Sanggana Swordsman
112. Lunch Talk
*Holy Blood Ring*
Joko Calm had been sitting facing a table full of delicious food, from vegetables to meat. Everything was still warm and gave off a thin smoke. The fragrant aroma is so appetizing to the appetite.
In addition, there is also a bottle of wine and a small cup as a drinking glass.
In addition to Joko Calm who faced a table full of delicious dishes, there were three other people who had also sat facing a similar table, namely Princess Yuo Kai, the translator of Su Mai, who was also sitting at the same table, and Bo Fei's bodyguards.
Behind them stood the servants who were ready at all times. Especially behind Princess Yuo Kai stood Mai Cui and Yi Liun, the two personal servants of the princess.
Joko Calm and Princess Yuo Kai sat opposite each other, while Su Mai was opposite Bo Fei.
Princess Yuo Kai who is beautiful always looks charming. This time he was wearing a light green yellow dress. While Joko Calm was wearing a new hanfu outfit in black. However, he still wears his Golden Fire red vest, so it seems funny because it becomes an unusual style of dress.
To maintain the comfort of Joko Calm, Princess Yuo Kai asked two eunuchs to serve the provision of food for Joko.
“Please!” princess Yuo Kai said. With a small smile, he invited the others to start eating.
Without needing to be translated, Joko Calm understood the meaning of the princess' words.
Princess Yuo Kai who had already chopped a piece of grilled meat into her bowl, stopped her movements. He looked seriously at Joko.
Joko grabbed her small bowl with her left hand. While the right hand took some sort of side dish to taste that he put on his rice. Next, Joko Calm took his nasi and bribed him.
Seeing Princess Yuo Kai silently looking towards Joko, Bo Fei and Su Mai so looked at Joko as well. Princess Yuo Kai then smiled. Joko Calm was not aware that he was being noticed by three women because he was busy enjoying delicious food that he rarely got if outside the kingdom.
“Mr Joko!” call Bo Fei.
“Ya?” joko asked, chewing, and he looked at Bo Fei.
“Why not use chopsticks?” tanya Bo Fei which was later translated by Su Mai.
“Sumpits?” ask Joko.
Princess Yuo Kai clasped the chopsticks in her hand, revealing them to Joko the thing Bo Fei meant.
“Oh,” exciting Joko understood. He smiled and grabbed a pair of chopsticks at the table with his dirty fingers.
Joko then uses the chopsticks to pierce the pieces of meat and he moves them to his bowl. How to hold it is like holding a knife that is ready to be thrust.
“Hihihi!” su Mai's laughter saw Joko's behavior Calm. Then he said to Princess Yuo Kai, “Sorry, Your Majesty. In the land of Pendekar Joko, we are used to eating directly by hand.”
“Alright, please eat by hand, Joko,” said Princess Yuo Kai while chuckling.
Joko Calm only laughed after Su Mai translated the words of the princess. He put his chopsticks back on the table and then returned to bribe with his hands.
“Your Highness Princess, how can I wake up in your residence?” ask Joko. Although previously they had exchanged questions this morning through the media image, but Joko needs to clarify the problem while among them there is a reliable translator.
“You fell from the sky and precisely destroyed my residence in the Haram Palace, right falling in my bathroom,” replied Princess Yuo Kai.
“But I didn't see you shower,” said Joko, as if in denial.
Joko's question made Princess Yuo Kai's face flushed red, becoming somewhat embarrassed. Seeing the reaction of Princess Yuo Kai's face, Joko Calmly woke up.
“Ma.. forgive me, Your Highness Princess. I don't intend to see you shower,” ralat Joko fast. “But, I should have been with my future wife and best friend..”.
“Calon wife?” princess Yuo Kai asked, returning seriously in conversation. There was a hint of disappointment felt in his heart when he knew that Joko already had a future wife.
“Yes. Does Her Highness the Princess know where they are?”
“When you fall, you're alone, Joko,” said Princess Yuo Kai.
“There was only one celestial event that fell on yesterday, that is you. I just want to ask. Are you actually a human or a god messenger of the Celestial Emperor?” Princess Yuo Kai asked back.
“I'm human. I am not a god or a messenger from the king in the sky.”
“Then how could you come from the sky and fall without suffering the slightest injury?”
“I am with my future wife and my best friend, in the task of going to find the Holy Blood Gem using the knowledge of the Infinite Gate belonging to Puspa. Because of my illness, I fainted on the way. When I woke up, I was already here.”
“Holy Blood Gem? What kind of gem is it?”
“I also don't know what it looks like. Only Puspa can lead us where the thing is.”
“For what?”
“As medicine for my other future wife. She's a queen of a kingdom, so she can't die.”
“Other wife candidates?” ask Princess Yuo Kai. This time he was somewhat surprised to hear the red-lipped young man's reply. He again asked, “Actually, how many do you have a wife?”
“Candidate wife who has been officially there are only two and one new sign will be a future wife. So there's five more.”
“What?!”
This time not only was Princess Yuo Kai shocked, but Su Mai and Bo Fei were also shocked, to the point that they stopped bribing.
Seeing the reaction of the three beautiful women, Joko Calm down so laughed a little loudly, almost he choked on food. Alternatian, it was the third woman's turn to laugh lightly at Joko. Especially when Joko Calm sipped wine directly in a bottle without using the cup again.
“Don't do much, Joko, later you can get drunk!” princess Yuo Kai.
“Quiet, I don't get drunk easily,” he said. Then he explained about the many future wives, “Eight wives to cure my illness, not because I'm a cart if I see a beautiful woman. If Tirana meets you now, she will surely offer you to be my next future wife.”
“What?” shock Princess Yuo Kai with a face rubbing pink again. Princess immediately shifted the focus of the conversation, “Then what will you do after this?”
“Finding the whereabouts of my future wife and Puspa, because only Puspa can know where the Sacred Blood Gem is.”
“But you promised His Majesty the Emperor to help us here.”
“Sure. I'll stay here for a while, while looking for news. Because, I have a time limit to get the gem.”
“I will ask my acquaintances in the Capital City to find news about your future wife, they are experts in terms of searching for missing persons.”
“Why is Her Highness the Princess so kind to me, when I am a stranger?”
“Because I don't see any dangerous actions from you.”
“But can't I be deceiving in appearance and behavior, but evil in intention?”
“I feel I can still conquer you if it turns out you're a wolf-tailed fox.”
Joko Calm just smiled hearing the confidence of Princess Yuo Kai.
“I'm very grateful for your banquet, Your Highness Princess. I'm so full. I taste the food with such a delicious taste. Surely, when I have left this country, the taste of this food will always be remembered, especially the people who have this food.”
Smile Princess Yuo Kai heard Joko's last words. There was a sense of pleasure that infiltrated into his chest. He stared unblinkingly at Joko Calm who was smiling sweetly at him.
Meanwhile, Bo Fei and Su Mai caught Princess Yuo Kai's attitude in her gaze to the red-lipped young man.
All the smooth conversations between Joko Calm and Princess Yuo Kai in the show were not separated from Su Mai's good translation. It performs its functions very well.
In the closing of the meal, Joko makes wine in a bottle to wash her hands, making the princess again just look at her. (BH)