The Bajang Child Swinging the Moon (144)

Finally, the time came. He came down from his waiting place in Mega Malang, diving into the mouth of the Ganges River, which had turned into a battlefield.

Sukrosono waited for Sumantri in Mega Malang. He had waited a very long time for the opportunity to come. In this transitory place, he had abandoned all his possessions, including his supernatural powers. The only one remaining was the power stored in his right fang. While he was resigned to giving up everything he owned, he would have rescinded the fangs too had it been not for the beautiful memories he found too dear to erase. On his way to Jatisrana back then he came across Dewi Tunjung Biru who he later rescued from being chased by the giant Kaladaru. As a token of gratitude, the beautiful princess had let Sukrosono guzzle on her breasts. Indulging on her breasts appeared to be the only love Sukrosono had ever experienced. Dewi Tunjung's breasts gave him a different warmth than his mother's that he had suckled when she came down from the transitory place to visit him in the Jatirasa forest. While letting Sukrosono relish her breasts, Dewi Tunjung Biru used her life-empowering spell on him. Slowly she released her breasts from Sukrosono's mouth before disappearing. Sukrosono returned to soberness and felt at a loss. But he immediately realized what he was missing was actually stored in his right fang. In his right fang, he harbored the love that would not desert him even after his death. So when he was killed at the hands of his brother he ascended to the Mega Malang transitory realm and gave up everything he had, except for the fang. The right fang was the fang of love he would rescind only for the sake of love. He kept waiting for when that love would come so he could remove it.

Also read: