The Murmuring Voice of the Heart (19)

The King, through Nij, hurled insults: 'Tingit, Crazy, hahaha, you're great, you're filthy, ugly, wee!' while the King himself felt the exact opposite. I lashed out emotionally in anger, especially when my good name, my family's good name, the good name of those around me, and the good name of my beliefs were tarnished so casually with remarks like, 'Hey bro, you're just doing whatever you want, hihihi, watch out, okay?' The King 'educated' emotions by teaching a skewed form of patience, one that turned a blind eye, as he became a follower of his superior, King Toh. The King also ordered his soldiers to send magic, verbal messages, carrier pigeons, and absurd parchments, the contents of which I received from his deranged soldiers. One message read, 'The Queen is sleeping, haha,' to which I retorted, 'If Princess Tingit sleeps, then all Kings sleep, how about that? That means the Tamaik Kingdom triumphs, and we all perish, you know!' Not only that, the King also terrorized through magic; his voice was heard when he ordered his soldiers, saying, 'Just seduce her.' Are you kidding me, bro? That guard already has a wife and a little one, whose words were also nonsensical when asked where his father was. He even answered, 'Wait a moment, this is his child,' and then disappeared somewhere, leaving Tingit confused and bewildered, 'Why is this child exactly like his father?' However, I was disappointed when his soldier named Wiri lied, and I ended up discussing it because it had been questioned repeatedly, and there were wild stories from the soldiers who cared for and protected Tingit. The story is, you know, bro, Wiri is already married, and his wife, Woro, is as fierce as a barking dog. Initially, I wanted to report it for my own safety, but I held back to prevent them from fighting and separating. Honestly, bro, his advances disgusted me. He also spoke when Ne lifted the basket as Tingit was about to throw something at him. They laughed, 'Living in that Kingdom within a Kingdom!' Oh, Tingit forgot, what else was there, bro? Then I also heard something from a renowned healer's chamber, where he said, 'Just listen, there's something...' And when I asked to meet you, oh King Nediserep, who only appears in dreams, to speak civilly about your true intentions and goals? However, when I inquired of the soldiers, they all protected him and refused to inform Tingit. So then, bro, who is indoctrinating whom here? King Nediserep or other Kings and Queens? I myself am neither willing to understand nor comprehend, nor do I wish to know or care. Tingit was caught in a whirlwind of dreams while fast asleep in the Earth Kingdom. I felt I could perceive with this nose the scent of the Agrus Kingdom, even though its scent is supposedly a secret, bro. Perhaps it was like the stench of a decaying body, or perhaps like the aroma of the ancestral tombs of the Earth Kingdom, which are scattered everywhere, one of them in the Olos Kingdom. Within