
"Mother Sulastri! We don't have much time. Three days after the third full moon. If Bella doesn't return to the human world. Then there will be no hope."
The statement from Diana jerked her daydream. The heart is beating fast with a mindless mind. The fear of losing Bella regained control of her heart. That feeling is not comparable to the sense of losing a husband a few years ago. However, there are those who hold lips to tell the truth tell the story of the beginning of the agreement made by the ancestors.
Abil who saw the frightened mother tried to give strength and spirit by tightly hugging the woman's body. The warm touch of a child slowly calmed down, making Mother Sulastri look at the son. The eyes cling to each other with family affection. Slowly I heard the sound of breath.
"This story originated from my ancestor named Wagio Supardi. In the past, my family was not a considered person, even like an outcast family. One day, when Sewah was looking for firewood in the forest. He accidentally cut the old banyan tree. Nothing happened at first, until a few days after that. His wife is sick."
Everyone in the room was trying to be a good listener. Let Mother Sulastri stare out the window. Where beside the house there are only a few mini potted plants. Anyone who saw the woman's expression. It would definitely say, a grim face with a sanguine eye. No matter how big the secret is hidden, but the woman can still live life as normal as possible.
"Waste seeks help, but no one wants to help. People just consider my family an outcast. Long story short, he had a dream. Well, a dream that shows the way to cure his wife. The fear of loss and plus the worsening condition of the wife. And so, Simbah rushed towards the place he had been to while in the dreamland."
"That road, is none other than the road to the old banyan tree that Sewah once took his tendrils. Wasting aware, the pain suffered by his wife is the result of his own actions. In the end, he begged for forgiveness and asked for healing. However, the waiter gave a surprising condition."
"The condition is quite heavy, but not risky. Except for the eleventh descendant. Well, the treekeeper was the Demon Prince who was currently looking for a pure blood heir. Sumpah thought he could end the agreement by banning their children from marrying. Unfortunately, it can't. Every offspring has an indisputable ego. Including myself."
Sulastri's mother inhaled deeply, then exhaled slowly, then closed her eyes. The tightness in the chest grew, "I don't know, how and when it all happened. But after the wedding. Suddenly, my father took us home.At that time, I married without the blessing of parents. Who would have thought, the marriage ban, turned out for my own good."
"I have no regrets about giving birth to my two children. It's just, I don't know. If one of my descendants is an eleventh descendant. You asked me not to get pregnant, but the Creator gave our marriage the sustenance of offspring. On the night of Bella's birth, a red lunar eclipse enveloped the sky. That night, our family got together."
"I remember your last advice. He said, so that I do not forget my duty as heir to the covenant and try to make house rules. Of course, so that my daughter does not have the same fate. All this time, I forbade Bella to step foot onto the second floor and that goes for Abil as well. It just adds to my little girl's curiosity."
"My family story is not about wealth, it's about one mistake Sewah made. This covenant, does not ask for blood sacrifice, let alone human life. Even so, the Demon Prince only needs an heir with an eleventh bloodline and that falls to Bella, my daughter. If it's about the other secrets in this house, I don't know. Besides what I heard from you."
The Diana family stared at each other. Now the story of the Wagio Supardi family is complete. One truth from being revealed from the mouth of Mother Sulastri and the rest of the truth from Ki Wongso. It's just, right now, is the time right. If you want to tell the rest of the truth of the covenant? Time decreases, but if it is incomplete. There will definitely be misunderstandings.
Sulastri opened his eyes, then stared inexplicably at the grizzled woman called Sewba, "What are you talking about? I don't get it. Which truth? My ancestral agreement I told you everything."
"Before, Diana wanted to, mother remained calm," Diana poured water into the glass, then took something from inside her pants pocket, "This is a piece of cloth from the binding promise her ancestor mother made. The story of the mother is only half the truth, and the other half. I will tell you myself. Right now."
Red cloth derived from red tape. Well, the ribbon taken from a banyan tree and the tree is where this story begins. Diana put the piece of cloth in, then took out one plastic flower from the vase on the table. A ten centimeter long stalk is used to stir the contents of the glass so that the sinking cloth fuses with the water.
The white color of the water turned red like blood, but the scented scent actually smelled the scent of flowers. The scent was very similar to the smell of the magical daughter-in-law. Focused on what Diana was doing. Suddenly, the wind blew, even the windows opened by themselves. The loud impact sound was shocking, making everyone prance in shock.
Even so, Diana did not stop her activities and continued to stir the cloth in the water in the glass until the color of the cloth turned pitch black. Only then was the cloth lifted up, "This cloth is proof of the greed of the ancestors. Half the stories you tell are true. It's just, the other half will destroy the trust you have."
"The ancestor did not just ask for healing for his wife. Instead of asking for prosperity and power. He became a great person with the help of the Demon Prince, but for that. The sacrifice must be made. Maybe, all this time, you think people who die in the family are just a natural accident or indeed old age."
"It's not like that the truth is. The death of Sulastri's mother's husband is a compensation for breaking the house rules. Of course, you won't know about it. Where a week before dying, the mother's husband secretly entered the black curtain room. The house's rules are not one, but three."
Diana folded the black cloth into a triangular shape, "The first rule of life restitution and it happened to the mother's husband. The second rule is about soul exchange and it happens to the mother herself. The third and final rule is...,"
Wuusssh!
Bruuaaac!
Djuuarrs!