JAYABAYA: The Journey of Being a Legend
Wijayakusuma Flower

"It seems like I've heard of that place, Resi Guru Ekajati. Wait a minute, let me remember.

Emmmmmm, uh yeah. Isn't that the residence of Buyut Wangsanaya, the One-Handed Physician Sakti?", Nyai Larasati immediately looked at the face as old as the old swordsman from Mount Cakrabuana.

"True Nyai..

I think only he can cure your disciple Goddess Rengganis. Other than him, there might not be anyone else capable of treating the poison from the Killing Poison Queen", replied Resi Guru Ekajati as he continued to head south.

Hearing that remark, everyone immediately stepped towards the south. Arriving at a village not far from where they stopped, Resi Guru Ekajati immediately entrust the young women to the rama (village head) to take them all home to their respective regions. Repeatedly, the young women of the abductees thanked him for the help provided by Resi Guru Ekajati, Nyai Larasati the Angel of the South Wind and Jaka Umbaran the Swordsman of Mount Lawu. The Simharaja rishis changed their form into a full human being so as not to scare the inhabitants just before they entered this village.

After the affairs of the abductees were settled, Jaka Umbaran and his friends immediately rushed towards Wanua Jalaksana to meet Buyut Wangsanaya, the old man with the left hand of a stump who is famous as the One-Handed Physician Sakti.

Jalaksana is a territory that entered Mandala Saunggalah, a small country under the Kingdom of Galuh Pakuan with a king named Prabu Resi Darmasikan. Because of its nature, Saunggalah is a religious kingdom with its king concurrently as a priest. Located at the foot of Mount Ciremai, Mandala Saunggalah becomes a small fertile area as a producer of palawija and its leather crafts. Although the area is no larger than the Duchy of Rajapura and squeezed by the territory of the Duchy of Gunatiga which includes the big city of Kawali which became the capital of the Kingdom of Galuh Pakuan, but Mandala Saunggalah enjoy prosperity through the abundance of the produce they get.

Prabu Resi Darmasikan is really wise in managing the lives of his people. He freed up trade in Saunggalah despite not breaking away from the religious and cultural values of the local people. This is what makes him so loved by the people of Mandala Saunggalah.

The entourage of Jaka Umbaran, Guru Ekajati Rishis, Nyai Larasati and Resi Simharaja continued to step south. Not long after, they saw a boundary monument with ancient Javanese letter carvings that read. This is a sign that they have entered the territory of Wanua Jalaksana.

Resi Guru Ekajati who still remembered the residence of Buyut Wangsanaya, immediately led the four of them to a house located at the foot of a small hill. The wooden-walled house with a roof of dry reeds looks aloof from the crowd of other houses that look quite close together. Several people were seen sitting waiting in the front porch of this large enough house while it was seen a middle-aged man was sweeping in the courtyard of the house. Resi Guru Ekajati and his friend immediately approached the middle-aged man of the broomstick.

"Ki Renyep, the old healer is inside?"

The middle-aged man who was called by the name of Ki Renyep immediately turned his head towards Resi Guru Ekajati. For a moment he squinted his eyes, trying to recall who the person before him was. However, his ignorant brain did not work at all as he wished because he did not remember at all who the figure of this old man who stood together with some of his comrades.

"Hampuraj, Aki..

Crisp tea forgot who this Aki was. If you may know it, who is Aki?", asked Ki Renyep with a Sundanese accent.

"Haish you are..

I am Resi Guru Ekajati, a close friend of your master Buyut Wangsanaya. That's what once helped a woman who almost died here with you. Already remember yet?", hearing that answer, Ki Renyep's eyes instantly widened.

"Had Hyang the Great Lord of the Universe...

It turns out that Aki Resi is his Ekajati Guru. Hampura Aki Resi, Crispy tea fool easy to forget all things. The master of the tea man was inside, meeting the man from Kawali. Mangga atuh Aki Resi entered, interracial man .", said Ki Renyep as he stepped ahead to lead the way. Guru Ekajati's Rishis, Nyai Larasati, Jaka Umbaran and Resi Simharaja immediately followed the steps of the broomsticker.

A stocky old man tended to be fat with a slightly distended stomach and only had one hand appear to be sitting cross-legged along with a thin mustache-clad, noble-clad middle-aged man. The clothes of this old man with a stumpy hand are dull black and even tend to be shabby like those of a traveler. When Ki Renyep along with Resi Guru Ekajati and his friend entered the living room of the house, this man with a big fist immediately stood up from his seat.

"Ekajati..!!!

Is this really you?", asked the man with the stumped hand as if he could not believe seeing his old friend come to visit.

"Wangsanaya!

I see you're getting fat. Apparently your life is prosperous now", replied Resi Guru Ekajati with a big smile.

"Sih your mouth is still as stingy as before. But that's what makes me miss your presence all the time.

Let's sit down" said Buyut Wangsanaya, gesturing for his guests to sit down. After Jaka Umbaran and his friends sat down, Buyut Wangsanaya immediately approached Nyai Larasati who was carrying the body of Dewi Rengganis.

"He's why?", asked Buyut Wangsanaya immediately.

"How could he be exposed to the Heart Destroying Poison? This poison even though it seems harmless but kills people slowly. In this world only the Dark Poison Hyang alone can concoct it, while the old rangka was extinct a few years ago", Buyut Wangsanaya immediately turned his head towards the Resi Guru Ekajati.

"The Poison Queen Killer disciple Hyang Poison Darkness did it.

Are you able to cure him?", returned Resi Guru Ekajati asked.

"Actually I..."

Ehheemmmm!!!

Deheman loudly from the high official of Galuh Pakuan Kingdom immediately stopped the talk of Buyut Wangsanaya. The One-Handed Physician soon realized that there was another guest waiting for him at that place.

"Eh uh forgive me, Gusti Nunambursi (pronunciation of senopati in Galuh Pakuan region) Siwikarma. The arrival of my old friend completely distracts me.

Ekajati, this is Siwikarma Subscription. He was a close official of Mangkubumi Ranayasa, Galuh Pakuan's royal courtier who was Gusti Prabu Langlangbumi's right-hand man", Buyut Wangsanaya introduced this thin mustachy man dressed in noble clothes to Resi Guru Ekajati and his friends. Everyone immediately bowed respectfully to this Siwikarma Subscription.

"I came first, Buyut Wangsanaya. So you better serve them first. That's just the right thing" said Nunambursi Siwikarma who sounded a little stiff in the ears of Nyai Larasati. The middle-aged woman almost put Dewi Rengganis in her lap and lunged towards the high official of Galuh Pakuan Kingdom if only Resi Guru Ekajati did not immediately stop it.

"Hold your emotions, Nyai Larasati..

If anything happens, it can be a long matter. Be patient for a while", whispered softly Resi Guru Ekajati while holding the hand of Nyai Larasati who clenched tightly. The middle-aged beautiful woman did not reply, only coldly snorting while throwing her face in the other direction.

"So how is Buyut Wangsanaya? When did you come with me to Kawali?

Princess Gusti Crown Prince Rakeyan Jayagiri Gusti Putri Padmadewi is sick and needs your help" Nunambi Siwikarma said as she looked at Buyut Wangsanaya's face immediately.

"That's it, Gusti Nunambi Siwikarma. I'll finish my job here. The day after we left for Kawali.

That's all I can be sure of. The healer's job is to heal the sick so I have to heal all the people who seek treatment before leaving for the capital", he said", said Buyut Wangsanaya while staring at Nunambursi Siwikarma who looks like he does not like the answer. But because this was the task of Mangkubumi Ranayasa, Nunambi Siwikarma was forced to accept the answer.

After getting approval from Buyut Wangsanaya Si Tabib Sakti Berkangan Satu, Nunambi Siwikarma immediately resigned from the place. Buyut Wangsanaya sighed heavily after the departure of the high official of Galuh Pakuan Kingdom.

After that he turned to the group of Resi Guru Ekajati. The thick-bodied old man tended to be fat and immediately said,

"Ekajati my friend. I'm sorry about earlier. It's not that I don't want to help you but that Heart Destroying Poison has spread throughout this girl's body. Only a miracle could save his life", hearing the words of Buyut Wangsanaya, everyone was shocked instead of playing.

"There-is no other way to save the life of this disciple of mine, the One-Handed Physician Sakti?", asked Nyai Larasati in a stammering voice. Concerns about the fate of Dewi Rengganis is the cause.

Mmmmmm..

"There is one way that is still possible but that is a very small possibility" Buyut Wangsanaya said immediately.

"Please just say, Physician Sakti..

We will certainly try hard to get it", said Jaka Umbaran who had just silently listened. Hearing the statement of the Swordsman of Mount Lawu, Buyut Wangsanaya The One-Handed Physician Sakti immediately sighed heavily as he spoke,

"Near this place there is a cave that contains an heirloom that can cure all diseases and can even revive people who are dead if it is still not time. If you can get her then this girl's life will definitely be helped. The heirloom is named, and,

Wijayakusuma.."