The Forest Prince's
Chapter 4. Journey and Feast Day

POV Lion Tribe

When the celebration will last another 3 days, the lion tribe is already preparing to start a full 1-day journey towards the tiger territory. The King of Helion thought, it is better to travel now so that tomorrow upon arrival in the territory of the tiger tribe, Helion and his wife, children and entourage can rest while welcoming other tribes2 who come to the celebration.

Helion said, "let's go. So that we might arrive there tomorrow" said to his wife, son, and the lion tribe, sitting on the back of the great lion, his pet friend from childhood.

Jolion agreed to Helion's invitation, "well, husband."

then follow Helion with the lioness, pet jolion.

Nial, Roli, Khar and Sher with their respective lions2, set out behind the king of Helion and his mother, accompanied by an army of other lion tribes who walked regularly. They went through forests, rivers, and valleys to the tiger tribe territory. The journey of the lion tribe arrived2 stopped when they were with the leader of the hippo tribe near the river they were about to pass.

Helion says, "hello, my friend Hippotam. Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be heading for the celebration in tiger territory?"

Hippotam replied, "excuse me, the king.

but me and my tribal group will not attend the celebration. A few days ago my troops got into a ruckus with Black, the leader of the panther tribe. Amidst the commotion, Gerald appears, the disgusting prince of the tiger tribe. As well planned, Gerald slashed the neck of one of my men without even talking about the commotion first."

Helion then asked, "in the commotion, did your army start first? Answer honestly, Hippotam."

Hippotam assures Helion, "witnesses are there to prove that we did not start a commotion first, the king.those who first entered the river in our territory and greedily plundered the fish2 in this river."

Helion then thought for a moment and said.

"alright, my old friend's hippotam. I'll take care of this with Black. I'll make sure your tribe gets the honor of the panther tribe."

Hippotam was satisfied, "thank you, king. May the lion tribe travel safely to the tiger tribe. And see you next time."

while looking down salute to Helion.

Helion then said, "don't be too stiff, my friend.well, we're leaving again. Take care of yourself, man."

then continued his steps with the group in a different direction with Hippotam.

Hippotam replied, "thank you, king."

then continue on in the other direction.

When the sky began to darken, Helion told his entourage to rest and continue the next morning. The group began to build a tent for the king and his family.

In front of the campfire.

Nial was worried, "I feel like we're being followed."

Roli doesn't feel anything, "it's just your feelings, brother. Your sense of worry is too much."

Nial then tried to calm down, "I hope so too. I hope I'm wrong about this."

Khar suddenly gave a solution, "in anticipation, have some troops stand guard tonight. So we're safe to spend the night here."

Roli agreed to Khar's idea, "alright. I'll tell our troupe to stand guard in turn."

Sher's indifferent, "do whatever you think is good.I'll just sleep."

immediately lay his body on the grass towards the campfire.

Without them noticing, many eyes were watching them from the darkness and hidden. Then slowly after monitoring the activities of the lion tribe, the scouts disappeared in the dark of the night.

Morning

Helion commanded his troops, "immediately clean up our equipment. After breakfast, we will continue our journey to the territory of the tiger tribe."

the lion tribe's army simultaneously answered the command, "well, the king."

then hurry to take activities 2. Some are cleaning equipment and tents, some are cooking, etc

Finished with the equipment and breakfast, Helion and the lion tribe continued their journey to the tiger tribe.

In the afternoon, when he was about to enter the territory of the tiger tribe.

Nial said, "i don't know either, Dad. Let's go and ask directly."

Helion then replied, "well, son. Let's continue."

POV Tiger Tribe

Meanwhile, in the meeting room of the tribal leaders, Tigerly was with his son and was visited by one of his troops.

Troops facing Tigerly, "report, chief. The king of the helion has reached the entrance gate of our tribe."

Tigerly enthusiastically said, "let my wife and son2. We welcome Helion and his entourage in our territory."

Then walk out of the room.

Liger complied with the husband's invitation, "well, my husband. Come on son2."

then walk behind Tigerly and follow his three children.

The tiger territory gate

The gatekeeper greeted Helion, "honour to the king of Helion and the company that has arrived safely in the territory of the tiger tribe."

several gatekeepers bowed down to pay their respects to Helion and the company

Helion said, "already2, thank you. I have something to ask you. Why do you guys keep up this kind of guard?

are you in a war with another tribe?"

Then suddenly Tigerly, Liger, Gerald, Wuger, and Sliger appeared from behind the gatekeeper.

Tigerly welcomed Helion, "welcome my friend, Helion the king."

Then he bowed and followed his wife and three children to pay homage to Helion.

Helion then walked up to Tigerly and hugged him, "no need to be as stiff as that, my friend. What I'm asking is why is there so much guard in tiger territory?"

Suddenly Wuger interrupted Helion and Tigerly's conversation saying, "it was in anticipation of the party2 of another tribe who were about to disrupt this celebration, the king."

At once Helion, his wife and 4 children turned their sharp eyes towards Wuger.

Tigerly immediately replied, "pardon me, Helion. Sometimes anak2 does not know manners, as long as it interrupts when it should listen to our conversation parents."

then glared at Wuger, and Wuger immediately lowered his head.

Helion received Tigerly's plea, "it's okay2, Tigerly. But is it true what Wuger, your son, said about this guard?"

Tigerly then explained, "the guard is solely tightened for the smooth running of this celebration, Helion. So that we do not fail like last year when the annual celebration in the territory of the panda tribe, they as the host lost a lot of food that has been prepared. So we tightened our guard in anticipation of a similar incident by burglar2 from another tribe."

Amidst Helion and Tigerly talking, Jolion whispered to Nial.

Jolion whispered, "watch your sister2, I feel like something's wrong here."

Nial complies with Jolion's message, "well ma'am." speaks softly to his mother's message.

Then

Tigerly said, "let's go in, Helion.

so you can rest first.

the king and the lion tribe must be tired after a long day of travel.

tomorrow we discuss the preparation of the celebration which is held in 2 days. I've made tent2 for the lion tribe and other tribes that will arrive as well. May you please, the lion tribes and the other tribes2."

Helion feels bad, "don't overdo it, buddy. This is my responsibility as the king of all tribes. Let's go inside."

Then Tigerly and Helion walked in, followed by Jolion and his 4 children, the lion tribe, and his wife and 3 Tigerly children.