The Three Chosen
271. Opting to Go
Shortly before gathering the palace residents in the courtroom, the king of Graha first met a man known as the perpetrator of the theft of royal heirlooms. The man was captured by the Graha king's personal bodyguard and held in a hidden place. At that time the king of Graha was accompanied by Iyaz, Izar and Hanako.
“ Why did you steal that royal treasure..?” ask the king of Graha's guards.
“ I'm hungry and need money, so I stole it for sale. Later the money will be used for everyday purposes.” said the man named Gombong smoothly.
“ I think your reason is too far-fetched. Tell me who told you to do that..?” ask the king of Graha.
“ Nobody told. I work alone and for myself.” said Gombong.
Gombong's answer is exactly the same as the answer that Gayatri will give later.
“ Your answer proves if you say otherwise. Because we know you can't work alone. Moreover, that place could only be entered by people who had special abilities. There must be others who help you and pay you dearly.” said the king of Graha.
Gombong was surprised and tried to hide his surprise by looking the other way to avoid the gaze of the Graha king. Gombong panicked when Graha found out he did not have the special ability to penetrate the guard of the famous Graha king's bodyguard.
“ Say now if you want the safety of your family and your parents to be guaranteed..,” threatened the guardian of the king of Graha while sticking a dagger around Gombong's neck to make him afraid.
Gombong is sure that he will not survive, but Gombong hopes that the king of Graha will keep his promise to ensure the safety of his small family as well as his parents
“ Good Lord, will I say who he is but please do not hurt my family and my parents..,” pinta Gombong with a vibrating voice.
The Graha King nodded then Gombong mentioned a name that made everyone there surprised.
“ How can he get involved..?” asked the Graha king in disbelief.
Just as Gombong was about to open his mouth to tell everything, suddenly a sword floated towards his neck and immediately slashed his neck until it broke. Blood spurted and Gombong's head fell on the ground, leaving everyone shocked.
“ Brash who is it ?, chase him...!” the order of the king of Graha.
“ Good Master...!” the king's personal guard before he disappeared.
Iyaz, Izar and Hanako stared at each other in silence. They were sure that Gombong's killer was someone who had very high martial arts because it could kill from a distance even though the Graha king was surrounded by formidable bodyguards.
Moments later the bodyguards returned empty-handed for failing to catch up
gombong Killer. Raja Graha looked disappointed but he immediately ordered that Gombong's head be kept to be shown to Gayatri later. The Graha King wanted to see the immediate reaction of his empress when the person he trusted to steal it had died. And it was Gombong's head that Gayatri saw before she fell unconscious.
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Gayatri siuman from her stupor. He looked around and found that the tray containing Gombong's head was still beside him. Gayatri cast her gaze in the other direction while closing her eyes in horror.
Gombong is a trusted person who has helped him convey a message to someone. Gayatri loved the man and wanted to help him occupy the throne of the kingdom Graha now occupies. But unfortunately, before his intention was carried out Gayatri had been caught even Gombong died.
The window was tapped to make Gayatri turn. He was surprised to see the figure of a masked man enter his room and immediately silenced his mouth so that Gayatri could not scream for help.
“ Ssstt..., this is Me..,” whispered the man.
“ You, why are you here...?. What if you get caught..?” ask Gayatri.
“ I stay here. You go alone, save yourself.” reject Gayatri to make the man surprised.
“ Did you forget the heirloom was in my hands and soon I can take the throne and rule it all. And if that time comes, you will be my queen who also has full power to govern this kingdom.
Gayatri's ambition to become a powerful man was almost realized. During this time Gayatri felt that he was only a complement to Graha. Gayatri saturated, he wanted to have full rights and power to govern the kingdom. Imagining it made Gayatri smile and nod then follow the man.
When the two arrived outside the window it turned out that the Graha king's guard troops had surrounded the place. Gayatri and the masked man were so shocked that they stared at the spot. Even more surprising, Hara came and greeted the mother.
“ Mother..., why Ma ?. I can't believe you can do this. I came with the bodyguards to secure Mother from the bad guys who tried to take advantage of the situation, but in fact I saw Mother again hugging another man and trying to escape...,” Hara said in a disappointed tone.
Gayatri regained her senses and broke into the arms of the man beside her and rushed over to Hara.
“ Hara Darling, this is not what you think Son. I did this out of desperation. You know for yourself how your father treated Mom, right..?” ask Gayatri.
“ What Mom, what Dad did. I look after and love Mom but why did Mom betray her.?.?” ask Hara while starting to cry.
“ Is enough, We have to go now Gayatri. We have not much time...,” said the man beside Gayatri while grabbing Gayatri's waist and then taking her away.
While jumping the man also threw something towards the bodyguards who tried to chase after him until the bodyguards were strung backwards while holding each part of his body. Hara managed to dodge and fell sitting down watching her mother prefer to go with the man rather than stay by his side.
Hara screamed as her mother was carried away by the masked man. Hara's scream shocked Graha and the three brothers who were talking not far from the place. they rushed to the origin of the sound and were surprised to see Hara sitting surrounded by bodyguards who were all moaning in pain from being injured.
“ Hara, what's up Nak..?” asked the Graha king while hugging the crying Hara.
“ The sight of someone who kidnapped Bu Gayatri..,” said Izar to make Graha surprised and turned to the window of the open room.
“ Not Brother, Mother is not kidnapped. But Mother ran away with the man..,” interrupted Hara while crying.
Hara's words surprised everyone. Graha clenched her hands and coded her personal guards to chase after Gayatri.
“ Where are you going..?” ask Hara as Graha gets up.
“ Chasing Your Mother..,” sahut Graha cold.
“ Please don't hurt my mother. Please forgive him Father..,” pinta Hara while holding his hand.
“ We'll talk about this later, son. The important thing is that I have to catch the person who has carried your mother's run first..,” Graha said while shaking Hara's hand and then running quickly to leave the place followed by Iyaz and Izar.
Hanako approached Hara and hugged her tightly to calm the girl down. Hara was crying again.
“ I asked a few bodyguards to stay here to keep my mom safe from the reach of bad guys. But my mother was a real criminal. He chose to run away with the man and leave Me and my father Sis.” Hara lamented in Hanako's arms.
“ Be patient Hara. Soon everything will be revealed. Don't be so prejudiced by her before you know the truth.” whispered Hanako to Hara.
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