TIKZ [Moving To The Golden Age]
016 - ORDER OF KANJENG GUSTI PRINCE (2)

One day Hayan woke up with a strong sense of hate, and then he felt even more hate when people talked about Idaline.

At first he thought that he had been scolded by the queen after he had made Idaline a shield when the hitman tried to kill her.

Though long before, Indudevi and her foster mother had replaced her position and the queen was not angry.

Then Sudewi came to tell about the things he had experienced, Hayan thought maybe the hatred he felt came from there.

"Then check" said Idaline disperse Hayan's daydream.

"Dopo!" call Hayan. Dopo is one of the high-level workers in the magic section of the kingdom led by the Ekadanta family.

The thirty-year-old man rushed into the room. Without permission he clutched the head of Idaline while saying words that are difficult to understand.

"According to the examination I did, there was something strange on Raden Ajeng's forehead. But it is not certain whether this black magic seed or not, because the new magic seed will be seen two years after planting."

Idaline took a deep breath. "What if I told you this is a symbol of the aura of the Great Sage?" he raised his eyeballs towards his forehead.

"Are you saying that you are the wife of the great ascetic?"

"Huh? What do you mean?!" idaline jolts amusedly hearing Dopo's words. The shadow of his time with Fusena flashed in his mind. Everything is silly and childish mischief.

"In general, the aura symbol is given by the husband to protect his wife. I might think of something else about the Great Sage, but he never gave this symbol even to his disciple." - Dopo.

"So you concluded I married her?"

"true."

"I? With the kid? Pffts. HAHA." HAHAHA." Idaline once again laughed out loud. This time his laughter was very loose. Fusena who was far away there sneezed loudly feeling that she was being ridiculed by someone. Hayan, Dopo, and Sudewi came to their senses from his presumed thoughts thanks to the laughter of Idaline, as they stared at him strangely. "Ouch. My stomach hurts."

"Tell me clearly." said Hayan.

"Yes?" sahut Idaline stopped her laughter.

"Tell me how you met the Great Hermit!"

Idaline explains in detail everything from meeting Winarti to his burial. He paused for a moment when the story reached his meeting with the Great Sage, his brain twisted to form a lie, something that was never his capacity. Idaline thought she might reveal the truth to lighten her heart, but wouldn't it be complicated?

"You met him, but when did the Great Sage give this symbol?" ask Hayan impatiently.

"He kept staring at Winarti's grave until nightfall. Then we got acquainted and the next day the four of us spent time together. He taught us a few things and then gave us this symbol." the Idaline coral is not very good. He was determined to tell the truth if Hayan did not believe.

"It is impossible for him to give this symbol to just anyone. Why did he give it to you?" jerek Hayan looked at Idaline from head to toe.

"Ask yourself! He was going to visit me on the night of the turn of the year." annoyed Idaline heard Hayan's mocking tone and gaze.

"First the Sudewi speech evidence is the result of Dopo examination. But if the truth is what you're saying.." Hayan stared intensely at Idaline. "Alright, we'll wait until the turn of the year." the break saw the twinkle of Idaline's eyes. He wants to find peace, out of hatred. Especially if Idaline's statement is true, they'll be in big trouble if they execute it now.

"Take me off."

Using his keris, Hayan breaks the bond of Idaline with his own hands. For some reason his heart was uncomfortable looking at the red marks on the white hands, but suddenly his heart was filled with hatred. He pulled the hand that was walking out.

"Aww!!" choking Idaline as Hayan gripped firmly the former bond in his hand.

"I doubt Sudewi's story does not mean believing in your words. Stay in the palace until you can prove it."

"I have to take care of the estate." elak Idaline no longer wished on the snake's nest, the palace. He had found a more promising place to find a way out. He was Fusena, his great cousin.

"You're still under suspicion."

Idaline's feathers goosebumps felt Hayan's sharp gaze. A gaze that might kill him if he just once stepped wrong. "Alright, fine, I'll come along. After taking care of a few things."

Hayan took off Idaline's hand and roughly wiped her hand with a clean white cloth. Idaline snorted at Hayan's behavior, she left them indifferent even though she had to go home on foot. All his belongings were seized Sudewi for inspection.

"Dopo, bring two guards. Regal Raden Ajeng. I'll give you 2 days." Hayan ordered. A feeling of uneasiness saw Idaline's back disappear behind the door.

"Okay, Your Majesty."

Hayan hooked his hands behind his body, he looked at the distant Idaline car with mixed feelings.

"Not only got the title but also had the power of a Great Sage? And husband and wife?"

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"Welcome miss." welcome Garong ordered Idaline to shut up for everything that happened in the palace. Idaline does not want the hassles of receiving a lot of psychological burden.

"Thank you uncle." Idaline receives Garong's helping hand, carefully he gets off the horse carriage. One of the palace soldiers came first because Idaline wanted to instantly rest once she arrived.

"Please gentlemen." He pointed at the house with both hands.

"Miss, I've done as per your direction. Kakaonya seeds have been made." said Roro. Garong nudged his daughter's arm, telling her he was talking without seeing the situation.

"Miss is waiting patiently." whispered Roro to calm her father.

"What's? Let's see."

Idaline came to the ice storage warehouse. Glowing eyes saw the chocolate bars stored neatly in the box.

"Monggos." Roro gave me a plate of chocolate.

"All right, miss."

Idaline left Roro and some workers there. He went into the room and fell into a soft bed. "This is the correct bed." Idaline asked her workers to make a mattress containing kapok, she only explained simply because of the rush but they understood what Idaline meant.

"But who knows what I mean?" idaline Gumam. When he explained, those people looked confused.

Idaline closed her eyes. The journey from where he was held took more than a day, he was kept awake timidly taken away to a strange place again.

Although on the map of Janapada is a neighbor of the capital, the journey takes more than ten hours because the natural form makes the main path twisting and there is also a royal protected forest to avoid, the forest contains powerful animals that have been trained. A person who entered without permission from the queen would be shot on the spot with a poisoned arrow.

Not long after she fell asleep, Idaline opened her eyes feeling her stomach rumble. Sri who was next to him laughed a little.

"Miss is always hungry after traveling. I prepare the fruit before the staple food." said Sri put a plate of fruit that has been cut into small pieces.

"Auntie knows that eating fruit first is better??"

"That's because fruit rots faster. So, in the stomach is also fast processed." Sri rubbed the ileer attached to the corner of Idaline lips.

"Smart aunt."

"Miss may forget, these villagers always take turns working outside the village."

"Working outside the village? Wh why? Here are many forests, rice fields, gardens, and there are also three hills that surround us. The river is overflowing with fish."

"Miss is very smart. This is also the debate between the old lady and the village chief. The village chief felt we were alienated due to being away from other settlements and then made a rule that some residents had to work outside to develop. Miss's parents refused because we would be short of workers and the deserted village would be vulnerable."

"Mother's father was right. Here we do not lack jobs or resources to eat and do we not also go out when the harvest time?"

"Since miss to the capital, miss must have known that in the village we only have a few fighters. Whether or not there are people here, it will be no different if criminals who use magic or kanuragan come. The village chief wanted the young man to be aware of the distance and as he said before, this remote village had to grow."

"It seems both are right. Why not just go to the academy?"

"They have no such motivation, the beautiful palace is actually full of traps."

Idaline nodded. Most commoners who managed to get into academia in the area as well as in the capital, all hoped to become palace ladies who had many advantages. But the main requirement is the symbol of slavery or usually people call the symbol of loyalty so as not to divulge the secrets of the palace when married, only a few married people are allowed to stay.

"But the words of the lady's parents cannot be ignored. So they made the decision to send ten men to work outside during one harvest. Finally in addition to the gardening that we were adept at doing, the sewing that was hard to do, some of us managed to learn it."

"Surely my bed is very nice."

"Miss' idea is great. How about we sell something like this? Looks like the lady made this."

"No." refused Idaline wanted to let the storyline run as it should. "Oh yeah how do the workers know this shape? I'm not really explaining."

"This is working at a fabric store in town. Actually he will be recruited as a senior there because of his good and deft hand skills. Tini had never been educated but she could make the pattern that the nobles wanted just from their speech. The head of the shop regretted Tini who insisted on returning because he had promised the village head. Though Mr. Janapada gave permission, but Tini kept coming back."

"It's a shame."

"It's because of his time with the mother who can't travel far."

"Why don't we just make a special place for her to sew? I'm sure his work will sell out quickly. He understood about the long box-shaped cloth filled with cotton and also understood the words of the nobles who explained without pictures."

"We've talked about it but Tini said he can only make it to order, can't think of his own ideas."

"Then now arrange the manufacture of this sewing place, bi. We still have a lot to gain from yesterday's harvest. Tell him to make a plain colored cloth, no need for motifs. I am sure that the neatness of sewing will attract the hearts of many people. Men must also be comfortable with the fabric he makes."

"All right, miss."

"For the ingredients.let's leave it to the ones who can, I'm sure anyone can." Idaline blinked her eyes making Sri chuckle. "Well, I'm so hungry, bi." she rubbed her stomach.

"Let's miss."

"Why don't you eat it?" tanya Idaline saw the three guests just sitting quietly at the dining table.

"Raden Ajeng please don't command the difficult." Dopo and the two palace guards felt depressed as Idaline took a seat next to them.

The three people were forced to sit because they continued to stand, their large bodies blocking the sunlight into the house. Of course by saying that it was an order from nonanya.

"You guys don't get so stiff. This is not a palace, eat comfortably. As you can see, I'm just a kid from an ordinary family in a remote village."

"Raden Ajeng please do not humble yourself. We are not worthy."

"Then eat, this is an order."

Because Idaline was suspicious, they only ate once when they were near the village of Janapada. Moreover, the three people only ate hard bread after giving fruit and hunted animals to Idaline. Idaline feels responsible for her stomach.

Dopo and the two palace guards ate slowly, upsetting Idaline. When they eat hard bread, they have not eaten for three days and three nights, spending it in an instant.

Idaline washed her hands and then wiped them with a clean cloth. "I'm done. You have to spend all this." he ordered to appoint a table full of various foods.

"Please." Sri put the fish that just finished baking. "Miss?" call Sri to see Idaline heading for the exit.

"My stomach is so full of fruit and milk that my aunt gave me. I'll go first."

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© Al-Fa4 | 16 July 2021