Nyai Ronggeng Tumbal

Anggabaya's Restlessness

Ki Prohibit eyes from highlighting sharply. The pupils of his eyes shrunk and changed color to look greenish-green, so scary. His body began to thrash back. His mouth began to sizzle like a snake. His lips grinned wide. The two fangs that just grew in his mouth were so clearly visible. I don't know since when, on the back of his right hand grew scales like a snake.

For a moment Anggabaya was stunned to see a strange but real sight before him. He knew there was an invisible creature that was sitting on Ki Barang's body. Anggabaya took out a tasbih from his shirt pocket and sat down crouching to align his body with Ki Larang. He then chanted a prayer, while his left hand held the head of Ki Prohibit.

“Ah...Rancid boy, how dare you tease me!” ki Bengpak Ban.

“Who are you?” ask Anggabaya

“Hahaha..me Ki Prohibit! The man sakti mandra. Huwahahaha.

“You're out of the body, my Father!”

“Basic snot boy!” Ki Dalang's head spun to the left and to the right, then looked up for a while. Slowly he looked back towards the middle-aged Staircase with his eyeballs that had all turned white. Really horrible.

Anggabaya continued to pray and plead for protection and safety to the almighty. He believes that God is the best helper. He was uninterruptedly praying.

“Arrgghh. You and I have to make a deal!”

“No, I don't want to do any agreement with you!” Anggabaya knew the devil's wiles were real. Whatever covenants we make with the devil and his kind will not bring any good and any profit to man.

“Well if that's what you want, I won't get out of this body, whuaahah.

Suddenly the left hand of Anggabaya who held the head of Ki Larang felt in an electric sting until his body was pushed slightly back.

“Astagfirullah.” Anggabaya sure the creature that lives in the body of his father is not easily defeated. But he was sure no great power overcame the power of Allah SWT.

“Stay away from it, Nger. I don't want anything to happen to you.” Seen worry on Nyai Anjarwati's face. Although Anggabaya was not born from his womb, but he was so fond of Anggabaya as his own biological child.

Anggabaya did not move from his place, he continued to read the verses of the Koran. Until slowly Ki Larang's body looks calm again. The heart of the child who is not sad to see the condition of his parents who he loves in a state of suffering. That was what the shady-faced young man now felt. Moreover, there was not much he could do to help his father.

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So many questions revolved around Anggabaya's head, but because his body felt so tired he held back all his baldness. He chose to rest first his body that felt tired because of the long journey. No need to wait a long time to make him sleep.

In his sleep Anggabaya Dreamed. He walked through a forest. He just kept walking without direction. Until you arrive at a simple little cottage all the buildings are made of wood. The yellow-skinned young man's steps came to a halt. Sayup-sayup heard the sound of gending being pounded. The music felt soft and soft. Anggabaya stepped back to try to find the origin of the music. His steps again stopped when his eyes caught a woman who was dancing to the strains of Javanese music. He could not see the woman's appearance because the dancer had her back. For a moment he was so lulled by the dancing motion of the dancer. Until the woman who wore the typical clothes of the palace princess turned her body. Not to play surprise Anggabaya woman's face was full of scales, her nose flat without bones. It is similar to a snake.

“Astagfirullah.” Anggabaya woke up from his sleep. His heart is beating strong. A sweat dripped from his forehead. I don't know how many hours he's asleep which is clear magrib time has passed.

He immediately took ablution and performed the prayer that was left behind and then continued with the next prayer. After praying so fervently he prayed, begging for forgiveness for his sins and the sins of his parents.

Tok.dok..

Anggabaya prayer stopped when he heard the sound of his bedroom door on tap.

“ this, mom, Cah Nice.”

“Come, Mom! Door not in lock.”

Nyai Darsih opened the door and entered into the room. He saw Anggabaya was tidying up his prayer mat. He also sat on the edge of the bed.

“Mari, Nger!” Nyai Darsih patted the mattress so that Anggabaya sat next to him.

“How's your life in padepokan?”

“Alhamdullilah, fine, bu.”

“Thank God that you're hot there.”

The anggabaya just smiled. His hand rubbed the back of the hand of the woman who had given birth to him. Anggabaya felt this was the right time to ask all the things that had happened at home as long as he was not around.

“How was it originally, Father, it could be like that, Mom?” anggabaya.

“At first I did not know for sure, because at that time I was not in this main house, Nger. Nyai Anjarwati who calls mom. He said it happened very suddenly. In the morning the whole house is shocked by the behavior of your father who is like a madman. Then call Ki Sukma to help resuscitate him. But apparently he also had difficulty healing your father.” Nyai Darsih.

“Ki Sukma, shaman is bu?”

“He's not a shaman, Nger. He's a smart man who was given the magic.”

“Samely,Bu. Then the general in the room also did he tell?”

“Iya, because it's one of the conditions for your father's recovery.”

“That's idol, Mom. Joining Allah is his name, hoping and asking for help other than Allah is a great sin

“Come, Good Cah. Mother confused.” Nyai Darsih let out a long breath.

“That is one of the ways the devil, Satan and his country in entangling people to sin. As long as you know the shamans are people who are allied with their nation. They made a deal. The words of the shamans were nothing but lies. That is why Anggabaya does not want to agree to the request of the genie who serves in the body of the Father. They will trap us into becoming his followers. Nauzdubillah.”

The length of the Anggabaya width explains the idolatry that was indeed at that time much done in his village. Sesajen thrown into the sea and shamanic practices are not foreign to them anymore. Their habit will gradually bring about almighty wrath. It could be that the genie that is now serving in the body of Ki Larang is a proof that the weak faith, until our subconscious is very easily controlled by other creatures.

“In addition to the strange events that happened to father. Karto, his confidant on the same day, was found dead in an unnatural way. His body burned and dried. His vitals were cut off. According to Ki Sukmo he was a victim of a collision.” Nyai Darsih.

The anggabaya thought hard. He has to find out what really happened and he intends to ask the teacher for help at Padepokan.