Prayogo's words succeeded in making everyone there shows their anger, which Prince Kripala did not understand.
"Princesses, what about them? Whose Princess do you mean, Prayogo?"
"Your aunt, prince. All the daughters of King Wijaya from his concubines were born commoners. They are treated with more contempt than an animal, prince."
"Explain everything, Prayogo!" Prince Kripala said it in a commanding tone.
Prayogo locked his gaze on Prince Kripala before speaking. "Being a king is not easy, prince. If someone does not have strong allies, then he will only be a puppet, a king who can be treated arbitrarily by anyone. Likewise, my father, Wijaya Bupendra, the previous king. There is one big secret the prince must know."
"What's that?"
"The late King Wijaya Bupendra was a robber."
"Princes!" Shouted a group of people who were shocked and tried to prevent Prince Kripala from harming Prayogo.
"You bastard! Don't you dare slander my grandfather, Prayogo! Unless you want to see your head roll at your feet!" Prince Kripala spoke threateningly and prepared to slay the man who claimed to be the prince with his sword. Prayogo's fat face looked pale, and his thick mustache trembled with fear at Prince Kripala's threat.
"All right, prince." "Forgive my impudent mouth," said Prayogo, with a pale face.
Prince Kripala released Prayogo and returned to his seat, grumbling.
"But the prince," said Prayogo bravely, though still frightened.
"I didn't lie one bit. I told the truth. The late Majesty King was my father, and I will never lie about, the blood flowing in my body. His marriage to Prajapatni Galuh Sawitri made it possible for a robber like Wira Saprang, the name of the king with the title "Sang Hyang Prabu Sri Bharata Wijaya Birendra Bupendra," to become a king. If the prince doesn't believe me, the prince can investigate every word I say. But if you don't want to die, the prince must be cautious."
"To investigate it, the prince needs to go to the palace library; there may still be relics, written by Prajapatni when she was still alive. Only the queen's writings are still proof for us to know who the real king Wijaya Bupendra was."
"Your words don't make sense, Prayogo! You are also Mahesa! This archipelago is home to numerous kingdoms! My grandmother, who is a Prajapatni, would never marry a robber! Don't make it up in front of me just to get sympathy and turn me into your accomplice!
"Even though I'm not lying, prince."
"Your words are crazy, lunatic, and nonsense! My grandmother was a queen and a princess. Prajapatni, which means she is a holy descendant of Ajisaka, an incarnation of the gods! It is impossible to marry a robber, Prayogo! My grandmother can marry any king, she wants!" Snapped prince Kripala.
"Many kings and princes deserve to marry the Prajapatni, but none can make the Prajapatni indebted." Except for Wira Saprang. Who rescued her from the robbers who nearly killed and raped her in the Alas Kuna forest. Prajapatni was about to pray at the Great Temple of Heaven. But her horse-drawn carriage was damaged, and all her soldiers were killed by the robbers. The only one who came to his rescue at the time was Wira Sabrang; It was that helped that eventually forced her to marry a robber. Because the Prajapatni has sworn an oath!" Wilayuda replied.
"A vow of promise?"
"Yes, whoever helps me, if he is a man, I will make him my husband. If she were a woman, I would have a sister. That is the oath that Prajapatni took in front of the deity in exchange for her salvation and chastity. Unless Prajapatni wants all the people who are wretched for the promise she uttered before the statue of the god Shiva, whom she worshiped. The oath can't be taken back."
Prince Kripala was left speechless, his mouth locked in immense shock. How did he know this dark secret? And he got everything not from his father or anyone he could trust in the palace but from the enemy. People who have held grudges for decades against the kingdom.
Prince Kripala was confused and didn't know what to do. Everything in his head felt stuck. How could her grandmother commit such stupidity and give herself to a mugger for a promise? Wouldn't dying to be better and more honorable than doing all that?
Unfortunately, Prince Kripala did not get answers to all the questions that popped into his head.
"Therefore, King Wijaya was never liked by all of Maespati's allies, especially after Prajapatni died after giving birth to his first son, Panji Thirta, who eventually became king with the title Prabu Alam Braja Sukma, the Prince's father."
Prince Kripala rubbed his forehead and was starting to feel dizzy and hot because he was confused by all the information he had just heard from Prayogo and Wilayuda.
And as if he knew the young prince's confusion, Prayogo spoke again. "As a result, after Prajapani died and Prince Panji Thirta, who was only two days old at the time, was crowned king, the prince's grandfather was appointed deputy king, and to maintain his power, he took many virgins and made them his concubines."
"What for?"
"What for?"
"Yes, but for what?"
"Of course, to perpetuate the power of the prince." The king married the daughters of all the small kingdoms' kings who supported Maespati, Patih, Adipati, Demang, and merchants to commoners."
"And because of all, rebellion was eliminated. Because everyone has become the king's in-laws, the grandfathers of princes and princesses. They all obey him"
"Isn't that great? My grandfather played his role properly."
"As well as cunning."
"And terrible!"
The voices shouted over each other's words as if cursing the late king Wijaya Bupendra as a tyrannical and cruel king. Prince Kripala looked at the faces one by one here. They all looked full of anger and grudges. That seemed to have been buried for a long time, and all those grudges seemed ready to be released.
"Terrifying?"
"Yes, Prince is very terrible and disgusting!"
"Only a demon could do that, and a king could do such a dirty thing for his power."
"Don't play; I want to hear everything in full!"
"Okay, if that's what the prince wants. But I won't be the one to tell it; let someone else tell it."
"Order her in!"