Hareem of Queen Alessa
Coronations

After the trial the imperial party immediately prepared a ceremony for the coronation of the new Emperor. While the others were busy with everything, Princess Alessa chose to go to her room. He stared at himself in the mirror. He accepted the throne on the sudden death of his father. Princess Alessa remembers the night they were still talking. Where he was heartbroken by his former fiancee, it was nothing compared to the heartache of being left for dead by the Father.

Princess Alessa got up from her seat and was about to go to the emperor's room. However, when he opened the door he passed by Prince Judas.

“Long life His Majesty the Emperor.”.

“Please, coronation has not been done,” Princess Alessa feels still reluctant.

“Just wait time,” said Judas. The man smiled. “There can I help you?”

Princess Alessa shook her head with an oddity. Her brother looks funny sometimes. Prince Judas Klark was the son of Emperor Basil's favorite concubine. He was the only son of 20 concubines who filled the Emperor's harem. Therefore he could be so close to Princess Alessa who was a pure descendant of the Emperor. While the children of other female concubines live more outside the palace. Only his position is higher than that of ordinary people.

Princess Alessa remembers something when she saw the face of Prince Judas.

“Regarding somewhere grief-relieving-“

“You want to get there?” judas interrupted Princess Alessa's words.

“Now?” the girl asked back.

“Faster is better,” sahut Judas fast.

“But... soon the ceremony will start,” Princess Alessa is a little worried. He was afraid if it hindered the ceremony that would be done with his departure.

“Only a moment, I am sure after this you can rule Aegis well,” Judas assured.

“Is that?”

“Yes, a calm heart will make your life more purposeful,” he added.

Judas' words immediately struck the heart of Princess Alessa. He painstakingly covered his grief. “Do I look desperate?”

“You're like a dry oak.”

“Take me there, Brother!”

***

Prince Judas and Princess Alessa left the palace, using the biga* towards the place intended by Prince Judas. The journey is quite far and time-consuming, during the trip Princess Alessa felt a little restless.

“What's up?”

“No,” Princess Alessa shook her head. He looked away and watched the road. Suddenly he frowned. “I know this way, are we going to “

“Acropolis, we're going there,” the light of Judas interrupts the words of Princess Alessa.

“City at altitude, the place that Big Brother meant is that?”

“Yes, aren't you happy to’a? How about this time you beg the Goddess Athena,”

“I didn't bring anything,” complained Princess Alessa.

“I think, Dewi must understand your situation now who is sad.”

“Hopefully..”.

They arrived at the Parthenon temple, a large and magnificent temple built on a hilltop with a height of 150 m. It was built in honor of the goddess Athena, who was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, and crafts. In addition, the Parthenon was also used as a temple by gods in the Acropolis. From there we can see the city below. The once victorious city of Athens was now uninhabited as a result of the Roman Empire's assault hundreds of years ago. The city is still part of the Aegis.

Princess Alessa uses a still burning fire on a torch as a medium for berto’a. He turned the fire and prayed solemnly. Prince Judas looked at it while smiling a strange smile.

“How does it feel?”

Princess Alessa opened her eyes and looked at Prince Judas. The man had a face that Princess Alessa had never seen before. Getting Princess Alessa speechless, she finally floated the word back.

“I'm curious, what do you feel from all you do’u? What all is granted?” ask while walking closer.

“Ya!” answer the girl quickly.

“What are you?”

“Our kingdom prospered and triumphed to this day, then-“

“It...”

“And what do you get?” now his voice sounds cold. Princess Alessa was somewhat surprised by the question of Prince Judas.

“A-aku-“

“God has not heard do’amu. Do you know why? Because there are no Gods in this world!” emphatically.

Princess Alessa felt annoyed, because she felt that the God she had been worshipping was being underestimated. “Then why did you bring me here if you don't believe in the existence of Gods?”

“God is our enemy the men, because they we look weak. After all that was not my purpose here,” The man looked sharply at Princess Alessa.

“You mean?”

Prince Judas pulled out a dagger, quickly ran over to Princess Alessa and…

JEREB!!!

A stab lodged in the stomach of Princess Alessa. The pain, the shock and the daze become one. Fresh blood flowed profusely staining the bone-white dress that was attached to the girl's body. The clear bead was widened with its mouth that released a matching colored liquid.

“Ke... napa?”

Not the answer that Princess Alessa got, but the pull from the dagger that stuck her stomach.

ZRAASH!!!

“AAKKHH!”

Very painful Princess Alessa felt, she could no longer hold her body until it collapsed. Not even making a sound is possible. He could only see the grin from Judas' lips. The one he had always considered as family even thought of him as Big Brother.

The man crouched down, gave a contrived look of pity and brought his lips closer to the ears of Princess Alessa.

“Sleep well, my dear sister..Say my regards to Ayahanda.”.

After saying that, Prince Judas got up and stepped back. He walked away from the temple. Princess Alessa tried to raise her hand. Hearing the last word made Princess Alessa think that the one responsible for her father's death was Judas. He was angry, sick and disappointed. A clear thread burst out from the corner of his eye and fused with the blood that almost flooded his body.

'That person you cared for since childhood could kill you, Father...The person I called brother now stabbed me. Am I going to die?'

***

30 Minutes earlier.

The palace looked rowdy with the departure of Princess Alessa.

“Alessa's Princess does not exist!” the ladies-in-waiting looked panicked, but the coronation ceremony was about to begin.

“How can you lose Mr Princess?” pekik Empress Rhea.

“Inspardon Your Majesty's servant,” that dayang kowtowed for mercy.

“Find my daughter until I get it! Otherwise, I'll hang you guys!” threaten Empress Rhea.

Frightenedly the ladies are looking. They won't stop until Princess Alessa is found because their necks are already a bet.

Darius heard that he sent all his men to search even outside the palace. Until a while he got word from his men.

“There was a slave who saw His Highness the Princess go with Prince Judas using biga,”.

Darius clenched his hands with a hardened jaw. “To which direction they are?”

“South, Sir!”

“We're there now!”

Tbc.

*the name of the horse-drawn carriage at the time.