Chapter 188: chapter 188- Prince ll
With Taufik's entry into the hall, it was a sign that the ceremony of Taufik's inauguration as a prince had begun. With the red carpet path that was already provided to guide Taufik, he walked towards the Queen, accompanied by the sound of clicking cameras and the melodious voices of the choir.
Taufik continued to walk forward towards the queen, when he had arrived in front of her, Taufik rested his knees on a piece of furniture that was like a table but short with a red cushion, as Amanda had told him before.
Seeing this, the Queen smiled at Taufik and then drew a State sword which was usually used for coronations, such as when Taufik's uncle, William, was crowned Prince of Wales.
The Queen placed the sword from the right and then to the left shoulder of Taufik while saying.
"With this, I bestow upon you, Taufik D'Archy Hidayat, the title of a Prince, and with all the benefits that come with that title, now, stand my Son"
With the Queen mentioning this, waves of camera clicks were heard again accompanied by loud applause.
Taufik then straightened his legs again and smiled at the Queen. However, what surprised the crowd was that the Queen suddenly stepped forward and embraced Taufik in her arms. Which she usually doesn't do, even when she appointed William as Prince of Wales.
With the completion of the coronation ceremony, news of this immediately spread very quickly throughout the world in a matter of minutes, but what also caught the attention of the British people was the return of Princess Rose, namely Taufik's mother, Linda to the public eye, after not being seen for a long time.
With Linda's appearance, those who were previously unhappy with Taufik's sudden appointment as Prince finally fell silent after knowing that Taufik was the son of Princess Rose because if so, this was not a sudden coronation but only delayed.
Because, whether you agree or not, if Taufik is Linda's son, who is a princess, the title of Prince is Taufik's right since he was born.
But the thing that confused them was why they only knew about Taufik's existence today after so long; if Taufik had not appeared today, they would never have known that they had another prince and also from a long-lost princess.
Hearing the conversation of those people, Edmund, who was also at the banquet, could only smile with satisfaction, but it was not long because he remembered that after this event was over, his work would only double, so he could only cry behind a forced smile.
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Even though Taufik's coronation as Prince has been completed, there are still a series of events that must be done, such as the Royal Banquet, and several others, but what makes Taufik a little tired, is the Royal Banquet, because Taufik inevitably has to greet several influential people, and one more thing that makes the general public surprised is about Taufik who turns out to have more than one wife, this gets admiring looks from men.
However, women look at Taufik with other views, but they can't hate Taufik because, with his appearance, it is natural for Taufik to have more than one wife; some of them(the women) even want to be Taufik's wife, if he wants.
But, there are still some people who look at Taufik with a look that is difficult to understand, whether it is because of jealousy or something else; Taufik doesn't know because he doesn't care.
In addition to Taufik and Linda who attracted attention, Taufik's other family also attracted a lot of attention from the wider public, because they had to admit that all of Taufik's wives were top-notch beauties, even Shasha was included, even Alice who have Lembuswana on her hands also attract a lot of attention, although in public Eyes Lembuswana is a weird-looking doll, but with Alice's cuteness, that's not a problem.
Let alone Tina, who was the one who attracted the most attention, especially with men, with her blood red hair, and eyes that were the same color as her hair and pale white skin, plus the black dress she was wearing, it could be said that she was the sexiest woman that night, the men who were blinded by Tina's beauty, tried several times to ask her to dance or just chat, but Tina always refused for the same reason, namely.
"Sorry, I am Prince Taufik's fiancée, so I have to refuse your invitation"
That night was the night when several men had their hearts broken, and that night Taufik also received another nickname from the community, namely "Prince of lust" which made Jenn and Taufik's other wives giggle when they heard the nickname, not only them, even the Queen, Amanda, William who were also present at the banquet, to Caldwell who was known to be cold and rarely expressed himself had to giggle too.
That night was filled with laughter, jokes, and happiness, including Taufik, who also felt that way, but he still felt that something was missing, namely the presence of his father.
This only made Taufik even more determined to go look for his father.
Long story short, the night ended, and the invited guests began to return to their residences one by one, and news about Taufik and his family spread almost throughout the world, including in Indonesia.
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"... Alright, Grandma we will go back now"
Said Taufik to the Queen. But instead of answering, the Queen approached Taufik and hugged him in her arms again.
"Thank you, my son, this is one of the Happiest days in my Life, it's because of you, thank you"
Hearing that, Taufik didn't say anything and just let his grandmother hug him until she was satisfied.
After feeling satisfied enough, the Queen finally released her hug and, this time looked at Linda.
"Are you sure you don't want to stay here Rose, even if it's just for a day, can't you?"
"I'm sorry Mother, I can't, but I will do that later when I think the time is right, okay?"
Linda answered the question asked by the Queen, and the Queen who heard this could only show a sad face, because she could not do anything about it, indeed, the misunderstanding between them had been resolved, but, Linda might still need a little time to be able to truly accept all these things again, which she had left behind for so long.
"... I see, It's a shame if that's the case"
Hearing her mother's sad tone, Linda could only smile wryly. After the Queen's turn, now it was Edmund and William's turn to step forward to Linda.
Seeing her two brothers, Linda smiled and said in a soft tone.
"... I've heard what you two have been doing all this time from Taufik, Thank you, Brother"
Hearing their younger sister say that, Edmund and William also smiled back.
"It's our responsibility to protect you, so you don't need to thank us like that, Rose"
William said while patting Rose's shoulder, but hearing what William said, Linda immediately hugged him.
"... Thank you, big brother"
Linda said again, then released her hug and looked at Edmund, who seemed to want to say something to her.
"... What is it, Brother Edmund?"
Hearing Linda's question, Edmund seemed hesitant to say what he wanted to say, but after taking a deep breath, he finally opened his mouth.
"My dear Sister, was what I did back then something wrong? Have you ever felt angry because of the encouragement I gave you back then? I have been asking myself that question since long ago after you left us, so can you answer this question from your brother, and I want you to be honest so that my burning heart can calm down"
Edmund said to Linda with a little bit of *Chuunibyou* style, which made Taufik and the others cringe when they heard the vocabulary Edmund used.
"...What are you saying, Brother Edmund, how can I be angry with you, when what you did at that time, was what allowed me to meet my husband, and to create a family this big, all of this happened because of the encouragement you gave me at that time, so, instead of being angry, I should be grateful to you, this is all thanks to you, my brother, thank you"
Edmund, who heard what Linda said, immediately cried, but he turned his body so that the others couldn't see his crying face.
"... You right... It's all... Thanks to me... I... I...
Accept... Your... Thanks... Ohh~ My... Dear Sister"
Edmund said with pauses between each sentence as he held back his tears.
Linda, who saw this, could only shake her head, and then looked towards Amanda and Caldwell.
"... You two, don't you have something to say to your aunt?"
To answer Linda's question, Amanda just approached Linda and then hugged her, while Caldwell just turned his face away as a sign that he had nothing to say.
"...You have to promise that you'll come back here as soon as possible, okay?" Said Amanda.
"I will...
Said Linda who then turned her attention to Caldwell.
... And for you, Little Tsundere, you have to change that attitude of yours or no girl will sincerely approach you"
"*Tsk* As I said, don't call me that, I only don't like to talk too much, don't assume that as Tsundere"
Caldwell said in an annoyed tone, which only made the others laugh.
After saying goodbye, Taufik finally opened the portal to his house, but they were not yet aware that what awaited them there was only "chaos".
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