
it was a boring afternoon, though,
ambara's been locked up in the castle all day,
to care for the palace servants from soaking in flower water, free massages, and some royal treatments that were done specifically for him from toe to head, and also in addition to that due to the events of that morning, he said, ambara until now did not want to talk to her parents.
is it a matchmaking?
for a child of his age, he should still be sitting in school, learning archery and horse riding
16 Years? , is that the age that is enough to face the world of marriage?
it's exhausting, really,
.............
after a boring day,
now came the morning awaited by the families of noble families, a grand event that invited many noble families from all over the country.
ambara woke up quite early, not her diligent but forced, to,
ambara just shut herself in the room, hearing from her room the sound of footsteps that began to enter their castle, he said,
tock...
someone knocked on his bedroom door
"princess ambara.
said one of the palace servants who had been trying to persuade him, out of his room
"i'm tired... I want to rest don't bother me!!
answer ambara from the room
"but princess...
say the waiter again
"leave me alone!!
ambara said in a louder voice
ambara sat on her bed, trying to wipe her tears that kept flowing
"i don't want to get married....
she said
"ambara baby..
the soft voice of a woman broke her sorrow
hearing the news of the child who did not want to go out of the room earlier, Queen Zelia's mother intended to go directly to her son's room to persuade him
"go Mom, ambara wants to be alone!!!
ambara wiped her tears again and again
"sad you want to tell me something important to you, does my son care about his mother?
his mother's speech was able to make ambara who had a soft heart, go to open the door
the mother smiled at the child, and immediately hugged him
"my beautiful child ambara... , are you angry with your mother?
ambara just kept quiet, holding back so her tears wouldn't fall again
"my dear is ambara, do you know why your mother and father made this match?
ambara just shook her head slowly
the mother smiled back
"mother did this for you son, for your sake and for our country
ambara let go of her mother's embrace
"what mother do you mean?, I'm not at all happy, with this matchmaking..
ambara stared at the face of the woman she loved
"let's think, dear.: someday your father and mother will cease to rule, and we will grow older, then who else will take care of you later, son,
ambara thought about what her mother said
"it's a young father and mother, and it's still a long time that I need to mature and take care of myself, but it's not now mother..
the mother gently stroked both cheeks of Ambara
"ambara dear.it is not good to train you to be an adult from now on dear..
even though your father and mother are young, we will never know when our death will be picked up..
Maybe tomorrow, today or maybe the day after tomorrow..
ambara was silent listening to what her mother had to say
"but ma'am, is there no other way?
his mother shook her head
"there is no dear...
ambara was silent, thinking for a moment, however her parents, not if she refused would add to the heartache of her parents who had raised her all this time,
ambara resignedly, nodding her head
his mother smiled and gently stroked his son's hair, and,
"well baby, you get ready to dress up as beautiful as possible
his mother kissed his son's cheek and went out the door
ambara fell silent, still unable to accept the fact that he would soon be betrothed
a few seconds later quickly, the palace maids entered his room helping him to prepare.
for the first time in his life he wore thick makeup, he was fascinated to see his face that looks mature when using thick makeup that is very beautiful.
after finishing the decorations, and dress up
ambara with mixed feelings, finally accompanied by palace servants ventured to go downstairs
many were amazed when they saw him
even some of them couldn't take their eyes off, either,
"wow, she so pretty
say some kings and queens
"i didn't expect, she's prettier than I imagined, she said,
the other queen agreed to what the queen had just said
king xelo, his father smiled happily staring at him
ambara approached her father and mother
his mother smiled and pinched his cheeks slowly
"mother's child is the best..
praise his mother
ambara just smiled awkwardly
he looked at the people there who were very foreign in his eyes
"okay. , because princess ambara, it's down let's start her contest.
the princes who will compete are welcome to the backyard of the palace, a group of gallant men go to the backyard of the palace, while ambara went to follow his father and mother to the place that has been provided for him
"father...
call ambara
the father looked towards his only son
"why dear?
"how many kings and queens have only sons?
the father smiled
"about 88% of the entire continent dear..
ambara was shocked to hear that
"really yeah? , how much..
"didn't you say you were so lucky..
his father replied with a smile
ambara fell silent
"but who is 12?,
"some of them were married and some were very small, so many came here today, because they were eager to have a successor for the future of their castle
his father stared fixedly at his only son
"and one of those 12% is Ambara's father's son,
continued his father
ambara was silent to hear what her father said, she turned to a group of men who were quite a lot of people
ambara could not say another word
he felt that instead of being lucky, he felt that being born a woman was a bad luck in his life.
......................
the show begins,
many princes competed fairly,
they were complaining about their skills
from riding, archery, and other martial arts exercises
while his father and mother were busy chatting in praise of muji, the man they were looking at was very striking from the others, and Ambara just kept silent to look at the man,
"honey, look at the son of king derwin,
his son is very good at archery, and he's also very quick to respond I think he's a good fit,
besides I heard that king derwin is one of the richest kings in the eastern continent, how come baby?
ask his mother about his father
"really?, but I think his son king zyan is more suitable, look at his sharp eyes,
he is also very smart in fighting, his appearance is neat, and his family includes the most distinguished and advanced families in the European continent..
said his father
"iasih.. I guess they're just cool².
answer his mother
the father nodded in agreement
ambara could only sigh harshly, still a little annoyed by this matchmaking, ambara focused on a tall man, who was taking his arrow
for some reason the eyes of the ambara could not stop seeing him, the man tied his eyes with a cloth cover, before the cloth was perfectly covered in his eyes the man also turned his head towards him,
the man's gaze was very different, if the others were to look at him with full of happiness and hope, he was different he was not at all a smile like the other princes did, he stared hard at Ambara like he was full of hatred.
ambara did not know him.
ambara is back on her focus
when I hear the sound of the audience buzzing
ambara looked at the man
the man took off his blindfold and looked back at his face with annoyance, as if he were ready to kill ambara under any circumstances.
instantly there was a voice of praise from the host.
"he managed to shoot with the right target more than 100x, he also managed to win the horse riding race, playing weapons and other competitions
all the spectators there clapped their hands
"congratulations to you..
"happy prince!!!
"you are the best!!!
there was a lot of shouting in the audience supporting the young man
and true
he is the winner of this competition
and he will be the one to be betrothed to ambara...
...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...
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