CONFINEMENT

CH 66 - ENGAGEMENT PART X

"I have decided that Sariwati will marry Raden Mas Seto Nugroho son of Kanjeng Gusti Prince Haryo wibowo and Raden ayu Kumala Dewi from Tidar Country who has a clear background and bright future rather than the son of a poor widow whose origins are uncertain."

bendowo said as he pointed towards a young man flanked by the middle-aged man and woman dressed luxuriously at the end of the table. A young man named Seto with a smile puffed his chest when all eyes were on him.

Fiery Mr. Bendowo vented his wrath on Muhibbin and his family.

Hearing the words of Mr. Bendowo all flabbergasted and the atmosphere of the governor's residence stiffened. The view of the people in the room was fixed on Mr. Bendowo, not least Muhibbin who had been bowed, now the young man's face was raised with a sharp gaze towards Mr. Bendowo, who had been bowed,

"Enough sir! you can humiliate me and reject my good intentions with my family or match Sariwati with another man but never insult my mother with the words of the master that hurt our feelings." with a red face Muhibbin began to ignite his emotions when the mother was humbled in front of him. The words of Mr. Bendowo ignited his sense of courage,

"We are indeed incapable people but you should not demean my mother like that and the words of the master inversely do not reflect the height of the degrees or the status of the master."

"If you don't approve of my relationship with Sariwati, it doesn't matter."

"There are still many other women who are more worthy of me to fight without mortgaging my mother's honor!" said the young man back, out of nowhere came the courage that clearly Muhibbin did not accept the dignity of his family dai trampling and his mother humiliated.

All in unexpected contact, the young man who is known to his daily life is very innocent and quiet dare to refute one of the influential people in the Emerald kingdom is no exception Suratmi the mother.

The woman memorized how the nature of her youngest son and all this time never Muhibbin was harsh or harsh on others let alone older people.

"Le, keep your attitude! your late brother and mother never taught you to be rude to your parents."

"Maybe your soul mate is not Sariwati!"

"Forget that girl!"

"Let them treat us as they please, 'Gusti Allah boten saree' will all reap his karma."

"Including their treatment of us today." Suratmi squeezed the arm of Muhibbin's hand sitting next to her, there was a sense of indignation that she was holding. Suratmi's hoarse voice held back her cries and the woman said to her son,

"Better we go home, Bin!"

"Let's take Nengah, let's just go home."

"Light, come on!"

Suratmi rose from her seat on the papah by the Light leaving the guest room of the residence of Mr. Timoti. Muhibbin and Pak Nengah also moved from his seat,

"I am really disappointed with the treatment we received today, Mr. Governor." said Mr. Nengah turned his back, following Muhibbin and his family. Mr. Timoti was just stunned not expecting it to be like this, while Mr. Bendowo still arrogantly got up from his seat and said back, saying,

"Go and don't set foot in this place again!" screeched the middle-aged man.

"Bapi, stop!"

"Pope should be more gentle in rejecting their intentions." madam Warika raised her voice to witness her husband's excessive attitude.

"Papi's attitude is the same as embarrassing all of us as a distinguished family" the woman added.

"Mommy's disappointed with what papi did to them!" concluded.

Mrs Warika was shocked after the family of Muhibbin who came out of the residence of Mr. Timoti, the noble woman also expressed her regret over the attitude of the husband to Suratmi when in front of him,

"Pardon the attitude of my husband, mother and Mr. Jero."

"And you're good, I hope you find a woman who is more suitable for you." said Madam Warika after being in front of the people in front of her.

Suratmi just shook her head without a word coming from her lips when Nyoya Warika said to her. Muhibbin who saw the look of sadness on his mother's face said,

"Monggo mak, we leave this place." said the young man while holding his mother assisted by the older brother Cahaya on a horse carriage in front of him while Jero Mekel was in front with the coachman.

"Thank you very much for the mistress's family's treatment of us" Muhibbin concluded to Madam Warika before boarding the horse-drawn carriage and leaving the governor's residence.

The middle-aged woman was fixated on looking at the departure of the Muhibbin family with guilt over the incident.

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While in the guest room of the governor's residence, there was a debate between Bendowo and Sariwati. The girl who had just listened and watched everything that happened in the guest room from behind her room felt that the attitude shown by Mr. Bendowo to Muhibbin and his family was excessive.

With a feeling of disappointment, Sariwati continued to refute the reasons given by her papi and ignored the existence of the Haryo master and his family who were still in the room.

"I was disappointed with the attitude and treatment of Muhibbin papi especially to his mother."

"What's their fault that papi humiliated in such a way?" sariwati said to Mr. Bendowo.

The middle-aged man stared intently at Sariwati who suddenly appeared in the guest room, there was an aura of anger emanating from lord Bendowo.

"Who told you to get out of the room."

"And about the papi's decision you can't bargain."

"Shun that poor young man or I make him and his family suffer!" bendowo's murmur to Sariwati, the heir to Harsuto dynasty power, could not cover up his anger. Mr. Timoti who is nearby can not do much, however he is very familiar with the temperamental character of Bendowo and if he does not like something then anyone can not change his point of view.

"But are papi not thinking about their feelings?'

"Even if you don't like it, is it worth it to insult Muhibbin and his family like that?"

"Is there no other more honorable way of expressing rejection without hurting the feelings of others?"

"In any case, Muhibbin saved my life from the chaos caused by Setyanto papi's son-in-law who was bajinga*an." said Sariwati fiery.

"Because that poor young man said that poor and poor man, I can survive in a wasted condition where everyone won't listen to me when the curse and punishment I receive."

"What's their fault!" pekik Sariwati while sobbing.

"Here is Timoti's father who is the witness, how the despicable young man treated me well and willingly endangered his safety when the people of Manguntur considered me a practitioner of black magic and almost judged by them."

"Papi should be wiser and give credit to him for protecting me all this time, not even the insults he got from papi" concluded Sariwati.

Everything in the room was silent, including Mr. Timoti, in the mind of the governor justifying what his daughter said, however, the man knew very well what his daughter was going through and how the young man had helped Sariwati all this time, he disagreed with Mr. Bendowo's treatment of Muhibbin's entourage and Jero Mekel but what power on the one hand the man did not approve of the child's relationship with the young man and there was no courage for him to against the will of Mr. Bendowo.

"It should be that papi could hold back even more." suddenly madam Warika broke the silence of the room, saying, the middle-aged woman stepped in and sat down next to Mr. Bendowo who had previously come out chasing and apologized to Muhibbin's entourage.

"The young man is not wrong with our family, although we do not want him to be part of the Harsuto dynasty family, but we should not treat them as before" Ms. Warika told her husband. The woman's eyes were on the husband.

Mr. Bendowo was silent at what his wife said, the middle-aged man was sober and remembered what he had said to Muhibbin and his family, when he saw Muhibbin's face, his emotions rose and became aware of what Habsari had said a few days earlier when he and his wife had just arrived at the Beach Country.

The eldest daughter told that during this time Sariwati was used by Muhibbin and Habsari told Bendowo that the Muhibbin family who was in need only wanted to raise the status and degenerate of his family by jumping over the greatness of the name of the Harsuto dynasty by marrying Muhibbin and Sariwati.

Mr. Bendowo sighed, there was a sense of regret in his heart but because of his selfishness as a big man and the opposition expressed by Jero Mekel and Muhibbin to him, the man did not want his wife to collapse let alone the words of Jero Mekel and Muhibbin heard by Mr. Haryo and his family who had been in that place from the beginning regretted everything that happened.

"Oh, they should know themselves."

"And my decision no one can interfere."

"Sariwati will still marry Seto."

"Everything has to be done as soon as possible" Bendowo told those in the room.

Mr. Haryo and his wife smiled at Mr. Bendowo's decision, Seto was no less excited to hear what the successor of the Harsuto dynasty said, her eyes fixedly looked at Sariwati who was not far from where she was sitting with a triumphant smile.

Sariwati could not believe what her papa had just said, the girl sobbed in interjection, saying,

"But pi! I don't know and love Seto."

"My love is only for a Muhibbin."

"Until death I will belong to no one." Sariwati chanted to her papi.

Everyone in the room was surprised to hear the reaction of Sariwati, not least Mr. Bendowo. The man said in a high tone,

"As much as you accept it or not, papi's decision has been unanimous."

"You are now officially Seto's fiancee and in the next week the papi will marry you."

"And your father Timoti will prepare everything." concluded Mr. Bendowo.

"The fire is back to me,"

"This papi's decision is as unfair as it was when I exiled me ten years ago."

After saying, the girl ran into her room leaving the people in the room.