ADJOINING REALM
REINSTATING

Time mercilessly continued to roll, the atmosphere was happy when the reunion happened, making the time seem to pass faster. Kakung still hadn't quite poured the longing in his chest that day, so he decided to stay at the Yati and Riski residence for a night, before they continued their journey back.

Now that the sky had darkened, one day had passed by just like that, the tiredness they felt had also gradually disappeared. So as to make the atmosphere of the grocer's residence really crowded that night, they joke and talk about many things all day.

"Dar, can you take care of the one in front?" said Kakung staring intently at Darto's eyes in front of him.

"Can, Kung," replied Darto as he nodded.

After nodding, Darto hurried away from where he sat with everyone. Darto was seen in a hurry when he left the house, he darted away to the grocery store in front of his house.

"What time do you open Ris, every day?" ask Kakung curiously.

"I used to sell starting at 3 am Mr. Kyai, but it's been a few nights feeling like my wife feels bad. We can't sleep well every night, so almost every day from one in the morning we're ready to open, and never met Mr. Kyai's grandson last night," replied Mr. Riski trying to explain what he was going through.

"What about Ris?" ask the staff back.

"Alhamdulillah even though it is not as crowded as before, it is still enough to buy materials that are used tomorrow," replied Mr. Riski a little moody.

"Even, from tomorrow, your trade will be flooded with buyers again" said Kakung briefly without explaining what he meant.

Hearing Kakung's words, Mr. Riski could only guess. He was forced to figure out the meaning of Kakung's words, and he gradually reached for a picture of what was going on with him.

"Let my grandson take care of Ris, you take it easy," said Kakung surprised the daydreams of Mr. Riski beside him.

"Jih Mr. Kyai," said Mr. Riski briefly.

After saying the word they resumed their small talk. Without them realizing, Bu Yati had finished packing her merchandise, and most of them had already taken her to her house. Riski hurried a little to help carry the goods in his wife's hands, leaving Kakung a little confused.

"Where is Darto?" ask Kakung briefly.

"After digging the ground in the stall, he was allowed to leave for a while Mr. Kyai," replied Bu Yati then put the goods in the next room.

"What else did he say, Yat?" tanya Kakung followed Bu Yati to the next room.

"He wants to throw something away. What did Darto take in front of the shop?" asked Bu Yati again, he was a little surprised by the gestures that Darto did in front of his stall.

"He's taking people's posts. There are shirk of your efforts," said Mbah Min who suddenly stood beside Kakung.

The two Husbands Wives immediately rounded her eyes, a face of disbelief plastered on their faces.

"So yes Ki, I was suspicious of the new seller across the street, he was open during the day but the buyer was more crowded than our sales. Plus a lot of the disruption we've been through. Often there are crying nights, sometimes there are also ketok while calling from the front door, strangely fitting I open no one. Plus many protested that our food was rich in food yesterday, some also said it was stale, even though the food he ate was just cooked, Ki," said Bu Yati grumbling, his tone ketus, and his voice, he seemed to be feeling very emotional.

"Already, because you already know, I hope you do not directly hit it. Because somehow unseen things cannot be proven through physical, you will be embarrassed yourself" said Kakung trying to calm down.

"That's why we always open the dawn of Mr. Kyai, because people want to come if the shop is not open, Mr. Kyai knows himself if this afternoon how to stop," timpal Pak Riski with a slightly elevated tone.

Hearing Kakung Pak Riski's words and Bu Yati could only nod, they were forced to obey even though the blood on their bodies seemed to boil in the emotions made by the news they just heard.

...***...

"Hey! do you want to live or do I want to destroy it here?!" ketus Darto, while strangling the body of a thin figure that has long ears.

"Albeit.." said the figure crying while gluing both palms as a gesture of supplication.

"Who sent you? who's stocking this stuff in front of the stall?" said Darto back while showing a black cloth bundle in his hand.

"They're the same Den, that thing was just a clue to me. Where it was planted, there I had to work Den," said the creature called Darto with the nickname Raden.

"The man who planted this can see you?" tanya Darto glared a little.

"No, Den. The person who hoarded that thing only followed the instructions that My Master gave," he replied with a lowered head his body trembled.

"Now show me the house of the person who is hoarding this package, can you?!" Darto threatened a little, by hardening the grip of the hand on the neck of the creature.

"Well, Den. it's the house," replied the creature as he pointed to a grocery store that was located only separated by a path from the Pak Riski grocery store.

"I can take you off, but there's a condition!" ketus Darto while shaking the hand that was suffocating the neck of the creature.

"Good, Den. I will do whatever it is" replied the creature still with a pleading hand.

"Be aware that you are lying! if I'm here you don't do what I tell you to. I will torture you until you beg to die" said Darto as he took off his clutches.

After his hand was removed from the creature, Darto walked towards the now closed grocery store across from Mr. Riski's house, he dug the ground in front of him, then hoarded the black bundle in his hand.

"From now on you work here, do whatever you've done at Pak Riski's shop, just be careful if you don't!" said Darto with a high tone while pointing to the short thin-bodied face in front of him.

"That's all, Den?" ask the creature to be confused.

"Yes!'' Darto slightly shouted his eyes bulging, thus making the figure in front of him shudder in fear.

"Good, Den. I'll do it" said the creature then disappeared like a puff of smoke.

After his affairs were completed, Darto walked towards Pak Riski's house. On the way he kept smiling remembering what he had done, then with a slight laugh he mumbled softly.

"Once in a while it should be this way" said Darto slowly, closing the problems experienced by two people close to Si Mbah, also closed this episode.

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