Chương 20: Chapter 20

--Here she is," --said Ruth Za Beru, in a moment of pride, --"she is a princess-to-be queen. She has life thanks to my hand. You are a witness...

--Is it a girl,"??-- asked the other despite her immeasurable pain.

--Indeed, it is a female. Your niece. She will be queen in her time of the Timotocuicas and the Caribs. She is alive by my hand. Never forget that.

We never forget,---" said Blue Bird receiving the girl from the other. Your niece... His daughter. The heiress of two kingdoms.

Saba Tamac entered his royal hall at that moment.

Son of the Condor saw Tanda.

--I cannot marry you," --the boy announced, feeling worse, for taking his own inability as an excuse.

The girl remained in one piece and her face turned into a question mark.

-- So you won't think badly of me. I cannot marry you or anyone else. You are a princess, and a princess cannot marry a man without honor and that is me. I could not do my duty. Because of my negligence, the lord of the Timotocuicas was killed,"--- said the boy, feeling a wave of shame crush him.

--The day I fell in love with you, it was precisely you; not your titles or duties,"--- replied the princess, choking.

--I am sure that I could not even try to love you as a man; your love is something I do not deserve, I can not reciprocate, because it would be hell for the children we would have, it is enough that I suffer alone. You do not deserve to be condemned by laws. You deserve a better destiny. Someone who knows how to value all the good that exists in you,"--- said the warrior despondently, feeling worthy for a moment.

-- Laws were not made for the daughters of kings," ---said the girl, stubbornly refusing to accept reality.

Ita Za Berú looked very different before her brother Rut Za Berú, who looked at her more than accusingly. Ita looked contrite and humiliated; I know I had to make an effort to listen to his broken voice.

Rut Za Beru gave his brother a slap-blow to begin with, who did not hit back, but rather lowered his face, remaining defeated on the luxurious eagle feather cushion.

The other beat him mercilessly for a few minutes and the other collapsed on the floor letting him do it, until Rut Za Berú satiated his fury.

--You made it gold. As you can imagine we will now be at war for ever and ever amen. Saba Tamach is stronger than ever on the throne and if you add two and two are four, they will easily reach your footprints, because you leave more signs than a cunaguaro in a field of flowers,---" said the High Priest panting.

---But who would have imagined that Litu Ratú brought with him some ferocious Caribs," ---muttered the other without getting up from the ground.

It's a miracle I'm alive. If I didn't run so hard, I would surely have my throat slit," ---he continued, trying to get up from the ground and imaginatively holding back the other's blows.

---Honestly, those Caribs deserve more than one death, for not having spared humanity from your nefarious presence,"--- exclaimed the other with restrained rage, still with his fists clenched.

--We will wait for another opportunity,"-- said Ita with a pleading face.

Rut Za Beru looked at his contrite brother and again began to hit him rhythmically and with no apparent end.

Ita stoically received the rain of blows without making any attempt to defend himself.

The corpse of Litu Ratú and his wife were on a bed of flowers in the great throne room of the Chibchas. A guard guarded them. The king and all his wives and daughters were there permanently. Saba Tamac ordered to receive the condolences personally. Ave Azul was the only one absent. She remained in the royal chambers with the newborn. The corridor to that room was blocked by guards with daggers in hand. Saba Tamac had ordered that only he had access to that room....

At that moment, Ambassador Bibut entered; the Inca ambassador entered to do the honors and a face of genuine surprise did not leave him. The ceremonial expressly indicated that the condolences had to be given as if it was the death of a brother of Saba Tamac himself.

Bibut decided to speak through the mouth of his father and sacred father.

---The great Inca gives his condolences and expresses triple sorrow. First the terrible death of the brother Litu Ratú, equally his regret for the fact of wanting to involve the invincible Inca army in such a dishonorable fact and finally his anguish for the safety of his sacred daughter Altulay and her granddaughters due to the incredible ineptitude of the Chibcha guard,"---- said the man with an inscrutable face, loud enough so that even the last one present could hear and digest it. The threat had been made. Just one.

Saba Tamac stoically received the offense and merely squared his jaws, certain he was that this would only be the beginning. Princess Altulay read in capital letters the threat made between the lines by her father. It would not be long before she acted.

The Inca ambassador went out, almost tripping over the ambassador Timotocuicas, who arrived with his warriors, who without any disguise carried their weapons. The man saw his sacred chief, kneeling before him and without being able to contain himself he burst into tears as he kissed the face of his king. When he could control himself the ambassador expressed himself from that place to the other. He pointed his finger at him.

--I speak for my Timotocuic peoples, and I tell you Saba Tamac, that if we were ever blood, we will never be blood again. If we ever breathed the same air, we never will. I come to take my king. You will not be able to stop me. Your plans are more than evident, you couldn't wait to discuss your daughter Tanda's rights. You wanted everything for yourself. But I tell you in the name of my peoples that we do not recognize Tanda as princess Timotocuicas. From us you will receive only the point of our spears..." ---Having said this, the man snatched a spear from one of the honor guards and forcefully broke it, throwing it with hatred at the feet of Saba Tamac.

---That was our alliance--continued the man looking with contempt at the impassive king, who made a negative gesture to an officer who tried to pick up the pieces of spear from the king's feet--and our family. Now my men Timotocuicas will speak.

--Go in peace," --said Saba Tamac with a strange grandeur, "--I do not have to explain myself, the gods are witnesses of my innocence. The roads are open to take Litu Ratú and his wife to their lands. Nothing will happen to them.

--What are you talking about? If you have done everything. We don't need your words of frightened slut,"-- said the man, turning his back to the king, while his men picked up the corpse of their king...

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