The Fighter
Chapter 248 Meeting Friends
After resting for a while, Ashanka's chakra came out from inside her room. Feeling that he had obtained permission and blessing from his parents, the boy immediately walked out from inside the inn. After walking for several hundred meters, under a large tree Ashanka chakra stopped, and circulated the gaze around.
"I'm sure they've received the message I sent using a dove. I hope they don't forget their promise, when we last parted." Ashanka Chakra thinks to herself. His hand reached for the guava that hung above where he stood.
"Krek.." using two hands, the Ashanka chakra splits the fruit and discards its contents. While waiting, the man put the fruit in his mouth.
"Sweet turns out this guava fruit. Mother will definitely love it." deftly, Ashanka Chakra plucked some guavas then stuffed them into the ladybugs on her waist. Some time was spent by the man to choose the red guava.
"Prok.. prok..." Ashanka's Chakra ear caught a clap from behind where he was standing. Quickly, the man looked back. Seen in front of him, the two footchildren who had once agreed to follow him were already standing in front of him.
"Ashan. You kept your promise. I thought, just a while ago you once promised us to meet in this place" said the boy who turned out to be Sayogyo and Prastowo.
Chakra Ashanka walked over to the two boys. They then embrace, and Sayogyo and Prastowo's face looks sparkling to be reunited with Ashanka's Chakra. They have asked permission from telling both parents to join the Gunung Jambu college. But apes for Tarjono, the boy has not been able to get out of the territory this time. He still has a duty to look after his younger siblings, as his father goes far away.
"Iya Sayogyo, Prastowo. Has the boy forgotten his promise to us?" seeing that only two people were in front of him at the moment, Chakra Ashanka asked Tarjono.
"It is not so Ashan.., but this time Tarjono has not been able to join us. Suddenly Tarjono's father went wandering, he had to help his mother keep an eye on her younger siblings." Sayogyo explained. Chakra Ashanka sighed.
"Alright then the three of us who headed to the hills of Mount Jambu. I've told your father and my mother about your plans, and thank goodness she both didn't mind." Chakra Ashanka gave permission given by both parents.
"Really Ashan... If that's true, how lucky we are Sayogyo. There is no need to submit a proposal to study, but we have immediately obtained a place to practice." Prastowo was in disbelief at what he had just heard. Likewise with Sayogyo, the two boys looked at each other.
"I'm not going to lie, man. Get ready, I don't have much time in this city. Tomorrow morning, I will leave again to travel to the hills of Mount Jambu. You guys should tell your families right away, we shouldn't waste any time." Chakra Ashanka asked her two friends to prepare.
"Well Ashan, then our permission to go home immediately to tell this to our parents. Tomorrow morning, the two of you will already be in front of the inn to travel with you." Sayogyo immediately bailed to leave the place to the Ashanka Chakra, as well as Prastowo.
Ashanka's chakra nodded her head, and the corner of her eye caught a boy peering at their community from behind a tree trunk. Chakra Ashanka pretends not to know if anyone is peeping at them.
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Moments later after Sayogyo and Prastowo left the place, the Ashanka Chakra looked towards the tree trunk used to hide a person. The male son of Wisanggeni smiled, then..
"I'm ashamed to meet you Ashan. As a man, I cannot keep my words and promises. Sayogyo and Prastowo must have told you everything." Tarjono said softly while bowing his head down.
Chakra Ashanka smiled and walked forward. His hand grabbed Tarjono's chin, then straightened the boy's head back up.
"You don't have to be ashamed or shy about Tarjono. The task of caring for your sisters is nobler than to study. You can postpone your desire to practice, Gunung Jambu college is open for you anytime you will come." without demeaning or blaspheming, Chakra Ashanka heartened Tarjono.
"Maybe this time your mother is still hunting for your help, but as time goes on, your sisters will also grow up. When they can take care of themselves, you can say goodbye to your mother to go to practice Kanuragan" continued Chakra Ashanka.
Tarjono looked into the eyes of Wisanggeni's and Rengganis' sons. The sadness and disappointment still rattled in Tarjono's eyes.
"Is that really what you said Ashan..?" Tarjono asked again. Quickly, while smiling Chakra Ashanka nodded her head.
"I want to go to your house to talk to your mother. Do you allow Tarjono?" with sparkling eyes, Tarjono assented. Suddenly the man felt a new hope, where the arrival of Ashanka Chakra in his home will be able to melt the heart of his mother.
"It is with great pleasure that Ashan.., we will receive an honorable guest like you" Tarjono said.
Tarjono then invites Chakra Ashanka to walk after him. The two boys walked down the path. Suddenly in front of them, there was an unpleasant sight. Two men with burly bodies appear to be slapping a skinny old man. Behind them, there was a mother who also looked very frightened.
"I repeat once again, pay your tribute to our Ndoro!! How many times have you always put off and reasoned on." cried the man in a loud voice
"Though we are ki kanak, our harvest failed this season. We already had nothing to stock up on." the skinny man appeared to be prostrating on the legs of the burly man's two legs.
"Dukk.., too many excuses you two.Pay right now.., otherwise I'll take your son and sell him to a brothel." out the threat from the man's dirty mouth while swinging his leg kicked the skinny man.
Without energy, the skinny man was thrown backwards and fell in front of the crying woman.
Looking at the scene in front of her, Ashanka's chakra blood was boiling. He was not used to seeing such a cruel scene.
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