
"It looks like I have to go back now to the cake, thanks for accepting me here".My pampholes are on him
"Hurry home soon, son of ardi? wait a minute, outside it still rained must be a very slippery road"
I shook my head while smiling "It's okay cake, I have to go home now! kasian bu mayang and his son must have been waiting for me since"
"Let's sir come home now, aren't you afraid? the longer I want to go home it could endanger him".sahut nek Ijah approached us in the living room
"Hazardous?".tanyaku to nek ijah
"Yes nak ardi, the more late the forest will be darker in addition to the rain falling very fast".
"So it's good to go home now before the Maghrib arrives!".
"Alright cake, grandma! ardi pamit first yes, pray ardi to be safe until the destination".my camit while greeting them alternately,
then step outside the house
I stood long enough in the doorway before I really left, while looking at the rain that had not subsided even more intensely.
"What's the matter with ardi?".Call me nek ijah to come over to me, maybe he's confused because he saw me who had just been silent at the door.
"Ehh grandma! it's okay I just feel hesitant to leave now, the color of the rain is falling increasingly heavy"
"And again the hole in the road will be filled with water, which makes me unable to distinguish which hole and which road is smooth".
"Then how? will nak ardi stay at our house until tomorrow morning?
"Well, don't worry about nicotine, I'll go now! until my greetings to Mala"
"I'll be back here tomorrow with my mother and her two children, I hope you will welcome and accept us sincerely"
"Of course, son of ardi, come again tomorrow we will wait for your arrival".sahut the grandfather with a happy smile
"Let's cake,nek assalamualaikum"
"Waalaikumsalam, be careful son ardi".yells the grandmother who is still faithful standing in the doorway until I leave
"Tiin"
I only replied with a horn, not to be disrespectful! It is also free for me to answer with words, my voice will not be heard because of the sound of heavy rain.
Slowly I stepped on the gas pedal because the road was very slippery, repeatedly the car tire fell into the hole even though I was careful
At every turn I always honked, when I knew that there could be no vehicles passing around the forest.But I did not want to take it lightly no matter how I had to ring it, as a sign or permissive speech to the invisible creatures that inhabit this wilderness.
I continued to run this car through the streets that were getting darker, there was not a single light of illumination other than the light from my car lights.
"The atmosphere of the forest in the afternoon is already pitch dark like this what if it's night??".my inner
"Ting"
A message notification that made me stop the speed of the car, I immediately grabbed the phone that I put on the dashboard of the car and opened the message.
"Sir nanda?".my inner
"Ardi hurry home, my wife is waiting for you there! I don't know why my heart was so agitated when I just received the call 30 minutes ago"
That's the contents of the message from Mr. Nanda, without lingering longer I immediately reply to the message
"Okay sir, I'm on my way".I replied and put my phone back in its original place and resumed my journey.
{Flash back}
"Let's ardi please come in, I'm sorry this is the state of the grandfather's house is very simple and must be very different from the house of nak ardi in the city".said the grandfather invited me to enter
"No matter what cake, I've been grateful and happy because my grandfather wanted to accept me here like no other even kicked me out of here"
"Ah, don't talk like that, Ardi! you're a little overstating me".the grandfather replied with a small laugh
"In that case, the whole village has agreed not to allow anyone to enter this village carelessly.Sorry not that grandfather wants to defend them! but what's wrong with being vigilant, right? moreover, this new person is more precisely a stranger".
"Yes I understand, but really my purpose here is good cake! I swear in the name of God"
"Just like,nak ardi does not need to swear grandfather believes that this boy ardi is really a good man.It has all been seen from the look of the gentle face of Nak ardi and the appearance of nak ardi who looks neat"
"If a smart and good judge certainly wouldn't do that to a child, we villagers still don't understand how to tell which people are good and which are bad!"
"But remember this never judge all the villagers here to be evil! they are all good people and always welcome and receive guests well"
"What did grandfather talk to me about just now that wasn't wrong?".my protest
"How can Grandpa say they're all good? did grandpa not see how they treated me earlier? they kept shouting and pushing my body! which made me almost fall"
"What the grandfather said was indeed mas ardi".sahut mala who just entered
"I mean?".many I don't understand
"They are not as bad as you think, they just keep watch.They are too confident in the mystical things that envelop the entire area of candralaras forest"
"But it's not all without cause".the connection makes me curious
"What's that?"
"Mas ardi will know by itself later, the most important thing now is to give understanding to them to accept mas as a guest here"