The Bajang Child Swinging the Moon (56)

For a moment Sumantri is in doubt again. But quickly he realizes his anxiety will not go away if he reverses his decision. Begawan Swandagni reads his son's conflict in his heart.

Indeed, Sumantri himself has been secretly hiding for a long time his guilty feeling, why should he be ashamed of his younger brother at a time when he has to serve as a knight? This is the wound that is hidden in his heart. And Begawan Swandagni feels the wound will increasingly hurt him if he touches it. But how long can he hide this sadness in his heart? Finally, he can no longer hold back the sadness, and expresses it to Sumantri.

"Sumantri, why are you ashamed to ask your ugly younger brother to accompany you?"