Bamboo Flute Swordsman

Chapters 3. Approved Decisions

"Have you thought carefully, my son?" ask an old woman named Suriasih to her son who is none other than Prince Angga.

The woman felt that Prince Angga's decision was hasty, and she tried to advise her son.

"I know Mother will not agree, maybe so with the late Father. But this is all I can do for my brothers, I am not ready to fight with them for weapons." replied Prince Angga softly, saying, prince Angga then went to sleep at the feet of his mother.

"Well my son, if that's what you've decided, Mother will support you" replied the Queen Mother with a smile, her hands unceasingly stroking her son's head.

"But you must always take care of yourself, do not forget to always ask for an opinion from Senopati Kemuning, only he that you can rely on at this time" said Suriasih's mother continued.

Prince Angga just nodded then slept in his mother's lap.

***

The next day in a royal hall, the three Matraman Kingdom Princes were seated in their respective places. The arrival of these three princes was followed by each senopati supporting him.

The three princes were Prince Putra, Prince Reksa, and Prince Sukanda. They whispered to each other, about what purpose they gathered. In fact, each of them is competing with each other for the same ambition.

"Well, well, it turns out you were also invited here yes." said Prince Angga to his two brothers.

"I didn't expect the three of us to be able to gather here either." replied Prince Reksa.

"It seems we should thank the Prince of the Son." Prince Sukanda continued.

"Haha.. You're right, Sukanda." All three then laugh together.

The laughter of the three princes stopped immediately when Prince Angga had appeared along with Senopati Kemuning, then the two immediately took a seat.

Only Senopati Kemuning expected Prince Angga to be the next King of Matraman. But he realized, there will be many dangers. One of them is of his own brothers.

"Alright, thank you for the willingness of the Prince's brothers to be present on this occasion. There are some important things I will say." Prince Angga's voice began the conversation.

The three compact princes looked at Prince Angga while guessing what he would convey.

After the three of them did not manage to guess which direction Prince Angga was talking, then the three of them immediately asked Prince Angga to continue the conversation.

"I know, each of you wants the throne of the kingdom and you have already begun preparations for it. But Father willed me to be the next King of Matraman.

For the sake of keeping the fraternity between us, I intend to make an offer for you" Prince Angga said.

"What kind of offer will you offer, Raka Angga?" ask Prince Putra full of search.

"I intend to divide the Matraman Kingdom into four cardinal regions. Each one of us will be a king in his territory.

For the northern part will belong to Prince Putra and the territory will be known as the Northern Matraman Kingdom. The eastern region or the Eastern Matraman Kingdom belongs to Prince Reksa. The southern region or the Kingdom of South Matraman belongs to Prince Sukanda. And the West Matraman Kingdom will be my part."

"What do you think?" ask Prince Angga.

Prince Angga inhaled the air around with heavy breath waiting for the response from his brothers, he realized, his decision will not be liked by his late father. While staring at the faces of his brothers, Prince Angga hoped that this decision would be directly approved by them.

"Are you serious about your words Raka Angga? " said Prince Putra, he still did not believe what he heard. Honestly, he was very happy, he would become king without resorting to coups and rebellions.

Likewise with Prince Reksa and Prince Sukanda, both are very happy but do not want to show it in the room. Both of them looked at Prince Angga with astonishment and disbelief.

Prince Putra did not immediately reply, he looked back, looking back,

"What do you think of Uncle Argadana?" asked Prince Putra whispered softly to his Senopati.

"In my opinion, at this time we better accept an offer from Prince Angga. We can establish our own kingdom and can build a greater power, Prince. After all, every region of Matraman Kingdom is all going well, there is no difference Prince." replied Senopati Argadana also in a whisper.

"Hm.. All right, I take your advice

uncle." replied Prince Putra.

Not only Prince Putra who whispered asking for an opinion with his senopati, but also Prince Reksa and Prince Sukanda were whispering with his senopati.

Not long after, the three princes looked at each other, then nodded simultaneously, "Alright Raka, in honor of your decision we will accept it with pleasure." replied Prince Putra representing his two brothers.

"Ah.. I'm glad to hear it." replied Prince Angga relieved.

"Of course, I'm happy for Raka, in this way we don't need to pit each other for weapons." replied Prince Putra while making a smile of victory.

"Hahaha.." The three princes laughed happily.

Prince Angga just smiled in response to his brothers, of course he was familiar with their habits.

Thus, it ended already that short meeting. The three princes had returned to their respective rooms. They immediately prepared all the necessities needed to build their new kingdom.

In that room only left Prince Angga and Senopati Kemuning.

"I hope this is uncle's best decision. This is all I can do to prevent civil war." Prince Angga's voice sounded soft.

"Uncle also hopes that so Prince Ananda, hopefully with the division of this region can eliminate greedy lust from the Prince's brothers" replied Senopati Kemuning.

"I wish so uncle." the two then passed away from the room.

Without the two of them realizing, the decision was bad in the future. No one knows about the human heart and its greedy nature.

***

A year after the division of the kingdom by Prince Angga, in the three corners of the wind is doing a massive party because it has succeeded in building the throne of his respective kingdom.

But the most lively of course in the north, yes, the newly established kingdom is the Kingdom of North Matraman.

They partied with wine while accompanied by beautiful women.

"Come on. let's drink a lot. We celebrate our first victory." cried the King of the Son to all his retainers.

"Hahaha. let Your Majesty." a compact answer was heard from Senopati and the officials of the North Matraman Kingdom.

"Repeated." they cried in unison.

They continued the party until morning arrived, after getting tired and then they returned to their respective rooms to rest.