RAKA LINGGAR: DESCENDANTS OF DEMON SLAYERS
CHAPTER 4
After a while, the black book fell onto the floor a dazzling golden light gradually disappeared, then it closed itself.
But still leaves the astonishment of people who are in the room.
Nini Sayuti looked breathless in sweat.
"The baby is really his son the king." said Sayuti was stained with bricks while wiping the sweat on his wrinkled face.
Wijaya Kusuma who has not been blessed with the descendants of the three empresses somewhat quivered hearing Sayuti's words, but his mouth was still silent, he was unable to say a word, his feelings at that time were so mixed.
A bodyguard read aloud the situation at that time, he went out of the room to pick up the baby who was still in the arms of Ratmi, the daughter of the courtier.
With great courtesy, Ratmi and the bodyguards brought the baby in front of Wijaya Kusuma.
"Although synuwun, it is an honor that countless servants have been allowed to breastfeed the prince, that is all I can give"
Ratmi sat down and offered the baby. With his hands still shaking, Wijaya Kusuma grabbed the baby who was still asleep from the Ratmi deck. "My son, forgive your father for not being able to look after your mother...."
Wijaya spoke brickly to hold back his cries, but some of the feathers were unable to be prevented from coming out of his eyelids. After being satisfied to look at his son, Vijaya gave an order, "while the time to keep this incident a secret, only you know this story. And you Ratmi, I entrust my son to your nursing step, I take my son"
"Sendiko dhawuh sinuwun" everyone answered almost simultaneously.
"I'm sorry for the servants of Sinuwun...." Sayuti suddenly interjected, but was afraid to continue he said.
"Why? Is something wrong with my son?" Wijaya looked curious, but the look in his eyes sort of intimidated Sayuti into telling the truth immediately.
"Son Paduka is different from cinema, he is special, but I see the line of destiny is very heavy, I can not see what the destiny is like, the ability of the servant is not how much" said Sayuti with a little regret.
"Thank you Sayuti, I will prepare everything for my son so that he will be able to face his destiny"
"The name of my son is SURYO BUWONO, hopefully he will be able to illuminate and protect all creatures on earth" said Wijaya Kusuma.
Furthermore, Suryo will still breastfeed Ratmi, but because Suryo is the crown prince status even though his mother is from commoners, Ratmi during breastfeeding will stay in the palace complex.
"Bring those four failed Soldiers before me now!" Wijaya's word to his bodyguard. After a tea drink, six body guards with strong faces but a cruel aura there brought the four prisoners before Wijaya. "The four of you have failed me so much, you have failed, and you have betrayed my trust, so be prepared for severe punishment from me!"
Said Wijaya in a high tone.
Wijaya Kusuma was not a ruthless leader, not a leader who prevailed because of his power. The four soldiers did not even dare to say a word, they were well aware of his mistake, and they were well prepared for the punishment to be given. They were not weak people, they were previously the chosen soldiers who used to escort the three king empresses.
"From this moment on, I will return you to the status of a commoner, and you will be sentenced to 1,000 days without interruption for social work in all the auspices of the Kertabhumi kingdom, if you fail, if you fail, then I'll add another 1000 days, and so on!!"
"Sendiko dhawuh Sinuwun, thousands of thanks for the generosity of the King, we will carry out our punishment, and we swear we will not disappoint the King again" said one of them while prostrating.
The bodyguards immediately took the four to a river dam that was being built, they had to work there until it was finished, then moved on to other projects without stopping until it was even 1000 days, they were not paid at all because they were serving their sentences.
"Is my wife okay?" Wijaya asked a little.
"Kanjeng empress is fine, happy synuwun, panjenenengan soon blessed with momongan, kanjeng empress is pregnant synuwun" the healer explained very politely. The clear picture of happiness on the face of Vijaya, after many years, finally one of his wives became pregnant.
"From today on, you should always monitor the health of my wife and the fetus in her stomach" Wijaya told the physician.
The fetus that will be born is Raden Ayu Sekar Kusuma.
Suryo Buwono and Sekar grow up like children his age, but Suryo get different treatment, since he was a young age, Suryo has been trained in martial arts. Of course Wijaya ordered the best teacher to train Suryo. This relates to Nini Sayuti saying that Wijaya must prepare physically and mentally Suryo Buwono to face a fate that is so heavy for him.
Everything went well, and the Wijaya family also seemed very happy to see Suryo and Sekar had started growing up. But unlike Sekar who was everyday in the palace, Suryo lived in Ratmi's house with his son who was only 5 months apart with the age of Suryo. Next to Ratmi's house, Wijaya Kusuma deliberately built a house with a martial arts store.
Ki Rakeyang Sanca, the coach of the royal elite warriors believed to galvanize Suryo and other selected children, of course Suryo privileged, he got more portions in training, he got more, and got more science and magic from Rakeyang Sanca.
Not only Rakeyang sanca, all teachers of canuragan science and magic under the kingdom of Kertabhumi all got a schedule to train Suryo Buwono.
So no wonder, at the age of just a teenager Suryo magic is already equal or even above the ability of the royal elite forces.
Yes, Suryo is special, with a larger physique than a child his age, and with all the blessings of privilege Suryo can quickly absorb the knowledge taught by his teachers.
Amid the happiness of the palace family, there was a terrible rumor in the village of the outermost village of Kertabhumi. The head of the royal cipher faced Wijaya.
"Begging permission to report to the King, in the village of the outer village of Kertabhumi kingdom, many people were found unnaturally dead, there was not the slightest trace of violence left behind, they all died in the middle of the night, and strangely only children and adolescents who experience it"
"Bring one of the corpses here, ask permission from his family, I will order Nini Sayuti and the royal physician to find out what the plague is" the king said.
2 days later, the troupe had a embalmed teenage corpse so as not to rot during the trip to the palace, the corpse was wrapped in a draw, and the outside was wrapped again with pandan woven mats.
The body was immediately taken to the royal physician's room, there were 4 senior healers there. They meticulously inspected every inch of the horrifying-looking corpse. His eyes were wide open, glaring, his eyeballs up, so that only the white part was visible. His mouth was gaping, like leaving a scream when death picked him up, his skin was dry, deathly pale, like there was no blood in there.
And sure enough, when one of the healers cut the pulse in the hands of the corpse, there was not a single bit of blood left. And according to the information from the password that was spread to all the outer villages, all the bodies were almost exactly the same condition. After hours of the four healers working hard to find out the cause of death, they looked at each other and shook their heads weakly, as if they had given up.
"This is not a disease outbreak, we did not find any disease in the body of this corpse, even a drop of blood was not left to be studied there is a disease or not" Obviously a doctor to the head of the password that had been faithful waiting for the healer to work.
"Alright, I will report to the King now" said the head of the unnamed password.
Indeed, all the royal code has given up all its identity, when it blends with society, they make a new disguise identity.
After facing Wijaya Kusuma, the head of the password reported everything in detail, Wijaya just gawked to listen to him, never once had a similar incident met him while he was alive, maybe this was the real test during his time as king.
"Call Nini Sayuti to the Physician's room, I'll catch up as soon as possible!" Answer the wijaya by still leaving a question mark of all this strangeness.