ADILAGES
MIDSHIPMAN 2
Julia's entourage was lucky enough to find a fishing village on the coast near Pelabuhan Ratu an hour before sunset.
Because the Puskesmas or village clinic has closed, the group including the “patens” stay at the home of one of the residents named Herman Winarno. Inhabitants, parobaya-aged married couples treat them kindly and help with pleasure.
So, these three friends concentrated on taking care of Leony. The girl did not realize. Her body heat continued to rise, although Julia, Brian and Gilang were very busy compressing, fanning the girl all night.
“Wah, have ten times replace compresses, Leony's body heat never goes down! This is so bad!” julia said, the worry was in the look of her face.
“It is fortunate that there are Pak and Bu Winarno who are kind to help us,” Gilang said. “Without saying goodbye.”
Instead, Brian frowned. “Do not calm down first. At first glance I saw something strange from the look in Mr. Winarno's eyes. I think he's much more knowledgeable than we thought.”
“True too, Brian,” Julia said. “There is no harm in us being vigilant, but we should still be reasonable. Well, I replaced the compress. I think I should rest first. Brian, Gilang, replace me, yes.”
Brian walked away. “Eeh, I also need to go back first, yes.” Actually he deliberately away so that Gilang can be alone with Leony. While keeping watch outside, later he intended to peek at them silently.
Gilang who has read “tactik” Brian just sighed. Besides, let him stand guard next to Leony. Julia and Brian had been trying much harder than her since then, and Gilang felt somewhat embarrassed by this cowardly nature.
Meanwhile, Julia decided to sit on the porch, unwinding. Pain in his back from the fight was still felt. A moment later, it appeared that the old man of the house was carrying a drink on a tray.
“It's Nak Julia, drink wedang round of ya first to be fresh,” said Bu Winarno, a parobaya woman with a sympathetic face, wearing glasses and kebaya.
“Thank you, Bu Win.” Julia sipped that ginger drink. “Hmm... ouch, ouch!”
“Awas son, it's still hot!”
“Hehehe, yes well..” The girl smiled shyly.
Mr. Winarno then approached Julia while shaking his head. “Basic youth of today, always in a hurry.”
A moment later, Mr. Win's eyes flashed full of investigation. “Look son, I'm not a doctor. But if you may know, what is your friend sick?”
Julia's expression changed, her forehead wrinkled. This is what Brian called “tapan eyes people all know” earlier? The girl then sighed and revealed the true events. Without mentioning Dahlia, of course.
Still, Julia's explanation made the old man's eyes widen. “Corruption, but his strength exceeds two men..God, may he be possessed by the spirit of Nyi Roro Kidul!”
“Hah? How can?” Julia was no less surprised. “Don't according to legend, Nyi Roro Kidul is the ruler of the Southern Ocean, his body can't appear on the mainland?”
“But his soul can. Hundreds of years down there, the Queen's devotion continues to grow. He can crush on someone, possess, ‘borrow’ even change the person's body. Can also pass objects, animals or such.”
The thing? Julia impinges. Oh, my God, that bracelet!
The student moved to get up, then sat back down. “Sorry, Sir..”
“Tak apa.”
“It seems you know a lot about Nyi Roro Kidul.”
Mr. Win nodded. “Yes, as well as several other legends. You need to know, there is one version of the Legend of Nyi Roro Kidul that is only told for generations in villages around Pelabuhan Ratu, which of course you know the story.”
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Herman Winarno started telling stories. That said, before becoming the Queen of the South Sea, Nyi Roro Kidul was known as Roro Kandita, a princess whose beauty was unparalleled. Because of envy, the king's concubines hired the services of a hermit shaman to use the princess. As a result, Roro Kandita suffered from a disease that makes his skin scaly, exactly fish. Unhealed, the princess was expelled from the palace.
Roro Kandita then ventured to find the antidote to the magic. However, gradually the disease got worse and his breathing became more congested. Desperate, Roro Kandita intends to commit suicide by plunging from the cliffs of Karang Hawu Beach near Pelabuhan Ratu.
As the princess arrived at the edge of the cliff, suddenly a long-haired man approached her while shouting, “Stop, Rara! Don't act stupid!”
“Who are you? Why follow me all the way here?” Roro Kandita turned around and asked suspiciously. Then, he was transfixed to see that the man was very handsome, like a god kahyangan.
The man replied, “My name is Midshipman, I am a sage, a witch and a hermit of the Hindu Brahmin sect. I've been looking for you for a long time, and I finally found you in this place.”
“Lantas, what's your business preventing me?” sahut Rara ketus. “Do you think I'm a pity-worthy creature?”
“Not so, Rara,” said Taruna while shaking her head. “First of all, you need to know that I am the shaman hired by the concubines of the king to curse you.”
“A-what!?” The eyes of Roro Kandita, whose little name is Rara is wide-eyed. A moment later, his gaze turned stern. “Siaal! Pay this debt with your life, coward shaman!” The woman lunged towards the shaman, but suddenly her steps came to a halt and she held his neck. His breathlessness relapsed!
“Cih! After all that you've done, you're offering an antidote? How could I possibly believe in that cheap trick of yours?” snapped Rara.
With great patience, Taruna explained, “Trust me or not, your scaly skin can make you breathe and move freely in water, like the gills and fins of fish. In exchange, you won't be able to live on land anymore. Never be able to return to your kingdom, to your family. Well, how'd you decide? Living in the water freely, or drinking this antidote, back to the palace full of intrigue and traps? Take revenge on those concubines?”
“Hei! Who do you think you are, Taruna? After cursing me and disappearing, you just show up and rule my life? Just delicious! It's good you told me about this skin, so I can find another way to kill myself!”
Suddenly Taruna blocks Roro's hand and reprimands, “Wait! Don't be stupid, Roro Kandita! Don't waste your life in vain when the exit is in sight! Besides, I have a third reason to help you!”
Rara Flicked her hand wanting to come off, but failed. “What other reason? Never mind, don't talk!”
But Taruna even pulled the girl's hand, her eyes looking straight at the interlocutor with a look full of shade. “All this is because.. I love you so much.”.
Roro Kandita. For the first time, a young man dared to declare his love directly to this king's former daughter. For a moment, his heart flowered.
But the next moment, Rara's facial expression hardened, her geligin. Then he pushed the body of the Taruna with one hard kick. Harsher still, “I told you I'd rather die than receive help, let alone love from the person who has harmed me! Get there!”
The cadets seemed to remain calm, as if they had expected Rara's reaction. “Good, then let me reveal my sincerity.” His lips then pitched a spell, his index and middle fingers clenched together, drawing a magical script that shimmered before his chest. Suddenly on his skin appeared rashes shaped fish scales exactly the same as the scales on Rara's body. “Look, I also suffered the same curse as you. Let me sacrifice and bear the penalty for my actions, and you heal as before.”
“Well, now depends on your decision,” said Taruna while putting the Paramitha Tear tube on the rock. Then he ran quickly to the edge of the cliff and plunged into the ocean water. While doing so, Taruna had chanted the song.
Keep living, Rara's down
Go back to your kingdom
Be the wise Queen of Fair
Let me be damned in your stead
Keep living, Rara's down
So that my sacrifice is not in vain
This is the expression of my heart
About regret and love
May one beautiful day
You will live a happy peace
Always remember, Rara is down
I love you more than anything
Rara had moved to prevent, but fell tripping slippery rocks. He could only be astonished at the determined actions of his adoring man. Then, Rara looked at the bottle of antidote, took it, then opened it.
When the contents of the bottle were about to drip out of the bottle, suddenly Roro Kandita undo his intentions. Nah! I have a better use for this magical water! his inner. The cadets are the culprits of this disaster! He deliberately plotted to harm me because a sage was forbidden to marry, let alone marry the king's daughter! I must take revenge on Taruna, not on the king's concubines!
So there's no other choice. Roro Kandita then ran and plunged from the Rock of Hawu, chasing Taruna in the depths of the vast ocean.
In the water, Roro Kandita panicked, her hands and feet floundering. But the next moment he realized there was a change in his body. Jesus, the cadets are right! My scales are gone, and I can move freely and breathe freely in the water!
Then, the beautiful long-haired girl looked around her. This was his new world, an underwater world full of its own beauty. There won't be any king concubines, evil shamans or anything like that here. All of this means that Taruna is very powerful mandraguna. In order to fight against my great enemy one day, as well as survive and make this South Sea my kingdom, I must master a magic that no one will ever be able to match!
So, as the centuries passed, Roro Kandita developed into a powerful figure beyond measure, known by a new name, Nyi Roro Kidul and got the nickname “Queen of the South Sea”. In addition, he mastered the science of “borrow” human body in order to roam the land in disguise.