The Underwater Palace
Capital
“Yes ... Maya wake!” said grandma.
I opened my eyes slowly, the feeling of weakness and heat made my body sweat quite a lot even though it was still morning.
I couldn't even stand up, I felt like my head was heavy. Abah came and touched my forehead.
“You're hot body. Today you do not have to go to school first, later you will come to your school to tell your teacher.”
“Iya Bah.”
I lay down again on the bed and closed my eyes, before long Grandma came to bring me the medicine she bought in the shop.
After taking the medicine I went back to lying down, I felt like my house was going around in circles and my vision was also a little fuzzy.
I vaguely saw someone enter my room but strangely he pierced through the walls of my room his figure was human but not very clear.
“Who are you?” my many.
The figure did not reply to my words he just kept silent and stared intently at me, He walked slowly closer to me the closer the figure the more clearly his body was black with feathers all over his body. He grinned with an outstretched tongue.
“Change! Abah!” my yelling.
Abah came and went straight to me, “Why?” ask abah.
“That's Bah!” I pointed at that figure who was still standing in the doorway.
“That's what?”
“That's well inya (her) to here,” I was scared because the figure laughed.
“Whose? Kadada (no) anyone here,” said abah.
“There bah it well in the face of lawang (door),” I cried so badly.
Hearing me cry Grandma also entered my room.
“Why Maya?”
“Kada know, there is urang jar in the face of lawang (do not know, he said there is a person at the door),”
I kept screaming hysterically and crying because the figure kept on being at the door, I paid no heed to the fever in my body anymore.
Not long after, for about a few minutes the figure disappeared with a flash but I continued to be vigilant. I kept looking at my bedroom door.
Until the afternoon Abah called Mantri for me because my heat was getting higher. When Mantri came he immediately checked my situation and asked abah.
“Since when did this sir get his fever?” ask Mantri.
“From this morning, this afternoon the heat added up,” sahut abah.
“What feels nausea and dizziness too?” Mantri asked me.
I nodded my head.
“Open his mouth while sticking out his tongue,” Mantri orders.
After checking my condition, Mantri took out her medicines and wrote down the time to take them.
“It's typhoid symptoms, this medicine is taken 3 times a day. If it gets worse or there is no development should be taken to the hospital,” concluded Mantri.
“Good Mr. Mantri thank you.”
“Eat first later take medicine,” said grandma.
My mouth started to get a little bittersweet, but I tried to eat it so that I would get well quickly and not worry my brother and grandmother. After eating and taking the medicine I put my body back on the bed.
***
A few days passed but my pain did not heal, and what makes me strange is that my pain will be severe in the afternoon until night I also often delirious to see the black figure. However, if in the morning my body will improve even I can walk to and fro.
Until the moment before the magrib my body was hot again, it felt very hot but outside my skin felt very cold I even let out cold sweat.
“Uma ... Rich what Maya ni kada ampih-ampih even warm (mother .. how this Maya does not heal even worse).”
“Capital can Maya this.”
In my area of capital is the term of pain caused by disorders of the subtle creatures usually that occur is fever and will worsen in the afternoon until evening, which is not until night, often delirious to see supernatural beings or even in the presence of supernatural beings and create a fear that cannot be explained by oral.
“Kiau (call) nini Safe to here.”
Abah quickly walked out of the house to call the 65-year-old grandmother to treat me.
After a few minutes abah came named Nini Amah, he was usually asked for help to treat children or people who got pidara.
“Begging for a firefly (curvy), baras, opponent chalk betel Umanya Rahmad (her mother Rahmad)!” pinta nini Amah's.
“Parapin (a small furnace common in coal) is there any good (punya)?”
“There is ai Ni, stay up (there is Nek, wait ya).”
Grandma and brother were busy preparing materials for me, while Ninin Amah looked at my face and touched my forehead with her palm.
“Banar heat , old already Yes (very hot, is this a long time ago)?”
“4 days this opponent is already Ni (4 days with today).”
Grandma came back while carrying a small bowl containing a large amount of turmeric, a pinch of rice and betel chalk. Abah also lit the coals in the parapin. Nini Amah reached into the bag on her shirt and took out a small package. Apparently it was incense that was deliberately brought from home.
Incense was sprinkled on top of the parapin, a thin white smoke soaring upwards creating a pungent smell of incense.
Nini Amah grated turmeric that was the size of the index finger until it ran out and mixed it with lime and rice while her mouth continued to mutter. Nini Amah squeezed the grated turmeric and strangely the juice of the squeeze was quite a lot even though previously no water or anything.
After seeing the results of the turmeric juice nini Amah also directly tell abah.
“Iya already knows capital (This is indeed capital).”
While his mouth continues to mutter, Amah took the rice that had changed color because it was mixed with turmeric, then put it on my crown. Then he crossed my forehead precisely between my eyebrows by using turmeric mixed with lime betel graffiti scribble is in the form of a straight line, not only on my forehead nini Amah also crossed my palms.
But the shape of the streak is different that forms a cross, nini Amah also crossed my feet with the same shape while continuing to mutter.
The rest of the rice in the bowl was immediately thrown in front of my house and ended the process of papidara.
“Ease ikam lakas kegas Nak lah (hopefully you recover quickly yes Nak),” said nini Amah.
“Tarima kasih Ni lah has helped the ulun (me),” said Abah while shaking hands and tucking the envelope into the hands of Nini Amah.
“Sama-sama,” sahut nine Amah.
Abah went out and brought Nini Amah home. I myself am a little confused why this pidara sign must be cross-shaped. But more I do not understand anymore why only with turmeric and lime can cure pain like this.
I had been in captivity several times before, but that was when I was a child between believing it or not after riding usually in a matter of hours I could recover.