MARANTI (FOOD OF THE DEAD)
EPISODE 77: SECRET CAVE
Mr. Ade hastily emptied his mind from the spirit of Laras so that the spirit of Laras vanished from the sight of the man. After that, the man also remembered his moment of happiness with his small family. He also set his own breath so that he could soon fall asleep like his son and wife. Lucky the three of them because they can pass a long night quietly until the dawn of adhan reverberate. The three of them had just woken up when there was a hospital attendant banging on the door of their room. This is usually done at the hospital. Every five o'clock in the morning, the janitor comes to clean the room and tells the patient to get up so that he can breathe the healthy morning air.
Meanwhile, Jatmiko is somewhere with her mother.
“Bu, where are we going?” jatmiko asked her mother who had not asked her to speak since.
“You just follow me! Later also you will know for yourself,” replied his mother with a ketus.
Jatmiko did not dare to ask her mother again. He followed his mother's steps from behind up the hill area in his village that is rarely visited by residents in the village. In fact, Jatmiko who used to often adventure with Mr. Ade also never climbed up the hills because there is a kind of prohibition for the villagers to be able to go up there. Only village elders can go up there to perform the village's annual ritual of handing over offerings on the hill. Jatmiko did not expect at the age of her mother who was old, it turns out her mother is still strong to climb up the hill even though the road is very uphill.
“Bu, will the village elders not be angry if we go up here?” ask Jatmiko.
“You think your mother is not one of the elders here, Jat?” replied Jatmiko's mother.
“But what about me, Mom? I don't want to be barren 'cause I got up here, Mom. Didn't everyone in this village say that ordinary people who climb up here can be barren for life?” jatmiko Protest.
“He he he .. You are absolutely innocent, Jatmiko. I need to tell you that you were born on this hill and you are the only young man who can go up this hill without fear of infertility or other calamities,” replied Jatmiko's mother with a chuckle.
“Oh yes? Why until my age I never said I was born on this hill?” ask Jatmiko.
“Yes, because now is the time for your mother to tell you this and you need to know you are the greatest hope of this mother and village elders,” replied his mother Jatmiko.
“What's the biggest hope, Mom? I don't understand?” Jatmiko.
“ Soon you will marry that woman. The woman you so desperately crave all this time,” replied his mother Jatmiko.
“Who is that woman, Mom? From yesterday I told you, but I really don't understand what you mean. Until when will you keep it a secret to me?” answer Jatmiko.
“He he he .. Patience, Jatmiko! You will also know for yourself. Now we focus first on saving Nak Ade first. Pity he is always in threat of the spirit of Laras,” replied his mother Jatmiko.
“Who's Barrel, Bu?” ask Jatmiko.
“Laras iu stupid girl who was once plunged by Nak Ade into the valley of sin,” replied his mother Jatmiko.
“Where do you know that?” ask Jatmiko.
“You are stupid or what, Jatmiko? It's been a long time living with mom but don't know the advantages of your own mother. Ah .. hopefully my future grandchild will not be like you stupid,” replied his mother Jatmiko.
Jatmiko could only remain silent after being rebuked by her mother. It did not feel like they were both at the top of the hill. At the top of the hill there is a cave.
“Jat, let's get into that cave!” take Jatmiko's mother.
“I just found out that there's a cave here, Mom. What's in that cave, ma'am?” ask Jatmiko again.
“Come, we'll go in first! I will introduce you to someone later,” replied Jatmiko's mother.
Jatmiko's mother also invited Jatmiko to enter the cave. Jatmiko felt rather horrified to enter the place that was foreign to her. Moreover, the cave is moist and less lighting. Jatmiko did not stop thinking if there are people who want to live in the cave. Is not a snake or scorpion could have seliwer in that place and harm the humans they meet. Since entering the cave, Jatmiko felt anxious about the presence of venomous animals in it.
“Kiiiii!!!!” call her mother Jatmiko when she enters the room.
There was no one from inside the cave. Only the reflection of his own mother's voice was heard by the two of them.
Suddenly, a voice came from the corner of the cave.
“Log in, Nyi!” a heavy male voice sounded from the end of the cave.
Jatmiko was surprised to hear that answer. The voice was familiar to him. But, he still did not believe in his own hearing. From a distance Jatmiko saw the movement of a man at the end of the cave. From the silhouette he saw, Jatmiko felt confident that someone was indeed a person he knew well. But, what makes the man surprised is that the person has long been declared dead by the villagers where Jatmiko lived and her mother.
“Bu ...,” said Jatmiko stammered with a sudden sense of fear.
“Come, Jat!” take mother.
“No Ma! Isn't that Ki-“ Jatmiko replied with a terrified expression.
“Yes, you are right. He's not who you think he is. He is still alive,” replied his mother Jatmiko.
“No! A year ago he was rumored to have died eaten by crocodiles,” replied Jatmiko with increasing fear.
“Buktinya, he is still fresh fit,” replied his mother Jatmiko.
“That's a ghost, Mom. Come on, we'll get out of here!” take Jatmiko to her mother.
“Your fingers, Jatmiko!” shouted the old man who was at the end of the cave.
“No!!” Jatmiko tries to pull her mother to run away from the place, but her mother refuses.
“Where are you going, Jatmiko?” the man shouted while jumping from his sitting position towards the place where Jatmiko and her mother were.
The man jumped from one stone to another using a fairly high level of martial arts. Not for a minute, the old man had already grabbed Jatmiko's shoulder.
“Ampun, Ki! Don't kill me, Ki!” moaning Jatmiko pleaded with the old man.
“Ha ha ha .. You think I'm a ghost who will eat you, Jatmiko?” the old man shouted with a chuckle.
“Ampun, Ki!” whinek Jatmiko out of fear.
“You must not fear me, Jatmiko! I am an ordinary man like you. I'm not the ghost you thought I was. You need to know, the corpse that the crocodile ate was not me, but someone else we deliberately prepared to fake my death,” replied the old man.
“Iya , Jat! We were forced to fake his death because he was being targeted by many people,” replied his mother Jatmiko.
“Have you not told this to our son, Nyi?” said the old man.
“Child?” jatmiko did not understand.
“I-yes, Jat. Pri-a who be-ra-da in your de-pan is a-da-lah a-yah kan-dung-mu ..” replied his mother Jatmiko stammeringly.
“What???” tekik Jatmiko with bulging eyes.
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