The Woman Ruler of the Altan Clan

Chapter 15 The Past

A piercing cold feeling filled the air, warning Khan sharply that he already had enough enemies that he knew without having to worry about mysterious enemies. Including this man in front of him, Khan was still unable to measure, which one he belonged to.

"What do you want?" Khan asked Ulagan. The man looked smirking. Khan waited, he raised his eyebrows and stared intently at the man. Then the man laughed, his voice so loud that the whole room trembled. Then the wind started to blow quite strongly in the room. Their hair was all messy, papers were strewn about, and window curtains were swaying. All the men in the room were shocked.

Khan narrowed his eyes. "Who are you really?" tanyakanya. Ulagan stopped laughing, he looked at Khan with an unreadable look. "I'm.not nobody. Just an ordinary Tour Guide," he replied. "Don't lie, I know you just cast magic." Ulagan then clapped his hands while smiling cynically. "Wow, it turns out you're not easily fooled by the Great Khan." Khan Adrian clenched his hand and growled. "Don't play games with me. I can promise you that trying to rile me up isn't the kind of fun you want."

Ulagan shrugged his shoulders unconcerned. Then his lips curved up, forming what he expected as a sneering smile. "Right, the pleasure I want involves one of the clans famous for its legendary defense, but for now I'll take what I can get."

Preparing to accept Khan's anger, Ulagan instead gets an unexpected surprise. Instead of hitting with magic, or stabbing with his sword, Khan sculpted, his expression solemn. Just like a predator attacking. "Interesting," muttered Khan. "What?" ask Ulagan. "Your decision to keep me from getting your secret." The slender fingers of the man began to rub against the base of his sword. His sword was large enough to slash the neck.

"Great, you flatter me." Ulagan placed one of his hands against his chest that was solid as iron, as if he were shocked to see Khan's reaction. "Let me clarify this. I didn't use the girls as an offer. No. gabe. Never is."

"Then what do you want?" ask Khan again. "The truth" said Ulagan. Khan frowned hearing the man's words. "It sounds a little confusing. What does that truth mean?" Ulagan observed the curious expression on Khan's face. "The truth about Coloring." Khan looked jolted, his eyes widened, his face deathly pale. The voice of makian with a soft voice sounded, either Dario or Taban who said it. They understand, the name Sintai is one of the sacred words that are taboo to mention. If anyone dared to mention it, then Khan would not hesitate to torture the person who mentioned it.

"Ep...Sir, we'd better excuse you for leaving you two alone." Dario looked nervous, he was forced to break the silence that was happening. Then immediately pulled out Taban's hand with a half-dragging step. Taban seemed unwilling to leave the conversation. He tried to pull his hand, but Dario clutched tightly. Dario also stopped and stared with his eyes, as if he said, "Don't get involved any further, if it's dear to your life." Taban seemed to gulp with difficulty, he had a glance back, and saw the dark face of Khan.

Taban immediately looked back to the front and nodded his head. He immediately followed Dario's steps out of the room. The sound of the door closing was heard in the room, but not a single one was unmoved from its original position. The Khan who first moved broke the silence, he headed for the soft sofa in the middle of the room. Khan sat there and observed Ulagan's face. It's like looking for something there. "Where do you know about that name?" tanyanya full of search. The thin lips of Ulagan sneered. "Of course I know, she's my sister."

Khan stared in disbelief at Ulagan. "You're lying, Sintai doesn't have a sister, he only has a sister." "I'm a half-sister, our mother is different." Khan's eyes looked enlarged, he never got the information, that Sarting had a half-brother. It turned out that there was a lot he did not know about Sintai.

"So tell me, where is Sintai? What happened to her?" Khan stared coldly at Ulagan. "I don't know what happened to Sintai, and don't want to know." "Don't kink, I know you're related to him" Ulagan said. "We were separated a year before I replaced my father as the Great Khan, he won't be related to me anymore."

Ulagan was silent, his face still doubtful with the words of Khan. "You don't believe me?" ask Khan again. Ulagan shook his head. "Look, I don't care what you believe. In reality, he begged me not to bother him anymore. Because we..." Khan's voice choked, he couldn't continue his words.

"Because what?" ask Ulagan. Khan took his breath and replied, "Our status is different, he has never been serious about our relationship. Everything is just pretend..." Ulagan snorted at Khan's words. "It doesn't make sense, Sintai is the most sincere woman I know. I defended him not because he was my brother, but I knew him" Ulagan said. "He said it clearly, he only considers me as his success, to show to the world, because I have been conquered," Khan said coldly.

"You are a foolish man" Ulagan snapped. "Listen, you don't really know Sintai. What have you been doing all this time, is it just seducing her? You don't look into his real heart. He adores you so much. I know, 'cause I saw a twinkle in his eye when he told me about you. Coloring is a woman who will do everything for the person she loves. You sure he wasn't protecting you from something?"

Khan seemed struck by Ulagan's words. He's sculpting. The whole world feels shaken. "No way..." Khan's voice sounded hoarse. "So he-he convinced me." "That means he's lying, there must be something forcing him. I'm sure of it" said Ulagan. Khan rubbed his face, he looked troubled. His eyes were raised again towards Ulagan again.

"Have you been looking for him?" ask Khan. "I tried, but it's all dead ends. To date I have not managed to find her." "What about the rest of his family, have you asked?" Khan trembled, exhaling his breath. "Damn it! How can I ask, if the house and its contents burned to the ground. Father, Mother Sintai, and my sisters, all burned. I've been trying to find her remains among the rubble of the house. But I didn't find it, it's just Sintai that's not there." Ulagan tightened his lips, he told a story with eyes glistening furiously.

Khan looked beaten, he grasped tightly the handle of the sofa. If he did not hold it, perhaps the man had already fallen to the front. Ulagan who saw Khan's reaction looked shocked. "You don't know? So you've been selfishly continuing your life. Coloring doesn't know where the rhizome is. Is he alive or dead?"

Khan is not sure if he is still breathing. Ulagan's eyes seemed to glow, and he blinked at him. The man felt sad for Sintai, the man he loved never cared for him. Pain and regret were evident in Khan's eyes, but Ulagan did not care, for there was something in his chest that twisted and shattered.

The man ignored him even though he had hurt Khan's feelings with his accusations. Khan could see it all from Ulagan's face, a blur of harsh words that made him want to hit something. Khan is trying to hold back his powers that are trying to break the limits of his sanity.

Everything about the city reminded him of Sintai. She thought she was living a happy life without her. And part of his heart could not accept that. He did not want Sarni to know, that the woman had made a Khan Adrian crumble, could not rise from the pain of heartbreak.

"I'm looking for you today, because two days ago I had a dream. Sintai came and asked me for help" Ulagan said. Khan raised his face, he took a serious look at Ulagan's words. "Well, she came with her beautiful face covered in tears. All day I was nervous, thinking about that dream. After that I thought, what else should I do? The only way I haven't tried is to come to you, and ask you to be frank."

Khan got up from his seat, then he approached Ulagan. He looks tense. "I've explained everything I know. Nothing else is hidden. If you want to investigate, I'll help you." You want?" ask Ulagan. Khan nodded his head and smiled faintly. "I also have to atone for my guilt. And I hope he's just somewhere and fine" Khan said. Ulagan's face was warm, he smiled, then he lowered his head. "Thank you Great Khan." Khan gestured to receive his respect, and led him out of the room.

Two days passed. Khan hasn't told anyone to come and pick up the three girls. Although he hoped to be reunited with Shanum. He felt the three girls needed to enjoy a moment of their solitude. Although there was a lot Khan wanted to ask Shanum. Especially his words the other day about Sintai. He felt there was a connection here, and that was something that needed to be ascertained.

"Dario.." call Khan. "You call me, Khan." Dario came in a hurry, he was seen carrying a zinc kettles watering plants. "What are you doing? What's the sprinkler for?" ask Khan. "To water the plants," he answered.

"God, fools also know that tool for watering plants. I mean, why did you bring the sprinklers here," Khan said. Dario grimacing. "So again watering the plants in the back, not accidentally carried away." Khan rolled his eyeballs. "We go now, call Taban." "Where?" Dario looked confused. "To the third place of the girl. We're picking them up now" Khan said. Dario blinked, but then he seemed to grin.

It's been four days they've been in this house, and stuck in this country. The three girls could not return to their country. The team said, feuding with Khan Adrian is the peak of all problems. The man controls everything. There is no loophole that can be made to get out of this situation.

Khan has blocked all. The only way was to ask the man to let them go. But will it be that easy? Shanum. The sound of the door being knocked broke the girl's daydream. Shanum frowned, looking astonished. Not usually Tim comes knocking on the door, because the man has the spare key of this house.

Shanum seemed hesitant, between wanting to open the door or peek first. But finally her curiosity prevailed, the girl stepped closer to the door. "Maybe the one who came was Ula" Shanum murmured.

However, it was not Ula who was leaning on the doorway. Shanum looked at Khan Adrian. The man looked back at him. He did not say a word, his face was unreadable. Shanum backed off, holding the door for him. He swore to feel a pulse of relief in his heart.

Behind the man, come in also Dario and Taban. Taban looked sullen, and Dario grinned. But both remain silent. Then they looked around the room. Khan scrutinized the doorway to the bedroom hallway. "Are your friends resting?" tanyakanya.

Shanum turned to the closed door. "Yes, they're in the room." Khan nodded.

Then he looked at Shanum sharply. "Why did you leave without saying goodbye?" The girl avoided her gaze, turning to the kitchen. "You must be thirsty. I'll make a drink." Khan tensed.

"No need, we won't be here long, and you'll have to come with me." Shanum continued to pour water into the kettle, then lit the stove. "I don't know the rules. Since when did we become house arrest in your mansion," Shanum said as he turned his back on her. "You have to explain it."

Khan was silent in the middle of the house, watching Shanum's every move. Khan said in a raucous voice, "You should explain to me about Sintai."

Shanum stopped stirring the tea he was making.

The girl turned around, leaning against the counter. The girl looked angry. Then Shanum said rudely, "Don't switch the conversation, I'm not discussing Sintai." Chairs creaked on the wooden floor as Khan sat down.

For a moment, there was only silence, interspersed with the sound of friction leaves from the trees outside the window. Shanum took his breath, he held his forehead. Suddenly he felt dizzy. He did not understand the meaning of the man's gaze, his silence, and his jumping words. I just want him to throw this guy out of this house. But, he remembered Tim's words. Being with this man was the culmination of all problems. If he threw him out, it could be the apocalypse he got.