Chapter 19
Zavier might not have thought that he was stranded on an island which was also the territory of a small kingdom called Vasilenia.
Vasilenia means 'Blessed Land' not without reason, the kingdom located on this southeastern island was very prosperous and peaceful. The soil is fertile, making agriculture very developed. Vasilenia was also led by a very wise and generous king.
King Leonard and his wife, Queen Clara have 10 sons and one youngest daughter. The ten sons and one king's daughter were the result of the king's marriage to the queen, without a single concubine due to the king's loyalty to his wife.
"Are you back?" asked Queen Clara, welcoming her sons who had returned from the forest with tense faces. The queen had a feeling that her children had done something bad.
"We're home, Mother!" Prince Robin, the eldest who tried to be calm, so that his mother didn't have to feel restless.
"Agh... I'm going to sleep!" said Prince Vincent who yawned wide beside his twin brother, Prince David who immediately hammered his head in annoyance.
"Shut your mouth while yawning! what if an insect enters?"
"Yes, just swallow, what's so hard?"
"You stupid!"
"You seem to have just committed a crime, is there nothing you want to tell me?" Queen Clara who was dubbed the most sensitive mother, made the princes who tried to act naturally, immediately froze in their place.
As they had guessed, it was absolutely impossible to hide something from their mother who had these very outer inner eyes. Unlike his younger siblings, Prince Robin is a good boy who greets his mother and stands before her calmly.
"Richard did it! he nearly killed someone with an arrow!" said Vincent the trouble maker who was trying to blame his younger brother.
"What? why are you accusing me? you're the one who told me to chase him!" Richard who received was made a scapegoat by his brother immediately protested loudly. He doesn't care if he has to fight with Vincent to maintain his pride.
"I just told you to chase, but you even attacked him! luckily only his arm was injured, if your arrow pierces his stomach, he could die! you're the one who killed him!"
"You bastard! how dare you accuse me!" Irritated, Richard grabbed his brother by the collar and they just argued.
"Dare you hit me? I'm the one who will beat you, you fool!"
"Vincent, Richard, stop it!" the eldest who hates commotion, tries to calm his two stubborn younger siblings.
Meanwhile David, Vincent's twin brother tries to provoke them into a struggle.
"Hahaha ... I like fuss!" he muttered, laughing out loud.
Meanwhile, Nicholas, Matthew, Claude, Randall, Jerome and Alexei are forced to watch the sickening fights that even occur almost every day. These two stubborn boys are just two stupid young men who are just growing up and still trying to find their identity.
"You're the fool!" shouted Vincent.
"Shut up, you fool!" said Prince Richard who did not want to lose.
Seeing his mother's face which was starting to look scary, Prince Robin shuddered. He felt signs of danger if these two stupid brats did not stop immediately.
"You two, stop it now ...!"
"Baaakkk ... buuukkk ..." one punch that was hard enough each landed right on Vincent and Richard's stomach, ending their fight.
Prince Randall, the fourth strongest and most resilient son, was forced to stop these two younger brothers with his fists. Unlike Prince Robin who broke up with words, Prince Randal preferred to use harsh means to discipline these two boys.
"Ugh ... I'm dead ...!" Vincent was lying on the floor holding his stomach which was sore from Randal's powerful fist. Richard, meanwhile didn't even move.
"You guys are noisy!" Randall gave an intimidating cold gaze, scaring them all.
Even though he felt that what Randal was doing was too much, Robin had to admit that it was the only most effective way to discipline these two stubborn boys.
"Oh my god, you two always make me dizzy! alright, I'll wait for an answer after you guys rest!"
"Excuse me, Your Majesty!" said one of the soldiers who had previously brought Nathania to treat the wound on her arm.
With a panicked face, the soldier approached the Queen and her sons who looked worried. They thought that the young man they had brought was probably dying from a very heavy bleeding.
"What's the matter, Mister Jean? is there a problem?"
"Yo ... Your Majesty, earlier ..." his sentence stopped when he realized the princes were staring at him simultaneously, making him afraid to say what had happened.
"What is it? why are you silent?" asked Queen Clara.
"I ... that ... I ..."
"We accidentally injured a young man in the forest with arrows and now we are taking him to the palace!" said Prince Robin.
"Re ... really?"
"Right, Mother!"
"So, where is the young man now? is he all right?"
"The young man is being treated, Your Majesty! his injuries are not serious. He is just exhausted and dehydrated!"
"Oh thank goodness that he's fine!"
"Bu ... but, Your Majesty!
"Yes? but what, Mister Jean?"
"That young man doesn't seem to come from our kingdom, I saw the symbol of the Lithonia Kingdom on the clothes he was wearing!"
"What? Lithonia?" not only was the queen surprised to hear the soldier's confession, but her princes who were in the room were no less shocked.
"Lithonia? how come there are Lithonians in our country?" asked Prince David.
"Are you sure that the symbol on his clothes is the symbol of the Lithonia Kingdom, Mister Jean?" asked Prince Robin.
"I believe it is a Lithonia symbol. But usually such a symbol is only worn by Lithonia noble families,"
"That means, that young man is most likely a noble from Lithonia?"
"I think so, Your Majesty!"
"But, what does that person want to come to this island? isn't there currently no other royal visits to our country?" Prince Nicholas asked, considering their small kingdom rarely had guests from other kingdoms, let alone a kingdom as big as Lithonia.
"Was a ship wrecked by the beach or the harbor?" asked Prince Matthew. He suspected that a guest who was not invited was most likely because the ship he was traveling on had washed up on this island.
"It seems that there is no ship or boat stranded, Your Majesty!"
"Then, there is no other way but to ask the person directly!" Prince Claude said sarcastically.
"All right, we have to wait for your father to come home. After that we bring the young man to face him!"
"Where's father?" asked Prince Richard, who had regained consciousness from fainting from a punch from the strong man, Randall.
"Your father is in a meeting with the ministers, but he should be home by now!"
After talking about him, King Leonard entered the palace with his four personal bodyguards. The king's face looked bright and happy, in contrast to the gloomy faces of his wife and his sons.
"I'm home, my wife! wow... wow ... it's not like my princes are gathered here to welcome my return, huh? hahahaha ..." King Leonard, it's not like his name sounds grim and dashing. King Leonard was actually very kind and liked to laugh.
This man was fat rarely shows a sad, angry or troubled face. He lived his life well and enjoyed it.
"Honey, I have important news to tell you!" said the Queen after the King arrived before her.
"What is it, my dear wife? will our children have a new brother?"
"No ...!" they said in unison. Somehow for this one they were very much against it, considering that they were already 10 siblings.
"Hahahaha ... you don't want to have more siblings, do you?"
"Darling, please be serious! this is very important!"
"Was Princess Mia proposed by a prince from another kingdom? ahahaha ..."
"This old man asked to be beaten, apparently!" said Prince Randall who was annoyed and even prepared to clench his fists.
"Randall, calm down!" said Prince Robin.
"Ahahahaha ..."
"Richard nearly killed someone!" don't want to buy any more time, Vincent immediately said what he thought.
"What? kill? Richard, is that true?"
"What? no, I ..." he said nervously.
"You still want to get beat up, huh?" with emotions already piling up, Prince Randall immediately grabbed Prince Vincent's neck until his body lifted.
"Uhuukk ... let me go ... uhuukk ..." he said struggling, coughing. He really pissed everyone off with his behavior.
"Robin, please explain to your father!" asked the Queen.
"Fine, Mother! while we were swimming in the waterfall, Richard caught someone peering behind the bushes ..."
"Surely you guys swim naked, right? hahahahaha ..."
"This perverted old man must be beaten ...!" Prince Randall's emotions were unstoppable, if they weren't stopped soon, he would definitely go on a rampage.
"Randall, calm yourself!" panicked brothers, immediately tried to stop his tantrum.
"Oh my God, my head is spinning!" complained Queen Clara who was dizzy facing a husband who had never been this ingenious.
"Can I continue now?" asked Prince Robin who had a very large patient stock.
"Hahahaha ... alright!"
"We misunderstood and thought that the man was a thief. Richard immediately chased after him and accidentally shot his arm with an arrow. The man was injured and we took him home so that the wound could be treated. However, Mister Jean suspected that the young man was from Lithonia after seeing the symbol in his clothes!"
"Lithonia?"
"Yes, but that's still conjecture!"
"That's right, Your Majesty! I only guessed it because of the symbol on the young man's clothes!"
"All right, bring the young man to face me!"
"Alright, Your Majesty!"
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