GALIH AYU (The General)
hearty

peace surrounds Aum's idyllic residence, the gurgling sound of flowing water sparkling in the forging of the morning sunlight slowly peering out from behind the misty mountain, the backyard is full of people who sweat. the morning exercises that were routinely done this time were many times more intense when usually their master trained separately arrived this morning arriving earlier than anyone in the backyard.

Aum looks not much different from his subordinates, his father's face is full of sweat that splashed, but his small arm still continues to pull the bowstring firmly. the arrows he slashed slid unhindered through the target board many times.As a soldier with special ranged attack ability Aum was in the top 1% in the Kingdom. but when it comes to a close attack Aum becomes a big hole there, so the deadly duet between Graha and Aum during training makes Aum troops unable to attack them at all.

Graha who is so skilled in swordsmanship and Aum who is so good at making their unit strategy like a company of soldiers.

aum's small fingers can flank 3-5 arrows at the same time, so the effectiveness of his long-range attacks increases rapidly.

' today until here first, for the division of tasks that will come we discuss later in the day' Aum's voice blared in the backyard of his residence.

Aum rushed followed by Graya who took the bow and place the arrows that look heavy. Dayang who had come to announce that his third brother came to visit with his father, leading the way.

before meeting very Aum's father cleaned himself first.he felt anxious to meet him after making a fortune that tarnished the family's good name. until his decision to leave the house made his father very angry. But I don't know what wind before Aum could come to his father's residence even he first came to him.

Aum felt like an unfilial son by letting his father first come to his house.

Aum was wearing a clean shirt and tidying up her hair which she used to tie high.Aum's lady-in-waiting, Soertiani was persuading her master to wear kebaya and a bun. but Aum did not care even continue to babble to Graha about how he had to act in front of his own father without caring how Ani the lady tried to dress him.

' jeez the daughter of the great master will never be able to scold you, I guarantee you' Graha said resentfully.

he became more and more anxious when his master did not immediately go out to meet his father and brother. Instead, he continued to turn around in the room, turning around, the ladies looked frowning they saw her master looking very ordinary without seeing the figure of a princess.

' let's meet father ' said Aum nervously.

Aum stepped out with wide strides in following Graha who glanced at Aum's favorite lady-in-waiting.he was seen grumbling with the appearance of his daughter's master.

' ani don't grumble the princess won't hear you' Graha's tease as it passes.

...~~...

for a moment Aum stopped at the doorstep he met face to face with the father, the man who looked very haggard in front of him was his father the warlord of the kingdom of Mahestraja.

Aum approached slowly trying to suppress his guilty feelings.

' how's Dad doing? ' asked Aum hesitated as he sat in front of his silent father, who continued to stare closely at Aum.

' how are you? ' whether because it had only been realized from his daydreams Commander Bhandoro even asked his daughter.

' my good father' replied Aum calmly.

he tried to convince his father he had gone through all the problems easily.Arga's brother also asked his condition with great attention, Aum occasionally tried to ask his father even though he answered briefly.

' Dad stay at my humble residence, that's if you'd like' pinta Aum to his father.

' brother Banu will return from the south, you must come home next week' Arga opened the conversation first.

Arga knew his father would not be able to ask for his beloved daughter after seeing the sacrifice that his little sister had made.

' mother wants you to stay early, your room has been cleaned by mother sandrani as well' said Arga again.

Aum looked at his brother who was notoriously straightforward and did not say much, as if reading Dad's mind and expressing it to Aum.

' well, Father and brother are staying today and tomorrow I will be back with you. How? ' the Aum proposal.

the father then raised his head higher and his face became better, making Aum smile widely, he said,

' sister can rest so that Graya will take you to the usual room. let my father deliver ' said Aum again.

...~...

along the way to the room where the father will sleep tonight Aum did not stop telling his daily life in this suburb. a little boasting the interior of his simple house and garden neatly arranged.

' Dad knows not mother larasaty sent jars from his favorite Chinese to display in the living room' long story Aum.

' your mother thinks only of you' said Bhandoro proudly.

he was sad and did not want to meet his daughter who easily chose to leave the house, but the longing and how upset she was his one daughter would never disappear from his heart.

he rubbed Aum's hair that was let down to his shoulders. earlier he had asked why his daughter cut his long hair, but without thinking long Aum said that he just did not want to complicate the bath time.

Bhandoro also knew that the existence of his daughter in the suburbs was also one of the ways His Majesty suppresses crime by placing war heroes in the former territory of the robbers who were rounded up a few months ago. The Aum he raised has now become the commander of a company to be a small general in his army who is famous for being very sadistic.

' if only I had listened to your mother' said Bhandoro, glaring away.

Aum widened his eyes recklessly,

' Dad never regret, Aum did not want to embroider Dad's grumbling Aum and followed the laughter of the father who never stopped.

he continued to tell the story of Aum who cried last night because he was in law to conjure by sandrani.

in his heart Aum said,

My father has returned.

TBC...