Jatukarmas
Chapter 36

"Why did the mother force the servant to marry the daughter of Jonggrang Wesi?" the Good Protest Saksena. "The servant will not marry a man who does not love".

"You are the crown prince and heir to the throne, son. At least you should have a wife and some concubines to pass on the offspring ."

"No, Mother. Servant will only marry Galuh Citrawani. Free servant managed to separate her from her husband, if servant did not manage to marry her !"

"Your sister will be married to the son of Duke Bojonegoro ! Are you willing to step over your sister for the second time?"

"Please ! Provided that Sundari dinda agrees, I will support her with all sincerity, Mother !"

Nice Saksena holding her mother's hand . Then he got up from his seat, glancing at Patih the Great who was sitting cross-legged on the floor.

" Uncle Patih !" said.

"I will go to Father to ask permission to leave the palace. I'm asking Uncle to have Commander of Many Sports replace me to keep an eye on the army of pendam warriors I left behind under the mountain !" The Good Saksena Order.

"Well, Raden !"

Good Saksena asked permission to resign to her mother, then step out . His steadfast steps were watched by Patih Agung with eyes of pride and happiness.

The young man entered his father's house. The elderly King Jayengrana handed over more royal affairs to the ministers and Patih Agung.

Good Saksena knocked on the door, then entered the large room where her father was resting. A private servant was serving the old king by massaging his aching feet.

"Ayahanda, the servant is facing.." Nice Saksena kneels at King Jayengrana's feet. He briefly sejitnya feet that have begun to wrinkle with respect and affection.

"My son, this is how your father is old and sickly. Perhaps the father's age will not be long anymore." said King Jayengrana while rubbing the head of Bagus Saksena.

"Ayahanda, don't say that.. Slave still desperately needed guidance from father.." choked up the words Good Saksena. "Puni is a servant who cannot make father happy..."

"The happiness of father is only one, when you see you are married, then sit on the throne of the throne of Jenggala, my son..."

"Hamba will definitely get married, father wait patiently yes. Please pray that I can quickly edit the girl I love!"

"Which girl has dropped your heart, son?"

"She was the daughter of the duke of Daha, Galuh Citrawani..."

"Old honey from your sister?" King Jayengrana was shocked.

"Hamba loved her, Father. Only if she no longer exists in this world, will I willingly marry someone else !" good Word Saksena firmly.

"Love.." said King Jayengrana lirih. "Ah, it is love that destroys life, and overturns life... "

The old king gestured for the servant to leave the two of them in the room. After the waiter left. King Jayengrana asked his son to sit on a bench in the corner of the room.

"My son, Daddy wants to tell you something. About the journey of love Jayengrana. Sit here and listen well."

Nice Saksena wonder. Her father never told her anything about the past. So he sat down and began to listen carefully to his father's story.

In the past, when he was young, King Jayengrana married the daughter of a priest from Mount Kelud. The Brahmin princess was named Dewi Sekarwangi. The Brahmin priest was a spiritual teacher to the noble youths who studied in his parish.

King Jayengrana loves the beautiful Goddess Sekarwangi unmatched. He competed with many noble youths who fell in love with the mountain flower .

When finally King Jayengrana managed to win the heart of Goddess Sekarwangi, they were married and the beautiful wife was brought to the palace of Jenggala.

Happiness is really felt from a marriage based on love. For many years they lived a loving life, although they were never blessed with a baby.

Exactly twenty years they were married, when the father of King Jayengrana was seriously ill. Before he died, his father sent King Jayengrana who was forty years old to marry King Jonggrang Wesi's daughter named Galuh Liku.

Although heavy, Dewi Sekarwangi encouraged her husband to marry again. For the sake of the continuity of the Jenggala kingdom.

The girl from Jonggrang Wesi who was only fifteen years old married a mighty king who was much older than her. The girl became pregnant a year after marriage, giving birth to a handsome son. Nice Saksena.

Four years later, Galuh Liku became pregnant again. It turned out that the happy news did not only get there, because the Goddess Sekarwangi also ended up pregnant at the age of four heads.

King Jayengrana was very happy. But that happiness doesn't last long.

Galuh Liku who has gained love and trust from her husband, testified that Dewi Sekarwangi had an affair with Raden Jalada, the younger brother of King Jayengrana.

Galuh Liku incited the king. The child conceived by Dewi Sekarwangi is not necessarily a descendant of the king. It could be Raden Jalada's son.

Galuh Liku's testimony was corroborated by Patih the Great, several ministers and servants at Raden Jalada's residence.

Although Dewi Sekarwangi refuted, corroborated by Raden Jalada himself and his wife, King Jayengrana was furious. He sentenced Raden Jalada and his wife to be exiled to the village of Keduwi.

Goddess Sekarwangi was banished to the forest on the slopes of Mount Kelud, accompanied by two servants and two bodyguards.

Now, after King Jayengrana think back with a clear heart. Goddess Sekarwangi is a descendant of brahmins who have a loyal, patient and wise nature.

For twenty years of accompanying, Dewi Sekarwangi never denied his words. He was always gentle with everyone, including his honey.

How could such a loyal and loving wife betray him?

Moreover, plus reality, until the old Raden Jalada and his wife who live in the village of Keduwi. They never had any biological children, and the healer diagnosed Raden Jalada as barren.

"Ayahanda has sinned against Goddess Sekarwangi. And also to your sister, who is either a boy or a girl, the child conceived by Dewi Sekarwangi. Either they're still in this world, or they're gone." King Jayengrana said grievingly.

Nice Saksena.

"So ..hamba still has a sister besides Dinda Sundari?"

"Yes. If he's alive, then he's as old as Sundari."

Seeing the sorrow on his father's old face, Bagus Saksena secretly regretted his mother's arrogant attitude. He believes the Goddess Sekarwangi is innocent as King Jayengrana alleged.

Good Saksena is very understanding of the nature and tricks of her mother which can sometimes be very cruel and beyond the limits of humanity.

"Good Saksena, may my father ask you two things?" ask King Jayengrana .

"What is that, Father?"

"First, get married immediately, so that the throne of the father can soon be transferred to you. It feels like father is no longer strong enough to bear this great responsibility .."

"Iamazand..." Nice Saksena looked at her father's face with a pleading gaze. "Please don't talk like that !"

"Second," King Jayengrana continued. "Find your sister and your stepmother, take them back to the palace. Give them a decent and honorable life. If the father is no longer in this world when the nanda finds them, ask forgiveness for the father..."

The old king's eyes glazed over.

"Perhaps Sundari's bad fate is the palm she must bear because of your father's son of a bitch .." whispered the old raucous king.

"Hamba will seek and find them, Father. I promised I would try to find them." Bagus Saksena said.

"Ayahanda will be waiting for you, Good. This heart will be relieved of the burden of sin, if it can ask forgiveness to them directly ..."

"Alright, Father.. I promise to take them home ! It just so happened that the servant came to apply for permission to leave the palace to Ayahanda for a few months ! Then I beg you to leave ..."

King Jayengrana rubbed Bagus Saksena's head. The crown prince knelt at his father's feet to say goodbye.

His steady and confident footsteps retraced the palace's terracotta floor. His sturdy body swung for sure, out of the palace to pursue his love.

At the same time fulfilling the duties of the father, finding his innocent sister and stepmother.