Strength Outside The Keraton Wall

Ni Sriti

Once into a room that was rather spacious and stuffy because of the incense smoke that was seen billowing in one corner of the room, had been waiting for Ni Sriti while sitting on a seat from a stone.

Her face still shows her beauty. His skin is yellowish white. His lips were thick red. Her eyelids are a little blackened. His ears were ringing large earrings made of gold. Her hair still looked jet black, breaking down backwards with a headband ranging from forehead to back. His fingernails are long and blackened. Dressed like a queen, black with gold thread embroidery.

There are rumors circulating among people of the martial world who are familiar with Ni Sriti.

It is said that Ni Sriti was once a princess of the king of the kingdom who declared submission to the Majapahit kingdom. When she was a princess, her name was not Ni Sriti. But what his real name is, no one knows.

At that time Ni Sriti was very famous for her beauty. It is even called as the most beautiful woman in the kingdom. In addition to beautiful, young Ni Sriti is also famous for martial arts. No young man could attract his attention. Up to the kingdom his father was subject to the kingdom of Majapahit.

As proof of the submissive statement and as a link between the two kingdoms, Ni Sriti was handed over to Majapahit king Prabu Brawijaya to be married as a concubine.

Ni Sriti who was a young girl at that time actually already knew that Majapahit king Prabu Brawijaya was middle-aged and already had many concubines.

But because for the sake of his father's kingdom, also because he knew that Majapahit was a big kingdom and especially heard the news that Prabu Brawijaya was a powerful king, then Ni Sriti was willing to be married to Prabu Brawijaya.

Finally Ni Sriti with great expectations from his father and all his people, he traveled to the Majapahit kingdom by being escorted by a group from his kingdom and then picked up messengers from Majapahit which was then led by Ki Jiwo and Ki Brata from the elite soldiers of the Prabu Brawijaya belief.

Arriving at the Majapahit royal palace, instead of being greeted with a royal ceremony, but getting word that Prabu Brawijaya had just left the palace. At that time, other than those invited by Prabu Brawijaya, no one knew where Prabu Brawijaya and his entourage went.

Hearing this, the young Ni Sriti was very surprised and experienced tremendous confusion.

Ni Sriti was embarrassed to return to her father's kingdom. Feeling unable to realize the expectations of his father and all the people of his father's kingdom. It was also destroyed her hope to become the wife of a great king of Majapahit. On the one hand, feeling deceived by the Majapahit kingdom.

Once the amount of inner pressure that befell him, Ni Sriti's feelings churned out and the peak of his anger came out. Ni Sriti shouted loudly. Unknowingly in his anger, Ni Sriti unleashed his special magic, resembling a person who was a sorcerer.

After ravaging the surrounding area and injuring many people, Ni Sriti ran quickly out of the palace with no one to hold her back and no one to know where Ni Sriti was going.

Decades of unknown existence by the crowd, based on feelings of disappointment, shame and heartache, Ni Sriti unconsciously developed his magic science deviated towards false science.

Until one day, Ki Jiwo who was wandering to tlatah wetan, met on a slope of Mount Semeru which turned out to be his residence.

Ki Jiwo could recognize her face and the clothes she was wearing.

Then Ki Jiwo found Ki Brata and invited him to meet Ni Sriti.

But Ni Sriti until now has not wanted to hear or get questions about the failure of her to be the wife of Majapahit king Prabu Brawijaya. This will make him angry and angry.

That is how until now, Ki Jiwo and Ki Brata know Ni Sriti well.

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"We came here to ask Ni Sriti for help" replied Ki Jiwo.

Ki Jiwo and Ki Brata explained the intent of their arrival after Ki Brata placed Sekar Ayu Ningrum on a rather long stone chair.

Sekar Ayu Ningrum is actually already awake, but because it is still being sucked so that it cannot growl and make a sound.

"Ni Sriti, actually we want to ask for help. Please Ni Sriti help us to make the stealth that we carry into the aura of our weapons, ' said Ki Jiwo explained the purpose of his arrival, "and as our thanks, we bring a gift for Ni Sriti, we bring, something Nu Sriti liked."

Ki Jiwo pointed at Sekar Ayu Ningrum who was lying helplessly.

Ni Sriti looked towards Sekar Ayu Ningrum. Just by looking at Ni Sriti can feel and assess the situation of Sekar Ayu Ningrum.

"Hi hi hi hi hi hi.... True still pure and fresh," Ni Sriti said happily, "Ki Jiwo and Ki Brata know my taste very well."

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The next day Ni Sriti invited Ki Jiwo and Ki Brata to look for things needed for the ritual to install stealth aura on heirloom weapons.

The three of them caught a black crow, caught a black bat, looked for a colorful mushroom, took water from a sulfur well spring, looked for stone grass and still some they had to look for. The search for ingredients for the ritual took five days. Because Ni Sriti is looking for all the goods needed for his own ritual.

Five days later, after all the ingredients needed for the ritual of Ki Jiwo and Ki Brata, as well as the ingredients for the ritual himself had been gathered all, all, Ni Sriti invited them to mix and prepare items for ritual purposes.

They concocted all the ingredients carefully and slowly, while waiting for the full moon.

Based on Ni Sriti's calculations, the full moon will arrive in three days.

In addition to preparing all the equipment needed in the ritual, Ni Sriti also treated Sekar Ayu Ningrum with care like a palace princess. Because after all, Ni Sriti used to be the princess of the palace, so it has experience in body care both from inside and from outside.

Ni Sriti made a potion to drink by Sekar Ayu Ningrum. He also made a decoction of herbs for skin and face scrubs and also for bath water mixture.

Although all the treatment was done by Ni Sriti in the condition of Sekar Ayu Ningrum.

Originally Ni Sriti wanted to use Sekar Ayu Ningrum as his ritual tumbal.

But for some reason, after seeing the beauty of Sekar Ayu Ningrum, feeling his aura and energy, Ni Sriti became unbearable and there was a feeling of affection for Sekar Ayu Ningrum.

Moreover, seeing Sekar Ayu Ningrum who was silent did not show overflowing reactions. Ni Sriti recalled her youth at her father's court, who always obeyed what her father had told her.

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