
Moon River? Crown Princess? The shinyang?
"It's dangerous if he finds out my lord the Princess has a child. Because my Lord Princess's children can be a threat to dispel her steps to become the 15th King of Pursawarman" said Aunt Rima.
"What?!? But-- why?"
"Currently Prince Drana is not yet King because the 14th King of Pursawarman is not dead. If before my death my Lord the King forgives my Lord's guilt, then your wife who will become Crown Princess replaces Prince Drana."
"Eh, What!!!"
Ray jumped out of his seat, standing up. Hearing of his wife becoming the Crown Princess, what else is this story? thought.
"It should be Tisha who became the Crown Princess because she was the first child, but the main condition of being the Princess or Crown Prince of the Moon River Kingdom should be perfectly healthy physically and mentally. Tisha's current condition aborts her chances of becoming Crown Princess even if she recovers, so your wife will automatically accept it."
"Shit!" Ray rubbed his head violently.
"That's why Bibi asked Nak Rayyendra to protect them especially Litha and Vania. Aunty, please just get this fact up here, don't pass it on to anyone else. The more you know, the more chances of Tisha, Litha and Nia's identity will be revealed. Aunty is very worried for their safety, Prince Drana is very ambitious and willing to do anything to achieve his wishes. At least this big house is safe to keep Litha."
"Auntie doesn't have to worry. I'll keep this fact."
Aunt Rima felt that the burden that had been pressing on her shoulder was now gone somewhere. He believes Litha will be safe with Rayyendra.
"But Bi, something confused me. How long has my aunt and mother-in-law been missing without word from my father-in-law?"
"A little over a year."
"What made my mother-in-law so sure to return to her after one year of her disappearance? He may have had a replacement by then. How sad it was when my mother-in-law was expelled and hunted to fake her death and found my father-in-law with another woman."
Aunt Rima chuckled loudly, "What would Nak Rayyendra do if the same thing happened to Litha who disappeared suddenly without any news? Is Rayyendra's son looking for a replacement?"
"Emmm ... My heart is tied to Litha, Bi. Wherever he is I will wait for him to come back. No one can replace Litha."
Aunt Rima's laughter echoed in the quiet night, "That's how great we are, Ragnaya's women. That said, the women of our tribe after winning a great war in the past to form the Moon River Kingdom were given a curse as well as a gift by the ancestors. It is said to be a curse, because for every man who kisses us it will be a deadly opium especially if it is up to our body, his heart will be tied to the woman he smeared to death. Woe be to the man who intends to play Ragnaya's woman, for he can never turn his heart away to another woman even if he wants to."
Ray's throat choked, dry choked. His brain takes him to the memory of the night where he forces Litha to satisfy his savage desires, after which it either has something to do or not with what Aunt Rima said, what was clear afterwards was that his mind and heart were only filled with the name Litha.
"Am I cursed?" his bathin.
"That's how our ancestors protected their daughters, because there used to be so many immigrants in our land who were fascinated by the natural beauty we had. But ... We are also a gift for men who can take the heart of Ragnaya women. If our heart is already owned by a man, our loyalty is beyond doubt. Wherever you go and how long it takes, Ragnaya's woman doesn't care, she'll be waiting for him. Even when she died, Ragnaya's women would never seek a replacement" explained Aunt Rima.
Once again Ray choked, his heart was torn apart not to hear it.
"In other words in any way and no matter what your condition is, Nak Rayyendra, rest assured, as long as Litha breathes, she will never leave her husband" Aunt Rima rubbed the strong shoulders of Young Master Pradipta.
"Heh, Auntie's right. Litha is a curse also a gift to me."
Ray smiled remembering the face of his wife who was sleeping in the room, "But that's not all. I did fall in love with him, like everything he had, his nature, his way of thinking, behaving, speaking and even sleeping."
Aunt Rima chuckled at Ray's unwitting love statement, "Three daughters of my Lord Princess, were educated in the manner of noble ladies of the Moon River Kingdom. Everything that my Lord Princess got during her time as Crown Princess she used to apply also in her children. Including the Raghi dance."
"Raghi's dance?"
"This dance is only taught to the descendants of the Moon River King as the identity that they have the same bloodline as the King. It is enough to be taught at the age of 6 or 7 years, when the soul of children is still pure, this dance movement will be attached to the subconscious. So even though they forget, they are quite concentrated on calling the keyword Ragnaya in the heart, then the memory will open and immediately remember every detail of his movement.
Later after your child will be 6 or 7 years old, men or women remind Litha to teach him therefore as proof of his identity that he has a lineage with the King of the Moon River Kingdom."
Silent.
"Bi, I didn't expect my wife to have such an amazing ancestry. And Auntie was right she made me goofy and crazy, even now I miss her." Ray rubbed his hair slowly.
"Aryasena was well aware that her three daughters flowed the blood of Ragnaya's women, which is why she was very protective of the association of Tisha, Litha and Vania. Their desire and interest in the opposite sex is diverted to busy things such as learning. Aryasena doesn't want her daughter to be an opium and a curse for a man who isn't her husband. All the physical contact of his three daughters was very restrictive."
Deg ..
Ray is silent, he remembers stealing his wife's first kiss. The kiss that he gave the nickname plain porridge gave a deep impression to him.
"Ah, it turns out that it's true that I've been cursed for forcing me to kiss her. But it's okay, it's a nice curse." he said.
"That's why my Lord Princess doesn't want to report Tisha's case. He believes the culprit has been tied to Tisha to death. He will not be able to turn to any woman because in his mind and heart there is only Tisha. For my Lord the Princess was already enough to torture him as punishment, but not for the angry Aryasena her daughter was treated as such. Which father's heart didn't crumble to see his proud daughter so broken?
Bibi is very grateful to you, Nak Rayyendra, Litha told me about the opening of the Tisha case again because Nak Rayyendra had a key witness to imprison him. Let her be even more tormented with endless regret seeing Tisha on the prison wall" Aunt Rima said furiously.
Ray smiled happily, feeling his efforts appreciated and expected.
"When he could have asked Prince Brata Dharnika for help to solve the Tisha case, but yes it is, My Lord Princess does not want the secret of her identity to be revealed, even though Prince Brata must have sided with us and helped us."
Ray's eyes widened in shock, "I mean Bibi, Brata Dharnika Governor of BX Province?"
"Yes, he is the younger brother of one father to my Lord Princess, the only child of my third wife Lord King, in other words Prince Brata Dharnika is Litha's maternal uncle. Prince Brata was very close to my Master Princess since childhood, he was the one who protected us from the hunt for Prince Drana and helped take us out of the EX island to the Capital, after that we never communicate again because we're dead."
"What else is this? Uncle Litha is the Governor of BX, the person I'm lobbying for the expansion of the mine area for PT. Pradipta Jaya Coal's. Oh, shit!!!"
"Auntie, today I plan to surprise my wife, but I'm surprised I'm not playing."
"I'm sorry Auntie, son. You should know who your wife really is. I hope your feelings don't change for him."
Ray chuckled, "No way, Bi. Did Bibi forget, Aunt's niece was Ragnaya's sister who cursed me. I will never be able to untie this bond. He's canduku ... "
"Thank you, Bi, for entrusting everything to me to break my own Aunt's vow to my mother-in-law. Auntie's affection for Tisha, Litha and Vania was sincere. May sincerity turn bad destiny into good destiny."
"Amen."
Aunt Rima rubbed Rayyendra's shoulder again. He stood up from his seat and moved back to his room, but before opening the door, Ray's questions made him stop moving.
"Bi, what's Aunt Rima's real name?"
Aunt Rima smiled, it has been a long time since she mentioned her real name.
"Shira Kinanti."
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Ray stroked Litha's face, his slightly open mouth and let out a voice not lessening the admiration of the man who had been exposed to Ragnaya's female curse.
"You're magical to me, Lith. I got your curse. I don't want you to be queen of any kingdom. Your kingdom is here, your palace is here, because your king is here" Ray gently kissed her forehead.
"Hemm .. yes, yes, I am your queen, hemm ..."
Litha was delirious but connected her husband's sentence while wiping the saliva coming out from the corner of her lips with the back of Ray's hand.
"Lith, you're so slovenly, iyyuuuhhh .. " cried Ray stuck and wiped him on Litha's nightgown.
"He-er, slovenly, yes, slovenly .. hem ... "
"Oh my God Lithaa .. when can your brain fall asleep."
Ray hugged his wife's body, rubbing his head against her favorite soft and tender hemisphere.
Suddenly Litha's hand stroked her husband's hair, still delirious, "Sleep, let's go to sleep .. hemm."
Ray smiled then tightened his arms to sleep on his wife's chest.
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Meanwhile in the other room,
"Sorry, Sir. I didn't discuss it with you. I immediately decided to tell her because I thought it was the right time," Aunt Rima said bowed.
"It's okay. Whatever your decision must have been thought through carefully. Supports you. Young Master should know the facts. He will protect them, in our place."
"Will Brother-in-law be mad at me, sir?"
"I guess not. He must be happy to see Litha so happy now, as well as Vania and Tisha who are getting better."
"If bad fate were to happen to me would you still be able to accept it?"
"When you marry Mom, you accept the mother completely all the shortcomings and advantages. So there's no need to think about the bad destiny that's coming, it's all God's secrets. We pray enough to ask to be avoided, even if we inevitably ask to be strengthened to receive it."
"Sir, thanks. You've accepted me for who I am, a woman who can't give you offspring."
"Hussshhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Don't say it like that. You can't see any other woman besides Mom, maybe Ragnaya's curse really exists," tempt Uncle Tino comforted his wife who had suddenly cried and woke her up for breaking her vow to Sister-in-law.
"Now let's go to bed, tomorrow's my nephew's big day. We'll be preoccupied with Young Master's plan."
"Yes, but don't call Young Master."
"Can't, Mom. I used to call him Young Master Pradipta."
"Suell up."
Uncle Tino chuckled, holding his wife to sleep.
"You've been cursed by Ragnaya's woman, but you've also taken my heart, Tino."
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It's been answered the mystery that Litha's mother hid huh, sister.
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Not intentionally extended but indeed that's the groove of the skeleton ⁇ ️ the conflict remains focused in the initial conflict kok 😁
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