KIREY: Early - Age Marriage

65. Indigenous

Sorry, it has been up to 64 episodes but the author has never explained the custom.🙏

Again, sorry, if you read from episode 3, the readers will know if this story is set in the eastern part of Indonesia.

The author could not name the tribe or the area where the incident took place, but because this story is taken from the story of a personal author so the author can only explain a little if in some rural areas of eastern Indonesia is still thick with customary law.

If someone is proven to make a mistake then it will be in law according to the customs of their respective regions. Punishment can be in the form of a fine of money, evicted from the village, or other consequences.

Customary leaders themselves are village leaders who usually serve as assessors of the situation or the legal system itself.

That is all that Author can say. The author can not explain many things because of the fear that there will be some parties who are offended.

Thanks though.

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The clock is at 3am in the morning. Some of them were gathered in front of the old building. The building has a characteristic Dutch building.

"This time he won't be able to get close to you anymore." Papa said while clasping kirey's hand tightly.

Mr. Tama came walking hurriedly towards Leon, pulling his son's hand away from the crowd.

"Have you said and remind no, stay away from kirey or you will get customary punishment. Look now you really embarrassed me by coming here." Whisper mr. tama slowly.

Leon who since from the house just kept quiet did not pay too much attention to the words of his father. Leon's eyes continued he focused on looking at the kirey in front of him who was talking to papa Ian.

"Sir tama." Call an old man who just came out of the old building. The grandfather was probably in his seventies, with his limp legs walking closer towards the people who were gathering."

"The Teacher." Greet all Lurah sir, Ian papa and Tama sir simultaneously.

"Tama, are you really that? is your child a victim or a perpetrator?"

The question of the Teacher Elder made everything silent that was there to be silent, let alone the old man, he lowered his face in shame.

"And look who this is? Brian, how are you doing, son?

"Good Elder." Papa Ian replied with a smile, "I think the elder may have forgotten me."

"Papa, when do we start? I'm so sleepy and it's gonna be morning." Sela Kirey quickly did not want the parents to have a long chat.

"Your son?" Ask the elder to papa Ian.

Papa just nodded. Kirey and Telix walked over towards the teacher Elder, shaking his hand.

The Teacher Elders chuckled, although it was a little late that they were finally allowed to enter the old building.

But soon the light returned. Apparently the girl replaced the nearly extinguished candle with a new one.

The parents were talking to the Teacher Elders, discussing about the location of the problem.

Kirey and Telix sat in the left corner of the house, while Leon was far away in the right corner. Telix sat in front of Kirey so that Kirey's small body was blocked by him, he did not want leon to look at Kirey freely. The man had been unceasingly staring at the two of them.

"He only came to his wife. There's no harm, no." Tama suddenly defended Leon.

The atmosphere turned tense. Kirey tried to walk closer to the table where the parents were gathered, but his hand was grabbed by the fast telix, his best friend shook his head as a sign not to go there.

"Who's whose wife is Mr. Tama? Ask Papa Ian's voice starts to harden.

"You can ask anyone, people would agree that Kirey is still Leon's wife both religiously and legally." Reply Mr. Tama no less rude.

"Oh now you're talking like this. Did you forget that you were also involved in their separation? It's not that you yourself have agreed to return my daughter to me, and don't forget about the last few days you just got married to my sister."

Mr. Tama's face was red, "My marriage has nothing to do with this matter."

"Obviously, your wife is now the Aunt of the woman you call daughter-in-law." Papa ian's voice was getting louder.

"Don't switch the conversation. I reiterate once again that Kirey is still Leon's wife both legally and religiously."

Papa Ian exhaled. This conversation sucks. Why should he have stubborn and shameless besan like Mr. Tama.

"Well, what do you want? are you willing to return Kirey to Leon and divorce your wife?" It was not papa Ian who asked, It was the voice of the Teacher Elder who from earlier was just silently listening to the quarrel of the two elders in front of him.

"I can't do that. What does Ani and I have to do with both of them? Kirey is still Leon's wife." Kekeh sir Tama remained in his stance, he was not even ashamed to say that in front of the Teacher Elder.

"It's okay this way." The Teacher Elder paused for a while, drinking a little from a cup of coffee that was almost cold because he had left it on the table for too long, because he was busy listening to the two people in front of him from earlier.

"It seems that you can talk that way because Leon has never directly nailed Kirey, right?"

Pak tama quietly did not answer, waiting for the continuation of the sentence that will be said by the Teacher Elder.

"Leon, Kirey, come son."

"After hearing, seeing and listening. It can be concluded that Kirey wants to part with Leon but Leon does not want to part. And Mr Tama supported every wrong action Leon had done to Kirey?" Said the Customary Elder in a serious tone.

Mr. Tama swallowed his saliva, suddenly he became nervous.

"Leon had a daughter with another woman, took her gift from Kirey, beat her and finally almost committed a breakup." The traditional elder raised his hand up in a sign that no one could cut his speech.

"Pak Lurah and nak Telix as witnesses. Leon, now Kirey's talaq in front of us all here. It was a punishment worth all your deeds, and so that your father could no longer speak carelessly."

The words of the Teacher Elder shocked everything that was there.