The Thousand Year Dynasty
Rafa Story: Prisoner

Rafa has started doing his routine activities and tasks in the Pharos region. Nothing has changed, but now he has only one hand. More precisely because he insisted on still doing the task that was still possible for him to work using one hand.

Besides the Seithr girl also began to train to do everything using her left hand. Even aiming at weapons and swinging knives.

And as usual, once a week he was in charge of checking all the places at the base of the Star Alcove. Starting from 3 Atelir in that place, to the cave area and even the prison that is at the western end of the bottom of the gorge.

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That day while inspecting the prison building, one of the prisoners in the area asked him.

"Hey Seithr, what's wrong with your arm?" The burly Narva man Rafa knew as Zygos asked curiously. Because before this he often saw Rafa and still did not lose one of his arms.

"Oh, I had an accident" Rafa answered quickly as he continued to inspect items such as keys and chains stored inside the shelf next to the entrance. He did not want to talk to the prisoners for too long. Because he felt a little uncomfortable. What else is there to talk about his right arm.

The room in the prison building was in the form of a hexagon prism. Where the confinement room is lined on the edge of the building, circling the empty space in the middle. The middle roof is open and only covered with iron bars, which aims to keep sunlight can still enter the building.

The floor in the middle is built lower than the floor of the confinement room, made of cement with a water channel installed in the middle. So that there is no puddle of water when it rains. Although it rarely happens.

While the confinement room amounted to 15 pieces lined 3 pieces on each side of the room. And leave one side for the only entrance, and a guard room and cabinets and shelves to store equipment.

So when there was a person at the entrance or inside the guard room, all the captives inside the cage could see it. The opposite also applies.

And of the 15 confinement rooms, only 9 were filled. They were the Champions of the Urbar kingdom.

"Is it because of the battle?" Zygos still looks curious.

"You could say so" Rafa replied short again.

"No. It was the result of your kingdom's cunning stratagem" suddenly a female voice sounded from the direction of the entrance.

Ende and Sigurd enter the prison.

"Mr Sigurd, Ms. Ende, good morning" Rafa said after seeing the two men approach her. "Now is it your turn to both of you to stand guard in this territory?" Ask later.

"Good morning, Miss Rafa" Ende answered Rafa's greeting.

"True Miss Rafa, today our schedule is both on guard at the base of the Star Alcove" Sigurd answered Rafa's question.

"Hey midget, what do you mean by our kingdom's petty stratagem?" A young Narva known as Pollux asked. Which he addressed to Ende.

Suddenly without prior warning lightning struck the iron bars of Pollux's confinement room. Leaving a shocking light, also a sound like a crack of a branch that was quite tight.

Everyone was shocked, not least Siguard and Rafa.

"Who are you calling a midget?" Ende asked with a tone of emphasis while pointing his wand towards Pollux's confinement room on the left of the entrance.

"Are you crazy?! You surprised me to know?" Sigurd immediately protested against Ende.

"He's looking for a cause" Ende replied casually.

"Have lowered your cane. Fucking crazy girl" sewot Sigurd later.

Reluctantly and with a heavy heart Ende lowered his magic wand and put it back in the hanger behind his waist.

"Do you want to find out the rotten stratagem that your kingdom did to remove this girl's arm?" Ende said again.

All the prisoners were silent and did not answer.

"Well, if you want to hear it, I'll tell you" Ende said. Debgan a made-up cocky style. "Your kingdom asked us to negotiate in exchange for not being able to meet our demands to hand over Tyrion" the girl searched his words. "Oh yes, by the way your master Tyrion fled the kingdom when he was about to be held accountable" he continued, closing his hands in front of his mouth. Mimicking the style of the female nobles while being scornful of someone.

"Mr Tyrion escaped? You must be making things up. That's an absurd story" this time a woman named Ihkties said. Instead of not believing, the woman looks more like she does not accept.

"They blew up the meeting house and also destroyed thirty houses in the city of Meso" Ende said.

"You said Meso city? You must be lying. It is impossible for the kingdom to do this" Ksli was another woman who said Ende. He is Versica. Which seemed to have been provoked after hearing the word Meso City.

"You're just useless prisoners, why would I lie to you" Ende replied calmly to the woman. "And as a result of that explosion, this girl lost her arm"

"You must be lying" Versica still didn't want to believe Ende's words.

"Then how is Meso now?" This time it was Narva's man named Guanna who asked.

"Although after that the combined forces of Saronia and Magrace carried out the attack, but do not worry, the city of Meso is still in our control. We have rebuilt it. At least we value the city and the people of the territory we control. Unlike your kingdom" Ende said in a derogatory tone that was intentional.

"If I may ask you again, which areas of our kingdom have you managed to rule?" Guanna asked again.

"Yes, maybe within two months you haven't heard the plantation. Well, since I'm in a good mood, then I'll tell you" Ende said again. "Until now we have controlled Ignus, Ceodore, Feymarch, Eblan, Damcyan, and Xin" he said in an arrogant tone.

"What?!" All the captives sounded distrustful of Ende's story.

"We intend to return those areas if the negotiations are successful. After all, we don't need your territory to survive" Ende said sharply again.

Now Rafa began to feel a little pity for the prisoners. While Sigurd only smiled slightly. The young knight was enjoying Ende's sharp remark to the captives.

"You only say sweet things when you talk like that" Pollux said. "Obviously you attacked almost half of our kingdom. Don't be a hypocrite, you guys actually want our territory too, right?" Continue with questions.

"This is the result of you not being able to make clear glass like we have this" Ende said again while pointing at a clear glass the size of a palm that he took out of his waist bag. "We attacked because we retaliated against your attack. We attacked quickly anyway. Even our attack did not have any impact on the citizens and even the nobles of the region" he continued.

"While y'all? Do you know that the first surprise attack you launched on the east side took out one village and killed forty people? That includes women and children. Then how do you judge that?" Ende continued to make sharp words that the prisoners could not reply. "If you think it is inevitable in a war, then why can we attack by attacking only soldiers and generals?" It's getting more and more so.

Sigurd seemed increasingly excited to see what the Ende was doing. In his heart he encouraged Ende to continue.

"Why then are we still in this place? Do you intend to execute us when you have taken control of the entire kingdom?" Pollux was seen changing the topic of conversation that he could not fight.

"No. We will release all of you once all this is over" replied Ende, who looked satisfied this time.

There was a reaction of disbelief from some of the prisoners.

"I don't want to judge your morals. But if you let us go after this, maybe we'll demand a reply someday" this time Zygos said.

"Thank God we have a very naive leader. Otherwise, with the weapons we have, you will have nothing left" Ende replied again. "So basically we are not afraid if in the future you do rebellion or whatever it is" he continued.

"It's very self-confidence. Do you think your weapons will not be defeated?" Pollux asked in a cynical tone.

"I don't think it's a weapon that can fight rebellion. But by making the people prosperous" suddenly Rafa who had been holding back began not to bear to talk.

"What do you mean, Miss Rafa?" Ende seemed to not understand what was said by Rafa.

"When the people are prosperous and their standard of living has begun to increase, then none of them will rebel. Even they themselves will drop the seeds of rebellion that appear, before the government intervenes" Rafa began to explain his point.

"Well, you've really become like Mr. Aksa, Miss Rafa" Ende said later.

"But it is with that basis, which makes this region can develop until now" said Rafa continued.

Siguard clapped his small hands. "That's right, Miss Rafa" he said later.

While the prisoners could only be silent to hear Rafa's words.

And after that, Rafa resumed his duties. He said goodbye to Ende and Sigurd before returning to his camp at the mouth of the cave.

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