"Well, what if Aruna doesn't want to be with Suar. What that means, hmm" I was at a loss for words, since hearing Uncle Yeksa's truth, I've been thinking about this for a long time. "Aruna doesn't want Suar to be Aruna's guardian. Aruna knows Aruna doesn't have to be like that with Suar, but you know, Dad, Aruna doesn't like things like that, okay?"
My father looked at me sadly, "I'm sorry, darling, I shouldn't have gotten married, so you have to bear a burden like this."
"Daddy, it's not like that, Aruna just can't fulfill Suar's lust. Aruna doesn't have lust, okay?" I said while hanging on Dad's arm.
My father held both of my cheeks, "Aruna, far from that, I am grateful that your guardian is Suar. Suar is very strong, the first strongest person in Maheswari."
"But yeah."
"Suar is also a good boy, he really works hard to be your guard. So that you won't be disappointed later." Just continue without hearing my worries.
I let out a rough breath, "okay, so when do we go to Dimension 10?"
"Tomorrow."
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"Smile first, bro." Exclaimed Uncle Yeksa who suddenly sat down next to me, "We're about to leave, at least give us a sweet smile the first time we meet."
I, who was still busy with my smartphone, turned to Uncle Yeksa, "Shut up Uncle, I'm no longer interested in things like this, I'd better go to college."
"Shh, don't talk like that." Uncle Yeksa's face became serious, "Your rejection could have bad consequences for him, Aruna. Just so you know, the reason he is who he is now is you. The goal of his life is you."
"Yes, yes, uncle, father already told me."
"Our boys are leaving." Dad from the front door called us.
In my father's old car, we went on this long journey. My time is just spent with a sad smartphone.
Since the incident at Edi's boarding house, Edi sent me a message apologizing, but after that, his attitude was a little at home, he had lots of excuses for not calling me even though we used to sleep on almost every night.
It's been 1 hour in the car, breaking through the silence of the forest. Uncle Yeksa slept in his chair while Dad drove the car.
Dad looks firm even though his face is old, the rough lines on his face add to the scary and firm face.
There were lots of creatures standing, floating and hovering on the side of the road. There were crowds of creatures like ordinary humans, they just stood still and stared upwards, they were rarely seen. The crowding figures are called Kemamang, they are not evil, you could say they are neutral.
There is also a large hairy figure, with long fangs and bright red eyes, that is Genderuwo. Sometimes they like to disturb women, some disturb them, some enter their dreams, there is also a Genderuwo figure who turns into a handsome man to attract the attention of women and the scariest thing is, they can kidnap girls into the forest and enter their nature. .
What I know is that the longer the lifespan of magical creatures, the stronger their powers. Creatures with great power usually live far from humans, such as forests, mountains, swamps, and beaches.
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After 6 hours of travel, we finally stopped to rest, Dad said the journey was still 5 hours away, which meant it was right at dusk. We stopped on the side of the road, there were people's houses selling food or angkringan. There were also several drivers who stopped to rest.
After we rested for an hour, we finally continued our journey, this time Dad was asleep in the passenger seat and Uncle Yeksa was driving. And I also fell asleep because I was tired.
My body felt shaking, what was this, was there an earthquake. I tried to gather my consciousness to get up.
"Aru... Aruna." Uncle Yeksa (we'll just call him Yeksa, because we're the same age) called me by shaking my shoulder. "Come on, wake up, we've arrived at the Dimensional displacement gate."
I nodded and got out of the car, everything was very dark, it seemed like it was night. I just realized that I was at the foot of the mountain, are we all going up the mountain?
I saw Dad talking to someone his age, and without realizing it, it wasn't just me, Yeksa, Dad and the person he was talking to, it was very busy, there were around 30 people. There are young ones like me and Yeksa, there are also old ones like Dad.
"They are just like us Aruna." Yeksa said suddenly beside me. He had my suitcase and his in his hands. "Let's get to know them, they will be our friends."
Yeksa walked towards one of the men of the same age there. They were getting to know each other, and I was just standing near the car. It looks like I won't be able to make friends anymore, just like before when I was in elementary and middle school. Because my advantage is that I can see those who are astral.
"Hi." a female voice from behind me, I looked back and saw a girl with long black hair, her body was not too tall and she had dimples on her cheeks when she smiled. "Bestari."
I accepted her hand, "Aruna."
"You just came? "You must be far away from where you live." said Bestari casually. He carried a large backpack on his back. "I come from West Kalimantan."
"I come from Semarang," I said a little awkwardly, it seems like the people here are nice. Feel the same as me.
"Wow, it's really close, this is East Java, close to Mount Mak Jeru, the Maheswari gate is in front of it." Bestari pointed to a mountain in front of him.
I nodded hesitantly, I rarely spoke to other people. An awkward atmosphere started to feel, maybe because I was just silent.
"Aruna, come on, they're already walking." Invite Bestari to join this group.
After walking for half an hour, we finally arrived in front of a very wide cave door, like a normal cave, this was just an ordinary cave that was neglected, there were lots of vines on the sides of the cave door.
Everything became silent, Yeksa who was in front followed me behind again, I asked for my suitcase but he refused even though he himself looked defeated and tired, having to march uphill for 30 minutes with 2 suitcases. Bestari is already with an old woman, it seems she is Bestari's mother.
Not long after, someone came out of the cave, she was a woman and a man wearing traditional Javanese clothes. They smiled, the women were very elegant and beautiful while the men were very dashing and handsome.
Without a signal from anyone, you follow the 2 people, we walk towards the inside of the cave. Inside the cave it is very different from the mouth of the cave, it is very clean, the walls of the cave have torches for lighting, you can smell the fragrance of flowers but you can't see any flowers here.
Our group stopped, ahead we saw a smaller cave room, it was pitch black there was no light. One by one we walked towards the pitch black room. Until it was my and Yeksa's turn. Yeksa told me to go first and then him, while my father had already entered the room.
2 people in clothes smiled at me, I smiled back and bowed slightly. I stepped forward slowly, this pitch black room made me afraid of tripping or bumping into something in there.
But it turned out to be wrong, when I went inside for a moment I couldn't see the floor, it was like I was falling into a dark height, there was no light at all.
I started to get scared, I couldn't even scream. This is like a ride that falls from a height but unfortunately it has no bottom. I looked right, left, up and down, but to no avail, there was no gap in my eyes to find a little light.
My breath started to become difficult, I had difficulty breathing in air, it seemed like the air was left up there. My eyes started to dim, my consciousness started to disappear, my stomach acid started to rise.
Thump
Before I lost control of my body, Dad had held my body so I wouldn't fall. At that moment my feet began to appear again in the sand. Before observing the area around me, suddenly from inside my stomach the food I ate came out.
My father massaged the back of my neck well, beside me there was Lingga, he was in the same condition as me, he was also vomiting. It seems like not only Yeksa and I but almost everyone here experienced that.
After removing the remaining food from my stomach, I began to stand up straight with difficulty as well
Yeksa, he still faithfully holds 2 suitcases in his hands.
The white sand that I stepped on now made it clear that I was no longer in the cave of Mount Mak Jeru, but a clean and charming beach.
The stars twinkled above me. For a moment I was enchanted by the view here, forgetting that I had fallen from a very dark height.
Is this the 10th Dimension that Yeksa and father talked about?
"Welcome to Maheswari."