Teluh Rain
Beginnings

The sound of water gurgling drowned out another sound, someone was on the edge of the river whose discharge had decreased.

The man stared at the reflection of the moon above the river. Examining every reflected light, his handsome face looked flat. But within that expression, there was a lot of sadness.

In silence he kept everything he knew.

"So he's currently with the General?" asked Yanuar, Melin's real father.

That dashing guy, always showing up without a trace. But Adrian never once surprised by the presence of his brother who always suddenly.

"Yes!" replied Adrian.

His voice was firm, but his face was still flat.

"The full moon is red, it's coming in about three days.

"Prepare the mash well!" Yanuar.

"Did you ever think Melin was sister's daughter?" ask Adrian.

"Stop acting like a kid, Adrian!" Yanuar.

"Melin is not my sister's daughter!" Adrian said.

"She's my daughter!" Yanuar.

Adrian who looked towards the river immediately turned, towards January who was standing behind him.

The two brothers of one father's sister looked at each other.

"All stories are pretty much the same, me and Lastri. Or you and Melin.

"We were born to fulfill this ritual!" Yanuar.

"All the feelings you feel are just pseudo.

"It's all just part of your past bond.

"Because the souls that fill us are from the same past!" yanuar.

"I'll do my job right!" Adrian said.

His face was still flat but his gaze towards his older brother, was really very sharp.

"Goodoo. You should have realized from the beginning, there's nothing we can do but.

"Combine Melin to Nayi Blorong!" Yanuar.

The man, who was about the same size as Adrian, stepped forward. He approached his sister standing up.

Yanuar gripped Adrian's shoulders and looked sharply at his sister's eyes. "Never let your guard down, you need to focus!"

Still with a sharp look that he pointed at his brother. Adrian nodded and confirmed what his brother had ordered.

"Then what about Jacson. Do I have to take care of it too?" ask Adrian.

"Let me take care of Jacson. You focus on Melin and the general.

"Don't let them ruin the ritual I've been preparing for so long!" Yanuar.

"I understand!" Adrian said.

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"They've been thinking about it all the time?" said Jacson.

Her pained groan now turned into a cynical smile that scoffed at Ellen.

"I am just a very weak ordinary creature.

"If you planners ruin the Teluh Rain ritual we've been preparing for years.

"Your opponent is not me!" jacson.

"Then who?" ask Ellen.

"But at the very least, you should hear it. Because it's so important!" jacson.

Ellen frowned, eager for him to tear the mouth of the middle-aged man in front of her. Looks like Jacson has the ability to manipulate people's feelings.

Ellen who initially felt that she had the upper hand, because she had been able to hold the Kades of the Murky Water Village. Now he feels defeated again because of the mocking smile given by Jacson.

"The beginning of this Curse of the Rain is not 60 years ago!" jacson.

Ellen of course felt shocked, by the words that Jacson had just said.

"1952, eight years after the independence of our beloved country!" jacson.

The middle-aged man's pale eyes, continued to look at Ellen's facial expression. I don't know what he's looking for, but the guy wants Ellen to believe what she just said.

"In 1937 the Dutch Colonial Government began a new colonization in the more programmed Palembang Residency (South Sumatra - red) with 250 families of 801 people from D.I. Yogyakarta in Belitang located east of Martapura City (Current OKU Timur Regency) was continued in 1938 to move 550 families (2052 inhabitants) from D.I. Yogyakarta

"Berbangan with it also placed 600 families (1,969 inhabitants) in the area of Tugumuljo (Tugu Mulyo -red) which is close to Lubuk Linggau City and in 1938 continued with the transfer of residents from D.I. Yogyakarta as many as 1000 families (3619 inhabitants). At that time each family was given a land area of ¼ bouw for the yard and 1 bouw of land for rice fields (1 bouw \= 7096.5 meters2).

"In 1938 also sent 100 souls to clear the forest as a new colony near Martapura named Tuha River, in 1940 to sent another 67 families (215 souls) forest workers, forest workers, and, until the end of 1940 in the Residency of Palembang (South Sumatra) there were 19,876 colonists, including 10,522 people in Belitang, 9,024 people in Tugumuljo and 330 people in the Tuha River.

"Then in 1952, several villages in Lubuklinggau, including Air Keruh Village were opened for transmigration proposed by Suharto!" the long story of Jacson.

"I asked him how the Curse of the Rain Happened.

"Not a history of transmigration of Javanese citizens to South Sumatra!" snapped Ellen.

"Didn't you want to hear the whole thing? Not a word or two that has no origin?" Jacson still smiled cunningly at Ellen.

The middle-aged man was like he was already holding an ace in this entire world in his hand. He felt he could play with Ellen at will, who desperately needed information from her.

"Alright, continue that long story of yours. I'll listen to you until the end!" ellen said withholding annoyance.

"But there's one thing you should know, before I tell you everything.

"If you want to hear everything, then you have to pay a lot!" jacson.

"Anything I'll pay! Quickly tell. Don't talk too much nonsense in front of me!" threaten Ellen's.

The policewoman played the gun she was carrying.

"In 1952, for the first time the murky water village was visited by its inhabitants.

"One of the residents who came had a 14-year-old girl. The girl was named Kinan!" obviously Jacson.

Ellen tried to remain silent, and gave Jacson a chance to tell the story again.

"She's a cheerful and adventurous girl!

"He often went into the woods alone, to avoid his mother's anger.

"However, who would have thought that while he was in the middle of the forest, he found a friend who understood him very well!"

Ellen still could not read the direction of Jacson's story, but the policewoman continued to listen to what Jacson said.

"The friend Kinan found in the middle of the forest, was a Tiger Man!" jacson.

Ellen rolled both her eyes, she had already expected that Jacson would say strange things again.

"Don't you have a more plausible story?

"Grains, mystical things. Does everything have to do with it?" ask Ellen.

"Because they were together for a long time. Kinan and the tiger man fell in love!" it seems Jcason doesn't care about Ellen's babble. Kades The murky water village continued its story.

"Ever and again because the people of the Water Village knew about Kinan's friendship with tiger man.

"All the villagers hunted the tiger!

"They think tiger humans are very dangerous to humans!" jacson.

"Can humans catch demons? The answer is of course not!

"The only way that Kinan could escape the tiger's demon love entanglement Kinan had to marry an ordinary human man!" jacson.

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