She rested on the soft mattress inside her room, staring at the marvelous carvings and scaffoldings, she heaved a deep sigh, remembering that one time Prince Jion first introduced Shadow to her.
That wast the time they rode the stallion while strolling around outside the walls of the palace, going on the riverbanks and watching the sun set its zenith. The stallion, she beheld it still strong and proud like its owner, was the sole witness of their intimate moment and the beast was recognizing her. She wondered if animals can be affected with dark ancient spells too; if they were also subjected to forgetfulness.
Just as the tribe princess’ mind fled to those moments on her land in Zagreb, the door of her chamber opened, revealing Prince Woon with a tray on his hand.
She bolted up as he placed it on the table across her bed.
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PrinceWoonwouldhavetogointhemainlandwheretheKingreignedforsomeurgentmatter.Sothetribeprincesswouldhavebeenleftiftheprincedidnotinsisthertogowithhimandsinceonlyhimknewhowtogratifyherstomach,shedidnothesitatetotakeherjourneywithhiminthemainland.However,inthatlargeroyalcarriage,theywouldhavetoridewiththeothertworoyalscomingwiththeminthemainland-PrinceJionandPrinceSue.Oppositely directed with each other, The tribe princess, covered on her own animal
TherewasnowarmwelcomingforthefourroyalsthatarrivedattheKing’sValley.The two princes then attended the court of the King since an important matter might be discussed with the other nobles. Upon entering the baron’s court, the two crowned princes sat beside the king.Thekingthenproceededwiththeagendawithoutbeatingaroundthebush.“Theconstructionoftheshipontheeasthasbeenlongcompletedamonthago.”saidthekingwhichsurprisedthetwoprinces.The young prince could not hide the pride on his eyes since it was his very idea to have the project done to have a trek across seas and maybe open a trade to the neighboring civilizations.Maybe&
Prince Jion stared back at those ruined paint brushes on the carpeted floor of his personal space where he usually spent his leisure, painting. Theemptycanvashastjoineditscompanyonthefloortogetherwiththepoorpaintbrushes. He tried to paint but he cannot, since he cannot felt back the senses on his fingers. The physician said he could used them on anything but not on painting where a very
Thebalconythenfilledwithhergentlehumminginstrangelanguagethathesworeseemedtocursehimintoimmobility.There was slight movement in the old oak trees branch which stretched forth on the balusters for a long time. It was then he can move and had his hand unsheathed the sword.Such move only draw the attention on the tribe princess from her behind as she swung her body in full towards the young prince's direction.The prince saw a look of startlement on the princess eyes upon seeing him there with her. Her eyes drifted towards the sword drew at her way. Instead of fear, her expression resigned into calmness as she gave a proper courtesy by slightly bowing her head."Yourhighness..."Shegreeted."Whatinthebloodymessareyoudoingher
Chapter23Thefourroyalhighnesseswenttotheheartofthemainland,tryingtoindulgethemselveswiththeentertainmentthatthemagnificentcitycouldoffer.Prince Jion was leading the way while proudly riding his stallion in front. The elder prince rode side by side with the tribe princess while princess Sue was inside the carriage with the window opened for her to see their way.Theyhadenteredahugemuseumwheretwocuratorscamerunningtheirdirection.“Thine highnesses! What an honor!” The curators both exclaimed which was welcome with a warm smile from the eldest prince.The royal guards posted in a distance and surveyed the surrounding in silence to see if there was imminent danger.“We came to see the latest work
Chapter24 “Nomatter,yemusttakearest.”PrinceWoontoldthetribeprincesswhohaddrankupawarmmedicinalsoup.Hewasnotevenaskinganythingaboutwhathappenedbecausehewasafraiditmighttriggeranotherunwantedreactionsfromher.Forthatconsideration,princessAlminahfeltgladwiththat. “Yea I must since heaviness could be felt from all of my limbs.” She muttered which made him look worried. “ But do not worry since I am naturally like this at times.” “Andyebetterinformusaheadifyehathviralmaladywithyouorthinekingwilthavetoweldanotherwarwithour&n
Chapter25:When the sun reached the zenith the next morning, the palace guards were greeted with chariots from the forbidden valley.Twolordsinchargeofthematterofthedefensehadtheirpresenceonthepalace’sblackgatewhichwassituatedatthebackwhereresidentscannotseethearrivaloftheTeutontribe.“Whatbusinessdoyoucomehither?”LordTroiinquiredanyoneinthetribe.CaptainDaricameforwardandgavethemacurtbow,restinghisrighthandonthechestwhilehedidso.Hismusclescouldbeseeneventhoughheworethoseanimal&
“What is this all about?” Prince Jion inquired the two lords upon beholding that his private garden wast occupied with people. He just arrived from his travel with the king across lands to arrange some matters on hand. The neighboring kingdoms were quite agitated with the royal families' future alliance to the largest native tribe of the country thus the reason why they were facing a lot of threat among the neighboring countries. Such news only made the king decided to rally or wield the defense army in advance for any unseen attack. Most of the king’s decisions relied on his ten royal ministers which the prince thought to have been ruling the empire instead of the king. ~~~ “They came from across lands I heard, your highness. The ministers hath arr
Epilogue The whole tribe, now dwell in the valley Zagreb, waited for one person to arrive in the field. It has been two weeks since the young prince departed, leaving his wife in the care of her own tribe. The large blue moon lighted the dark fields but it made the heart of the princess melancholic. It has been many nights, she was alone in bed without the heat from her husband's body. The teuton tribe people rounded on the large bonfire after the merry making. Alminah bit her lower lip while tracing with her hands the gem she acquired on the wild river. Jion trekked into the mountains, alone. To retrieve the heart of the active volcano. She knew that his quest would require him his life, she told the prince of
Alminah was silenced as she arrived at the great river. She had removed her cloaked and let it dropped onto the grassy ground. She listened to the wild thrashing of the river falls and the violent rapids. She was atop and beholding the frightening deep waters below. Her horse made a sound of protest when she crouched down as if readying herself to launched forward. Her eyes glistened blue, her normal eyes, when she smiled to the horse, calming the beast before she jumped into a perfect dive. Almost immediately, she was swallowed by the river and never came out the surface for a while. The horse, if it was even possible to have its leash untied, would like to go and save the tribe princess.The noise of the horse whinnying so loudly draw the attentions of the royal carriage as well as the royal guards passing by the rivers."A horse?" Princess Sue commented to no one in particular. Both prince Woon and Prince Jion were outside t
Dari hastily strode towards the large tent situated at the heart of the valley. A scroll with the royal crest on it was on his right hand. When he was admitted inside by the warriors guarding the entrance, he saw the tribe king in conversation with another tribe chief from the west.KingTeutonraisedhisheadwhenhebeheldDariwhobowedbeforehim."An epistle from the royal family, chief Teuton." Dari said respectfully. When Teuton nodded to him, he went to hand him the scroll and waited for his order.Teuton untied the scroll from the gold-plated thread. He immediately read the heading of the epistle which made his forehead creased slightly.The chief trie from the west gave Teuton a studying gaze before he asked. "What contains it, Teuton?"It took awhile before Teuton could answer Ashir of his inquiry as he made sure to finish reading the scroll b
The tribe princess had made her own point in not raging war again and because of that, Chief Teuton was freed. It wasn't because of democratic way of dealing the elites but rather it was by force into agreeing to her.The large group of the tribe slowly emerged out the gate of the kingdom, trekking the very lands of their inheritance. War has ended. But it was as if the momentary truce between the elites and the tribe was placed into a thin layer of iced river water. One wrong move and the ungodly fight will explode again."Alothadhappenedtoday,isn'titdaughter?""Yea shetai. A lot indeed." Alminah said in much meaning behind, looking ahead the horizon of the sun setting down the horizon."I'mtirednow.Goodthatthouhastendedthewarinsuchunexpectedfashion.""Areyouproudofmenow, 
In the baron court, just when the sun had risen up its glory in the sky, the king, lords, vassals, knights, elite people and his counselors gathered to hear a forum about what they shall do with the Chief of the barbarians.“Weshallkillhim!”oneofthecounselorsraised.Manyagreedhispreposition.“Weshalllethimsuffer!Burnhimuntildeathattheplaza!”The king pondered deeply. He fully understood the anger his people hold on their hearts. However, there were anxieties within him that troubled his mind. What if the death of the Teuton stirs up more contentions? He knew barbarians are fierce when provoked. The decades of war were the proof of it. They will not stop until they satiate their understanding on justice. He must admit that he was getting tired of it. From the moment he was in the t
"Whynot?Wearewearinggownslikeenglishwomendo."ShimasupportedMinah."Only that it's only the three of us here and no gentlemen around. Unless we include the palace servants, we are good to go." Chaerin added.As they all sat down to dine, the three of them just stared at the animated placement of the dinner ware in front of them, worried on how to handle those without shaming themselves."Oh goodness..." Shima exclaimed as she saw the sets of what look like to her as many forks, many spoons, layers of platters and lines of drinking glasses. She looked up and saw that Minah and Chaerin had the same predicament."All I wanted to do is to be glutton tonight and not use this blasted silvers." Minah r emarked in hushed tone, slightly leaning on the tables towards them."Yeah, we have fingers to reach the food and just-," Chaerin wasn't able
Lord Sten was informed of the occurring events in the large valley where the tribe circus traveler was temporarily pitching their tents. Not a hint of humor could be seen upon his facade when he got inside the dungeon of the Capulet. The house was in silent frantic upon the sudden visit of the King's royal right hand."It'sanhonortohavethee-,"Lord Sten raised his hand to the head of the house, "Save the lulling sir. I do not even wish to have thee near me." He said in displeasure.HermeswhowasbowingraisedhisheadtotheLordspeakingtohim."Howdareyouarrestourvisitor.""Theyareperformingwitchcraft,melord."Hermesdefendedvehemently."Oh are they? I will not be very surprised if they cast a spell of curses to this house. Know ye not
Dari placed the last tent on the carriage as ordered by the Teuton chief since they were now entering the capital tonight for the circus show as requested by the grand queen to welcome his son, the king from his travel overseas. It was late in the afternoon but the sun was not setting any soon so he was privilege to do the chores without the difficulty of having no light. As he finished checking the goods including the food and the caged animals which included the black pumas, he turned to get back to his own horse when the three ladies showed up, heavily panting. “What are ye-, Shima? Are ye hurt?” Dari ran to them and affirmed that she was wounded. “What happened?” he exclaimed facing Chaerin this time. “Tis not my fault. We were just walking around, listening into crazy old tales and all of the sudden, there are fighting and Shima got hurt. Minah was mad and got involved in the fight and she made the guy Capulet angry and w
It was a very weary practice and the chief tribe allowed them to breathe some air either just to sit around the grassy valley or roamed around the capital to get familiar with the place just before they wilt have to perform the circus for the noble. Alminah and Shima shared the same interest in fine jewelries that the English women wore in some occasions so they sorted to be in the city to check some of the goodies. “Iwantedtopracticeratherthatwalkedaroundinthisnoisyplace.If it is not for our living, I’d rather me inside the tent and play swords. It is in my blood. I could felt itright in my flesh and bones.” Chaerin continued to blabber nonsense while following the two ladies around. “Oh shut it, Chae. Ye are no fun.” Alminah managed to talk despite her animated choosing of the jewelries. “Dari and Chae were like siblings who struggled to e