21. The Trial part. 2
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The king hesitated to answer. But it seemed that the adviser did not want to give the opportunity, so he immediately shook his head at the king. But this time, the Queen was seen starting to pay attention to the proceedings of the trial. Then at this chance, the knight also began to speak up.
“They are only teenagers, Your Majesty. Although we are not sure they are not dangerous, but we shall hear what this girl has to say one last time. At least we can do that one good thing. Doing one kindness will not harm us anything," Said Sir Kay. He's stepping into the middle of the room and standing near the three of them. The knight also bent his body a little.
King Kristopher seemed to consider it, this time Queen Anna touched his left arm and nodded slowly. The king understood and invited Troya to say what she wanted to say before going into custody.
"Thank you for your noble kindness. Previously, I shall introduce the three of us. My name is Traumerei, and the two of them were my cousins, Liam and Mayang. The three of us came from a distant kingdom, the Java Kingdom.
"The Kingdom of Java is a kingdom that is prosperous and peaceful. The land is fertile, the sky is always bright, the weather is warm and supports for growing crops. But the population is very dense. Even so, we are happy to live there.
"Liam currently only lives alone, because his father had died since he was a child. The mother tried to make a living by herself, so she had to leave the village of Jakarta, where they lived, to another village, Kuala Lumpur, even in a different kingdom.
"Therefore, Liam was raised by his grandparents who were only wheat farmers with a small farm in that small village. Even though he was raised by his grandparents, Liam was very happy. But the happiness did not last long because the grandfather died a few years later. Liam ended up living alone with his grandmother. But even that is not last.
"The grandmother had just passed away a year ago, so finally now he really lives alone in this world. Even though his mother still live, mother lives far away to work and only come home once a year. That too is uncertain.
"Meanwhile, this girl, Mayang, besides being beautiful and attractive, Mayang is also very good at cooking and is very fast in learning new recipes. Oh, kings and queens should try her brownies and cake. Oh, but take it easy, I am willing to eat first if your Majesty is afraid that the cake will be poisoned." Troya stopped for a moment because earlier the King and Queen's faces were wrinkled when they heard the cake they had to taste. In a situation like this, the two of them had to be very careful about all the food they were going to eat.
“Even though Mayang seems to be living well, she lives in a small house with seven brothers and sisters in it. Mayang is the eldest child, and her parents are only manual laborer in the government, so his salary would not be enough to support the entire family if Mayang didn't help her parents. Yes, your noble majesty, although she looks spoiled and grumpy, Mayang is a tough woman who wants to work hard at helping the family economy, because she really loves all her siblings who are naughty and always bother her.
She is also a very devoted young woman, because she still obeyed all the advice of her parents even though she was able to earn a living on her own." A smile from Troya looked at Mayang's face when telling her this.
Meanwhile, Mayang, who was actually easily moved, shed tears and cried. Even she herself was lulled by all that was told by Troya, as if not hearing the story of her own life.
"And then I myself, Traumerei. You could say, among the three of them, maybe I am the most fortunate, because I have two good parents. I have a family with an established economy. I have a younger brother who is annoying but I would do anything to save him. And also, I had a friend who was very nice to me ..., his name was Kai's." Troya continued, but when she told the part about Kai, her facial expression immediately turned sad.
This made everyone, including the King and Queen sighing in their breath, felt a similarly mellow empathy.
"Why do you have a sad face when you say that boy's name, O Traumerei, a stranger from Java?" This time the Queen spoke because she was getting interested in hearing the whole story from Troya.
"Forgive me for being weak like this your majesty, but this is all because I remembered all the sweet memories I had with Kai." Troya continued smiling faintly.
Queen looked touched to hear the words, "Why you use words 'had'?" She asked as if she could feel the pain of loosing someone do dearly. After all she had lost her daughter after sixteen years of raising her. Many sweet and pleasant memories that the Queen had experienced and felt with her daughter.
The knight smiled faintly because it seemed that the Queen had already taken the bait. He saluted her, who was able to solve all his explanations.
Troya nodded slowly, "About two years ago, I lost Kai because the young man intended to help my younger brother who was almost hit by a horse carriage of a rich merchant who was running fast. Even though at that time, the last sentence I said to Kai, was not what I had in my heart at all. I said if I hated him! Because he intended to continue his education abroad, far from me." Troya covered her face with her hands to hold back tears.
It could be seen clearly that by this time, the Queen was completely consumed by Troya's story. She leaned forward from the throne. If only she had not remembered her position as Queen, she would have approached the girl and embraced her.
Seeing that everyone had sympathy for these three strangers, Mr. Tonement did not want to remain silent.
“And again, Your Highness, the three of them are foreigners. What assurance is there that will make us sure that their kingdom will not attack us too and seize power? The King and Queen also heard the story that the Java Kingdom was a very large and prosperous kingdom. There is no guarantee that the ruler of that land will not spread his wings to rule the land of Paralia!" said the adviser very convincingly.
So that the people, who had started to sympathise with the three of them, whispered back to justify what the adviser said.
"That's very true, Your Majesty," this time the knight spoke.
The advisor's face was delighted to receive support.
"My apologise, You Majesty, but may speak on behalf of them?"
"Of course." The King Smiled.
"Thank you." Sir Kay cleared his throat once before finally speaking, “Indeed, no one can guarantee that they are not spies or that they will not endanger the safety of the Paralia kingdom. Apart from the three fairy godmothers of course, Fairy Mellon, Fairy Aoi, and Fairy Berry." The knight continued, mentioning the names of the three fairy godmothers.
Fairy Mellon was a fairy who always wore green clothes. Fairy Aori wore blue clothes. And Fairy Berry wore pink clothes. The knight's last sentence of course made all the visitors immediately exclaimed, including the King and Queen who looked enthusiastic. They really respect the three fairy godmothers who had cast magic around the area, so that they had survived the witch's attacks all this time.
But the three fairy godmothers disappeared in the last battle a few months ago. Of course hearing the three fairy godmothers being brought up again, there was hope in their hearts.
"Please, all of you to pay attention to the appearance of these three teenagers," said Sir Kay, “Looks very strange and unnatural isn't it for clothes in this kingdom? And try to remember, the colour of the clothes that the three fairy godmothers always wear. Green. Blue. And pink. Just like the colour of the clothes they are wearing right now." He continued.[]
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