Chapter 10: Chapter 10: Love Embracing Cultural Differences
Now when project of building floating urban city start, princess will be more busy than before, so she decide to quit her class in University and continuously study online then University suggest her to study from home lecture provided by University, she can study any time, and from any place. How to return to the 12-th century still was her biggest worry, yes as a child she heard the story about dragons secret traveling through time, but she no longer believes in tales for children, natural fenomens does occurs, but only way for her case is time machine traveling, so she was reading articles and books about that, yea, even Nicola Tesla read philosophy Vedanta and was friend with Swami Vivekananda from India and practiced buddhism, even his father was christian orthodox priest, all his life Tesla was devoted to science and researching creative energy from cosmos, so he never married, now the princess was in trouble because she married a king of Bali kingdom where was Vedanta cosmology practise in everyday life, and love was microcosmos. "If I went here by mistake, I should return soon, enter the palace and wake up from a bad dream."At that moment the princess opened her eyes, she was in her room."How is my daughter, " a man in Chinese attire asked the doctor."She is recovering well, and the baby will be fine, luckily we could heal her body at time so that she can give birth naturally without cutting, termin is next week so we will continuously take good care, please don't worry too much."Man looked doctor, if doctor was not his good friend maybe he will not trust but now he felt that his friend speaking truth.During her last pregnancy his daughter spend almost all time in a bed, since she married she had several suspiciously miscarrage which make his daughter fatigue i exhausted.After giving birth to the baby, his daughter must go to another kingdom because she is married to the King of Bali, if he doesn't send the daughter back it will be much trouble, so now he must be a wise man and protect daughter even more than before.Spring was showing the first cherry buds, birds joyfully singing when the baby cried from his daughter's room."Yes it was a boy, the prince of Bali was born" -doctor was running to congratulate him."How is my daughter?" The man asked,"Very well, the princess was strong enough, let her sleep."During her last pregnancy his daughter spend almost all time in a bed, since she married she had several suspiciously miscarrage which make his daughter fatigue i exhausted, so he decided to bring her to his residence in China to take care well of her during her pregnancy.In Chinese tradition parents give name to grandchildren so his daughter ask him to choose name."I don't know if that was right way in Bali kingdom?""Even if not, I will call him by that name .""All right, what about the name MAYA, that was the name I heard in the Bali kingdom.""Sweety, your grandfather gave you your name, from now you will be prince Maya of Bali kingdom." "Doctor said you should stay with us for at least three months, then will be safe returning to Bali.After that leyak power can't hurt baby, but we should be careful they almost killed you by demons powers in Bali, King is aware about everything so our secret plan to return is prepared, King now living far from previous palace in city, and moved to small village near mountain where is preparing new castle for you.You husband is a kind man, warm hearted, he is well educated about history so knowing that a long time ago people from our land first came by ships to Bali Island which was inhabited that time. They cleaned jungle forest and settled first human huts on an empty island. Letter when dinasty Tang was ruling also our people come to trade, and now during Song dynasty we have good diplomacy and trade relationship, that all reasons is that I must send you back to Bali kingdom even your life is in the risk from people who didn't accept that king married woman different religion. I tried from beginning to support your marriage, I willingly paid all wedding expenses, give rich dowry that Bali kingdom can live prosperous, we teach people in Bali how to grow rice and tea plants in terraces fields so that can harvest rice all year around, but I can't change people mind and force them all to have multicultural tolerance and to accept kings chinese wife in society of Bali kingdom.""Father, you know well that in every empire or kingdom people and families trying many ways to get crown on the head, people in the Bali is very nice and treat me like their own, I think that prist just spread bad rumors about me and split the tea because he is jealous that king now listening me more then him as before when king was not married, some people like to control king as they wish for they own benefits and power over people in kingdom.""However, now you should take care well about baby that this people don't do something bad to prince, we have new plan how to approach people because they expecting heir from any king, so they will welcome king's baby sincerely, king of Bali desire was to quit position of king and retired, then give throne to newborn prince because he promised that in prayer on mountain, also he will announce that mother of prince will be Queen regent until prince become 20 years old.So in other to protect you and prince we will create new story for public, that will be story that king of Bali got child with other woman native to Bali kingdom, don't worry that is best way to protect your life because forbidden love with Bali king, king will give you new name and identity but you will be real Queen behind the Bali wooden mask."When the princess returned to Bali she already hid face with a veil, meeting her husband after a long time.They were happy to be together and promised to each other to never let anyone separate them again. Having a child makes them more close to each other as parents who will raise the child in peace which was the main priority of the traditional family in Bali kingdom.Thankfully, the king of Bali surrounded Queen Kang with Chinese culture and red colors which had special meaning in the Bali culture too, by embracing cultural differences they opened the door to happiness and peace between nations living in the Bali kingdom.As the Indonesian folk song Suliram seys "I sing a lullaby to a child", because a child is a precious gift of love and the essence of life in all cosmos.