Hidden In The Mist
Chapter 16 A Hunch

Om Bandi has opened his eyes, a sign that the man has returned from medi. Angga who saw his om was conscious, wanted to quickly tell him about what had happened in his dream some time ago.

"Don't tell me now, um Bandi needs a little time to calm down, and recover the energy Ngga."

Angga who heard the rejection of his om, even before he had time to say the word, immediately surprised and chose to be silent. He was quite surprised because om Bandi seemed to know what he wanted to say.

"I don't know enough about Bandi, but I think this old man has something special about him."

"He can even guess if I want to tell him about my dream, does Bandi already have an answer to this, or does he have the same experience as me when meditating?"

Angga pensively he guessed nebak, what his om thought at this time. The young man felt that the man who was sitting limp in front of him right now, had information about what he wanted to convey.

"That friend of yours, not from an ordinary family, he was the last descendant of a noble, precisely his ancestor was a Duke."

"Unfortunately, your friend's ancestors, they have done a terrible act of deviation in the past, all just to keep the permanence of their terah."

"There were many atrocities that the Duke had committed just to get rid of the opponent, and to keep his influence. He even made a blood covenant that left him with thousands of apprenticeships to make their family strong, respected, and influential."

"His apprenticeship, which today continues to be attached to the Duke's lineage, is well preserved until now, even though his family has been cursed by the woman they made Ngga's fall."

"Two generations of them managed to be saved, but the ingon still follow and always collect promises. This is certainly burdensome, without a crash, their lives will not be calm. That's what according to Bandi, became the main cause they chose to isolate themselves in his village now."

Angga was amazed by the narration of om Bandi, the story of om Bandi is more or less the same as the pieces of past stories displayed by the figure of a black-bred grandmother in his dream.

"Then if Herly's family could go to escape the curse in the village, wouldn't her grandfather be able to remove the ingon that followed them, and why would they have to live in that village anyway?"

Discussion of the puzzle behind the mystery of the Herly family increasingly makes Angga curious, and want to explore more about them.

"This kind of occult problem is difficult to reason, but it is likely that the village they chose, because there is something in the village that becomes a shield for their families."

"Sort of territorial, which cannot be penetrated by creatures from outside the territory, or in other words, the village is in the grip of the power of the creatures there. It could be your friend's family making a new deal, it might as well be within his realm."

"Come, but it seems like your friend's father is tired of all the rituals that haunt him, so he wants to end all this and repent immediately."

"Om Bandi does not know for sure what the real reason is, but according to om, his father deliberately did this, because he wanted to save their offspring's children, he said, in order to escape the snare of the covenant with the devil that binds them down the generations."

A little bit Angga began to be able to reason why Romo made a will, and he thought, if it was for the sake of repentance, then it is not feasible for the father to sacrifice others to enter the devil's trap, and he thought, just to replace their families.

Although Angga himself is also aware, that human nature is greedy, there will certainly be people who are encouraged to do strange things for the sake of property and the throne.

He was very sure, there would definitely be people out there who would accept the burden of the ritual, as the father wanted in his will.

So it is natural that Herly's father thought to shift the curse to the rags, who indeed they want an instant way to achieve success.

"This is a very complicated problem, at first I thought this vacation would be very fun for me, but no, not relax the nerves, I was even made tense with the Herly case."

Angga fell silent he dissolved in his own reverie, while om Bandi, watching their surroundings. He knew some people near his chair were listening to what was the subject of their conversation.

Deciding on the agreement according to Herly was the most appropriate wise move, even though he knew the chances of succeeding were very small. But he and Yasmin have made a decision, Herly will still go to the ancestral land of the father, even if it is contrary to the contents of the will of the father.

"So what is your decision, are you willing to leave this village and come with us to Jakarta?"

Ryo tries to extract information from Herly, the fat man, is actually a bit worried about Herly's situation right now. What's more since they got in that house.

The physical meta disorder that often terrorizes them, it is enough to be a reason to leave, but for some reason, Ryo, Jaka, and Bagus, like the weight of leaving the house, what else is Herly currently, being in such a complicated matter, that they do not know, what the consequences of this matter are for them.

"I will keep the assets of the father in this village Yo, whatever the reason, this is the labor of the father, it is not wise to give up responsibility to others, which might have been bad for him."

"In a moment my homo lawyer will arrive, I'll tell him all my plans."

"Before that, I'd like to ask you guys to search this house. I'm sure that Romo must still be keeping the archives, about our family tree."

"Hopefully we can find traces of the village where my ancestors were. The last map in existence was lost with the man who delivered the bodies of the romos, but I have faith, the romos must have copies, because that is authentic evidence of our existence."

Herly's words made Nice so bad to eat, I don't know what the young man who had once studied black magic, but surely he immediately reacted, he immediately reacted, by showing a hostile face to Herly.

"The...!!"

"You must not be a fool, Her, your late homo wants your family to be safe, you should follow what the will is, so that you, your wife, and your child are safe!"

"Not even being silly, wanting to dig your own grave, are you not thinking about Yasmin, and the baby in her womb?"

"Gus is gus, you have to be able to control your emotions, try to appreciate Herly's decision, she must have her own reasons, why take this decision."

Jaka's emotions ignited, the burly man did not like the Good attitude which he thought was very arrogant. Although in his heart, Jaka agreed with Good's opinion, but this was Herly's personal matter, he felt no need to interfere, other than just supporting whatever his decision was.

"I'm sorry my friend, this sounds so silly, but my conscience can't possibly let anyone else into the danger that our family created."

"I'm going to keep doing the last ritual, and then figure out how to break the deal. There must be a way to reverse the spell, and undo the covenant our ancestors made."

"I ask that, after this you return to Jakarta, take my wife, drop Yasmin, to my teacher boarding school in Jember. May he take care of them both, until my son is born."

"If this works out, I'll go after you guys soon, and we'll be equally planning for the future in Jakarta."

Suddenly the atmosphere became silent, somehow Herly's speech, making Ryo shivering. The young man was like getting a bad feeling, it would happen to all of them.

At first he intended to go home according to their original plan, but Herly's speech instead made Ryo more confident to remain in the village, whatever would happen later.

"I hope my decision is right this time, but I'll stay. We'll find your ancestral village, once it's all over, we're the same to Jakarta start all over again."

The atmosphere at the dining table becomes a bit awkward, Jaka is confused about supporting Ryo, or still chooses to go home according to their plans at the beginning. Jaka is well aware, if he stays, then there will be many unexpected risks, can befall them at any time. But if he chooses to go home, it means Jaka will go home alone without Ryo.

While Bagus finished his meal, then just left them all at the dinner table, without a word being thrown from his mouth.