Chapter 3:Mystery and sadness
In the previous chapter Chapter 2: prohibition does not prevent fate , we learned how Prince Hector
was killed, how the king and queen were killed by two arrows of unknown origin,
the will that the king recommended to the chief of the guard while he was
breathing his last breath, and that the chief guard had promised him to hand
over the throne to the young prince who was on an expedition away from the
kingdom as usual.
In fact, the head of the guard was very confused, as he is grieving for the king who died in his arms and his heart is in pain, and at the same time the young prince must be secured before his return, and he must also know who killed the king and the queen and for whose benefit he must also conceal the news of the king’s death because he If the people know this, chaos will prevail more and he may be killed personally or accusations of killing the king and the queen may be directed.
The situation was very difficult for him, but he took possession of himself and followed the following steps. First, he sent a group of the best loyal guards to receive the young prince and secure him, secondly to place the bodies in a coffin with him. Snow blocks and padded well so that the snow does not melt and the bodies rot. Third, prevent anyone from leaving the kingdom so that the killer does not flee and has enough time to discover it and so that this killer does not inform those who work for him about what happened.
On the other hand, the young prince was already returning and he was thinking of the queen's last words to him and that he promised her that he would not be late this time and that she did not want him to travel, as he was returning and he was very longing for her this time and on the outskirts of the kingdom surprised him by the guards who were sent by a chief The guards asked him to disguise himself as a commoner to enter the kingdom without anyone knowing him, and they told him, “The king discovered a traitor and asked for your insurance.” So he asked them, and signs of concern appear on him, “Is the king okay !!” They answered him, "Yes, he is fine." But the prince was noticing the sadness in the eyes of the guards, and this made him not reassured, and they all denied and started to go to the kingdom, and the young prince asked them on the way every time: "Is the king okay ?! Tell me the truth!" They answered him: "Yes," but with sadness, and this is what makes the young prince repeat the question all the way. The prince never stopped this question until they all entered the kingdom peacefully and went to the chief guard who told him everything and also told him about his father's problems with his uncle Hector, and the prince exploded. The young man shouted and cried like children and did not control himself in front of everyone and began to remember the last words of the queen and his blessings with the king and the queen and entered into a frenzy of madness from the horror of the shock, then he asked the head of the guard to leave him for a whole day alone, this shock is enough to destroy Anyone, but the head of the guard told him: “Time is not on our side.” The young prince responded with force and anger at the head of the guard. “He carried out the orders.” The head of the guard was amazed at the style of the young prince. The prince was friendly, as he was the one who taught him equestrian since childhood, and he who participated in his upbringing with the king, and he was the one who believed him during most of his travels.
Also, the chief guard found in the prince's gaze a strange transformation, as if he had found a demon of anger in his gaze, and then he realized that the young prince in this isolation would either collapse and end forever or would become a broken beast that no one could stand as for his anger, and no one would stop him from the fire of revenge.
Here, the young prince entered his seclusion, but he knew very well that time was not in his favor, as the head of the guard told him, so he decided, despite his intense sadness and confusion, to divide his day as follows: first, the first six hours, which he will spare for grief and excrete any negative energy for his parents' lament, secondly, the next six hours he will think How does he tell the people about the news of the death of the king and the queen and the sermon that he will follow to them so that his trial will not occur. Third, the six hours that follow that he is sure that the kingdom will be attacked, so he must mobilize the army to secure the kingdom well because the killer works for the interest of another kingdom and not from the palace, and thus he is exposed Fourthly, in the last six hours, he thinks like the chief of the guard. No one should leave the kingdom so that news does not reach the mysterious kingdom, which has an interest in killing King Robert.
The young airman has many experiences and he is very intelligent and has gained more experiences in his exploratory trips throughout his life and has also learned the psychological and moral warfare arts, as he is not one of the characters that easily collapses or is defeated despite his young age.
Twenty-four hours later, the young prince came out of his isolation and asked for the presence of the chief of the guard, so he went to him quickly and asked him to announce the death of the king and the queen to the people and began the royal funeral ceremony and that he wanted to address the people before the ceremony of his announcement of the king of the kingdom and that he wanted this speech to be At the tomb of the king and queen after their burial, to ensure that the speech he will deliver will be heard by the largest number of people and to tell them about the next stage and its danger.
Here, the people received the news of the death of the king and the queen with great shock and grief, as they were deeply loved by the people, and the royal funeral was announced the next morning and it was a majestic funeral, and the guards made an extraordinary effort to secure it from the multitude of people and a greater effort to secure the speech of the new king. After the king and queen were buried, the new king rose to deliver his sermon to the people.
His speech began with compassion for the souls of his parents and uncle, who had to tell the people about him that he had been killed with them and made his image better so that his temptation would not occur. He said: “We are now at a watershed stage in the life of the kingdom. We are under attack from traitors at any moment, and so far we do not know who They and this is the most difficult thing that you do not know your true enemy and when the strike will come. That is why we must all be at the heart of one man and put aside any disagreement between us at this critical time, I know that everyone here is not agreed or convinced that I will be a king at this age and many Some of you may think that I am inexperienced because I have not yet reached the age of twenty and this is of course their right, but people will never agree on one opinion and this is the year of life, but I promise you and from the grave of my family that within one year your conditions will change and if we are united there will be no one A poor person in this kingdom and you will live days that you will not live before, but we must face what awaits us together so that our wives and children are not taken as slaves. ”Then he shouted very loudly:“ King Frank, the son of King Robert and Queen Sandra, gave me only half of the love that you gave previously. To my father, and I will lead you to rule the whole world, not just your land, and we will give our help to defeat Let us take revenge for all of us, for it is the revenge of everyone who loved the king and the queen and the revenge of everyone who does not accept humiliation and error on himself. They see their dignity and their honor being trampled upon with slippers. They are dead in the form of living. "
The people sympathized with this sermon, and the people felt the coming danger and felt fear, but they trusted the young king Frank, and the people began to prepare for what was coming, and there was a state of national unity among the groups of the people, so everyone is preparing for the unknown enemy in order to avenge him and protect his honor and honor ...... to be continued
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