Chapter sixty five
"My king ,you sent for me ..."
Yes priest ,I sent for you .After what happened at the lucky moon sighting ceremony ,I wanted you to match the horoscope of my wife ,queen Krystal to mine .
I want to know what went wrong at the ceremony .
"As you wish my king ....."
*He recited some chants and threw his cowries to the ground .
They bent in another direction by his chants .He did this three consecutive times and had the same results .*
What are your results priest ?
"My king ,the results are not your expectations .The bent cowries shows that your horoscopes do not match .
She isn't meant to be your wife so I suggest you let her go otherwise great destruction will befall your kingdom .
What do you intend to say ?
" My king ,the horoscope of your wife matches with that of one of your sons ."
What ? ,the king exclaimed .
"Yes my king ,this is the truth .Their destiny has been tied up together and neither you nor anyone can separate them .
If you don't let them go ,your kingdom and everything you have achieved till today will be lost .
The only way out is if one of them dies ,that is when their ties will be broken. "
Which son of mine has his destiny tied with hers ?
"My king ,that is not known .It will take twenty one days before this will be revealed ."
Okay then ,come back twenty one days later with my results .
"I will take my leave now ,my king ....."
****KING DUXAN'S POV *****
How can this be ?
After investing so much treasure in Krystal ,it turns out that she's not mine .
'My king ,the only way we can separate those two is when one of them dies .....
My king ,the only way we can separate those two is when one of them dies ...'
'With his hands crossed at his back and walking to and fro in the room ,everything was like a déjà vu in his head ' .
No ,this can't happen ,I can't spend too much treasure on her and lose her to my son .
I have waited so long for her ,ever since the day I set my eyes on her .....
**FIVE YEARS AGO IN SWAJI KINGDOM**
"Hahaha ...Hahaha "
Come on Duxan ,have some more drinks .Very soon ,I will have your beautiful daughter Dimples all to myself .
I'm really happy that she's about to be my wife .
'I know that Abad ,we have been friends for so long so having my beautiful daughter Dimples get married to you is nothing but joy .'
That said ,I will pay double the amount to have her in my bed .....
'I see ...'
All of a sudden King Duxan became silent and kept his gaze in one particular direction .'
What is it Duxan ?
Why have you suddenly become quiet ?
'Who is that pretty girl who is in your garden ? ,he said pointing at the young innocent girl who had her focus on catching fireflies in the garden .
*My princess ,my princess ,calm down or else you will get hurt .
You shouldn't get dirty today because there's an event which will be held in the ceremonial hall today and you would need to be there .
'Nanny Elsa ,I want those fireflies .When I get them ,I will keep them safely in that container so that they don't fly away .'
Alright then ,we will catch one firefly and after that ,we will go to your chamber so that you can have a bath .
'Thank you ,nanny Elsa ,we will catch two and I will give one to Myel .
She's moulding her beautiful doll in the courtyard .
One day ,my Prince charming will come for me and we will fly away like this firefly together .
Oh my dear ,where did you hear that from ?
'Where else nanny ,from your fairytale stories .I want Myel and I to fly like my fireflies so let's go and show it to her .
She will love it ,nanny . *
"She's my youngest daughter Krystal ,even as her father ,I can't look at her just once ,I look at more than once so I'm not surprised you have your eyes fixed on her .
She's my greatest treasure Duxan ,marrying her to a prince will not bring me wealth because I have so many sons already who can create great allies for my kingdom .
I'm looking for powerful kings who will pay much treasure to marry off my daughter "
Consider it done Abad ,I will pay ten times the treasure of my daughter for your beautiful daughter .
I want her at any cost ,no lady has caught my eyes the way she has .
"Alright then ,it's a deal ,on the day that you will make Dimples mine ,I will make my daughter yours too .
Cheers to our double celebration " .*********
I waited till the time came to marry her off but she refused and tried to ran away .....
**FIVE YEARS AGO IN SWAJI KINGDOM **
"Myel ,why are you crying ?
You know I hate to see you cry ,please don't shed tears anymore " .
Krystal ,you are my only sister .Father wants to do what he did to me to you so run away from here .
Today ,the king that I was married to will send me away to his kingdom and I won't see you again .So run away Krystal ,I don't want you to suffer my fate .
"No Myel ,I will not go anywhere if you are not part .Come with me ,we will run away together and start a new life ."
Krystal ,I can't do that .Please save yourself and leave me here .
I will take father's mind off you so that you can go far away from here .
Please sister ,go away from here and save your life.
You used to say that your Prince charming will fly with us like the firefly but if you want that to happen ,then you will have to go away from here and save yourself first before you save me .
"Myel ,I will come back and save you once I go away from here .Trust me ,she hugged her in tears and decided to run away ."
Wait Krystal ,in case you wish to write me a secret letter then use ELMY instead of Myel and I will use TALSY instead of Krystal so that no one will suspect us .
I love you Krystal ,have my pendant ,it will protect you .
"I love you Myel ,I promise you that I will come back for you ."
***AFTER SOME TIME ***
Abad ,where is my bride ?
"Calm down Duxan ,there's some problem which I'm attending to ."
What kind of a problem is that ?
You promised me that I will take her home today so why are you not paying heed to your promise .
"I would have brought her if she was here .Krystal has ran away ."
What ! ,he exclaimed in his deep toned voice .
"Don't worry Duxan ,I have sent some guards after her .She can't go far ....."
*Leave me alone ....I said leave me alone .
She bit the guard's finger and tried to escape but was caught by her father and was dragged to his presence .
"Father ,how could you do this to me ?
I don't want to marry this old man ,I want my Prince charming and my fireflies ."
There is no Prince charming and there is no firefly Krystal .
I have made up my mind that you will marry the king of Mugal and that is my final judgement .
"But I said ,I don't want to marry him father .I don't want to ,please don't do what you did to Myel to me.
Set me free from my cursed life with this old man ."
Shut up Krystal .....just shut up your little small mouth .I can see you have learnt such disrespect from your useless mother .
If I want ,I can kill you right now without considering the fact that you are my daughter .
"Go on and kill me father because you didn't hesitate in killing my mother .
I prefer to die than to live my life with this disgusting old man .
So go on ..."
'Krystal ,a slap landed across her face .'
Guards ,pick her up and put her in the tower .She will not get out until she finally accepts that this is her fate .
I am welcoming a new bride home so you will also have to leave my home .
That is my final decision .Take her away and chain her up so that she doesn't escape .
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For seven good years ,I waited and married her off as my wife .
After waiting for her all these years ,she still rejected my love so I had to torture her .
But now ,she has got guards and even dares to challenge me ,yet ,I tolerate all of that because I love her .
No Krystal ,I won't let you slip off my hands that easily .
Before you fall for one of my sons and vice versa ,he will have to be out of my way .
I can't kill you after spending so much treasure on you so I will have to take away the life of my own son .
Just like the case of Duncan ,he will also face the same slide of life .
'King Duxan thought ...'
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