ADJOINING REALM
SPECK OF LIGHT

Turning to Jaka, he was thrown towards a completely different place. Currently, little Jaka lives with Si Mboknya at the house of Si Mbah Akbar.

There is no closed village like his previous life, and no banaspati as he always feared almost half his life.

Jaka's memory is also the same as what Darto has, he has perfect concerns, with what he is witnessing and going through.

"Mbok .. Jaka has been confused by this situation for a week. Actually this life is fake, or everything Jaka's been through is just a dream?" ask Jaka to Si Mboknya.

"You're Jak .. You've been whining the same thing for a week. It's up to you to say it's a dream or a real one, but obviously you're still the only child of Si Mbok" Si Mbok replied, switching the conversation.

"Mhc ... Jaka can I ask permission?" ask Jaka back.

"Izin what? Don't ask for anything weird or dangerous!" replied Si Mbok a little tart.

"Jaka want to leave the persimmon village. There is a place that Jaka wants to visit, Mbok," Jaka explained with a downcast face.

"Where are you going?" Ask The Mbok.

"Jaka wants to go to Jaka's friend's boarding school. It may take a full day to get there if you walk," replied Jaka as he raised his head, he looked at Si Mbok's face with a difficult look to explain. But when Si Mbok saw his son's eyes, he knew Jaka's gaze described a very strong feeling.

"Let me take between ..," Sahut Pak Akbar who had just listened.

"Related, Sir? You want to let your granddaughter go?" ask Si Mbok Jaka.

"You want to refuse the request of the child who begs with such a sharp look?" Ask Mr. Akbar back.

Hearing that question, Si Mbok Jaka was completely silent. He could only bow, then shake his head.

"Thank you, Mbah. Then let's leave now, mumpung is still morning" said Jaka while standing from a sitting position. He looked excited, and also very eager to quickly arrive at his original destination.

After seeing Jaka's behavior, Si Mboknya and Si Mbahnya immediately look at each other, and nod simultaneously to agree to the request of the little young man in front of him.

It does not take long, they leave after finishing packing the goods if needed.

That day, on the same day, Darto and Jaka were really headed to the same place. They stepped on bare feet, with a fidgeting feeling that continued to lodge in their hearts.

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Back to Darto, he continued to walk the path he had been through. He's down the road that Kakung showed in his past life.

He scattered the lush forest that was so vast, to shorten the distance that should be traveled.

It had been seven hours he had walked from when he left home. This was the third time that Darto had rested. He performed the dzuhur prayer, in the place where he used to rest with his brother.

After praying, he immediately tried to enter the dark realm that he always entered accidentally in his first life.

Darto was completely focused, he kept his eyes closed in a cross-legged sitting position. Darto had tried dozens of times to release his consciousness, but all of it did not produce results.

Unknowingly, Darto fell asleep at that time, he fell asleep under a shady tree, in the middle of the wilderness. His nature is really like the old Darto, he did not feel afraid anymore even though only a stick in the forest.

It's natural for a 12-year-old to feel tired after seven hours of walking. Maybe not many children of that age who can take a long journey alone, just like what Darto is doing.

When Darto's eyes opened, the sky was completely yellow. Darto immediately rushed to take ablution in the place of flowing water that he had used for ablution before the Dzuhur prayer, and after having carried out Ashar prayer activities, Darto resumed his journey.

When the sky began to darken, Darto encountered problems. He really does not remember the continuation of the road that he had to take, because after Darto met wajana, he fainted and was carried by Kakung to his boarding school.

Because he does not know the direction of the road he will take. Darto decided to return to rest in that place.

After the Maghrib prayer, Darto made a bonfire, then ate the remaining corn rice that had been eaten half by him this afternoon.

After his stomach was full, he just leaned on the tree and continued to recite in that place. He waits for his time, and intends to go to sleep immediately if he has carried out his obligations.

When the prayer is finished Darto tunaikan, he again leaned on a large enough tree. He wrapped himself in a sheath, and curled up while leaning against the trunk of the tree.

'Java ... Astro ... Wajanas ... Maung ... Arduo ... Where're y'all? Were you sent to this world just like me?' muttered Darto slowly, while trying to close his eyes and remember all the struggles he was going through.

Darto's eyes began to slouch and squint throughout the seconds that continued to pass. He really felt that today was quite tiring, so it did not take long for him to sleep in the place.

"Dar?!" The voice of a man sounded very clearly beside her.

Darto immediately gasped, then turned his head toward the source of the sound. And how shocked Darto was after witnessing the form of someone who had just called him.

"Ajana!" Shouted Darto as he hurriedly took off the sarong wrapped around his body.

"I suspected! We were thrown into this world by whatever creatures!" Shouted Wajana as he gradually approached Darto, after he was close to Darto, without warning he immediately grabbed Darto and said, "It's good that you call me, although slowly I really knew right away that I wasn't alone in this world."

"I have tried to re-enter your kingdom, but I have not been able to cross into your world at all" said Darto as he held the Wajana who was embracing him.

"Where are you going?" ask Wajana.

"I say goodbye to boarding school, but my main goal is actually to meet you. I do not know how to meet Sastro, because the green necklace that locked Sastro I do not have at this time," replied Darto.

"Pesantren is close, Dar. There are only two hours left if we walk slowly, we better continue the journey tonight," Pinta Wajana.

"You know the way, right?" tanya Darto was brief.

"Just walk behind me" said Wajana with lips floating on his face.

That night, there was a speck of light that began to illuminate the darkness of Darto's mind. He was increasingly convinced that the life he was living was not real life, because one of the friends of the struggle he had, also felt the same way.

Finally they both returned to travel, uncovering the darkness of the jungle, with bare feet, and only with yellow light emanating from the old aluminum flashlight that Darto brought.

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