The Romance Of The Kingdom

Chapter 2: The King Regret

Abhlesh down the corridor of King Palace. When he reached a room guarded by 2 Knights, Abhlesh knocked on the door. A while later a middle-aged man came out and let him in.

"How's dad doing, Prime minister?."

"His Majesty's condition has begun to improve the Prince and he asks you to come in and he wants to convey something to You Prince."

Abhlesh slightly lowered his head and clenched his palms.

"I'll excuse the Prince then."

The middle-aged man who was the prime minister of Kaspian passed away leaving Abhlesh. He was still standing in front of the door until the prime minister disappeared at the end of the corridor. He seemed to gather his mentality to enter the room that only once he entered during his life in Kaspian.

When he entered the room. An old man who was lying weakly on top of his luxurious bed looked towards him. His face looked at Abhlesh with the same gaze for many years. The man hinted at his servants to come out and leave him alone with Abhlesh.

"Long life Ki ...."

Abhlesh's sentence was cut by a hand gesture telling him to stop.

"You don't have to tell me that."

The old man tried to stand up. But his body was too weak and Abhlesh rushed to help the man. Never in his life did Abhlesh touch the man and vice versa. But this time the old man let his body in the help of Abhlesh's embrace.

"Take me to the balcony."

Abhlesh obeyed his father's orders, which he probably never called him directly.

Abhlesh carried the body by embracing it, he did so with great care. He placed the King on a bench overlooking the lake. A truly beautiful sight lay before his eyes.

The wind swept over Abhlesh. Asking him to endure a little more restrained all his feelings. However, Abhlesh could not hate the person in front of him.

Abhlesh has always been grateful to his father. Because his father gave him everything he needed. Though maybe love and time together he never got. Even Abhlesh still considered the man his father and the only family he had even though the man did not see him at all.

"You know, this place is a place Cleo really likes."

Abhlesh just bowed his head. That sentence was a death sentence for him. The words of a King who remembered his longing for the Queen he loved most.

"You know, I haven't even sat in this place since you were born."

Abhlesh lowered his head. He tried as hard as he could to contain all the feelings raging within him. The feeling of sadness mixed with anger at the state of his father, as well as the questions he always wanted to ask should he hold and keep it in his heart.

"Cleo asked me to look after the thing that took his life, how could I do it? tell me, how can I do that?."

The voice tone of the old man was increasingly trembling and weakening. Every now and then Abhlesh saw the tears from his face that turned towards the lake. The lake looks like a giant mirror as if reflecting the sadness of the King.

"He told me that you meant more than his life, he thought I was crazy for wanting him to stay alive at your expense, Am I wrong? tell me what I'm wrong?."

Abhlesh didn't answer question after question at all. He just clasped his palm tightly behind his back.

"Say My Son! am I wrong for loving your mother too deeply!? tell me Prince Kaspian!."

The weak body forced itself to stand up and fall in front of Abhlesh. When Abhlesh helped him up, the man brushed off his hand. The old man kept trying to stand up but many times he fell down.

"Think of your health Your Majesty, And ...."

The man's face actually showed his angry expression for the first time in the presence of Abhlesh.

"You all consider me a failed king! you consider me a stupid king and you! you stole everything from me!."

Abhlesh held back her tears seeing her father's state of complete chaos. The caspian state that was once the most prosperous kingdom changed little by little into a kingdom that was headed towards destruction. But Abhles was the one who managed to bring the kingdom back on track. Ablesh did so with sweat and blood that he fought for the sake of the kingdom.

While the King?. He was just languishing in his room crying over the Queen's death. Drowning himself in endless sadness.

Prime minister's death was the kingdom's best when Abhles was 10 years old. As well as various internal problems, bringing the kingdom experienced a crisis within 5 years. It added that when the kingdom was under the leadership of royal officers who were full of corruption, making things worse.

Abhles, aware of it, tried to find a way and managed to gather support for him. The support of the former nobles and honest officers of the state brought the work on the right track. Until he was 15 years old, Abhles carried out a massive cleanup after his investigation for 2 years behind the shadow of the King.

At that time the Caspian Kingdom experienced a tragedy that entered the historical record. The tragedy known as the most brutal Kaspian purge in the history of the kingdom stands. As many as 50 people were publicly executed and their bodies were left to rot on the gallows for days.

The King wept for his Queen. Prince Kaspian drenched himself with blood. All this to protect his father and the kingdom that his mother loved so much.

The king is now on the verge of death. Abhles went to great lengths to keep the king alive by finding him the greatest physician in the entire Caspian, even to the neighboring kingdom. But no matter how hard he tried, his father always refused everything. And threw up accusations that Abhles wanted to kill him with all those drugs.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to take care of your health ...."

"I said shut up! let me die! let me die with Cleo! what a fuck does this kingdom care about me! I can't even look after my Queen!."

Abhles again did not want to fight his father's words, whose face was now soaked in tears. A few minutes passed and not a word was said from the lips of the two of them. Abhles received only all the words of his father, while his father cursed him for something he did not do.

"Abhles, bring me back."

Abhles complied with the request. He embraces the weak body of his father who was once known as the wise King. Now the body is consumed by age and all its sadness brings various diseases for him. The king who was so handsome and handsome. He was weak and his face looked so old. Abhles laid down his father and covered his body with a blanket.

"I'm sorry Abhles, you grew up to be so much like your mother and those eyes, you really inherited them."

Abhles clasped the man's right palm and bowed his head. The old man's hand shook violently within Abhlesh's grasp. While his left hand moved gently stroked the hair of Abhles who was kneeling beside him.

"From the beginning I wanted so badly to do this .. I'm sorry my son .. even to the end I was just a stupid King ... this kingdom I leave to your."

It was the last sentence of King Alexander Kaspian. He breathed his last in front of his son. No one thought that King Alexander was hiding his pain for Abhles to come to him.

At that moment the tears of the man could no longer be contained. Abhles wept over the death of his father and the only family he had in the world. When the royal servants entered the room, Abhles sat down beside his father's body and clasped the cold palm.

Some of the maids couldn't even hold back their tears seeing the sad state of the Prince who truly loved his father. The news of the King's death spread rapidly throughout the kingdom. And the news also reached other kingdoms that were on good terms with the Kaspians.

Alexander is remembered as the King who kept his love until the end. For some, Alexander is called the Foolish King. They hid it from Abhles, who was a hero in the Caspian kingdom.

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What about Abhles' grief at losing his father ? sometimes we focus too much on one thing until we forget the most important thing that we should take care of 😌

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