Grizzled

#S2 Episode 16

Well, here it is! I woke up again in a soft cotton swab and was greeted with a refreshing scent that relieved my lungs. Well, I've returned to Alba. Although before leaving I had hoped to linger in Nigra for at least three days, it turns out that I myself chose to leave in the afternoon after knowing the Eagle disappeared. Luckily there is Aquila with super cool tracking abilities that make Eagle soon found that day. My worries don't have to last long because of it.

“Good morning, Your Majesty!” greet the waiter with a nice smile.

“Hai, hi! Morning! Well, finally you greet me with a sincere heart without pressure due to our status differences,” I replied taking a fresh red apple from the breakfast dish he brought.

“Finished .. I am pleased with His Majesty's return. I was worried that His Majesty would not return,” he replied. While chewing, I myself also thought that the worry was now moving on me, worried about not being able to return to Nigra. Ah, nevermind! Too much worry is not enough to guarantee my next fate.

“But it turns out His Majesty really did not run away from responsibility. I and all the people in this country are grateful for that. It feels like a thank you alone won't ..”

“Oh, briefly. Save it first thank you. I haven't done anything yet,” my answer immediately got out of bed, cleaned up, and prepared with today's agenda. By the way, what agenda is it? How could Ladra suddenly hold a conference before the condition of the Eagle recovered?! Ah, yes, maybe I'll visit him first. I heard he has been moved to a more decent place, including Kak Garuda as well.

Honestly, I was curious about the political feud that was the basis of the deterioration of Kak Garuda and Aquila's relationship with the internal council, but the chronology of the Eagle's straying here is still a question mark that I want to solve first. Moreover, Kak Garuda has not explained about the foreign figure who suddenly attacked us yesterday. Well, well, hopefully, my brain capacity is still enough to swallow all that information one by one.

“Hey, Young Knight Luska!” my scolding for the first time summoned that person with a complete title. I accidentally saw him passing through the corridor.

“Oh, Your Honor .. is there anything I need to do?” tanyakanya. Unlike the waiter who seemed happy with my return, I haven't seen Luska smiling since yesterday afternoon. Well, the council must be getting serious about preparing things.

“Please take me to see the Eagle and his brother,” I replied. Luska just nodded, stepping to where I asked. All the way there only heard the ticking steps of our shoes that collided with the floor. I just wanted to start talking when we arrived.

“In this room, Your Majesty. They're inside.”

“Alright, thank you,” I replied. Again just a nod I got, “you don't have short information for me to know?”

Luska stopped her steps, turned around, “We are preparing for a conference with the descendants of the Silver Knight, as soon as possible after her condition improves.”

“Ourusanku in Nigra?”

“Already set!”

“Oke, fine, thank you!” my answer after that was to let Luska go. Brother Garuda suddenly opened the door right along with my half-stretched hand about to knock.

“Wah, hello, Your Majesty! You fit perfectly into that white-and-white dress!” kak Garuda's greeting makes me tickle. To be honest, anyone who calls me Your Majesty still sounds ridiculous.

“It's just a longdress, Brother!” my answer.

“Yes, but seeing you in this castle makes your aura and charisma as queen cannot be covered!”

I can't even help but laugh, “Please, stop saying silly things!”

“Then do you think this whole kingdom is ridiculous?”

“Lumayan!” timpalku, “how is the Eagle doing?”

“More improving. Unfortunately, he slept again after taking the medicine. Though a few minutes ago still awake,” answered Kak Garuda glance at his sister at a glance. The eagle does not look too pale, hopefully he can really recover quickly.

“Elang is not confused because it is suddenly here?” my many.

“His attitude is normal, it seems like he himself knows the most chronology, but I don't want to discuss it or wonder when he was still like a mummy.”

“Oh, right, but would I be annoying when chatting things up with Big Brother here?”

“No, really, it's okay! I'm tired of half-dead since I've only been cooped up waiting for an Eagle and can't walk around here and there. Well, I realize that I have been part of the chaos of the past and should not roam,” replied Kak Garuda.

“Oh? I've been curious about that for a long time. What mess does Brother mean?”

“Wah, the story is quite long, anyway!”

“I'm used to hearing long stories since here,” I replied, “and I need to hear it. “

Brother Garuda threw his gaze into the sky through the window, as if reading a script from there, “Everything started since I was dragged into the White World a few years ago. How many years, exactly? It was clear from the beginning of college, even before. Long vacation before entering college I started to know Alba, lucky to have been accepted by the campus without the need for tests, so there is no study agenda anymore..”.

“Wah, steady! Very turned around with my condition being dragged here when the exam schedule was lined up long!”

“Shira who is patient yes!” answer Kak Garuda and then return to the initial discussion.

“The first time I arrived here, I appeared in the tower where Aquila used to live as an expansion lookout tower. At that time the castle and the capital of Alba were still on the surface, but the territory controlled by the Grey World had reached fifty percent more. The demands of the people for the solution of the problem have urged the castle itself which is being overwritten by another disaster, the suicide of the rightful heir.”

“My arrival was very coincidental with that incident. Had been predicted as the new legitimate heir, but the signs did not appear to me. Finally, the Internal Council was formed to keep running the government during the vacancy. Two existing political factions are vying for popular support to fill the seats of council members, carrying out various propaganda and policies that are believed to be able to save Alba civilization.”

“Oh, which eventually led to political rivalry between Ladra and Aquila huh?” my many. Good, I haven't got the full information about the feud.

“True. The two political factions have similar goals for the country, but different policies. The faction led by Ladra has strong ambitions to fight the Grey World physically –because Ladra's own background is indeed from the military. The funds that were mobilized to send artillery troops to fight the cursed world were no kidding. The results were somewhat disappointing as the sacrifices did not match expectations. While they promised a search for the next legitimate heir, it was the turn of the Aquila-led faction that received attention.”

“Very different from Ladra, Aquila is more focused on saving the rest of the population, moving scientists to make habitable places other than on the surface and suppress the expansion of the Grey World. Some people supported him, but Ladra's supporters booed, thinking it would only be done by cowards who left the land of their own birth. However, Aquila does not stop there.”

“Aquila is fully supported by her grandmother who is a historian to gather old clues about the origin of the Grey World and its weaknesses, the owner of a great power destined to end the entity of the Grey World.”

“And Aquila thought that person was Kak Garuda?”

“Yes, because from the old stories, he said my nature is similar to the Silver Knight, my good looks too,” grin Kak Garuda.

“Wah?”

“No, no .. about the good looks I'm kidding. Definitely better looking me, deh!” the answer. How polite would I be to laugh? It's not that I don't agree that Kak Garuda is handsome, but .. his confidence is really above average!

“In addition, the fact that I was mysteriously dragged to Alba is believed to be no mere coincidence. After the inter-world portal was closed, it was not just anyone who could enter and enter Alba. You must understand the feelings of people who do not know anything, but suddenly faced with the hope of saving the entire country,” said Kak Garuda sighed for a moment.

“I understand, Brother! Very-very understanding!” my answer guarantees that.

“Hehe, you will even be appointed queen as well huh? It must be a surprise!”

“Then, how about after? Finally what did Kak Garuda do?”

“Different from you who are truly descendants of Alba nobles as well as legitimate heir, I am truly a nobody, Shira! The great power and responsibility of fighting the Grey World did not choose me, but Aquila and her supporters believed. On the other hand, the feud between the supporters of the faction is heating up.”

“Ladra's supporters who thought the legend of the Silver Knight was mere nonsense increasingly challenged the truth of something Aquila believed, and I ended up disappointing the girl. Just like the other soldiers, I failed to resist the expansion of the Grey World and the people felt deceived,” said Kak Garuda sounded full of regret.

“Yes, though it is not one Kak Garuda ...”

“Salahku or not, which obviously after that Aquila leadership faction shifted from the leadership elite because of the decline in popular support. Simultaneously, one of the domes of the Grey World was wiped out, leaving behind moon crystals and signs of the presence of a new legitimate heir –who turned out to be you, make the people trust Ladra again and appoint him as the Head of the Council.”

“Oh ... So so ...” said a rather hoarse voice suddenly also spoke. Someone who was just lying down is now in a sitting position on his bed.

“Ah, Eagle?! You awake yet? From earlier?” many approached him. He looked on his forehead with a hand that was not wrapped in bandages.

“The piece of the story was a bit to make me understand, about this country ... about Shira ...”

“About the two of you ..” timpal Kak Garuda, “you are clearly also part of the solution of all the problems and I .. I am really disappointed about your adventure in the Grey World with Shira. Geez, who would have thought with the contents of that head ‘I want to defeat Shira!’ it turns out that you have always been side by side in order to destroy that cursed world?! Why don't you tell it to Brother, Ang?!”

“Who would have thought a silly jellyfish like you knew first about parallel worlds?!” reply Eagle who seems to have his own frustration towards Kak Garuda. I mean, what the fuck is that silly jellyfish called?!

“Well, all this time we did not think of each other, but I did not forget that you are my sister ... His handsome brother is one level below me,” replied Kak Garuda really can not be serious.

“Your words have always been as rubbish as ever!” reply Eagle. I just grinned for being the third person in this bick. Well, so miss Maurin!

“Try asking Shira, deh! She must have agreed with my words because your face is now so ugly after being battered like this!”

“Eh, already, dong, you two!”

“You can kick Garuda out if you can't stand his chatter, Shir,” said Eagle.

“Oh, so that you can be alone with Shi ...”

Plaque!

Hard slap targeting Kak Garuda's face. I failed to hold back the frantic screams for the sake of seeing it.

“Lang! Ja ... don't hit real Kak Garuda!”

“No pain, really, just relax!” answer Kak Garuda resigned.

“You are in real pain?!”

“Ah, se... you should not be wasted to fight with Kak Garuda first, deh, Lang! Hehe, already, yes!” I said I broke both of them.

“Hm, about this is how it feels to have one more sister! Excitement too!”

“Kak Garudaaa!”

“Ready, Shiraaa!” answered Kak Garuda finally really want to be silent, still occasionally grinning while the Eagle behind his tired gaze was harboring murderous intentions. Geez, it turns out that the personalities of these two brothers are completely opposite regardless of their faces that are very similar to each other. Equally handsome, if I may admit.

For a moment with people from the same home world as me kind of made me forget that now I was in Alba, completely unaware of the pair of ears out there listening to our conversation. I didn't realize, but Garuda's sister again.

“Halo, Knights Drunk! Please enter, rather than just standing in front of the door!” said Kak Garuda, “pamali, know! It will be difficult to get a mate, just know the taste!”

I can't help but laugh at her funny. Unlike the Eagle who was completely unaffected by the joke. The Drunken Knight in question pushed the door half open. The thin-browed man who had been my bodyguard since the first day in Alba had asked permission to enter before I finally allowed it. His face was as beautiful as the last I saw. I'm kind of grateful that he's treated me enough with his annoying grin before this.

“Greetings, Your Majesty!” luska.

“Ah, yes, yes ... Is there something you want to tell me?” my many. Luska momentarily looked at Eagle , sighing.

“I know Eagle's condition has not improved properly, but I need some information.”

“Oh, you don't mind ‘kan, Lang?” ask me about myself.

“No,” the answer is short.

Luska cleared her throat for a moment, “I need to know, why did the Eagle get here? It is actually beyond our responsibility. The eagle did arrive on the same day as His Majesty's pick-up, but at that time we did not know that he had an important role in our problems.

“Means really not because picked up by the castle huh?”

“Not. We need to investigate because we are concerned that there is a leak in the portal security system. It will be used by evil forces to infiltrate mari.”

“Wicked power? You mean, devil?” guess Kak Garuda reminds me of a stranger who attacked us before returning to Alba.

“Can be. If it is true, we will upgrade the security system,” replied Luska.

“I did not understand a bit, but the incident I remember before being sucked into this world was the abduction of Yasinta in edufair at that time. You remember, Shir?” ask Eagle.

“Oh, that ... turned out to be just Luska's wits to lure me to meet her ...”

“Luska who?”

“This Drunken Knight, Lang!” kak Garuda said.

“I'm not grateful for that strange nickname,” replied Luska looking upset.

“I remember the incident, Lang. We got separated after getting a short message that I should go alone,” I replied.

“Yes, short message. Because I was too confused and panicked to have to take you off alone, I was carried away by emotions to tear apart a piece of that message,” replied the Eagle made me understand immediately, I was, “after that I was thrown into the white space before finally arriving in the middle of the wilderness.”

Luska who then showed her innocent look I got glared at, “That's, anyway, cross-dimensional paper! Geez, the Eagle was dragged here because of you! It is fitting that I feel familiar with the paper because I have seen it before!”

“Sorry, Your Grace. Back then I had no other paper to tell you,” replied Luska.

“Okay, even though you said you had to be careful about the paper! I can't imagine if the paper was finally found by someone else and ripped apart from the Eagle's hand! Basic sloppy!” my nag.

“Yeah, Knights Drunk! I'm thinking of another nickname for someone as reckless as you!” timpal Kak Garuda's.

“Thank you, no need!”

“One more strangeness,” said Kak Garuda this time looked serious, “why did the Eagle become battered like this? And why should my sister be placed in an interrogation cell?”

“What is clear is that the castle does not do evil as you think. We instead saved the Eagle because he was affected by the expansion of the Grey World,” replied Luska.

“Really, Lang? You really aren't doing anything ‘kan?” ask Kak Garuda.

“Luska does not lie. I was indeed mobbed by a bunch of ferocious monsters I had seen in the Grey World before finally fainting,” replied the Eagle.

“You heard yourself ‘kan?” said Luska staring at Kak Garuda fierce, “we put him in the interrogation room in addition to thinking he is you who will return to action, also for the sake of questioning him when aware of the chronology of his stray here.”

“Yang turned out because of your own carelessness!” imbuhku.

“Ah, I will definitely also be scolded by the Head of the Board regarding that matter,” replied Luska.

“Alright, in this way, all misunderstandings become clear. The castle will release the news so that the stalls in the public will die down and some supporters of the ignorant opposition faction stop suspecting us,” said Luska laden with insinuating tone.

“Daw, dong! The end of the legend of the descendants of the Silver Knights who once laughed at your faction turned out to be true, you also happened to hide the Eagle for three days as if shy cats ..”.

“Garuda, I don't want to extend the story. I told you, we're holding the Eagle because we think he's you. However the events in the past still feel wrong because we had time to believe that you are the descendants of the Silver Knight,” reply Luska, “so don't blame us if we need to be aware of you.”

“Hey, hey, isn't the misunderstanding done?” I mediate between the two.

“Indeed already, Your Majesty! I personally appeal for His Majesty's explanation as the opposition supporters continue to prejudge the members of the council. We are certainly very disturbed to work day and night for the sake of Alba on the tickle of a handful of those ignorant people,” said Luska, “i believe Your Majesty can still be fair and not necessarily defend your friends. We council members are not having time to deal with the unimportant political turmoil.”

Luska breezed out afterwards. I refuse to agree with his words. Unfortunately, though, perhaps because of their own egos and fanaticism, those unimportant turmoil is already breaking out out there.

I want someone to agree with my opinion that civil war is the reason for the destruction of the White Country civilization which is more terrible than the expansion of the Grey World itself. More ridiculous and unfortunate!

.Seriate.