CONFINEMENT

CH 61 - ENGAGEMENT PART V

Even the night is getting older, the roosters unpretentious welcome the arrival of the dawn. Fresh air burst through the windows even outside the shadow of the trees killed by the thick of the night.

"Bin, Muhibbin!" exclaim Light woke up the younger brother who slept in the Dangin hall of the old Balian house.

"Why are you sleeping here?"

"Let's get up, it's early morning."

"Shame on the host when we are late awake" said Light to his sister. In the shaking of the body of muhibbin who lay half curled up.

"Hmmm"

"Mbak yu! is it morning, Ma'am Yu? Muhibbin blinked his eyes and occasionally squirmed and then got up from where he was lying.

"Yes, it's morning, let's get up! shame on the host."

"Why are you sleeping here?"

"Maybe I'm exhausted, Ma'am yu."

"So I talked to Mr. Balian here and after that I overslept." Muhibbin replied still half awake.

"Let's get to the shower!"

"Clean your body and pray at dawn." exclaimed the Light again.

Muhibbin hurried to leave his brother to the shower behind the old Balian house. No matter how long the young man came back again to the Light who was still sitting in the Dangin hall,

"Mbak Yu is praying?" the young man asked his brother and the girl nodded lightly.

"I'm going to wake up and pack up, because I see Mom's condition has improved."

"This morning so we go to Manguntur, Bin? ask the light to his sister.

"God willing so, Ma'am yu."

"I've been asking Mr. Balian about Mom's situation all night. He said, we can continue the journey because the condition of the mother has improved and later we say goodbye to him, Mbak yu." said Muhibbin, said, The light just nodded its head then passed leaving Muhibbin who was about to perform the dawn prayer in the hall.

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The light of the morning sun began to burst the leaves and the sounds of birds chirping with joy, today it looks very bright with a breeze of fresh morning wind inhaled into the lungs.

Seen Light and the Sacred Kingdom packed some of his remaining items while Suratmi sat on the outskirts of the bamboo bed,

"Where is your brother, Nduk? taya Suratmi on Light. The old woman got up and her hand picked up the rag next to her to fold.

"Ibbin is still meeting Mr. Balian, Mak."

"I told him to say goodbye to him." replied the Light.

But suddenly the bedroom door was knocked from the outside and was seen starting to be pushed open. Setyowati's sweet face poked out behind the door.

"Good morning, Mother Yu, Mother ! greet the sweet virgin to the Light and Suratmi.

"Good morning, Ni Mas." replied Light smiled at the girl in front of him while Suratmi and the Sacred Kingdom nodded their heads at the arrival of the old Balian granddaughter's girl.

"I told my grandfather to let you have breakfast" Setyowati told the people in front of him.

"I'm sorry, Nduk! if our presence makes you bother."

"Emak is actually ashamed of your kindness" Suratmi told Setyowati.

"Mother need not be hesitant, just a small, insignificant welcome, Mother." setyowati's smile was on its back to answer the words of the old woman in front of him.Tutur said the girl was smooth and polite describing the nobility of the virgin granddaughter Balian old.

"You're good people,"

"May Allah double your good darma." Suratmi said again, the old woman stroked Setyowati's shoulder affectionately.

Setyowati just smiled in response to what Suratmi did.

"Let's Mom, Ma'am Yu and Gek! we have breakfast first, Grandpa and Bli Muhibbin are waiting for us." she concluded.

They came out of the room to the portico of Dangin hall and were seen there old Balian and Muhibbin with food dishes arranged on a mat in front of him. Meanwhile, old Balian was giving a message to Muhibbin who was cross-legged in front of him while waiting for Setyowati and the Muhibbin family to have breakfast together.

"Sir Mas, I hope that after this you should always be vigilant because after all I have memorized the great family of the Garuda Gold dynasty. My advice, Nak Mas avoid contact with them and if possible stay away, do not let you look for trouble with the great family of king Harsuto."

"They are very cunning and cruel and can do anything to get what they want.

"I don't want the incident that befell my extended family to be experienced by Nak Mas anyway." old Balian told Muhibbin. The old man's eyes swept across Muhibbin's face in front of him and back he said,

"In the City of the Beach Country, I have a friend, you can meet him if things happen to you and your family."

"Show him this thing and tell him you're one of my family." old Balian said while handing over an object made of metal in the shape of a chakra with an arrow in the middle that he took from under his clothes.

"My friend's name is Resi Giri Waja, he is the founder of Griya Budha Manuaba."

"I cannot say anything more, sir, all I can say is an infinite number of thanks for all the kindness you have for us and our family." Muhibbin kissed the hand of the old Balian cross-legged in front of him. The old man stroked Muhibbin's unraveling shoulder-length hair and patted the young man's shoulder.

"May the Gods always protect you and your family, Nak Mas." exclaimed the old Balian again.

The conversation of the two men stopped when Setyowati and the Muhibbin family approached him. They also immediately enjoy breakfast prepared by Setyowati, on the sidelines sometimes interspersed with laughter and small chatter warm atmosphere.

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"Pasek, take Nak Mas Muhibbin to Manguntur, after that you go to Griya Budha Manuaba! meet Resi Giri Waja and deliver my letter to him." old Balian pinta on his Parek named Pasek. The man simply nodded his head and both of his palms were draped in front of his chest.

"Son Mas, this Pasek is one of my servants here, he will take you to Manguntur and for Nak Mas to know he is mute but not deaf."

"He understood and could hear what Nak Mas told him." old Balian told Muhibbin.

Muhibbin nodded his head hearing the old Balian's explanation. She says, too,

"Sorry sir, I hope my question does not offend you" Muhibbin told old Balian, the old man only smiled and raised his palm gesturing for Muhibbin to continue his words.

"Since yesterday we don't know the name of the master, we just call and know the master as the balian lord."

"May we know the name of the master before we go, for the kindness and help of the master is a debt of gratitude to us and our family." said Muhibbin carefully while cupping his palm in front of his chest.

The old Balian laughed at Muhibbin's question, his smile that seemed to hang among his charismatic old face.

"You don't have to feel indebted, Son Mas."

"Unacquainted then no dear" he said

"Alright Nak Mas, the people in this Gelumpang banjar do know me as the master of Balian but they usually also call me Ida Bagus Putra Narayana or known as Gus Aji Putra, while my granddaughter Setyowati is Ida Ayu Ketut Setyowati." he concluded to Muhibbin, while Setyowati who had been standing next to him just smiled wryly while his eyes fixedly looking at the young man before him.

Muhibbin nodded his head at the old Balian's reply and the man said again,

"Come Nak Mas, the day is starting at noon. If there is no obstacle, in the afternoon you will arrive in Manguntur." said Gus aji Putra or better known to Mr. Balian to Muhibbin in front of him.

Muhibbin kissed the hand of Gus aji Putra followed by the Light and Sacred Kingdom, while Suratmi only cupped her palm as a sign of separation to the old man and his granddaughter who were in front of him.

Pasek looked deftly prepared the carriage and the mute man helped Muhibbin lift his things into the carriage.

The horse-drawn carriage of Muhibbin and his family began to leave the Gelumbang banjar towards the Manguntur banjar. Bright days to deliver the trip, the Holy Kingdom occasionally asked about the area he passed to Muhibbin and the uncle painstakingly answered all the curiosity of his nephew.

***

Not feeling the time quickly passed, the sun also began to incline to the west indicating the sandikala will arrive. Pasek's horse-drawn carriage began to enter the border of Manguntur Banjar Batubulan village.

"She, Ma'am yu! we're almost at Manguntur. We should go directly to Ajik Nengah's house before we go to my place in An Nur surau." Muhibbin said to his mother and brother. Suratmi and Cahaya just nodded at Muhibbin's words, While the Holy Kingdom slept in Muhibbin's lap.

Muhibbin informed Pasek of the direction of his destination, who had been controlling the horse-drawn carriage, the mute man nodded his head to understand what Muhibbin had said to him.

The horse-drawn carriage stopped right in front of the armature of a house that was familiar to Muhibbin's eyes, and a girl was sweeping the courtyard of the house. The girl stopped her work and her gaze was fixed on the horse carriage that had just stopped in front of her house.

A shoulder-haired young man came down from the horse-drawn carriage carrying the sleeping little girl in his arms followed by a young girl and an old woman.

"Bli Ibbin!" yelling at the girl who was sweeping the courtyard of the house, she threw down the broom she was holding and ran over and hugged the man who had just gotten off the horse carriage.

"Bli Ibbin! is this really you, Bli?" exclaim the girl while releasing her embrace.

"How are you, Gek." replied Muhibbin full of smiles.Holy who had been sleeping in Muhibbin's arms was awakened by the cry of the girl who hugged his uncle. He came down from his uncle's sling and asked,

"Where are we, Mr Lik?" asked the little girl, all who saw the confusion of the Holy Kingdom laughed with the cute behavior of the little girl.

"We've arrived, Raya."

"This is Ms. Lik Sekar, Pak Lik's sister in this Beach Country" explained Muhibbin to his nephew's Sacred Kingdom. The ten-year-old little girl only nodded lightly as her eyes swept over everything in front of her.

:Strike, it's my mom and my sister."

"And this is Holy Kingdom, Bli's nephew" Muhibbin told Sekar Jempiring his adoptive sister.

"She, Ma'am yu! introduce this Sekar, daughter of ajik Nengah Wirata." added the man.

They were seen to introduce themselves to each other, Sekar invited the Muhibbin family into the house. While Muhibbin helped Pasek lower his luggage and stepped into the house following Sekar and his family.

"Silent, Sekar! where's ajik? muhibbin asked after they entered the house.

"Ajik was having a Paruman in the banjar hall from this afternoon, Bli"

"So soon he will come." said Sekar to his adoptive brother. The girl left Muhibbin and Pasek and took Suratmi, Light and Holy Kingdom to the dauh hall to rest.

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*Parek : Servant or aide

*Paruman: Meeting or meeting