THE SUN GOD SWORD
Swarnadwipa Palace
After several days of travel, finally arrived Sungsang Geni troupe in front of Swarnadwipa Palace. There is no significant difficulty during the trip, because indeed Surailarang has many acquaintances at guard posts.
Sungsang Geni was really stunned, he stood on the horseman's chair while looking at the wide and clear river and a magnificent palace standing on a cliff that was not too high.
From here, the horse-drawn carriage covered a black bridge twice the width of the main road. There are actually two bridges, one to connect between regions, while the other to go to Swarnadwipa Palace.
Under the bridge there are many large merchant ships that pull over at a dock that is located slightly upstream of the bridge.
From the flag that fluttered on the lookout pole, it seemed that they were traders from neighboring countries, their numbers might be tens.
“Excellent,” Cempaka Ayu opened the window of the train, then pulled out his head while enjoying the breeze with a sparkling gaze.
The situation of the bridge is crowded with people on foot, or horse-drawn carriages carrying various kinds of cargo. The Sungsang Geni train is running slow at the moment, along with other trains behind it.
Now the golden-coloured Palace gate opened wide, welcoming everyone who entered into it. For the past week, the gates of the Palace have never been closed so that the people of Swarnadwipa are free to enter into the territory of the Palace.
When the horse-drawn carriage entered the Royal Palace, they saw many merchants lined up along the courtyard or even the road that was immeasurably wide. They shouted, offering their belongings to everyone who passed by.
“Everything is here?” Sungsang Geni muttered a little. “Starting from food, to war supplies.”
“Yes, King Saylendra invites all traders to enliven this party.” Surailarang answered Sungsang Geni's question.
There were many stroller, which were pulled by neatly lined men on the right side of the Palace road. According to Surailarang, by paying one piece of gold they will take you around the Royal Palace.
The horse-drawn carriage continued to run slowly, he could not move quickly or the backs of some people would become the footing of horses. But no problem, Cempaka Ayu and Sungsang Geni can enjoy the Palace market freely.
“Please wait a minute!” surailarang said, he stopped the horse-drawn carriage and called one of the food vendors. “Bring me the most delicious food you have!”
After saying so, the merchant woman brought almost a basket of food of various types, then Surailarang handed a gold coin to the woman.
“Take this food! it's nice to see the crowd while chewing.” Surailarang laughed a little.
After quite a long walk, they found a roundabout with three manly standing statues made entirely of gold. The Royal Family Statue of Swarnadwipa.
Around the roundabout, there is a large colorful fish pond where young men throw coins with their eyes closed.
“Why do they do that?” ask Cempaka Ayu curious.
“That's called the pool of love, by throwing one bronze coin you can ask the god of affection to show who your soul mate is.”
“I want to do it!” cempaka Ayu.
“Really? ”
“Of course, lend me Uncle's bronze coins!”
Surailarang then stopped the horse carriage. He then went to one of the merchants who gave the services of exchanging silver with bronze coins.10 silver coins will be exchanged for 1 bronze coin. Only in this country, bronze coins are more valuable than silver coins.
A short time later, Surailarang returned and handed a bronze coin to Cempaka Ayu. The girl was happy not playing, she then ran to the edge of the pool, with her eyes closed and threw a coin in her hand.
“Ah...I don't believe this kind of thing.” Sungsang Geni came down from the horse's kerta then walked over to look around without caring about the pool of love that Surailarang spoke of.
“Don't worry, I'll be back soon!” Sungsang Geni's voice sounded sad because he was far enough away from Surailarang.
On the other hand, Cempaka Ayu opened his eyes and then noticed the pool like the other youths did. Long enough in squatting the body, but the figure of the person who might be his soul mate is not visible in the pool.
The young men next to him laughed happily, probably because the soul mate he expected was the person next to them, but there were also those who cried and then quarreled.
“I don't see my soul mate's shadow?” Cempaka Ayu was starting to get annoyed.
“You should toss a coin with a feeling of pleasure!” Someone was suddenly right next to the girl, handsome in face, big in height and wearing luxurious clothes. He looks like a prince. “Ma'forgive me for bothering you beautiful girl.”
“Oh, no problem..” Cempaka Ayu feels awkward.
The girl tried to look back at the image of her soul mate in the pool, but her legs almost slipped so that the young man pulled his arms and his body landed right in the young man's arms.
The incident made everyone look at the two of them. Some people praised the girl's beauty, some others praised the young man's handsome face.
“It was like Prince Minak Singo of the Nine Kingdoms.” One of the girls recognized the young man's face.
“It turns out to be more beautiful than his face painting.”
Cempaka Ayu then jerked, he immediately let go of Prince Minak Singo's embrace and then tidied his clothes. “Thank you for saving me.”
The prince gave a small smile, he was about to say something but his tongue was a little faint until finally the voice of someone shocked him.
“Your Majesty, we can't stay here too long, we have to meet the King.” A man looking like a bodyguard reminded his master.
“Alright, I understand,” said Minak Singo, he then looked at Cempaka Ayu for a while before leaving. “We will meet again, I make sure it.”
Cempaka Ayu did not reply, he only replied with a nod of his head. After the young man entered his carriage, the girl looked back at the pool to see the shadow of her soul mate.
But how surprised he was, after seeing there was a shadowy figure staring at him from afar with a bitter smile. Soul's face? Yes, and now the mood of the young man might be bad.
Cempaka Ayu looked up his head hurriedly, finding Sungsang Geni staring at him with an annoyed face from across the pond.
“Se...since when were you there?” Cempaka Ayu said stammeringly.
“Ya...since you were in the arms of that dashing young man.” replied Sungsang Geni flatly. “Is his face that you saw in the pool?”
“What?”
“Then congratulations, you finally found your soul mate.” Sungsang Geni then stepped up to meet Surailarang in annoyance.
“How, did you find something you were looking for?” Ask Surailarang.
“Ya,” said Sungsang Geni still had a small smile. Not long after, Cempaka Ayu had returned, he was about to say something to Sungsang Geni, but the young man threw his face away from his face.
“Uncle, we continue the journey!” Sungsang Geni said slowly after Cempaka Ayu entered the horse carriage. “She's been beating her war drums.”
“War?” Surailarang confused seven circumference. “What war do you mean sir?”