Srikandi Tanah Pasundan
Mika Curious

Doni asks one of Saka's house assistants to bring a basin of warm water and a small towel to the room. Sari was still unconscious even though Doni had given her a healing spell.

The wounds experienced by Sari are quite deep, especially in the abdomen. Although Sari can recover herself but if it touches her vital organs of course it will take a very long time in the recovery process.

Doni cleans the blood that begins to dry out around the wound. Not to forget he also checked Sari's breathing is still regular like a person asleep. Sari's face looked pale, because the blood that came out quite a lot let alone the blood still flowing from the wound that had not closed completely.

Mika who was worried about the condition of Sari finally recklessly knocked on the door, after several times pacing back and forth in front of the room.

"Account …,"

"Come on Mika!" Doni's voice sounded from inside.

Mika opened the door slowly and approached Sari who was still closing her eyes. "Uncle, is Aunt Sari okay?"

"Yes, don't worry. Aunty will recover soon." Doni answered while rubbing his wife's hand with a towel.

Mika was still still glued to her place. He was curious about whether Sari was immortal and could not be injured?

"Uncle? Can I come closer?"

"Sure, sit here. Uncle wants to take this out, please accompany aunty!"

Doni passed out of the room leaving Mika who was staring at Sari pitya. His hand touched Sari's palm, cold. Too cold for normal body temperature.

Mika opened the bandage that covered the wound on Sari's stomach. The hole of about four centimeters is still gaping and has not closed completely. 

"The wound started to close, but it still bleeds. Deep enough as it is." Doni surprised Mika.

"Me-close? Without surgery?" Mika looked at Doni not believing her words.

"Yes, Sari's body can repair its own cells but it takes a long time. She needed a healing spell from her guard to help herself reshape her body cells."

"Wow, don't you need the same doctor as the hospital? Cell regeneration? Unbelievable!" Mika again raced in disbelief.

"Just for Sari, not for us!" Doni smiled wryly.

Mika immediately felt guilty for saying, "Sorry, uncle, I didn't mean to …,"

"Its ok! You should know the truth how Sari is!"

"Aunty, immortal? So that's true?" Mika asked carefully, she was afraid of hurting Doni.

Doni walked up to Sari, examined her wound for a moment, raised the blanket up to her chest.

"We better talk outside, let aunty rest."

Mika follows Doni into the living room. They're sitting opposite there. A glass of juice and a cup of coffee served by Saka's domestic assistant named bi Inah.

"So aunty Sari is really immortal, uncle?"

Doni sipped his coffee, then he answered quietly. "Sadly so."

"How come? So how old is aunty now? Hundreds, thousands of years? Uncle too?" Mika strafed Doni with questions

Doni chuckled, "Your aunt is forty years old. Not even yet, he became an immortal fifteen years ago."

Doni looked at Mika for a moment then threw his face in another direction. He breathed before continuing his words.

"Before he was just an ordinary man. His encounter with the immortal twins turned Sari into this."

"A completely unexpected thing. Airlangga cheated Sari, killing her loved ones. That's why for fifteen years Sari pursued and hunted Airlangga to all corners of the country."

"Every information of the softener he hunted meant a lot to him. Sari was almost desperate, but she found you."

Doni looked at Mika who was seriously listening. "Girl with unusual eye privileges. Who could see deep into the depths of the human soul. The girl who told her ancestors to help Sari find Airlangga."

"That's me? But ... aunty also has the same ability as me, uncle?"

"Ehm is similar indeed but Sari's ability has certain limitations. He's part of the darkness, too deep into the human heart and innermost mind he'll change!" Doni's face turned grim.

Sari's shadow that turned over by the darkness was so terrifying. Airlangga is after Sari, and Doni is afraid that the seal spell in Sari's body will no longer work. That means it will be difficult for him to return Sari to her human form.

Well, Sari can change over time in her demonic form if the anger overflows, cracking the locking seal. That was why he did not allow Sari to read too long and deep into the bottom of the human soul. Because it will provoke the rise of darkness in Sari's body.

Mika frowned, she did not expect to have to deal with the immortal nation. "Then when will we move in search of Airlangga uncle?"

"As soon as Sari recovers. But before, there were some things Sari wanted to do with you." Doni answered with a serious face.

Mika asks what Sari wants to do with her. But he held back the curiosity until Sari regained consciousness.

*****

Meanwhile in the dimension of the guards. Sari again soaked in a pool of medicinal herbs in Bayu's house. The eternal twilight that overshadowed the dimensions of the guards gave Sari her own peace of mind.

"This time you fought recklessly!" Grandpa Wisesa greeted him.

Wisesa's grandfather laughed, he poured tea into a ceramic cup, then poured it on Sari. 

"Drink!"

Sari received and drank it. Grandpa Wisesa noticed Sari, looking blood vessel strokes that resembled tree roots started to appear on Sari's neck

"I was forced to pull you from there, the spell Airlangga uttered could awaken the darkness within you!" 

"I mean grandpa?"

"The devil's gate-opening spell, Airlangga created for his followers. You haven't mastered that magic spell yet!"

"It's very dangerous for you to listen to him yesterday. You can lose control of yourself!" Connect again.

Sari silently listened. He came out of the pool assisted by several courtiers Bayu. Wisesa's grandfather stops talking and waits for her to change clothes, then takes Sari to a small saung where Bayu used to visit her.

After taking a medicinal herb specially formulated by Bayu, Wisesa's grandfather resumed his chat with Sari.

"The darkness that Airlangga instilled will rule you if you don't master the inverting spell."

Sari was silent and listened while observing the movement of the favorite fish of Bayu.

"Look at that black streak on your neck!" Grandpa Wisesa held out a mirror to Sari.

Sari was surprised that the black strokes had not appeared for a long time. "D-this?!"

Grandpa Wisesa continued her words. "You must train yourself to resist that spell, otherwise everything will be in vain!"

"How's the cake?"

Grandpa Wisesa took out a worn-out ancient scroll. "In it is a magic spell that can help you. Study with your husband, he's your guardian, he'll protect you from Airlangga's spell!"

"Drink this Sar!" Bayu suddenly stood behind Sari. In his hand was a glass of bamboo containing potions.

"Bay, another potion? I'm sick of the same potion, still plus this?" Sari raised next to her eyebrows, slightly annoyed at having to endure the bitter taste again.

"This banquet is to remove the black strokes on your neck! Or do you want to go home with a sign like that?!"

 Sari relented, lazily drinking it. It tastes bland but slightly bitter as it passes through the throat.

"Is there anything else I should drink? Jamu cast a spell or refuse to lose if necessary!" Seringai Sari on the two people who still counted his ancestors.

Bayu and Grandpa Wisesa stared at each other before long the three laughed. 

"Go home, Doni can worry that you've been sleeping too long!" Sayu reminded.

"Yes, I miss my husband too." Sari was about to step away but then she remembered something. 

"Ehm, Bayu, Gia misses you maybe you should visit her!" 

"Eh, what? Wh who? Gia?" Bayu was surprised to make Sari smile widely.

"Yup, Gia. It seems ...," Sari approached Bayu and whispered to him, "He likes you,"

Bayu was wide in disbelief, he looked at Sari who chuckled and disappeared back into the human world.

Bayu blinked confused, he turned to Wisesa's grandfather who was not constantly laughing.

"What's? What's so funny old man?!"

"No, I'm not laughing Bayu just a little choked." Elak grandpa Wisesa.

"You're laughing at me! You grandpa peot!"

And what happened next, the two continued to argue and mock each other for some time.

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Mika busies herself by helping Doni train Saka's young knights. A little awkward at first because the whole knight of choice was like a male model with an athletic body.

Mika initially hesitated with their abilities. But after that Mika was so eager to help Doni. The science of bodywork possessed by young knights was apparently not inferior to the abilities of Aswanta, Tirta, and Mahesa. 

Mika taught them to practice sparring either by using magic or their respective flagship weapons. Doni and Sari deliberately chose and gave them the best heirlooms brought from various corners of the archipelago. 

Saka really prepared everything. He did not want half-and-half, countless more how much money he poured for the preparation of his young knights.

The sound of screams either excited or mocking is heard loudly from the pendopo kesatrian. It made Sari curious and woke up from her sleep for a few days.

Sari walked slowly towards the pendopo. Pain in his head made Sari not want to walk too far. He sees enough from a distance. He smiles seeing Mika who is excited to help Doni during her sleep and recuperate.

They're ready, my army is ready!