Jatukarmas
Episode 14

Citrawani.

"Tega's right.tega's right." he said repeatedly.

"Nares, can he be cured?"

"It seems that to make a full recovery will require considerable time and patience, big brother ! I'll tell my sister what to do. Since this check-in witch has been going on for quite some time already, the healing is also going on slowly !" Nareswara looked at her sister.

"Why are you worried about him? Does brother...love him?"

Citrawani's face flushed.

"He's my husband, Nares. I don't love him, but he's my husband. It is my duty to care for and help him who is sick and suffering !"

Nareswara holds her brother's arm while smiling .

"Sister, I'm just asking ! Don't be angry !"

Nareswara ran away with a small laugh as her brother threw her a kitchen rag.

That night after eating porridge, Raden Suryapaksi slept soundly. No more anxiety and creepy dreams that disturb his sleep.

Citrawani was still discussing with his sister to ask how to deal with Suryapaksi.

"I'm master of traditional medicine, Nares. With herbal medicines, needle puncture, totok massage and also food diet. But I'm powerless to face black magic like this ." Citrawani.

"What metaphysical techniques did you use to deal with Raden Suryapaksi?"

"That's the technique that Master taught you, brother. Not just anyone can do it. Only those who had been opened their eyes by Master, could learn the technique. "

"Try to explain it to me in a simple way" Citrawani urged.

"In essence, Master taught to open all energy pathways, so that we could receive and harmonize with this almighty universal energy brother ! After that, Master will awaken our true inner core of energy, in order that we may be able to use it for many things, including to help the sick ."

"Wait, wait !" Citrawani touched her index finger to her chin, her trademark when she was thinking about something. " It's heard like prana or reiki . Yeah, no, huh?"

"What's not talking?" Nareswara.

"Nares, did Master ever mention prana to you?"

"Yes, every day Master trains us to do pranayama, breathing exercises, as a basis for preparing our body."

"Is the way the teacher works related to the opening of the doors of the energy pathways or chakras?"

Now replace the nareswara that gaped.

"Where did you know? Do you also have a great teacher...Rama Guru Begawan Wistara,?"

Citrawani did not answer. He was just concluding, meaning what Nareswara did to help Suryapaksi was healing energy, whether it was prana or reiki. Or any other technique he doesn't know his name.

If other techniques work on black magic, perhaps reiki as well, Citrawani bathin guessed. Honey, he had only ever attended a one-level reiki workshop, when forced by Yudhis to accompany him.

"I've learned to channel energy, Nares. But I don't know if it can help deal with Raden Suryapaksi or not."

"What kind of energy distribution, brother?"

Citrawani sits behind Nareswara. He closed his eyes, prayed, then pressed his palms against Nareswara's back. His sister closed her eyes in a relaxed manner. After a while, Citrawani stopped him.

"Well, brother ! It turned out that the energy that brother channeled to me was quite good as well! I could feel and see the white light entering me through my brother's palm ! It feels good, so I want to sleep...."

"Correct?" Citrawani does not believe .

"Nobody's never used this technique before?"

The image only ever uses the reiki technique to help Sherly when her monthly guests cause stomach cramps. Or help Yudhis when his migraines recur. But even then while playing around and only consider the reduction of their pain as a coincidence.

"So this technique really works?" citrawani Gumam .

"Yes, brother. Try later I accompany and guide brother to deal with Raden Suryapaksi. Ohya, I was curious. Who is the teacher?" Nareswara looked at her brother question mark.

Citrawani smiled ignorantly.

"That's a secret !"

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Panjalu Palace is electrified by the loss of Ki Jagasatru's heirloom and the golden Ganesha statue, heirloom and royal symbol.

How brave and great the thief, can break the tight security in the palace, especially around the King's residence. It was a forbidden territory, one that only the King, Empress, bodyguards and inner servants could enter.

Commander Jayasendra, the King's youngest brother happened to be in the capital. The 34-year-old rushed to the king's palace as the king's personal bodyguard carried news of the heirloom theft.

"How did this happen, your majesty? Who was the first to discover that the treasures were lost?" Jayasendra asked after performing the prayer.

"The heirloom officers who first realized the heirloom was missing, Dimas. They along with my bodyguards and the minister of ceremonial affairs opened an heirloom gedong to clean up the heirloom. At that moment they realized both heirlooms had disappeared."

"Hamba will handle the case with the chief investigator of the palace, Your Majesty ! Allow me to extend the time of my servant's leave at the palace !"

Ki Jagasatru's kris heirlooms and the golden statue of Ganesha are the hereditary legacies of their ancestors. Both heirlooms were symbols of their dynastic power, authority and power, a breed descended from the Great Emperor Airlangga.

That day also Commander Jayasendra along with the chief investigator of the court conducted an investigation. The news of losing the heirloom was blocked until the king's palace alone, so even the princess palace's inhabitants no one knew.

The emergency envoy was sent to inform the secret news to Raden Suryapaksi who was still in the residence of the Duke of Daha.

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Raden Bagus Saksena hugged and kissed Puspasari with glee. The woman replied with all her heart . They wrestled on the bed all night, until finally their tired breath demanded rest. Puspasari rolled over and leaned against the chest of Bagus Saksena's field that was gleaming with sweat.

"Master, your chest is wet."

"That's the result of your violence, you unsatisfied woman. " Seringai Bagus Saksena.

"Hamba only took credit for his self-servant, in accordance with the promise of Raden Bagus !" Puspasari smiled ."I hope you don't forget the promise."

"I didn't forget !" Nice Saksena got up. He wrapped his cloth around his naked body as he rose from the bed.

He looked at the two heirlooms that were lying on the table near his bed with satisfaction.

"For the sake of the two heirlooms, whatever I shall give .." he wrapped the two heirlooms in a thick cloth, he said, then keep it in an iron wooden box which is then hidden in a secret room behind the walls of his room.

"When did you appoint a servant as an official concubine?" sue Puspasari while slinging spoiled on the shoulders of Bagus Saksena.

"Prophe, Puspa ! You traveled far, End Galuh, Panjalu, Jenggala. It's my palace. You are free to do anything here, and command all the servants here. What position is higher than that?"

"Hamba wants to have official status by her master's side." the woman's eyes glare at the man she adores and loves.

Nice Saksena spread her hand. Puspasari immediately entered in the chest embrace of that field. His face looked up, his lips opened, which was immediately crushed by the man he had always missed.

Outside the room, two servants spoke with their faces bent.

"Since the woman's arrival, we've been ignored by her majesty Raden," lamented more curvaceously at her tall, slender companion.

"Ah, Official, whatever we are, just dust grains at the feet of Raden Bagus. We do not have the right to dream too high" said the tall slim.

"At least we can serve in Raden's bed before the woman comes and be pretentious to have, Diyani.." the buxom still complains .

"That's it, don't be so loud. The woman will hear! It is said that she was a highly capable female swordsman !" diyani.

He was silent, but in his heart he was still complaining. For a year he missed his young master. When Raden Bagus Saksena came home a week ago, he happily served his master.

As usual, he both Diyani always serve Raden Bagus Saksena, both simultaneously and alone. Take care of all the needs of the Raden, from just waking up, bathing, eating, to accompanying sleep.

Since the arrival of the woman who must be called Miss Puspasari, things have changed. Officially and Diyani can only serve the need to eat. The rest, the woman who always acts flirtatious is the one who sticks to Raden Bagus Saksena.

Official felt eliminated and disappointed. But he can't do anything. True said Diyani, they are only lowly servants.

Rasmi is secretly determined to find any way, any way, to get a chance to serve his master like he used to.

And the opportunity came, when one day he was called to face the King's consort.

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Officially serve the dinner with a heart pounding. The drink he had poured in the cup for his master and also for

miss Puspasari. They ate drinks as happily as they usually did.

Raden Bagus Saksena had finished her drink and asked Rasmi to pour another cup for her. While Puspasari who only spent a cup of drinks, suddenly stopped eating. He scrunched his forehead for a moment. Without saying anything, he resumed eating.

After dinner was over, the two of them left Raden Bagus Saksena's private dining room. Officially clean up the food marks with trembling hands, until Diyani asked in wonder.

"Why do you look nervous, Official?'

"It's okay, Diyani. Maybe I'm tired."

"Oh, later after you finish cleaning this room, you just rest. Let me take care of Raden's outside."

"It's okay, Diyani. If I may ask for help, then you'll snare me some medicinal tea to catch a cold...Usually after taking the medicine from you, I'm off right away."

"Oh, okay." Diyani nodded her head. They continued their work of cleaning the table and dining room. After that they waited in the master's bedroom.

When the palace had been quiet, Diyani had also fallen asleep in her bedroom, Rasmi was still awake. He waited at his master's door.

When he saw the shadows of several black-clothed bodyguards flashing, he felt his body tremble and his palms sweat.

Kebo Prakasa, Raden Saksena's secret bodyguard, reacted immediately when several shadow bodyguards entered his master's bedroom.

But the men dressed in black displayed the seal of Queen Jenggala, Raden Saksena's mother. Kebo Prakasa was forced to retreat and disappear again .

Raden Saksena and Puspasari fell into a deep sleep. They will not wake up even if there is an earthquake or a mountain erupts next to them.

The Queen's bodyguards lifted Puspasari's body and tied her up with a rope, then wrapped in a thick blanket. After that, they took him away, followed by the sight of Rasmi from a distance.

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