasmi with a worried look while inching backwards.

"Women are half noble yes gini," Lasmi said again with a sharp tone. "Falcoer."

Lasmi grabs Anjani's kebaya and pulls the girl towards him. "You're just like your mother. Just know how to straddle in front of men," continued Lasmi, making Anjani's heart grimace.

"Anjani didn't do that," Anjani replied boldly with her trembling tone.

"Anjani couldn't have done that, ma'am. Anjani is terrorizing" Anjani repeated again, trying to defend herself. It gave him a hard slap.

"Listen, Ni" Lasmi said again. "Men are like cats. Cats will not come if they are not given salted fish. No cat rejects salted fish, not even rotten ones."

Anjani just fell silent, got all those sharp words. He lay on the floor of his cold room with tears streaming down. Seeing that Anjani did not seem to challenge him anymore, Lasmi stood up with an overwhelming feeling of satisfaction.

"Mom will soon find you a partner. No need to be honorable, the important thing is that you quickly leave this duchy," muttered Lasmi again, then came out of Anjani's room.

All that day, Anjani did not come out of her room. No one dared to visit him either, not even Mbak Rara or Yu Marsinah, because Lasmi forbade him. Anjani was also not given lunch or dinner. And so, Anjani spent his day on the cold duchy floor, fantasizing that if he were born as a man, maybe everything would not be this complicated.

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Important note!

In the Dutch colonial era, the priyayi, especially the duke, must have at least one legal wife who came from the noble class, can also be combined - it is up to the husband. Maid who is pregnant with the regent's child, is not considered a wife - but it seems to be a second wife who will be called Mas Ayu (as in the film Kartini). The children of this maid, when she grew up, had to call her stepmother 'Mother', because she was the legal wife. And called his birth mother with the call 'Yu' - a call to the duchy's aide.

Source: Film of Kartini

This is just my knowledge and interpretation, if there is any mistake, please correct it. Just comment, okay?

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