SECRET MAURA
The End of the False Queen

Prince Balaputradewa was devastated at that time, he lost his lover. He did not perform his duties properly, even the King and Queen wanted to marry him to the Princess of another beautiful kingdom he was not interested.

He misses and hates the lover, he misses his laughter and sweet smile. He also hated letting his girlfriend make the wrong decision.

The prince vent his anger to his friend and bodyguard, namely the Commander of the Duke of Arialoka. He asks Arialoka to make amends by being locked up and shackled in a dungeon. The most terrible prison and feared by the other prisoners.

If there are soldiers or the highest treacherous, then the prison is the place. And now Arialoka was there, tortured and fed only once a day, until his mother could not see the suffering of his son. He died in pain and suffering.

Given the fate of Arialoka, abandoned by his father since he was a teenager, the idol died horribly until the abandonment of his best friend, Prince Balaputradewa. His mother became ill and died alone.

"Are you the Duke of Arialoka? There's a message for you." Said a man wearing an all-black robe almost covering his body.

"You who? why do you know about me?" Ask Arialoka, because he has been imprisoned for years and almost forgotten by everyone.

"I'll take you from here, and you'll meet someone later." Said the man.

That person took off Arialoka easily, there was no bodyguard there. Usually in custody he is heavily guarded.

While coming out of the dungeon and looking at the outside world there, Arialoka narrowed his eyes due to glare by the sunlight.

Understandably, all this time he had never felt the sunlight since being imprisoned. Beyond the expectations of Arialoka, the change of the Kingdom of Srivijaya is very different. Development progress and improved economy under the leadership of Maharaja Balaputradewa.

"So you're the Duke of Arialoka's Commander of the legend." Said someone from behind a big rock in the middle of the forest.

Arialoka was taken to the forest to meet the man.

"Who are you, did you send him to set me free ?" Tanya was astonished, she was amazed by the figure in front of her. A beautiful Princess dressed in luxurious clothes, she was sure that this person was not just anyone.

There were so many who guarded and accompanied him.

"Don't be presumptuous of you, lower your voice! give your respect to the Queen who set you free!" Said one of the bodyguards there, it seemed like he was the leader of the other guards.

" I am the Queen of this land, by my command and your King's permission we release her from that rotten prison. But you know, nothing is free in this world. You must follow my orders if you don't want to go back to that prison again." He said he gave the order in a resolutely authoritative voice.

Arialoka did hear that Prince Balaputradewa had ascended the throne and became King, even the news of his marriage was spread to his elevation. He was proud of her, not only being a powerful and authoritative king, but Balaputradewa had even continued his life by marrying another Princess.

"Tell me what to do." He said he bowed with respect to the Queen.

He did not know the original disposition and intent of the Queen, the Queen lost her wits. He cannot achieve the love of the King, not even to give birth to a successor to the King. Because Balaputradeva never touched him.

Even the Queen deliberately sought a Concubine for the King to want to have a bloodline if indeed he did not want to touch her.

But still, the King never wanted to touch all his wives. He married only the trust of the previous King, and marrying the Concubines was also part of the Kingdom's rule. Where the Kings are required to have a minimum of three concubines.

" Hear me, the King seems to be witches. He never touched me or any other concubine, whereas as a normal man he would be interested in seeing his beautiful wives, especially me." The Queen looks very arrogant.

Hearing that, Arialoka was hooked and he could barely control his emotions. Hearing the words of the witch alone made his heart heat up. That hatred was already ingrained in his heart.

Arialoka was told to take a magic potion at the Brahmin residence.

"You must go there and be careful not to be discovered by the Brahmins. You know the Brahmin is very loyal to the King even though he doesn't know what happened.

He has a potion that can break that magic, and make the King return to normal." Said the Queen.

" Why not ask the Brahmin directly? I think he'll give it to me with pleasure as long as we speak the truth." Arialoka said with awareness.

"I could, but you don't know how powerful magic can be to defeat logic. Brahmins would believe the King's words if he was okay when he wasn't." Said the Queen trying to persuade Arialoka.

All his persuasion efforts and of course with the sad story of his life were able to tear down Arialoka's trust in the King, of course, the Queen's sad story was just a mere essay.

Of course, Arialoka's efforts managed to steal the potion, after all he was one of the former great commanders in the country.

The next day the news spread that the King had died of food poisoning. And suspicion refers to Arialoka, he is considered still vengeful with the King because in the old prison by him.

Moreover, some saw Arialoka entering the Brahmin grounds to steal the magic potion which was actually poison to kill the King, and he was scapegoated.

Arialoka never expected to be trapped by the Queen through his ruse. The Queen decides to kill the King, if she can't have him then no one else can have him.

The queen was blindly jealous of the King's closeness to the Concubines, even though the Concubines were her choice. He remains unwilling that the King would prefer them over him.

But the King was only friendly to his wives and atoned for his guilt of not being able to touch them.

" The traitor! You trap me through my weakness, you killed the King not me!" Shouted Arialoka did not accept.

"You killed him out of blind jealousy?!" Ask Arialoka furiously.

"Not really, I don't really love her. I just want his kingdom, and to spread his teachings that were entrusted to me." Said the Queen.

"Tell me, what teaching do you mean?!" Arialoka already felt bad about that premonition.

The queen only returned with a grinning smile and a horrible laugh, that face so beautiful and charming that it had gradually turned horrible.

The beautiful form of the Queen turned into an old grandmother. That is its original form.

"Based on an old witch, curse you! How did you get in here!" Arialoka said in disbelief as he saw it.

"This princess is so innocent, so easy to trap. When I bribed one of the servants here, to take him with me he believed that I was the King, but I was undercover.

Haha..

Poor girl, she must die and sacrifice for me. His heart and heart are delicious. Emm, I can't forget that taste.

Haha.." The witch said cruelly.

"Basic Devil.." Arialoka could no longer speak of seeing the cruel witch's behavior.

" Now the King is dead and joined by his beloved, you too will follow. But I will not kill you, but Princess Kenanga Ayu. Crown Princess sister of Maharaja Balaputradewa.

He lost his brother greatly, and promised to punish the killer of his sister directly. That's you, hahaha..!" He laughed cruelly.

There is one thing the witch does not know, that Princess Kenanga Ayu strongly believes in her. And secretly investigate the case of his sister's death.

"Arialoka, I've known you so much since we were kids. I know you won't do that vile thing." Said Princess Kenanga Ayu who secretly infiltrated the prison.

"I'm just a despicable servant of the princess, I have no power to do that. My late best friend, I willingly and iklas to serve this punishment, because I deserve it." Arialoka.

Hearing Arialoka's words, the Princess knew she was honest and could not possibly lie. He also knew that someone was watching him from one corner of the prison.

Then he strategized with Arialoka, and the day of the execution came.

The kingdom carried out hanging punishment to the traitor who killed the King, which was done in the middle of the field witnessed by all the people in this country.

They want to set an example for those who seek to betray, because that is the punishment.

"Haha.. Soon there will be no barrier for me to rule this country, I am also carrying my master's baby. I'll tell you all that this is the King's descendant, haha.."

But his happiness was only temporary, for a moment everyone was present to see the execution happen. Suddenly the Princess pulled out something in her hand.

"I'll hang Arialoka on that pole with this necklace. I heard she was one of the witch's followers, and this necklace is her weakness.

If he were to be hung together with this necklace, then his magic would be gone as well."

Of course it was a fake necklace, the real one was still in the hands of the treasonous courtier. They made the replica exactly the same as the original, because Arialoka still remembers the original shape of the necklace carving.

Seeing the necklace in the hands of the Princess, the fake Queen flirted. Why would he be fooled, should he know it was fake? Of course, because their attempt to trap the false queen would not have worked without the help of the Brahmins. With the studies that Brahmins recite, it is enough to deceive the false Queen.

The Brahmin also felt guilty and responsible for the death of the King, and he intended to punish the real culprit.

"I'll hang this traitor myself." The princess said.

While draping the necklace on Arialoka's neck.

Suddenly the fake queen grabbed the necklace on Arialoka's neck, she seemed to be sweating coldly and staring at everyone else.

The people there were astonished to see the Queen's behavior which was quite strange according to her.

"No, no one can touch my necklace! This is mine, mine..!" He said while shouting.

Their attempt to trap the fake queen was successful.

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