03/10/2024
"The Prince of Legendary City"
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The year is 1800s common era.
One day, the King of Burma made a ceremony for his son, Pyi Minthar, offering him to rule the city of Sri Ksetra Legend.
The King, his father, believed the Prince had approved his ability to rule the legendary city. Also in reality, he was born inside the palace.
It is not a peaceful period in the country at the moment.
But the Prince has a city to lead with his Majesty.
There are some silver hairs appearing on Prince’s royal head although he is 23 at the present.
One day, after the morning rain, Prince was thinking about what he wished to do.
“Man, I hope everything gets easier in the future.”
His personal bodyguard replied “Sure, my Prince. I wish the same for that.”
Prince looked at him and said “How would you describe it, Maung Min?”
Maung Min, 26, male, replied in a calm manner “You are born for this, I am sure, my Prince.”
Prince felt it was mostly the same as previous answers from him.
Prince believed managing a city requires practical knowledge and information.
And he knew he did not have both enough.
Prince took a long look through the windows from his palace.
And said “I will reform my governing system. It will be for this legendary city. As the heart of Legendary Suvarnabhumi Island”.
The claim from Prince shocked Maung Min in some terror as he might foresee the same result.
He suddenly replied to the Prince, “Your majesty, if we go there, you and I will struggle with problems everyday.”
The Prince gave a look at his official partner Maung Min and said “Are we not the gentlemen of Sri Ksetra, the legendary city?”
Maung Min replied in honor to the Prince's claim "Living is for suffering, my Prince".
The Prince has decided and said “we will run a company, you heard of the East India Company from the British Empire, right?
Maung Min nodded.
The Prince continued we will have a company of our own, I will name it “Titan River Lords”.
Maung Min added “we need to pick the right man for the company. It’s important at the birth of a group.”
Prince looked at him and said “true, true”.
Maung Min paused his thought and asked the Prince, “How will this company help the legendary city as the heart of Suvarnabhumi?”
Prince answered, “When you study EIC, they opened trading and more business under Her Majesty's order. And they are working properly, in their view”.
Let’s talk about this rabbit hole for a moment. Do you have anything to attend this evening, Maung Min?
Maung Min replied “We can make it happen, my Prince”.
The Prince shared a royal smile as enjoyment of the time and continued his ending conversation.
“I wish to invite two other friends I met from Takathila. They might like the company and join us in the future.”
You remembered the short one from the east and the tall one from north, Lord Sikh and Arno?
“Yes, my Prince. So, you feel they both might be suitable for the company. How about their roles?”
We will meet at the garden this evening, my guy.
.. Later That evening ...
There was a thunderstorm that evening, with all birds and animals running away in terror of loudness from the sky.
As I see Maung Min, I invite him to a table inside the Tri-seasoning garden of Royal Castle.
Man, I swear to god I will not drink palm wine again but I am afraid I might break my vow tonight.
That would not be a problem, my Prince.
Prince wanted to know more from his reply, “let us begin here now, what do you have in mind?”
Maung Min takes a wooden box from his pocket and puts it on a circular table near Prince.
Prince looks at it and says “Let me hear a hint.”
Maung Min sings a short poem of his own as below.
သောင်းပြောင်းထွေလာ လောကီရေးရာ
ကြာလျင်စိတ်ပျက် လူပင်ပန်းလျက်
ဖြေဆေးဘယ်နား မေးသံကြားက
ဒီမှာရော့ဟု ဖွာစေလှည့်ချီ
အာဖဂန်အဖူး ရင်ညွန့် စူး
အဟွတ် ဆယ်ခါ ချေ
The Prince laughs as he gets an idea, “With this, I could be a rebel tonight”.
Maung Min nodded and showed his acknowledgement of the Prince’s quote.
With regards to rebels, how will our new company perform against EIC, he continues.
This is what we are going to discuss now with you, Maung Min.
I invite you to start the evening discussion with me.
The Prince gets his wooden pipe and Silver lighter with Hintha bird on it.
*They both take a few puffs.*
Oh my god, look at the Sun. Is it just me or the leaf?
The Prince replied “No, mate. The sky indeed is beautiful now. But you know what, beauty is being followed.”
Yes my Prince. We will prepare for multiple conditions. Like a yin-yang pattern, Maung Min continues.
We will have an explorer, governor and City Guard like a triad pattern, Maung Min continues.
I think I know who my explorer and governor are. We will start with 20 loyal city guards. 10 Infantry and 10 Cavalry at the start. The company needs two more leaders, one for Infantry and one for Cavalry.
Would you like some Onyx jewel, my Prince?
Yes, that is the reason I decided to operate in anonymity from the beginning.
The core of Onyx was added in ancient times to help the longevity of it.
You have faith in magic, Prince says.
I learned some spells from ancient times, my Prince.
Who will be my Master of magic? So, you want a role in the company.
You’re already on board, my friend. I just had a tight schedule.
Do not be hard on yourself for that matter, I will not let you down on my watch, Maung Min says.
Sometimes, I feel like you are my blood brother, Prince laughs after he talks.
I say it is time to have dinner, are you ready, Maung Min?
At your service, my Prince.
Then Maung Min walked out from the garden and let the maid prepare the dining room.
Today is just a good day to enjoy. I don’t want to ruin it by knowing it’s not going to last forever.
The yin-yang pattern has a property, its own meaning, my Prince. Resulted to have many definitions.
Are you going to create a new one, Maung Min?
Think about it, my Prince.
One person's life is in a repeating pattern of yin-yang as long as he lives.
Ten people will bring ten possibilities.
Say 22 City Guards, explorer, governor, wizard and me. That would be 26.
Yes, my Prince. We will fill more positions as we continue the journey. Would you like more control in the city?
I do need it, Maung Min.
We will have an artist.
Haha, I wonder what if I play an act myself. That would complicate things, of course. Man, I am still losing it.
Don’t push so hard on yourself, my Prince. Believe in the balance of nature.
You give me a reason to trust the balance, Maung Min. You’re like a wonderful wizard.
It is my pleasure, Minthar.
The final is now 27. Is there another?
Yes, my Prince.
We need someone who knows his ways in Ava City.
A merchant.
Interesting, the Prince nodded.
A Ship Captain.
Aye, the Prince looks at Maung Min and waits to hear more.
A Pirate Captain from Arakan.
The Prince laughs and continues “you are getting me troubles, Maung Min”.
The risk is upon us whether we take it or not, my Prince.
Minthar replies “Go on, wizard. Enlighten us.” and smoke another pipe.
As your father had a history dealing with Arakan Pirates, you have a chance to know them.
Ngapali beach and waves are your heaven, my Prince.
“Oh man, let me stop the meeting here now for a moment” the Prince says.
I saw it. I saw the evil force of greed in green color energy rays.
I am very sorry for what happened, my Prince.
Don’t be sorry, I had a chance to see it myself.
This is where we will get back again after we have the answers, the Prince says.
Maung Min nodded and smoked a pipe while listening.
- to be continued.
