The Swordsman

CHAPTER XV

~ Paramarta Hiding Place and Patih Lembu Ireng ~

“Stupid... all of you, why until now you all did not manage to catch Princess Sekar Ayu” Paramarta said with anger.

“Pun... Paramarta..., the soldier I paid to track the trail of Princess Sekar Ayu disappeared no news, maybe he was dead at the hands of Ajisaka,” said Patih Lembu Ireng.

“Why do you all work no one's a sucker. I've wasted a lot of money but there's no result.”

“This is all because Putri Sekar Ayu is escorted by Ajisaka, the warrior besides having great martial arts he is very intelligent, he is not easily conquered,” said Patih Lembu Ireng.

Suddenly one of the Paramarta's men came in a hurry.

“Gawat..tang... once.., the soldiers of Princess Sekar Ayu's bodyguard have managed to escape from the dungeon.”.

“What.... how is it possible, who has freed them all, is not that place very hidden in the middle of the wilderness?”

“Pun... I found many wolf tracks around the dungeon room.”.

“Gawat... inside the prison there is Danu the person who can control the wolf with a flute must be him who makes all the soldiers of Princess Sekar Ayu's guard free,” said Patih Lembu Ireng.

“Didn't Danu be the one we paid to make a mess in Karangmojo village, why could he join the retinue of Princess Sekar Ayu's guard soldiers and betray us?” ask Paramarta.

“When in Karangmojo village, Ajisaka managed to catch Danu and drag him in front of me and Princess Sekar Ayu. I pretended to punish him for being a slave, I didn't think this would be your weapon of eating. I must return immediately to the palace of Dananjaya Kingdom with a body full of wounds. I have to pretend to escape from the captive of Bajing Alas rebels, lest King Nagendra and Princess Sekar Ayu suspect my betrayal,” said Patih Lembu Ireng.

“Go right now, I still need you to become a spy inside the palace of Dananjaya Kingdom. I must know all the movements of my half-brother the foolish King Nagendra. Heh... all of you, send all members of the rebel Bajing Alas to intercept the soldiers of Princess Sekar Ayu's bodyguard, lest they reach the palace of Dananjaya” Kingdom said Paramarta.

Patih Lembu Ireng immediately out of his hiding house, he will ride to the palace of the Kingdom of Dananjaya. His body was already covered in wounds from his own sword. Very clever Patih Lembu Ireng.

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Princess Sekar Ayu and Ajisaka immediately continued the journey after eating and resting in a tavern. The woman who owns the store is kind enough to give a lot of supplies, because the gold ring is too valuable if only exchanged for 2 servings of grilled fish and rice. In the afternoon they arrived at a meadow full of flowers.

“After passing through three more villages, we will get to the royal palace,” said Ajisaka.

“Iya I know, after I return to the palace can we continue together?” ask Putri Sekar Ayu.

“What does princess mean?”

“I mean... I still want to continue to meet you.. with you.. because in the palace I can not do anything at will, everything has its rules.”.

“I will not be able to get away from you, I really love you, I cannot lie to my heart,” said Putri Sekar Ayu in a sad tone.

Ajisaka is silent, although he also loves Princess Sekar Ayu, but he must be able to put his position. He's just a royal guard soldier not worthy of a match with the King's Princess.

From a distance there are some soldiers riding and chariots pulled by horses. Ajisaka sharpened his gaze, it was not wrong that they were the soldiers of Princess Sekar Ayu's bodyguard.

“Mr princesses see in front there is a group of guard soldiers, apparently they survived and will return to the royal palace of Dananjaya,” said Ajisaka with enthusiasm.

Princess Sekar Ayu and Ajisaka immediately spurred his horse and followed the group of guard soldiers. The group of guard soldiers felt shocked and relieved to know that Princess Sekar Ayu and Ajisaka survived. They decided to stop and wait for the next order from Princess Sekar Ayu.

“How about if we continue the mission visit, all the guard troops are still complete and there are also many supplies. We have only visited two villages, I do not want to disappoint my father for failing to complete the mission of this visit,” said Putri Sekar Ayu.

“Do we not have to go home for the safety of Princess Sekar Ayu? The Bajing Alas rebels keep attacking us. Patih Lembu Ireng also somehow, is he still alive or dead at the hands of the Bajing Alas rebels? I am sure King Nagendra will not be disappointed, circumstances that force us to immediately return to the palace Kingdom” said Ajisaka.

“Alright.. we will go back to the Royal palace but we have to stay in three villages that will be passed to ask the situation of the village and provide a way out if there are problems in the village, he said,” said Putri Sekar Ayu.

“We are ready to carry out the orders of Putri Sekar Ayu,” said the soldiers of Princess Sekar Ayu's guard simultaneously.

“Thank God that Ayu survived, symbok worried that something happened with den Ayu?” mbok Atmo said in tears.

“I'm fine mbok, Ajisaka has saved me from kidnapping rebel Bajing Alas.”

“What happened when Ajisaka and I were chased by Bajing Alas rebels?”

“At that time all the guards were swept away and slept soundly until it was not felt when they fell from the horse. After all, the symbols and the guards were already in the dungeon. The place was very cold and smelly, the sick guards almost died in that place. Fortunately Paijo had the idea of telling Danu to call a pack of wolves to free us all,” said Atmo.

“Bajing Alas rebels must indeed be immediately quelled to their roots. I don't care even though the leader is my own uncle Paramarta. They have made a lot of money in the territory of the kingdom of Dananjaya. They do not hesitate to kill, rob and do arbitrarily to the small people,” said Putri Sekar Ayu furiously.

From a distance, a horse walked closer to the group of Princess Sekar Ayu. The horse was walking at a moderate speed but the person riding it did not seem like the person riding it was drooping on his horse. Ajisaka immediately approached the horse. His face looked shocked when he found out that Patih Lembu Ireng was half consciously injured on his horse.

“Hurry help me, bring Patih Lembu Ireng into the tent, he must be treated immediately,” cried Ajisaka.

Patih Lembu Ireng was brought into the tent. Ajisaka immediately cleaned the wounds of the sword marks and immediately put a concoction of medicine on it.

“This is all.. rebel actions Bajing Alas. They tortured me so that I would tell you where Princess Sekar Ayu you had run to. Fortunately I managed to escape when they were off guard,” said Patih Lembu Ireng.

“Better Patih Lembu Ireng rest only, later Patih can tell the incident when it is better. We are here relieved Patih has re-joined this group.”