Mystical Adventure
Episode 159's

"Zahra" call Adam

the dark day made the girl speed up her steps, even she held Adam's hand and continued to step without stopping.

"Zahra" called Adam again because of the first call, the girl did not answer

Adam even stopped his steps and Zahra stopped because his heavy hand pulled Adam's hand.

"don't stop, brother, let's get home before the sun sets" Zahra turned to look at Adam

"what the hell is going on, your attitude when we go and go home now is very different" Adam took a look

"it's okay, brother, Zahra is just afraid of being left behind by magrib time"

Zahra pulled Adam's hand back and they stepped back. Adam still continues to pay attention to the surroundings, the door of the house was closed when they left, the houses were still open even the children were still running to and fro, the village was like an uninhabited dead village, desolate and empty-looking.

they have reached the hallway, a few meters away they will arrive home.

"let's hurry brother" said Zahra pull Adam

"since then I've been walking fast" Adam answered offsetting Zahra's increasingly fast steps like running

in front of the house there was Nurma and Deva's mother waiting for their arrival.

"why are you guys so long, let's quickly get inside the house" Nurma's mother took the fish bag held by Zahra and brought Adam and the girl inside

"where are you from...?" Melati asked as she saw Adam and Zahra enter, Nurma's mother immediately headed for the kitchen

jasmine's eyes looked towards their interlocked hands. Adam immediately took off his hand which was tightly grasped by Zahra.

"from the streets" Adam answered

while Zahra was holding her hand to hold Adam's hand, the girl smiled, and Melati saw it.

"just two...?" ask Melati

"yes, I want to take you but you will still sleep. Next time we go for a walk together yes, now I want to go to the room first to take a shower" Adam said softly to Melati and smiled then left them inside the room.

"you also have to shower Zahra, already want magrib" Melati surprised the girl who was staring at Adam into the room

"yes, did you take a shower...?" ask Zahra

"already, you just stay and come in" replied Melati

Zahra nodded and went into the room. Melati intended to close the door because the message from Nurma's mother was that the door should be closed do not open, but Melati saw there was still Deva out there who looked towards the road.

"sister Deva" called Melati over to Deva

"what is it, brother, continue it...why is there a torch...?" Melati saw in the house there was a torch surrounding every corner of the house

"why do you come out, let's go inside" Deva immediately entered but Melati has not moved

"let's not get out on your own, danger" Deva pulls Melati into the house and then closes the door and locks her

"Allahuakbar Allahuakbar"

the sound of the Adhan echoed in the village, they were preparing to perform magrib prayers.

"the prayer at the yuk mosque, after all the mosque seems to be close from here" Bara proposed

"maybe, better to pray in the mosque, in the countryside like this must be a lot of people.let's go now, later we miss" El agreed, they rushed out of the room to go to the mosque

"where are...?" mr. Firman, the husband of Nurma's mother, asked when he saw the teenagers coming out of the room

"want to the mosque sir" replied Vino

"do not, you should pray at home only" Mr. Firman forbid

"loh why sir, the prayer period in the mosque is prohibited" said Leo

"not that I forbid but this is for the good of all of you. It is better to pray at home only. in the wider living room, let's pray there only. let women pray in their rooms only" Mr. Firman stepped into the middle room

they all looked at each other and wondered if there was any truth until it was forbidden to pray in the mosque, but did not want to argue, it was better for them to follow the middle-aged man's words.

"sholat here sir...?" Deva had just come, it seemed like she had just wudhu because of her wet face and also her rolled up sleeves

"yes here only. let's line up neatly, let the father be a priest" said Mr. Firman

mr. Firman stood before them all while now they were behind the man, they were performing the congregational magrib prayer.

"Zahra, I can ask...?" said Melati, when Zahra finished praying

"want to ask what sis...?" Zahra folded the face and the alphabet.the others had done the magrib prayer but did not go out of the room

"that's why outside there is a torch, but there are already lights that illuminate" asked Melati who was so curious

Melati was curious because it was not only in the house that lit torches surrounded in every corner of the house, other houses did the same. Melati thought there might be a tradition or a reason that they lit the torch, so she asked.

"it's customary for the people in this village brother, if the night turns on the torch.before electricity comes in, every house does light a torch around the corner of the house so that it can be light and not dark" Zahra replied calmly

"but now that there is electricity, why is there still a torch...?" ask Melati again

"there's a torch outside...?" Starla opened the bedroom window and looked outside, sure enough, there was a torch near their room

"yes, there's a torch" Starla closed the bedroom window

"it's a habit to be like that. Zahra also did not know what the other reasons were, that was all Zahra knew" Zahra replied

"villages will not turn on lights in every corner of the house, they prefer torches for lighting" Zahra said

"it's weird, even though there is electricity, why it's hard to light a torch" said Nisda

"rather than talking about torches, meningan you introduce yourself. Zahra has not known whose name you are" Zahra deliberately diverted the conversation

"yes yes, until we forget to introduce. So my name is Melati, this is Starla, this is, it's Nisda and the one next to you is Alana and if the one sitting at the study table obviously you already know yourself" Melati introduced herself and also introduced her friends. the one sitting on the desk chair was Seil

"welcome to this village yes, Zahra is happy to be able to have many guests.usually quiet houses, there are only Zahra, father and mother" said Zahra

"oh yeah, so which tour would you like to visit...?" ask Zahra

"not to mention, we have to discuss the other first.after all will be told by Deva kak which place is the most interesting" Melati replied

"if we go out aja yuk, stick with them. tomorrow you will have to do the research immediately.if mah come into action behind the screen" said Nisda

"this is not his duty, sister Nisda, either...?" asked Seil who had just listened

"no, we just came to accompany him. This is the duty of Melati, Vino, Leo, El-Syakir and Adam" replied Nisda

"that's it, Seil thinks it's all of you" he said

"come out, they seem to be in the living room" Alana got out of bed

they came out of the room, it was true that the men were in the living room.The three rooms were in the living room while the living room was the first room when entering the house.

"so, how are we doing tomorrow...?" ask Melati

"this just want to ask the same brother Deva, which place is suitable" El replied

"the choice is three. firstly Boneng peak, second green beach, third waterfall bath" Deva gives a choice

"those three are a lot of people who come in that place...?" Adam asked

"of course many, especially if special days such as holidays, or new years sometimes people outside Boneng Gunu come in all three places" replied Deva

"what is a normal day...?" ask Adam again

"even every day there are going to these places especially holidays" replied Deva

"maybe, I agree with the idea of El-Syakir. Better first look for a suitable survey for us to explore" Vino agrees

"our time here is only two days, meaning that the survey must be done tomorrow and the lusar has started doing activity videos" said Starla

"okay, we all agreed to take a look first huh. now the question is who will survey those places...?" ask Adam

"what is clear is that Deva must come, because Deva's brother knows his place" said Alana

"this is all, rather than going to the survey first I better show some pictures and also videos that I took while in those places.wait I take a laptop first"

just as Deva left, Adzan isya reverberated.could they stop the conversation and rush ablution to perform Islamic prayers.

after the prayer, Nurma's mother called them to dinner. Because of the lack of seats for their seats, the oceanic team ate on the floor with mats.not just them, not just them, the host also ate downstairs with the children.

"you will not come out later" said Mr. Firman in between his meals

"why, sir...?" leo asked, wondering why they were banned from leaving the house

"it's already night, it's time for rest" replied Mr. Firman

no more noise during their dinner. After finishing, the men return to the living room while the women clean the dining area and dirty dishes.

"let mother and Zahra do this, you'd better do it" Nurma's mother forbade the girls to help

"nothing ma'am anyway we are not sleepy. There is still something we have to discuss for our activities tomorrow" Melati replied politely

"then I make you a drink first to accompany you to talk"

"let Alana alone ma'am, mother should be the rest of the house, let us clean the kitchen" said Alana

"you're very good children, then mother to the room first yes"

"yes ma'am, good rest" said Alana kindly

"auntie, wait a minute" Seil restrained Nurma's mother and took her away from the others

"what is Seil...?" ask Nurma's mother

"what...the village is still what it used to be...?" Seil asked quietly

"don't tell your friends they'll be scared" Nurma's mother asked

"so it's true, it's still the way it used to be. Instead of the past it's safe, I've said it"

"Seil, listen to auntie" Nurma's mother held Seil's shoulder

"stay silent and do not tell stories.kasian your friends have been far away here but they will return empty-handed.after all as long as they do not leave the house at night, they'll be fine"

"remember aunt's message"

"iya bi" Seil nodded

nurma's mother left Seil to her room. Inside there was already Mr. Firman who was leaning on the bed.

"dad, isn't tomorrow night their arrival" Nurma's mother climbed on the bed and sat down beside her husband

"yes, we have to be careful" replied Mr. Firman

"mother was afraid well, what if something happened to those kids"

"we'll tell them tomorrow night, I'd better be tired all day taking care of the house" Mr. Firman hugged his wife

"it's not as late as the father who makes a living. the father is also restless, tomorrow night we will not sleep all night"

"dad hoped tomorrow night there would be no more victims taken"

"father scares me, don't talk about it anymore. There's Deva here anyway"

"why Deva dare to bring his friends to this village when he knows what this village is like" said Mr. Firman

"as long as they don't break the taboo, everything will be fine"

"yes we go to sleep" the two lie down and begin to close their eyes

in the kitchen, Alana is making drinks for all of them while Starla prepares the snacks they bought earlier in the minimarket.

"sister Nisda please help Lana carry one more tray" said Alana

"yes, let's go ahead" Nisda picked up one more tray that contained a drink glass

Zahra and Starla brought some dishes that contained snacks for them, while Seil turned out to have joined the men, he sat beside Deva.

"where do you eat me...?" Adam asked as the drink was in front of each of them

"present darling" spontaneously Melati answered and raised her hand

"cieeeee" Alana and Nisda tease Melati making the girl blush in embarrassment while Adam just smiles

Zahra who heard Melati calling Adam with a call of affection, her face turned disappointed.

"not you, if you can't drink" said Adam

"do you like jasmine tea...?" ask Deva to Adam

"that's my favorite drink" Adam replied

Deva mutters and turns on her laptop while Melati returns to the kitchen to pick up a drink for Adam and returns.

"yes, especially for you from your melatimu" Melati smiled sweetly

"thank you" Adam took the bottle

Zahra who saw that again felt disappointed.he wanted to be angry but at whom, after all, he had no relationship with Adam, what he should be angry with.

"here are some pictures I took in those three places" Deva gave her laptop to El

"where is good, brother...?" He asked Adam

"it's up to you, if I follow what you like" Adam replied

"here's Mel, see which one you think is good...? El calls Melati to come closer

Melati moved and Adam shifted his position so that Melati could sit near El-Shakir.

"all good, I was so confused about which one to choose" said Melati

"choose me" said Adam briefly

"you didn't say it was yesterday" Melati wanted to make Adam's head

"don't be angry when the beauty is gone" Adam whispered in Melati's ear made Melati blush embarrassed because it was said to be beautiful

"if you think both of you, choose which one...?" El asks Vino and Leo

"the peak of Boneng how, the natural scenery is good if I see in this video, many people who go there" said Vino

"right, I'm more the top of Boneng.we choose it, tomorrow immediately depart" Leo nodded in agreement

"yes, we're going to the top of Boneng" El put the laptop back on the table

"but before going to that place, you must know first some restrictions that should not be violated" said Deva

"because there have been three times that people who have gone missing and not been found because they violated the prohibition that they should not have been allowed to do" Deva looked at them seriously

"so what's the taboo...?" adam looked at Deva