Ballad of Love The Dancer
Chapter 15

Sari and the team along with Mang Aa and Mas Hendra arrived at the Keraton Kasepuhan area of Cirebon in Kasepuhan area, Lemahwungkuk about fifteen minutes from the residence of Aunt Kurnia. 

After getting a parking lot Sari and the team entered the Keraton area. There are no binding rules when entering the Keraton Kasepuhan area, only every visitor must maintain politeness in behavior and speech.

Keraton Kasepuhan is the oldest palace building in Cirebon. It consists of two main complexes namely Dalem Ageng Pakungwati which was founded by Prince Cakrabuana in 1430 and Pakungwati Palace which was established in 1529 by Prince Mas Zainul Arifin.

Sari and the others were warmly welcomed by Kang Yana who had apparently been waiting for their arrival in the front yard of the palace. 

Bagas asked Ahmad and Doni to take pictures that could be used for their additional coverage. 

Kang Yana and Mang Aa immediately engaged in a serious chat, occasionally Kang Yana looked towards Sari and the others. Kang Yana nodded her head in understanding and occasionally showed her hands towards the inside of the palace.

Sari was a little uncomfortable with the atmosphere, her body felt heavy her head was dizzy like there was a vacuum squeezing and paying attention to her ears. He decided to leave the others and walk into the palace on his own.

Entering the front yard surrounded by red brick walls, Sari stepped her feet. Although Sari often refused to leave but every time he came back to this place he always felt a longing for a place that was the inspiration of the Islamic kingdom of Mataram in ancient times.

Sari began to feel a strange air that led her to continue walking and stopped at the statue of a pair of white tigers in the main area of the palace.

The statue is a symbol of the big family of Pajajaran.

''  That's the symbol of Prabu Jaya Dewata's descendants." Said someone startling him.

Sari looked at a handsome man dressed in a Mega batik cloudy typical of Cirebon. He's probably in his thirties.

" Ooh, thank you for the info." Answer Sari

" You came alone?" Ask the guy

" Neither the company, they are outside."

" Want to go around with me, I can take you to explore the palace you know, you could say I memorized because I often play here." Said the man offering his services.

" Could you, what's your name?" Ask Sari

" Call me Bayu." He answered while extending a hand to Sari

" I'm Sari, where do we start?" 

The man named Bayu smiled, then invited Sari to follow him to see one building after another in the Kasepuhan palace area.

Bayu invites Sari to the area on the left side of the palace complex. The building looks like a temple in the Majapahit era.

" This is called Siti Inggil was built in 1529 during the reign of Shaykh Sharif Hidayatullah or more we know Sunan Gunung Jati." Bayu began to explain to Sari.

Sari and Bayu toured the Siti Inggil complex, Bayu continued to explain about the five buildings that stood in this area while Sari only listened. Sometimes he takes pictures that he finds interesting.

Bayu is quite handsome in the eyes of Sari until he is fad to take candidly some photos in different poses Bayu.

" Not bad." Murmured Sari while looking at her candid photo

" I'm sorry ?" Tanya Bayu heard Sari's muttering

" Ooh..nda, cm see the results of the photo aja yuuk further." Take Sari a little nervous

Bayu smiled and again invited Sari to the other side of the palace. There is something interesting for Sari when walking past the place that says Well of Success. 

Sari approached the place, she was curious to see him inside. However someone pulled his hand stopping Sari's intention to enter the area.

" Don't go there, don't you see the ban?" 

It turns out that Bayu who pulled Sari's hand, he was quite surprised because Bayu's face turned out to be unpleasant for him.

" Eh, prohibition..why?" 

" Look there's a warning board right, this is an area that women should not enter, if breaking there will be bad things happening." Answer Bayu

" I'm sorry I know about that." Sari said regretfully as she looked back towards the Well of Success area.

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" sar….Sari...woy, you why are you here ? We mpe confused nyariin instead lu nengong dimari." Doni

" Eeh.lho, you're not here Don was not I.." asked Sari astonished.

" This is a boy, what should I do...lo why here?" Ask Doni again

" I was invited to muter ma Bayu, that's the guy who wears Mega batik clothes overcast lha where he was here?" Answer Sari's astonishment

" Bayu..who he is, from earlier I have not seen anyone here except you who again gawk at rich people confused." Doni's voice is getting upset

" Eh, actually that Bayu was here I was lying." Sari began to be confused.

" Dah ah yuuk is coming, Mamang lu nyariin he's waiting at the shower well seven." Take Doni immediately to Sari

The confused Sari finally follows Doni. He looked back at the well while looking for Bayu.