chapter 284 - Farewell V
Time flows as Taufik tells his story; for those who listen, the story told by Taufik is like a fantasy story; even with the current Earth, the things Taufik tells still sound like a made-up story for Sir Axel and the others.
Time Travel, Fighting with Gods, and changing the real History of the World, Any one of those three things sounds impossible, but Taufik did all of that at once, and managed to survive until now, if someone else told it then no one would believe it, even if now the Earth has welcomed the descent of the Gods to Earth, but the one who told this was their King, the strongest person they knew and someone they didn't know how deep his power was. They wanted to doubt, but they had seen how strong Taufik was, but to believe, their common sense was a little hard to accept.
But none of them tried to interrupt Taufik's story because it was a story told directly by their king; if the story itself was a made-up story, they would try to believe that the story was a true story.
But there is one thing that makes them quite believe in Taufik's story, namely about Gaia, their Queen who, according to Taufik's story, is a Goddess and is a fairly famous Goddess, namely Goddess Gaia, Mother of All, which is the Earth itself.
Gaia herself never hid her name from anyone in the Kingdom of Saranjana, and Taufik himself often called her 'Gaia', but no one in the Kingdom of Saranjana associated her with 'Goddess Gaia' because how could something like that happen?
Moving on to the next story, it is about Taufik, who faced Hercules, Hercules; only a few people do not know about the story of Hercules, the greatest Hero of mankind, and that Hero fought against their king and lost.
So far, the story that Taufik told sounded like a made-up story, but one person who heard Taufik's story completely believed it and that was Brial.
From there, Taufik's story continues until he reaches the part where he falls unconscious for years and then wakes up and finds himself having become a king. Only then does Taufik finish telling his story.
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"... After I woke up, without realizing it, several years had passed. The rest is as you all know, but I don't have much time left in this Timeline, and soon I will return to where I should be... You are the people I can trust the most in this Kingdom That's why I'm telling this to all of you who are here, I know the story I'm telling sounds like a made-up story but it happened, Gaia, Lembu, and Nāgāntaka were there to witness it happen, even two years ago I had the chance to visit Olympus together with Aksa and Lembu for some reason, I know you are still doubting my story, so if you have any questions, you can ask them now"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
After Taufik said that, the person who raised his hand the quickest was Brial.
"Me! I have questions, Your Majesty"
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"Speak"
"From the start, I never doubted your story, my King, but if I had to ask, I only have one question, one that I have kept to myself for a long time, and that is regarding the incident of Magic Particles filling the Earth's atmosphere several years ago, was it because of you, Your Majesty?"
"Magic Particles?... "
Taufik exclaimed, trying to remember what was meant by the Magic Particles mentioned by Brial, but Taufik did not remember anything about it because it happened after he fell unconscious; seeing the difficulties faced by Taufik, Gaia, who was sitting next to him, immediately spoke up.
"That thing was caused because of me, it's the result of me sealing the Eaerh that day, You remember the year when the Cracks never appeared again, right? It was because of that, your King didn't remember it because at that time he was already unconscious because he saved me from the Seal... But the Barrier that I had put down to seal the Earth had disappeared that's why the cracks reappeared, it happened not long after Our Kingdom was attacked"
After hearing Gaia's explanation, everyone immediately showed an enlightened expression, if words could describe facial expressions, then now on their faces would be written the word 'Ah' or something like that. Seeing this, Gaia then asked.
"... It's that enough answers for you, Brial?"
"... Yes, Your Majesty"
"Good, Is there anyone else who wants to ask questions?" Ask Gaia again.
"Me, Your Majesty"
"Sir Axel, Please"
"Thank you, Your Majesty"
Said Sir Axel, who bowed his head slightly and then looked back at Taufik.
"... Your Majesty, if what you said is true, then, isn't our Kingdom in a very dangerous situation, I mean, with the Olympus Gods as our enemy, It's not that I don't want to sound desperate but wouldn't that be similar to suicide, and with you yourself who will leave the Kingdom, even with the presence of Her Majesty The Queen who is also a God, wouldn't fighting not only one but many Gods at once sound, how should I say it, impossible, wouldn't it?"
"... Hum~ I understand your concerns, Sir Axel; I have also thought about it, but you don't need to worry too much; just being in the Saranjana kingdom itself is the same as being in another world... Don't underestimate the barrier that I put around our kingdom, it can even deceive the Eye of God... In your opinion, why do the Gods of Olympus never come to our Kingdom? Where here we clearly have Gaia, who is the most sought-after Goddess right now? All of that is because of the barrier that protects the Saranjana Kingdom... another advantage is that no one knows that you are the people of the Saranjana Kingdom, so you can enter and leave the Kingdom without worry, in your opinion why Gaia never leaves the Kingdom Area, it is all for that reason"
Said Taufik, who then paused for a moment to see if Sir Axel wanted to say something but saw that Sir Axel was silent as if he knew that Taufik still wanted to say something. Taufik then continued with a smile on his face.
"... But you don't need to worry, this doesn't mean that we have to hide forever, and this is where I want your support, the key to facing all those Gods lies in Aksa, Aksa has the potential to grow to be very strong, even stronger than those gods, Aksa has that much potential... He is the hope for the Saranjana Kingdom after I leave, but it takes time. I don't ask much from you, from all of you. Aksara is a smart child, and I know you all know that... Once again, I don't ask much, I just want you to continue treating Aksara the way you have treated him all this time, don't push too much pressure on him, let him grow like a child should grow, just watch over him until the time comes, he already knows what his responsibilities are, as my son and as someone who will become a King in the future, but it's not the time yet... There is still a lot for him to go through, and there is still a long time for him until the time comes for him to carry out his responsibilities. Until that time comes... Stay the same person as how Aksara knows you; that's all I ask; if I have to beg, then I will beg; as a Father, I'll do that much, but I know you all won't like it if I do it like that, so I will do it as you all like..."
Taufik paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and looked at all of them in front of him, he was going to do something he had never done as a king because he didn't like to do it, but for this special situation, he was going to do it, after looking at the faces of everyone in front of him once again, Taufik continued his words, with a voice containing a commanding tone, and this time his expression was also different from before, his expression was cold, the firmness that radiated from his face, was a breathtaking moment for everyone there, for the first time they saw their king look like how a king should look and it was amazing.
"... Listen, this is the first and last time I did this; I, as the King you serve, order all of you to do what I just said without any slightest resistance or disobedience, If any of you does something that should not be done, a fitting punishment will be meted out to you, mark my words as your king! And my wife, your Queen here will be the witness and the one who will carry out the punishment if something like that happens, do you all understand?"
For a moment, no one spoke for a while, as if still recovering from that moment, but eventually, someone moved, and it was Sir Axel.
Sir Axel moved, kneeling, and then followed by the others.
"... As your Order, Your Majesty, We will carry out your orders without the slightest error, you can rest assured"
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