Cat or Person ?

That was when his friends were busy transcribing Arya's poetry into their respective palm leaves. Arya instead ran around the Padepokan excitedly. The wind that was blowing gently now began to blow a little hard, making the tree branches waving as if a dancer's hand was encouraging Arya to keep running.

The sound of night animals began to be heard marking the change of day to night. The moon began to come out of his bed as if he wanted to see a handsome man who was running. A female owl looked at Arya, blushing. She was happy to see Arya's white face flushed red. Arya's feet keep moving fast. Sometimes he jumps over rocks. Sometimes she just stamps his feet on tree trunks to avoid muddy soil or thorny thickets.

After twenty rounds of sweat started pouring down Arya's body until then attracting mosquitoes to start swarming Arya. But because Arya was moving fast, the mosquitoes did not have a chance to suck his blood.

After a while Arya managed to complete his sentence. And he then faced his teacher who was still waiting for him. The dim light of the lamp made the dark atmosphere dim. His friends who had just finished writing his poem leave the room to carry out the punishment from their teacher.

"Where are you Arya?" Sena said in amazement to see Arya drenched in sweat.

"Yes, where are you from? He said he wanted to ask the teacher to cancel our punishment for us. Why don't you show up?" Jaka whispered as he watched Arya's red face.

"Arya redeemed the punishment for you by running as much as 40 rounds. Now you are resting. Tomorrow we will practice, how to walk on water" said Eyang Ireng Wesi as he went inside.

But Arya's friends don't want to come in. They are instead busy serving Arya who looks tired. They are very grateful to Arya for making them free from running punishment

Sena was fanning the hot Arya. Jaka brought drinking water. Koswara massaged Arya's feet. "Yes ... yes .. well that, really good. That side is a little hard to massage. Hmmm .... very good .." said Arya while braking literate, massaged his legs by Koswara.

Heard Arya sigh because of his massage. Koswara got annoyed. Arya's sighing voice was like the sound of a person making love. And it made his friends giggle. Koswara stopped his massage. He then stood up and kicked Arya's leg while on his hips.

"You devil bitch! You think I, the masseuse woman who is in the shop of bitches" said Koswara looking very annoyed.

Arya immediately grinned, "How could you kick my leg which hurt from running 40 rounds," said Arya with a grimace.

"Damn! You think I believe your words. You are the best among us. It is impossible for your feet to hurt if only the tips of your feet touch the ground. If fatigue is still possible." Koswara scolded his friend.

Eyang Wesi Ireng still heard his students chattering and laughing. even though it was time for bed so he then threw stones at their door. They immediately fell silent and did not dare to speak again.

After a while of silence and everyone was asleep. Jaka who slept right beside Arya still opened his eyes. Jaka then rolled his body closer to Arya's body. Arya felt the movement of Jaka who approached him. Incidentally he hasn't slept either. His eyes are still open, he is not yet asleep

Arya then opened his eyes and said slowly almost in a whisper, "What's wrong?" he said.

"Shhh ... You know what? This afternoon, I went to the village at the foot of the mountain there to buy some necessities. When passing by a coffee shop, I heard the young men there telling stories. They said they had been bothered by the ghost of kuntilanak *) who cried continuously for two weeks. Makes the villagers sleepless. " Jaka whispered to Arya.

Arya immediately woke up, he got up from lying down. It has been a long time since he played with Ghost. Being able to catch ghosts or demons that harass humans is a twofold advantage. They can get a lot of money from the people they help. They can also sell names as people who are able to ward off evil spirits, ward off disturbing ghosts or drive out evil demons.

"We go there now" said Arya, removing the blanket. But Jaka immediately grabbed Arya's hand while saying, "But Eyang doesn't allow us to go to the village now. Aren't we going to practice walking on water tomorrow?" Jaka said scared. Arya has just been punished by their teacher, now he wants to act up again.

"It will be okay, if we are not caught. Let's hurry while it's not too late. If we go past midnight then we will arrive at the village at dawn. Where is there a ghost wandering in the morning ?" said Arya as he then grabbed his sword. It was a very fine sword made of one-quality steel with a handle made of gold. The sword is said to have been kept next to the basket where Arya was placed in front of this hermitage which shows that Arya is not an ordinary person.

A person who possessed a sword of the same quality as Arya's was no ordinary person, at the very least he was a child of the royal family. But who and from what kingdom? Still confusing. Be careful, Arya and Jaka leave but bad luck for Jaka. He nudged Sena's leg, making Sena immediately mutter between conscious and unconscious.

"Who is that?" Sena said to ask but it wasn't Jaka who answered, Arya answered instead.

"Cat ..." said Arya answered slowly.

"Are you a person or a cat?" Sena said again

"Cat .." Arya again answered. Sena then turned around while answering again.

"Oh well, it's a cat" said Sena.

"Oh yeah, thank you" said Arya again, Jaka, who heard it, couldn't help but laugh. And Sena immediately woke up in shock. Seeing Sena wake up, Arya immediately moved. He pressed Sena's veins from his back and it immediately made Sena fall asleep again. Arya grabbed Jaka's hand and dragged him out.

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*) Kuntilanak is a female ghost who usually has long hair, is dressed in white and has a hollow back