Jatukarmas
Chapter 6

Sawitra brought Sekar and Gentini into the room, assisted by his sister and mother. After that he put Galuh Citrawani in the other room. Then he sounded a sign.

The sun is tilting west. His red color spray made a long silhouette at the shadow that flashed swiftly entering the hut on top of the hill. A man in short clothes stood watching a long-haired, unraveling girl lying on top of bamboo halls.

Galuh Citrawani appears to be asleep due to strong anesthesia. He did not react at all when the male figure approached him. The cottage door opens. Sawitra appeared in the doorway.

"Prajala, you conquer the girl, do it quickly and neatly. You can play around with him to his satisfaction, he won't be awake until tomorrow night ! "

The man laughed.

"You don't have to teach me, Darpa! Now you can go. Report to the young master, your task is done ! The rest leave it to me!"

"alright. I'll go now ! Remember, don't let him die. Make sure you bust him until there's no self-respect at all. Then lay it on the horse's back. Take them back to Panjalu, in disgrace !" Sawitra, whose real name is Darpa, backed down and closed the door.

Prajala grabbed a roof that was still hanging in the room. He smelled the sweet fragrance that was in it.

"Huh, how cruel you are Darpa ! A little stronger still the medicine, this girl was not drugged anymore. But die ! Hm..."

Prajala looked at the girl from head to toe. He shook his head while swallowing his saliva.

"A very beautiful girl ! Why isn't Darpa enjoying it himself? Was he too afraid of his wife? If so, then I'm the lucky one. Can get a girl this beautiful, even if only for one night, hahaha...."

"Hmm, his skin is very smooth, deserves to be a rival to Galuh Putrika Sundari ! Paras ayu, seductive body! Prajala, Prajala.your fate is lucky this time !" Prajala rubbed his hands. "Prophey, pretty girl ! I will certainly serve you well. Baby you're in a state of drugging. If you were conscious and could keep up with me, you would definitely make me happy..."

Prajala took off her own clothes. He just left his underwear. Passion has controlled itself to the crown. He impatiently threw himself on the bamboo bale, about to pounce on the beautiful girl.

What Prajala did not expect was, the girl know-how rolled to the side, while simultaneously sending a lightning kick. The man was thrown until it collapsed on the wall of the room. The brittle wall was blown off and a big hole, showing two of Citawani's servants still drugged in the next room.

"You're not just any girl!" hiss Prajala. He got up slowly while patting his dirty waist and arms on the ground.

"Heh, you're the thin hair !" Citrawani. "Oh, apparently you're still one group with those fake artists huh? Goody. How dare you plan a dirty deed against Raden Suryapaksi's wife ! I won't let you guys off the hook!"

"Not much to say, beautiful princess. There's nobody here. You're not gonna let me get away? Hahaha, you are the one who will not escape from Prajala's arms, princess!" Prajala has a waist. His bare, muscular chest flashed and was patted with laughter.

"With your ability like that want to catch me in your arms? Hmm, dream ! You think I really fell into your ruse? I just deliberately wanted to see who you are and get to where you dare to act !"" Galuh Citrawani stepped quietly. He slipped into the next room, patting a few spots on the nape and back as well as the stomachs of his servants. The two girls coughed, then vomited.

"Dark, Gentini, drink this fast !" Galuh Citrawani gave two pills that were immediately swallowed by his two servants. All Citrawani's movements were watched by Prajala while sneering.

"Freely you woke up your two servants, princess. You won't be able to run. This place has been surrounded by my men ! You don't know who I am, do you?" Prajala patted his chest again. "I'm the head of the Death Bats! Hmm, you're surprised, aren't you?"

Citrawani raised her shoulders, pretending not to care. Though he had heard about the famous association from the head of his bodyguard, Ki Parwata.

"Why did you introduce your name and association, Prajala? You're not afraid that if your identity is revealed then the royal soldiers will easily catch you?" Galuh Citrawani smiled. "Or are you just bluffing using the name Death Bats?"

"How can the soldiers catch me, princess? The only one who knows my identity is you" Prajala smiled back after he was fascinated by the girl's smile.

Their situation is very strange, when seen by others. They were like two old acquaintances conversing quietly while smiling at each other.

"All I know is you, princess !" Prajala reemphasized.

"Aren't you planning to drive me back to the palace in a humiliating state? And when I have returned to the palace, I will report you to Raden Suryapksi and the king. So then?" Citrawani stared intensely at the head of the horde.

"That's the first plan, princess !"

"Hmm, so if you fail with the first plan, you will eliminate me along with all the evidence and witnesses?" Citrawani squinted her eyes.

Prajala looked up and laughed loudly.

"You really aren't just any girl, princess. I am still curious about your courage, it turns out that you do have it," Prajala looked at Citrawani with interest.

"Rather than you dying at such a young age, princess, I offer you an important position. Maybe being the wife of the future king of Panjalu is more prestigious. But being my wife, must be more secure and happier, princess. Because you will be the wife of the chief of the beloved Death Bats."

Citrawani laughs amusedly.

"Oh yeah? Your offer may also. Can be thrown into the sea!" The girl turned to her two servants and gave a sign. "Strickles !"

Sekar nodded. He took something out from behind his clothes. Throw that thing that immediately sticking up and exploded.

Duars ! Duars !

"I don't want to make your skin abrasive, princess ! On the contrary, you are just a girl ! You must have caught me !" Prajala still bragged on the sidelines of Citrawani.

"Try it ! You think I'm that stupid to wander around without a secret bodyguard?"

Just now Citrawani finished speaking, from all directions sprung up the soldiers of the guard, headed by Ki Parwata. Prajala who saw the bad gelagat, immediately tweeted loudly, signalling to his men who from the beginning hid in the bushes to immediately retreat .

"One day, we will meet again. princess.." smiling curiously, Prajala leapt back and disappeared in the dimness of the twilight.

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Ki Parwata escorted Citrawani and the two servant girls back to the palace.

Citrawani had ordered his chief of guard to keep this matter a secret for a while from the palace side. He wanted to investigate the group of Death Bats first and reveal the involvement of Empress Sundari in the anesthesia incident.

"After arriving at the palace, behave as usual, as if nothing had happened. I want to investigate and arrest the spy who infiltrated our side" Citrawani said as she invited Ki Parwata and Sekar to speak in her private library room.

"Sir, are you sure that Empress Sundari is the mastermind in this incident?" Ask Ki Parwata.

"I'm sure because the criminal called the young master and princess Sundari. However, it does not rule out the possibility of involvement of others who do not support our side. Which remains a question mark to me, who is the young master? Is Raden Bagus Saksena, Sundari's brother? Not to rule out the possibility, Raden Suryapaksi can also be a suspect."

"Huh?" Sekar. Citrawani's loyal servant closed his mouth in shock.

"All parties who are opposite to me, who hate me, can be suspects" Citrawani smiled understandably. "But if later developments indicate disobedience, the name can be crossed out."

"If...if Paduka Raden is indeed involved, what is the fate of the princess? Will he not soon replace the King? With ease he can do anything against the princess.aah..hamba really do not think out..was very close and loved the princess as a cousin and prospective jatukarma..." tears are dripping.

"Therefore I must investigate this matter immediately. Before he was made King. If he turns out to be the mastermind of all the acts to eliminate me, then I will beg the King's father and my father to annul the marriage."

Ki Parwata is shocked . He was the trusted bodyguard of the Duke of Daha. He has been following the Duke since he was 14 years old. Now he is 34 years old.20 years he has served faithfully to the father of his master. Until he did not have time to live a romance with any woman.

He has witnessed all the important events in the life of Duke Daha. Starting from being single, getting married, to having children. Even Ki Parwata himself who controls and oversees Citrawani from birth until now.

He felt devastated, his mother had several times experienced attempted murder in front of his own eyes. How dare ! Who has that much guts, if not someone with a background in power?

"Hamba will exert all his strength to dismantle the mastermind behind all this, princess. It is not easy to investigate the group of Death Bats, as their center is not in Panjalu. They were originally shards from the famous Black Sand College on the south coast. But the word of the wind I heard, the leaders of the college were former rebellious nobles from the kingdom of Malawapati."

"Hmm, could also be the background of the pugnacious muddly hair," muttered Citrawani.

"Master princess, I advise you in the meantime not to travel out of the palace just yet. Let the servant investigate outside

. You please look for clues within the palace environment only !"

"Alright, Ki. Although I suspect, for the time being they will not act first. They would definitely read the situation first before returning to move."

"The servant opinion is so too. But it was temporarily safer for the princess to be on standby inside the palace. Servants will tighten guard around the residence!"

Ki Parwata came out of the library room. He whistled a little, then before him appeared the figure of Gajah Wana, his small and agile representative.

"How was your observation?" ask Ki Parwata.

"I saw the greatness of a spy hiding on a tree near the library room. When I was chasing, the figure disappeared behind that high wall." Elephant Wana pointed at the dividing wall between the garden and the guesthouse of the servants behind the residence.

"Are you able to tell the difference, is it a male or a female figure?"

"The body is small, it may be about the size of me, " said Gajah Wana. "If she is a girl, she is big enough. If he's a man, he's as small and agile as I am ."

"He disappeared between the garden and the servant's guesthouse. It could be an inside man. Or an outsider with an insider's cabal partner."

"My guess is so too."

"Alright, Wana. You can come back."

In the blink of an eye, the vice head of the nimble bodyguard disappeared from sight.

Ki Parwata entered the servant's guesthouse with firm steps.