ADJOINING REALM
STILL IN THE SAME PLACE

That night Darto slept on the same couch as Mbah Turahmin, he told a long story about what he had experienced. From when he went to the pesantren, got friends, to pass the Darsa exam.

Clearly amazed at the twinkle of Mbah Turahmin's eyes at that time, he even glazed when he heard he already had a great-grandchild named Dava.

However, after seeing the expression of Si Mbah Turahmin that is very reasonable, Darto was even more confused.

He even began to tremble, he already did not know anymore which one was real, and which one was just a dream.

"Dar .. Maybe everything you tell me can be true. It can all happen in the future. But why don't you believe what you're going through right now?" sela Mbah Turahmin after Darto finished telling the story.

"Then? Si Mbah wants to say that everything Darto has experienced is just a dream?" Darto answered on his back, staring at the precariousness that was lined up above their heads.

Hearing that, the Mbah Turahmin only silenced, he was silent a thousand languages, and gave absolutely no answer.

Because Darto did not get an answer at all, he tilted his body and looked straight at Si Mbah Turahmin beside him. For a moment Darto let out a long sigh, then he said, "Darto really doesn't want to go through it all anymore, Mbah. Especially the scenes where Darto had to keep pretending to be strong, when one by one the people Darto loved left."

Not feeling a clear circle began to flow from the corner of Darto's eyes, he really still remembers when Si Mbah Turahmin left for good.

Although the incident was long enough, but for Darto the incident was like it had just happened yesterday. The pain is still the same, the feeling of not being willing also still lay neatly in the bottom of his heart.

"How do I go, Dar?" Tanya Mbah Turahmin was brief, he was aware of the gaze of his grandson, and immediately understood where the Darto talk was going at that time.

"Si Mbah really lived a long life. And died on the cot we are using right now" replied Darto, trying to smile.

"Then? How did your brother go?" ask Mbah Turahmin back.

Hearing the question, Darto just silenced, he also felt old regrets back felt. She felt she could not be a filial granddaughter, as she did not see the last moment Kakung had.

"So like that, we better not talk about it anymore, Dar. It's late, let's go to sleep," continued Mbah Turahmin back, he realized that Darto could not explain the death of one of his family at all.

Hearing the invitation of the Mbahnya, Darto immediately rubbed his wet cheeks, then looked back at the precarious for a moment, and closed his eyes are still damp.

It did not take long, Darto and Mbah turahmin immediately fell asleep at that time. Nothing unusual happened at that time. Everything goes as it is, and even everything seems so real.

After waking up, the day just passed, just like the life of Darto. There was really nothing strange, no clues, and nothing suspicious at all.

Not felt, it has been days Darto stuck in the place, Everything is really the same. Darto really lived in that place, he felt sick, hungry, sad, happy and also all the right feelings.

Darto's heart was really shaky at that time, he was really deadlocked, and could not find a way back at all.

For Darto the life he is currently living is impossible if it is called an illusion. Time travels at the same speed, but each event is completely different from what he has experienced before.

He could see all the creatures that were supposed to live in the next realm, yet he really could not use the power of his own at all.

There was no sparkling chandrabha arrows and always flashing the darkness when the arrows were removed, there was no Ireng buto, even Dining and Satya were still healthy and kept joking every day with him.

Darto began to accept if everything he went through was just a clue, and he hoped to be able to quell all the misfortunes that would occur in the future.

Right at night to the destination from the moment Darto entered this place. Darto decided to leave the village. He said goodbye to all his friends and the Mbah Turahmin after the Isha prayer was broken.

He said if he wanted to go somewhere, and he wanted to leave the village for a long time.

Darto intends when morning comes, he will go to the boarding school owned by Kakung. He wanted to see everything he had ever seen in his dreams, only to be sure of the one thing that stuck in his heart.

That night, Dining, Satya, Anto and Mbah Turahmin completely supported Darto's every wish. No one forbade, even they immediately agreed to Darto's request without asking where Darto would go.

Really like the people Darto knows, everyone he loves is always supportive of whatever he wants. But there was a little in the heart of Darto at that time.

To Darto, Mbah Turahmin really looks different. His attitude even looks very strange, after he told everything he had experienced on the first day he slept with his Mother.

Mbah Turahmin has really changed. He never forbade any of Darto's will, nor did he ever ask his granddaughter what she really wanted.

Darto really lost an old figure who was always his role model. He really misses the figure of the chatty Mbah, who is always nosy, and can also always be a guide when he is lost. He was not so happy with the Mbah who believed too much in him.

However, Darto considered that if Si Mbah never denied any of Darto's wishes, because Si Mbah already knew if he had experienced many things, so for Si Mbah Turahmin, he already looks mature, he has been seen, even though his body was still very small.

That night, Darto really immediately closed his eyes after the prayer, he woke up when the dawn greeted, then prepared when the dawn prayer was done.

He set out alone when the sun had already begun to rise. With her barefoot little feet she stepped away from the most comfortable place in the world for her.

Step by step Darto left Si Mbah Turahmin who was still standing in front of his house, while looking at the back of his grandson, who did not look even back.

Are the steps that Darto took to choose to leave the village of bells right? Or was it all a mistake?

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