บท 342: A Dangerous Woman

"The edge of the sword is far more curing to the sick 

It is worthier to attain the right when it is needed. 

Do you not see me seeking comfort for the night journey?"

-        Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abdallah, Second Caliph of Fatimid Caliphate

It is only then did the two men finally got their attention on to the thirteen years old child who was seating there quietly for the entire time like a puppet. The child, donned in his full ceremonial Sultan attire bearing the full weight of the Sultan's crown paced himself to his two new mentors. Following the Ottoman Court Etiquette set by his father Mehmed II, the child Sultan, still remaining silent, slowly but steadily bowed down forward, and went down kneeling down on one leg with both of his hands on one knee, just like what his father used to do last time.