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Returning to his uncle's house, immediately after Mira met in person with Satrio's uncle and aunt explaining the situation, until it was finally agreed that Mira would be a maid in their house for a while before Mira decided on her own future.
Hearing this, of course, Mira was very happy and grateful to her uncle and aunt. On the other hand, Ursula was also very happy because she had friends. As a child born from a mix of native and European women, Ursula felt discrimination.
Sometimes those of Western descent often ostracize him because they feel he is a mixed race and in this case it makes their friends who are of Western descent feel less comfortable hanging out with him.
So that in this case it makes Ursula very lonely and there will be very few people who want to hang out with her, on the other hand if Ursula wants to be friends with the natives then she cannot always be accepted because of the stigma and also the fear that exists within her. natives themselves.
Not to mention that sometimes there will be some of these natives, with bad intentions wanting to take advantage of the friendship status made by Ursula and them, so that Ursula is not used once or twice by her friends in taking advantage of her status.
This made Ursula not have good friends, and also for that reason the proposal was very happy when she returned to Satrio's hometown where her entire extended family welcomed her very much, not to mention her father's status as an engineer was a source of pride for the big family. they.
The treatment received by Ursula in comparison was completely reversed when she was in Satrio's hometown with the current Batavia where she and her family live, and now with Mira's arrival, Ursula has new hopes about friends the same age as herself who can make her feel comfortable.
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The next day Satrio woke up refreshed from his sleep, feeling that the quality of sleep was very good. He had to compliment the feeling of comfort his aunt had given him.
This can be reflected in the treatment given by his aunt regarding the decoration of the room he is currently occupying, even though it can be said to be a guest room, Satrio is very sure that the room is specially decorated for himself when he is staying at his aunt's house.
Can be seen from the decoration in the room which mainly emphasizes simple but comfortable elements, apart from a bed with mosquito nets to protect against mosquitoes, there is a simple wooden cupboard and a pair of tables and chairs facing the window with a flower pot filled with flowers. jasmine.
And jasmine flowers are Satrio's favorite flowers, this is inseparable from the fragrance which is very refreshing and also contains serenity so that Satrio really likes these jasmine flowers which can also be used as tea.
"Are you awake Satrio?' asked his aunt knocking on Satrio's room.
"It's already Auntie, Satrio has woken up in a while Satrio will be out" replied Satrio from inside the room while changing clothes.
After he looked neat and clean, Satrio immediately left the room and headed to the dining room, where Ursula and Mira could hear the warm chatter from there.
"You guys are gossiping early in the morning" Satrio greeted Ursula and Mira.
"Why indeed, you men are not welcome here" replied Ursula with a playful smile.
"Is that so Mira, I'm not welcome here?" Satrio asked Mira, diverting the question from Ursula.
"Ahh.. Sir..Satrio ..." Mira replied confusedly what to say, even though she knew this was just a joke from the two of them.
"Ignore him Mira, let's wear evening shirts," said Ursula pulling Mira away.
"Hey...Ursula...you can't be like that!!" Satrio complained helplessly but he smiled softly, seeing the close interaction between Ursula and Mira.
At the dining table, now you can see 5 people having breakfast with a menu of chicken porridge made by their aunt.
"Ahhh..this porridge smells so good auntie..." Satrio praised his aunt's cooking.
"Sweet mouth... eat fast, don't let it get cold, if it's not enough, it's still in the pot" replied his aunt smiling happily.
Soon Satrio and the others sat down at the dining table and ate a breakfast of chicken porridge that had been made by his aunt. Throughout breakfast Satrio did not stop praising his aunt's cooking.
This of course earned Ursula a disapproving glance from Ursula but both her uncle and aunt were very happy with Satrio's existence.
For the record, their house only contains 4 people including a maid, basically on normal days when Satrio doesn't come, leaving only the three of them to eat at the dinner table, especially when they eat together, the situation can be said to be just ordinary and tends to be quiet.
This is inseparable from Ursula's character, who is a little quiet when she is dealing with her parents. As a woman who is growing up, she is well aware of the character and nature of both her parents.
Thinking about the bullying she felt at school and also the isolation and use of herself from various friends, made Ursula feel very sad and also disappointed with the intentions and treatment given by her friends.
Ursula repeatedly tried to change their attitude towards her but in the end it became something that was impossible to change, because basically Ursula realized that this was a trait that had been formed from friends who had been small since they were small not to mention the current situation was very obviously very unfavorable for him.
Therefore Ursula kept more of all the suffering she experienced just for herself and did not tell her parents because she did not want to cause more problems for her parents.
If it were not for his father's position as one of the development consulates of the governor of Batavia, then it is certain that his life in the city of Batavia would not be as comfortable as it is today, there in the city of Batavia especially in all areas of their country that have been colonized, there is always a stigma from western nations. colonialists actually is a shameful thing when a woman from the west married a native man.
However, if a preparation has several native savings then this is something commonplace, and here it is the other way around where his mother as a western woman marries his father who is a native, so that then you can imagine the ostracism carried out by these people. people around them.
On the one hand, Ursula's father was considered a traitor by the natives because basically he married a western woman, not to mention that with his current position there would be a lot of suspicion and suspicion from the natives that the position currently obtained by his father was a gift from the colonial nations.
And on the other hand, Western women consider Ursula's mother to be something of a shame because she basically humbled herself to marry native men who were people who were colonized by them.
So then Ursula, who became the child of the two, experienced discrimination both from natives and from western children.
"How is Mira after your last night's stay, have you decided to stay here or what?" Uncle Satrio asked Mira.
Asked by her uncle Mira became embarrassed and with encouragement from Ursula then she said "if the lord permits, I want to stay and become a maidservant for the young lady" Mira said with a red and embarrassed face.
"Father...let Mira stay and be with me" Ursula also persuaded her father.
"Father knows honey, but we really have to hear Mira's decision, because after all she has the right to choose" her father said back to Ursula reminding them that even though they seemed familiar but Mira's future was not something easy to say.
"No sir, I have made the decision that I will devote myself to being a servant in the sir family, as a thank you to the young mistress for helping my life, especially now that I have no other family so it's easy with her in terms of I have considered this to help myself as my own family," Mira replied firmly to her uncle.
"Okay, then I respect you, then you can start work tomorrow," said his uncle agreed.
"Thank you sir but I can work from today" Mira replied again.
"It's okay tomorrow, today you can rest first" replied his uncle again.
"Well, congrats Mira on joining my uncle's family, I guarantee you will feel at home" said Satrio congratulating him.
"Thank you sir Satrio" Mira replied again happily.
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In the backyard, Satrio is currently talking to his uncle again.
"Uncle today is the last day of my ship's stop, if I don't come back in the afternoon then I will miss the ship" said Satrio talking to his uncle.
"It's decided, last night I called your father and explained it, and he agreed so you don't have to worry anymore" his uncle said casually.
"But Uncle my boat ticket?" Satrio asked again with a depressed face.
"Didn't uncle say, uncle will replace why are you still worried" replied his uncle.
"Not one ticket, Uncle, but two," added Satrio.
"Hey...you little rascal....your father said that you at least brought 10,000 dollars, not to mention the gold bars that were also provided, aren't you very greedy" snorted his uncle.
"It was a gift from my father, uncle, so it's different from yours," said Satrio, evading.
"Ok..ok...I will sponsor you 1000 dollars, you don't ask for more because I'm not as rich as your father" his uncle said immediately stopping Satrio who was going to talk again.
Seeing this, Satrio was satisfied and thanked his uncle in return.
"My uncle has a number of questions that still confuse me and I don't know the answers," Satrio said, starting their conversation again.
"What is it? Say it" his uncle said back casually.
"What is the use of our royal artifacts if one day I can return them all?" Ask Satrio.
"Don't think of it as Satrio's old relic, you should know that the artifacts that both your father and uncle referred to are something very important for the identity of the heir of the kingdom that will be given to you.
Those artifacts are things that become identification for our people in this case both those with noble titles and ordinary commoners.
It is because of the importance of this that you can imagine how important these artifacts are," replied his uncle.
"But I'm still confused uncle, how can an artifact that has been lost for hundreds of years be recognized by those nobles and our common people?" Satrio asked with disbelief.
" You may have never seen these artifacts so then you can say so, but know Satrio when you can find just one of them and see it in person then you will be shocked and will also immediately realize that the artifacts you find are something unusual.
How could something that has been lost for hundreds of years and then asked to be found again and brought home be something ordinary, if you have such thoughts then of course Uncle can only say that the vision and also the views that you have towards your ancestral heritage is something very shallow" said his uncle explaining at length.
"Okay, but then the question again is, why wait for hundreds of years to be able to bring back these artifacts, why not bring them a long time ago and just wait for this moment?" Satrio asked again.
"Haahaha... Uncle knew you would ask like that, let Uncle explain.
Since hundreds of years it has been immeasurable how many times our people have tried to reclaim these artifacts, either in a subtle way or in a rough way here the subtle way is to exchange these things for valuable objects such as gold and gems however all of them also failed.
So then the rough steps are taken by stealing but still it always fails, and this makes all our efforts to be frustrating because just to return one artifact will always find failure.
Various methods and methods have been used, until one year before you were born, our big family got a secret scroll that our ancestors had hidden in an undisclosed place.
In the scroll, it is told about the fate of the kingdom that we have today, that no matter how hard we try, we will basically always fail to return the artifact because the deadline has not yet arrived.
At first all of us who found the scroll did not believe what was said until later when we read continuously the contents of the scroll, only then did we realize that it was not as simple as we thought.
There the artifacts are explained that, they cannot be brought home because they are still waiting for the true successors that have been destined for them in this case the people who are chosen, so Until whenever we try to return them it will only be a failure if the person who is destined to be the successor does not take the artifact.
In other words, you can interpret it as that the artifact doesn't want to return to our country because it is still waiting for its master, and after re-reading the contents of the scroll, only then will we realize the criteria for the successor in question.
So in that year a massive search was made to find the successor of what the scroll said was done, from the city to the village a search was carried out to see if there was a last child with the signs referred to by the group.
However, after searching with great effort and ultimately failing, all of them became discouraged, until 1 year later when you were born without realizing it, all the signs referred to in that class were present in you.
And it is from there that we understand more and more that what is meant by this group is true, because after checking from various sides it is found that there are no errors, you can imagine that scrolls that have been stored for hundreds of years will be able to describe very precisely the chosen successor. .
And in this case the writer is you" answered his uncle again.
"Ehhhh... there seems to be a big story, but listening to it is just like an uncle's fairy tale is not a real thing" said Satrio commenting.
"Never mind you, uncle also thinks our extended family is crazy to believe in the scroll, until uncle himself helps and sees the magic firsthand then uncle realizes.
Especially if you realize that the world is currently preparing for something big," said his uncle again.
"Something big what uncle?" Asked Satrio curious.
"Uncle doesn't know either, it's just that I'm sure that the world will not be peaceful in the next few years" replied his uncle again helplessly because he didn't know what else to say.
But this made Satrio surprised because he knew very well that in the next few years the 2nd world war would occur, and combining what his uncle said, it is certain that the big event was the 2nd world war and looking at the country's history they will be independent at the end of the 2nd world war so it can be concluded that this is something that is certain.
However, Satrio never thought that he would become an important figure behind this big event.