Jatukarmas
Chapter 22

Nice Saksena mangosteen.

"It seems your offer may as well. I'm gonna let go of your sister. As his guarantee, the princess will take me to the Janggala as a prisoner." He said slowly, as if talking to himself.

"There are provisions that you must remember, Raden Bagus Saksena ! I will be in Jenggala as a guest, not as a prisoner !" galuh Citrawani said firmly.

" And my name there is not Galuh Citrawani, but Citra Kartika, a guest from a far country. One more thing, I have to get the certainty that my sister Mayani has arrived safely at my father's palace. Otherwise, I do not guarantee that your plan to make Galuh Sundari queen will work out seamlessly !"

"There's more of your terms and conditions, princess?" Nice Saksena asked sarcastically.

"That's enough. " Galuh Citrawani sits sweetly on the bench, folding his hands on his lap. His round eyes looked straight ahead.

"I'm asking you to release my sister as soon as possible !"

"That's a small thing. As long as I manage to bring the beautiful princess back to Jenggala as a special guest ! I will release your sister, once you have left with us to Jenggala !"

"good. Now please the honorable Raden Bagus Saksena prepare all as soon as possible. I don't want my sister to be traumatized by being held captive by bar-bars like you !" his Citrawani.

"With all my pleasure, princess..." Nice Saksena covered both of her hands in front with a smile.

Citrawani handed over a golden kundai that became a guarantee of his sister's freedom. With a good takjim Saksena kept it behind her shirt.

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Galuh Mayani awoke from fainting. When he opened his eyes, all he saw was his own room in the Daha palace.

His father along with Raden Nareswara and Galuh Wasanti stood looking at him anxiously. The girl embraced her twin and immediately burst into tears.

Nareswara drugged her sister venting emotions. After the girl stopped crying, Wasanti offered a glass of water. Mayani sipped water quickly and then he was sobbed again because he remembered his brother, Galuh Citrawani.

"Where is Brother ? Father, Kanda Nares, where is Brother Galuh ?" ask Mayani .

" We didn't find Brother anywhere. We only found you passed out under a tree, in the middle of the Daha duchy square," Nareswara said .

"Sister, we're held captive in a cave ! " Mayani is screaming hysterically. "I'll take Kanda there ! Brother must still be there!"

"Patience, Mayani. Calm down .." Duke of Aryawisena holds the hand of his youngest daughter . The girl's hair was handled with concern.

Mayani was crying. The next day, without being prevented again, he insisted on showing the cave where he was held for the first time.

When Nareswara and the troops managed to find the cave, there was only rubble.

"Bad ! They've removed the trail !" nareswara.

Mayani cries hysterically in the arms of her twin sister.

"Sister Galuh.you have completely disappeared." he sobbed.

Throughout his memory, he had been moved several times. The first time he was held in the cave with his brother, although their room was separate.

After that he was always moved, sometimes in a large stone-walled warehouse. Sometimes in a thick wooden house.

Before he was drugged and repatriated, the kidnappers said they would be released.

"Tomorrow we'll take you home !"said the tall skinny guy who often came to side with him.

"Oh, so? Did you guys get the ransom? My brother's going to be sent home too, isn't he?" In the heart Mayani cheered happily.

During his detention, he was treated well. Drinking food, clothing and bedding are provided very appropriately. The guards of the prisoners also always paid respect to him.

Only this tall skinny fellow would sometimes look at him disrespectfully. But so far the man has never dared to touch even the tip of his hair.

But no matter how good the treatment he received, he was not a free man. Therefore the news of his freedom published a new hope in Galuh Mayani.

"We never expected a ransom. Your brother will be married to our leader." said the tall skinny man in a cold tone.

"And the origin of the princess knows, your brother Galuh Citrawani was the one who planned this kidnapping. In fact, he had long established a secret relationship with our lord. This event is just a drama, as a cover to cover up the real events !"

"What's that empty muzzle are you talking about?" galuh Mayani angry. His shackled hands clenched tightly.

"My sister is not an ordinary woman you can meet on the streets ! She is an honorable noble, the wife of the crown prince of Panjalu who has high dignity and dignity ! How dare you insult my brother?!" Galuh Mayani shouted so angry.

"Patience to the princess, patience ! Listen to our explanation ." The tall skinny one smiled, more precisely grinning. His eyes again explored Mayani's face and body insolently.

"Mr Citrawani and Raden Suryapaksi never got along. They don't love each other. It caused the princess to be unhappy. His heart languished, although he tried to be covered with many activities that he did. As his sister, you ever told about health class, sports class, silkworm farm and so on in the palace of the princess of Panjalu?"

Galuh Mayani admitted with a forced.

"All of them are solace princess Citrawani. And once in a while the princess went out of the palace to disguise herself as a generous itinerant physician. Right, so?"

Mayani again nodded with a heavy heart. Galuh Citrawani often tells his experience to himself.

"He fell in love with our honorable lord. They met and formed a love outside Panjalu's palace. Finally the princess decided to escape from the palace, pretending to be kidnapped. To keep the Daha duchy family from quarreling with the Panjalu palace !" toilet the tall skinny guy.

Galuh Mayani sat down with limp feet.

He could not believe the new story this time. And he doesn't want to believe.

He and his two other brothers never wholeheartedly accepted their eldest brother's marriage as a second wife.

They love and respect Galuh Citrawani. The status of his second wife and his brother's unhappy married life, hurt them enough.

Although they hope Citrawani can achieve happiness. But Mayani never dreamed that her sister would run away to marry someone else.

This was not her brother's style at all !

"I do not believe.you are lying ..You are liars !!" mayani said over and over again.

A bunch of letters proffered by tall skinny men. Mayani looked without taking it.

"Take it, princess Mayani !"

"What's this?" tukas Mayani cold.

"This is the letter that princess Citrawani wrote to give to the family in Daha !"

With hesitation, Galuh Mayani received the letter. The rontal leaf opening. When recognizing the scratches of the letters typical of her brother, Mayani's body sagged limp on the floor. Tears slowly poured down her cheeks.

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**Honored Duke, dear Mother, my sister Nares, dear Wasanti and Mayani, forgive those servants who cannot take good care of you.

The situation of the servant is fine. Don't worry about the servant. The servant will live well and happily.

My sisters, live well and be happy. Brother leave both our parents to you. Be a filial child. Make your father and mother happy.

Together with this letter I give back the sign of the betrothal of the servant with Kakanda Jayanti Suryapaksi .

If there is another chance in the future, with the permission and grace of Ida Sang Hyang Widhi, we will meet again.

Again, forgive me.

Citrawani Diah Paramhita**

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