Voices From Other Realms

Deal with satan

Arum walked with a stumble, his hair frowning...

It had been a few days since he had walked into the forbidden forest...

To survive, Arum eats whatever is in the forest...

Forest fruits that become bird food, young plant shoots.

Whatever he eats, as long as he can prop up his hungry stomach.

He kept walking deeper and deeper into the forest, not caring about the dark and lush thickets.

Arum seemed to lose his fear, not caring about the sound of the animals that sounded so creepy...

The sound of strange insects is sounding sahut-sahutan, under normal conditions.Perhaps Arum has run home.

While his current feelings are shrouded in disappointment, sadness, anger, and resentment that blend into one.

That is what causes it as if Arum will not feel afraid of anything, even though he is alone in the forest.

He did not care about the pain in his hands and feet that were scratched, hit by the scratches of thorny bushes and sharp twigs as he walked through.

Due to exhaustion, Arum wanted to rest and find a comfortable place to sit.

Arum's eyes were fixed on a large tree.

Arum saw, there was a handsome offerings under the big tree.

Sesajen containing jugs, food wrapped in banana leaves, seven-figured flowers, bananas, and incense that is still burning.

There's incense still burning....Arum looked around him, the offerings had not long been put there by someone.

But no one was seen there.

Anum approached the offerings, and he felt his stomach.

For a few days he had not eaten rice.he swallowed his saliva.

Arum looked around him again, to see if there was not a human being there.

" O you who are the inhabitants of trees and forests, I ask permission to eat this offerings..." Arum crouched down to pick up the food wrapped in banana leaves on the tray.

Arum opened the food wrapped in banana leaves, appeared white rice with a piece of fried chicken thigh. Looks really good.

Arum ate it voraciously, it tasted so delicious. Bite the fried chicken and put the rice in his mouth.

Arum finished his meal, until it was clean and left only chicken bones.

Then he lifted the jug on the tray and poured tea water from inside the jug by raising his neck and opening his mouth.

" Funny.full," Arum wiped his lips with his wry fingers.

There are still two bananas on the tray.

" The rest will make it fit hungry only," said Arum.

Arum put the jug back on the tray.

Arum felt sleepy from fullness and also exhausted.

"Thank you Eyang for the food," Arum cupped his hands together.

Arum sat on his back against the big tree.

He yawned widely, then closed his eyes.

Arum felt a breeze caressing his face, he slept soundly.

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" Wake up Cah ayu...," someone patted Arum's arm.

"Mmmm..," Arum still looked sleepy.

" Cah ayu..wake up.." it woke Arum up again.

Arum rubbed his eyes.he saw in front of him stood an old white-haired grandmother, wearing a kemben and a white gombrong kebaya.

Where did this grandmother come from? Arum was astonished...

"Whose grandmother?" asked Arum confused.

" I live here, call me Grandma Kanji" replied the grandmother.

Arum turned his neck, there was no house there. Where does the grandmother live?

" I live around this forest" pointed to Kanji's grandmother as if she could read Anum's mind.

"What are you doing here, ayu...?" ask again.

Arum hesitates to answer Kanji's grandmother, he is confused about where to start.

" There's no need for you to tell me if you don't want to" Kanji's grandmother can read Arum's head.

Arum shook his head.

" I see the embers of vengeance in your eyes...."

" Do you want me to help you?" ask again with a sharp look.

"I mean grandma?" asked Arum confused.

" You've eaten the food that was given to me cah ayu.but because before eating you have asked permission.I'm not angry," Kanji's grandmother told Anum.

" Oh sorry so it's Kanji's grandma's? sorry..I was so hungry..." Arum cupped both hands.

" It's okay, but you have to pay for what you've taken. hi..hi.

Arum saw Grandma Kanji's eyes turn red.

But there is no fear in Arum...

The grudge and anger in his heart made nothing to fear.

" I'll pay for it, grandma..say in what way can I pay for the food I've eaten?" challenge Arum...

"Hi...hi..good...good...you're brave.."

"Just tell me grandma, I'm ready to pay...."

" But you should not regret it later in life" said Kanji's grandmother.

" You must be my follower...."

" Your follower, grandma? what's that supposed?" asked Arum boldly.

" I will help you avenge all that is in your heart. You can repay your heartache.hi.hi..hi..."

"How does grandma know I have grudges and heartache?" asked Arum confused.

" Of course I know, I am Kanji's grandmother.The vengeful spirit that inhabits this great tree.." replied Kanji's grandmother.

"Whoever may ask me anything.I will give them everything they ask for.wealth, fame, revenge...."

" On one condition.they should be my followers...."

" Are you ready?" ask again.

" I'm willing. How's grandma doing?"

" You have to sacrifice one life for me, every full moon...."

Arum can no longer think with his common sense anymore, because of the resentment in his heart.he already does not care about the risks he has taken.

Arum does not care, if later many will be sacrificed.

He did not know that a covenant with Satan would lead him into a great sin.

And he also did not think about the consequences he would receive if he broke the agreement he had made.

" How do I bring them here Grandma, while I have no power whatsoever."

" Hi..hi.later I will give you my powers.l. e.. lah ayu..they will obey you when you bring them here."

" But remember.if you forget to bring one person for me on the night of the full moon."

"What consequences will I bear?" ask Arum to know.

" You will forever be the inhabitants of this forest.not as a queen.but as a slave.and the one you sacrificed out of spite will be her queen...."

Arum nodded his head. Without a second thought he agreed to his agreement with Kanji's grandmother.

" Good..hi....hi...."