Chapter 22

"Now break this bamboo." Master Qing said.

"A bamboo!? I am not doing it. It's so difficult." Prince Frank said.

"You can. Just try it." Master Qing said. Prince Frank took the big bamboo and tried to break it. It was very difficult for him to do. He kept trying and at one point broke it down. He became surprised on himself.

"How.... How could I do that?" He asked surprisingly.

"Everything is under system. If you do anything step by step, you can do whatever you want." Master Qing said.

"What does it mean?" Prince Frank asked looking at him.

"First I gave you a small piece of wood to break. Then I gave you a piece of wood which was bigger than the previous one. I kept giving you a piece of wood like this again and again, and each time one is bigger than the previous one." Master Qing said, made us think.

" So? " I asked.

"So it was easy for you to break the pieces of wood. Because you've done it step by step." Master Qing said.

"Wow, that was awesome." We got excited about it. Then master Qing started training me the same way. I also complete it well.

"Now follow me." We followed Master Qing and he took us to a big mountain. He took us to the top of the mountain.

"Now bring water from the well under the hill and fill this bucket." There was a big bucket he gave us a small bucket to bring water here. We did as he said. We went down and brought water to fill this big bucket. We continued to fill the big bucket with water, but by no means it was filling.

"What is wrong with this? Why isn't it filling?" We got tired and annoyed.

"Talk less and keep doing." Master Qing was sitting and watching us. We were keep trying to fill the bucket. But it wasn't. At one point I got tired and sat down near the bucket. Suddenly I noticed a hole in the bucket. That's why it wasn't filling.

"There is a hole here." I said. Prince Frank came to see it.

"We are suffering for no reason." Prince Frank said and sat.

"Master, did you know about it?" I asked looking at Master Qing. He laughed.

"You two are idiots. Of course I knew about it. I made the hole." He said.

"But why did you do that? We were working so hard to fill it." Prince Frank got annoyed.

"I was watching how long you try to do the stupid thing." Master said.

"What!?" We got confused.

"You two tried to fill the bucket without thinking. You didn't think for once why it wasn't filling up." Master said.

"You should think before doing anything. It's foolish to suffer without a reason. Since the bucket was not filling, you should have observed the bucket. You are keep doing the work without observing it." Master Qing said annoyingly.

"A war cannot be won with power only, it also need intelligence. Remember knowledge is power." Master Qing said. We understood what he wanted to taught us. He told us to leave that day. We left the forest saying him goodbye. It was evening.

"Where were you all the day?" When we entered the Palace princess Florence came to us.

"That's none of your business Florence." Prince Frank said and entered his room. She looked at me and I looked away from her eyes. She became angry at us and left the place. Maybe she will go to her mother or father to complain about us. I also went Prince Frank's room.

"She is a headache. She always interferes in my life." Seeing me Prince Frank said.

"Forget about her. We have to patient." I said taking a book from the bookshelf.

"Return Of The Princess?" Prince Frank looked at the book in my hand. It was a historical story.

"Who reads this stupid story?" Prince Frank said and walked to the balcony.

"I read it. Because it is similar to my life. Every life can be a story." I said. He looked back at me and smirk.

"You never let your words fall down." He said and went to the balcony. I sat on the chair and opened the book to read.

"Do you like this story?" He suddenly asked.

"Don't disturb me." I began to read the story again.

"Is it a true story?" He asked.

"I don't know. But everyone says so." I said changing the page of the book.

"The King is Coming ~" I put the book on the chair and stood up quickly. The king entered the room. I bowed my head in front of him.

"How dare you misbehave with my daughter?" He suddenly slapped me hard. I fall down on the ground.

"What is wrong father?" Prince Frank asked surprisingly.

"Your Bodyguard misbehaved with your younger sister. From whom did he get so much courage?" The king growled at him.

"He didn't do anything to your daughter. Your daughter is a liar." He said straight away. The king frowned and looked at him.

"You are speaking for this bastard?" The king got mad at him.

"Yes I am. I know your daughter well. And An.. Alex was with me all the time." He was going to say my real name. I hope that the king didn't notice this.

"You disobeyed me." The king said and left the room with a great anger. Before leaving he looked at the book on the chair. He thought for a moment and then walked out of the room.

"We are in trouble." I said and sat nervously.

"Forget about it." Prince Frank said and sat beside me. I looked at the book on the chair.

"Why did he looked strangely at the book?" I was sacred about it. Prince Frank frowned and looked at me.

"What are you talking about?" He asked confusingly.

"Didn't you notice? Before leaving the room, he looked at the book in amazement." I said looking worryingly at him.

"He was just take a look at the book. I guess so." He said. But it was still bothering me.

To be continued....