CONFINEMENT

CH 68 - DUSK IN THE SKY OF PART II

It did not feel Muhibbin and Jero Balian Kanta were in front of the residence of Mr. Nengah Wirata, the two people were seen rushing into the house, with clothes that are still wet Jero Balian Kanta escorted Muhibbin to the room room hall Dauh.

"How's Mom doing, Ma'am Yu?" the young man asked the brother.

The eyes of Light that were puffy from crying stared at the arrival of her sister, with a soft voice the girl said,

"Mom's body is getting hotter, Bin."

"The breathing is getting more and more disordered." Inching light gave space for Jero Balian Kanta to check on his mother.

With a serious face, Balian Kanta touched the forehead of suratmi's mother and saw the old man examining the old woman's pupils. He removed a few small needles from the toolbox and the old man asked for a Dimar on Light to heat up some of the needles he was going to use.

Light assisted Sekar prepared Dimar and handed him to Jero Balian Kanta, deftly the old man began the stages of his treatment. The little needles in his hand began to heat over the burning fire of the Dimar axis carried by the Light, before long Jero Balian Kanta started to stick small needles into several points in Suratmi's body, the old woman began to react after several needles stuck in her body. Groans softly rang out from his lips and Balian began to prepare some of the herbs he had been carrying, in the collision of several medicinal ingredients and in the form of small circles and placed on the clay tablets in his hands.

"How's Jero?"

"What makes Suratmi like this?" pak Nengah's eyes were fixed on Jero Balian Kanta who was in front of him. While others were eagerly listening to what Jero Balian Kanta was about to say, before saying the old man sighed deeply,

"Your mother got a tick, Good boy."

"I saw black marks on his chest and this poison was so delicate that it was not immediately apparent to his reaction."

"This condition is also aggravated by your mother's psychiatric condition, I think that ma Suratmi is too heavy to think so that her immune system is getting weaker and the poison is starting to spread again."

Everyone in the room was stunned to hear Jero Balian Kanta's explanation.

"Second, did you say Jero?" said Mr. Nengah surprised by a voice that sounded heavy.

"Metul, Jero Mekel."

"This poison is very unique, without symptoms but the way it works little by little attacks the vital organs of Suratmi, especially her heart" Balian Kanta said to Mr. Nengah.

"But how can you get poison, Jero Balian?" muhibbin's voice shook and anxiety appeared on his face.

"Did Suratmi's mother have a collision? there was a small scar on his chest that I suspected of causing a small, poisonous object because it was blackening and smelling pungent." Balian Kanta looked at the young man in front of him.

"I don't know, Jero."

"All I knew before our departure to this Coast Country, my mother was already sick."

"And we were helped by a kind man before we arrived in Manguntur."

"Maybe my brother can explain it." said Muhibbin

"We were attacked by a group of people and my mother was beaten by the attacker until she was sick before we left for this country" explained Light on Balian Kanta, who was not involved in the attack, the girl was seen crying hearing what she heard from Jero Balian Kanta.

"I saw the spread of the poison was contained and slowed down to attack the vital organs."

"Has your mother been on medication, Good boy?" back Balian Kanta asked Muhibbin.

"During the village, my mother only consumed herbs made by my teacher, Jero."

"But I remember, is it possible that the slow reaction of the poison was due to the old Balian treatment of the Gelumpang banjar that helped us while heading to Manguntur at that time?" said Muhibbin, Balian Kanta looks surprised to hear the name of Banjar Gelumpang.

"What! Old fellow from Banjar Gelumpang you said, Good boy?" jero Balian Kanta was shocked to hear Muhibbin's reply. The young man only nodded his head answering a question back from Jero Balian.

"Is his name Ida Bagus Putra Narayana?" jero Balian Kanta asked the young man.

"Rubber, Jero."

"Jero knows him? muhibbin asked Jero Kanta.

"It is only fitting that the poison can be resisted by its spread."

"He's my older brother, Nak Bagus."

"He was a good-natured Balian and his knowledge was extensive."

"You're very lucky to meet him and your mother's illness is handled by Gus Aji Putra."

"Had it been too late, the spread of the poison would have attacked your mother's vital organs and her life might have been hard to help" said Jero Kanta.

"Then what kind of tick is that, Jero?"

"Can it be healed?" now Mr. Nengah raised his voice.

"With the current condition of Suratmi's mother, it feels heavy Jero."

"This poison is a mixture of Warang ingredients, Upas sea snakes and slime feathers ****."

"This second is commonly used by Darmayudha special forces in certain missions." Jero Balian Kanta explained what Suratmi experienced to the people in front of her.

"Most importantly the psychiatric condition of Suratmi is stable, the, do not let him think too heavy because all that will make his endurance decreased and the drugs given by Gus aji Putra and my medicine will not be able to prevent its spread."

"The key is in the stability of the soul of Suratmi's own mother."

"For the time being, both the medicine from me and Gus Aji Putra can only reduce the spread of the poison and only the people from the Darmayudha special forces have the antidote" Kanta said.

"Darmayudha?"

"There's something special forces do with you and your family, Gus"

"Until your mother experiences this." now Mr. Nengah asked Muhibbin.

"Come, Jik."

"However I suspect a certain party is causing all this.'

"Later I will tell the full story of ajik, what I know from Gus Aji Putra" Muhibbin replied to his adoptive father, the young man was visibly upset by what he and his family have been going through lately.

Mr. Nengah mangosteen heard Muhibbin's reply, the middle-aged man said back, saying,

"Jero Kanta, then what should we do for the development of the condition of the next bu Suratmi?" added mr. Nengah.

"Bu Suratmi can't be too tired and think too hard, Jero."

"If that happens, I can't guarantee that the poison won't spread to all his vital organs."

"I will try to find the antidote" concluded Jero Kanta.

The old man got up from his seat and before leaving the room, Jero Kanta said again,

"In two days I will return and see the development of Suratmi's mother." said the old man then left the room followed by Mr. Nengah behind him.

While Muhibbin was still in the room with his brother, Sekar and Raya Suci accompanied the lying Suratmi maam, the old woman's breathing began to be regular and her body heat gradually decreased.

"Mbak Yu, I will take Jero Balian Kanta home and I will stop by the surau after taking Jero Kanta, Muhibbin told his brother. The girl just nodded her head while lifting the cloth on the forehead of Suratmi and wet it again with water in the basin.

Muhibbin stepped out towards the Dangin hall where Pak Nengah and Jero Balian Kanta were waiting for him.

"Gus, come here and sit down." said Mr. Nengah when he saw Muhibbin out of the Dauh hall.

The young man sat in front of Mr. Nengah and Jero Kanta.

"So you said that you suspected that there were parties who deliberately did this to you and your family."

"Can you explain to us what you know." now Mr. Nengah and Jero Kanta are waiting for Muhibbin's answer.

"I suspect Garuda Emas is behind all this, Jik."

"When the attack on my family while in the Stone Snake Country, my teacher had injured one of the attackers and had to tear the logo on the clothes of the attacker" Muhibbin explained to Mr. Nengah, the young man is seen pulling out a torn cloth from inside his still wet clothes.

A logo of the head of the garuda with knitted red thread was handed to Mr. Nengah, the middle-aged man closely watched the torn cloth then handed it to Jero Balian Kanta.

"Jero Kanta, do you know what this logo is?" ask Mr. Nengah to Jero Kanta.

The old man also observed the tear of the cloth handed by Mr. Nengah to him.

"I don't know, Jero Mekel."

"But clearly, this logo is a symbol of a group or a symbol of the dynasty" exclaimed Jero Kanta on Mr. Nengah.

"That's the logo of the Darmayudha special forces under the control of the Garuda Gold dynasty, Jik." Muhibbin's answer surprised Pak Nengah and Jero Kanta.

"Where do you know, Gus?" a look of shock filled eyes emanated from Mr. Nengah's face.

"Gus Aji Narayana's son told me, Jik."

"So I'm sure all this is the work of the Harsuto dynasty or better known Garuda Gold dynasty" concluded the young man.

Jero Kanta looks mangosteen hearing the young man's answer before him.

"I understand now."

"That's right my guess, the ticks that gnawed at your mother's body were caused by people attacking your family in your country."

"And Gus Aji Putra knew all, for he was one of the former leaders of the special forces of Darmayudha when king Harsuto came to power."

"However, what do they want from you and your family, Good Boy?" jero Kanta is back.

"Here, Jero." Muhibbin was again seen taking something out from behind his shirt. Hand over a stone-edged ring with a brownish color to Jero Kanta.

"That's the Ring of Solomon our family's legacy."

"According to Mbak yu Cahaya, the attackers wanted the ring for them."

"But my mother and sister didn't hand it over so one of the attackers knocked my mother unconscious and it's possible that the thing the assailant was wearing contained the poison that is now attacking my mother." muhibbin told the two old men in front of him.

Both Jero Kanta and Mr. Nengah observed the clinging ring belonging to the Muhibbin family. There was an aura of dignity and saturation emanating from that thing.

"The problem isn't as simple as I imagined."

"You must be careful after this, Gus." pak Nengah handed the ring to Muhibbin's hand back, the young man kept it under his shirt.

"Gus Aji Putra advised me, if something happened caused by the Garuda Gold dynasty family, he told me to ask for help from Resi Giri Waja" said Muhibbin.

"I know His Residence, Resi Giri Waja is Pelingsir Griya Manuaba who is also in Galuh Banjar."

"If you want Nangkil to go there, I will take you." Balian Kanta exclaimed to Muhibbin.

The young man nodded his head and cupped his hands together at Jero Balian.

"Before I give thanks to you Jero Balian, who has helped treat my mother and is willing to take me to the residence of Father Resi." Muhibbin's eyes look teary.

"You don't have to worry, good boy."

"I'll help you, you're Jero Perbekel's adopted son and my older brother Gus aji Putra also considers you part of his family, so you're my family too." Balian Kanta is seen rubbing Muhibbin's back in front of him.

"Ajik will also stand by your side, Gus."

"If we unite, any amount of obstacles in front of us will be able to overcome." exclaimed Mr. Nengah at his adopted son.

"Now take Jero Kanta home."

"You don't have to worry about everything that happens to you today, consider it a process for maturation for yourself" concluded Mr. Nengah.

"I ask permission after delivering Jero Balian will stop in surau, Jik."

"I want to calm down for a moment, maybe tomorrow morning I will return" Muhibbin exclaimed to his adoptive father.

"Go, be careful on the road."

"Let your mother take care of your brother Yu Ma'am and Sekar." pak Nengah fondly stroked Muhibbin's head.

The rain began to subside, Jero Balian Kanta said goodbye to Pak Nengah and was escorted by Muhibbin to Galuh banjar.

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*Dimar: a light whose wick is made of a cotton swab soaked on a blister filled with coconut oil.

*Nangkil: visiting, sowan

*Cetic: poison

*Warang: a kind of arsenic material to remove the pump of a keris

*Suit: can, poison

*Pelingsir: elder or the harvest