Hidden In The Mist
Chapter 17 Ancestral Village Map

Time showed at eleven o'clock in the afternoon, when the minibus car driven by Yono arrived at the parking lot of the large gothic house owned by the Herly family. Right in front of the terrace Yono stopped his car. Hunting the young man of the village, immediately opened the car door for his employer's family lawyer.

Today was exactly the third day, the time Herly had promised the family lawyer, to give the answer to the will of the father.

While Yono escorted guests up to the terrace of the house, inside Herly with his wife, and two friends, his wife, he was busy looking for the map of the ancestral village of the Herly family in all the rooms in the mansion.

Only Good was not involved, he preferred to observe the surroundings of the house, which according to his eyes kept a big secret, behind the sturdy walls of the old building.

"What exactly is the old man doing, why is the energy of this house so concentrated, I should just leave now while I can, but why does it feel like I'm even tied up in this place."

"It looks like there's an evil aura that's in one corner of Herly's house that doesn't want us to quickly leave this house."

Good was just about to walk towards the backyard, but Yono's voice restrained him, then turned around, back towards the front porch.

"Well, what's going on there, that backyard, just a farm run by villagers."

"If you want to find a beautiful reserve, mas Bagus just go to the river near the rice fields of residents. There's a beautiful landscape, lots of birds, and wild chickens running around the river."

"If you're lucky you can also meet our village's angel."

Good silence did not want to respond to the sloroh that Yono threw. He just smiled cynically, then came over to Yono who was escorting the lawyer to the living room.

"So wait a minute, I'll call Mr. Herly."

The lawyer simply nodded, and took a seat in front of the painting of the face of the father. While Yono walked towards the middle room to summon Herly.

In an empty room, where Romo used to put offerings, Herly was opening a closet drawer to look for the existence of a map of his ancestral land. He quickly went outside when he heard Yono's voice coming looking for him.

"Has the lawyer come, Yon?"

Herly's voice shocked Yono. The village youth immediately turned his head towards the back, and undoed his footsteps that were about to enter the room of the father.

"Yes sir, the lawyer ndoro kakung has come, he is waiting for the father in the living room now."

Herly came down the stairs, to see a lawyer. From behind Yasmin who had also just come out of the room, was seen following Herly towards the living room.

While Ryo, and Jaka still check all the rooms in the house. They hoped to find a map of the village, which the romo hid somewhere.

"Welcome, lawyer, sorry to keep you waiting. Actually I was looking for a map of the location of our ancestral village, but I don't know where I haven't been able to find the place where Domo keeps our family archives."

The lawyer just smiled, he put the teacup on the table, then stood shaking Herly's hand, and the two sat facing each other, then began a serious conversation between them.

"So how did Herly, have you decided on the will of the late homo?"

"Is there a candidate, a candidate who is suitable to take over the property, and accept the burden of the ritual?"

Herly was silent for a moment while playing her finger, she would still reconsider, what she would decide, before giving a final answer to her late romance lawyer.

"So here's the lawyer, me and my wife, we both decided to leave this village, but the problem of homo property, we will still defend. Honestly, I don't want to subvert others to take over family responsibilities, which is a risk to me for accepting that burden."

Lawyer Romo's face suddenly turned stiff, his smile no longer adorned his lips. It seemed, that the middle-aged man did not like the decision taken by Herly.

Although the decision to be taken by Herly, is his personal responsibility, but the family lawyer, does not seem to want Herly to be rash in making decisions that are contrary to the content of his romantic will.

The middle-aged man tried to advise Herly, so that she would change her decision, and abide by the conditions in the will of the father.

"I'm sorry, Herly, I don't mean to bother meddling in this matter, but please rethink what you've decided to do."

"I make sure no one can guarantee your safety, if the ritual is not immediately diverted to others!"

The lawyer's words really made Herly so worried. One side he did not want to sacrifice his family, but on the other hand, he also did not have the heart to make the family of others wretched because of the matter of this ritual.

Long enough Herly was silent in doubt, he was still thinking and weighing what he would do next.

Once there was a desire to change his decision, but Herly's conscience forbade the young man to do so.

Yasmin then grasped Herly's fingers while sticking her husband's face. He tried to calm Herly's heart. For a moment they looked at each other. Then Yasmin nodded, as if she would code, to keep Herly firm on her decision.

"Have a lawyer, my husband has made a decision, we have thought about this cooking. We'll find another way to solve this problem."

"We are both convinced that there must still be someone else out there who understands the matter, and we will both work another way as an alternative."

Yasmin assured the lawyer that she had given Herly her full support to make her own decision.

The lawyer could only be silent on hearing the young couple's decision. He simply shook his head, while thrusting out some documents related to all the property that would become Herly's legacy.

"I don't want to push you anymore. To be honest, you asked me not to give you the right to cash out other assets in the bank, before you agree to the terms of this will."

"But yes, you are well established by that decision, with this my duty as a lawyer of your family ends here."

"Whatever happens to your family is beyond my control."

"Your time is not much, if this is your final decision, from now on look for the one who can break the curse, for the full moon is coming soon. The time you have is only until the moon dies, after that you have to ritual the fall, or you will be their fall."

Hearing her guts, Herly became shrivelled, but she could no longer withdraw the decision she had made. The signature had been dissolved, which flashed through Herly's mind, he had to quickly act before it was too late.

"You don't want to, I have to move Yasmin to another city immediately. They both need to be safe from the demon's target."

The lawyer put the file that Herly had signed into his bag, he gave a copy of the file, and a green map, and then immediately said goodbye.

"The map contains several photos, family genealogy, and a map of the location of the village you are looking for, according to your father, your ancestors still left their property in the village."

"But what needs to be known is that the curse of the woman still applies to your family until now. So whatever, my advice is don't act stupid, if you can still avoid, then better, you go as far as possible, while you have a chance."

"Well, I don't think there's anything else I can do for you. Excuse me now, the forest is still looking for prey, and I don't want to be one of those unlucky ones."

"Thank you for your support, lawyer, next time, I hope we can work together again. Surely in a better situation than now."

The lawyer shook Herly's hand, then she quickly went towards the car, accompanied by Yono walking behind her.

Herly took a deep breath, she looked at Yasmin's face, who was still smiling, even though she knew her wife had worries in her heart.

The two of them walked to the terrace to escort the lawyer away from their residence. After waving and commenting on a friendly smile, the two young couples, went inside and sat down in the living room, without saying anything else.

There was no chatter going on between them, there was only silence. Yasmin rested her head on Herly's shoulder, as if she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her beloved husband.

While outside, Nice were from the very beginning eavesdropping on their chatter, so a little concerned about this state of affairs. The young man's lips were as kamit as chanting prayers for Herly and her little family.

"May what I fear not befall you. I know you're a good person, but you shouldn't be stubborn."

Good to get out of where he stood. He chose to go looking for fresh air outside, so that the nerve in his brain was not too tense with the precarious situation that befell his friend at this time.