MARANTI (FOOD OF THE DEAD)
EPISODE 84: GENEALOGY

Jatmiko did not believe in her mother's words that the shaman standing in front of her was her real father. Although that said it was the woman who had conceived and given birth to her.

“No! No way! My father is not this man! My father is Atmojo not this shaman! Come on, Mom, let's go home now! If it takes too long here, we can be affected by this shaman talk!” jatmiko shouted at her mother.

“Shut up, Jatmiko! Take care of your attitude to your real father!” Never had Jatmiko's mother screamed that loud to her son.

“Mother!!!!” Jatmiko was shocked to hear her mother scream.

The man who was not young anymore was like running out of energy to hear his mother's words. Not because of his mother's loud voice, but because he was sure at that time his mother was not lying.

The magician stood in front of Jatmiko. He did not dare to act anything.He felt guilty because all this time he was not the one who took care of Jatmiko, but Atmojo husband of his mother Jatmiko who had died a few years ago. The man realized that he needed time to be accepted by his son. The most severe feeling at that time was actually Jatmiko's mother because she had long kept the secret from Jatmiko.

Jatmiko sat down on the rock inside the cave with a broken feeling. Jatmiko's mother came to her son and stroked the child's shoulder just by watching by the shaman sakti his biological father Jatmiko.

“Jatmiko, forgive mom yes, son!” jatmiko's mother said in a soft voice.

“Mom's biggest mistake was not against me, but to my late father!” jatmiko replied with a quite high voice.

During this time Jatmiko never spoke in a high tone to her mother. Perhaps, a sense of disappointment towards his mother that has made him forget his position as a child.

“Iya, Son. I am guilty of your late father. She was guilty of daring to love him. Though your late grandfather and grandmother had forbidden mother to marry your father, but mother who forced. I love your father too much. That is why everything can become like this,” replied his mother Jatmiko with tears.

“What do you mean by saying that? Do you regret loving your late father? Ooooo .. Yes, I understand the reason because mom had an affair with that shaman!” Jatmiko could not help but act courteously to the magician.

The magician can only hold back his anger because he does not want Jatmiko to hate him more. He loved Jatmiko very much. And all this time he felt heartache every time he saw Jatmiko familiar with the late Atmojo.

“That's not what mom meant, kid! I love your father so much .. Even to this day I still lost your father so much. Jatmiko, you .. mother .. and your biological father is not a commoner like the others. Not also like your late father who was just an ordinary human,”, said his mother Jatmiko began his explanation.

“Not ordinary people how, Mom? Please explain to me, Mom!” pinta Jatmiko was very pleading.

“Jatmiko .. There used to be a couple named Ayu Kembang and Artomoyo. The two love each other but are not approved by Ayu Kembang's parents because Artomoyo is the son of a famous shaman at that time while the Ayu Kembang family is a descendant of experts who are also famous religious leaders. Ayu Kembang was finally married to the son of his parents' friends who also have religious scholarship and finally they both became a couple who continued the struggle to spread kindness until now his descendants have spread throughout the area. Well, this Artomoyo at that time was hurt by the decision of Ayu Kembang and his family that had broken his heart. Since then, he who was initially reluctant to continue shamanic science his parents also began to study shamanism. She also began to move against the religious struggle Ayu kembang and her husband. Artomoyo used the power of her shaman to influence the population not to follow the teachings brought by Ayu Kembang and her husband. Initially, Artomoyo always managed to influence the population not to be affected by the teachings brought by Ayu Kembang and her husband. However, thanks to the persistence of the two of them and moreover they also taught the residents to take refuge from the magic power, Artomoyo's efforts were ultimately futile. Artomoyo was getting angry and he also intended to increase his magic power by making a pact with the devil and it is true that since then many residents have finally returned to do mischief and shun the teachings of the religion brought Ayu Kembang and her husband.

Not satisfied until there, Artomoyo who was married to his father's best friend's son who was also a college with his father still has a grudge with Ayu Kembang and his family. He plans to sue the Ayu Kembang family. However, his attempt failed. Justeru Artomoyo is even exposed by his own witchcraft to death. Before dying he advised his children to continue to be hostile to the children of Ayu Kembang descendants and always thwart their efforts to develop religious knowledge because their existence will endanger the sustainability of shamanic science that is characteristic artomoyo descent. Artomoyo also told her children to marry only their own college members so that their shamanic blood would not be lost. If they violate then for life they will not have offspring and every pregnant then his wife will miscarry continuously. However, there is one thing that can increase the level of shamanic science that they have is if the descendants of Artomoyo married the descendants of Ayu Kembang who was born on the same day. A child born from such a marriage would have an extremely extraordinary shamanic power. That was the agreement made by Artomoyo with the devil.” At length his mother Jatmiko told Jatmiko.

“That's it, Jatmiko. That's why I've miscarried many times during marriage with your father. Until your father and his extended family were sick with sadness. I don't have a choice, Jatmiko. I'm so sorry about your father. Therefore, secretly the mother married spiritually with your biological father who also happens to be a member of the same college as the mother and born you are the source of happiness for your father. Forgive me, Son ...,” said his mother Jatmiko with tears.

“So, that's also the reason mom forbids me from hanging out with women so that I don't experience like a mother suffering from loving an ordinary human like her late father?” ask Jatmiko.

“Iya, right, Jatmiko. It is already a curse to the descendants of Artomoyo that you cannot marry anyone else except our own college members or the descendants of Ayu Kembang who have the same birth day as you,” replied his mother Jatmiko firmly.

“But, why when I was thirteen, my mother once told me to see a teenage girl in Ki's house..,” asked Jatmiko with curiosity.

“Yes, did you know that the girl is a descendant of Ayu Kembang? He was the same day of his birth as you, Jatmiko. She was your future wife. I have been looking for information about the girl for a long time,” replied her mother Jatmiko.

“Where do you know that the girl is the descendant of Ayu Kembang? They don't want to marry me either. Especially after they found out that I was a descendant of Artomoyo,” cecar Jatmiko.

“Ha ha ha .. You're funny Jatmiko! You need to know after the death of Artomoyo, between the descendants of Artomoyo and Ayu Kembang descendants often clash and cause casualties. Therefore both the descendants of Ayu Kembang and the descendants of Artomoyo finally both hide their identity so that they cannot be known by others until now. Only certain people can know whether someone is a descendant of Ayu Kembang or not. Mother is one of the people who can see the descendants of Ayu Kembang by looking at its aura. It used to be .. when mom was taken to the baby shaman by your dad to give birth to you. There was a woman who gave birth on the same day as the mother and after the mother saw her aura turned out to be a descendant of Ayu Kembang. Well, armed with information from the baby shaman, the mother sought the origin of the person and finally the mother found out his identity. By the time you're thirteen, by the time, it just so happened that I learned information from your real father that the man was going to go to your real father so I took you to your real father's practice and you saw the girl, didn't you?” his mother Jatmiko.

“I mean the pretty girl's mother?” Jatmiko.

“Iya, Jat .. You remember?” ask her mother again.

“Iya, Mom. I remember it so much. Even I cannot forget it until today,” replied Jatmiko.

“Well, afterwards the mother continues to monitor the residence of the person. Unfortunately, a few years later the mother lost track of them because they moved house secretly. However, ever since you grew up, you did not give up. I kept looking for the whereabouts of the boy. And, finally the mother found the address of the child now,” replied her mother Jatmiko.

“So, if you go far away it's actually the mother is looking for the whereabouts of the girl?” ask Jatmiko.

“Iya, Jat. I cannot bear to see you live alone and also I want you to be the only descendant of Artomoyo who can marry Ayu Kembang descendants. You want to marry that kid? She is now a grown woman, Jatmiko. She was very beautiful and she was unaware of her own abilities. Moreover, he did not realize that he is a descendant of Ayu Kembang,” replied his mother Jatmiko.

“I want, Mom ..” Jatmiko says with flowers.

Jatmiko's mother looked into her son's eyes with a happy feeling. He did not tell his son that in order to marry the woman, Jatmiko still had to do many things in the future.

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