Canticles

141. Understood

His actions startled the man on the window sill and of course Rex. He even stepped back so surprised. Rex did not expect if the woman he thought was weak and sick was able to finish off the two big men together.

" The devil...!" maki the man on the window sill loudly.

" If I'm a demon, then what are you called...?" asked the Nyai while wiping the blood that soaked his face with the back of his hand.

" We're following orders, and it's because you're doing it...!" said the man on the window sill defending himself.

" Oh yeah. Execute commands in an unusual way ?. I'm a woman, weak, sick and alone. But you sent your executioners in turns to my house...!" said the Nyai while looking at the man in front of him with a gaze full of anger.

" The executioner?, where is it possible. All the men who were sent came to see you to remind you that no one came back. So isn't your word too far-fetched...? " the man satirized on the window sill with a cynical smile.

" What do you mean...?" ask Him to pretend not to understand.

" If the one who was sent was the executioner like you said, they must have long since returned while holding your head !. But see what happens ?. None of them returned. And look at you now, it turns out you're in good shape. Isn't that weird...?!" said the man on the window sill loudly.

The woman called Nyai smiled at the man on the window sill. From the tone of his speech can be guessed if the man on the window sill had a grudge against the Nyai.

" I'm sorry that I rejected your love once, Amir. I've reminded you many times not to come and hope for my love because I already have a lover. But you forced it and you ended up disappointed because you felt unworthy to compete with him. I thought You could forgive Me, but I was wrong. You hold grudges and do many things to make me die." said Nyai sadly.

" Cih, just keep that crap of yours. I'm sorry I loved you so much, Nyai. Oh yes, I just want to say that I was forced to call you Nyai because I respect your Husband not You !. However he is a ruler worthy of respect" said Amir with a cynical smile.

" So what else is Amir...?" challenge Nyai.

Amir smiled and approached Nyai. Along with that, there was a sound of horse legs approaching the house, a sign that a guest was coming. The Nyai looked panicked because he knew who the guest was.

" We'll see how your husband reacts when he finds out that the wife he loves keeps other men in his house. Not just one but three, even killing two of them.", Amir said with a cynical smile.

" Wicked You're Amir...!" his screams along with the opening of the door of the house that was broken from outside.

Amir and Nyai turned to the door and were surprised to find Prince Jareka and his two guards standing in the doorway. The three gazes were so sharp and piercing that they frightened Amir and Nyai.

" What is this...?!" prince Jareka asked as he observed the bodies of two headless men on the floor and the bloodied body of the wife.

" My husband..," called Nyai lirih.

" He killed them, sir. Nyai killed the two men because they came at the same time to fight for his love. And yet there is me here. Nyai just did not want his disgrace known to many people so he killed them." said Amir.

The Nyai only shook his head as if rejecting Amir's words. The Nyai remained silent because he was sure the husband would not listen to his explanation.

Prince Jareka looked angry and rushed to his wife. He stood before the Nyai and watched the wife's face for a moment. Amir seemed to smile content to imagine the death penalty that would be received by Nyai. However, a man will not like to share his woman with other men.

" Catch him...!" prince Jareka said loudly while pointing at Amir to surprise the man.

" Oh, my lord...!" two of the prince's guards rushed to take Amir.

" Eh, what the fuck. Why am I the one you arrested...?!" amir asked while trying to escape.

" You think I believe in your bullshit ?!. My wife killed them because they wanted to hurt her. And you, you're trying to fulfill your wish to see my wife accept punishment by telling lies about my wife...!" prince Jareka said loudly.

Apparently the prince's bodyguard Jareka had slashed Amir's cheek with a dagger he was holding. Long and deep incisions are visible from the tip of the mouth of Amir to the tip of the lower ear. Screams echoed in the room to make Nyai shudder in horror.

" What are you doing...?" ask prince Jareka.

" I'm sorry Sir, the Servant accidentally slashed his mouth which always sowed slander about Nyai. This dagger is blunt and only wants to hurt the guilty. Somehow hearing his words made this dagger move by itself to injure him My Lord..," said the bodyguard as he glanced resentfully at Amir who was screaming in pain while holding his cheek.

" The beauty of your dagger is that you know how to deal with people with two faces..," said Prince Jareka, smiling meaningfully.

Amir was still screaming as the two guards of prince Jareka let go. Prince Jareka turned to his wife and smiled.

" I actually came here to pick you up, honey. I will announce our marriage and make you empress" said Prince Jareka, looking at Nyai with a gentle gaze.

Sang Nyai was only silent because she knew her husband had deliberately paused her sentence. She waited patiently for the next sentence her husband would say.

" I'm sorry I heard so many bad things about you and I've come to prove it. And I'm disappointed to see this reality. It turns out that the bad news if you kill everyone who comes is true.", said Prince Jareka disappointed.

" Can I talk now...?" ask the Nyai.

" Talk. Straighten things up so I know how to behave..," asked Prince Jareka.

" I did kill those who came here to defend themselves. Do you believe that if I say they come because they want to harass Me, hurt Me even want to kill me...?" ask the Nyai.

Prince Jareka was silent. He threw his gaze in another direction because he could not see the face of the wife. The Nyai looked disappointed and continued his words.

" I'm sure you believe. And that means I don't qualify as Empress. Go awaylah. There are other women who are more deserving of that position" said Nyai in a trembling voice.

" Dear." called prince Jareka while trying to hug his wife but Nyai brushed him aside and shifted away.

" Would not a queen have to be clean from slander and crime ?. I am unworthy because my past is dark and full of blood. Go awaylah. I'll let you marry another woman. Forget about your promise because it means nothing to me" Nyai said as she stared at the husband.

" I'm sorry..," said prince Jareka in a trembling voice.

" Go away, dear. I love you and I don't want to be your burden anymore. All this time you have borne much shame for choosing me as your Wife. Don't worry about me. I will always be around you and escort you selflessly" said Nyai with a smile.

On the floor looks Amir who smiles satisfied when watching the woman who rejected his love is now 'dumped' by prince Jareka.

Prince Jareka approached his wife and hugged her tightly. Both of them wept lamenting their difficult love. Prince Jareka's hand clasped the hand of the Nyai holding the machete. Prince Jareka then took his wife to jump and slashed Amir's throat with a machete they held together.

Amir's body fluttered on the floor with a gaping wound on his neck. Apparently Prince Jareka deliberately made Amir tortured at the end of his life because of the very pain in his neck.

" Why did you hurt him...?" asked Nyai not understanding.

" I'm just trying to stop him from spreading slander about you dear..," prince Jareka said with a smile.

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