"HAHAHA! Everyone, let the celebration begin!"
The Kingdom of Jin was glowing with lights and fireworks.
In the village, the streets were decorated with glowing flowers. Soldiers patrolled the roads while children played joyfully. Elders stood nearby, chatting as they watched them.
Two elderly people sat on the porch of their house, watching the fireworks.
"Hmm… freedom, huh."
"How many generations did it take to gain freedom from them?" he said with a faint smile.
"But even now… I don't think they've truly left this kingdom."
"And how long are we going to feel this freedom?"
"What do you think, Hapi? How long will this last?"
The other elder, Hapi, didn't respond. She simply looked at him with her eyes closed, a peaceful smile on her face.
Suddenly one big firecracker blast in the sky
BOOM
And the royal palace was decorated with lights. The whole palace was filled with the sound of the sweet music of violins, and on the floor, it was fully cleaned so that the light reflected on the floor.
And in the dining hall the dining table was arranged with 9 seats on each side and one seat on the bottom side of the dining and one throne in the top of the dining, making a total of 20 seats, including the throne.
Then the dining room was filled with 18 royal people and 30 guards for them; the royal wears a white suit with some blue lines on the side of the suit, and each of them has a star on their shoulder.
And the violin plays on the side of the dining hall; there were five people playing music, and some of the royals listened to the music by standing there with a glass of wine in their hands.
And some of the royals make a group and make a chat in there, but one royal person is seated alone in the room.
He was a short Black-haired, white-skinned man; he was sitting on the left side of the throne, and he lowered his head with both hands covering his forehead; he was in deep thoughts.
And the door of the dining hall opened, and then the servants came inside and neatly arranged the dining table with food and plates on the table, for while arranging, one member tried to wake the royal person who was in deep thoughts, but the servant was afraid, so she didn't wake him up and put the plate in the center and moved from that place.
Then the servants stand beside the seats.
The two new guards enter the hall, and beside the door, facing each other, the king enters the room with a gold crown on his head, with long black hair, and a fully shaved and structured beard and mustache with a white skin tone, with full joy on his face.
He raises his hand in the side of music.
"Stop the music."
Everyone turns from their place and sees the king.
"And I ask everyone to gather around your seats."
Every royal person in the hall gathers around their seats.
"Now, I think everyone knows why we have this celebration today." He smiles. "That… I have done a thing that my father… grandfather… neither my great grandfather didn't have."
"That I make our kingdom have the second… individual kingdom in this whole world."
Every royal person applauds him by clapping their hands.
"Ok… ok, and this day onwards you guys want to work hard for the growth of our kingdom. Now, we didn't need someone's permission for the growth of our own kingdom."
King takes a deep breath.
"Now everyone… raise your glasses; let's make a toast for the new beginning of our kingdom."
Everyone listened to the king and did as he said, but the person with deep thought was still seated in his seat; he didn't even see the king; he was fully inside of the thought.
The royal person beside him moves his hand to wake up the person, but the king stops him.
"Wait, I will take care of him."
Then everyone makes a toast, and seated at their seats, the servants begin to serve the food to them.
The king moves his hand to start the music, and the music begins to fill the room.
The king was seated on his throne, and the right side of him was an empty seat. Then the king went near to the person and made a slight shake of his body.
"Rim, wake up, rim."
He shakes him more; finally he comes out from the thought, and he sees around that everyone begins to eat, and he sees the king.
"Huh, your majesty."
"What are you thinking in the middle of the celebration, you bastard?" The king whispered to him.
Then Rim rubbed his head.
"Ahh, it's nothing."
The king raised his right eyebrow and looked at the rim.
"Nothing, huh?"
"If it's just normal, you will not behave like that."
"You know that I know about you, so spill out what you were thinking."
Rim takes a deep breath.
"The thing is… do you think they really freed this kingdom?"
The king stares at him.
"Ha… what are you asking? When I speak to them, you've been there, right?"
"Yes, but how did they suddenly accept it? You… you didn't feel anything suspicious."
"And now our kingdom is an enemy kingdom for them; you can't think that."
King sees him and blinks his eyes and takes a deep breath and replies to him.
"Why are you thinking like this? Just think positive, you bastard. This kingdom is just a small kingdom to them; they didn't even care about our kingdom."
"Between… they have the most important thing in their head, right?"
"And… now… don't think that it's not going to happen, and just join the feast."
Rim wasn't convinced by the king's words.
"No, that's not."
King stared at the rim and raised his voice.
"General Rim, now I order you to join in this feast."
"You are going to refuse it."
Rim sees the king's eye, then he takes a small breath and takes the glass of water from the table and sips it, then nods his head and takes the spoon from the plate, and he joins in the feast.
After seeing that the rim joins the feast, he slowly nodded his head and saw his right-side empty seat, and he again saw the rim.
"Did you know where this idiot went?"
While chewing the food in his mouth, Rim nodded and shook his head sideways.
King makes both his lips inside for a second and makes them, then he raises his left hand and shakes his hand forward.
The guard from the backside comes near to the king and bends down.
"Yes… your majesty."
King whispers to the guard.
"Go and find your general gin, and tell him that I immediately called him to the feast."
The guard opens the door, then goes outside and closes the door.
On the balcony of the palace, one person is standing there, and then he feels the cool night breeze air. In the silent view, he can hear the sound of the insect buzzing in the garden, and he sees the view of the village and the firecrackers. He wore a royal suit with five stars on his shoulder; suddenly that guard sent by the king entered the balcony.
"General Gin."
[He was the general that the king was asking about in the hall.]
Gin turns to the side of the guard.
"Majesty ordered you to assemble in the dining hall."
"Tell him I will be there." Gin calmly replied to him.
The guard leaves from the balcony.
Gin again turns and begins to view the village.
Then suddenly dark clouds slowly begin to cover the clear sky; in a minute they cover the whole sky.
Gin takes a deep breath and turns around, suddenly one man standing close to him.
"Haa…" He moved backward because of the sudden appearance.
Gin's heart beats fast; he beats his chest to calm the heartbeat.
"What the hell are you…" Gin sees that person's suit; he wears a red suit with white buttons and white lines on the sides. This suit does not belong to this kingdom.
Gin steps backward and takes his sword from his waist and points the sword towards that man.
"Who are you?"
The place went so silent that they both could hear an insect buzzing and another firecracker blast with a huge sound.
Boom
A few minutes later, the door of the dining hall opened. The people who were playing the violin stopped to play after seeing the person enter the hall.
Heavy footsteps covered the room; the king speaks while chewing food.
"Did I want to invite you separately, Mr… General Gin."
King raises his head, and then he sees that everyone stopped eating and sees his backside.
"Why are you all looking at my back? Did he…"
King turned his head and widened his eyes; his voice trembled.
"Emperor...?"