Almekia Kingdom
49. Diamond - Love Letter

It's been a week since Jasper, Zircon, Opal, Platina and my only sister Saphir left the palace. Not a few troops have been deployed to search for them, all technological and information sophistication is also deployed as much as possible, but still the results are nil.

No one knows where they are. Where exactly are they? Why can't even satellite systems find their location? The answer is only one. They must be there, we are without internet access or networks that can be captured by satellites. Bloody Hell's.

Goddamnit! I'm so pissed off! When my sisters were most likely in danger, I even felt good to sleep here. Sleep in a luxurious royal class room of the central hospital. I couldn't do anything to find them.

Because ‘Mind reading’ at that time my body condition should have recovered 100%, even just recovered 77%. I have been able to stand and walk on my own, although very slowly because it is still often dizzy and weak. Much better than having a wheelchair.

For a long time I became fed up with my own body that was this weak. I want to catch up with them, make sure of their circumstances and safety. I'm sure once they get there, they're bound for Bloody Hell.

“Aaaa..ayo open your mouth!” Amy thrust a spoonful of porridge at me. The food was boring and tasteless, bland.

I would not want to open my mouth to take a bribe, even though I was very tired of eating the porridge.

“Already Diamond, don't think of them anymore. There's Opal and Zircon with them, they must be fine. You just need to concentrate on your recovery, the sooner you heal the sooner you catch up with them.” He poured another spoonful of porridge on me.

“Yah. You are right,” I replied resignedly.

I am well aware of my helplessness. How else would you like? All the super-advanced equipment in this hospital alone could not provide much progress that meant for my recovery.

And if I force myself to leave, I might die silly. I'm not that crazy about dying, either, it's good. I'm not married yet!

Besides, with my current state of body, I'm not sure I can drive my gear until Bloody Hell. So what can you do besides resigning and sleeping in the hospital until declared cured?

“Hallo Diamond! You're alive, aren't you?” Uncle Topaz entered my room just as Amy put down my plate that I only ate half of it. Already eneg and can not continue to ordain it again.

During this week he always came to give me ‘heal’ and ‘cure’, healing by using his inner energy. Something that no non-healer can do. A pure fighter like me can also do 'heal' but not to heal, it can only prevent the wound from getting worse.

“Of course uncle, I won't die before taking Amethys out of uncle's hands,” I replied. But able to make Uncle Topas laugh wide and redden the beautiful face of Amy.

“So get ready to let go, uncle!”

“In a dying state can still joke, this is just the name of Colonel Diamond Alexiel Lionheart.” Suddenly a most unexpected body figure appeared before us. The most unexpected person to come see in the hospital in broad daylight like this.

Queen majesty! He approached me with a smile. I watched the middle-aged woman, she looked beautiful and graceful as her daily appearance as a queen. Well even though his face looks a little pale and puffy in the second part of his eyes. He seems to have been crying a lot these days.

Amy and Uncle Topaz paid their respects to the Queen. I also tried as much as I could to bend my body, paying my respects as well even though it felt very painful to me.

The queen quickly received our homage and approached me. He helped me straighten my body back up, lean back and then take a seat right next to my bed.

“How are you, Diamond? It seems to have started to improve,” observed me carefully.

“Ya is good, but I am tired of sleeping here,” I replied casually.

“What's bi? Unusually aunty comes at a time like this?” manyaku.

Aunt Nephrit was silent for a moment, awkwardly looking at Uncle Topaz and Amethys alternately as if asking for their approval.

Uncle Topaz quickly nodded while Amy remained expressionless. With a slight hesitation Aunt Nephrit took out and thrust a piece of red envelope at me.

“So morning there was a letter addressed to the palace but above your name, Diamond.This is open,” He said hopefully, maybe hoping to get a clue where his son was from the letter.

I slowly opened the red mail envelope that was still sealed neatly. I was a little worried about seeing that red color, my favorite color and also a color that reminded me of a girl far away.

I carefully opened the envelope, inside it was a white sheet of paper with red ink. My heart rate stopped for a while to read the letter.

**Hello colonel Diamond

I miss!!! kangen, kangen and kangen!!! Kangen anyway!!

Oiya I have good stuff, you must be interested. There was a fragile white gold and a worried jewel ring.

Hows it?... Come and meet me at the usual place, bring me my favorite stuff instead hehe you know what I mean right?

I hope you come soon, or I'm afraid of accidentally damaging both valuables.

Greetings, muach

Ruby**

I read once again the letter, the chaotic language used in the letter clearly proves this letter is the original from the Ruby I knew. The contents of the letter also vividly mention that he has captured Platinum and Opal. I checked the red envelopes again and found some long, choppy strands of hair that belonged to Platina.

“Diamond? What's the contents of the letter?” Urged aunt Nephrit to worry, looking at me who had been silent before looking at the letter and the red envelope. Without answering I handed the letter to him and read it.

“What? What the hell does this mean? May the sender of this letter have captured Platina and Opal? Then. Then what about the others? What about Jasper, Saphir and Zircon?” he panicked after reading the letter.

“Opal taken prisoner? Impossible!” Amethys panicked to hear about his sister. A letter was taken from Nephrit's aunt's hand and she read it immediately.

“This is not at all mentioned about Jasper, Zircon and Sapphir, I think they managed to escape so the captor did not list their names, he said,” said Uncle Topaz with a cool head after reading the letter in Amy's hands.

He is indeed a great tactician, still able to think clearly even though it concerns Opal, his own biological son. He was certainly equally worried.

“Do you know his favorite item that we have to hand over this, Diamond?”

“Money. Or it could be gold considering he is a robber. He didn't mention the amount, so I guess he wanted gold, some bars I think were enough. Ruby is not a person who is too concerned about materials,” I replied.

“Tak problems. The ransom gold I'll set aside no matter how much. The important thing is they survived,” Aunt Nefrit chimed in on my answer.

“The problem now is not the ransom he asked for, but who should deliver it. It seems like he required Diamond to negotiate to release them,” Uncle Topaz added while looking at me with a hard-to-read look.

“Why should Diamond?” amy asked suddenly in a rough tone of voice, perhaps she had forgotten that the queen's majesty was beside her.

“He hasn't even healed yet, do you want to kill him? Why do you keep hampering his recovery?”

“Nothing Amy, I'll pick them up. Ruby was a very stubborn and reckless girl. He will not hesitate to hurt or kill people just for his pleasure. We'd better just obey his wish for their safety.” I smiled trying to convince the girl. Glad to be noticed by him. But it feels like he's being overprotective of me.

“No! Can't! I'm not gonna let Diamond out of the hospital until she's completely healthy. I don't want anything to happen to her again! It's enough everything he's been through.” Amy insisted.

Silent for a moment, we were completely unable to reply to Amy's words. After all, he was the most loyal to take care of me while in the hospital, besides my mother of course.

That's when something very unexpected happened. The queen rose from her chair, took a few steps back, then bowed her body with wisdom right in front of me.

“I'm sorry, Diamond. All my fault, I'm the only one to blame for all this... I know for a fact that I don't deserve your help after what I did."

"But please, Diamond, save my son, save Jasper. Only you can save them. I, I am completely helpless with all this power, I can do nothing.” Both I, Amy and Uncle Topaz could only gawk at the queen's deed.

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