ADJOINING REALM
A GIFT?

What happened to Darto and Darsa was very different. Darsa is not even suspicious of Gending at all, Darsa falls perfectly into Sastro and Wajana's unsuspecting plans.

"What a beauty your name is, Dek. Just like your face," said Darsa, who is now watching Gending without pause. The man seemed to be amazed by the changes that the ugly girl had experienced.

"Thank you very much, Mom. Thanks to the help of Mas Darsa, I was able to escape the suffering that I experienced," said Gending, smiling, looking at Darto's eyes with a sad look.

Hearing the conversation of Darsa and Gending, Darto immediately tried to reach Darsa's body in front of him. Unfortunately, Darto's hand penetrated perfectly into Darsa's body. But even so, Darto did not give up, hoping Darsa could hear it, Darto continued to scream until hoarse. But his efforts were forced to not produce results, Darto did not get a single response to all the things he did.

Finally, Darto decided just to be a spectator, he really could not give a clue either through a gesture or action.

As Gending, Darsa, Wajana and Sastro rushed to the next morning, they all washed their bodies under the waterfall shower. Darsa's eyes unceasingly continued to see the Stone that stood gallantly in the middle of the river current, then moved closer and climbed the rock.

"Well, it's very quiet here" said Darsa quietly, closing her eyes. He sat cross-legged, with the exact same position and clothes, as what Darto wore when he was about to do the test, the difference was only in the prayer beads that Darsa was rolling in his hands.

When Darto was watching Darsa, the old figure called Qorin reappeared, he patted Darto's body from behind.

"Son, look at that," said Qorin as he pointed to Gending who was bathing with a cheerful face.

"If you killed him yesterday, it makes no difference to him" said Qorin back while looking into Darto's eyes.

"Why could that be?" Darto frowned in his face while looking back at the Qorin's eyes.

"She's an innocent girl, she didn't even sin at all before the covenant. If you kill him at that time, instead of crushing, it can be called you commit a crime, for killing a little girl who does not know anything," said Qorin was back, he stared at Darto.

Hearing the words of the Qorin, Darto could only be silent, he could not answer at all, because all the words of the creature in front of him really had a basis and could not be denied.

"Look, Dar. How much he suffered when making the agreement" said Qorin while holding Darto's shoulders.

After Qorin's hand touched Darto, Darto was brought back to the moment when Gending soaked himself. Darto even almost vomited when he saw hundreds, up to thousands of small snakes scrambling into the body of the little girl in front of him. Darto's heart was completely sliced when he witnessed the incident, even a mouthful of water had dripped from one of his eyes when he saw the innocent girl in front of him continuously spewing out rolls of hair mixed with blood. Darto really could not deny his feelings, he really felt sorry for the girl who would later kill his entire family.

"Enough for here. Now I will show the beginning of him to be what he is now" said Qorin as he grabbed Darto's shoulder.

He took Darto across time just like that, Currently Darto saw Gending is almost adult. Darsa, Sastro and Wajana are nowhere to be seen. Currently Gending was completely alone inside a hut that was quite far away from the settlement.

After coming back from the waterfall, almost all the villagers were stunned to see the beauty of the girl who walked with Darsa. None of them realized that he was the ugly one, so that day was the diatribe he had always received for his entire life, turn the direction into praise and flattery that always comes in a row. And currently standing in front of Gending's house is a boy who often pelt Gending with stones with his friends, when Gending is still the ugly one.

'Yes, Mas. What's up, huh?" gending replied as he opened the door of his hut.

"It's no food, Deck. You don't want to live in the village? cook a girl as beautiful as you live in a small hut and far away like this," said the man as he thrust a pile of bushes at Gending.

"Don't bother, Mom. I have a lot of food" said Gending as he looked into his house.

Gending refused food from the young man was not without reason, in a day men who were willing to bother sending food to the Gending house was not small, they were willing to walk far enough just to be able to give food to him. How else would you like? all from bachelors to the aged no one can escape the charm that Gending gives.

"Mubazir Deck, cook me take it home again? I just put it inside, right?! the challenge was not to be returned it was okay, "forcibly the young man then stormed into Gending's house.

"I'm sorry, Mom, I'm home alone, but there's bad news if anyone sees Mas coming into my house"

"Huh! it's stingy, I just want to put a bushel inside, Dek. There is no bad intention with you!" snapped at the young man, rejecting all of Gending's words.

Hearing the young man's rebuttal, Gending immediately bowed. Then her beautiful face completely turned into a face of fear when the young man suddenly touched Gending's shoulder that was not wrapped in cloth at all.

"What a smooth skin, Deck. Why do you keep refusing? don't you want to be the wife of a great man?" woo the young man while stroking Gending's shoulders. He felt that the family he had was a person who had influence in the village.

Gending immediately brushed off the man's hand, he did not answer and immediately pushed the young man to the door, then closed the door of his house tightly, with a feeling of anxiety that began to envelop. Seeing the man's irreverence, even Darto was a little furious. Darto continued to shake his head while saying Istighfar.

After Gending pushed him out of his house, the young man did not give up, he continued banging on the door of the Gending house while shouting "Open, Deck! I just want to see you! nothing more!".

Gending was really scared, he held the door back by leaning back against the door of his house, really Gending continued to shudder considering that a man touched his skin without excuse.

Not long after, the young man cursed in front of the door of Gending's house. He even threatened that if it was not opened, he would bring his friend to break down together, and then leave after not getting an answer from Gending who kept silent inside the house.

That day she felt afraid of something she had always wanted. When she became ugly, she always imagined what it would be like to be someone beautiful and look perfect. Now that Gending was completely mistaken, he regretted something that he had always considered a blessing.

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