The Fate of Adipura Kingdom

20. Longs

Sopo sing strong nandhang prisoner

(Who is strong in that situation)

Sopo seng ora kroso

(Who does not feel lost)

Left by pasang babe

(Died fit again unfortunately)

Another jeremy jeremy

(When it is deep)

Koe dalan liyane

(You chose another path)

Sopo sing strong left lungo

(Who is strong is left)

Sopo sing atine ora loro

(Who has no wound in his heart)

Sing wis memories are not good

(Memories I made)

Ning njero ati

(I keep it in my heart)

Dewe wes ra dadi siji

(We're no longer together)

The song is sung by Sinta to accompany a quiet night in the absence of her husband. It had been three days after the departure of her husband on the battlefield and every night she always sang this song to reduce her longing even though not much.

“Non, it's almost midnight. We recommend non rest and sleep”, said bik Sekar when approaching Sinta who was sitting on the terrace of his house which is based on bamboo.

Sinta turned her head to the side to find Bik Sekar smiling towards her, “Bik, I am not too sleepy. Maybe in a moment, can aunt accompany me to tell me briefly”, pinta Sinta back.

"What story do non want to tell the aunt?", bik sekar asked back to Sinta.

“Alright non", bik sekar then sat next to Sinta. The two now sat looking at the stars scattered in the dark sky.

Bik Sekar is a woman who is old and known to the villagers as a healer and for the business of helping the birth process she is arguably already understood by it.

When he was about to go to the battlefield, Aryo left a message to one of the residents to convey his message to bik Sekar. Aryo asks Sekar's bik to look after Sinta until the birthing process is complete while waiting for her to come home from the battlefield.

Bik Sekar of course agreed to the request because that is the work he has done until now. Not only that reason bik Sekar accepted the request because bik Sekar was always happy with the baby as if it was his own child.

This is because bik Sekar can not contain due to a disease that makes it sterile. She was once dissolved in sadness but one day her mind was brightened and decided to learn about helping the labor process and until now still doing it.

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Night seems to support the heart that is longing with the moon shining brightly without the company of stars. Aryo sits in one of the guard towers in his fortress, aloof at night while contemplating the problems that had just happened to his troops.

Either way, his heart and mind are now focused on a woman he so longs for. The figure of a woman who has a beautiful face and has a smile that she craves all the time. His mind began to drift thinking about the state of his wife that he was living in at the moment. He now longs for togetherness as he spends time together, in his deepest heart he wants on this silent night his wife's figure accompanies him in the heartbreak he is experiencing now.

Not wanting to dissolve in the problems that hit him, Aryo then closed his eyes and began to fantasize that his wife was now beside him. His heart was calm when he remembered the face of his beloved wife who always smiled when he met her face. Memories after memories began to cross his mind and make him smile continuously.

Just counting the days of the baby they have been waiting for will soon be present in their lives. Aryo was already looking forward to going home to see the baby they had been waiting for all this time.

"Cakra Biantara", Aryo smiled as he mentioned the name he had prepared for his son later, “A good name is not a father? I am sure he will have a big name when he has grown up”, said Aryo while looking at the moonlit sky.

Aryo seemed to be talking to his late father, either a premonition or if Aryo was sure his son would be a man and would make a big change in the future.

“Dinda, do you currently feel the same way as kanda?”, inner Aryo spoke.

Aryo kept pensively thinking about his wife's state, feelings of longing and worry mixed in his heart. He wanted to go home immediately to accompany his wife but there was something else that demanded him to be temporarily away from his wife.

The night wind blows slowly and immediately fatigue begins to come to Aryo. She yawned and wiped her tears that suddenly came out from drowsiness. Aryo decides to take a break and starts sleeping to face tomorrow.

With one move he jumped from the tower and landed right in the courtyard of the rebel headquarters, after which he then walked to get into his room to rest.

"Cakra Biantara, a pretty good name and has a very big meaning", Dewi Banyu commented.

"Unfortunately the big name will be famous long after the death of this young man", Lord Bledheg also gave his voice.

"If he knew that his son would be a great task would he be proud later?", Dewi Banyu again commented.

"He would certainly be proud of course, although in the end he would never see the face of his son", Ki Ratno began to open his voice after hearing the conversation of his two colleagues.

These three goddesses were observing the rebel headquarters from behind the clouds without Aryo's knowledge. Ki Ratno requested that Dewi Banyu and Dewa Bledheg accompany him to observe the great war that would happen in a moment.

Destiny has been written that there will be a war that will be the beginning of the big name of the child who is destined to develop a great task from the heavens.