Fake Princess
DXLVIII Chapter
“Stop hugging me, everyone so keep an eye on us,” I said as I tried to escape his embrace.
“Just ignore them, again .. We don't depend on them,” he said as he raised his face to look at me.
“Zeki!”
“I get it, I get it,” he replied, he walked back by letting go of his embrace to me.
I turned to the side, as the high voice of the female again sounded. I listened carefully to what he said, before I crouched down while opening the cloth that wrapped the seeds of the plant and also the mirror I got. I separated the seeds of the plant to the left, while the mirror itself to the right of the handkerchief.
Every now and then I glanced, at some of the women who had done it .. I took a deep breath, my heart rumbled more and more strongly when the handkerchief, was, very slowly I put it in front of the chicken that Zeki had previously caught.
I glanced at Zeki, he stood staring at me. Clearly, a nervous look painted on his face. I was getting nervous, as more and more women's crying sounds came into my ears.
If the chicken, choose the seeds of the plant. So your future husband, is a person who is able to take care of his family, his family will always be happy under his auspices. If the chicken, choosing the mirror .. Then your future husband, will be a drunk and an angry man who will make his own family difficult. However, if the chicken chooses both, be prepared for the ups and downs in the family caused by your husband himself. At least that was how the voice of the woman had been told before.
“If you, do not peck the seeds of the plant, and prefer to peck the others .. I, will eat you alive,” threatened Zeki who made me also feel worried.
I turned to the side, my eyes fell on Julissa who jumped with joy while hugging Adinata, “I know, if you love me too much. I, very happy,” Julissa said, she looked at Adinata's face before re-hugging her.
“I, will really slaughter this chicken!”
I turned my eyes back towards the grumbling Zeki, I dropped my eyes on the chicken that made him growl. The chicken, still busy scavenging the land near the wooden milestone .. He, completely ignored the seeds or mirrors that were nearby.
I stood up again as the screams of the woman came back. I lifted my head, staring at the smoke soaring into the sky, the sound of singing that had previously sounded vague, was now more and more clearly heard. I turned my eyes to the few people who had left this place one by one.
“The next stage will be carried out immediately,” my words turned to look at him, Zeki still quietly bowed... Staring at the chicken he caught, still pecking the ground.
“But I have fought. Why, nature always wants to stop my happiness?”
He raised his face to look at me, as I grabbed and clasped his palm, “we have not finished this festival,” I said with a smile by patting his chest softly.
I pull his hand following in the direction where everyone gathered, “Zeki,” I said as I put my hand on his arm, “forget my request to buy a ring,” connect me again, my footsteps came to a halt when he who was walking beside me stopped his footsteps.
“What are you, want to say back .. If-”
“I, don't give up. It's just, you remember this ring, don't you?” I cut his words while raising my palm with the ring of gifts from Queen Alelah.
“If one thing gets in our way, we just have to find another justification. You said it yourself, didn't you?”
I fell silent, not answering the words he said, “forgive me,”, I said as I let go of the embrace I did on his arm.
I couldn't walk away, as he who was also walking beside me put his arm around my waist. “I know, if you love me too. Therefore, if you hesitate, I will only make you believe again,” he said, who increasingly tightly embrace my waist.
Our footsteps stopped, and I stared at the many women singing around a huge bonfire. I stepped closer to the crowd and joined the other women, circling the bonfire. The greater the flame, the faster our singing and movement surround the flame.
I don't know what's behind that song. Because even the song that was sung, using a language that I did not understand at all. The sun was setting, the fire was getting brighter as the afternoon had changed to night .. The previously high bonfire, had now receded. Leaving a small fire with embers scattered on the ground.
The singing of us stopped, one by one we let go of the hand and then turned to approach our partners again. “Your face looks red once,” he said as he rubbed my face using his palm.
“You two are really disturbing the scenery, is it because your chicken ate the seeds?” I turned towards Haruki who was walking in tandem with Duke Masashi and also Ryuzaki towards us.
“What do you mean, nii-chan?”
“We left the chicken just like that and walked here,” chimpanzee Zeki who made them look at each other.
“What are you doing, doing it because you feel very confident about your relationship?”
“Not that, meant by Zeki, Haru-nii.”
“I see, your chickens ate the seeds. I saw, too, when you left the chicken just like that. Even I, very surprised how your relationship can last until now when it is clear how pessimistic you two are.”
“You see, the chicken ate the seeds?”
“Not only Haruki's brother, but we also saw him,” Ryuzaki said cut off Zeki's words.
I gasped as a hug suddenly enveloped my body. “What are you, unable to hold back in front of my family?” I whispered while trying to glance at him as his head stuck to my head.
“I don't care, I just want to hug you now,” she said followed by her tightening embrace of me.
"Gosh, I'm so happy. Even the chicken understood, if I was a good man," he continued, with several times I felt a kiss on my head.
"Hurry up, I'm getting excited to get this all done" he said, Zeki letting go of his arms to me as he pulled my hand toward the crowd.
"But" I said as I turned to those watching us.
"Go," that's what I read from Haruki's lips as his palm waved towards me who was looking at him.