Queen Without Crown

Chapter 29 The Secret That Reveals

Ahren was unsure if he could help subdue the monstrous creature that was terrorizing the palace. But he will do anything so that Consort Mayang can return to being human.

The king told Eldrige that the young bodyguard might be able to help.

"Hen's name is Ahren, see what he can do to help us!" King Satria said to him as the three of them sat in the parlour of the Grand Concubine's Guesthouse to discuss the strategy of capturing the Eagle Lady.

"Try telling me from the beginning. Everything you know!" The King's orders to Ahren.

The young man lowered his head. Swallowed spit several times. Feeling nervous? Sure is! For telling him everything he knew meant dismantling all the rotten plans and crimes they had committed against the supreme ruler of this kingdom.

The punishment he will receive, may not be lighter than the sentence of Consort Mayang. They are both partners in crime !

"Yes, I'll tell you."

*****

It all started seven years ago, when Consort Mayang was sixteen. Ahren, who was just starting to intern at the palace, secretly invited Consort Mayang into the royal residence. The King, Queen and Prince's Residence.

"Don't get caught by Mayang, we can only peek up here!" While crouching Ahren warned the girl in a whispering voice.

"Calm down Ahren. After all, if it gets caught I'll pretend to be lost. You recall? I'm here with my dad!" The beautiful girl stubbornly denied.

Today his father invited him to attend the coronation ceremony of the new Crown Prince, Prince Satria. The prince was the sole heir to the throne of the Elfian kingdom.

"I was just warning you. Your father will scold us if anything happens!" The young man who had just grown up said seriously.

Hearing that, the beautiful girl pouted. He was annoyed by the carelessness of his friend. If only he did not need Ahren, he would immediately throw him away so he could freely peek.

Yes, he did peek. A very inappropriate deed done by a noble Princess like her. But his curiosity was greater than the moral consciousness that had been instilled in him since childhood.

"Sstt..!" The girl's index finger was fixed on her lips. He gestured for Ahren to be quiet as there was someone coming near their hideout.

A foreign girl who looked younger than him suddenly approached. He sat leaning under a tree near the pink-flowered Rhododendron grove, where they hid. His face looks sad. They saw her shoulders shaken, she seemed to be crying.

Shortly after, a young noble came. They are of the same race. The young man is seen trying to comfort the girl and bring her back inside. But the girl shook her head, finally the young man left with shaky steps.

While being engrossed in peeking, there was suddenly a clap that landed on their shoulders. When they turned around, it turned out that Princess Mayang's father was standing with a ruffled waist.

"What are you doing here, Mayang?" The old man asked furiously. He was looking for his daughter to be introduced to some people, but the girl disappeared.

"Dad? I'm sorry, I just wanted to take a look!" His voice was so soft and sweet that it made his father's anger disappear instantly. That girl indeed had the talent to manipulate someone.

"Ahren, you know this place is off limits to the public. Why bring Mayang here?" The Chairman of the Permadi Council stared angrily at the young man.

"I'm sorry!" The young man apologized for the mistake made by Princess Mayang. He was willing to do anything as long as the girl was happy.

"Hm.. Then come with me, Mayang! And you, Ahren. Go back to your guard post!" Speaker of the Permadi Council.

Princess Mayang followed her father behind. The girl glanced at Ahren with a mocking expression. Accidentally, he saw an Elfian youth wearing royal clothes was rubbing the girl's face with a handkerchief. The young man looked very handsome and charming. Suddenly his heart was beating hard.

Princess Mayang was eager to return to this place, but she did not dare to refute her father. Finally with a shunt step he followed her into the royal hall.

There were many guests gathered there. There were some foreigners there, including the young man. He looked solemnly listening to someone who looked authoritative was talking.

"The Coronation Ceremony of the Crown Prince of the Elfian Kingdom begins. Prince Satria is welcome to face!" The voice of a Royal Staff echoed throughout the room.

The young man walked with steady steps towards the King and Queen. Princess Mayang stared as if in disbelief knowing that the young man was Prince Satria.

"I should be able to have you!" Mumbled. In his mind he began to devise a plan to approach the Crown Prince.

After the coronation ceremony, Princess Mayang attempted to approach Prince Satria. But the young man seemed busy serving the guests who congratulated him.

When finally Prince Satria was alone, confidently the beautiful girl approached him. But when he got to the presence of Prince Satria, suddenly the young man walked away past him just like that and walked out of the room.

Hastily the girl tried to follow him, yet she had lost track of him. The girl walked indiscriminately through the wide hallways, then turned towards the park. There were only a few servants pacing around carrying something for the banquet.

Princess Mayang walks among the flowers of red roses. Then the girl reached the edge of a very beautiful pond. In the middle of the pool there is a fountain, the water comes out of a jug held by a statue of a beautiful woman.

He turned left and right, looking for the whereabouts of Prince Satria. But the young man was nowhere to be seen. Irritatedly the girl walked in any direction. He passed through the lush trees. After quite a while of circling there, he arrived at the area for archery practice.

The girl could not shoot, so she was in no mood to look around the place.

"Shut up, don't move!" A voice caught in the hearing of Princess Mayang.

The girl immediately searched for the source of the voice. When he reached the back of the archery equipment storage building, he saw Prince Satria lying on the ground with a frightened face. In front of him stood the crying girl earlier, she was pulling a bow and pointing it at the young man.

Princess Mayang surprised not play. Not yet had the girl screamed, an arrow shot swiftly towards Prince Satria.

Princess Mayang shouted hysterically. Seeing the presence of Princess Mayang, the foreign girl immediately threw her bow and ran away. Princess Mayang immediately approached the helplessly sprawled young man, examining him with a feeling of fear.

Thank goodness the young man was alive. Near his feet lay a black snake carcass with a head stuck in an arrow. It turned out that the girl did not want to kill Prince Satria, but instead saved his life.

Not long after came a group of royal guards. They immediately brought the fainted Prince Satria to his Wisma. Princess Mayang was not left with her.

When it awakens Prince Satria does not remember the events that happened to him. The young man had a phobia towards snakes, so maybe he wanted to forget about that frightening incident.

From that time on, everyone assumed that Princess Mayang was the one who had saved Prince Satria. Because he was the only one there. While the girl who saved him, never heard from.

The plan to approach the Crown Prince became very easy. Until suddenly word spread that Prince Satria had been betrothed to a Princess from another nation.

The mission to win the heart of Prince Satria begins. He would not let the young man turn away from him. Any way he'll do it. Including using magic!

*****

Ahren told me everything she knew. It also explains how he went to the Wirasukma forest and met a witch from the Daemonie race named Mors. It was there that he obtained magic books and amulets to bind the heart of King Satria to fall in love and submit to Concubine Mayang. Even there he got the Book of Pikatriz.

The king of Satria was shocked to hear the words of Ahren. It turns out that all this time there was no honesty from Consort Mayang. From the beginning everything was a lie. He suspected that the woman was also the one who was recklessly poisoning herself using the poison of the Elk tree. After all, there was a sense of disappointment that scratched his heart.

"Then, how do you think you're going to conquer that thing?" Asked King Satria finally, by suppressing his emotions.

"Mayang's concubine had a bronze box to store her magic equipment. Maybe there's something in it that could give us a clue. Now that box is the house of the Chairman of the Permadi Kingdom Council." Ahren.

"Eldrige, immediately order someone to take it." King's Order.