The Fate of Adipura Kingdom

2. Bad News

Adipura Kingdom is a kingdom that is still very young and has only been established for about 100 years. This kingdom is led by the king of Jaka who is none other than the half-brother of his father's second wife who is the most respected king during the kingdom of Adipura stands named king Aryi Wajendra.

King Aryi is famous as a king who is very friendly, authoritative, skilled, decisive, and upholds the values of justice. During his leadership the people lived in peace without any shortcomings.

Unlike the other kingdoms that focus on the strength of his army, the king of Aryi prefers to advance the field of culture in his kingdom. Made his kingdom so famous with a variety of beautiful places to visit. Many citizens from other kingdoms who choose to live in the Adipura kingdom because of its safe place and have a stable standard of living.

Until a great calamity arose, because of his old age and already suffering from a frequent disease, the king of Aryi finally decided to choose one of his children to be his successor.

King Aryi has two children from two wives who became his queen, namely Aryo Jayantaka and Jaka Jayastu.

Many nobles and royal officials supported Aryo to be appointed as the king's successor. Crown Prince Aryo is known to be very smart with a gentle attitude to anyone he meets making people quickly feel comfortable when they are near him.

But not a few also have the opinion that the crown prince Jaka also deserves to ascend the throne. Because of his hard nature and did not know surrender made him respected by several officials of the Adipura royal army.

Despite the opinion of many people, the king of Aryi has made his choice so that Prince Aryo will be his successor. This was because the Aryi king believed that Prince Aryo would bring a very big change to the kingdom of Adipura.

The reason is simple he would rather the kingdom of Adipura stand firm without having to attack other kingdoms, if it can be done better through cooperation with other kingdoms.

It would be different if the crown prince of Jaka who will lead the kingdom of Adipura, because his harsh nature and do not want to submit with anyone made the king of Aryi worried.

He was afraid that the crown prince of Jaka would bring the kingdom of Adipura into a big problem such as war which would certainly cause the people to suffer later. The reason for this is that he decided that the kingdom of Adipura would be better in the leadership of the crown prince Aryo.

And did not wait long held the ceremony of the appointment of prince Aryo as the new king of the kingdom of Adipura. The appointment ceremony was attended by all the people of Adipura kingdom as well as some important guests from other kingdoms who establish cooperation with Adipura kingdom.

As the new king, king Aryo still uphold the values that have been applied by his father. All the people rejoiced at this because their new king would also bring peace to the land of Adipura kingdom.

Behind the joy and joy there are some people who do not accept the election of Aryo as the new king, one of whom is his own brother, Prince Jaka.

Prince Jaka was very hurt because he was not elected as the new king even though not a few who supported him to become king. His life was ruined after the ceremony, his father spent more time teaching King Aryo to lead the kingdom well.

Therefore, the prince of Jaka and his family finally chose to leave the kingdom and leave the Adipura kingdom. Even they left without telling them where they were headed, King Aryo tried to stop them but the determination of his brother and family he brought was unanimous. They finally stepped away and never showed their faces again in Adipura kingdom.

But after Aryo rose to become king, prince Jaka began to close himself and began to stretch the distance between the two and ended up choosing out of the kingdom.

King Aryo was so saddened by the loss of his brother, he tried to send some people to look for traces and information about his brother. A year passed but he never got the information where his brother now leaves.

Because of that king Aryo became so sad, he even had time to think that it was better for his brother who had the throne of this kingdom. For him brother is a very important figure in life, the feeling of sadness continues to attack him.

But the sadness was finally gone when he found a female figure that was able to calm him. The figure of the woman was none other than Sinta and was the son of her martial master. She only realized Sinta's feelings after 10 years of studying martial arts with her teacher.

Apparently Sinta secretly put her feelings to him but was embarrassed to reveal them. After hearing directly from his teacher's mouth he finally knew that his younger brother kept the taste to him.

It turns out that the king of Aryo also has a taste of it, and it did not take long he decided he wanted to make Sinta his queen. Before the king of Aryo asked his father for advice and permission and he agreed, the king of Aryi ordered to keep Sinta until the end of their journey.

There was a wedding that lasted seven full days to enliven their marriage. Many people who came to congratulate the newlyweds, nobles, officials, Patih, even the people were invited into the kingdom to enliven the event.

Everyone had fun because it was the biggest wedding party they had ever been to, until something unwanted happened that made it all turn around 180⁰. On the last night very many visitors who came exceeded the expectations of the event manager.

Not many know that on that day the prince Jaka came to the wedding intending to meet his brother to congratulate him. But the intention is not just that, there is an intention that is more important than that.

“Even my king, we have an unexpected arrival of an important guest. Prince Jaka came but not with his family. But bring 2 people with each older men and women”, reported a Patih who is believed to keep the event going.

“Brother Jaka back?”, king Aryo surprised after hearing the report.

“Ah... Not the time to be surprised, quickly bring him here Patih!”, he ordered.

Patih left immediately and soon returned with prince Jaka and two men with him. Prince Jaka then approached the two brides and immediately embraced his brother and congratulated the king of Aryo.

“Thank you brother, your arrival is very much I'm waiting for. Where the hell have you been? My father and I are so sad that you left without telling me. And where is the other family? Why are you the only one coming?” king Aryo became so enthusiastic about the arrival of his long-lost brother.

“Ahhh. I also have to take the item that should be rightfully mine”, replied prince Jaka while smiling cynically.