Gondo Flower

Chapter 25: The city next door

Sumi staggered into the courtyard of someone's house, she sat on the terrace while regulating her breathing.

"Mbah.mbah met, niki sumi mbah." Say Sumi while knocking on the door.

Long Sumi waited but never got an answer, he again sat on the floor Sembari release his fatigue. Sumi wondered why the slamet mbah was not at home when she usually always knew when the Sumi would come.

At that time when the Sumi was unwinding her fatigue, she saw something suspicious not far from where she was sitting. Near the support pole Sumi saw something that was standing staring intently at the suni, sumi was a little surprised even though he had often seen delicate creatures but Sumi was still shocked when the creature appeared suddenly.

Why the creature appeared during the day, Sumi made sure Back his vision, he was not wrong it was not human, what the creature wanted from him.

When Sumi was focusing on the creature suddenly someone surprised her by deliberately touching the shoulders of the Sumi, Sumi was very surprised to be unable to speak.

"Ngopo nduk neng njobo, ayok mlebet!"(Why are you outside, come on in!) Bring the old man.

Sumi who was still surprised could only obey and follow the old man, he checked the place where the creature was, but the creature had now disappeared, there was nothing else there. Although Sumi is still surprised he prefers to hide because there are more urgent things than discussing the nosy creatures earlier.

Sumi entered the house of Mbah Slamet, she was welcome to sit in a bamboo chair that was a little old. Sumi was careful so that the chair did not collapse when she occupied it later.

"This is the stuff Mbah, take care of Rina." Spontaneous sumi speech, he immediately gave the red packet to Mbah Slamet.

"So, this is yes." Reply to the Slamet altar while taking items given by Sumi.

Mbah slamet watching the strange earth, indeed from earlier the suni looked not calm as if he was thinking about something.

"Nwildew? Enek zinc arep in ceritane neng Mbah?" (Why son? Anything to tell Mbah?) ask Mbah Slamet while putting the box on his lap.

"Mboten Mbah." replied Sumi Sembari smiling.

"Mbah weroh seng mbok delok want, no popo nduk may fad wae." (Mbah loam that you saw earlier, gapapa nak just a fad that earlier.) said mbah Slamet trying to calm sumi.

Mbah slamet stared at the flat sumi, he did not know what to answer the question sumi, he himself did not know when surely all this would end. Mbah slamet took a deep breath and then stood carrying the box into his room, Sumi could only stare lethargic because he did not get the answer he wanted.

Sumi then followed Mbah Slamet into the room, in the room there are many antique objects that look very old. Mbah Slamet then opened the box that he was carrying earlier, Sumi could not see clearly the contents of the box, which was clearly Sumi saw the Slamet Mbah like being in an inner war with something that was out of the question.

A few minutes later Mbah Slamet closed the box again, he turned his body facing the Sumi. Mbah Slamet gave a box of sajen to Sumi, he did not understand the meaning of the Slamet mbah.

"Gowo neng wit ringin nduk, understand it nggon e." (Take it to the banyan tree son, know where it is.) Mbah Slamet.

Sumi who heard the slamet mbah speech only concluded that not what is meant by the Slamet mbah is a banyan tree behind the kostan owned by Wijaya, where previously his zainal and his friends lived.

Sumi nodded in understanding then left to complete her task, Mbah Slamet followed her from behind and delivered her to the porch of the house. Mbah Slamet saw a creature who followed the Sumi away, the gaze of Slamet was bitter, although he had done this many times but he knew at any time the situation would be completely destroyed.

Sumi walked through the neighborhood plantation, she walked slowly because she did not want to drop the contents of the sajen. Actually, this is the first time that Sumi delivers sajen directly because usually the Slamet mbah itself is the one who does it, but now the sumi who was given the task signifies that the Slamet mbah is no longer strong. He was very old, just waiting for the time until God asked for his life.

Sumi arrived behind the boarding house, she saw a towering banyan tree, air roots hanging on its sturdy branch. Sumi approached the banyan tree, the smell of mud was very pungent around there. Sumi saw some sajen that had rotted under the banyan tree, he then put the sajen he carried just under the banyan tree whose soil was a little dry.

After finishing the sumi immediately turned around to leave the banyan tree, but the sumi felt a little uncomfortable because it felt being followed, he looked back towards the banyan tree, and then looked back at the banyan tree, then there behind the big tree he saw a figure he had seen in the house of mbah slamet.

This time the creature showed its shattered face, the creature grinned at the frightened sumi, the sumi shuddered in horror as it stared at the formless face of the creature, the creature, he immediately ran away from the place before something happened that did not happen.

Sumi was actually curious why the creature showed its form to the Sumi, whether there was something that the sumi missed, or maybe the creature was a forest dweller who accidentally followed the sumi because he was interested in the box of the Sumi. Sumi is not good at guessing hell, she does not want to get in trouble again, Sumi immediately speed up her steps hoping that the creature will not follow her again.

Sumi arrived back in the courtyard of the slamet mbah house, she hurried inside because she was still afraid, the absurd thing was why the Sumi was so afraid of the creature, even though when in the forest Sumi has been visited many fine creatures and the like, then what is different from the creature whose face is destroyed. The more thought the more unreasonable, but again Sumi did not want to take a headache, he immediately went inside to where the slamet mbah was, he told mbah Slamet that he had completed his task.

Mbah Slamet was opening a shabby book whose contents did not understand because his writing was so foreign, he waited at the door of the room until Mbah Slamet finished his activities. A few minutes later, when Slamet finished examining the book, Slamet asked Sumi to immediately return to the Wijaya family residence because he felt something had happened to Mbah rina. Sumi did not think much and immediately asked for permission to return home, mbah Slamet allowed and then gave a package for the protection of the Sumi during the trip later.