The Rising Of The Mage

A Short Break 3

"Isn't it a shrewdness for being disrespectful to this Mayapada Lord?" Ask Shadow.

"That's if he knows my identity!" Reply Ki Semar.

Shadow was silent when Ki Semar replied like that. Then he asked again.

"What do you mean, that boy doesn't recognize you as Mayapada's ruler?" Ask Shadow.

Ki Semar nodded her head in response to Shadow's question. He also wondered why the boy did not know him.

"It's strange that he doesn't know you, my Lord!" Shadow.

"I also thought so, because when I first met him. His eyes looked at me respectfully, but not as the ruler of Mayapada. He looked at me with respect as a parent." Ki Semar.

Shadow was silent when he heard his King say that. He could feel there was a deep longing for the words spoken by Ki Semar.

'Now I understand why I was ordered to look after the young man.' Inner Shadow.

"Shadow! Stay by her side, if she's in trouble help. If anyone tries to hurt him and you can't fight back. Report it to me." Ki Semar.

Shadow immediately yelled and replied, "sendiko dawuh, Gusti Prabu!"

When Ki Semar was about to leave, there was still something in Shadow's heart. The ruler of Karangka Dempel drew his lips and said.

"Is there anything you want to ask me, Shadow?"

The corner of Ki Semar's lips curved up, upon hearing Shadow's question. Then he answered Shadow's question.

"I did know her, but not through my Skill but rather the necklace she was wearing!" Answer Ki Semar.

"The necklace she's wearing?" Beo Shadow's.

"Yes, that necklace is a gift I gave to a woman in the past while she was avenging her son's death." Answer Ki Semar.

"Oh I remember, but what does the necklace have to do with you who know Yudi?" Ask Shadow again.

"Before I parted with him, I boasted that there would be no one who would not know me. Then he promised to find someone who wouldn't know me. So I give the necklace while telling, if the child meets give the necklace to him so I can know that he is the person you mean. And when I met him for the first time, it turned out that the young man did not know me at all." Ki Semar.

Shadow clearly did not believe that his King had ever bet like that with the woman.

"Now, calm myself down because I already know everything clearly. Then what do you think of the future of that young man, My Lord?" Ask Shadow curiously.

"This is what I'm worried about, Shadow!" Reply Ki Semar.

"What's the matter, sir? What in the future will he die?" Shadow asked in panic.

"Death is a certainty, even because of the desire to fight death that Kalabendhu was created. You must understand what and who is this domed, don't you?" Answer Ki Semar.

"I understand, Sir! I never thought that this Kalabendhu was one of the three great calamities created to destroy the Continent or perhaps the world. I don't know who whispered Aditya Puyuh on the twin mountains, so do something terrible like this." Reply Shadow coldly.