The Werewolf's
49. Split-up
Under the hot sun was seen a boy meditating under the swift waterfall, the skin of his shoulders looks reddened because it continues to collide with the rushing water flow.
For almost a day the boy did not budge from his meditation, Kai faithfully waited for him by the river, occasionally the tiger yawned due to drowsiness.
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That afternoon, an eagle was seen flying over the residence of Grandfather Arung, suddenly the bird dived sharply towards Alara who was practicing the sword.
Alara who was a little surprised avoided being exposed to the claws of the large bird, while observing the birds perched on top of the wooden humans that Damar used to practice, there was paper tied to his feet.
"hmm what bird is a letter carrier?" muttered Alara wonder.
He took the paper, and the bird flew straight to the sky, and his forehead crispened to read the message inside.
Night had arrived, Damar and Kai had just returned after a full day at the river, Duwan himself was busy helping Alara prepare dinner.
"how's your meditation?" ask grandpa Arung.
"mmm I don't understand much, but I feel my mind is a little clearer" Damar replied.
"do meditation once a week, it is good for your development" said grandfather Arung advised.
"yes grandfather teacher" the boy replied in an agitation.
"what's the cake?" ask Alara who just came.
"it's fine for him anyway, it's for his own good" he replied.
"hmm, but don't be too hard on him, he's still a child" Alara reminded.
"you started meditating at 7 years old"
"but I'm different cake" said Alara again.
"yes yes, I won't train him too hard" said Arung's lazy grandfather.
After their dinner passed the day casually, Duwan and Grandpa Arung had already gone to bed while Alara and Damar were sitting together on the terrace.
Both of them are equally fond of the night sky, what else tonight is so many stars scattered, Damar occasionally takes a heavy breath like thinking about something.
"why?" ask Alara.
"i miss my mom and dad" he said.
"hmm, it's been 2 years well" replied Alara Lirih.
"sister, is it okay if I miss mom and dad?" ask the boy with a sharp eye.
"what is that question? what does it matter if we miss the people we care about? isn't that a natural thing" Alara replied smiling.
"but.."
"The room listen to me, missing our loved ones is not a mistake, longing exists because of affection, you must love your father and mother very much so it is natural that you miss them, the longing comes from here (pointing Damar's chest) and that feeling is pure" he said.
"hikss sister" her cries broke.
"it's okay if Damar cries as much as you, spill all your sadness on me" he said, hugging her.
Gently the girl patted the boy's back, for 2 years Damar through the day with hard training, Alara to forget that Damar was still an 8-year-old child.
In the lives of both parents in a terrible way, suffering for days in a narrow pit with one friend, almost all the bad memories the child had.
Too tired to cry the child fell asleep unconsciously, Duwan who woke up and saw the door open directly out.
"what are you Ra?" asked Duwan while yawning.
"nothing, please take her to the room" the girl said.
"why is this kid asleep in your arms?" his gerrick.
"you know? she cried herself to sleep, she missed both her parents so much" Alara explained.
"missing someone who's gone is painful, we both know how it feels" the young man said.
After taking Damar to his room Duwan came back out, sitting together on the terrace was something they had not done for long enough.
"i got a letter" said Alara arrived.
"what letters? from whom?" tanyakanya.
"father asked me to go to the bamboo forest" he replied.
"ehh why? is there a problem?"
"well, you just asked me to go there" he replied briefly.
"when are we going?" ask the young man.
"do you want to come?"
"of course, it's been 2 years that we've only been silent here" he replied in a lazy tone.
"hmm tomorrow I'll talk to grandfather about this" he said passing by the house.
The morning after breakfast Alara told me about the letter sent by Rangga, Grandpa Arung only mangosteen mangosteen heard it, Damar himself only kept silent after a while looking shocked.
"wouldn't you really go?" ask Damar in between his training.
"yes, my father said he wanted to talk about something important" he replied.
"how long?"
"how long is brother gone?" tanyakanya.
"well, I don't know how long it will be but it's likely that I'll be gone for months" Alara replied again.
There was no answer from Damar, Alara looked at the boy and felt shocked because the child was crying.
"lho why?" tanyanya.
"i want to come" he said.
"came? if you go along, what about your training? you said you wanted to be a strong warrior"
"but.."
"Damar, brother does not want you to leave your training because of me, brother promised to go home immediately once the brother's business is done" he promised.
"no promise?" ask the boy.
"emm, didn't you keep your promise first? are you in doubt?" tanyakanya.
"no, I believe in big brother" he replied steadily.
"good, after you return you must show the results of your training to your brother, don't you want to practice the match by using a real sword?" ask Alara.
"yes, I want to use a real sword like big brother" he said enthusiastically.
"then practice hard, you will look forward to the results of your persistence" he smiled.
A few days after Alara Duwan and Kai returned to travel together, only this time Alara was banned from using her abilities.
Because even though her body had recovered the burden of her strength still remained the same, so it was possible that Alara should not fight using her strength.
"do you not like both of me?" ask Kakdk Arung to Damar.
"that's not it, I'm just scared" he said softly.
"fear? am I a creepy guy?" ask grandpa Arung to investigate.
"no no, that's not what I'm afraid of" he replied.
"then?"
"I don't know why but I feel like I'm going to part with my sister for a very long time" she replied blankly.
"it's just your feeling, they're only gone for a few months" said grandfather.
"i hope so too, may the journey of brother smooth" he murmured softly.
As days went by, Alara and Duwan stopped by the city to rest, eating good sleeping food at the inn was their goal.
The city they visited was the city of Jayaraya, one of the great cities in the cloud kingdom that controlled the course of trade.
The city was always crowded no matter day or night, the swordsmen who stopped or settled there like they never slept.
From arms dealers, drug dealers to vegetable and meat traders are all there, the market in Jayaraya city is almost 60% of the size of the city, no wonder that this city controls the trade.
"strange, why in a big city this advanced there are so many villages that are starving?" alara was astonished.
"huh you do not know well, the Cloud kingdom is having a big problem" Duwan said.
"what's the big deal?" ask Alara wonder.
"do you know it has been 7 years since King Eka Wijaya ruled our kingdom?"
"yes tauu"
"during this state of our country went well until 1 year ago the younger brother of king Eka, prince Dwi Wijaya planned a rebellion" Duwan whispered.
"don't just talk to you! do you want your head to be separated from your body?" alara was upset.
"hehhh I don't want to talk, just so you know that some villages that are experiencing hunger are not due to crop failure or the like, but their crops were forcibly taken by robbers and black-flow warriors" he said.
"forcibly taken? did the government not follow through on all this? if this is allowed there can be hunger where" said the girl.
"you here, it is not not un-followed but all this is happening in various parts of our country, our king is overwhelmed to take care of this" he explained again.
"wasn't the kingdom having many knights and bodyguards that came from the big sects? why can be overwhelmed" said Alara still do not understand.
"of course overwhelmed, because now all palace officials are in a period of division, they are divided into two groups, one group siding with the king and the other siding with the prince, this problem is far more hostile than the war with other countries, indirectly our country will be destroyed from within" he explained.
"so there was a civil war between the king and the prince?" alara was still confused.
"really, they both usurped the throne at the expense of the people"
"then why didn't the king give up?"
"it is not that easy Ra, maybe if prince Dwi has a good personality king Eka would just give up his throne, but the prince has a bad temper, he is cruel and likes to bully servants and even royal citizens, he said, he also likes to gamble and play women, try to imagine what would happen if people seemed to lead our country?" asked Duwan seriously.
"TO HAN CU RAN" replied Alara steadily.
"right, I'm sure not until 50 years our country will be destroyed, even if there is no attack from outside, if anyone attacks yaaa I don't knowh" Duwan said reluctantly continued.
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