The Fate of Adipura Kingdom

71. Reunite II

Ki Ratno smiled again as he looked at Bagaskara's keris, "Do you know who owned this kris before?", Ki Ratno asked back.

"Previous owner?", Aryo's eyebrows suddenly rose upon hearing the question.

"Let me guess you didn't know, did you?"

"Truly Ki, I don't know"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh... Too bad, then how did you find this keris?"

"The story may be a little long Ki..."

"Then shorten it!", Ki Ratno cut a word from Aryo.

Aryo briefly held his breath as the old man in front of him cut off his words. He becomes confused about where to start, but soon finds parts in his memory to become one in the story.

This incident occurred about 8 years ago when he was still the crown prince of Adipura kingdom. At that time as a crown prince the habit he often did was to go out of the palace alone to observe the lives of the people who were in the territory of his kingdom.

He wanted to get to know more about the lives of the common people because they were one of the backbones where the kingdom of Adipura could stand. One day he saw an elderly grandfather in trouble.

The grandfather lay helplessly as he held his stomach constantly on the edge of a very crowded market. Aryo observed the circumstances where people in the market were reluctant to approach the grandfather. He understood the reason behind the reluctance shown by the other citizens.

It was very clear in Aryo's eyes that the helplessly lying grandfather had a skin disease that was already very severe. The other citizens did not dare to approach him, they thought they would get infected if they came into contact with him.

Aryo's little heart could not bear to see that, of the many people who were in the market, only he who wanted to approach the grandfather. Aryo stepped slowly closer to him accompanied by the sight of people who felt astonished at Aryo's attitude this time.

Aryi ignored the views of the people in the market, he continued to step towards where the grandfather lay. When it was near Aryo then greeted the grandfather, "Grandfather, can this grandson help?", Aryo asked slowly.

"Knnnn...... Maaakkannn... Maakkannn.", said the grandfather.

Aryo was surprised, although the voice of the grandfather sounded so small but he could hear clearly. He only realized that not only was the grandfather's body filled with his skin disease.

But the body part is no less concerning, the body that is very old it only contains bones and wrapped with skin only. It is very clear that this grandfather had difficulty moving because he was holding back hunger.

Aryo bit his lips can not stand the old man's moaning, without thinking anymore Aryo then archery the old body entered the market and look for a tavern that sells food.

Aryo's actions were blocked by the guards of traders who sold in the market. Just sober this made Aryo became angry for a moment, he had a clash of mouth with the guards.

But all of that is soon finished when some residents find out the identity of the real Aryo. They immediately informed the others that the young man who helped the old man was none other than the crown prince of their kingdom.

When the guards who had clashed with Aryo's mouth shook all over, they finally found out the identity of the young man in front of them now. Without waiting for long they apologized and saluted Aryo while kneeling.

Aryo had the intention to give the guards a calculation but the soft voice of the grandfathers who were being broken back made him aware of the momentary emotion. Aryo said slowly and forgave their actions just now, not waiting long he then returned his steps looking for a food store that was opening.

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The crowd of people who were in the market immediately gave way to Aryo, even some of them tried to approach to help him. Aryo then asked where the food store that has good food in the market.

"Let's take the prince there", one of the residents took Aryo to the food stall.

It did not take long Aryo finally arrived at a food store that was quite crowded with visitors, without further ado he then asked the residents who came with him to order a place and order dishes for the grandfather he brought.

The resident immediately took orders from Aryo, while Aryo and the old man sat in the corner seat of the food stall. He deliberately took the place considering that already some visitors who have now stopped eating and decided to get out of the place.

Almost half of the visitors came out and the dishes awaited by Aryo arrived. From far away he could smell a very fragrant and appetizing aroma, the grandfather he brought before stood firm when the scent attacked his sense of smell.

"Makanannnn.", a clear voice of excitement came out from the old man's mouth.

"Sorry to wait for the prince, this is a special dish of our shop", the young woman then put the food on the table of the two of them.

Aryo had not had time to say thank you, the grandfather then moved quickly to reach a pot made of clay as a place for food. Greedily the grandfather ate up without anything left.

"I ordered one more, ahhh, two better" the grandfather gave directions using both fingers.

The young woman turned towards Aryo and found a nod of the head from Aryo sign agreeing with the request of the grandfather. After that the woman easily turned around and began to move toward the kitchen shop again.

"Prince... Hem... It seemed like the young man who helped this old man had a high degree", the old man opened his voice again.

Aryo turned towards the source of the voice and found their eyes now meeting each other, "I'm just a commoner cake", Aryo's voice stammered.

"Ha..Ha..Ha.. No need to humble yourself, this old man can hear your conversation earlier especially during the debate in the market earlier"

"Ma-sorry cake"

"Why is my granddaughter apologizing, I was so helped hahaha" the grandfather patted Aryo's shoulder repeatedly.

The attitude shown by this old geezer made Aryo awkward for a moment. Although not long ago knew him but the attitude seems like the attitude of a grandfather to his grandson.

His face and wrinkles were already very clear signifying that the grandfather was very old. He believes when compared to the age of his father, the age difference between the two must be quite far.

"This old man wants to tell me something, is my grandson willing to listen to this story?"

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