KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

Student Exam

It took Gentayu the next five days to fully recover. During that time, Anjani had been appointed an official disciple by the physician Suntari. The girl will learn the science of medicine from the old woman.

Meanwhile, Gentayu, the physician of Suntari or better known as Nyai Suntari has applied to the chairman of the Pinang Mas store in order to make Gentayu as a pupil of padepokan. Gentayu was indeed approved to become a student of the school, but like other prospective students, he also had to pass a trial period of two years.

In fact, there is an annual mechanism to accept core disciples, namely through selection through the battle exam. Unfortunately, the annual selection process just ended a month ago. Finally, Gentayu accepted becoming an outer disciple for two years.

During these two years, Gentayu's status was as an outer disciple. Because of this status, Gentayu and about fifty other prospective students had to work as servants for the core disciples.

Almost all of the supporting work of the staves was done by these outer disciples. Starting from collecting firewood, cooking, cleaning padepokan, to take care of livestock and gardens owned by the store.

As for Anjani, since it was directly taken by his disciple by Nyai Suntari, he did not need to pass any selection. In fact, Anjani became the only student of the best medicine experts. Nyai Suntari, indeed never had any more disciples since the last decades. His last disciple was from the Land Clan and currently had become an important figure to his clan.

Two days after being appointed as a student, Anjani was immediately involved in a mission with his teacher, Nyai Suntari. The mission was to heal the daughter of one of the royal princes of Sindur Kuntala named Princess Padma Sari.

When he was about to leave, Anjani remembered the figure of the lotus pond guard who forced him to swallow white poison. A terrifying poison that could create a chain explosion alongside the living creatures around it.

‘Do I have to tell this to teacher?’ anjani murmured in his worries.

As a student, he cannot keep anything secret from Nyai Suntari. If before Anjani silenced, it was more because Anjani felt hesitant to bother the person who had helped him.

Therefore, he felt he had not done anything to just repay the kindness of Nyai Suntari. That feeling was what made him keep the events in the lotus pond secret from Nyai Suntari.

But at the moment, the conditions are different.

Nyai Suntari is his teacher although only two days they officially become teachers and students. As disciples, there should be no secrets between them let alone relating to the safety of life. Finally, Anjani steadily intended to meet his teacher at the padepokan complex in the valley part of the mountain where the cave house he occupied with Gentayu was located.

Darting fast over the herbal plantation owned by the Medicine Hall padepokan, it did not take long before Anjani arrived in front of the padepokan gate. This is the second time he entered the complex of Pinang Emas. Two days earlier, his inauguration as a disciple of Nyai Suntari took place in the padepokan hall along with the outer disciples who were inaugurated as core disciples after two years of service.

Showing the official student badge, Anjani enters through the guardianship of the guards unhindered. Only the eyes of the guard warriors were difficult to escape looking at the beauty of Anjani's face and body. Even until the girl disappeared at the end of the road, at a turn.

“Is that Nyai Suntari's student who was told by the seniors yesterday?” ask the thick-bodied guard to his partner.

“Iya right! That was him. I was present at the inauguration and indeed it was the same person!” answer his partner with certainty.

Apparently, the news Nyai Suntari raised students after decades managed to seize the attention of all residents of the village. Not only because Nyai Suntari is famous for being very strict in choosing prospective students, but also because the news that Nyai Suntari's students are very beautiful with martial skills that cannot be underestimated.

Whispers and even teasing speech from male disciples was not at all touched. The scorn and envious gazes of the female disciples were also ignored.

Anjani focused on walking towards a large enough building that released a medicinal fragrance filled the surrounding environment. Nameplang engraved with kawi letters inscribed with “Balai Medat” indicates the identity of the building.

A woman looks to be in her forties. The woman in a green uniform with the triple emblem smiled faintly, then looked at Anjani sharply.

“This is a limited area. Only students level three and above are allowed to enter.” He said with a fluffy smile, but his eyes remained sharp.

“I'm sorry, senior. There are important things I should talk about with my teacher, Nyai Suntari.” Anjani said calmly.

The face of the woman in front of him immediately changed when Anjani mentioned the name Nyai Suntari. Seen a displeased look in his eyes was fixed on Anjani, but it seemed that the woman did not have the guts to make trouble for Nyai Suntari's disciple.

The woman took two steps back, giving Anjani space to step past her. Wordless. However, when Anjani intends to pass by, the woman hurriedly prevents.

“Let me deliver your arrival to Nyai Suntari. You can wait for him here.”The woman immediately turned towards the inside of the medicine hall building without waiting for a reaction from Anjani. Anjani himself chose to obey and waited where he stood at this time.

Shortly after, the figure of the woman had come out back from the building of the medicine hall with Nyai Suntari.

Anjani immediately approached her teacher, bowed respectfully and kissed her hand.

“I'm sorry teacher, for interrupting teacher's working time.”Anjani felt guilty seeing the old woman come out in her work clothes. A layered clothing that smelled a thick smell of medicine and traces of medicinal liquid here and there.

“Can't you wait for me to return to the cave house in a week to catch up with me today? What's the matter exactly?” Nyai Suntari immediately took Anjani to a large banyan tree with a bamboo hall under it.

Nyai Suntari immediately sat in the bamboo hall, and asked Anjani to sit next to him. Adjoining.

“Thanks, grandma.” Anjani again called Nyai Suntari by calling ‘nek’ instead of teacher. It was a request from Nyai Suntari himself. When it was just the two of them, then Anjani was forbidden to call him by another name.

“A week away, should we leave for the palace of Sindur Kuntala ‘khan nek?” Anjani begins his point by asking. Ensure that their planned departure will not be cancelled or postponed.

“Iya.. why? Does anything make you unable to come with grandma?”Nyai Suntari can immediately guess the direction of Anjani's conversation.