Queen Without Crown

Chapter 47 Dating

In the evening, Queen Gita went with King Satria wearing ordinary folk clothes. They do not want this dating event to fail because people recognize them as the ruler of this kingdom.

"Have you ever seen a circus?" King Satria asked while hugging his wife's waist.

"Yet." Queen Gita nodded.

"Then wait here first, I'll buy a ticket."

Queen Gita waits in front of a cotton candy vendor. She saw her husband disappear among the crowd.

Queen Gita accidentally saw there are sellers of trinkets accessories. The woman then went there to look around. There was a very beautiful hairpin made of silver.

Queen Gita then reached out her hand to take the flops but at the same time there was another hand outstretched to take the same flops. It landed on the hand of Queen Gita.

Queen Gita turned to find out who had touched her hand. It turned out that he was dealing with a very handsome oriental face. His straight, long hair was tied up in half. The young man smiled at him.

"Sorry."

Said the young man as Queen Gita pulled her hand back. The Queen awkwardly nodded her head and immediately left. He was no longer interested in buying the hairpin.

"Wait a minute!" Call the young man.

"What's up?"

"You can have that pinch, I'll buy another."

"No, I just want to see it."

Queen Gita stepped away, but the young man still followed her.

"May I know your name? I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I see you're not from the Elfians. I happen to be a newcomer too. So, as fellow overseas can we be friends?"

Queen Gita hesitated for a moment. But the woman understood the feelings of someone who was in a foreign land. Finally Queen Gita nodded.

"My name is Gita." Queen Gita extended her hand.

"I'm Chen, nice to meet you."

Chen welcomed Queen Gita's hand and held it. A smile adorned her pink lips.

"Are you alone, Gita?" Chen asked, his narrowed eyes looking at him unblinkingly.

"No, I'm with someone." Answer Queen Gita.

"Your friend?"

"Eh, yes. He's buying a circus ticket."

"If you want I can take you in for free."

"Not to." Reject Queen Gita. The woman was uncomfortable.

"Oh yes, your friend for a long time. Is he running out of tickets?"

Queen Gita looked at the crowd in front of the ticket sales with some worry. She did not see her husband.

"Is your friend there?"

"I didn't see it. Sorry I stayed."

Queen Gita immediately headed for the crowd to search for King Satria. The woman was confused because she could not find him.

Suddenly a hand held his wrist. He immediately turned around. His eyes were immediately glued to the warm purple glare of his eyes.

"I'm looking for you." Queen Gita immediately hugged her husband's arm.

"So I I had to jostle to queue up for tickets. After that I'm looking for you but you're not there." King Satria stroked Queen Gita's hair.

"Here you go, let's go inside." King Satria took his wife by the hand and invited her into a circus tent. He handed two tickets to the doorman.

Inside that enormous tent was a circular, multi-storey seat surrounding a vast arena. The ceiling of the tent is very high and decorated with bright lights.

King Satria invited Queen Gita to sit in the second row from the front. They sat down while enjoying the roasted beans sold by the seller who went around inside the tent.

The event opened with the attraction of two horsemen. Five dark brown horses entered the arena. The horsemen were agilely riding horses and circling around the arena.

Then as the horses raced at high speed, they slowly stood on the horse's back. They continued to hang on to the back of the horse that kept racing, waiting for the right moment.

Then suddenly they jumped on the back of another horse, making the spectators hold their breath. Then the audience cheered and applauded. The great attraction lasts about 15 minutes.

The next attraction is the rope trapeze show. The acrobats jump using a trampoline to reach a high-pitched rope.

They walk the rope and do thrilling attractions. They swiveled and swung on the rope with great agility.

Even they jumped from one rope and grabbed the rope opposite it as if it was flying. Their exquisite costumes made the audience seem to witness the fairies flying.

Queen Gita can recognize Chen being among them. Several times the man threw a smile at Queen Gita as she was swinging across her head. Chen's long black hair was fluttering in the air. That young man looks so awesome.

"I don't like those acrobats." The whisper of King Satria in the ear of his wife.

"Why?" Queen Gita asked but her eyes could not be separated from the spectacular show in the air.

"I feel like that guy was trying to tease you."

"What is it?"

At that moment Chen flashed again above them, the man looked back at Queen Gita and smiled at her. Even on the next swing, he threw a distant kiss at Queen Gita and made the woman wide-eyed in shock.

Queen Gita reflexively turned to her husband who was glaring at the acrobat. The man's face was red to the ears. His neckline protruded as it held in anger.

"Darling..." Queen Gita immediately clasped her husband's hand to quell her anger.

The face of King Satria from earlier looked tense, gradually returning to normal. The man remembers having promised an memorable date to his wife. He didn't want to just ruin it.

"I love you." He said as he looked at Queen Gita with affection.

Queen Gita rests her head on her husband's shoulder. They watched the rest of the show hugging each other.

*****

After the show was over, King Satria took Queen Gita for a walk. They stopped by the tavern and tried to taste the food they had never eaten in the palace.

"It feels good even though it's a bit disgusting." King Satria scoops soft textured food in blackish brown.

Queen Gita laughed seeing her husband eat with a frowning face. Queen Gita was actually rather disgusted at the food. Though the name of the food sounds unique, gray cloud pudding.

After eating, suddenly a personal bodyguard of King Satria who had been watching them from afar came. The guard whispered something in the King's ear.

"Darling, will you wait for me for a moment? I have to go now, but I promise I'll be back soon!" King Satria looked at his wife with regret.

"Go, I'm fine. I'll wait for you." Queen Gita smiled.

King Satria kissed his wife at a glance, then went with the bodyguard earlier. Before turning, King Satria turned to his wife who was sitting looking at his disappearance.

King Satria came to a security post near the town square. There were already gathered some of the King's trust guards.

"There's been some suspicious activity going on all afternoon. There were several horse carriages driven by foreigners. They dropped off some passengers at some point. And strangely those people instantly blending in and vanishing untraceable."

"Strictly guard, increase the number of soldiers to patrol." King's Order.

The guards listened carefully to King Satria's orders. Several times the King of Satria asked what he wanted to know.

"Durr!"

Everyone was shocked to hear the sound of explosions. King Satria immediately came out to see the origin of the explosion. The flames lit up the night and thick smoke rose up in the sky.

Suddenly there was an immeasurable feeling of pain in his heart. When he realized the location of the explosion was near the tavern where Queen Gita was located.

As quickly as possible King Satria ran towards the source of the explosion. His heart is beating so fast. Anxiety enveloped his soul.

The guards ran behind him. The atmosphere became very tense. People are running in no direction.

Raja Satria reached the site of the explosion, which leveled the entire area as far as a 100-meter radius, including the tavern. Now there is only the remaining debris that is still engulfed in fire.

Several bodies were seen lying around the site. King Satria shouted hysterically while calling out his wife's name. The man ran here and there among the debris of the fire in search of Queen Gita.

Some of the bodyguards immediately took King Satria away from the location for fear of further explosions.

"Durr!"

Sure enough, before long the explosion again occurred near there. This time the coverage is wider, almost half the front area of the plaza is broken.

"Let'soooooo!"

King Satria cried out, tears had washed all over his face. His body slumped and fell on the ground. It felt like his whole body was weak.