8 Goddess of Flower Sanggana
Cihua 1: Nightmares
*Love in the Angker Forest (Cihua)*
Ningsih Dirama is so happy to climb a water guava tree whose fruit is so abundant and the color is tantalizing red. So much so, the branches down to the ground.
But then, the red-lipped girl was confused to put where the guava she had picked. He forgot to bring a basket or container.
The confusion did not last long, as there was a bamboo basket hanging on a branch, some distance from the reach of his hand.
Ningsih moved to try to reach the basket. However, his feet were already on a small branch. There is a fear of falling that arises. Ningsih continued to forcefully extend her hand.
“Can!” ningsih said happily.
Cracks! Buginese!
Suddenly the broken branches. No doubt, the body of the beautiful girl immediately fell. When Ningsih's body hit the ground, the earth seemed to shake and guava fruits fell in crowds.
Surprisingly, the fruits all fell on and then piled on Ningsih's body, almost burying the young green-clothed girl's body.
Cprak cprak…!
Ningsih tried to get up, but suddenly the guava fruits were on splitting off. And surprisingly, from inside the guava's hemispheres came small pieces of hands that then walked with his fingers. So crowded.
“A.... what…? Aaa...!” shock Ningsih frightened, then let out a long scream.
Brak brak brak!
“Nduk! What's up, Nduk!” shouted one adult woman's voice while pounding the door of the room. It happened after Ningsih shouted for a long time.
Brak! Brak!
“Ningsih! Open door!” shouted one man's voice loudly. He knocked on the door harder than his wife.
“Hah hah hah!”
Ningsih woke up panting, as if after running away. The loud and fast sound of knocking on the door, as well as the sound of a loud call, made him wake up.
“Ningsih, what happened?!” yelled the man behind the door.
“Yes, Bopo!” sahut Ningsih.
Ningsi hurriedly tidied up her nightgown. His white face looked pale and was sweating finely. With his heart pounding, he immediately ran small towards the door. He pulled out the wooden peg that locked the two-leafed door.
So the faces of his parents were seen by the dim lighting in the room. Rumih Riya's face looked anxious. The fifty-year-old woman was so worried about her second daughter, especially in the days leading up to the arrival of Prabu Raga Sata.
“What happened, Nduk?” tanya Rumih Riya quickly.
“You had a bad dream, Nduk?” there was a man of stout stature who was older than Rumih Riya. The mustachioed man was the father of Ningsih Dirama, the Duke of Yono Sumoto.
“Iya, Bopo,” replied Ningsih.
“You sweat like this,” said Rumih Riya while wiping Ningsih's face with the edge of the cloth. “Hopefully not a bad sign, Nduk.”
“Mbok don't scare me,” said the natural red-lipped girl.
“Marti! Make a warm wedang for Ningsih!” rumih Riya's orders to an abdinya who stood some distance behind.
“Good, Ndoro,” said the fat woman who only fists half the chest. He immediately turned to go to the kitchen.
“What's up, Bopo?” ask a young and beautiful woman who appeared from the other side. He has long hair but curls. He was wearing white clothes. The light is enough to show her beauty. His face was similar to Ningsih Dirama, but he was not red-lipped. She was named Surina Asih, Ningsih's older sister with the age of three years.
“Your sister is a nightmare,” answered Duke Yono Sumoto.
“Oh. Careful, Ningsih. If the nightmare is very serious, it is usually a bad sign,” Surina told her sister. After saying, he then turned around to go back to his room which was next to his sister's room.
“Already, let Mbok accompany sleep,” said Rumih Riya while taking her daughter back into the room. Then she said to her husband, “Kang Mas, it would be nice if tomorrow morning call Ki Uyeng Dewo to take care of himself.”
“Iya,” replied Duke Yono Sumoto. He closed the door to his daughter's room and returned to her room.
Ningsih Dirama then continued his night with sleep accompanied by his mother.
However, without Ningsih knowing something happened to the skin of his body and face.
Until morning comes.
“Nduk! Nduk! Wake up!”
Rumih Riya who woke up earlier than her daughter, suddenly shouted in panic while shaking her daughter's body.
The noise caused by his mother made Ningsih Dirama wake up with a crispy face.
“What's up, Mbok? Why panic so much?” asked Ningsih in surprise then looked around who looked fine.
“Your face, Nduk!” rumih replied with a hysterical scream.
Ningsih frowned. Hesitatingly and timidly seeing his mother's reaction, he touched his right hand to her face.
When the lentic fingers touched the skin of his face, he was surprised Ningsih. He felt small bumps on his face. His left hand also quickly touched his face, then the more crowded the small lump he felt.
“Hah! What happened, Mbok?!” tanya Ningsih was a bit hysterical.
He quickly looked at the backs of his hands. He also saw small bumps on the skin of both hands, such as smallpox. However, those liquid-filled lumps were somewhat greenish in color.
Ningsih even quickly undressed her outer clothes to see the state of her skin. Apparently, all the limbs are overgrown with small lumps.
“What else is it?” duke Yono Sumoto who appeared opened the door of the room.
Behind the Duke there is Surina Asih. Both of them were surprised to see Ningsih's condition that became ugly because her face was almost filled with small bumps.
“What happened, Bopooo! Hiks hiks!” lament Ningsih Dirama while crying.
“This must be the use of bad people, Kang Mas!” rumih Riya said, she also cried lamenting the condition of her beloved daughter.
“Surina, quickly tell Kalang So to call Ki Uyeng Dewo!” duke Yono Sumoto's Order.
“Good, Bopo,” replied Surina Asih. He immediately left the room which was now filled with crying sounds.
The Duke's family servants immediately arrived because they heard the crowded voice.
“Close the door, Bopo! Close the door!” ningsih shouted Dirama when she saw the appearance of the servants outside the room door. He was very embarrassed to be seen in such a condition.
Duke Yono Sumoto immediately closed the door of the room.
“Ak!” ningsih Dirama's scream was restrained, as she accidentally broke a lump on her neck. He grimaced as he touched the broken lump with his fingertip.
There was a liquid felt and attached to his finger. There is also a foul smell from the liquid, smelled though not close to the nose.
This made Duke Yono Sumoto and his wife even more worried. Because, the agenda that is only two days away will fall apart if the condition of Ningsih Dirama like this.
According to the news they received from the Demon Kingdom envoy a few days ago, Prabu Raga Sata will come directly to pick up Ningsih who will be used as a concubine.
“How is it, Kang Mas?” ask Rumih Riya.
“I can't think of anything either. But, if this is a use, the only way is to find out who is the one who wants to destroy our family,” said Duke Yono Sumoto.
“Are we supposed to ask Red Lip Princess for help?” rumih Riya's.
“Never!” duke Yono Sumoto. “Red Lip Princess hates me so much. Especially if he knows that I betrothed Ningsih with Prabu Raga Sata for the position of concubine.”
“Means we can only hope to Ki Uyeng Dewo,” Rumih Riya said sadly.
While Ningsih Dirama continued to cry to find that fact.
When the morning began to rise, then the person named Ki Uyeng Dewo came. He was a rather short old man in a black robe looking oversized, the tip of his robe touching the floor. Every treatment activity, Ki Uyeng always carries a bamboo basket held on his back. The basket was where he stored all sorts of medicinal ingredients and medical supplies. Not only an expert in the medical field, he is also an expert in the field of the supernatural.
“This is no ordinary disease, Gusti. It's a disease of the devil at one's behest,” Ki Uyeng Dewo said after examining the physical condition of Ningsih Dirama and the magic that exists around him.
Shocked Ningsih Dirama and her parents heard that.
“Bigger! How dare that person deal with Duke Yono Sumoto!” duke Yono Sumoto was furious.
“Can it be cured, Ki?” ask Rumih Riya.
“I can't be sure yet. However, I will try first, because this is a strong teluh,” said the white-haired healer.
While outside, what happened to Ningsi is now a whispered talk of the servants, who then there were leaked out of the Duke's residence. (BH)
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The novel "8 Dewi Bunga Sanggana" is a continuation of the novel "Pendekar Sanggana".
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