Chapter 26: Chapter 26: The Legend of the King of the White Bees
In front of the Diamond City stood guards in strange clothes with red wings."She who seeks honey finds the kingdom of honey," the man with long white hair and a beard told her."I am the king of Diamond City, I welcomed my great-grandchildren and saw you in a dream, coming in search of honey to save sick sailors.You are the queen of Bali and you know that a giant bee lives in Bali - Raja Offu, the king of bees.But in this kingdom live all the bees of the world, you know that bees are dying out, that's why we hid this kingdom deep in the rainforest so that the outside world does not destroy our bees.For 4000 years, no human being has set foot in the Diamond City.Don't be afraid, we don't kill people who come to our kingdom, it's just that no one has found their way to Diamond City in the rainforest until now.You have a merciful heart when you reach us, that's why we want to give you a jar of honey from the bees of paradise, which helps every sick person to get better, they say that whoever takes it every day will be immortal.This honey is an antibiotic for the sick, it will heal their wounds and give them strength.You see these guards in front of the city, they are paradise bees, they will take you back to the place where the ship is anchored, but later, now I want to take you through my palace and the Diamond City."First, he took her to his castle where there was another golden fountain, where only gold-colored carp were swimming, and at the bottom of the fountain were pearl shells in all the colors of pearls.The castle was on 3 floors, with spacious rooms where the queen bees lived.As they entered, the queens welcomed them with mead of all flavors and colors.After the castle, the king organized a procession in a white carriage through the city.Queen Bali has never seen a more beautiful or cleaner city, as a leaf falls, worker bees pick it up from the red stone road, if honey and milk flow in abundance somewhere, it is that city hidden from the human eye deep in the rainforest on a deserted island.After the procession through the city, a festive banquet was held for all the inhabitants of the city.One large table was reserved for Apis Mellifera bees with blue and purple flowers where the bees drank the sweet nectar.Another table was decorated with the flowers of the Sialong tree, which housed giant Apis Dorsata stone bees.The third table was for Malifora honey bees that produce only Manuka honey.The fourth table was decorated with fragrant mango blossoms where bees flew with bags of antibacterial honey, and so the next table was full of the honey of acacia and forest wildflowers where bees filled glasses with delicious honey that overflowed onto the banquet.The queen laughed merrily as the dragonflies played their violins."Well, this is just like in a pure honey fairy tale, " she said excitedly and fell asleep intoxicated with sweet mead."We found her, " said one of King Singhasari's warrior women.And the Queen of Bali woke up realizing that the bees of paradise had transported her right near where the ship was anchored.The King of Singhasari immediately came."So you tried to escape, "the king was upset."Lock her!" , he ordered the guards around him."What is that in the bowl next to her?" The guards opened the container."This is raw honey, your majesty.""So she found honey, let her try it first, so she didn't accidentally put poison in it."The guards held the queen's hands while they forced a spoonful of honey into her mouth.After that the Queen of Bali looked enlightened like the Diamond City shining with pure beauty so intense that King S's knees began to buckle as he was enraptured by her extraordinary beauty and light."It is a medicine for the sick, the best pure forest honey, don't waste it, " Queen of Bali was angry with him."First we'll see if it helps," he was still a superstitious king resisting her beauty. The king was the son-in-law of the former king Singhasari and married to all the daughters of the former king, but he did not have an heir yet, so he took other princesses from nearby kingdoms as wives, but none of them gave birth to a son for him, and Queen Bali had a son to marry."If you heal the sick sailors we will give one of the princesses of my kingdom to your son, if not you will both be imprisoned."The queen felt offended and began to cry in her vulnerability.Doesn't this king of Singhasari realize that I've already risked my life looking for hives of honey and walking through the rainforest past sun bears and snakes, plus I've come back with healing honey that heals wounds.King wiped her tears with a handkerchief, he had never seen a bigger princess than her in his life.He knew deep inside behind his cold armor that no wealth could replace the kindness of the soul, but in this cruel world only the strongest survive, it's the same in the jungle in the rainforest and the jungle in the cities, that's why he didn't want to show his affection for the queen of Bali considering it a weakness."It takes more than 40 days to see results, " she said."During that time, the sick must be isolated from others, you go back to your kingdom, and I will stay with the sick to nurse them, " the queen decided.The ship was already leaving the island, leaving Queen Bali with the sick sailors, when suddenly there was a commotion on the ship, namely the King of Singhasari also began to show symptoms of the same disease.