The Explorers of the Universe

The Prince's Grand Plan

Asteria stand still, as much as possible to stay calm and can think clearly. He waited for Prince Sagi to say something. Whatever it is it will receive.

“What are you doing here?” Prince Sagi asked Asteria. “Is he your brother, or your sister?” ask again, this time to Bu Surah.

“I only read,” replied Asteria.

“He's not my brother, Prince. He's a High School student studying here.” Surah ma'am can't lie. He held the principle that lies would only bring about other lies and new problems. However, the government can easily search his family's data if he is not honest.

Prince Sagi stepped slowly into the room.

“Can't this room be entered by anyone?” Prince Sagi asked in an interrogation tone to Bu Surah.

On Asteria's side, he feels guilty if Bu Surah becomes the one to blame. It all started with him.

“Betul, Prince.” Ms. Surah doesn't know what else to explain.

“How long has he studied the books here?” Prince Sagi still had not found any justification for what he saw in this room. There were abuses committed in the royal neighborhood.

“Not long Prince. Just three days,” replied Bu Surah.

“This is a violation! You have betrayed the kingdom!” Prince Sagi snapped at Bu Surah who looked frightened.

Women who are notoriously stiff and firm now in the eyes of Asteria look like women who are generally. Asteria felt she had to save Ms. Surah's good name. But he himself did not dare to cut off the interrogation of Prince Sagi.

Prince Sagi moved out of the room with firm steps. He closed the door of the secret room without looking. He felt the rules should be enforced. Although he himself felt that the kingdom had been guilty of lying to the people all this time.

Prince Sagi's move came to a halt a few meters before the exit. Someone held her hand from behind. Restrained it.

Prince Sagi looked over. He saw Asteria standing with a face that was strived as calm as possible.

“Pardon me if I sassy.” Asteria released Prince Sagi's hand.

“Bu Surah is innocent. I'm the one who's wrong. I can explain, Prince.” Asteria lowered her voice as her respect for Prince Sagi.

“What do you want to explain? You two are guilty of this!” Prince Sagi still maintained his attitude.

“Please listen to my explanation, Prince.” Asteria prepared an explanation.

“Since entering the Middle Level School, I have started to get curious about that impenetrable royal patron dindin. There are no holes or doors to get out. I want to explore the world behind the walls, Prince. My curiosity is huge. My curiosity about new things is very high. And for years that curiosity was just me being quiet and being a problem myself. My mind is always rebellious and it upsets my emotions,” Asteria said.

Prince Sagi started to get interested in Asteria's explanation. “Then, how did you get to be in that room? You know, right, if the room is very secret?” in his little heart, Prince Sagi regretted that he himself only found out about the room, which turned out to be ordinary people who first entered it.

“While I only harbored it, I never stopped looking for a way to get out of that protective wall. I've been looking for him everywhere. Until I met my best friend's grandmother who knew little about the dark history of this kingdom. In that search I was compelled to search this library. Until finally Bu Surah found out my wish accidentally.”

Prince Sagi listened to him well. His expression remained unchanged.

“All Bu Surah scolded me. But after I explain everything, Ms. Surah is willing to give me access to the room with a note no one should know.” Asteria stopped her explanation. “Please forgive Bu Surah, Prince.”

Library doors open.  A girl stood in the doorway with a shocked face as she saw Prince Sagi face off against the Asteria inside the library room. Something must have happened, the girl thought.

“Dia Viana. My best friend who accompanied me to be in this room,” replied Asteria. “In addition to him, no one knows the secret room anymore,” he continued before Prince Sagi thought longer.

Prince Sagi was looking for a solution on how to deal with this condition. He had to punish them as a consistent attitude of maintaining royal rules, but he himself was curious about a young man named Asteria who had the persistence of looking for answers to his curiosity.

“You two come with me to the castle,” said Prince Sagi at last.

Asteria and Viana looked at each other. They followed Prince Sagi who had already walked out of the library room.

Behind the door of the secret room, Ms. Surah wished that there would be no punishment for Asteria and Viana.

*

Prince Sagi brought Asteria and Viana into his private meeting room. The room was not too big, there was a round wooden table with 4 chairs around it. 1 special seat Prince, 3 seats for guests or anyone who attended the meeting limited.

As long as Asteria and Viana stepped up to the room, they were stunned and amazed by the architects, furniture, paintings, lights, and everything in the castle. Everything is very good and certainly expensive.

Looking at the Prince from behind while walking, Viana was made to rustle looking at his broad, sturdy and definitely muscular back.

“What have you learned in that space?” asked Prince Sagi as they sat down.

“I just read about the countries on this planet that were once divided into several golongaan, namely the Attackers, Protectors, Healers and Controllers. All countries use a government system. All are governed by the kingdom. Our Kingdom as a State and a Protective Kingdom. The Guardian Kingdom was endowed with people who could activate protection spells, as well as being able to be used to attack. The Assailant Kingdom itself has the ability to attack and make war equipment with great sophistication and greater than the Protective Kingdom. The Healing Kingdom has the ability to heal wounds and pains, even if they increase their strength, they can live long because all the pains can be healed by them. And the Government of Control as the regulator of the strategy and control center. The people in the kingdom have high intelligence,” obviously Asteria is quite long.

“I haven't learned anything.” Viana shook her head.

“In addition, there is more that you have learned?” Prince Sagi is increasingly interested in Asteria.

“That's all I've learned. I am very interested in the outside world, so I open a lot of stories about the ancient kingdoms on this planet,” replied Asteria. “Oya, of all the kingdoms of that era, there was one kingdom that did not want to participate in the royal alliance, namely, if not wrong, the name of the Kingdom of Gybon. They are Healers. No one knows if Gybon belongs to a kingdom that perished or survived like our kingdom.”

“Gybon ..” Prince Sagi muttered Gybon's name. “Alright, you guys I'll forgive as long as with one condition.”

Asteria and Viana were ready to hear his terms.

“You helped me unlock the history and mysteries of this kingdom!” prince Sagi.

Viana almost screamed at the offer to help the Prince. He was surprised not artificial. Whatever is willing to do as long as it can be close to the Prince.

“So all this time the Prince didn't know about it either? I thought ...” said Asteria.

“Today I was considered too young to know everything. And now is the right time,” replied Prince Sagi.

Prince Sagi asked Asteria to find out all the information about the outside world. Is there a relic there that can be used as a weapon to fight the Sky Force or not. In return, the Prince will open a sealed wall for Asteria if he has done his duty.

As for Viana, he was asked to study manta-mantra. Those spells were created by whom. Where does the source of the power of the fictional sounding spell come from.

Asteria and Viana accepted the task steadily. They shake hands as a sign of friendship beginning.

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