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Ratih’s eyes stared blankly at her beloved’s handsome face, a wave of sadness washing over her. If she had her way, none of them—Aji, Rangga, Yoga, or herself—would be tangled up in this web of danger and intrigue. As an ordinary woman, she dreamed of nothing more than a quiet life with Aji, building a family in a home filled with peace and harmony. But the path Aji had chosen seemed to pull her along with every step he took, and protest was impossible—not when he had devoted his life to the cause of justice, wandering the land in its service. Time flowed onward like a river, unhindered by the worries that weighed on their hearts. Before they knew it, the Sun had sunk below the western horizon, replaced by the elegant Moon, whose golden light spilled over the forest floor. Night creatures emerged from their hiding places, their calls echoing through the trees, filling the still, ominous air with sound. In the darkness, a shadowy figure streak
The Night Raid
“Aji, Ratih… be careful!” Duke Hanggareksa called out, his voice heavy with concern. Aji and Ratih smiled warmly, nodding slowly in reply. There was no trace of fear or doubt in the eyes of the young couple—only a quiet resolve that shone as bright as the morning sun filtering through the palace windows. “Do not worry, my Lord Duke,” Aji said, his voice steady and calm. “We will return to this palace, I promise you.” The Duke smiled back, though his heart was heavy. He felt a pang of guilt at drawing Aji and his three friends into the chaos that now threatened his Duchy. But with the loyalty of his court officials still unknown, he had no one else to turn to—no one else he could trust with such a perilous task. “If we can stop Prince Dananjaya’s movement—if we can even destroy it—I will personally tell King Wanajaya of the great service you have done,” the Duke said. “He will surely reward you with great honor.” Aji nodded
Rangga and Bargowo’s Initiative
“Everything I know—I’ve told you everything!” the surviving soldier of Prince Dananjaya begged, kneeling in the dirt, his voice cracking with fear. “Now please, let me go—you promised!” “I only swore I wouldn’t kill you,” Bargowo replied, a grin spreading across his face to reveal his dark-stained teeth. “But my friend here… well, that’s another story entirely.” “You… you tricked me, you dogs!” Cresssh! “Aaaakh!” A strangled cry escaped the man’s lips as his head rolled into the grass, blood gushing from his severed neck in a thick, red stream. Bargowo shivered slightly, watching as Rangga stood over the body, his expression cold and impassive, wiping the blood from his sword on the dead man’s tunic. “He would have been a problem if we let him live,” Rangga said, his voice as steady as the forest floor beneath their feet. “He would have run straight back to Lodra and told them everything—about us, about what we kn
The Interrogation
“Don’t play dumb with us!” one of the pursuers snapped, his voice trembling despite his attempt at bravado. “We’ve got plenty of friends waiting behind us—they’ll be here any minute!”“Friends from Prince Dananjaya’s army, you mean?” Rangga scoffed, his eyes glinting with amusement. “They won’t be coming here. They’re far too busy hiding in the Duchy, pretending to be common folk.”How do they know that? the first pursuer thought, panic flaring in his chest. This is dangerous— I have to get away and warn Lord Lodra.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he stammered, forcing his voice to stay steady. “Who is this Prince Dananjaya?”“Hahaha! Either I’m an idiot, or you’re just terrible at lying,” Rangga laughed, nodding toward the man’s forehead. “That little furrow in your brow tells me you know exactly who I’m talking about.”“Here’s a better idea,” Bargowo cut in, his large hand resting on the hilt of his machete. He drew the blade slowly, and the steel caught the sunlight, send
Caught Red-Handed
The middle-aged man—whose face still held the faint echoes of the beauty he had known in his youth—closed his eyes and let the silence wrap around him for a long, heavy moment. In his mind’s eye, he traveled back through years of bitterness and rejection, reliving the day that had forced his hand, that had set him on the path of rebellion he had never wanted to walk.The stepbrother of King Wanajaya let out a deep sigh, the sound heavy with regret. Truly, he thought, I never wished to be a traitor, never dreamed of seizing power from the man who shared my father’s blood. But King Wanajaya’s refusal to acknowledge him as family—his cold dismissal, his refusal to even speak his name in the palace halls—had left him with no choice but to turn to force. It was the only language the king seemed to understand.He felt a spark of gratitude for Lodra, the man whose loyalty had never wavered, even in the darkest of times. The figure in the dark cloak, whose face was so often hidden beneath a h
Prince Dananjaya
A furrow of confusion creased Rangga’s brow. Though he had never traded in his life, he knew well enough that selling grain to a distant land at a higher price was a fool’s errand—especially for staple foods, whose values held steady across kingdoms, as constant as the rising sun. In his mind, he reasoned: if such a place existed where prices soared above the norm, word would have spread like wildfire through every village, every market square, every corner of the realm.“How strange,” he murmured to himself, his thoughts swirling with doubt. “That is a story woven from thin air—no truth to it at all.”The man in the bamboo hat suddenly straightened, breaking Rangga’s reverie. “I’ll go ahead and drop off my goods now, friend! Looks like it’s my turn at last.”“Oh… by all means, brother,” Rangga replied, forcing a warm smile as he stepped aside to let the man pass. There was a lightness in his voice that did not reach his eyes—eyes that were already scanning the courtyard for signs of
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