Minime Kingdom: The Brave Princess

MKTBP20: The Cure

"The Buloko Tree, mother."

The Queen laughed. "Hahahaha! You must be kidding me, hahahaha."

"I'm serious!" The Princess pouted.

"Haha! Earlier, you told me that Boronos powder came from the Buluko tree. Now you tell me that the Buloko Tree can cure your sister? Hahaha! Didn't Rafael and Greg give Boronos power to your sister already?"

"Mother, Boronos powder is different. Some ingredients have already been added. I knew it because I had read about this powder already."

"Then, make me understand. Your story telling is so messy."

"Argh! You just can't understand because you are not letting me finish."

"Sshhh! Tell me now!" queen exclaimed.

"The Buloko Tree bears a single fruit on its cavey trunk every full moon. This fruit has a single seed, and it's very sweet. The ants love sweet things. That's why the fruit won't stay there for long. We don't know about this thing either, because if we did, we could wait for every full moon to get the Buloko fruit. We could have planted its seeds somewhere else. It's so sad that I only know this thing today."

"How did Old Rafael know such a thing?"

"I don't know as well, but it made me intrigued too. And mother, it is said that the seed inside this single fruit can heal any wounds, illness, and detoxify any poisons."

"Silly Rafael, so he had written that in the book to simply give you the solution or cure for your sister's problem?"

Princess Assy's eyes widened. "I haven't thought about that lately," she said.

The queen smiled, "He is awesome but very mysterious too."

"Whatever, when is the next full moon?"

"I thought you knew everything." The queen chuckled.

"Argh! It's tonight, right?" the princess asked.

"Indeed, it's tonight."

"I guess I'm going to find someone under the Buloko Tree tonight.

"Will it be, Rafael?"

The princess just smiled. "Don't let the King know that I will go out tonight, mother. He will surely not let me go. I'm so excited to see the fruit of Buloko Tree." Her eyes were shining and her face was full of joy and excitement as she smiled.

"Just don't fool around. I'll let you out because this is for your sister, not for your own trip. So, be extra careful and bring back the Buluko tree's fruit with you."

"If what is written in the book of Elder Rafael is true, I will do everything I can to get it."

"I'm glad to her that. Make sure that no one will recognize you when you get out of the palace and went to the mini-hill. Getting out late at night is not a good did for a female, specially a princess like you. You may now go!"

Princess Assy hugged her mother before she left her. Then, she immediately went towards her room and changed her clothes.

***

Princess Assy went to the mini-hill alone. She wore a black, thin dress and never let anyone see her.

She lit up the torch as she reached the mini-hill's foot. It's getting dark while the full moon is yet to come.

While going up, the princess noticed that someone was following her. There were no trees to hide behind, only green grass growing around them.

She just continued walking up the hill, alertly. She tried to go back once to see if someone was following her, but she found no one. Then, she thought it was just her feelings.

The moon was about to come out when she reached the tree of Buloko.

She looked at the trunk of the tree where there was a cave-like hole going to the middle of the giant trunk.

The mini-hill was just small and not that tall, but the Boluko Tree can be seen anywhere in the kingdom.

This legendary tree was known to have lived for thousands of years. Of course, it is the biggest and tallest tree among the trees of the Minime Kingdom. The hole in its trunk was as big as a human body, but no one cared to get inside this hole, not even a Minnie. It has a lot of branches that can be climbed. Everything around the Minime Kingdom can be seen up there, but it is f*******n to climb this tree because they treat it as a sacred thing. The graves of the Royal Family were around this tree too. No one would dare go against the law because they believed that the Royal family was protecting it so much.

Princess Assy sat on the grassy ground and looked up at the sky. Slowly, the moon came out of the east. A smile of excitement slowly came out of the Princess's eyes.

She lowered her eyes and looked at the hole in the trunk of the Boluko Tree. There, she found very little light inside the trunk. This light was growing; it was becoming lighter and shinier.

The light seems like it wants to explode from the inside of the hole. Slowly, it goes out of the hole.

The princess couldn't wait anymore. She hastily went towards the hole and waited for the flower to finally come.

She was about to take a step towards the tree when a sword suddenly appeared on the left side of her neck."

Who are you? Why are you here?" a voice of a man had spoken from her back.

The Princess, who's an expert in martial arts, just bends down towards her right side, slides her right foot and rolls her body to face her enemy.

To her surprise, she found no one behind her.

"Looking for me?" a guy asked, who was now standing beside the trunk of the tree, holding a white fruit whose shape looks like a heart.

He was wearing a black dress and his face was covered with a black cloth too, just like Princess Assy. The princess doesn't speak anymore to avoid this man from recognizing her voice. It's how meticulous she is.

She's wondering who this man is who stole the fruit of the Buloko Tree, which she's about to get for her sister. She didn't know that someone was guarding this area. It's impossible that he is Rafael and is just playing tricks with her because she really knows the old man's stance and voice.

With a desire to obtain the fruit, the princess attempted to approach the man and attack him, despite the fact that she lacked a weapon.

"A-ahhh!"