The Musafir
Driven to Village Hall
The atmosphere in Sawahan Village can be said to be very beautiful. The hills and pesawahan look good. The gurgling water from the small river located not far from where they were walking could still be heard. Wet air, fresh not playing. Everything would have been perfect had there not been a massacre two nights ago, it changed everything.
“This Pesawahan Village is very peaceful, peaceful, and prosperous, O Pendekar Child.” While walking, the village elder said slowly. The mantle that was walking right next to him put up an ear, listening. “We have always been kind to other villages. If there is an excess of harvest, we will always share. And to the same kingdom, we are never late or less send tribute.”
The direction of the village tips talks was very clear, although not directly stated. This village has never been in contact with anyone, it can even be said to have done good to anyone, then why should there be a massacre two nights ago? Who is the enemy of the village that should not have this enemy?
Hearing that, Mantingan could only exhale deeply without responding.
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AS they continued to walk down the village road, there was the howl of a very high buffalo.
The mantel stopped his steps before turning his head. He saw the crowd of villagers scattered to the side of the road as quickly as possible. They shouted and clashed loudly, either out of anger or fear.
When the crowd got out, Munding Caraka was seen running fast on the streets. Dust flew behind him. Shaking ground. That's what makes the villagers split up to the side of the road. Do not want to die sitting or stepped on the buffalo.
Mantingan raised his arm, signaling Munding to calm down. So in an instant, the buffalo slowed down, although still fairly fast. Approaching the Mantingan who was standing waiting for him.
“Ongng ...” Munding moaned quietly right in front of Mantingan. The young man replied with a smile as he rubbed the buffalo's head.
“I'll be fine, Munding. Chitra will be fine too. And you better be okay too. Go back to the inn and make sure security at the place until we both get back.”
***
In the village hall, there have been a few people who were poured. Their position was more or less a village advisor. They sat on a rattan chair with an understated attitude. Their faces displayed wisdom as well as firmness. Their heads are rounded with a conical shape upward, typical of the Suvarnabhumi people. When they saw Mantingan and Chitra Anggini coming along with the other village tips, they simultaneously stood up to show respect.
The village guide Mantingan and Chitra Anggini to two benches facing the other village leaders. The two young men sat there. All the village tips in the hall also followed sitting in their respective rotational chairs.
This village hall is very large. It's shaped like a ward. Open, but wide roofed, with dozens of ulin wooden poles supporting it. Almost equal the pemapanua in Javadvipa.
Villagers crowded around the hall. It was really close, but no one dared to step on the floor of the hall. They took down the weapons, even hid them, paying deep respect to the village elders. Staring curiously, looking forward to the clarity of the massacre that occurred in the village chief's residence.
Meanwhile, in the hall, Chitra Anggini whispered softly to Mantingan next to him.
“It would be nice if we call them by the designation ‘datuk’, no more ‘bapak petua’. People here quite do not like the language style of Javadvipa.” people
The mantle nodded slowly. Right after that, the perfect meeting began.
One of the tips said at length, “Sahaya represents the grandfathers here to welcome the two Swordsman Children in Pesawahan Village. We always welcome guests who come well, no matter where they come from, we will always serve them as best we can. However, for the guests who came just to make a mess in this village, we will not put any more reluctance. Our stance as village tips is: if you are polite then we will all be disinclined.”
The mantan nodded his head once, before saying calmly, This low and despicable “Silight brings a deep respect to all the Datuk-Datuk. Sahaya with Sahaya friends only intend to stop for a while in this beautiful village, before continuing the journey to Kotaraja Koying.”
“Then from that the two boys rented a room at the inn?”
The mantan nodded back.
“Based on the captions we got, These two kids are not a couple. So then, why only rent one room?”
This time, the mantel shook. “No, Grandpa. We are both a couple.”
The village elders held conversations with each other in whispers. Forced Mantingan to apply the Science of Hearing Dew Drops to find out the contents of their conversation.
“If the two of them are actually a couple, we do not need to suspect anymore why they rent one room only. they instead want to draw up a plan of attack to the house of the village chief in that one room.”
“However, Datuk Jai, we do not know whether the young man said the truth or a trick, considering that the room available at the inn was only one.”
“True, but what if it was just a coincidence? Wouldn't we just trouble the two of them with real business that they don't interfere?”
“Actually, the chances are very small if they have killed the grandfather of the village chief along with all our soldiers that night. There were originally many warriors who stopped here, but as soon as the news of the massacre got out, they all disappeared out of nowhere.”
“The heroes that my grandfather meant ... do they not stay at the village inn?”
“No. From the information I got, they chose to hitchhike at the people's house or rice shop. No money to rent a room in the inn.”
The village elders simultaneously let out a long sigh while staring at Mantingan and Chitra Anggini with pity.
“Only the two of them did not escape. If they want to, they will do it very easily. They could have disappeared, swallowed by the darkness of night, washed their hands of the massacre.”
“I don't think so, Datuk Sra. If if I had once again stressed that if—daku were the murderer of the village chief's grandfather, then I would not have escaped from this village.—
“Why is that so?”
“Cause who escaped will actually get a big suspicion. And Datuk Sra certainly knew, that whoever killed the village chief under the auspices of the Koying Kingdom, it was the same as declaring war on the kingdom. The government will not let this go unresolved. I suspect, tomorrow there will be warriors from the city who are sent to investigate and solve this murder case. They have the largest spy network in the entire country, fused into one with the life of the community. So I guess, in another week or two, the warriors who fled this village will be caught.”
The atmosphere became silent for a moment. Perfect coat petrified in its place. His face was flat, but his heart was pounding quite strongly. Realize how this problem is getting more complicated.
Chitra Anggini turned towards him. Without making a sound, the look in his eyes had thrown a question, what were they talking about?
The mantle simply shrugged in return. He felt unable to explain everything to the woman in this place.
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