Sanggana Swordsman
97. Joko Calm Siuman
*Holy Blood Ring*
Su Rai was taken to the Old Palace to face Princess Yuo Kai.
Bo Fei went to face his master who was sitting on the side of the bed where Joko was still unconscious. The princess just sat speechless looking at Joko's face which Bo Fei had cleaned with a warm water rag before going to pick up Su Rai in the morgue. Bo Fei could not guess what was in Princess Yuo Kai's mind, because several times the daughter was sitting quietly at the side of the bed looking at Joko's face.
“Sincerely servant, Your Majesty,” Bo Fei said while respecting bowing sufficiently.
Princess Yuo Kai did not respond, but Bo Fei knew that her daughter heard him.
“Su Rai, the confidant of Blind Snake has arrived,” reports Bo Fei.
Princess Yuo Kai stood up from his seat. Then he faced Bo Fei.
“Sit down and take care of this guy!” bo Fei's orders.
“Good, Your Majesty,” said Bo Fei obediently.
Princess Yuo Kai stepped away. His two servants, Mai Cui and Yi Liun, immediately followed behind.
“Sincerely servant, Your Majesty!” said Su Rai when he saw the arrival of the figure of a beautiful woman who had just met it the first time. He honoured by going down on his knees. However, he was already convinced that the luxuriously dressed woman was Princess Tsun Yuo Kai.
“Wake!” princess Yuo Kai's orders.
Su Rai also moved to get up.
“You're the right hand of the Blind Snake?” ask Princess Yuo Kai.
“True, Her Royal Highness Princess.”
“The Blind Snake promises no information this morning. Did you bring it?”
“Iya.”
“Say!”
“There is a group on behalf of the Earth Snake Network to attack the entourage, Her Highness the Princess. My people are figuring out the purchase of oil drums used by the attackers, including tracking the origin of the snake tattoos they have,”, Su Rai said.
“The identity of those people is not at all clear. I suspect they're from outside the Capital. I doubt if they enter the Capital City with a top-class identity. It was also impossible for them to enter the Capital in a large entourage. If they were to enter surgingly, surely all of them had the same destination to gather. I have the people of the Earth Snake find out about the presence of a large number of strangers somewhere inside this capital.”
“Good, Your Highness Princess.”
“Snake Ground Network is not known in general. If you deliberately use that name to target Earth Snakes, it means that only you know a lot who the group intends to destroy your group.”
“True. We are trying to review groups that have dealt blood with the Earth Snake Network.”
“I always monitor the business development of Blind Snake. However, the attack on me was clearly from a secret group that was very confident that they would not be revealed. My people may be limited to gathering information. I don't want to rely on the royal people. However, my request is, try to keep your people's work unknown to his people General Mok Jueng.”
“Good, Your Highness Princess.”
“Yi Liun!” call Princess Yuo Kai.
“Hamba, Your Majesty,” Yi Liun replied as he approached the Princess and saluted her.
“Prepare the horse carriage to drive Miss Su home!” princess Yuo Kai's orders.
“Good, Your Majesty,” said Yi Liun obediently.
Yi Liun stepped back a few acts while bowing respectfully, then turned away.
“Hamba resigned, Her Royal Highness the Princess,” said Su Rai also in honor.
Princess Yuo Kai nodded in agreement. Su Rai took a few steps back in a position of respect, then turned around to follow Yi Liun.
“Report, Her Royal Highness Princess!” bo Fei shouted while running and then immediately saluted in front of Princess Yuo Kai.
“Is that person awake?” keka Princess Yuo Kai.
“True, Your Majesty!” bo Fei replied in a rather high tone.
Princess Yuo Kai immediately turned around. Quick move. Bo Fei and Mai Cui also rushed to follow.
However, when they entered the room where Joko Calm was, they stopped. They saw the unconscious young man all night sitting with his legs still straight. What surprised them was that the handcuffs on both hands and feet had been broken. Seeing that, Princess Yuo Kai and her two servants immediately guessed that Joko could be dangerous.
The appearance of the three beautiful women made Joko Calm somewhat surprised as they came rushing over. Then, Joko looked at them with a slight frown.
It dawned on Princess Yuo Kai, Bo Fei and Mai Cui that the person who fell from the sky was in fact speaking a foreign language that they had never heard of. Therefore, Princess Yuo Kai did not immediately reply. He thought for a moment. Then decided to move closer.
“Do not approach!” said Joko.
However, Princess Yuo Kai who did not understand the meaning of Joko's words chose to keep approaching quietly, but was vigilant.
“Do not approach!” yoko exclaimed louder as she stretched out her right hand with her palm open straight up, signalling for Puri Yuo Kai to stop approaching.
The mark made Princess Yuo Kai stop approaching within six steps of the bed.
“Do you understand my words?” ask Princess Yuo Kai at last.
“Oh,” sigh Joko when hearing foreign language in her ears. Joko finally nodded.
Princess Yuo Kai took two steps back.
“Do not approach!” yoko exclaimed as she jumped down from the bed, keeping more than three steps apart with Princess Yuo Kai.
Joko's evasive actions made Princess Yuo Kai somewhat astonished.
“I won't hurt you, no need to fear,” Princess Yuo Kai said as she placed both her hands behind her back.
It turned out that Joko's movement had made Bo Fei pull the sword, so that the sharp blade came out of the nest for an entire inch. Princess Yuo Kai gestured for Bo Fei to close back his sword.
However, Joko did not show a visible face that he was wary of a possible attack from the female soldier. Joko smiled sweetly, too sweet for a woman. That smile unbeknownst to Joko, touched their hearts.
“His smile is so alluring, is it like that of a sky dweller?” the Princess Yuo Kai.
“You guys...” said Joko while pointing at the three women one by one. Then again said while brandishing his three fingers, “Don't approach me less than three steps!”
“Business!” bo Fei shouted furiously as he escaped his sword. He was angry because Joko disrespectfully pointed at Princess Yuo Kai's face.
“Heit! Wait wait wait wait!” exclaimed Joko responding to Bo Fei's movements. He smiled slightly at Bo Fei because he believed that the female soldier misunderstood him because he had pointed them out one by one.
“Wait, Bo Fei!” princess Yuo Kai said mimicking the word “tunggu” as uttered by Joko, although it sounded stiff in the ears of the red-lipped young man.
“Aaah!” joko exclaimed with a big smile and pointed at Princess Yuo Kai, but not as sassy as the first. Joko then called the word “tunggu” slowly, “Tung... gu! Ja... ngan ma... rah!”
Joko fanned his fingers in front of his stomach from top to bottom repeatedly with the intention of saying “pelan-pelan”. Then shook his right palm repeatedly in front of the chest giving the message “jangan”. Joko then gave an angry facial expression. At the end, he laughed low.
Joko's attitude that ended in laughter made Princess Yuo Kai who was cold in character so smiled thinly. The way Joko tries to communicate is pricelessly funny for the princess.
“Enter your sword, Bo Fei! Don't take it out again!” princess Yuo Kai's orders were rather harsh. “Let me talk to him.”
“Good, Your Highness the Princess,” said Bo Fei obediently while respecting. He then re-shed his sword.
“Oh, queen?” ask Joko guess. The respect that Bo Fei showed and the appearance of Princess Yuo Kai were luxurious, making Joko think that the woman was a queen. That conclusion was encouraged because Joko previously dealt with two queens.
“Queen,” Princess Yuo Kai mimics the mention of Joko while sticking her palm on her chest for a moment.
“I'm sorry, Her Majesty the Queen,” Joko said as she went down to kneel one leg, while both hands met upright in front of the forehead.
Somewhat surprised Princess Yuo Kai saw the way of respecting Joko.
“If he's a god, then why honor me?” the Princess Yuo Kai. Then he said to Joko while gesturing finger movements, “Wake up!”
Joko stood up straight and smiled again, making Princess Yuo Kai's heart slide down from a height. It felt beautiful, but it made Princess Yuo Kai frown faintly.
“Why does the Queen shackle my hands and feet?” joko asked, showing both of his wrists and pointing at his legs, then pointing up at the bed. The iron handcuffs were still on the bed.
“You fell from the sky that destroyed my Haram Palace,” replied Princess Yuo Kai who understood Joko's sign language intent. He also tried to give a motion signal that translated the words.
Calm Joko was speechless, she was a bit confused to understand the purpose of Princess Yuo Kai's portrayal.
“I mean, I'm like rain from the sky and you're like a flower blooming?” guess Joko who actually makes Princess Yuo Kai confused to interpret it.
“Bo Fei!” call Princess Yuo Kai.
“Hamba, Her Royal Highness the Princess,” Bo Fei said.
“Call Sun Ming here!”
“Good, Your Highness.” (BH)