Magic Of Mana Book 1: The First Tragedy
Chapter 1: The Birth of the Disaster (Part 3)

Chapter 1

The Birth of the Disaster (Part 3)

Scarlet smiled. Slowly the sturdy gate of the fort came down and opened, making a huge bridge that could pass through about 30 horse carriages at a time. The large chain on the right and left of the gate slowly lowered it until when the door was flattened to the ground, the legs of the horse that Scarlet was riding on could precisely step over it. And when he got through it, the big gate closed again.

Scarlet and her baby are now behind the solid wall, inside a very beautiful and very large city. The city of Throttling, the city of united humans. Before long, several guards in armor and heavily armed approached him and greeted him. She and the baby immediately went down after the footsteps of the horse had stopped. The horse looked very tired. The guards took Scarlet and her baby in a beautiful horse-drawn carriage to the palace. They do it without words. This time, Scarlet was able to breathe more calmly and noticed her baby still sleeping soundly.

Along the way, Scarlet continued to stare at the baby she loved so much. He kept his tears running out because all night he kept crying. And finally he arrived inside a magnificent palace, he had just turned to look out of the carriage. He had unknowingly passed through the gate of the fence towering high enough that even a squirrel would not be able to jump it.

The carriage came to a halt and a guard opened the door for Scarlet. He immediately came down and walked into a large, beautiful wooden door that had been opened at the same time as he was descending. A man dressed in noble clothes was waiting for him behind the door.

That man is a king. His name was Riccard Victor. He was a dashing king, almost 2 meters tall, with long yellow hair, mustache and beard. His eyes bright brown radiated wisdom. Her skin was a bright tan very visible from her arms and her face was not covered in her clothes. There was a scar slashed on his right temple, proof that he was a brave knight.

“Finally you arrive, Scarlet,” welcome King Victor and soon he tries to see the baby carried by Scarlet. “He is very beautiful. A woman, right?”

“Thank you for everything, Victor! You're my best friend. A.aku..” reply Scarlet who can no longer stem her cries.

“Already, this is fate, Scarlet. Now you're safe here, at least for a while,” Victor said. “Come, Queen Stephanie is already inside, we are talking inside only, ” invite her to point into the royal living room. They'll be there soon.

As soon as they entered the room, the guards and bodyguards left and closed the door. Suddenly a very beautiful woman appeared from the opposite side door. He was tan-skinned but brighter than King Victor. Her hair was long black and very wavy. His eyes are bright brown. Very graceful. She was the wife of the king, Queen Stephanie.

“Welcome back, Scarlet,” welcome Queen Stephanie.

“Thank you my best friend, Her Majesty Queen Stephanie,” reply Scarlet.

“Sit down, you must be very tired,” said the queen. “My waiter has prepared a drink. Warm tea will restore staminamu”.

“Thank you, Your Majesty,” reply Scarlet and follow the request of the Queen.

“At first it was hard. This past week they have been keeping an eye on me, if I don't ask for the trust of Chieftain Yasmine, maybe I can't give birth in that hut" Scarlet explained, “maybe a while longer, maybe, they'll come get me and maybe I'll be killed on the way. But I'm ready for it."

“You plan to keep going, Scarlet?” ask King Victor.

“What if you stay here? You'll be safe, Scarlet!” queen Stephanie said, “I thought you'd stay here?”. His hands twitched to each other seemed he was very anxious about the condition of his best friend. The silver ring with a bright yellow diamond coiled around the middle finger of his right hand shone in the slightly darkened room.

“No if we do not want to have a dispute between countries, Your Majesty,” replied Scarlet.

Scarlet and Zahid came to town a month ago to meet King Victor and his wife and tell them what was going on. At that time, there was a debate about what to do because it was very concerned with both parties, namely the quartz and the Earth Kingdom. But, Scarlet planned something so that what was their goal to their friend was still done without having to damage the relationship between states.

“It's okay, Her Majesty the Queen,” replied Scarlet, “well, I am on behalf of my personal and on behalf of my husband, Zahid Salim, and as a long-time companion to the person of Her Majesty King Victor and Her Majesty Queen Stephanie. And on the success of the Earth Kingdom Throttling. We who must be victims of the purity that our people embrace..,” Scarlet shed tears again, “ka.we beg to.for.”.

Scarlet was held back for a moment. King Victor and Queen Stephanie seem to be holding back their grief. They are very sorry for what happened. But, they must put forward the affairs of the wider audience rather than their personal interests.

“We beg to care for and raise our driven child,” Scarlet continued, “this is probably my last apology as your old friend. Everything that happened was fate and the one who would suffer the most was this innocent baby. I hope Your Majesty is willing to babysit it.” Scarlet cried out.

“Since we met before this, we've received it, Scarlet. He will be your son, always be your son and we will take care of him like our own son,” replied Queen Stephanie, “you are like brothers to us. Our bond even exceeds the bond of our parents who have left us since we were very young because of the war. You helped us a lot more, so let us take care of him and raise him. We swear by our lives as a family, not just as your best friend.”

Hearing this, Scarlet was very surprised, “Your Majesty as a Queen dare to swear?” he said in his heart.

“He will be someone who will change the world, Scarlet!” it is likely that he will inherit the throne of this kingdom," added Queen Stephanie, “we will never have direct descendants, and perhaps this is also the destiny of the gods.”

Scarlet seemed to be healed by magic that was not of that world. Suddenly he became very happy and happy. He's very relieved. Then, silence appeared for a while before he again said, “te..thank you, Your Majesty.”

“Give her a name, Scarlet!” king Victor's Order.

“This baby is named...” replied Scarlet was calm and took a short breath, “Shumi Mediane”, and the baby was awakened from his sleep.

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