Asean in Love

A wedding in Java is a special event with many rituals that is celebrated for several days.The queen of Bali was worried that they would miss a favorable wind for the trip to Venice if they attended the king's wedding to which they were invited.

"Stop grumbling and put on a nice dress from Bali, I don't want to be scolded for arriving late, we have to sail to the town of Majapahit where the wedding ceremony is."

The city was festively decorated and many officials from the surrounding kingdoms arrived.The king wore a white traditional javanese wedding suit, just like the bride.On the first day there was a wedding procession through the capital and the king waved in greeting to the Subadar when he noticed him among the dignitaries in the city. Next to Subadar stood the queen of Bali and her son who had now taken the crown from the queen.

"Male pride, he got angry with you and married this princess Dara just today who arrived in the kingdom 7 years ago, you see this is her second marriage and she is even older than you."

"And so what, did you want this king to be your son-in-law as well?"

"I married into the kingdom of Bali and King Yauapangus is still irreplaceable in my heart. Don't make me think about a new marriage anymore."

"And I won't, only this king of Singhasari was a good choice because he is currently the strongest warlord, our Bali kingdom is small and we need the protection of stronger ones like the king of Singhasari kingdom. This wedding is just a farce for the public because you caused a scandal by refusing to marry him."

After the wedding procession and when the king and his new wife stood in front of the palace, the king issued several decrees and read them in front of everyone.

So on that day he officially declared in the city a new great empire which he named after the capital city founded by the Majapahit emperor, he also read a decree in which the empire introduces a new currency in coins modeled on the Bali kingdom which fell under the Majapahit empire as a vassal. The adult son of the current Queen of Bali has been declared the new king of the Kingdom of Bali.

The ceremony continued with a gala dinner where the king and his new wife greeted their guests. The Subadar stayed for the gala dinner with his grandson, and the queen regent left the city of Majapahit immediately after the decree was announced.

When the Majapahit emperor approached the Subadar's table, he told him that tomorrow they must set sail for Venice from Bali because the weather and wind direction are favorable at the moment.

"All right", said the emperor of the new Majapahit empire , "if I can, I will come to see you off."

In front of the harbor on the island of Bali, the large ship owned by Subadar was unusually noticeable, captivating its audience with the size and appearance of a ship that was built in the Song Dynasty.

Workers were still loading goods on the ship when the Majapahit emperor came to say goodbye to Subadar.

"My daughter was late as usual, " Subadar apologized to him.

"I know she went with her son in front of the tomb of King Yaupangus to light incense."

"Here she comes, thank you for adopting my grandson, you can be sure that she will be your right hand to help in the new Majapahit empire."

"I believe he is strong and resourceful like his mother, you know that I trust you more than others from the former kingdom of Singhasari where they have already tried to overthrow me several times, that's why I declared the official Majapahit empire yesterday."

"I understand", said Subadar.

"Rest assured that we will be back as soon as possible, also our Bali fleets can be a strong defense against the attacks of the Yuan dynasty. In Venice and another city on the Adriatic, we are building new ships for our overseas trade and fleet."

When the queen arrived in front of the ship with her baggage there was noise and loud voice all around, so Subadar said:

"My daughter is only as calm as a lioness when she sleeps."

"Wait a minute, I'll call her!.", said the Subadar and headed for the ship.

"You must say goodbye to the king of Majapahit and please be kinder, he is our only protector at the moment," he asked his daughter.

The queen reluctantly headed to the place where the emperor of the new Majapahit empire was standing.

She tried to greet him with respect and the traditions of the people of Bali.

"I hope you will return soon from Venice", tell her the emperor," until then I want you to wear this ring," then he puts the ring on her hand."I know it's not as big as the Diamond City you funded, but this ring with a red ruby heart and surrounded by 200 small diamonds is uniquely made especially for you and is called "Tears of Love"."

The Subadar watched them as the workers loaded the last packages onto the ship, he came closer and one of the workers accidentally slipped with the load so the Subadar pushed the queen right into the Emperor's arms.

"Be careful, the baggage will fall on you!", he warned and went to the ship knowing that his daughter would later yell at him for that.

On the ship, the siren called for departure and the former queen of Bali ran so that the ship wouldn't leave without her.

"Why did you push me towards him? ", she shouted at her father.

"That was so you wouldn't give him the ring back because that would make him sad, haven't you noticed yet that he's in love with you? Even in your youth, many noblemen begged your hand and left you jewelry and rings, and you gave them everything back, now you forgot, and they found another wife."

"Is the emperor in love with me?"

Think carefully, who, except for this emperor, would go during his wedding to see off the other woman on the ship to Venice?"

"He also gave me the flag of the Majapahit empire on the ship, I will take it to the sailors to put it on the mast next to the flag of Bali."

She went to the mast and raised the Majapahit flag herself, and waved it from the top of the ship until the ship sailed over the horizon.