The Sovereign's Soul
Zidane and Sherly

Tonight is so quiet. No one screams to just tell them to dinner.

They were just pensively pensive on the living room sofa and none of them let out their voices.

Until a servant approached.

"Sir, dinner's ready at the table." Said with a down.

They looked towards the source of the voice and then looked at each other.

Mr. Hadi nodded. "Yes, mbok. We'll be there."

"Let's go kids, let's have dinner first! It is not good to hold on to hunger. Even though we are grieving, it is not good if it continues to linger in sadness." Said mr. Hadi.

"But dad, I'm lazy." Sherly looks uninspired.

"Let's go baby, we have to be healthy for mommy's sake. We can't let mommy see that we're still sad!" Zidane pulled his wife's hand of money slowly standing up.

They smiled at Sherly, who easily complied with her husband. In fact, he counted a rather difficult child according to.

"By, Iren. Come on, we'll eat together!" Take Mr. Hadi to the husband and wife of his daughter's best friend.

"No, we'll just go home now." Reject both.

"Hey, you want to leave me at a time like this?" Sherly turned around and rebuked the two.

"Bu-not that, beib. Maharani is waiting for us at home. So, we better get home now."

"Feeding just got home." Sherly.

"But, beib!"

"Feeding just got home." He repeated his words.

The two looked at each other and nodded. "okay!"

"Yeeeaaahhh, let's eat!" Sherly looks happy because her two best friends agree to her request.

Dika and Iren resigned when Sherly's hand held the two. The others smiled, looking at the three of them.

"Still the same as before. Just less Indra and Geri." Said mr. Hadi.

"Daddy's right. If they get together, this house will feel crowded again. Especially in addition to the sound of their children's screams, maybe daddy will not be able to relax at night." Brother Al chuckles.

"Yes Al. Hemh, when did you guys give daddy a grandchild, Zidane?" Zidane looked towards his father-in-law.

He smiled in response to the father-in-law's question. "Goddessa, dad. If God wills, maybe soon."

Mr. Hadi smiled at his son-in-law's answer.

They reached the table and sat down at their own places.

Instantly the atmosphere became quiet again when staring at the empty chair where mommy.

Zidane turned his head towards Dika and they looked at each other.

"Darling, get me some rice and vegetables!" Sherly glanced at the empty plate that her husband had offered her, asking for rice and vegetables.

Mr. Hadi understands what Zidane means. He followed Zidane's way.

"Daddy is also taken." Same thing his father did.

"Gue dong, beib." Dika.

"Eh, sister wants to!"

Four empty plates in front of Sherly asked to be filled immediately. He glanced one by one the owner of the hand holding the empty plate.

"Hemh, why did everything go to me? Brother Al is Aisyah's brother, and you are Iren. Take it yourself." Reject Sherly.

"I'll get rice for daddy and king ice." Her speech.

"Yeahhhh!" Those who complain make everyone laugh.

"If Rei is taken in who's dong, aunty?" Finally the little guy opened his voice.

"Who would like to eat the same food? Mama or aunty?" Ask Sherly back.

"Just like aunty!" The request was directly followed by Sherly.

"Every boss. Aunty's gonna get food for this little boss." Rei was happy with his tantalizing treatment until he smiled happily.

They ate voraciously and joked a little at the dinner table. Although the mommy doesn't exist, but this isn't the end of everything, is it?

"We go home first, beib. I'm afraid Rani's been looking for us." Iren tries to ask permission to go home to his best friend.

"Why did you let Rani go home with her grandmother? Otherwise you can stay here." Said Sherly pursing her lips.

"Tomorrow we bring Rani to do nginep here. Now let's go back!" Said Dika.

"Yes, we go back first. Um, brother Al, brother Aisyah, Zidane, we're going home." Both of them say goodbye to them.

"Don't get down here, Daughter?" Dika shook his head.

"Rani was brought home happy with Babeh, brother. Afraid to cry out for us." Answer Dika.

"Well, if that's it. Be careful on the road."

Both of them came out of the big house after saying goodbye to all the residents of the house.

Sitting in the living room while watching television, that's what they choose. However, even though the television is on, but their minds look somewhere and do not pay attention to television shows.

Mr. Hadi silently stared at the lighted television screen but he did not notice the broadcast. Brother Al was pensively holding his chin. Aisyah's sister brought Rei to sleep in the room. Sherly was leaning on her husband's shoulder.

"King ice."

"Yes." Yeah."

"What if the dead all go to heaven?"

Sherly's question caught the attention of the three men of different ages in the room.

"Why are you asking like that?" The three watch Sherly's face.

"Is there not heaven and hell in the Hereafter?" They also nodded at Sherly's question.

"So, is mommy going to heaven or hell?"

They look at each other.

"Vallahualam. To go to heaven or hell depends on our deeds."

"Honey, man died carrying his deeds. Good or bad, that is what he will bring. Not property or power. So, they're gonna weigh good and bad charities." Zidane paused his words.

"If our scales are heavy on charity, then we will enter heaven. But if it's the other way around, then yes we know the consequences." Zidane Obviously.

Sherly nodded. "If we're non-Muslims, will we go to hell?"

Zidane smiled in response to his wife's question. "All religions teach their people to do good in the world in order to gain blessings in the Hereafter. The goal is the same: to enter heaven."

Zidane said softly to his wife by stroking her head.

"Whatever religion we believe in, we can only seek then tawaqal to achieve the divine ridhonya."

"What is an effort and a tawaqal?"

"Ikhtiar means that we try our best to achieve something we are aiming for or want. After our efforts, we live Tawaqal. Tawaqal means to be patient in handing over all decisions to God. Whatever the outcome, we must be patient and grateful." Zidane Obviously.

Sherly nodded in understanding with her husband's explanation.

"King ice."

"Hmm?"

"You, daddy, and brother Al will be diligent in worship as well as good people. You must have entered heaven, huh."

Zidane shook his head. "All that doesn't guarantee, baby. We don't know if we're going to heaven or hell. It's all Allah's will SWT."

"Oooh, so that's all god's will?" Zidane nodded.

"King ice."

"Yes, baby!"

"Will we meet again after we die?"

"Goddessa. If Allah wills, then everything will happen." Zidane was soft.

Mr. Hadi and Aldrian who listened to their conversation only smiled because Zidane gave understanding to Sherly patiently.

"We didn't pick him up wrong for Sherly, Al. He's a really nice and patient man. Hopefully they stay together forever."

"Daddy's right. Zidane can lead Sherly down the right path. May they be kept out of danger."

"Amiyi." Say both at the same time.

Everything we want is not necessarily we get so also a request that is not necessarily granted. Only God wants everything.

Behind Zidane's loyalty and patience, there are people who want them to part for good.

He was not satisfied to see them separated. Envy and envy overwhelm him and make him want to get everything he wants.

The evil plan he put together in such a way was only to separate the two. I don't know what else he'll do to separate Zidane and Sherly.

What dangers await Zidane and Sherly up front?

Can they go through it with patience and sincerity?