Swordsman Lightning

Chapters 19. The wind in the wind

Meanwhile in the building of the Duchy of Bantar wind that afternoon was seen the duke pacing back and forth in his own room there may have been two hours he was so, finally heard the sound of a subtle knock on the door.

"The duke in front was two guest envoys from the Kingdom, a soft cry came from outside

Long enough the duke was silent, he had expected gradually the envoys from the Kingdom would definitely come to him as well.

" Make them wait a moment, I change clothes first, the middle-aged duke said

Then there were footsteps away from the door of the room where the duke was located and the duke went back to daydreaming this time long enough, what was the matter actually to make the duke so agitated,,?

The emissary from the Kingdom who came was a confidant of the king of the Kingdom of Pagar lembayung namely His Majesty king Durataka, the envoy was waiting for an answer from the duke of the temple fence regarding the issue of the proposal from the king to the daughter of the duke, it had been three months since the first arrival of this envoy, and now they also came again waiting for the decision of the duke of the Bantar wind.

Actually it is not a matter of having a son-in-law of a king, whoever his people must expect his daughter to be the wife of the ruler, only a fool who refuses such a thing. Now the problem for the duke and his thoughts for three months is that the king of Durataka has a very bad and crazy habit towards women, much different from the nature of his former Majesty, his own father, who died two years ago.

now that the situation in the Kingdom of Pagar Lembayung suffered a rapid decline in the two years of His Majesty's reign, the people are suffering greatly in burden of high taxes, and more and more regulations are harming the people, he said, as a result, many people are displaced and looking for a safer place to take shelter. And that's not all the warlords who used to be very reluctant by the neighboring Kingdom now many who resigned as well as the palace officials, he said, because there is no one who fits with this king. let alone who served as an advisor to the Kingdom now is the teacher of this king Durataka himself, namely grandfather Sidipono who is famous for the title Datuk iron tiger, a black devotee who has the same habits as His Majesty Durataka who is very fond of young women.

And in these two years there were also several rebellions against the reign of King Durataka, one of which was from the duke of Muara Jadi Duchy that did not accept the policy of the king at that time, automatically there was a great battle and it ended with the death of the duke and all his family and loyal followers in the death penalty without any trial first. Many of the commanders and court officials regretted the king's over-indulgent actions, but they did not have the courage to speak out.

It was on this basis that the duke of this wind-busting Duchy of the past three months had been unable to sleep well, and the reason he had been able to buy time until now was because his daughter was not here, and he did not want his daughter to be a victim of the despotic king, only the thought was that if he refused there would be a great bloodshed, the people themselves suffer the most. Actually, this duke had the full support of the senopati and all his people should he have staged a coup against the kingdom, and saw in terms of strength the Duchy of the bantar bantar wind is quite strong, quite strong, despite having only two thousand soldiers but all the people are ready to always take up arms to defend the duke they love, it was, not to mention coupled with the willingness of the padepokan located around the Duchy.

Finally the duke's determination was round, after pondering for a long time he stepped out of the room, his determination was already unanimous he rejected the proposal from the king and he had thought carefully about the consequences of his refusal, even though he was considered a rebel he was ready. Slowly he arrived at the front porch where the two Royal Emissaries were waiting.

Seriate....