Dark Age: Rise Of Java Chapter 5. News From West

After a few months here Hayam has adapted to today's environment, some of the things that make Hayam regret is the lack of entertainment in this era, it seems that gambling is the most popular entertainment for people today and some traditional dance performances, but both of these things are very hated by Hayam, gambling will not make players rich only the bookie will be rich and for dance performances it is actually a brothel under the guise that even though this small body is a virgin but Hayam's soul is the soul of a man from the future especially since health technology in this era is still very backward Hayam will never visit a brothel. With his identity as a future king, there are certainly many women who are willing to give their bodies.

When Hayam was busy writing suddenly a female servant came in and said to Hayam "Raden there is news from the battlefield, Bhre Tumapel won several battles but the leader of the rebellion has not been caught according to the news their leader escaped into the forest in the sunda galuh region so Bhre Pajang cannot spread it too far because it can cause wars between kingdoms".

"Is there more detailed news?".

"No Raden, this is some of the news I got".

"Alright you can go".

Finally after a few months Hayam got news about his father, Oh and his father was not a King, he was a Bhre, Bhre is another term for a governor.

Before his mother ascended the Throne to replace his grandmother he was a governor of the Tumapel area, for the location Hayam did not know because he did not memorize the Majapahit map, he only knew that the capital of Trowulan was near the Surabaya area, but that was a map from the future for now Hayam did not know maybe only the Jogja area he knew, the Jogja area might now be called Mataram.

But his father's current position of Bhre was just a name, because he was now the husband of the queen leader of the country so he had to accompany her and the duties as a governor were given to someone else and that someone else must be his relative. It seems that the culture of nepotism in this country will never be eliminated from ancient times to modern times.

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A small village in the Paguhan region.

Inside a hut made of bamboo and a thatched roof, several men were gathered discussing something.

A man with a fierce face, black hair and wearing a chainmail uniform that covered his chest and then on his sleeves was a cover with a carved sun symbolizing the majapahit flag.

"How are our troops preparing?" the man asked.

"General our troops are all prepared, with the moonlight we don't have to worry about lighting". Answered one of the aides.

"We don't need to rush to attack, send some scouts not to be caught, wait until midnight and the enemy troops are off guard".

"Yes general" replied all the men who were there.

The man was Cakradhara or he was the father of Hayam Wuruk, actually Cakradhara's departure was strongly opposed by his wife but he still insisted on going to lead the troops to quell the rebellion.

Cakradhara's position in the palace was actually very awkward because he was a man but his wife was the queen leader of the country, so he insisted on going and getting some achievements so that his position in the palace would be more stable and he would not live under the shadow of his wife.

It was late at night, a small town with a wooden fence and some soldiers were patrolling under the wall, they walked and observed the situation but because it was getting late many soldiers began to yawn.

Suddenly there was a sound from the bush, a soldier scanned the place but before the soldier could react a hail of arrows came and killed several soldiers.

"Enemy attack".

"Enemy attack".

The bell in the city rang and woke up all the soldiers, but before the soldiers could gather. The Majapahit attackers had already broken into the city, sounds of killing were heard everywhere and fires began to burn several houses.

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Hayam was sleeping on his back under a shady tree, his mouth chewing brown sugar.

"It's not bad, but no internet or cell phone huuhh so boring" Hayam sighed.

Passing day after day just learning to exercise and write makes Hayam very bored, he actually wants to try to hang out with some noble children to find out if there is interesting entertainment or not but the result is zero they only play boring games.

Moreover, in this age there are no cigarettes, this makes Hayam very depressed in the future Cigarettes are like a culture in Indonesia, probably more than 60 percent of Indonesian men smoke, even Cigarettes are like dessert, yes every time you finish eating you must smoke and Hayam is also the same he has started smoking since he was in middle school even though there is a ban on smoking for children under 18 years old but that's just writing in fact he has tasted cigarettes from the age of 12.

"Ah hhh.... Damn maybe I should look for tobacco?" a thought crossed Hayam's head.

However, Hayam immediately erased that thought because right now it was better to think about more important things even though cigarettes were important but Hayam's future was the most important.

Hayam had a lot of free time because he only needed to study and exercise, actually he also wanted to attend the royal meeting but this idea was immediately rejected because there was no way his mother would allow it.

Although the children of nobles in this era have started to mature prematurely because of the education they received from childhood but the royal meeting is not a place for 10-year-olds, although the soul in this body is the soul of a 30-year-old man but it is Hayam's secret that he will keep until death, Hayam does not want to be labeled as a witch or a madman.

Feeling bored Hayam decided to wake up from his sleep, he wanted to walk around the Palace maybe he could get some inspiration to entertain his boredom.