The Lost Of Ramadan
Thalib the Musafir Part 4

“Why did Kaka call Ken by the name of Akira?” zen looked at them in wonder.

“Haha ... You're Shiro, just carelessly calling people's names,” said Chio.

“Ha ha .. iyanih Kak Shiro will always be so if you call people, like carelessly, yesterday you heard him call Ken fake,” said Ayumi trying to reply.

At that time Chio and Ayumi tried to divert and also reply, but suddenly Grandpa instead directed his palm at them to stop talking. When they fell silent the grandfather tilted his seat instead looked at Akira and then said.

“I asked you, tell me the truth about who you are before me because I'm sure you won't dare lie to an old man like me,” said the Grandfather looking at Akira in front of him.

Such a time they really could not do anything and could only leave everything to Akira's decision.

“As Shiro said, my name is Muhammad Akira,” Akira replied firmly and looked into the grandfather's eyes.

Zen, Haruka and Naoto were shocked and did not understand why it could be so when seen from anywhere Akira was very similar to Ken, so they between believe and also not, in contrast to Chio, Ayumi and Shiro they look resigned and already know that Akira will definitely tell her identity.

Suddenly, Grandpa laughed. “Aha ha ha .. I'm guessing you're not Ken, are you his cousin or even his twin?” ask grandpa, while Ayumi and Chio are trying to laugh.

Akira seems confused by what happened. “Loh I asked you this is his twin or ..” asked grandpa again looking at him.

“Cih ... he was indeed his twin, we were also at that time fooled,” Shiro told a lie.

“Really!” sahut Zen and Haruka.

“It seems true what Kak Shiro said he is indeed the twin of Brother Ken, if we see more clearly there will be something different,” Naoto said while watching closely Akira's face, it made Akira ashamed.

“Already, look at his face reddened by you guys,” said Ayumi reprimanding those who swarm Akira to see the face and other body shapes.

“What's true so emm ... what's your name earlier?” ask grandpa again.

“A’ahh ... Akira,” the answer is still dumbfounded.

“Oh yes Kek, said Grandpa had already known that he is not Ken, how to?” sahut Chio diverted the conversation.

The Grandfather laughed again and this time he looked bragging. “Aha ha.. obviously I know because Ken used to ask about this story of Thalib, so it seems impossible if Ken asks again. What else is this Akira like a balum man never knew. Yahh .. although I was confused by Ken's answer, when I asked him why they became blacksmiths in winter. Though the reality is in the summer it will feel very hot so there is no way they can stand working like that.”

They all realized that this time they had cheated and had to be more careful so that this incident did not happen again.

“Do you already know all this,” asked Chio to Shiro who looked relaxed and calm.

“Cih .. Well I just remembered that Ken and I were here and told by this Grandpa about that story, and then we told you too,” he replied.

Hearing that Chio clenched her hands and frowned because she was annoyed with Shiro. “Basic of you! it's as important as that why you forgot!” he shouted while squeezing Shiro's head.

“Cih .. where do I know this will happen! after all you also forget it, otherwise we don't have to come here to ask people to tell it,” Shiro reply they continue to fight.

“Me and Ayumi deliberately forgot because there are you who are experts in stinging! Zen, Naoto let's beat him up, and we take all the money.” Chio's orders to them, and they keep fighting.

“Oh yes Kek I ask Kekek to keep a secret about Akira, you also have to tell them both, so that later there will be no commotion.” pinta Ayumi and got a nod from Grandpa and also Haruka.

“Then where is Brother Ken?” haruka's question makes Ayumi and Akira gasp at a loss to answer what, luckily Zen and Naoto cool at Shiro, but still, Ayumi can't tell the truth.

On the other hand Osama was walking towards a worker who was on guard outside and heard the cries of Zen and Naoto who were pranking Shiro with Chio. “It sounds like a lot of kids are coming here?” ask the guard.

“Yes, it has been two days that many children come as well as adults.”

“Hemm .. not as usual, are they coming to donate?”

“There are only a few, the rest just want to hear the legend of Grandpa here,” his answer made Osama curious and immediately entered and told the guard to return to work.

Arriving inside he accidentally saw them gathering and immediately approached him. “Loh why are you here, you too?” he said he was surprised to see Akira and the others, as well as Zen Haruka and Naoto.

At that time again lucky because the arrival of Osama haruka questions sidetracked as well as the grandfather who was quite curious.

“Wah ... Uncle what's here?” zen asked immediately running to face him.

“Uncle is at work while you guys are doing with Brother and Grandpa here?”

“We were listening to the story of Thalib the extraordinary traveler Uncle,” Naoto said, making Osama flabbergasted and suddenly even angry.

“Loh how can it be, this is just a legend story why should wear banned everything, strange!” chio replied in surprise to make Osama again flinch.

“And why Uncle should be angry like that,” said Ayumi.

They all looked at Osama strangely and the gaze cornered him instead. “Who, who would dare to tell you?!” his yell.

“I,” said grandfather slowly as he stood up from the chair and turned to face Osama, “I'm the one who told them, why? do you want to catch me too!”

Again they were all astonished when they saw Osama who could not dwell when dealing with grandfather. “You all go from this place,” said Osama slowly.

“We can't leave because our punishment is not finished yet,” Chio replied looking at him from behind.

“Then later moved to the other place in our area.”

“We will go if uncle does nothing against Grandpa,” Zen said in fear.

“I said get out of here!” angry shouting.

The incident made them not dare to refute Osama and decided to go together. “Cih ... let's go from here,” pinta Shiro and they all agree.

When he wanted to get out of the place where Akira was behind them, at that time Akira turned back and saw Osama was talking seriously with the grandfather even Osama's tears were seen flowing on the cheeks.

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It was heading towards the way home towards their area.  “Our brother first!” said Zen waving along with Haruka and Naoto and they ran first.

“Hahh .. what exactly is the secret Uncle tried, why did he look so angry when someone told him about Thalib,” said Chio after seeing the three children away from them while feeling tired and not excited.

“About what this has to do with the nursing home of our area, I mean they all like not to tell that, even more so when there is a messenger of village elders,” said Ayumi.

“Oh yes Ayumi, do you still remember the Grandma who yesterday you said you wanted to tell you that, but instead kept quiet and did not tell it when there was an elder messenger?” ask Akira.

“Emm .. Yes, I remember, why?”

“I think he knows everything that happened, something that the parents who were hidden in the parlour,” replied Akira looking serious.

“Cih .. so what else is your plan, it is not clear that the part you have considered fake like Grandpa,” said Chio looks annoyed.

“This is no longer a matter of the story part of Thalib, but it seems to be about something that the parents kept secret, and this time I believe Uncle Osama also had something to do,” Akira replied.

“But I don't think it has anything to do with what we want to look for,” Chio said.

“No, this time I'm sure it's very related, why do you think they should keep the story a secret if everyone already thinks it's just a hoax, you know, then it is not that there is already a story made by the previous elders to make the residents no longer like Thalib,” Akira replied.

“Cih .. I didn't tell you it was the original story only you and Kekek were lying, everyone believed and no longer liked Thalib,” Shiro said cut.

“Not Shiro, this is not about stories that we consider fake but about all these stories that they consider just unreal stories, just ordinary legend stories, he said, but why Uncle Osama said it is forbidden to tell that,” said Akira looks difficult to make them understand what he wants to say.

“Cih .. so you mean they purposely covered up the story because the story was actually a real story?”

“Daddy ... That's my point bro Shiro!” he answered sumringah, while shaking Shiro's body.

“Then the ban aims to silence those who still believe that this story about Thalib is a real story,” said Ayumi.

“A’ahh .. if we connect with the story made by the previous village elders and prohibition to tell it again then ..”

“We will know that all of it aims to make people no longer like Thalib, he said, and make people who still believe and believe that it's a real story will be silent and will not dare to tell it to all residents,” cut Chio make Akira more sumringah.

“Cih .. so you believe that it is a story that has happened in this village, then why do you think the last story is fake?!” cut Shiro.

“No, we don't consider a complete fake, it's just that it's a real engineered story,” Akira replied as he looked at Shiro smiling arrogantly as well as Chio and Ayumi.

Seeing all that upset him. “Cih ... You guys think it looks cool!” his screams made them laugh together.

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