SAWMILL
191. TO A SHACK

Sriatun came in contact with someone who was no less old than I had met when I was in the lost village, who several times gave me advice..

He is what I call Mbah!

If he mbah.me and mas Agus must be older than Sutinah..

“Pak... buuuk... all those years you left me......!” yell Sutinah

“Ayo now home..” take Sutinah with a face that can be said to be flat for a child who has just met his mother's father after he said years lost

“Mbak Sri... matur nuwun already accommodates my parents... now I want to go home first with my parents”.

“Eh mbak Sutinah.. it's Bawono sir who has brought Mbah Sastro here.. sampeyan should thank him mbak”.

Heheheheh we walked slowly to the house next door.The house that I had once visited with mas Agus when I and mas Agus hid from the pursuit of the Solikin man.

The living room that remained the same as when I came here, nothing changed except that I was older than the altar of Sutinah.

The four of us sat in the old chair in the living room of this simple house….

There was no talk, all were silent including the altar Sutinah who still saw me and mas Agus.he seemed to be studying who I and mas Agus really were.

There is no kangen meeting like a child who has not met his parents for years…

“Hehehe you two are in the body Mbah Sastro?”

“Inggih Mbah.. it turns out this Mbah Sutinah ya” I began to dare to say the truth.

“Mbah Sastro is mbahmu also nduk Tina..both of my parents are not in this village, but it is in a village far from here”.

“At first, Sastro was gone…. My parents went missing when they got into the Chinese fortress, but they both managed to get out after someone helped them inside there.”.

“I as his son always waited across the gate, because I was sure Mbah Sastro would come out safely, and it turned out to be true, but after getting out of there, he said, my parents do not want to stay in this village”

“At last they lived in a village far from here.. and it turns out that now nduk Tina and mas Agus are in the body of my parents”.

 “If this Bawono sir is also not from this nature?”

“Iya mbah...he is our friend who entered us into this nature, with the aim to...”.

“Nduk already.. No need to explain your purpose here, because what is certain is your purpose here to do something to one of the residents in the fortress of China right?” mbah Sutinah

“So gini nduk.. I will explain a little what is inside the fort....”.

“So initially Mbah Sastro was curious about what was in there, why no one can spend the night there, and why those there his life prosperous but simple”

“Different from the village outside the fort…. Landlords who have large agricultural land and plantations, but their lives fit pasan”

“Mbah Sastro was curious.and began to dare to come to those in the fortress....”.

“As a child of course I will not stay silent, and of course forbid both my parents who want to go there, but as long as you know nduk..

“You guys can say that magic that causes Mbah Sastro is desperate to go there…. And it turns out that both my parents did not return from there until a few days ago”

“I'm sure what this Mbah Sastro has will help them get out of there, and it turns out that what you thought was true.

“Of course there are some residents there who do not accept why there are intruders who can survive from there..they certainly look for the existence of Mbah Sastro, unfortunately they do not find it..”.

“Only because of the magic of Mbah Sastro they can not find where the traces of Mbah Sastro”

“Mbah Sastro once told me. that our descendants will solve the problems started by Mbah Sastro”.

“And it turns out my grandson is also involved with the residents there huh hihihi”

“Mbahmu iki can guess, there will be descendants of Mbah Sastro who will continue this problem”

“But Mbah.. How can Tina and mas Agus exist in the body of Mbah Sastro?”

“For kui problems…. Koe and mas Agus ora need to question, all happened not because of accident.” replied mbah Sutinah.

“The three of you are here also not because of the accident.kabeh kui wis arranged (all set up)”.

“Pak Pangat brought you here is also set.. So the three of you are here because there is already someone who arranges hehehe”

“Means when first mbah Sutinah was in Tina's dream.. and along with other Tina ancestors it was arranged so that Tina could come here and do something for Tina?”

“Iya nduk... and you happen to have also started making friends with the one named who it is..

“Inggrid mbah” suhut mas Agus

“Ya true.. His name is Inggrid..he will be there. but of course you will not meet him like the form you meet in your nature” explained mbah Sutinah.

“Then what about Inggrid's tomb and the treasure in Inggrid's tomb?”

“Hahahah that is just one of the devil's ways to get the spirits of the people who are stuck there..”.

“About Treasures... There are actually no treasures, the treasures that they have are also the result of theft from treasures that exist in the human realm, treasures that have long been forgotten and no one takes care of, the, and finally the treasure was kept by Ingrid”

“But for sure the treasure is not in the tomb, the tomb is just a way for humans to be attracted and get into his trap”, said Mbah Sutinah

“Mbah.. if Tina and mas Agus go there again with a form like this, do they not know that in the past Mbah Sastro had been there and made trouble?”

“Of course they will remember.. if those who are there know mbah sastro is there...”.

“Now you do not need to ask a lot first.later you will know what really has happened between Mbah Sastro and those in the fort”.

“Should be remembered nduk, mas Agus, pak Panat, the three of you are not in your nature, here anything can happen and anyone can change form quickly.”.

“This nature is not human nature, in the supernatural realm all will happen quickly, and the three of you must be vigilant to everyone you meet”

“Mumpung today is still morning, you just go in there, but do not be together.. Because the duties of my grandson Tina and mas Agus are of course different from Pakat”

*****

In the car to the fort or the area that resembles a fortress…

There was nothing we were talking about, I was lazy to talk myself, for what I had just learned from the altar of Sutinah was something that had been prearranged.

And the problems that occur between me, mas Agus and Inggrid is the aftermath of problems in the past. And we're the ones who need to finish it.

“We are close.. Most likely here is the location of the sawmill” said Pak Panat.

“Iya sir.. but how yes sir.. I am still confused by what his ancestor mbah mbak Tina” said mas Agus.

“Hehehe we are also ancestors of Tina mas…. Yes already mas...all will have happened, so we have to finish what is going on mas”

“It turns out that the treasure info that has been circulating widely in treasure hunters was just a lie, and it was just a trick of Ingrid to get human life” muttered Pak Panat

“Lha yes it sir.. ya already sir.. we are already here and have to finish what has happened pak” replied mas Agus.

“Gate is near…. You guys get ready, I'll drop you guys a little far from the gate, so that the guard doesn't know if you come with me”

*****

Finally, Agus and I walked across the river again to enter the area that resembles the fortress.

The area is closed to the public at night, and an area of the village whose inhabitants look peaceful and prosperous.

“Excuse me guard sir...” greet mas Agus on the same gatekeeper as yesterday.

“Wah couple Mbah-mbah…. Came here again apparently.. monggo just enter Mbah, but later inside do not faint again you know mbah”.

“Iya son... but I want to be escorted to Rita again, can you please call me son Rita?” ask me about Agus

“Waduh sorry Mbah.. neng Rita was away this morning…. Eh maybe with the others mbah?”

“No need to son.. we will go in and walk alone nak”.

It just so happened that there was no Rita, so we could go inside and walk the path as we pleased and according to where this body was going to take us, according to what Mbah Sutinah said.

I try to relax the muscles that cover the old body Mbah Sastro…..

Then slowly the land like something was directing me to walk….

These legs are like walking me somewhere…. The gentle swing I felt from this leg told me to step.

These feet did not move towards the middle of the garden, but instead told me to move around the garden first.. One time around the park….

Then this gentle swing forced me to head to one of the streets that did not lead towards the palace….

On a road that slants and moves away from the position of the palace is this foot supernatural swing towards…. I can't resist the gentle swing of the supernatural in

“Mbak Tina...we are going in which direction is this?”

“Don't know mas.. Tina just follow where the soft swing that directs this leg... Tina do not know where will go mas.

“We think it leads to the settlement mbak.. take a look in front there, already seen houses in the style of Chinese architecture lined”.

“Iya mas.. will we visit one of the houses here? Has Mbah Sastro been here before mas?”

“That's what we will know later mbak.. anyway do not let us be found out the guard here that we have so far stepped into the settlement of residents”.

It turns out that it is true my estimation and mas Agus.we are now in a settlement whose house is quite beautiful to see…

Are we going to the house of one of the residents here, or maybe one of the residents here is a friend of Mbah Sastro…?

If true, it means great also mbah Sastro has friends in these beautiful houses…

But it turns out my guess is wrong. This foot keeps stepping and passing some pretty fancy house here, this foot keeps stepping towards the….

“Mas.. Tina thinks we're going that way deh mas...”

“Iya mbak.. who is there is a slum.. Are these footsteps really taking us there mbak?”

“It looks so mas.. This soft foot swing seems to be heading there.we go to the slum area that is in the area here mas”.

“That's mbak.. We're almost at the end of this area.. It was there already seen a high wall similar to the fort walls.”.

“It looks like this slum is the place at the very end of this fortress mas”

This leg continues to walk, actually I am quite tired also have passed several alleys and one intersection, but these footsteps do not want to stop just like that, he said, these footsteps continued to lead me to one of the slums that were here

Until arriving at one of the houses that can not be said to be a house, because it is made of pieces of board arranged to resemble a hut.

This footstep swing stops here.

“Mas...these feet stop in front of this hut... is our goal here mas?”

“Let me just call this homeowner mbak”

“Don't mas.. Let Tina alone mas... This foot now tells Tina to approach the door of the hut”.

The gentle swing of something supernatural tells me to approach the door of a house or hut that is tightly closed.

Then when it was in front of the door of the hut.these feet stopped stepping…

When I was at the door of the hut, suddenly an energy entered my right hand.. The same energy that enters the foot to step.

An energy led my hand to knock on the door that was in front of me, and it was also true that when I followed the energy in my hand, I suddenly knocked on the door of this hut.

“Permissiiiii..”.