The Musafir

The Discussion of Two Cooks

Between the sound of oil hiss and the cooking utensils in the cooking room, there was a conversation carried out in whispers. The mantel continued to listen.

“Is that so?”

“At least like that, when I saw the way he stepped, I was sure that he was a veteran swordsman in the pejilatan lake.”

“How can? He looks young.”

“Some old warriors often do black magic in order to exchange their souls into the bodies of young people. It could be, he is one of them.”

“I don't think so. Old swordsman has a very thick speech dialect of his peculiarities, but he is not.”

“I've swallowed more salt in the peach forest than you.”

“It doesn't guarantee you know everything.”

“Terare how you think, I will still assume the young man is an old swordsman who has changed his body.”

“Yes, stick to each other's beliefs. Nothing will disturb your faith.”

The mantan felt both joy and curiosity at the same time. Glad to get at least some information about the martial world; and curious about the strange figure they were talking about.

At least until here, Mantingan learned that the two people who spoke whispers were in the kitchen, making friends with the sound of the hiss of oil and cooking utensils.

Could they be warriors disguised as cooks for a certain purpose? Or are they true cooks and warriors at the same time?

For now, Mantingan could not answer the question that came to his mind.

“Yes, now no one cares about belief. Different people live in harmony. Make friends with anyone, no matter how Hindu or Buddhist they are.”

“Confidence in someone is something that cannot be contested. Weapons will not solve the issue of belief.”

“Tak completely inviolable. Actually it could be, as long as it is not with a weapon.”

“Who?”

“Avoid. I've heard the story of a great nation. The confidence of his people is very strong. They created rules of state in accordance with their beliefs, so that their nation is not only a great nation but also a civilized nation. But one day, due to a great sense of desire and lust, another nation tried to conquer the nation. The only way is by sea.”

The mantle frowned. Now he was really curious about what the man would say next, because about this nation, he felt he had never heard of it.

“But the foreign nation suffered a crushing defeat. Not only the case of the resilience of the indigenous nation to face foreign nations, but also because the natural conditions are not supportive. The foreign nation excels on land, but not in the ocean.”

“Then just got to the story?”

“No. If I stop the story here, it'll be a beautiful end. But in reality, the nation had an end that was not at all beautiful ...”

The voice disappeared for a moment. Replaced with the voice of his comrade. “You purposely stopped so that I was curious, huh?”

“So you mean, this isn't real history?”

“Of course this is a genuine history, man. But it is indeed perverted for the benefit of the conqueror nation.”

“What is the proof?”

“The evidence is clearly listed in the old books that are only a small amount—akibut destroyed. I got this from the books that were once the official books of the kingdom, but became a forbidden book after the kingdom was conquered. It was an attempt by a foreign nation to rewrite history in its colony. After all, this history will be very clear if we use common sense to understand it.”

“I don't trust unofficial books too much, let alone forbidden books like you said earlier. But to accompany me who is getting tired of cooking, tell me the story of the nation!”

“Tadi get where?”

“If not wrong, you said earlier that the nation does not have a beautiful end.”

“Well! Let me continue ...”

When the man took a deep breath, the Mantingan began to sharpen the Science of Hearing Dew Drops so that not a single word from the man was missed. You can tell, he was quite curious about their conversation.

“The foreign nation was forced to go home despite bringing a crushing defeat. It was the worst defeat they had ever felt. The flames of vengeance still continue to burn to bring down and even conquer the nation, no matter what. The foreign nation has learned that it cannot attack the indigenous people with armed attacks, it will surely again suffer a crushing defeat. So the use of subtle attacks whose target is the thoughts and beliefs of the people in the indigenous nation.

“After careful planning, their soldiers came to the native country disguised as traders. What they bring is not only merchandise, but new beliefs and beliefs that will remodel the adab, mind, ethics, behavior, and outlook on life of the people in the country.

“The arrival of traders and foreigners is always warmly welcomed by the indigenous people. However, how not to know them that the warmly welcomed is precisely the enemy who has held a grudge for a long time on their nation!

“Until the spread of teachings and beliefs by the enemy soldiers. The influence is very obvious, because the teaching of igama has been mixed with their artificial fantasies that do not exist at all in reality. People are easily deceived. Slowly but surely, there was a change in adab, mind, ethics, behavior, and outlook of the people in the country.

“Unfortunately, the igama teachings separate political life with confidence, so that the people are busy praying without regard to the law in their nation. They have been made into law blind.”

His friend interjected, “What religion does the foreign nation bring?”

“I won't tell you here, but let me be clear that igama is not very famous in Yawabhumi or Dwipantara at this time.”

“Then do you think their teachings are really misleading?”

“Hmm .. in fact, that igama is not at all misleading at the time it is still in its original form. It even brings true well-being to all human beings around the world. The Igama had the power to guard it. However, the power that guarded it was destroyed when the igama reached the native land I mentioned earlier. And do you know who destroyed that power?”

“Absolutely I didn't know it, say ...”

“The one who destroyed that power was a foreign nation I mentioned earlier!”

“What is true youkata? If so, is not the igama that the foreign nation brought to the native country is igama deceit?”

“I don't suggest you say it in this place. If until someone finds out that you are offending igama deception, how much it will ignite the fire of enormous anger.”