Love of the Empress 2: King and Queen

Tokasic Leaf

The Nevarest palace..

Preparations for a counter-invasion of Goluth's kingdom continued to be matured by the subordinates of the Daffa king. Meanwhile, Daffa himself began to often coordinate with the head of the Antes Military to devise the best strategy in order to defeat the Elfran king and his soldiers.

Even so, there are still some ministers who expressed their disapproval of this counter-invasion plan. The Minister of Defence and Security, Alul Lazam.

Alul Lazam is in his office. Some of the documents on the table had just become victims of his anger. The document is now scattered on the cold floor.

"Damn right, this one king! The longer he's been the harder it is to predict!" Kecam Alul's.

Shortly after, a servant came in and faced Alul.

"My lord, Hammar just got back. He wants to face my master now" the servant reported.

Hammar is a personal bodyguard and confidant of Alul Lazam. A few days ago he was ordered by the Minister to deliver a letter to the Top Leaders in the Allain government.

"Let him in!"

Not long after, Hammar entered. His appearance is still the same. With a black knee-length tunic. And the expression on the face that is always flat. And also cold.

"Report, Sir. Servant has submitted a deposit letter to the Top Leader. And this is a reply from the Top Leader" Hammar said, handing over a brown envelope to Alul Lazam's desk.

"good. Tell me, how did the Top Leader react when reading my letter?" Alul asked with orders.

Hammar was still standing with his head bowed as he answered the question from his Master.

"The Top Leaders don't respond much, sir. Just commenting like this."

Hammar then imitated the speech of the Top Leader he had heard, first.

"'Just let the rat try to get up and fight back. He will be surprised when he is late to realize that his opponent is not just a cat. Except for one other lion!' so the Top Leader commented, My lord," Hammar reported.

"Let it?! You mean, the Top Leader actually said that, Hammar? You didn't hear me wrong, did you??" Tanya Alul made sure.

"Hamba dare not tell lies to my master!" Hammar exclaimed with a slightly more bowed head.

After hearing the oath of his loyal servant, without pause, Alul immediately opened the envelope and read the contents of the letter inside him.

It's brief. Just like this, though,

'Mouse was caught in his own trap. Cat tired after chasing a mouse. The roaring lion won when the fifth moon was bright.'

After reading that one sentence, Alul's mind tried to interpret the intent that the Top Leader wanted to convey to him.

They often use sign language or code to convey information. This is done to prevent the leakage of information to other parties.

'Tikus is trapped in his own trap.meaning there are other traps that have been prepared by the Top Leaders during the invasion of Nevarest to Goluth later.' Alul's mind begins to interpret the sentence of his Top Leader.

'Cat tired after chasing a rat. Means the condition of Goluth was like he was being sucked at this time after the invasion was done for a few months back. But, how did the Top Leader know about it? Can the intel that the Top Leaders instilled in Goluth be trusted?' alul argued for himself.

'The roaring lion won when the fifth moon was bright. Does that mean we're going to win in the fifth month since the start of this war? But, how can it be? What plans have been drawn up by the Top Leaders? Why didn't he tell me in detail?'

Only then did Alul feel indignant because of the obscurity of the contents of the letter he received, when he heard Hammar speaking again.

"And my Lord, there is another one entrusted by the Top Leader to my Master" Hammar said, taking something out of his pocket.

Hammar then handed a medium-sized long box to the table.

Curiously, Alul grabbed and immediately opened the box.

At first he was confused by the contents in the box. Because the contents are a hairpin with a peacock ornament. But when Alul saw one other object in the box, three purple leaves were wrapped in a yellow plastic. Alul immediately understood the following plan from the Top Leaders.

Tokasik plants have almost no leaves since their buds begin to grow. The shape is only a single stem that is often not thought of as a plant by most people.

Even so, the Tokasik plant can grow up to 70 years old. And it blooms only once at the end of its lifetime. When it blooms, it will bring up a small yellow flower with purplish leaves that are only a few sheets below it.

In the past, Alul Lazam had seen the Tokasik flower when they poisoned Queen Elva. Tokasik flower is able to ensnare and injure the spirit of its victim so that slowly his spirit will be separated from his physical body.

Meanwhile, for the Tokasik leaves, Alul had only heard of its usefulness from the mouth of the Top Leader.

Here is what the Top Leader said to him first.

Flashbacks..

"Do not underestimate the purplish leaves of the Tokasik plant, O Alul. Because precisely the most dangerous poison of this plant lies in its leaves it."

"Indeed what effect can be caused by his leaves, Leader?" ask Alul.

"You can manipulate one's mind with a potion made from that purplish leaf. Give this as a mixture of tea to your opponents, and tara. he will instantly become your loyal servant for some time," said the Top Leader.

"How long, Chief?" Tsnya Aluk is curious.

"So, do you want to try it, Alul? That way you can find out for yourself later." said the Top Leader with a piercing look.

"Ti.no, Chief!" Elak Alul is in a hurry.

"Hhh. pity, this leaf can only grow once in every tree tree. It was just a few sheets. So of course this is a valuable item. Don't you, Alul?"

"Yes, Chief.."

Flashback complete.

'The Top Leader gave me three Tokasik leaves. Then there are three people I can manipulate his mind. But, who should she receive this special gift from me huh?' murmured Alul in the heart.

'Surely the one who should receive this gift is the foolish king. Didn't the leader include peacock clasps as well with these leaves? The peacock is the symbol of the leader in this kingdom. So clearly, the Leader intends to manipulate the mind of the king of Daffa later, ' continued the minister monologue in his heart.

'But then, whose other two leaves of this tokasik are intended for? What... king Elfran?! But, of course to poison the Goluth king would be very difficult. Except.the fifth month! Aye! The fifth month of this battle will not be the annual celebration in the kingdom of Goluth?!' Alul suddenly stood up while pounding the table.

Shines of joy appear to decorate the face of the sangar of the minister.

Of course Alul's sudden attitude was enough to make Hammar surprised. But his loyal servant Alul still stood where he stood.

'Really 'Yes! Such a leader considered the celebration in Goluth's kingdom in his plan. If not, what is the analogy of 'lion roars won in the fifth month' he wrote in his letter?!'

'Then, even though the war is still going on, the annual celebration in the kingdom of Goluth must still take place. And inevitably, Elfran as the king will also have to return to his palace and perform a ceremony of homage to the ancestors. If I send someone to put this leaf into the king's banquet, it's certainly very likely to happen! Because king Elfran will be quite busy then!'

'That means one more leaf left..'

Alul Lazam's mind turned fast. And he found the last name to be given his herb from these leaves. He was convinced that his failure in the pre-previous poisoning would not happen again.

Because according to the Top Leader, until now no one can resist the effects of the Tokasik plant. Not even one person!

'Do not know, with that person, whether this time he can fight the effects of this Tokasik leaf or not. So, I'll try it first on him. Because all this time, he was the one who most often thwarted my plans in poisoning the royal members!' muttered Alul last time, before he stood up and gave an edict to Hammar, his loyal servant.

"Hammar! go away anyway. Wait for the next order from me!"

"Ready, my Lord!" suhut Hammar, before disappearing out of the room.

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