I Turned Out I Had Khodam
Chapter 116

They all enthusiastically want to listen to the story about this village that is famous for being haunted.

"Well, I'll tell you about this village. This village used to be very prosperous. People here live by farming and making crafts, be it batik or other crafts. Until one day came a Shaman named Ki Baron. At first he was very kind to the people. He helped the sick and helped the pelletized, vile and others. At that time in this village there was a girl who became the flower of this Village. Then the girl married a handsome young man who came from the city, he was the son of one of the Village's devices. It turns out that besides, Ki Baron also likes the girl," Grandpa's story stopped because his wife came to bring drinks and snacks.

"Here please drink first, the story is still long. You can drink for a moment" said his wife Grandpa as he put drinks and snacks in front of them.

"Thank you, Grandma, don't bother serving all this" Meka replied.

"It's okay, kid, just a drink," the grandmother smiled kindly.

"Mr, isn't the story the same as the woman we met at the hotel?" asked Isna who was seriously hearing it.

"Yes, but we are horrified by the next story, whether the same or not," Meka replied.

"I'm sorry, who have you heard this story from," the grandfather interrupted Meka's conversation.

"Eh anu Kek, when we were at the hotel, there was a woman who said something like this as well. She said she was the daughter of the village flower girl with her husband" explained Meka.

"But the boy from the village flower was already dead when he was a teenager. And he became the first victim for the body of his mother that Ki Baron stored in the haunted Forest," said the grandfather.

Hearing Grandpa's confession, they were all shocked except Meka. He knew it first from his Khodamnya.

"Lantas is who Mek is! He claimed to be the son of this village flower girl," Isna said spontaneously.

"Who do you mean?" ask Grandpa who scrunched his forehead.

"Women who met with us at the hotel. He claimed to be the son of this Village Flower girl Cake!" answered Meka who repeated her words again.

"No way, his son is dead and his body until now we do not know where. Only Ki Baron alone knows the existence of the body of the child of this village flower girl and the body of her husband," explained the Grandfather did not believe.

"Keep how the story of this village continues again Kek?" asked Zain who was observing Grandpa's face.

"Until night came, one of the villagers whose house was next to the house you occupied, he heard a commotion from within. Out of curiosity, he came to the house which happened to be wide open. At that time, he saw Ki Baron forcefully pull the heart of the village flower girl's husband and his wife committed suicide by stabbing her heart using a keris that was in Ki Baron's waist. Seeing the incident, the residents were frightened and fled to the point of kamling. He told the people here about what happened in the house. All the residents gathered and rushed to the house to see how things were going. It was at that moment that Ki Baron appeared and had the entire populace gathered together," The grandfather paused his story for a bit for a drink.

"What's he doing gathering Kek's people?" ask the impatient Deon.

"Bentar Deon's....You don't see Grandpa drinking anymore. Be patient as to why," he pinched Deon's arm.

"Iya-iya I'm really excited to hear the story. Wondering how it went," Deon replied fiercely.

"Lo sat down sweetly and became a good listener here, Ok!" Isna also does not want to lose.

"You can shut up, let Grandpa continue his story" their Dosga rebuked.

Isna immediately nudged Deon's arm, and advanced her lips mocking Deon. They return in silent and quiet mode to hear the follow-up story.

"Lo, really, really, really rebuked," whispered Isna to Deon's ear.

"Husstttt," Deon told Isna to be quiet by sticking her index finger on her own lips.

Then the Grandpa continued his story and the Grandma sat down beside her husband.

"Ki Baron told the entire population to gather in the yard of the village flower girl's house. And told us to bury the body of the village flower girl in the forest there. Ki Baron threatened the people here not to tell the police, if we tried to expose the rot, then we would die here.

We were frightened because of the news we heard from a resident who saw the incident directly that Ki Baron took the heart of her husband and ate it directly. From then on no one dared to meet Ki Baron. Time passed, until one by one we lost girls and young men here. And the girl from the girl disappeared to where. Long story short, a young man met Ki Baron and made a pact with him." The grandfather breathed his heavy breath.

The fatigued Grandfather told the village's history, and his wife continued the interrupted story.

"His agreement, he asked Ki Baron to release the girl and young man in this Village and replace him with those who would look for a collision for Ki Baron. Because the man did not want his son to die horribly into the collision of Ki Baron," said the grandmother.

"Who's this guy, Grandma?" ask Mr. Zain.

"He is the Village Chief here," the Grandma replied.

"Then does Ki Baron approve?" ask Mr. Zain again.

"The Baron did not approve of it, and he said. "if we could bring a mashup for him, then we would be given an abundance of wealth to support the family. If we break the treaty, then the whole family will die."

"Oh.., I see in this village there is a good house here and there are rickety ones not worth using" said Meka probing.

"Yes, that's because not all the villagers follow the agreement. And for those who do not make the covenant, the offspring will be exhausted and we will live hard here until old age.

"Has Grandma and Grandpa slash the one citizen who didn't follow the agreement? And why don't you guys get out of this village?" ask Meka wonder.

"We can't get out of this village, if we step out, we'll die here. We seem to have bonded with this village, son Meka. So my husband and I chose to stay here until old age" replied the Grandma.

"Where does the Village Chief know that the girl and the young man here became the victim of Ki Baron?" ask Isna.

"Because Ki Baron has clearly shown his ritual in the forest. There were some residents here including the Village Chief who saw Ki Baron performing a ritual in the forest there. People saw the woman's body laid on her tombstone and bathed in blood-red water. After the ritual, the woman came back to life and lived with Ki Baron in his house next to the forest. They live like husband and wife until they have a daughter."

"Then where is the child, Grandma?" ask Meka.

"He raised his son until he was 10. After that he sent his son to live in the city. Ki Baron does not want his son to be a victim. That's why he brought his son to live with Ki Baron's sister" explained the Grandma.

"Bas evil to him, it was his turn to save his own son. But the son of a sacrificed man, really cunning," Deon said.

"What about the fallout that the people here who accept the treaty will give, Grandma?" ask Meka.

"They are allowed to freely go in and out of this village to bring the tumbal here. Yes, those years have continued. But over the past year, no one has come here anymore. So that the body returned dead and stretched stiff on the headstone," replied the Grandmother.

"Then who is the Village Chief's son, Grandma?" asked Isna who was curious because she focused on listening to Grandma's story.

"His daughter is a pair, female and male. They currently live in the city. Only their parents live here, as a guarantee to Ki Baron," replied the Grandfather.

"Oh yeah, why are you here?" ask the Grandpa.

"We were taken with our Lecturer here for the tour of Kek extension activities," replied Meka.

"You guys are brought? That means you will be billed by that person to Ki Baron," said the Grandfather.

"Yes Kek, and our friends do not know how things are now, because yesterday night we slept in Kota" said Meka.

"You are grateful for the creature" pointed the Grandfather at Meka's Khodamnya who showed his form before the Grandfather.

"Grandfather can see it?" ask Meka not to believe it.

"Yes, I can see the invisible. And only my wife knows," replied the Grandpa.