
The crown prince let out a sigh of annoyance at Maledine's fever, but even one of the healers in this village would not care about her. That's what it is, to forget the vows of a healer who will never leave his patients. Dierez was only able to shake his head and began taking care of Maledine along with his personal ministry.
Full night Dierez was guarding Maledine. Compressing Maledine's forehead, bribing the medicine made by the queen's personal servant. Luckily around this village there are still some medicinal plants that can be used for fever medicine. Dierez painstakingly took care of Maledine, and that's when she saw Maledine more and more, the more Dierez's feelings were ransacked by the woman who bears the status of her stepmother.
“ His majesty.. You can go back to your resting place. Not here you can get sick. In this place dirty noble.. “ udap Maledine who felt bad when watching for herself how Dierez had to sit on the hay.
“ Shut up and Take good care to get well soon.. I'm not here to help you, I'm here to watch over you in order to marry properly or not you have the title Queen. “ said Dierez rudely.
Although Dierez was rude to her, Maledine did not put him in her heart at all. That was the crown prince from a long time ago. As the Queen's personal service, Maledine knew how to care for the crown prince. So Maledine was not at all surprised to hear Dierez's words.
“ What's so great about being Queen? See now you don't even get treatment from healers because they hate you.” asked Dierez in mockery.
“ I never wanted the throne as Queen, your Majesty.. But his majesty the emperor said that I should repay the services of the late Queen by following what he wanted.. If the price I have to pay when becoming Queen is the hatred of everyone, I choose to leave the palace.. But.. “ greeting Maledine cut off when Dierez's hand touched her forehead. There is a vibrate when both of their skin come into contact. Millions of butterflies tickle Maledine's stomach because of what Dierez did to her.
“ Huft... Then don't be weak just because you get insults and scorn from them.. If you're weak, the more they step on your pride. “ Dierez's message.
Maledine immediately smiled broadly as Dierez looked worried about her. Nothing could make Maledine smile since she was made queen, only Dierez could make her smile. This made Maledine fly high with beautiful wishful thinking along with the crown prince.
“ Ehem.. Forgive me your majesty.. But there's something I need to say about the investigation into the mysterious death of farm animals in this village.. I think this is all because the water consumed by livestock comes from rivers that are contaminated from nowhere so it becomes toxic. “ said Maledine.
“ You're still sick.. But you can talk a lot too.. “ Dierez smiling cursive. Makes Maledine ashamed.
The next day, Dierez again investigated the water the villagers used to give to their livestock. Until everyone directed this search to a well located close to the forest. The well, whose hole was closed, looks very suspicious. Looks like Dierez will get a clue from this old well.
“ You take the water from the well, and take it to the researcher's place to see what happened to the water in this well.. Does this well water contaminate the water of nearby rivers? “ Dierez orders on the troops he carries.
“ Good noble.. For the problem of well water that pollutes the river, it looks like this well water seeps into the ground and into the river flow. “ said one of the members of the Dierez army.
Dierez's forces soon dispersed to round up all the villagers with the intention of helping to drain the well that seemed to be the source of trouble in the village. The residents finally wanted to intervene because Dierez gave the order and if the villagers did not want to help, and Dierez would cruelly leave this village without getting any help from the Kingdom again after this.
In droves the villagers came and immediately carried out their duties in accordance with the direction given by the army chief Dierez. Hopefully, after the well is dry, the problem of water sources in this village which resulted in dead livestock can be resolved. Dierez is watching closely every person who is working in front of him. Do not want if until someone is lazing around and making the job so long finished.
While in the old hut in place by Maledine, it looks like the condition of Maledine little by little has returned to health. His face was not as pale as last night and his body was no longer hot. But when Maledine was about to leave the hut to help the crown prince in the investigation. One of the Dierez soldiers who stood guard there forbade him. According to the guard, Dierez ordered Maledine not to go anywhere.
But basically a wayward maledine, he stayed out to see how far the investigation is now about the outbreak in farm animals in this village. There were many people gathered in an old well located not far from the river flowing in this village. When asked one of the guards who were Dierez's men, apparently they were all draining an old well that was the source of a disease outbreak because it was contaminated by rusty objects.
“ What are you doing here? Aren't you sick? You may not contract a disease that attacks animals dance now you want to transmit it to us?” jolt a woman who had a chance to bicker with Maledine yesterday.
“ Not.. I don't mean that.. I just want to see how far the issue of this outbreak is resolved.” Maledine explained.
“ Already there go, we don't buth your help.. It's already your highness the crown prince here so you better go.. You do not know yourself, already know that being sick even came here.” grumbled another woman.
“ go back to the hut earlier.. After I've watched all this, we'll be back at the palace.. Why listen to ungrateful people like them.” said Dierez came closer to Maledine who looked shocked.
“ But?”
“ Didn't you hear they kicked you out.. Don't make things worse.. Not everyone accepts you as the current Queen.. Your goal here is to prove that you deserve to be queen, right? Then what would you do if they didn't want you in that position from the start?”
The crown prince's words managed to make Maledine ashamed half to death and also feel slapped. Right, she's proving herself capable and worthy of being queen like the king said. But if from the beginning all the people in this kingdom had not acknowledged it, what could he be. Forcing them to accept will only make the current condition worse.
Maledine went back to the hut where she rested last night. Maledine ordered all the ladies and Dierez's men who were there to clear all their equipment. Tonight they will return to the palace. Maledine didn't want her pride to be lowered by these people.
“ We're back at the palace tonight.. Also convey this matter to your highness the crown prince!!” maledine's Word.