Reflections
Official Decree

"General, where are you going?"

The boy asked the woman whose hair was broken. Even his plain face looked confused. He followed the steps of the woman.

"King called. It seemed, he wanted to say something important," Constantine Yang replied. He exhaled a long breath while wearing his green robe, taking a quick glance at the questioner.

"Jian Bi has become your servant and I don't have anyone anymore right now. So, I want to go wherever you go" he said.

Constantine smiled. He looked at Jian Bi with a sincere look. The mane of the teenager who then became flushed after being treated like that.

"I will take you, but not this time because the King himself called me. In this time, I don't want you to have any trouble with the royal people. They're not necessarily trustworthy" Constantine said. He looked at the face of Jian Bi, a 13-year-old who looked puzzled. But he did not try to explain.

"If you're back, I'll give you a reason. While waiting, find Captain Han—he will take you around this base. You can see the knights who are training later. Come learn from there. I ... don't need a weak person and can't protect myself by my side." Constantine explained. After which, he passed away and left Jian Bi who was dissolved in his reverie. Thanks to the words of General One, he felt he got his motivation. It ... cannot be weak!

In his new five-meter step, Constantine had a quick look at his new devotee. He, then smiled when he found that face filled with spirit. With a feeling that was more steady than before, the girl moved her legs again.

Constantine did not understand, his father and king, Luo Yang called him out for some business. Even for the defeat in the war, it was unlikely that he would be summoned alone, without the Great General and the other generals who were with him. He guessed, that Luo Yang, might call him for royal affairs or.

"There's no way he's gonna marry me, is he? Because I've lost the war." He's monologuing. "Political marriage .. I hate it, but I feel I can't resist it" she said, then clucked.

.........

"General One, Constantine the One facing His Majesty ...!" He bowed, greeting his homage to the King, although the power of the ruler, is now no longer absolute as before.

"General One and Seventh Princess saluted His Majesty" she said, formally. The King nodded, then told Constantine to sit with him in the private room that only the two of them were in.

"Do you know what I'm calling you here for?" luo Yang asked, giving a guess to his daughter who spontaneously shook her head. "It's time you returned to the palace, my daughter ...! There's no point in you being at the military headquarters anymore" he said, then.

Constantine looked at his father with dislike. "What do you mean? I am a general, it is only natural that I am at the military headquarters" he said.

"The general is a general. But even bigger thing, you're also a princess. You ... must know which is your priority. After all, after losing in war—"

"Don't say anything! Don't tell me you're giving up! Fuck that, because of us, the knights will still fight for our Anming! As long as there is determination, hope is still there! We will not allow the struggles of our comrades on the battlefield to be unappreciated by the stupidity of its own king. Whatever happens, we will reclaim this kingdom from the hands of the enemy!" yell Constantine, interrupt. He stared intently at Luo Yang, the thing that even the rest of the kingdom would not dare to do even though—including his own teacher, Jingguo Li.

"You have to learn to be more realistic .... You know what, son? Here, I also want to do something for my people—not just you, the knights. It is not easy for a leader to see his people in despair; for me, it is more painful than seeing my people look at me hatefully and consider me negligent in responsibility, even though I have tried my best."

Constantine was stunned to hear it. He saw the eyes of the father who had glazed over. That thing, inevitably makes his feelings become more sensitive as well. The girl felt tightness in her chest.

"I won't give up that easily either. As King, it is a shame considering my pride—and I am also a role model for society. It is undeniable, I also want to reclaim the independence of my people. But, of course I can't do this alone. Because it's ... officially, I want to ask for your help." Luo Yang handed over the paper scroll that Constantine had suspected of being a decree.

"I know, you couldn't have called me just to tell me to come back. Tell me, Dad, what do you want? You want me to make a sacrifice?" tanyanya, firmly. Luo Yang raised both corners of his lips, then grabbed the hand of his daughter to catch it.

'You even kept a lot of secrets from me, just like Irene, ' Luo Yang's inner self. "This is an official word from me. Read ...!" his orders, while glancing at the paper in his daughter's hand.