Inside the carriage, the tribe princess suited herself sitting in silence, ignoring the intent gaze emanating from the prince who sat across her. It continued like that until the gates of the palace opened to welcome them.
Alminah jumped out the carriage and strode fast towards her own room where she thought she belonged. She hoped that Shuna will be there to comfort her.
Clearly, the empire was making a dummy out of her, a mere object; a political figure who would be a good example of the one bending the laws on the empire.
She then analyzed that her actions won’t go unpunished. Those ministers would call for a council meeting to deliberate what harsh law was suitable to punish her.
To punish her.
Well, that was fine rather than have her tribe and her father suffered for her callous actions.
To punish her was
King Suk looked at his son and wondered how on earth did he know about those hidden agenda of those ministers. “Excellent discovery. May I know what gives you the cue on barging that room to know such knowledge?” “Itisawho,myking.” “Alrightthen.Who?” “Thetribeprincess.” The king raised his brows, quite surprise not with who gave his son the idea about the situation but with how he reverently addressed her like the most precious treasure the empire possessed. He knew by mere glance that she was not just an ordinary princess. She learned their language so well that he even doubt the facts that it was her first time meeting the nobles and royals the moment she arrived from the forbidden valley. “If that is the case, I shall have to put spies on each of the ministers and investigate those areas where complains resided.” “Thankthee&nbs
Once upon a time, there was two princes living together in one big castle. Both gifted with talents and abilities. The eldest prince shows very promising skills on being the next king while the other one shows the same ability as the eldest prince. The young prince was happy to hear among the nobles about how good wilt it be if his brother could be the next king. He was very proud to be his brother although they both came from different queens. The young prince’s mother was always displeased for not having his son not next in line for the future king. So as ambitious as she was, she had a secret counsel with the ministers to solicit advises to the king to have the young prince in the king’s throne someday. As if it was not difficult to do so, it was announced that the young prince wilt be succeeding the recent king on his twenty eight birthday. It was during a royal family dinner that the news was declared.
“We are so worried of the majesty prince, my queen.” One of the chambermaids of the prince spoke to the queen. It has been three days since a strange sickness struck the prince all of the sudden since he had his trip from the land Vado. “The physician, what are their recommendations? Any herb that could lessen the prince’s suffering?” The queen asked in hidden contempt. “Please do not be angry at us your highness.Even the finest physician that we have now cannot seem to deter what is going on the young prince. We have sent words to the king and he is coming at this sundown.” The Queen looked at his son, on his bed, quivering in unknown coldness that grip him and what struck them, was when he suddenly cried on his sleep muttering those words of begging. “Pleasehearme…please.Comeback…”Jionbeggedinshakyvoiceinclosedeyes. The queen m
“Son.” Even the King wore a panic look when the young prince was heaving his chest up and down with difficulty in breathing. He was choking those words of anguish. “Do something!” the king ordered while all physicians were at their limits. They cannot do something on the prince despite with the fact that they even resorted on putting some painful pressures on his wrists just to revive him in a waking world. “The curse is lethal your highness.” Spoke one physician practicing traditional healing. “He was dealing with his greatest fear on his own intangible realms. He must awake on his own or he wont be.” Another wild thrashing coming from the young prince while all his maidservants restrained him. He was burning hot with beads of sweats ran across his face. He clenched his teeth and held his breath that it frightened them. His closed eyes were as if being pulledfirmly preventing him to be back in a waking
In the capital city,people of different provinces flocked there. Many entrepreneurs scattered around the district, displaying their various products according to what would their respective provinces would produce. There were silk, jewels, rich foods, costly shoes and even animals being saled. Alminah's face was a delight to see when she kept on tossing herself around, looking so lively while seeing for herself the vastness of the capital and its grandeur. Most of the consumers were of nobles type so having a prince tagging along would stand as a challenge since he could draw a crowd. So he was left inside the carriage while she had two lords following her behind. LordTroihastilylookinghereandtherewhenhehadlostsightofthelittleprincess. “We have lost her.” Sten exclaimed in panic while trying to get in the middle of the crowd.
Atthebanquethallwheretheroyalfamilyis… Woon carefully placed the buttered chicken on the tribe princess’ platter, cutting a portion for her convenience. He was talking to her in low voice that only them heard. Twopersonswereeyeingtheminsecret,unsettledwiththekindofhappyatmospherebetweentheeldestprinceandthetribeprincess. Thekingmighthadfelttheeeriesilence,hespokeupfacingtheeldestprince. “The products ye brought from Hanyang were of good use to our empire.” The king complemented. “Oh that was pleasant to hear, father.” Woon smiled to his princess. “Maybe I should have search for more native products that wilt be of good use to the Teuton tribe too.” B
In boredom while looking outside, the young prince never did join his company with their animated exchange of words. Rather he suited himself in listening to them. Strangely, his ears would perked up when the tribe princess would began to respond to the inquiries of the eldest prince. “Ireadtonsofbookwhenyeareaway.”ThetribeprincessrespondedtoWoon. “Whatkindofbookdoyeread?MightIlendyousomeofmine.”Suejoinedin. “No particular kind, really. But I love the recent book that I am reading now.” She commented. “Whatisit?”Woonasked. Not one of them saw Jion’s slight tilting of his head towards the tribe princess and Alminah throwing a silent stare to the young lad before both averted their eyes from each other. “Works of Tol
Princess Alminah wiped her own tears as she saw Sue in a distance, sulking. She got off her own horse and slowly strode towards her, quite relieved that Sue had not entered into the forest or finding her wilt be difficult. “PrincessSue-,” “Donotevendaretocomenearme!” Alminahstoppedonhertracksandwatchedhersobbedsilently. “Iamtrulysorry.”Alminahmanagedtosay. Sue looked at her with an accusing glare. “Are ye perhaps happy that ye made those two fight over thee?” ThetribeprincesswasevenperplexedwhyinheavenSuesaidthosewords. “I would want them to mend their bond again. I want them to get along as much as you want, Princess.” There was silence before Sue looked down realizing that