Batari Word
Heart Threshold

The west wind began to split the land.. Signs of the dry season come and the water shrinks. People complain of drought, crop failure, even diseases that never end. In the middle of this all the Central Forest Looters also launched the action again by burning dry agricultural land so as to cause a smog that is so stifling.. Not when all livestock died even the fishermen have rarely done a cruise at this time. Feeling the situation in the palace looks more chaotic, I and Atma decided to give this Tasara to Gusti Agung King and Queen with Mahapatih Andaru and Patih Andaru, namely Ayahanda..

As I thought, as soon as Gusti Agung read all the contents of this Tasara, they will be very surprised because of the shameful incident the name of the palace was done for some time even by the closest those who adopted Gusti the Great King and Queen as the Wredhamantri (Highest Prime Minister). Feeling betrayed and humiliated, another news came when we all heard the rebellion in Sadeng and Keta area where there was competition between Mahapatih Gajahmada and Ra twins. Neither Gusti Agung Raja nor Queen really feel confused about the condition of all this, until finally I propose some suggestions that I think will be useful.

“ Who is one more member named this Prana?”

Said the Queen to Kemuning and Atma

“ Looks like he is one of Bhattara with me and also Raksa and Caka”

Atma explained by subduing her body

“ Raksa Sadiva. I did not expect that after his father was so meritorious, he could still be consumed by Guindra's incitement. Of course there's no mercy for him!”

Said the King with a little annoyance

“ The expansion of the land they want is already on the servant, so it is impossible for them to move freely. The only problem now is, because the trade is still running the possibility of goods such as objects that according to Prabu Stira said named Grenades and Gunpowder, msh can continue to run and it harms.”

Mahapatih Danudara tried to explain by lowering his head

“ Rebellion coup that happened only as bait Gusti Agung.. According to servant there will be another war if it continues to be left.”

Patih Andaru who tried to give his opinion

“ O Prabu Stira and Abdi terpercaya, Bhattara Admiral Atma. Tell me your opinion.”

Said the King who pointed to kemuning and Atma

“ Based on the experience of the servant with Mahapatih and Patih, we will do a diversion that can make the Forest Looters feel distress. Because of that, I beg you to trust us, Gusti Agung.”

Said Atma who lowered her body

“ They are the troops that once trained by the palace. Because we have faced them several times directly, their movements and ways are very good.”

The one who also lowered his body

“ Alright. This matter I'll leave it to all of you. While me and the Queen will take care of the problems with Mahapatih Gajah Mada”

Speak the King with Resolute

“ MAY THE GREAT WRESTLE OF THE KING AND QUEEN IN BERKAHI.”

Say all by bowing his body and passing away leaving the istan

As usual, they all went straight to the residence of Mahapatih Danudara to talk about the next movement, while I who knew of my condition immediately passed away to ride my horse back to the Bale residence. Along the way, I thought about how all this could happen to me again.. If this is the fate I have to go through, what is the end of the story I will accept? Have a happy ending, or... Wait, on the way home, I stopped at a city hallway where Pureswari was clearly visible with a ladyboy wearing a scarf to cover his face and with an appearance resembling that of a commoner, not like a noble. Where is he going with that look?

Trying to walk far behind him, as if so seen Pureswari settles with a face covered in his yellow scarf. Has anything been missed by me? Back to the attention of Pureswari who suddenly turned on a small road covered by a large restaurant in front of him.. Then they are seen entering into a Bale house that is not so outdated but still worth living in. The gate opened and as soon as I walked in behind him, there were some children and women who seemed to be hiding from what they feared.

The women and children were so frightened when they saw me enter.. Is it because of the Arrow and Sword that always accompany me? But, I didn't direct them at all, but why would they react like this to me? Who are these guys? Pureswari finally realized my arrival who followed him from behind because the reaction they gave was so suspicious that even Dayang who was with Pureswari immediately closed the gate and locked it using crosswise wood.. Eyes were fixed on Pureswari who was so shocked and frightened when he saw me at this moment.

“ Raa.. Rabbet.. Be yellow.. Raka, i... PLEASE FORGIVE GUSTI RADEN RARA.”.

Pureswari who arrived suddenly bowed his body to kemuning followed by everyone who was there

“ Wait Rayi.. What's the matter? Why are you all bowing your bodies to me?”

Kemuning the confusion tried to help Purerwari stand up and look around him

“ Ra.. Rabbet.. They're all.... They're.. The women and children who come from the middle Wates Village are close to the central forest looters.”.

Pureswari fearfully tried to explain to kemuning by lowering his head

“ Ap, what?... Say it again. Pureswari, who are they?!”

“ Raka... L'm.... Sorry Raka..”.

Pureswari again lowered her head by trying to hold back her cries

Pureswari was silent and did not dare to say back especially to look at my face. Seeing her bowed down was so frightened and all of them still prostrate before me at this moment, made me feel like I was losing my mind, because from what I know is that the village supports the movement of the Central Forest Looters and if there is news that anyone trying to help them will be considered a great betrayal to the kingdom even will be sentenced to death if they give food, drink, even shelter. Then, what am I supposed to do now? Surprised that my own brother turned out to be a royal traitor.

Trying to think clearly for a moment, I walked around those who looked so frightened when I saw me. Stopped on the bodies of some children who get bruises such as being hit by blunt objects even they look like they get hard treatment every day. The women also saw bruises around their necks, hands and feet. Is all the news I heard that was a lie? Walking around them, I finally stopped back at a food storage barn where a haystack was inside and some babies were asleep just to warm them up. Bale was in the middle of the room where the elderly women and children who were injured were lying helplessly with wounds all over their bodies.

“ What happened to you guys? Didn't you support the Plunderers' movement? I heard that even your village is protected by them and even lives abundantly from their loot!”

Kemuning spoke out loudly to one of the women in front of him

“ Please forgive Gusti Raden Rara.. Gusti Prabu Stira.”

Said the woman who lowered her body back

“ So you know I'm Prabu Stira? Then, why are you guys with Lancang getting into my territory? Do you know, can I easily raise this Sword to destroy your lives?”

Kemuning who bluffed by opening his sword sheath

“ PLEASE FORGIVE GUSTI RADEN RARA.. HOPE GUSTI IN BERKAHI”

Say all women to kemuning

“ I don't have much time. Tell me, why are you here?”

“ Gusti Prabu Stira, all the news about us all that is not true. The Looters of the Forest killed our husbands and plundered our possessions just as much and threatened us if we did not obey them with the killing of some of our children”

Said a prostrated woman trying to explain

“ WHAT??”

“ As Gusti Raden Rara saw, wound wound on our body due to whip or blow wooden stick.. Even they do not look at age when doing so.”

Said another woman

“ How can you escape?”

“ There was a shipment of several horse-drawn carriages delivering supplies of tools to them. After the train was empty, at midnight we managed to escape into the horse carriage and passed the border through the forest on foot”

“ Some of us also had to deal with wild animals when heading here and lost their lives in the middle of Gusti Prabu Stira” road

Said the other two women while hugging their children

“ Raka, forgive Pureswari.. I just can't bear to not help those in this state. Punish me instead.”

“ Pureswari, you are a graceful girl, there is no way to know them. Be honest with me, how do you know where they are?”

Kemuning lowered his body and looked at Pureswari

“ Raka, when finished doing music training at the palace, with Kathamarwa I came to”

“ Katha... marawa?? You mean.. Diajeng?”

“ Yes Raka.. Please forgive Raka Raden Rara Kemuning.”

Pureswari who again prostrated on kemuning

Without a second thought, I immediately ran away from this place and immediately returned to my horse brat to head back towards the palace. Riding at a speed that I could travel, Atma and Caka were seen from a distance looking at me while walking with his father and my father around the capital either to conduct an examination or their other plans.. But that's not my goal right now. I had to go to Diajeng immediately and ask him for an explanation of what happened to Pureswari and also the consequences of his actions.

Arriving at Bale's art palace, they all came back shocked to see me even subduing her body as soon as I passed them for not daring to look at my face. I sternly asked where Diajeng was at the moment, they finally told me that he had just finished checking on a musical instrument and walked around the palace backyard. I quickly ran back there to meet him.. As soon as he arrived, Diajeng already did not feel surprised by my presence, as if he could find out that I would come today to meet him.

“ Say what you mean do all this!”

Kemuning stood before Diajeng loudly staring at him

“ Like I said, hand me that konde hairpiece.. That stuff is not for you.”

Tearing with a full smile to kemunun

“ If you have a problem with me, then refer it only to me! Why did you bring Pureswari in this?”

“ Because that's your weakness isn't it?... As you know, I'm not a Prabu Stira, a mighty, charming woman. So, I just did a little turn..”.

Diajeng walked past the kemuning while touching some flowers

“ If you love Atma, why did you leave her first?”

“ BRASH!! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME!!”

Diajeng who arrived turned his body and looked back at the sharp yellowing

“ I came here not intending to budge on you. Also for my sister you've been pinning your lowly plans on. So, don't expect me to bow down to you!”

Kemuning looked at Diajeng with anger

“ YOU..!! YOU!! All right, let's see who Atma really loves, me or... You?”

Diajeng suddenly stepped back and faced kemuning

I don't know what this woman has in mind. Diajeng arrived to keep his distance from me, I swiftly tried to remove the lock of my sword sheath trying to take action if Diajeng tried to hurt me. However, how devious this woman's plan was, Diajeng suddenly lowered his body and took a handful of sand in his hand just to throw it right into my face and eyes.. I, who had no time for self-defense, was shocked by the exit of the small Dagger that was pointed right at my neck at this moment. It was so easy for him, if he wanted to finish me off right now, yet Diajeng seemed to not move at all and just smiled cynically at me..

Feeling annoyed at his attitude like that, I tried to put up a fight until finally the Dagger fell out of his hand and I took it. Diajeng's reaction arrived as if it had changed when he saw someone right behind me.. I was trying to see who it was, suddenly Diajeng pulled my hand and pointed the Dagger in my hand as if it looked like I was attacking him to make Diajeng's shoulder hurt. Looking at the blood coming out of his hands, I fell silent and just stared at him as if playing his mask again..

“ YELLOW!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!”

The atma that walks over comes kemuning

“ At.. The atma?? What are you doing.”

“ Did you abuse your power by attacking him?”

Atma took the Dagger from her yellow hands

“ Ap.. What??.. Atma, you misunderstood! I'm not me.”

“ Why is his shoulder hurt? If there is a problem, can you think before using your anger?”

Atma spoke against the yellowing and tried to bandage Diajeng's wounds with Diajeng's scarf

“ At.. Atma.. Ke, kemuning.. He tried to.. Killed me, because I... I..”

Diajeng who pretended to cry in front of Atma

“ WHAT DID YOU SAY?? DIAJENG, I WILL REALLY KILL YOU RIGHT NOW! COME HERE YOU!”

Kemuning who felt burning anger finally ran towards Diajeng

“ QUITE YELLOW! GO!”

Said Atma who pulled Kemuning's hand trying to stop him

“ Ap, what? Atma.. What did you say to me?”

kemuning looked at Atma in disbelief at what he said

“ Go and Go home kemuning.”

Atma passed by carrying the Diajeng that passed me back with a smile full of contempt. Hands clenched and this Heart burned, I could no longer afford to be quiet. Diajeng, this time you have enough to do things that make me the worst person in front of the people I love.. I won't let you wander around me back. Diajeng, remember this oath of mine. Walking back on my horse with a shock that hit the heart that had not been healed, made me feel numb and very eager to vent on whatever it was..

But once I got to my Bale residence, I felt that something was wrong was happening again. I immediately ran and saw the hysterically crying mother sitting in the middle of Bale Delot and looking so sad along with Pureswari who was crying together and hugging her mother.. Looks around me messy even stretched the legs of the guards who are no longer alive back.. Hands shook and the gaze felt empty when he saw the sword sheath and the knight sword of Ayahanda lying right before my feet..

“ Say.. What happened?”

Kemuning walked nervously to his mother with his father's sword

“ Raka.. Ayahandas.. They're... Kidnap her.”

Pureswari tried to explain while crying

“ Kidnapping? The fatherland? Ba, how can it be? What is se..”

“ Aa, originally they caught me and Mother.. However, Ayahnda asked them to let us go and replace by taking her with them.”.

“ What?”

“ Kemuning.. How's this.. Your papa.. Husband..”.

My mother started crying hysterically again

What is this line of life destiny? Someone please explain to me what's really going on.