The Musafir

Get Into the Market

THE FEELING OF the Mantingan SPIRIT seemed to collapse instantly without the slightest remaining. Down there, Bidadari Sungai Utara set foot to the south. It is wrong to distinguish north and south. Now it can be ascertained, they have been and will be further away from the Port of Kalapa. Not even impossible, currently the two are no longer in the Tanjung Kalapa region.

The mantan did not move immediately as the Northern River Angel left. He took the time to check the map. Mantingan need not fear losing track of the North River Angel, because from this tall acid tree he can easily find the existence of the North River Angel. Even if he could not see it from above, the Mantingan could still trace its tracks below.

So, lay out that big map. Mantingan noticed the signs of nature around him then matched them with the map. It took quite a long time before the Mantingan could find where he was now.

They are in the southern Cigede region. The Cigede region is west of Cape Kalapa, so they should not move far enough from Cape Kalapa. Mantingan is wrong if he thinks he has been at the western end of the island of Javadvipa.

Luckily the North River Angel took a roundabout path so they did not get lost far enough even though it had been a very long walk. The mantle re-rolled the map and put it in bundles, before it floated downwards.

Along with Mantingan who floated down, a leaf also equally floated down.

The mantle seems to be in the water, not in the air. So lightly his body fell down. Before the Mantingan landed, the leaves that fell with it had landed first. How soft it is to land on the ground. It all has proven how high science relieves the body that Mantingan mastered.

Quickly, Mantingan followed the North River Angel. Having grown tired of bouncy from one tree to another, Mantingan wanted to try to follow the North River Angel by land. However, the young man still applied a safe distance.

The Angel of the North River has learned that he cannot continue walking on flat roads. He knew that at any time the streets could be misleading. With the belief that he was walking north, the North River Angel split the thickets with his lemurs.

The mantle clucked in his mind. He had taught the Angel of the North River how to cut through the sea of scrub without hurting the plant, but what was currently going on left him a little disappointed. Whether the North River Angel had forgotten his teachings, or even deliberately did that because he hated Mantingan.

But in any case, Mantingan did not feel good to think badly of the North River Angel no matter how often the girl thought bad of him. Shouldn't evil be repaid with good? However, at certain times it takes the death of the perpetrators of evil for a good.

Kiai Guru Kedai once told him about the most ruthless swordsman in the martial world who met the most kind swordsman in the martial world. The good warrior said to the wicked warrior, that his evil will be avenged with good. But who would have thought that when they fought, the good swordsman killed the evil warrior. Then the good swordsman says that this is goodness.

That is the true meaning of evil being repaid with good. If evil such as robbing, killing, and so on is met with kindness in the form of affection, praise, food, shelter, respect, and so on then evil will continue to run rampant without anyone willing to hold it back.

Kindness does not mean always a clean white cloth, kindness can also be a blood stain. Goodness can be achieved by war or without war. With bloodshed or without bloodshed.

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MANTINGAN FROWNed when he saw the North River Angel dare to enter into a small market. Even though the market is relatively small, the girl still has to be aware of the possibility of a swordsman there. But after seeing the decisive move of the North River Angel, Mantingan felt the girl did not do the calculations before entering.

However, it was too late for Mantingan to prevent, because the girl had entered the market too deep. In the afternoon, the market conditions began to be quiet visitors, resulting in the presence of the North River Angel quite attract a lot of attention. Especially when there is no market visitors who wear the veil before.

The mantle moves fast. Jump over the roofs of shop buildings lightly and quietly. When he found a store that sold a variety of clothes, Mantingan immediately went down.

Mantingan handed the seller two gold coins and hinted the man to be quiet. He took off two bundles and all his luggage except the Kiai Kedai Sword, Mantingan asked the man to take good care of all the goods. Mantingan then took a pair of clothes in the form of pants and clothes, quickly he wore it with the speed of movement of a swordsman. In the final moments, Mantingan took a long scarf cloth to cover his neck and lower face.

“I think two pieces of gold are enough to pay for all this.”

The still-stunned clothes seller could only nod without being able to answer even more. Manten then walked from the clothing store to the store that sold bamboo sticks, where he threw a piece of silver at the seller and took a wide stamp.

His old caping is no longer safe to use because the North River Angel can certainly recognize the caping. But on the other hand, Mantingan still needs to cover his face from the vision of the North River Angel and from the vision of other warriors as well. So on that basis, he bought a new caping.

After putting on the caping, Mantingan walked quickly without using his swordsmanship towards the market door. His eyes could see around though not quite clearly, and that was when Mantingan partied with the North River Angel.

However, it could be seen that the girl only glanced at him at a glance without reducing the speed of the road. The mantans immediately exhaled a sigh of relief as they went back apart. Arguably going on a promenade with the North River Angel was something beyond his plan, but he was grateful that the girl was not careful enough to recognize him.

Mantingan runs quite far from the North River Angel. After making sure the girl was not suspicious, the Mantingan began to follow her.

The reason why Mantingan did not follow the North River Angel with its entanglement on the roof was of course due to the safety of himself and the North River Angel.