Swordsman Behind the Scenes

CHAPTER 25 - GRANTED

"anything if it is near the city of watureng, I will go there, who knows can meet my soul mate, young handsome, rich, and honorable" thus said Wulan while walking in a daze so cute and adorable while his left hand held a banana leaf to cover his head to be protected from the sun. Seeing the cheer of the girl Kinda, Ni Luh and Laksita looked at each other and smiled.

"Didn't yesterday time, on the island have met something like that" teased Kinda, where she had stopped her speech while wailing to the back left, and then she said, the place where Werni had gone disappeared to urinate, while carrying a bag of water. And for the sake of seeing what is meant has not yet appeared, he also finished his words.

Wulan who understood Kinda's intention turned around for a while and immediately replied, but softly; "yes handsome sich, he said,... but (he made the thumb code point down) not much different kayak (he turned his lips to the direction Kinda saw just now, meaning Werni's husband) huh boring"

Of course that answer made the other three girls laugh amusedly.

"what's I missing?" werni shouted that appeared a moment later from the grove of trees behind there while running towards them.

Laksita who said;

"usual, kayak did not know the behavior of this one centile" as he threw a small flower towards Wulan.

That is how they continued their journey that morning. Wulan again continued his chirping as her finger pointed far back, towards the pedati troupe led by one Waseso, who was far behind;

"look at Mr. Waseso, just before leaving, already behind Kinda to collect fat grass so as not to always stop, eeee still there is what he does, even picking young coconuts,.." The four girls looked back and it was true, the young man was hanging at the top of the coconut tree there.

Of course the five of them simultaneously laughed again.

By noon, they passed through the former field fields on their left, which looked abandoned filled with various wild plants. Indicates that they will soon enter a populated village. And sure enough, not long after, they saw on the left behind a grove of bamboo trees and coconut trees, there were dozens of roofs of people's houses. When they had arrived at the junction of the road to the left was the entrance to the village, Kinda said ;

"all of you wait here while waiting for Mr. Waseso to arrive, let me check inside" finished saying that Kinda bounces and goes into the village or rather the former village, because most of the doors and windows of the houses open to jump. Not to mention from here, also seen some walls of the house made of boards, many are hollow. Then Wulan and Werni also followed Kinda.

Now the remaining Ni Luh and Laksita stay, seem to look at the village with concerned views. Moments later, the three girls were seen walking back to the T-junction.

"how?" Ni Luh asked after the three approached.

"no sign of life" replied Wulan.

Now Werni said ;

"we'd better wait, let Waseso's sister decide".

The others nodded in agreement. Then he continued like a grumble, but it seemed only to himself; "how sich kakang Daruna, kok ya nyelonong aja".

The others just glanced at each other but did not respond.

A little later in the distance, Waseso had started to show his body. And from the front is also seen, to the three girls who had been with the opening party of the road, was running back towards them. And these three girls who got there first compared to Waseso, where Shinta immediately asked;

"how, why stop ? looks like we're close to the town of watureng"

Werni answered;

"we wait for kak waseso first kak shinta, let him decide" while his face leads to the village.

"but it seems that if we look empty" continued Shinta, who even proved that the road opening group, in this case the Daruna who led, did not do the examination earlier.

And finally what was expected came;

"how does sister smell?" Waseso, who had seen the village, asked Kinda, who was immediately answered;

"i checked and it's empty"

Waseso then stood beside Kinda and gazed towards the village. Then he turned his gaze around the place and as if he were looking towards the grass of the cassava fields on the left, which, though densely mixed with wild plants, were, but it still shows faintly the existence of two trees that collapsed on the ground, like just two days ago in the unplug. The discovery of such a view can only be done by a thorough and experienced person.

"we just wait inside" said the young man as he led his towing horse into the village.

All the girls just looked dumbly at Waseso, but Laksita who had seen the expression on the young man's face, while staring at the grass of cassava trees, was, he began to understand and immediately showed what he saw to the other girl. And they could not hide their admiration for Waseso.

Finally they walked into the village behind the last pedati. What Waseso conjectured proved to be true, as moments later Shinta, Midya and Widya saw the young man, appearing to come out of a hiding hole in a former cattle pen, where he was carrying a very thin old man, behind him followed and then out of the hole an old woman too, thin, thin, then a couple who are about forty years old, also a teenage girl. They are all in a state of distress and concern.

Then following later from his left, Laksita also brought,...Werni is too,... Kinda also found, all are heartbreaking scenes that have never been witnessed in person. Because during his wandering he only found the village empty. Therefore, this incident made Shinta feel beaten and embarrassed, so that this girl could only sit limp and cry so bitterly. As for the twins who can immediately overcome their emotions, immediately respond and rush to help as much as possible, even with both eyes still puffy.

Shinta also witnessed for himself how agile Waseso was with the others, handling.

Starting from the placement of those who are sick, where Laksita witnessed so agile to do care and examination, other girls prepare necessities, blankets, clothes, and including preparing a soup kitchen. He really is a living witness, for a real act of heroism by the friends he just met a few days ago.

By late afternoon, it had begun to appear that the refugees, who had looked tense and frightened, had calmed down. They have also eaten the food supplies of the warriors, at least enough to prop up the stomach.

They were all placed together, inside the house of the village chief whose building was quite spacious and had been cleaned, as for the sick one placed in the side house. The kitchen and cooking utensils are ready for use, including cooking ingredients. The well and two bathrooms have also been used by residents who take turns bathing, and have been wearing new clothes made by Ni Luh.

Shinta had also started to calm down and it appeared that she was helping Werni prepare rice and vegetable ingredients. Waseso and Wulan had just arrived with a game of twenty-five quails and fifteen wild rabbits. Kinda is also busy milking plentong. Ni Luh assisted the twins, being shoulder to shoulder in a new change of clothes, to the boys who finished bathing.

Meanwhile, seen walking into the village, kang Daruna all with five young warriors who seemed to have just joined him.

Werni who glimpsed at the arrival of her husband, hurriedly welcomed;

"my wife, where is Waseso's sister? I'll introduce him deng,...."

His words were immediately cut off by his wife ;

"there's no need for any introduction,...." Werni immediately explained their findings this afternoon and so she asked her husband and their younger siblings to immediately set up a security and guard post around the village, rather than bothering Waseso who is currently busy. Hearing that, kang Daruna immediately sped up, gave instructions and divided tasks, like a leader. Finally, the atmosphere that Kinda and the other girls missed.

This is the second night, where Shinta after bathing will enjoy dinner in one of the empty houses abandoned by its residents. This house is very simple, but the inside has been cleaned and specialised as a place for the dinner of the warriors, where for the residents who were found hiding last day, which is the place where they were hidden, set apart in the house of the village chief who is also at once as a place where they gather and rest. After sitting down, Shinta noticed one by one two types of vegetables, a large basket of rice, a side dish of two types as a dinner menu that although simple but according to him personally, tastes very good. While listening and occasionally responding to the talk of kang Daruna, who while eating at the same time also told his pride as a road opener, where at noon had driven away the hordes of troublemakers encountered, it also provides motivation to the young warriors present, who are also eating but listening seriously, about how the martial warriors should behave in his call to help their imperial struggle to win the war. As for the topic, this is the third time, heard again by Shinta, including stories about his pride in their college predecessors who he considered as heroes, and so forth.

Actually Shinta was about to take a banana leaf as a feeding mat, but undone it, because when he looked at one young swordsman who was very handsome, at the end of the table to his right, he did not see Wulan, the one he saw yesterday was sitting next to the young man and the young man looked familiar yesterday.

He also just remembered that before he took a bath, the twins Midya and Widya asked him for permission not to join dinner with him.

Thinking until there, he stood up and volunteered to kang Daruna all to join the citizens, and of course welcome by kang Daruna who resumed his conversation.

"really right, they are here, and there is Wulan too" Shinta said, then shook her head in response, as Werni asked her if she had eaten.

He saw that everyone was sitting on the floor with a cloth spread in such a way, covering the floorboards of the house. Everyone was eating food wrapped in banana leaves.

Before sitting down, Shinta receives a helping hand from Werni, who gives her a packet of rice. Then he began to open the package while listening to Waseso who now began to continue his conversation that was cut off earlier due to his arrival just now.

At that time, Waseso was telling how upset he was about the plentong who somehow did not want to take out his milk and even Waseso almost got hit in the back leg...in this section he saw the residents who yesterday saw so suffering and his face was filled with fear, he seemed to laugh so loosely, because he heard the story of the young man, because he heard the story, even four little boys around the age of seven to ten there, seem to laugh non-stop, almost choking.

He also saw all the swordsman girls so greedy eating their own food and even Kinda also chimed in on the silly story of the young man and even clearly defended the plentong,............"gerrrrrrrr" again greeted everyone's laughter, including the glimpsed twins, one of whom was feeding a drinking glass to the boy sitting next to him there, also seen laughing amusedly.

Slowly Shinta also began to dissolve in the trivial conversation, even also laughing loosely.

When all was done eating and it was time to sit back and wait for the food to digest, suddenly Ni Luh said ;

"who of the people wants to tell a story ? I have a gift of new clothes for those who want a story,.."

His question was immediately greeted by one old man in the corner, who turned out to be telling him about how he had suffered a swollen leg sprain, due to being too hasty down the hideout stairs. The story is actually concerning, but delivered with simple plain sentences, including his efforts to avoid stepping on the head of his wife who was under him and also was down the stairs, but he said too slow,... and the spontaneous response of the wife who immediately cut off the conversation and did the rebuttal, of course made everything become laughing out loud, only the swordsmen laughed while shedding tears, a mixture of tingling, pity and compassion.

Even in this part, the most tears are Shinta, and this time, she can feel amused laughter while crying sad simultaneously.

In the course of the three of them, in fact they also witnessed how the suffering of the people, but this time he could see it from a different point of view and also directly involved.

Since then, he and the twins always choose to eat together with the residents, even with the surrounding conditions that for them are actually very unfit. Such an atmosphere of togetherness has poisoned the hearts of the three of them and is addictive, as has been felt by the girls before.

The efforts of kang Daruna also showed positive results, the news of his success as a refugee protector and expel the vandals soon spread widely, because their personnel also increased and this time, this time, not only from the former students of Blue Eagle College. However, from various groups of old and young warriors.

On the fifth day, Waseso decided to leave to continue the journey, where all the citizens whose physical condition they had been much better, he said, ask to piggyback until later arrived in a larger and safer village. This was approved by the young man. Until history repeats itself, they again conduct convoys of tourism with security guards, front and rear.

SERIATE.