8 Goddess of Flower Sanggana
Rajungan 11: Laughter in the Thirty Room

*The Secrets of the Howling Gorge (Configuration)*

Gentabaya led four lower-ranking male students to inspect the rooms, which had been prepared as guest rest areas.

Until the H-2 day, no guests had arrived. It is predicted that tomorrow will be a super busy day, because it is certain that tomorrow great guests will arrive.

For the sake of tomorrow's day after tomorrow, Perguruan Bukit Dalam has built six long stilt houses. Each stage house contains ten guest rooms, more than the number of invited guests, assuming not all invited guests will come.

The examination was carried out right after dark, in order to check also the functioning of two lamps and one torch each room at night. After all is confirmed to be functioning, then the lampstand and torch again turned off.

The room was designed to be tightly closed with thick plank walls without gaps, one window on the back wall was made rather wide to allow the wind to cool in. In the ceiling of the room there are also windows that can be opened and closed, but can not function as an emergency door.

So, the contents of the stage house were like a boarding house with one wide hallway and ten bedroom doors. Each room door is numbered to make it easier for guests to find their room.

“Hahahak..!”

Suddenly Gentabaya and his four juniors were startled by the loud laughter of two men. The laughter sounded prolonged and the source came from the end room they had not checked, precisely in room number thirty.

The five men were completely shocked. Because, they know very well that the sixty guest rooms have not been filled, because indeed not a single guest who came. There can be no guests occupying the room without the permission of the host.

“Isn't there no guests yet?” gentabaya asked his four colleagues.

The four replied with a nod. Gentabaya then walked quickly to the end of the hallway. His four juniors immediately followed.

The corridor was of sufficient width to be used for walking crowds. At night, there are six torches lit to illuminate the corridor.

“Hahahak..!”

The laughter of the two old men sounded prolonged, as if they were laughing at something very funny.

Gentabaya and his four companions arrived at the doorstep of room number thirty. It was very clear that the laughter of the two old men came from behind the door.

Convinced that the person in the room was an illegal guest, Gentabaya immediately pushed the door. Doors that have not been filled by guests must not be locked. It turned out to be true, the door of the room was not locked. They could immediately look into the dark room, except for the torchlight from the front of the room that was burning in.

As the door opened, the laughter of the two old men instantly disappeared. The atmosphere turned silent for a moment, there was not even a remnant of laughter.

Werw!

Suddenly Gentabaya and his four friends became creepy seeing the fact that the room was empty, when clearly the sound of laughter came from inside the room.

“I goosebumps,” said one of the students.

“There are those who want to mess with us,” said Gentabaya concluded.

“We better report Master, Kang,” propose another.

Gentabaya then closed the door again.

“Check first the remaining rooms!” gentabaya Order.

They left the front of the room to examine the three rooms they had not yet examined.

“Hahahak..!”

“Hihihik..!”

Suddenly the sound of laughter of the two old men was again heard exploding. However, this time there was the sound of women's laughter accompanying it as well. From the type of voice, the woman sounded not old, different from other laughter sounds.

How surprised Gentabaya and his four colleagues heard the appearance of the voice again. Although surprised, Gentabaya quickly ran to the door of the thirty room and immediately opened the door.

The atmosphere was instantly quiet without laughter as the door opened. The laughter stopped suddenly as if it had been slashed apart by a sword. The incident made Gentabaya as a senior student at the place rather emotional. Clearly the owner of the laughter voice was intent on playing tricks on him and his four comrades.

Gentabaya stepped into the room. He went to light both a lampstand and a torch in the room. The three lights were normal. The room also looks brighter. The atmosphere of the room looks normal without any strange signs or traces. The room was neat like a room that had not been occupied by someone. The mattress and pillows on the bed are perfectly neat as before.

“Please excuse me, Elder! Whoareyou? Would you show yourself?” gentabaya said well-mannered, although in his heart he felt irritated. He looked around into a room that was quite large.

Gentabaya and his four friends who were standing in the doorway fell silent, as if waiting for a response from the asked party. However, up to ten counts, there were no more sounds of laughter or any other sounds in response to Gentabaya's question.

“You check the other rooms first!” gentabaya's orders to his four companions. While he chose to remain standing in the room.

“Good, Kang!” answer them.

The four white-clothed disciples in dark red pants moved away to complete their duties in the other three rooms. The gentabaya moved to sit on the edge of the bed. The thirty-seven-year-old man was still watching the contents of the room.

Until finally the four disciples came to him again, no strange events had happened inside the room.

They also came out of the room.

Brek!

“Hehehek!”

Just as Gentabaya closed the bedroom door and his hands were not yet out of the doorknob, suddenly there was a giggling sound of two old men and a woman in the room. The sound of their laughter seemed to be being held back because they were not discovered.

Gentabaya just pushed the door open in half. The sound of laughter was lost again like beheaded by the executioner. The atmosphere was silent again.

The four junior disciples of Gentabaya were getting creepy and scared. Demons or humans? Think they.

Finally, Gentabaya closed the door again.

“Hahahak..!” The sound of laughter exploded without being restrained.

This time Gentabaya was not provoked to open the door. He's abai. He chose to leave the front of the room. The four comrades hurriedly followed.

On his descent from the sturdy longhouse, Gentabaya gave orders to his four juniors.

“You continue checking the other three houses. I will report to Master about the incident in room thirty!”

“But, Kang.... If the sound of laughter appears again how?” ask one of them heavy-hearted.

“Sign up and don't run!” gentabaya replied as he walked away.

The four disciples could only look at each other and then go carry out their duties and orders.

The area is a deep abyss, surrounded by high rock cliffs with their natural patterns. The atmosphere of the bottom of the ravine that was darkened by the night, was not so complete, because many torches were scattered in various places, even up to the high cliff wall there were a number of stone torches.

The atmosphere of the bottom of the abyss also gets extra illumination from the moonlight, which again overnight will reach full moon perfection. On that full moon night will gather dozens of old figures and white swordsmen in that place.

At the base of the Howling Gorge there is a stone hill mixed with soil, the peak of which is the center of Bukit Dalam College. While the six houses long stage located on the north side of the hill body.

On the west side of the bottom of the ravine and hill there is a wide cliff gap, as the road opens to a dense and wide forest. While the outside world is far above the abyss there.

Gentabaya went to look for where his teacher was. After asking a student who served as a servant of his teacher's private residence, Gentabaya then went to his teacher's private residence, which was located in the southern foothills.

The young man in white clothes headed to a large and wide house that was nice, made of stone and wood. On the porch of the house is quite spacious to look brighter lighting than usual night.

“Hahahak..!”

Gentabaya faintly heard the laughter of several people, including the laughter of his teacher. There were also some women laughing.

Getting closer to his teacher's house, Gentabaya could see the presence of a number of guests who were being entertained by his teacher.

The first guest was a big old man again fat full of fat. He was in a big white robe. His facial model is round, white-haired and maintains a white beard. He laughed until his body was all shaken, while his right hand held a large banana that had been peeled half naked. That person was none other than Ewit Kurnawa who nicknamed the White Fan Angel.

The second guest was a thin man in dark green robes. His black and white hair was simple curled and tied with a tree bark rope. He was named the Eastern Devil, nicknamed the Green Fan Angel.

And the third guest was a dark red-robed woman. His physique was so much younger than both of his old male colleagues. The woman who was estimated to be in her forties still had a tight skin like a young child. His face was smooth without any wrinkles or eye bags. He was named Minati Sekar Arum, nicknamed the Red Fan Angel.

These three people are martial figures who are so legendary. In addition to his magic that is difficult to find a comparison, they are also teachers of a number of martial old figures. Teacher Joko Calm named Ki Ageng Kunsa Pari is one of his students. Even the three of them became teachers directly from Joko Calm. They are known by their legendary name, the Three Fan Angels.

These three saints were entertained directly by an all-white old man. Her hair was white, her head covering was white, her eyebrows were white, her short mustache was white, her beard was white, she was dressed and had white pants, she was white drunk, and she was white-robed. His skin is also white. However, his pair of eyes seemed to have a thin red layer, coating white and black pupils. He is the number one person in the Lolongan Gorge and in Bukit Dalam College. His name is Ki Rawa Manggir with the popular nickname Pendekar Ganesha Putih.

On the right side of Ki Rawa Manggir sat two elderly women who were his wives. On his left side sat two half-century-old women who were also his wives. Ki Rawa Manggir always had four wives. There were seven women he married in his life. Three of his other wives had already died.

Seeing the guest who was fully hosted by Ki Rawa Manggir with his four wives, showed that the guest was very majestic, although Gentabaya judged it very noisy. This made Gentabaya hesitant to see his teacher.

“The laughter of the three people was like the sound of laughter in room thirty..” thought Gentabaya. “If it is them, I better not make trouble.”

“Ewit, look at the man!” said Minati Sekar Arum to fat grandfather while glancing at Gentabaya who stopped some distance in front of the house.

Ewit Kurnawa then looked at the front of the house. Similarly, Ki Rawa Manggir, his four wives, and the Eastern Devil, they turned to look at Gentabaya.

“Ke come, Young Man!” call Ewit Kurnawa while waving his right hand.

Quite surprised Gentabaya was called in.

“Ke come, Gentabaya!” call Ki Rawa Manggir and smile. (BH)