ADJOINING REALM
DARTO REQUEST

After folding the hands of Si Mbah into a seat on the couch, Darto stepped towards the door. Her footsteps were shaken, every joint in her legs felt very soft at that time.

Darto wiped the tears that flooded every corner of his cheeks before finally unlocking the door of Si Mbah's room. Then Darto immediately walked to a group of people who were gathered in the living room.

"Si Mbah is no longer sick, Tok," said Darto with an inexplicable gaze. His mouth was completely floating, yet the tear-spreads kept flowing from the corner of his eyes.

Seeing her husband's expression so slicing, Harti immediately scattered and hugged Darto without warning. Harti tried to give her husband a word of encouragement, though she also cried at the time.

Anto and Sri who saw the cry of Darto and Harti immediately understood, he rushed away to share the news of his grief to every house he passed, before finally announcing it in the breach which was not far from his home.

Shortly after Anto announced that using a loudspeaker had broken, dozens of people immediately flocked to Darto's house. Among them there are those who carry tools that will be used to purify the body, and some men who are still fit go directly to the tomb of Wulan Temple after seeing the body of the Mbah for the last time.

Almost all residents came to meet the body of Si Mbah, however well known by the people, he is also someone who can set a good example for all residents.

After all the cleansing procession was completed, Si Mbah was taken to the breach and immediately saluted by some residents and grandchildren. Then Si Mbah was taken to the tomb that has been completed excavated by several men there.

After arriving at the cemetery Wulan Temple, Darto went straight into the burrow, he was in charge of receiving the body of Si Mbah on his upper body. After putting Si Mbah's rigid body to sleep, Darto and the remaining two people immediately opened all the ropes that bind Si Mbah's body from foot to head.

After it was open and the position was right, Darto immediately proclaimed the adhan beside Si Mbah. This was the second time that Darto proclaimed the Adhan beside human ears. First when Dava was present in the world, and now when the Mbah left the world.

After the chanting of the poignant adhan was finished echoed by Darto, alternately people stretched out one by one bamboo to three men who were still standing beside the corpse. They covered the body of Si Mbah then dredged the burrow after the bamboo was neatly arranged.

The funeral procession went so smoothly without the slightest hitch. Until everything is over, one by one people leave the meal to return to their respective homes.

Darto, Harti, Dava, Anto and Sri and their children still live. The six men continued to pray before leaving Darto alone. Darto was still crouching next to the brown mound of land by continuing to say prayers, until unknowingly when Darto opened his eyes there was no one else beside him.

Shortly after Darto saw two tombs located next to Si Mbah. Darto returned his hands and continued to pray.

After it was over, Darto stood up again and looked at the three tombs in turn. Before leaving Darto slightly muttered with a soft voice coming out of his lips, "Mbah ... Mr ... Mbok .. You guys got along, right there. Darto will come when the time comes."

After saying that murmur, Darto stepped towards his home. There is still a lot of unwillingness lodged in his heart, but anyway Darto did not blaspheme or hate the incident.

Darto really took pains to accept, for every destiny that would not be possible to change himself at will. In his step, Darto continued to remember every incident and speech that continued Si Mbah said from the beginning.

Although the house of Si Mbah never moved, but now Darto felt no purpose for the direction of his footsteps.

After arriving at the house of the Mbah. Darto got so many mourners coming. They flocked to give a word of encouragement, until without feeling the time has passed so nimble.

It was night, the house of Si Mbah had also begun to desolate. Only the remaining Anto family and Darto family looked so tired of serving guests.

After a little chat, everyone went into their rooms. Only Darto and Anto remained in front of the terrace while smoking cigarettes in their hands.

The two men were staring at each other at the star troupe above their heads, with a lethargic face so obvious.

"I learned, Tok," answered Darto listlessly.

"Where, Dar?" Anto Sahut.

"In the next realm, Tok. You believed? I was there for only two months" replied Darto, this time he looked at Anto with an inexplicable gaze.

"Is that so, Dar? Si Mbah also used to often tell if the time there and in our world is different. That's why Si Mbah believes that you will definitely go home, even if it's very long," Anto replied with a very steady face. He truly believed in the words that Darto uttered.

"What did Mbah ever say, Tok?" darto asked back.

"She said you met the same figure that even Si Mbah could not meet. He always told me with a proud face, Dar," Anto replied with a bow.

"Yes ... The Mbah is the man, Tok. At least I can still talk to him, unlike Kakung who has died long enough," continued Darto a little smile with eyes that returned sparkling.

"Tok .. I have one request. Let's just say this is the last request from your childhood friend" Darto said a little gloomy.

"Living by the way, Dar. Don't use saying that this is the last request!" ketus Anto.

"I'll probably be long gone, Tok. But I still want to have this house, if for example I come back here again. You want to take care of this house, Tok?" ask Darto.

"That's trivial, Dar," said Anto.

"One more, Tok. Do not change the slightest building of this house, just please buy all the rice fields that are beside this house. I want to return home the atmosphere is still like today, still remains a wooden house that stands in the middle of the rice fields," Darto said again, he imagined if his house would remain like his childhood home, although the village of kemoceng has become an advanced hamlet, if he can return from his duties in the future.

"Good, Dar. All of these paddy fields have one person. Let me talk to him later. You just need to prepare the money," replied Anto with a confident face.

"Thank you, Tok. Now you are the only treasure I have in this village. This must be enough to buy seven rice fields next to my house," continued Darto as he stuck out his clenched hand.

Seeing Darto's hand sticking out, Anto immediately gave his hand to accept whatever Darto would give. And when Darto took off his fist a stone fell on Anto's palm.

An oval stone the size of a quail egg, which was so clear and shiny landed right above Anto's hand. Anto was really surprised to see the stone, until his eyes were completely rounded.

"It could probably buy half the village, Dar!" Sergey Anto after seeing such a huge diamond in his hand.

"The rest is for your relief wages, Tok," Darto threw a sincere smile that floated perfectly on the corner of his lips.

Hearing Darto's words, Anto was unable to speak anymore. He was silent with a sweaty temple, because he was still amazed by the size of the expensive object he was holding.

That night, a simple request from Darto to maintain the condition of his house full of memories, is a desire that even managed to change the fate of a close friend. Anto became someone of the future, he was known as a philanthropist who always distributed property, but always on behalf of his friend.

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