Chapter 2: Cinematic Euphoria
In the antique store, the first lady received a special proposal, her jewelry is such a valuable exhibit that the owner decided to just rent it from her because he wanted that item to be displayed in the shop window, and he gave the girl a fee every month so that she can live well, the owner as a practitioner of Hinduism respected the rules of the Vedas and the principle of mercy in his heart towards the poor, he promised to return her jewelry when she is more economically stable, until then he is her patron who did not want a beautiful Chinese girl to walk the streets of Bali hungry.The owner of the antique shop gave her a special bonus," with this money you can buy some fashionable dresses in the city. Your dress is made of pure gold, any museum would pay you a huge sum for the dress, but if you wear it walking around the city you will attract the attention of bad people, so I'm afraid someone will attack you because of your golden dress."The girl was overjoyed to meet such a gallant gentleman in Bali."Are all the people in town as good as you?""I don't know that, but I know that even the king of Bali crossed over all the taboos and traditions of the country for a beautiful girl."She didn't know how to repay him, so she decided to give him a movie ticket.When he saw what movie it was, the owner returned the ticket to her."I think you will be in clouds watching this movie, everyone in the media is heralding it as a masterpiece of the movie industry, you must watch it, I got a gift ticket from my son who is the main actor in this movie and plays the role of King Raja Yay Pangus."As if the owner of the antique shop knew, the first lady was captivated by the epic movie story about her life with the king of Bali, now through the movie she better understood many things that she didn't notice enough then because she was just a princess in love.Although the end is tragic, she knew that this tragedy was preceded by the fact that the priest of King Bali did not accept the marriage of the king with a foreign princess of another country, even in other countries such mixed marriages were considered good cultural and political diplomacy and harmony between the people of two different kingdoms.But watching the film, the first lady got so immersed in the film that she almost felt like her body was stone under the spell. A cold chill gripped her and she shook herself to banish those negative thoughts.Surviving the tragedy, she couldn't help but wonder if the goddess had sent King Balikang himself to another dimension, if so, she had a tiny hope that she would meet again with the greatest love of her life, that's why, leaving the cinema, she decided to visit more temples she had noticed earlier around the city while walking around.The fans of the main actor gathered outside the exit door, the first lady was afraid that the huge crowd would trample her and decided to wait until the euphoria of the fans passed, she went back to the movie hall which was empty and fell into a deep sleep in the VIP plush chair because she got a ticket for special guests.Sometime in the dark of night, she was awakened by a noise in the cinema.The cinema staff watched the film screening in secret.Fortunately, they did not go to the VIP box but sat in the very first rows in front of the screen."Here are the special effects in 4D only for the cinema staff, " said one of them and handed out glasses to everyone.While watching the film, they did not refrain from commenting:"Here is a beautiful princess from China whom our king married, she was so beautiful and naive as a white fawn with beautiful eyes. They say that the goddess herself had mercy when she turned her into stone.""How did she have mercy when she turned her into a stone statue?""The stone statue remained as a witness of that divine love, but the goddess saved her from death by sending the princess to the future because it was not her fault that the king had an affair and deceived the goddess that he was not married.""What do you mean?""A girl as innocent according to the Vedas must not be punished by the goddess, that's why the goddess punished the king by separating him from the first lady, maybe the first lady in Bali was walking today because many saw a beautiful Chinese girl in a golden dress passing through the city.