Early Bride [TAMAT]

#20 Kill Him

Months passed, the warlords had already gathered and trained the shadow troops. Ordinary people who volunteer. It is unexpected that there are so many ordinary people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for this country. Hopefully this war that will happen in a month will not shed much blood. 😟

Actually it would be better if this war did not happen, so that no one should be hurt. Especially Arthur, I still haven't calmed down with him being directly opposite to his own uncle. He's the one who's gonna lead the army, on the front row. That brat.. 😢

" Naya, we've arrived" said Arthur.

Yes.. We were visiting the queen mother at her residence, Crystal City. Ever since he knew his two children were going to war, his health became a tru2 decreased. That's why your heart hasn't calmed down lately. At his old age, and the burden he suffered. Your majesty is afraid that her mother's life is really soon.

" grandmother." said Arthur when he entered the house of the queen mother.

" A.. Arthur.." said the queen mother stammering.

It turned out to be this bad. 😢 Why should such a good figure be the one who suffers the most??

" i'm here to bring, Naya. Dad said grandma wanted to meet Grandma's future great-granddaughter, huh?" arthur was trying to comfort his grandmother.

" a.. Yep.. Come here." said the queen mother.

I really can't bear to hear him having trouble speaking.

" yes, grandma, I'm here. Look at my stomach, it's been this big. Grandma will soon have a great-grandmother, she must heal quickly." I said.

" grandma's happy.. Your relations.. Be well.. Only.. But grandma's disappointed, grandma's kids.. Not so.."

" believe me grandma, everything will be fine. Grandma don't worry." said Arthur soothingly.

" just yesterday.. Lion and Carmilla are here.. Now it's your turn.. Grandma just wanted to say, don't ever split.. Because of the boy Naya conceived.. It is your future.. If he is a man, he.. Will continue your throne, Arthur.. If she were a girl, she would be a talisman to you.. You will always win every battle.. If the child is always with you.."

" granny, please don't say this.." 😢 Arthur said.

I never saw Arthur cry, but he could cry. And that is proven today..

" i can see your future, Arthur.."

" grandmother, we still need you here." Arthur said still sobbing.

" grandma misses your grandfather.."

" if so, I'm sorry. As your grandson, I'm not happy enough." 😢

" i've always loved you, Arthur, more than anything." said the queen mother.

Arthur just ran out of the queen mother's room, about to hide her cries. He didn't want to see his grandmother go in front of him. These are the last moments of the Queen Mother.

" Athur!!" yell me.

" Naya, let it go.. He was.. Don't want to look weak.. But you're strong, grandma knows it.."

I just nodded and sat down next to the queen mother. But soon there was a commotion outside the mother's room.

" why are you here??!!" arthur's screams are heard by me.

" i'm here on my mother's orders." replied someone.

" you have no right to call her mother!! You have no right to set foot here!!" yell Arthur again.

The queen mother who heard this immediately asked me to open the door to her room.

" Arthur, let him in.. Grandma asked him to come." said the queen mother.

It was Khufra's uncle. With a heavy heart Arthur left his grandmother with his evil uncle. Uncle Khufra entered the room of the queen mother and sat down beside her. The Queen mother asked me to get her drink, and I went downstairs.

I saw an oddity in Uncle Khufra's eyes, making me very uneasy. Hearing that he had killed his own father, the previous king, with his sadism. Therefore after storing the queen mother's drink, I hid in one of the windows of her room that was slightly open. Until I could see and hear their conversation.

" son, I know.. You don't really want this mess.."

" no, ma. This is my will."

" it's still time, son. Stopit.. For your mom.. Don't you have no grudge against your mother, son?" said the queen mother, I saw her motherly tears flowing making my heart sliced.

" mother and father never loved me, you only loved Cecilion." said Khufra's uncle.

His words did not sound harsh, but they were still painful.

" son, we love you." said the queen mother holding the hand of uncle Khufra.

I just realized that Khufra's other uncle's hand was holding something, and it was hidden behind him.

" i'll get you some water" said the uncle, releasing the Queen mother's grasp and walking to the table where I had the glass.

I saw uncle standing there long enough. Wait for.. 😳 What is he.. He poured something on the queen mother's drink!! Is that poison?? How'this?? What am I supposed to do?? 😱

" mom drink, so that you can be calmer" said uncle Khufra.

No!! The Queen mother drank it!! 😱 Arthur?? Where is he at a time like this??

" mother.. I don't want to do this actually. But my mother's whereabouts really got me into trouble." said Khufra's uncle.

" i know you added poison to this drink.."

What??!! 😳 So the queen mother knew that the drink was poisonous?? Why is he still drinking it??

" son, your mother always loved you. If mom's departure can make you stop all this, then mom will go." said the queen mother.

At that time I really could not hold back my tears anymore. Why do I have to watch all this?? 😫

" i'm sorry mom, I can't" said Khufra's uncle, leaving the queen alone with the poison that began to spread throughout her body.

I was right2 panicked when it immediately ran to the queen mother. I hope there is still hope, so that he can be saved.

" Justin!! Arthur!!" I shouted while still running towards the queen mother who began to have difficulty breathing.

" a.. Yes." said the queen mother hoarsely and intermittently.

" grandmother must endure!! Arthur will be back soon!! We need to get that poison out of the.."

" no.. Lt could.. These.. The same poison.. Hour.. Khufr.. Kills.. Her dad.."

" what??!! 😳 Grandma.. You must be strong, I believe that.." 😭

" a.. Yeah.."

The queen mother breathed her last breath after the sentence was uttered from her lips. I'm right2 still can't believe, the queen mother died in front of me alone. And it was the result of his own son, his flesh and blood. I sat down weakly beside the queen mother, looking at her who was no longer in pain. The queen mother has left..

" Yeah!! I heard you screaming, what's up??" Arthur just arrived.

" grandmother.."

" what's wrong with grandma, she's okay, right?? He's just asleep, right??" arthur said as he continued to shake his grandmother's ice-cold body.

" granny!! Grandma!! Get enough sleep, wake up!!" said Arthur.

Looking at it, my tears are true2 unstoppable again. Arthur didn't let his grandmother go. But how else, this is fate. Arthur witnessed his grandfather's death, and I witnessed his grandmother's death. Killed, by the same man.

" Arthur, don't be weak because of grandma's departure" I told her after the queen mother was buried.

Arthur was silent. The departure of the queen mother puts great pressure on the royal family, because her services are not likely to be avenged.

But this sadness cannot continue to drag on. Time goes on, and war is about to happen.

I must try to rekindle Arthur's spirit.

" Arthur.."

" yes.."

" in a few weeks I'm going to give birth.."

" i've thought about it. Whatever happens, you have to survive. I'd love to lose our baby, but you.. I can't." she said weakly.

" Arthur, promise me one thing."

" what??"

" you must win this war.."

" i doubt if I'll even go to the battlefield or not."

" then you're gonna sacrifice all the troops you've worked so hard to train all this time??"

" no." 😞

" are you going to let your uncle kill the king??"

" no."

" why are you even staying here?? Lamenting the death of the queen mother killed by your own uncle??!!"

" what??!! 😳 What did you say??"

" yes! While you were watching your grandfather's death, I also witnessed your grandmother's death."

" ba.. How do you know??" 😳

" i saw Uncle Khufra pouring poison into Grandma's glass."

" why didn't you tell me??!! I will prevent grandma from drinking it!!" 😡

" it's useless, grandma herself already knows that it's poisonous. But he still drank it. When I yell to call you even you don't know where!! I was hoping Grandma could be saved. But it's not."

" so.. So this is my fault??" 😳

" what do you mean??"

" if I had come, maybe grandma could have been saved!!" 😭

" it's not your fault.." 😟

" if I had come sooner, I could have heard his voice once more.."

" no Arthur.." 😟

" if only I.." 😭

" that's, already.. It's not your fault." I immediately hugged him.

I know Arthur thinks he's the most guilty here, he's so fragile. But he shouldn't be this fragile, for now. He has to be strong, he has to be ferocious in the war a few more weeks.

" you still have to advance to Arthur's battlefield."

" don't force me, Naya." 😓

" you must, this is the will of the queen mother."

" what do you mean?? What grandma.." 😨

" yes.. Before she died, Grandma told me."

" what.. What did grandma say??" 😟

" his son's death is in my hands."

" what does it mean.." 😞

" he would have if his son had been killed on the battlefield. And I'm sure the kid that Grandma was referring to was Uncle Khufra."

" but why did Grandma say the end was in your hands?"

" maybe he just wanted Khufra's uncle killed at my will. Maybe so."

Hearing my words Arthur just fell silent.

" i'll only live if you win that war. And kill Khufra's uncle."

" If you lose and fail to kill Uncle Khufra, I'll leave. Take good care of our baby."

" Arthur.. Kill him for me."

To Be Continue's..