The Chronicle Of Jawata (Compilation Trial Edition)
4.12. Three Table (1)
Meanwhile, in place of Taja, Lorr en and Raojhin are currently lost on the banks of the river, the depths of the middle of nowhere forest.
”Suck this. Honey in it will treat you better,” said Taja while offering forest flowers shaped like trumpets and the size of a hand grip. From inside the flower, there is liquid honey, ”If you feel hungry, eat it, we do not have enough fruits in the middle of the forest like this, like this,” he continued by thrusting again rannum apples in his grip. Raojhin welcomed her weak and hungry thirst, immediately shredded the flower's honey.
”You?” Raojhin did not know who had saved him. Taja and Lorr En. Occasionally Raojhin touches the bandage on his head from a tear of Taja's uniform. Still left dizzy, but already a bit lighter the pain.
”What has happened to you so that the river has been washed away so far?” taja asked after Raojhin seemed better.
”At the time of Rintang Alam, Bintani pushed me to the cliff and fell. I don't know what she's feeling right now, maybe she's reporting a fake incident about me!” recalling the moment of the event, made Raojhin reappear emotions.
”He is not only arrogant, but cunning as well!” lorr En never saw the person in question.
”Good!” added Raojhin.
”Whatever he has done, he will definitely reap for all that!” Taja felt the pain of Raojhin.
They were momentarily silent in each other's minds. Lorr En throws dozens of flowers, while Taja pensively chews one or two apple bites. Raojhin was busy imitating what they were doing.
”Through you being sent to the Sawo Settlement, every day feels not enough spirit. Indeed we just know each other, but for me .. You are part of my family,” said Raojhin throwing a look at Taja who curled up in the corner of the rock cavity, ”Sure you are too, Lorr En! You are my family, to me ..” he said and looked back at Lorr En.
The two children smiled in return.
”You guys are great, the most talented students I have ever known!” raojhin's praise was not at all understood by Taja and Lorr En.
”Great?” the two simultaneously repeated a single word from Raojhin's words.
”Great what?” Taja laughed crisply. The head of Lorr En.
”You mock us huh?” this time Lorr En interrupted.
Raojhin threw away the remaining apple stalks and reviewed a small smile before revealing more about his penilan towards the two of them.
”I was envious of you, in just a few days already managed to get a chance to become a citizen of the palace. It was rare for anyone to be able to do such a thing, even it felt almost never. If only I had friends like you, maybe my life would not feel alone anymore,” said Raojhin.
”And it has already materialized. We are friends with anyone who cares about friendship. Unsolicited, the bond happens on its own because of the good relationship between friends, no matter in days or hundreds of years,” said Taja.
”And the interarteman will always be honest and forthright, right?” ask Raojhin.
”Ya,” Taja allow.
”If I tell you the truth about me, are you also willing to tell me about you?” ask Raojhin seriously.
Lorr En turned his gaze to Taja who was speechless thinking of an answer.
”As long as it does not violate the rules of our nation, then I am willing to tell you about us,” Taja's answer makes Lorr En object despite believing that Taja will control his speech so that their world secrets will never be exposed.
Raojhin is reluctant to tell the story of his identity, just reveal it, ”I am a newcomer in Tanapura, just like you,” said Raojhin waiting for one of his two friends to speak.
Somewhat long Taja told some about himself, ”I am a forest dweller far from here, Lorr Enjuga. So far away that any human can't touch it, that's all!”
Raojhin frowned, ”How about your caste?”
”We live without knowing caste, all the same and have the same role!” Lorr En replied this time.
Taja turned to Lorr En for a moment before replying, ”Raojhin, instead of me not believing you. But we must not say more about the place, there is a curse that can befall us if we dismantle it. Sorry ..,” sentence Taja down and had made Raojhin confused.
”Alright, but never doubt that I can be trusted if you want to talk about it someday,” Raojhin said.
Taja and Lorr En were silent.
”But ... at least .. you must have had a goal to come this far, may I know?” ask Raojhin about something else.
Again the silence of Taja and Lorr En responded. Raojhin stared one by one at their faces who seemed unwilling to explain his question.
Graaq ...! Sraaaaaa ...!
The voices of crows were heard again, not far from the vicinity of the place. The topic of their conversation collapsed instantly and turned vigilant.
”Any, why are so many crows around here? Already since I heard her yelling, not at all delicious!” Lorr Enmasih put up an ear, peering through the crevices of the rocks. So is Taja next to him. But Raojhin at the back interjects after a long time of noticing the sounds of crows that are increasingly popping up as the day gets darker.
”That's not a crow, but the sound of the whistle!” raojhin's words make Taja and Lorr En turn to him.
”Whistles? How could you possibly know?” Taja was astonished, no different from Lorr En.
”From here, I could hear it clearly that it was the sound of a whistle mimicking the sound of a crow. Special forces omen whistle. But strangely, no whistle sounded like that from the people of Tanapura. That means, outside there must be a foreign army! The more the whistle sounds, means the more the number of people,” Raojhin's hearing is sharper than others. More than that, he knew many types of Tanapura whistles so concluded.
Raojhin ignited two chunks of stone and then got a spark after a moment of painstaking effort. Next, they are placed on dry wood. After that it became a small bonfire that was enough to illuminate around the three of them.
”Don't be too big a fire, I'm afraid in case someone tracks us down,” Raojhin's sergeant when Lorr En wants to add more wood. Inside the large rock cavity, they gathered around the campfire.
Raojhin carved lines on the ground. There's something he's designing.
”This direction is towards Tanapura northern border. Our position is here!” Raojhin explained something. Taja and Lorr En noticed Raojhin's hand motion busy carving the moist soil with a twig.
”This river is right in front of us, if you choose the direction to the south, we can reach the Tanapura border river tomorrow morning. But in the direction to the east is the Saporo Settlement, further to the eastern border of Tanapura, then the Mountains and the path to the vast foreign valley. Do not go in this direction, because it will only take us further away from Tanapura!” connect Raojhin who is more familiar with Tanapura maps.
”That means, we have to go south?” I guess the choice is certain.
”True!” answer Raojhin.
”When do we leave?” replace Lorr En tanya. No one answered yet, the voices of crows were heard again and closer. Raojhin immediately trampled the campfire until it was extinguished and the atmosphere was dark again.
”Now!” the answer was a bit of a heavy whisper.
”As someone is heading here, we have to leave this place right now. Remember, try to remain invisible,” said Lorr En since last observed the situation outside hiding.
”Ayo fast ...,” invite Raojhin to guide their steps.
Three figures of cautious youth came out from the rock crevice. Alert around, felt quite safe, they immediately moved quickly, broke through the dense forest and hid the existence of the three of them.
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