The Legend of the Cultivation World

Suspicions

Aryan's heart was beating faster than usual. Cold sweat started pouring from his forehead as he saw Arista not far from where he was.

Not because Arya fell in love with the beautiful woman, but she felt anxious if she had to deal with her. Arista's attack some time ago is still imprinted in the mind of Arya. Although it already had 40 Dragon scales, but the beautiful woman could still injure it.

Having problems with Arista for now is not a good thing according to Arya. Moreover, plus another beautiful woman who is the incarnation of the Fox Demon, who is now near Arista.

Raka who was beside Arya realized that the man looked anxious. But Raka thought that Arya must be just nervous to see the presence of some beautiful women who came with Madam Maharani.

"First I want to congratulate the four of you who can still last until the last second." Said Datu Mahendra who is the Supreme Commander in the Kingdom of Brawijaya.

Gaining congratulations from the figure of the Supreme Commander of the Kingdom, is a pride for the participants who can survive so far.

Datu Mahendra then gave the award badge to Raka and Angga. While in front of his son Datu Mahendra stopped for a moment.

"Good job..." Said Datu Mahendra while pairing the award badge for Satria. He then patted Satria on the shoulder before approaching the winner of the Military competition.

Satria silently smiled slightly. The simple praise of Datu Mahendra made him very happy. After a long time finally Satria glimpsed back by his father.

Satria's confidence is now growing and he does not need to ignore the jeers of people about him who failed to get first place in the competition.

According to Satria getting praise from her father was more than enough. Now he really believes in the words of Arya before, who said that his efforts have not been in vain even though it has failed at the last second.

Datu Mahendra is now in front of Arya. He then watched for a moment the winner of this competition from top to bottom before smiling lightly.

"I congratulate you for winning this competition. And I'd also like to thank you for putting on such an interesting show." Said Datu Mahendra to Arya while glancing towards Satria.

Realizing the meaning of thanks spoken by Datu Mahendra, Arya smiled slightly and bowed slightly.

"It's an honor for me, Commander." Reply Arya without reducing her respect to the Supreme Commander who has contributed a lot to the Kingdom.

Seeing the attitude Arya showed, Datu Mahendra nodded slowly convinced that her choice was not the wrong person.

An officer then gave a black flag bearing the red Brawijaya inscription to Datu Mahendra.

In contrast to Raka, Angga, and Satria who received the award medal. Arya actually got a flag that not everyone knows what it means.

Arya even looked puzzled as Datu Mahendra gave her a black flag to him while smiling meaningfully.

"From now on I'm appointing you as part of the 7-color flag army. Now your rank I raise to General and you can form an army of black flags."

The words from the Supreme Commander instantly made the spectators and some of the soldiers who witnessed the final match become shocked.

This makes Arya now equal to other Flag Generals who have contributed for more than 30 years to the Kingdom.

Arya thanked him for the promotion Datu Mahendra gave her. Now his plan to exert influence on the Kingdom is progressing quite rapidly. Being a Black Flag General meant that he had the special authority to create his own army.

"Oh right. I didn't know your name before. Introduce yourself, son!" Said Datu Mahendra who was curious about the figure of the young man in front of him, because previously the referee only mentioned the numbers of the participants so he did not know his name.

The small question from Datu Mahendra seemed to shake Arya. The man hesitated a little to say his name, worried that someone would suspect him.

"My name is Arya, I come from a small village in the east of the Kingdom, sir..." Arya replied hesitantly while waiting for the reaction of the people.

Sure enough, at once the Commander and the other Flag General seemed to remember the name of Arya. They then remembered about a leaflet containing the King's order to find a child named Arya Wijaya several years ago.

Not only the military officials who began to suspect the identity of Arya, but also the Maharani now squinted when looking at the young man.

Arya swallows saliva. Now he could only wait for the end of the charade he had made. If his true identity was revealed right now, then it would be difficult for him to move freely since his King or Grandfather must have blocked him right then and there.

Whether it was just a hunch or something, Arya felt her Grandfather would definitely prepare her for the affairs of the Kingdom in the future.

"Ekhem... I also have complete parents and some brothers in the village." Arya completes her introduction making the suspicion of everyone start to decline.

The military and Maharani officials now consider the man to have only the same name as the man they are looking for. They were sure it was just a coincidence, considering Arya's name was definitely not just one.

On the other hand, Raka was confused by the words of Arya. He clearly recognized Arya and knew the man's true identity. But just as he wanted to ask Arya a question, the man immediately stomped his foot without showing a guilty expression.

Raka could only moan in pain and looked at Arya for an explanation. Just a flat gaze and a thin smile, immediately made Raka understand the intent of Arya's actions that did not want her true identity to be dismantled for now.

After the participants received an award from the Commander-in-Chief. They were then given additional prizes by the Silver Association which was the sponsor of this event.

Starting from Satria, Angga, and Raka got a dimensional ring containing some money and some resources from Maharani directly.

Arya lowered her head as the Maharani was in front of her. He currently did not want the beautiful woman to know his identity, not out of hatred but rather to avoid the suspicion of Arista who seemed to be a friend of the Empress.

"Thank you..." Arya said flatly while bowing her face hoping Maharani does not recognize her.

Aryan's distinctive tone instantly made the Empress again suspect the man. Not yet had Maharani give some questions to Arya, suddenly Anjani pushed him because he also wanted to give a prize to the winners.

The Empress could only grumble inwardly after Anjani took her time to question the man.

But he could do nothing and could only wait until there was a chance to talk to the man who made him feel suspicious.