ADJOINING REALM
STRANGE PLACE

"What dream are you, Jak? Can you sleep in a fight?" Tanya Darto shortly after removing Jaka's hand lock.

"Dreams?" sahut Jaka with frown. He found Darto's speech difficult to understand.

"Yes, Jak .. you are crashing while slashing the wind here," replied Darto while sitting in front of Jaka.

"Alhamdulillaah .. so all I feel is a dream, Kang. I saw Magisna here, but she suddenly became a creepy girl, Kang," replied Jaka as he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Makanya, pray first if you want to sleep. Here is not our world, they are more freely disturbing, because here is their home," said Darto then stood.

After standing up, Darto extended his hand. Jaka who saw it immediately grabbed Darto's hand and stood up from a sitting position afterwards. The two of them returned to the tree they had originally used to sleep in, and this time they fell asleep without any interruption approaching.

Say hello in the morning. Although actually the same, the condition of the forest is still dark but has a little gray pseudo-light compared to at night. Darto and Jaka who had been in the forest for a full day began to be able to see clearly in a dim place that was very minimal lighting. Their eyes began to be able to adapt, after quite a long journey.

This time Maung did not come, feeling that he had waited long enough, Darto and Jaka decided to continue their steps without him. The two of them continued to follow the grass that kept collapsing, while creating a path for Darto and Jaka.

Hours passed, they had not seen a single difference at all. The scenery presented is still the same, namely the rows of trees that are so large with thick moss on each trunk.

This time they decided to perform the dzuhur prayer, before finally filling their stomachs and returning to continue the journey. The two of them continued to enter the darkening forest, until it was almost crazy to make.

Jaka had said that he felt only circling in the same place, but Darto dismissed Jaka's assumption by scraping every tree trunk they passed to leave a trail. And so far they have not found a single tree that was scratched. So it could be said that they actually continued to advance even though all the trees looked the same as the ones they passed through.

"Jak .. we rest first, but there's water ahead. We take a shower first, our bodies are smelly" said Darto after seeing a river so clear in front of his eyes.

Jaka immediately nodded, he even immediately ran ahead of Darto who had from the beginning led the way. After arriving in front of a sizable river sapling, Jaka immediately jumped up after removing all the cloth he was wearing.

"Kang! The water is so hot!" Jaka said while occasionally submerging his body intact, then again popping his head when his breath was at the end of the throat.

"Not in here, Jak?" Ask Darto while taking off his robe. He caught up with Jaka who was still cool soaking in the saplings that time.

"In, Kang. Here I stand, Kang, again" Jaka replied briefly. He showed the depth of the creek that reached Jaka's neck as he stood upright.

After hearing Jaka's words, Darto immediately went down and rinsed all the bodies that had not touched the water for two days. They took a long shower before finally getting out of the river saplings and immediately performed the ashar prayer afterwards.

When performing prayers, the voice of women this time can be heard by Darto and Jaka. The two of them could hear the bustling sounds of women coming from where they had bathed before.

They all washed the bars and some of the clothes they had placed on the tops, joking with each other. Jaka, who did not believe what he saw, immediately rubbed his eyes many times, but everything he saw did not change, dozens of women even looked at Jaka and Darto, instead, they slightly nodded while presenting a beautiful smile on their faces.

"Kang?! That's a demon, right?" jaka said as he gulped, he remembered last night's dream. Spontaneously he was frightened when he saw many girls sitting in front of him.

"Yes, Jack. But they are beautiful yes, Jak," replied Darto while chuckling, he felt funny with Jaka's face gradually paled.

"Don't be fooled, Kang! They can turn ugly!" sahut Jaka while looking at Darto with a reminiscent gaze.

Darto was completely awake to see Jaka's behavior, even so Darto still went forward to meet the group of beautiful girls to just say hello.

While Jaka who had no choice still had to follow Darto's steps, even though he was still imagined with his strange dream last night.

"Assalamu'alaikum, Ma'am" said Darto trying to talk to all the women in front of him.

"Wa'alaykumussalam, Kang's. Can I help you?" answer one of the women closest to Darto.

"Sorry we have used this river before, and we did not ask permission first with you" said Darto.

"It's okay, Kang. You're a guest of Romo, he's been waiting, so you better hurry up there, your journey is not far away anymore" he said then throw a smile at Jaka.

Jaka immediately shuddered, he drew closer to Darto before finally throwing in a reply the hard-earned smile he created. Seeing Jaka's fearless behavior, the woman could only close her mouth and hold back the sound of laughter from feeling bad for Jaka.

Darto who saw it immediately tower Jaka's head, before he finally spoke to the woman in front of him, "Then I say yes, Ma'am. Assalamu'alaikum."

After hearing Darto's words, all the girls who were washing answered Darto's greetings simultaneously. Darto who heard it immediately threw a smile to all the girls. He felt relieved and also felt a little safe, considering himself and Jaka were in the middle of the forest, which had religious residents.

After that, Darto and Jaka again continued their steps. Sure enough, the girl's words were not wrong, just an hour walk they had started to see a tip of light. In front there is an orange light presented from behind the rows of trees, indicating the end of the forest is already in sight.

Seeing that light, Jaka and Darto accelerated his pace. They immediately ran and not long after they saw something far from their expectations.

A spacious place, like a circle surrounded by a large tree on each edge. The place has one hut that still looks very small, when viewed from where Darto and Jaka stand. A small hut that is very simple, standing sloping in the middle of a stretch of rice trees that begin to turn yellow, presented beautifully under the orange sky.

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