Queen Candidate
44
The night came, King Bhian was sitting holding a book in a chair by the window of the room. The incoming moonlight adds to the light in the not-so-bright room. Zhia who was sitting on the edge of the bed was troubled between having to say what was on her mind or just being quiet.
It was not a matter of fearing what she thought, it was just that Zhia did not want to rashly act later. What else in this kingdom is she is still a candidate and does not have full rights in acting without the consent of her future husband.
Finally, after some hesitation, Zhia decided to say what she thought.
King Bhian raised his gaze looking at the girl in front of him who was sitting staring out.
"Is there anything Catri?" asked King Bhian who saw something Zhia wanted to say.
The girl looked at the man beside her seriously.
"There's something" Zhia took a deep breath and exhaled again.
"Do you know about General Loican?" tanyanya got a nod from King Bhian.
"His daughter is attending an ongoing event" Zhia continued.
"Then?" king Bhian asked seriously when he found Zhia's serious face. There must be something disturbing that the girl looks so serious he thought.
"The General's son is named Ruican and he is quite skilled in following matches, it can even be said that only he is likely to win among others, but that is not the case"
"What problem?" The Young King seemed to be remembering something while listening to Zhia's story.
"The woman is suspicious, she always looks cynical and sharp at me, from the look on her face it looks like she has a grudge and really wants to finish off, he said, Catri realized that even whenever Catri looked at them he was like a pee, Catri was sure that he would do something later" Zhia moved her face closer to King Bhian with a more serious face.
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Zhia pulled her face quickly with a little annoyed that the man in front of her had kissed her while being serious.
"Be serious Cami" said Zhia.
The Young King chuckled furiously at Zhia's adorable annoyed face to him.
"Alright, but it seems there is something strange here" said King Bhian seriously.
"What's so?" ask Zhia curiously.
"To Cami's knowledge, the Loican General had no daughter, his only son if he did not remember wrongly, he had been brought to the palace when Cami was around the age of twelve years his son ten years, had also joined Cami in the past when there was a royal celebration in the palace, after that never know again" explained King Bhian when remembering his childhood.
"That was Cami, the general could have had another child afterwards" Zhia said, touching her chin with her index finger and thinking face.
"That can't be Catri, because his son used to tell Cami that he wanted to have a sister but his mother couldn't give him another sister, that's what Cami remembers"
"It could be that the general was remarried to another woman or that he had a concubine so the child was the son of his concubine, because Kasim Oni said she was the General's favorite daughter"
The handsome man in front of Zhia seemed to think again, it felt like he did not believe what Zhia said. What's more than all these generals in the Sun kingdom is that General Loican is quite close to him besides his uncle. Even as he remembered his father once said to his mother when the two accompanied little King Bhian to study.
His father said that the general was very loyal to his wife because their love struggle is not easy. So King Bhian doubted what Zhia said about General Loican's daughter, what might be from his inner concubine.
"After Catri, we will sleep and Cami will find out everything, while being careful and remain vigilant" said King Bhian pulled Zhia's hand to take the girl to bed.
"Alright, Catri is also convinced that he will not be able to do anything anytime soon, at least at the last event" Zhia guessed.
"Relax Catri, Cami will always protect you"
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The next morning after eating Zhia went again to the place where the match was held because today it will be determined who will qualify selected and become Zhia's opponent later.
Arriving at the venue Zhia sat in her place and already felt a sharp look from the direction of the participants. Zhia smiled sinisterly as one looked the other way when Zhia saw him.
The game starts from hunting first, the hunting they do is not like what men do. The women only had to catch the rabbits that were released around the arena that had been given a barrier and some obstacles to block the women.
They had to use arrows to hunt down the rabbit but were worried about yesterday's archery match. The participants must use their bare hands to catch the rabbit and have to catch as many as they can.
Three hours passed and the hunting event was completed, after calculating the number of rabbits they could ask participants for a break to later continue the next event, namely sword.
Not all can catch a rabbit, not because they can't but have trouble running after the rabbit because of their dress.
A few moments later the show continued.
A wide round-shaped arena that will be used to fight swords has been prepared wide enough for them to compete. The sword they used was not a real sword either. A toy sword that even part of his sword eye blunted.
It was done so as not to hurt the participants because this match was not for a show of force. What's more those women never use swords to defend themselves so it's better to use fake swords more safely.
The match starts with one opponent, after getting the winner then proceed with the other until getting the next winner. Until the winners come back and get another winner.
Until one winner gets it from the others, and she is definitely the Ruican woman who always watches over Zhia's moves in that area of the match. Even he was always staring hostilely at Zhia from afar, of course Zhia knew that because since childhood Zhia was taught by her father to be sensitive to the surroundings in order to know the dangers that could come from anywhere.
"From the results of the match that we have conducted, the best participant is Miss Ruican and from the last match also won by Miss Ruican so the conclusion is that the winner of this match is Miss Ruican" said Kasim Oni announced the winner after being seen by Zhia all the assessments of the participants and from what he witnessed himself.
"Since Miss Ruican is the winner of the fellow contestants' match, then tomorrow is the final match and the determination of whether Miss Ruican can defeat Princess Zhia in the sword fight tomorrow morning, then tomorrow morning, others will also be announced tomorrow after the match between Miss Ruican and Princess Zhia is over" he said.
Ruican smiled cynically at the announcement from the Oni eunuch. Dorynya raised her hand to interrupt.
"Sorry to interrupt the eunuch!" he said it caught the attention of everyone staring at him.
"What's the matter Miss Ruican?" ask Kasim Oni.
"I want to make a request, is it allowed?" her door.
Eunuch Oni saw Zhia asking for approval and got the nod.
"Please" said eunuch Oni.
Ruican was still smiling here then looking at Zhia who was standing behind the Oni eunuch.
" I want the match tomorrow to be attended by His Majesty the King, because after all tomorrow is the last match and His Majesty must watch it, what else is this match to choose his future Empress" ruican said confidently.
"Did you forget that rule..."
"Alright" Zhia said, stopping Kasim Oni's speech.
"Without you even Your Highness will be here tomorrow don't worry" he continued.
After everything is finished the show is disbanded. Zhia smiled amusedly in her heart, how could the prey ask the greater hunter to participate in Zhia's inner self.