Knight Panji
The Forgotten Memories

The atmosphere on the 5th floor was not much different from the previous floor only looked quieter, there was no one here.

    "Come here" a voice was heard leading the Panji towards a room with a White Curtain. Panji also revealed it and saw the Patriarch figure was pouring Drinks into his small glass. 

     "Sit down and drink this, I buy it in the village before we go." The banner sat in front of the Patriarch and took the Cup containing the drink and gulped it down. 

     "It feels good and unique, is this patriarchal?," asked Panji curiously. The Patriarch replied, "It was Bandrek, a typical Sundanese drink that warms up, I heard your voice a bit hoarse, it can relieve cough and scratchy throat."

     "Thank you Patriarch" said Panji. "Patriak was so concerned about me, that he would also make me his disciple" Inner Panji. 

     "I cannot make you my disciple" said Patriarch Satria Spontan. Almost a new drink in the Panji gulps out of his mouth. "Did the patriarch hear the voice of my heart?" Inner Panji again.

    "You just came from the 4th floor and the Elders took your friends as disciples."

    "But since I feel close to you, I will grant you the same rights as a direct disciple." continued Patriak. 

     "Thank you once again Patriarch, Ahh can't the Patriarch tell us how we got close in a previous life, there are so many questions on my mind" Panji said. 

     "Read this book," the Patriarch held out a book titled "The Identity of the Patriarch of the Slaughterer of Demons." Panji drifted to read the book, while Patriarch Satria played his Kecapi, making a beautiful melody. 

     Damar, Sakya, Cayya, Galih, Oni, and Roben sit at the same table. Round table filled with food and drinks. While not far away from them, there were some core disciples at another table. And the Elders at the other table. 

     "Look at all this food, I'll eat it all" Oni said with drool that almost dripped. He would also take some food with his hands but it was stopped by Galih.

     "Hey don't be greedy to remember we all got the same parts let me get you, otherwise everyone won't be here." said Galih who then took food for Oni. 

     "Well," Oni's voice weakened and she looked desperate because all the food was not hers.

     "Roben ate or drank something" Cayya told Roben, who did not touch the food.

    "Are you waiting for Panji, no need to wait for him, he will spend his time with Patriarch until we arrive at the College," Sakya said as she stuffed a snack into her mouth Elegantly.

    "I wasn't waiting for him" Roben said. After saying that Roben then gulps down his drinking water and then starts eating the food available on the table. 

     "Hey look, your lips are smitten," Damar took a handkerchief in his pocket and wiped Sakya's lips against the Sauce. Some of his friends then look towards him making Sakya misbehave. 

    Roben even narrowed her eyes looking at the reddish Rona that was on Sakya's face. Sakya then robs Damar's handkerchief Roughly and rubs her own lips. She was so embarrassed her friends saw Damar's treatment of her.

     "Roben don't you want to join us" asked Oni. "Join?." Roben asked confusedly. 

     "Yes became the Panji Knight" said Oni who made Roben spout her drink to the side and made people so shocked. 

     "It's what's wrong with you, you're crazy to ask Panji Competitor to be Panji Knight, where's your brain," Galih said scolding Oni. 

     "Hehehe I'm sorry, I just offered," Oni said with a whimper as she continued her big meal. 

     "No, I don't want to" Roben said. "But you can still be with us even though you are not a Panji Knight" said Galih. Roben thought for a moment and said, "well, I'll consider."

     Meanwhile Sakya and Damar chatted silently as they sat next to each other. "You're a jerk what you're doing" whispered Sakya. 

     "Of course, wiping your mouth with a straw, I don't like to see it" Damar said in a whisper. "I don't need you wiping my lips, they will definitely think nothing of our relationship" Sakya continued. 

     "What's wrong with our relationship, aren't we close enough even that night…."

     "Stop that weird talk again, didn't I say I didn't want to talk about it, why do you always bring it up" asked Sakya. 

     "Because I like it when you're timid it looks funny," Damar couldn't help but laugh out loud and make the people around them pay attention to them again. 

Meanwhile on the 5th floor

     "Here, why is his name almost the same as mine Patriarch?" Ask the Banner who is flipping through the book given by the Patriarch. He looked at the Patriarch with a confused face. 

     "The revenge of blinding him meant he had to lose his life." continued the Patriarch. 

     "But this Patriarch has nothing to do with my past, do you…." Panji then realized the reason Patriak gave the book he was reading. But that's impossible he thought.

     "It's impossible that I'm him….." Panji pointed at the book with a look of disbelief. Panji then glanced at the Patriarch who was staring at him.

     "Follow me," said the Patriarch. The Patriarch then held the Panji's hand and they disappeared. 

     They appeared in the Little Forest in front of a Tree that was larger than any other tree. "Look, do you remember this." said the Patriarch as he pointed at the Tree trunk. There is the name Kstaria Panji.

     " It's…." The banner seemed to remember something. " This isn't the name of the Squad that my friends made yesterday?."

     Satria exhaled, then pulled Panji's hand to follow him, not far from the Tree there were 2 pairs of Pigeons that Panji had met. Panji looked happy and approached them.

     Not far from there, there are hordes of pigeons that fly here and there, some are just perched on the branch. "Patriak why there are more pigeons, wasn't there only 2 yesterday?"

    "Not so much, just you didn't see it, do you remember this pigeon?"

    "Of course this is the pigeon we met a few days ago" Panji said as he stroked the pigeon's head. 

    "It's useless, you won't remember, but explain to me how you know the flute melody you played when you first got here" asked Satria. 

     Panji seems to think hard to remember, well Panji does have a pretty bad memory, he often forgets something.

     "Ahh, that melody, I remember, I don't know but I've played it a lot since I was a kid, I don't remember how I created it or where I've heard it." panji said with a clear face. 

     Satria did not comment any more, she left Panji alone and stepped into the Bamboo House, Panji then chased after her. They entered the bamboo house again. 

Panji and Satria sat facing each other. 

     "Hem Patriarch, is there nothing..," yet Panji finished talking 2 jugs Arak King Girang has been on the table. Panji's face turned happy, he took a small cup on the table and drank it. 

    Without them noticing inside the storage room of the Treasure that belonged to the Patriarch shook, Starting to appear cracks on the seal of the White Tiger Mustika. The ancient stone disk was black with mustika in the center, emitting a black light that cracked the greenish Seal around it. 

     "Ahhhh," Panji cried out in pain to make Satria Shocked and immediately examined her, Panji's head hit the table, his back was burning, the flesh on his back was visible, his clothes were burnt to the back, he showed the symbol behind his back. 

     The black smoke came out slowly, Satria immediately channeled her profound energy as she saw Panji's face start to look pale and exhausted. The storage pouch of the Treasure Satria trembled making him realize, "Ahh no, the seal of the White Tiger Mustika, looks like it will come off."

     Just as he was about to inspect it, the lost control White Tiger Mustika immediately shot out from the treasure storage pouch, then circled around in the middle of the room. Black smoke came out from the mustika, Its blackish light made the Bamboo House look Dreary. 

     The half-conscious banner said, "The White Tiger just like in the book," The black smoke coming from Panji's back seemed happy to sound a sharp shrill from the Smoke as if they had their own life. 

    The smoke on the back of the Panji and the black smoke from the White Tiger Mustika were fused together, the face of Satria became more and more painful. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh", The black light that originally gathered on the White Tiger Mustika, now darted into the body of Panji. 

     The strong black smoke threw Satria far enough away, saw Satria was also injured, he held his chest. 

     Panji looked in pain, he rolled around holding his head, his eyes changed completely with a black color that filled both eyes. 

    "Panjiiiiii," cried Satria trying to get closer, but his efforts failed he was not even able to get close because of the black smoke surrounding Panji.

     While Panji's condition is not much different, the headaches he feels are the result of memories that enter his mind, as well as the White Tiger Mustika who wants to make him his Master as he once was. 

     Various images and shadows entered Panji's memory. So many scenes of happiness, friendship intertwined, family, Betrayal, revenge, war, and his Death. 

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Say goodbye to the Elders, the 5 Conferred Knights, the Core disciples as well. AFTER this CHAPTER we will begin Flashback