Hidden In The Mist
Chapter 21 Stringing the Memories

That afternoon Herly just had lunch alone with Good. The long table made of teak wood felt very empty. Although so many delicious foods are appetizing, they cannot enjoy it.

The atmosphere was too awkward for the two of them. Everyone, just focus on their own food. Herly did not want the cold atmosphere to last too long, she took the initiative to start a conversation.

"Thank you, Gus, you're here to accompany me. Honestly, I can't be alone right now. What's the matter now, I need someone else to talk to, and exchange ideas."

"If I could be frank, right now, I'm actually at my lowest. I'm really fragile. This house is empty for us. I myself can't remember the last time I felt the warm atmosphere in the family."

"It feels cold, since my mother and brother died, I only have a faggot, but he also took a distance from me. Romo sent me to school out of town, and he was preoccupied with his own world. With a million wonderful memories with mom."

"Yasmin's presence changed the house a little, we became close again. But dear Father is getting sick, I don't know what's going on, but if it's really something to do with the ingon impact of this house, I have to stop it immediately Gus."

Herly's words made Nice to be concerned. All this time he felt that he was the most suffering person in the world. But Herly's words made her realize that she wasn't the only one.

"You're the one who said we're Her's best friends, it's appropriate that we share. Although I am not the type of person to talk to, whenever you need a friend to talk to, I will be ready to be a good listener. So you don't have to hanker bro."

Herly smiled, it turned out that she had misjudged Good all along. Behind the haughty, and cold attitude that he always showed, it turned out that Good was a loyal good friend of friends.

He did not leave Herly, despite all the bad things that had happened in that house. Good to understand the danger of being in one old house, filled with lucky antiques.

It was also good to know that there was an ingon figure who controlled the Herly family home, and he was no ordinary creature. Good to realize that whenever ingon in the house could have been life-threatening. But he remained on his original resolve to be with Herly until the end.

Their conversation ended, Herly invited Bagus into the living room to continue their interrupted chat.

"Then what are your plans after this Her, are you really ready to go to your ancestral village?"

"I will still go, Gus, but before that, I have to find out first what happened in the past, why did the father not allow me to take his body to its final resting place?"

"If the true reason is because of Darsih's curse, then I have to find out, how to get rid of that curse for good."

Good at frowning, he was eager to help Herly, but he was at a loss where to start. Then Herly remembered something, and he immediately stood up from his seat, then went up to the third floor, where his father's room was.

"I remember something Gus, in the room of the father there was an ancient wooden box that no one should open. Maybe this could be a lead for us, Gus."

Herly opened a large cupboard made of teak wood. He opened a box containing many ancient objects. During the father's life, Herly was not allowed to compartmentalize the cupboard, moreover touching the ancient box.

"What are you doing Her, what box is it, why are you opening that ancient box bro?"

Herly didn't answer a good question. He took out an ancient record containing a spell spell, and at least Herly understood the meaning of that spell. But he didn't want to read it.

The young man then knocked on the wooden board, and found there was room behind the hidden wooden board.

Curious, Herly hurriedly opened it. It turned out that there was an object covered in worn white cloth hidden under the wooden board.

Herly opened the white cloth that wrapped the thing, and she was surprised that the contents of the worn cloth, were human bones.

"Akghk....!!

Suddenly Herly's body hardened, his eyes closed, and he soared into the air. It was good to see Herly's body shaking, like it was electrocuted, unable to do anything, other than to see her theme's body lifted up, floating in the air.

Herly felt her body ache, and she was unconscious. Between conscious and not, Herly felt as if her body was thrown away into the past. He was shown two middle-aged men dressed in extravagant attire by royal nobles, who were performing a tapa ritual on a mountain.

The woman's body was tied to a stone table, while the people present recited a worship incantation to the devil.

The man dressed in noble clothes then hooked the young lady, who seemed to cry in fear, and put her up later. Herly saw again that the woman was given improper food, while she was in an old pregnant condition.

Next Herly was shown a heart-slicing scene, the baby woman was forcefully removed, then presented to the horned creature, which made the woman swear that she would claim starch to the nobleman, until the whole of his descendants are gone, there is no longer any left.

Along with the vow that the woman shouted, a flash of lightning struck, the sky darkened instantly, and disaster struck the village afterwards.

Outbreaks of disease hit villagers, farmland dried up, livestock died mysteriously, and farmers failed to harvest. One by one the villagers died from a mysterious plague and famine.

The same thing happened with the nobles. The middle-aged man died horribly, after he had asked the courtier to save his son, and his grandson came out of the village.

The figure of a woman who was angry, then the village slowly became a mass grave, and was covered by thick fog.

Herly's body crashed into the basket, the man's body trembled, then he was unconscious. Good not to know what happened, his senses could not feel what had happened to Herly. Good to be silent on the edge of the bed, just hoping that Herly could soon come to her senses from fainting, and tell her everything she had experienced.

Meanwhile, on the edge of the forest, an old man named Anom, along with his five students, felt that something would happen in the village.

The old man asked the disciples to perform a ritual, then he ordered them to guard Herly's house, so that it could not be tracked by the black power of a creature named Darsih.

"Relucid boy, arek iku wes nggolek perkoro. Maute dewe nang deso iki."

"Kue kabeh sing ati ati, ojo sampek keturon, jogo arek kui sak isone kammu kabeh."

"You're ready, the boy is right to die by himself."

"Whether or not we should look after the duke's last descendant, Ingon ingon will definitely not protect the child."

"No one's sleeping tonight, you have to watch out for the boy as much as you can."

"I have a bad feeling about Darsih. That woman will definitely be able to trace the whereabouts of the duke's descendants."

"A strong grudge will attract black energy. So no one is off guard. I'll make a shield to keep the house covered in mist."

The five disciples of Mbah Anom made a special ritual, then immediately went to the village. They're watching Herly's house from the five directions.

While Bagus who felt the air in the room began to be uncomfortable for him. Then carry Herly's body out, down into the living room on the first floor.

The young man then sat in meditation, hoping he could see what Herly was going through, until he experienced such a phenomenon.

"You shouldn't be stubborn. Just follow the lawyer, and you'll be free. Not like now, your body's drooping on the couch helpless."

It's good to light all the lights in the whole room in the house. He did not want a dark room, even though it was still daytime, but Good made the house bright, there was no angle that could not be reached by light, everything was highlighted by light.

The young man who knew about the mystic world felt that something bad was going to happen at Herly's house tonight, and he had to keep watch of everything that might happen.

"I have to prepare a lot of candles, nobody knows what's going to happen tonight."

"Hopefully the supernatural attack of the creature, not too severe befall us both."