You And I Are The Same

Chapter 9's

It wasn't for nothing, Gus Zaini just wanted to see who stopped his speech.

“Monggo!” 3 People were allowed to sit.

“What is stuck in the heart of sampean?” asked Gus Zaini while pushing a tray of fruits.

"Please ask!" continued Gus Zaini who seemed to know the contents of the heart of Grace and Avan.

“Begini Gus, my nephew's wife is possessed. In fact, it had disappeared a few hours.” Gleaned a glimpse of Rianti who was staring at Gus Zaini with a shady look.

Kyai Abasari's son gave a small nod understanding the direction of Grace's conversation.

“The night he was possessed until he went home to his father-in-law,” Rahmat said at length.

“But I am aware of what I am doing.” Rianti's speech made Avan and Rahmat surprised, because the woman did not tell about this.

“That's right you, darling?” Avan looked seriously at his wife's face.

Rianti nodded at the husband's question.

“Lantas why don't you tell me the same story? But ... earlier you were angry with me because you did not wake you up,” said Avan who did not understand the story of Rianti.

Gus Zaini was speechless with his eyes tightly shut, while Grace let out a long sigh. Another with the couple, they were still arguing about Rianti's statement.

“You're serious about your statement?” Avan made sure back to Rianti's words, he really did not believe it.

All this time everyone knows, that possessed people are not likely to be aware. However, this is the first time Avan, Rahmat and Gus Zaini heard that Rianti was conscious and remembered all his words and behavior.

“I remember it Mas. When Neni miscarried and Bulek Tutik became possessed by genderuwo, I realized.” Rianti was clean with his initial statement.

Gus Zaini who has opened his eyes raised his voice over what Avan's wife experienced.

“What do you feel when you experience this? Did you hear a whisper or something? Or often experience this event?” The demands of the question that Gus Zaini made.

“No, I have never been possessed. And ... This is the first time I saw a subtle creature,” firmly Rianti without hesitation.

“We better go back to do ruqyah,” advice Gus Zaini while standing.

“Can I recover after doing ruqyah?” ask Rianti to make sure.

The woman did not mean to underestimate the person who was standing next to her, but she just wanted to make sure if she could avoid the supernatural.

Gus Zaini was still waiting for a response from Rianti, not waiting for long the black veiled woman immediately nodded and stood up.

Ruqyah procession begins, Gus Zaini uses sensi gloves to be free when doing ruqyah. Sometimes peng-ruqyah touch the head or nape of the patient and that is why they use sensi gloves to avoid direct skin contact.

First Gus Zaini recited the letter of Al-Fatihah then the letter of Al-Baqarah plus Ayat Kursi and Surat Al-Mu’minun. So long Gus Zaini recited the holy verses of the Qur’an, but Rianti did not respond like other patients.

In fact, the woman looked ordinary and there was no sign of any jinn or demons interfering. Surprising enough, but this is the fact that Rianti is not possessed like other people who thrash or scream when they are.

All the santri stared curiously, as did Rianti himself. He did not feel anything strange or anything that made him uncomfortable, even the holy verse of the Qur’an made him calm, comfortable and sleepy.

“Mas, I'm sleepy,” whispered Rianti in between Gus Zaini teaching.

“Hold do not sleep!” This is what Rianti heard, the rest of him had fallen asleep just like that.

However, his hearing was still good enough to hear the conversation of his husband, uncle and also Gus Zaini. Somehow the two groups of eyes could not open even though Rianti tried his hardest to be literate.

O Allah, what else is wrong with this servant? Ask in the heart.

Here Rianti had not heard clearly the conversation of the 3 men because his eardrums were filled with the sound of water gurgling.

What else is this? Was I taken to the shower? Or do I want to be bathed in flower water? Impossible! Where there is a son kyai do the idolatrous thing, denied Rinti and various questions flashed across his mind that made him tired of guessing the current situation.

As Rianti waited, a familiar male voice snapped at him until the woman's eardrum buzzed.

“Wake up!”

As soon as Rianti's eyelids opened she saw Gus Zaini, Grace and her husband were looking at her with worried eyes.

Rianti sat up straight and said, “Don't be upset! I'm fine.”

Rianti's confession received a quick response from Gus Zaini.

“Still remember what happened?”

Instead of answering, Rianti pointed to something behind Gus Zaini and the look in her eyes caused a stir in Avan's heart.

"W-what?" ask Avan nervously.