Almekia Kingdom
01

I spread my gaze to all directions, I could see the orchid flowers neatly arranged in one corner of the garden. And a three-story fountain in the middle. Around it are arranged small flowers of various colors, while far in the garden neatly arranged large trees shady. The trees are large enough to climb and climb.

Suddenly I could feel the presence of someone behind me, making me reflexively turn to that direction. I found a beautiful girl my age, about eight dozen years old.

The girl had straight hair, brown shoulder to shoulder, wearing a light blue dress with a simple design. The girl smiled broadly at me, taking her leisurely seat on one of the tree trunks she was treading on.

"Hello prince Jasper," said the girl.

Just continue my activities to observe all corners of this vast park without responding to his greeting. Too lazy to talk to the girl. 

"Hahaha must have run away from the palace again huh?" the girl jumped off one of the branches.

"What I'm afraid of is not the soldiers on patrol but your father. He's at home, Saphir?" I replied still alert and kept observing the circumstances around.

"none. It seems to be still in the palace," replied Saphir lightly.

"Thank God then" I let out a sigh of relief.

I set my feet lightly, without the need to tiptoe and hide again to the super-luxury house across the park. The prime minister pavilion of Almekia Kingdom.

As I could, I directly entered without hesitation into the residence. Saphir followed faithfully behind me while occasionally chattering about anything. about things and even insignificant gossip.

My relationship with the prime minister's family is very close. The one thing that made me most happy was that they never hesitated and hesitated to me. They never disputed my status as a prince of this kingdom.

Actually besides the prime minister's family there are still three other ministerial families that are this familiar to me. Their sons who were as beautiful as I was became my best friends.

I also always call them 'uncle and aunt' when faced in non-formal situations.

"Hey Jasper, it just so happens that aunt just finished cooking. Come here taste it!" A graceful and motherly middle-aged woman with her well-groomed brown hair greeted me.

The woman was preparing lunch on the table. She is the aunt of Agata, the mother of Saphir and the wife of the prime minister of the Kingdom. The number two woman in this country after my mother, the Queen.

"Hm, alright, I am already very hungry" I replied happily.

I took a seat on one of the chairs surrounding an oval dining table made of fine and super-large mammers. 

On the table there are various types of food ranging from appetizers, main menu, cover even to snacks and fruits are complete available. 

"That's fancy...Will there be an event? Or did Aunt Agata deliberately prepare it for me?" Ask her.

"Of course Jez, yesterday you ate at Emerald's aunt's house and yesterday again at Garnet's aunt's house so now it's my turn, right?"

"Saphir, you go with Jasper to eat!" he answered while continuing to pander from the kitchen-dining room, bringing various foods.

"So? You escaped from your studies again, you naughty prince?"

"Hehe yes bi," I started eating dimsum appetizers, Chinese cuisine this time.

"The mother kept bringing in private teachers for me. Starting from martial arts teachers, military, personality, war tactics, statehood, even magic and medicine. Just make me shit, boring." I complained and was listened to carefully by the mother and the child.

"It's all good for you Jez, so you can be smart and catch up with my brother and the others quickly." As usual Saphir always tried to comfort me with his sweet words.

"When did you learn to cook a good meal like your mother?" My answer was back to tease her and she immediately put on her sour face.

Her mother laughed with me. Well despite being a girl, Saphir includes a tomboyish girl who prefers to learn martial arts rather than cooking.

"But I don't know when I'll catch up with them if until now your mother won't even let me touch Gear?"

"MYAR!!"

I was shocked when Aunt Agata suddenly dropped the glass she was carrying. He looked very shocked and shocked to hear my words just now.

"Jez?! Is that really what you said?..."

He hurriedly walked up to me, forcing me to stand up from my chair and clutching both of my shoulders very hard. It's really weird.

"No way, there's no way Nephrit would forbid you from touching the gear.not if even until the end of his life your father was with the gear!"

I was getting confused and clueless in the face of Aunt Agata's awkward reaction. Especially when I heard his words just now. Does he know anything about my father? Something I don't know? About my father's death?

"Auntie? Auntie know something about daddy?" I took this opportunity to ask back. 

"How did my father die?"

Aunt Agata fell silent without answering.

"Please tell me. Please answer bi!" My request is full of hope for him.

"Of course I know about him...Your father, your father is a very great king. Heroes of this kingdom..." Without being able to prevent Aunt Agata from pulling her hand from me.

He left me and Saphir who were still confused about the reaction of his beard. The two of us could only exchange views of astonishment.

"Do I have no right to know about my own father, Saphir?" Many frustrating.

I threw myself back on the chair I was sitting in. Saphir who usually could always comfort me was at a loss for words this time. He could not answer, only giving me encouragement and warmth with a firm grasp of his hand.

"Thank you." I tried to smile.

I tried to continue eating the dishes that Aunt Agata had painstakingly served me. My appetite has gone somewhere, though my stomach is still hungry but somehow my mouth gets hard to swallow this delicious food.

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I stared at the night sky from one of the balconies on the third floor of the palace, dark and dense. The moon only reveals a small part of its light that is shaped like a sickle. It was as if giving thousands of stars a chance to show off their glow. 

"Good night Jasper" a greeting of a soft, gentle voice roused me from daydreams.

I turned my eyes towards the sound. And I found a very beautiful woman like a goddess who had just come down from the sky. The woman looked increasingly radiant with her white silk dress and the red scarf she was wearing.

A stark contrast to the dark background of the star-studded night sky. Very graceful, charisma is able to make anyone who sees it to hold their breath for a moment... She is my mother, the great queen of this land.

She was a strong woman who had raised me alone, without the figure and figure of a husband. In the midst of his busy life as a queen who led this kingdom, he was still able to devote all his love and attention to me only his only son. 

Though with everything contained in her, not a few kings or princes from various countries who intend to ask her to be made a wife. But mother refused everything, mother was so loyal to my mysterious late father.

It's so mysterious that I just don't know what his face, name, and everything about him is.

How did that make him die? What kind of big event can cause the death of a king of a kingdom?

All I know is that my father was a great and very great king, a hero of the kingdom. Everyone in this country says so. But how good is he? Whatever has he done? How did it go during his life? Everything still remains a great mystery.

I bowed my body a little, paying homage to my mother even though it was a little late.

He smiled silently to greet my reverence and took a stand next to me, looking up at the night sky in the distance.

"The moon and the stars glitter, but they will die helplessly without a glimmer of light from the sun" said the mother, glaring far away, as if to say to herself, not to me. 

I had indeed learned literature or natural science, but still I was confused not to understand what the meaning of his words. Can a star shine on its own without the sun? Only the moon needs light from the sun to shine.

"Jasper, you're 18 years old, son. It is time for you to take responsibility. Don't play too much and do unnecessary activities!" This time his words were addressed to me, in a very subtle tone without an accusatory tone. 

He also threw a smile at me. Makes me feel ashamed of myself as if irresponsible and likes to run away from my lessons.

"I think it's time you got a mentor to oversee your activities and education."

I was shocked to hear my mother's words. A mentor? The one who will, guide, watch over me and limit all my personal activities and feelings? Just be right...

"Yesterday Kunzite's uncle offered to be your mentor. What say?" Mom continued a while later because I didn't answer.

Absolutely insane! How could Uncle Kunzite, a royal prime minister, intervene alone to become my mentor? If it's like this, of course I have no other choice, right?

"Pardon ananda, queen's mother." I forced my brain to load faster to be able to turn this situation that was very detrimental to me into a little profitable.

"Thank you for the kindness of your mother. And of course there is no doubt about the prowess of the Kunzite prime minister. Ananda will gladly accept it..."

"Ehm, but ananda has one request. Please allow ananda to gain knowledge about Gear. The development of current gear technology is very rapid, gear science can definitely deepen ananda knowledge." I told myself to talk about gear to my mother.

(Gear, robot ± 7 meters with a wide range of shapes, colors and capabilities. This robot has only one cockpit for a pilot).

"Gear?" Ask your mom a little surprised. "Do you want something dangerous?" The tone of the queen's mother's voice rose an octav.

"Ananda just wants to know how it operates, its specifications and how to control it. Not for war or destruction" I'm trying to alibi.

"Well, I'll consider this Gear problem with your mentor. Now it's late at night, rest up because from tomorrow uncle Kunzite will start his duties. Tomorrow he will give you a new schedule of activities." My mother gently stroked my hair and kissed my forehead, giving me good night.

Makes me want to not pay back to pay my respects and ask for resignation from before him.

I finally stepped away from my mother. Can only condemn my powerlessness to defy his orders. How could the queen's mother take the trouble to consider Gear? He didn't even let me touch that thing.

The gear is the most amazing thing man made in this century. Robots are commonly used in military and transportation. Not infrequently also as a weapon of war and a means of destruction. But still all went back to their respective pilots. Return to the man who controls it. So it is not a dangerous gear but a controlling pilot, it is human passions that are more dangerous than the gear itself...

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