
Kerta immediately rushed to meet the two envoys who had been waiting for him for a while in the living room. Many times his mind cursed to be upset with the arrival of the uninvited guests at the wrong time. Did they not realize that they had just interrupted his ritual moment with Sani?
"Lohs... Bayu?"
Kerta immediately recognized the messenger that the aunt meant was the handsome young man with his long, beautiful hair. The young man then wags his silk hair like a shampoo advertising model to return Kerta's call.
"Was... It's just you! Why do you like to bother me so much, hm?"
"Hey 'moustache'! Just so you know yes, if only it wasn't Senopati sir himself who told me to meet you directly, I wouldn't have come here this hot. I just got home from hunting."
"It's your own fault? Who told you to be a maniac hunter like that anyway? To have a week of duty-free time you just disappeared into the woods."
"What if I like to hunt? Isn't that also good for training and improving my dexterity?"
"Yes.... Yeah, I know. But how long are you gonna keep chasing those animals? Don't you want to occasionally hunt down some women instead?"
"Haha... Why am I so hard to hunt them? Without me chasing them they're already scrambling to lure me."
"Huh... It's bullshit! So where is that woman now? "
"Still in the selection stage!"
"Jiii.... A selection? Haha... You're just being around. How would you choose? The beautiful and bohay? The rich? Or a complete package like the Imah?"
"Mahi? Ppuuih, I'm allergic to this species. I don't like women who can't count on."
"Indeed you're gonna count on him for what, hm?"
"Aaagh, stop! Why are we even talking about something so insignificant?"
"Haha... It's up to you. Just don't take too long until your 'eggs' become limp and frown!"
"Braven, come here you mustache!"
Gandari's aunt came out just before their joke became uncontrollable. In his hand was set a tray containing three cups containing drinks for each of the three people. Bibik carefully placed the drinks and served them on a long shiny wooden table. Bibik then put the drink right in front of Kerta and his two guests respectively.
"Thank you bik, " said Kerta softly.
"The same as." Sahut bibik sincerely before disappearing back behind the middle room door.
"Sst, whiskers! Is the wedang* okay to drink now?"
*Wedang; a term for a drink made from steeping several types of plants boiled with boiling water. As for the plants commonly used for this shade also varies. Can be from spices such as ginger, kencur, lemongrass and also other plants that are believed to have good properties for the body. Even some Javanese people also commonly call steeping coffee powder mixed with sugar sand as 'coffee brew'.
"You're stupid, huh? Why did you just ask me? Quickly drink and spend it now before I change my mind!"
Kerta only smiles winning when she sees Bayu replying to her words with an annoyed plot. Followed by the laughter of a young man in a special forces uniform who had just become a loyal audience.
Little by little they began to sip ginger wedang artificial bibik is still warm. The right combination of ginger spices and brown sugar that has been brewed together has produced a unique taste in the drink. The warm sensation that comes out of 'the ginger' itself really blends perfectly with the concentrated taste of 'the brown sugar'.
After a few moments of casual conversation while spending their drinks, now Bayu began to change the topic of the next conversation with a more serious facial expression. Sometimes he also seemed to make movements with both hands to make Kerta understand the purpose and purpose of the news he brought.
They talk long enough with the tone of the voice set as low as possible to minimize the presence of other listeners who are not expected. Bayu had spoken widely until each person in the room finally nodded his head and agreed to do so.
"Alright, now I'm beginning to understand uncle senopati's direction of thought. So in the meantime what can I do to help uncle finish his job?"
"Actually I also do not know what he will plan to solve this problem. But it seems he himself has already considered the first steps we should take for now."
"What's your initial step?"
"So this is a mustache, it seems that for now and some time in the future he is trying to include you as bait to approach the nobles."
"Feeds?"
"Yes, I think he arranged a way for you to blend in and get a confession back in the eyes of the great nobles."
"Wait, so you're saying I should hang out with those 'land demons?"
"Woodoo, you know that I've been very uncomfortable with people like that for a long time. Is there anything else I can do besides that?"
"If anyone can do it I won't tell you either. I knew you'd be complaining when I explained the plan. But you are the only great noble in the special forces. Other than you no one can!"
Kerta was silent and seemed to think of something for a while. "Well, then tell me what to do now?"
"Explain it to her!" said Bayu giving orders to the young man sitting next to him.
"As he had planned before, for tonight the chairman must come to attend the banquet that has been determined! There the chairman will meet with many great nobles to get the information we need."
"Fest?"
"Yes, chief!"
"I hate parties!"
"Take a whisker, after all, the party won't last all night, right?" sahut Bayu mediated Kerta's talks with the young man he brought.
"Why are you pouting like that? You should be happy that you finally have a chance to introduce Sani to them."
"Sani?"
"Rubber, chief!"
"But why did Sani have to join the mission? You said I just had to attend a banquet, right?"
"Just because this is a banquet party, then the chairman should come with the couple to minimize the suspicion of our target tonight."
"I'm sorry, I'm not so sassy! But if I had to get Sani involved in something like this, I'd better back off."
"Please listen to my explanation, chief! Actually senopati agung itself will not take risks by involving Nyimas Sani in this case. For that, he also has prepared a special bodyguard who will serve to become the personal bodyguard of Sani nyimas later."
"Personal bodyguard?"
"Rubber, chief! She was the only woman who joined our special forces a few days ago. Even senopati herself who tested to pass her selection because of her ability."
"But why didn't Senopati uncle tell me about this?"
"He began to take these actions after the incident of an attack that hit the chairman and his family some time ago. So as long as the chairman and dimas Sena were in recovery yesterday, he had secretly prepared everything carefully."
Kerta only understood with a brief explanation that he had just heard. He himself did not think that his senopati uncle really paid attention to his family to such a far distance. Even he had prepared a personal bodyguard for Sani?
"So how's the moustache? Are you willing to join?" take Bayu a moment later.
"All right, I'm coming! Then who else joined the mission tonight?"
"The chief is calm, because Senopati himself has also told dimas Sena with his partner to help the chairman get information tonight."
"Shortly, did you just say Sena was coming with her partner?"
Bayu and the young man just smiled while nodding steadily.
"Wait, what do you mean?"
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