Once upon a time, many years ago in a far far away land called Quiroga, there was a king who had a tender and sweet daughter, the Princess Kida, she was a very beautiful woman, white as sea foam, with rosy cheeks like apples, red lips like a rose, with brown hair as coffee beans, she had blue-gray eyes such as the night fog and was a very kind person, when her father let her out, that it wasn´t something very usual for her, she used to visit the people of the kingdom in a beautiful black horse that his father had sent bring from far and exotic lands exclusively for her and a knight always was escorting her by the king orders, she was so beautiful that princes of all kingdoms , came to ask for her hand, but the king was jealous and merciless, he never let any man to be close of her daughter, she never knew but one day when she was 12 years old, the king in one of his visits to the servants houses listened to a young servant of his palace, telling his mother and brother that he was in love with the beautiful princess and that he would work a lot and then he would ask the princess to marry him and would give her all she needed, even if the king opposed to such relationship, the king felt betrayed and without any more he ordered his knights to kill the young man that he said had betrayed him and exiled his family from the kingdom, Threatening them saying these words- flee and never return, or I promise I will kill you and hang you in front of the whole kingdom to all see what happens to the ungrateful people and those who disobey me, the family fled of course and the little brother of the young man, swore himself to take revenge to his brother death and then kill the king.
6 Years later, the King received news that left him cold and without thinking twice, he wrote a letter to his cousin Liam saying:
"Dear Cousin we have a lot of time without seeing each other and I think things have changed a lot between us, I have missed you all these years, my daughter has been waiting to see you again and she asked me to write you, I feel sorry that on this occasion the reason for my letter is to ask you to join me in the battle ahead, surely you must know, that one of my servants confessed that he had heard that Simalión king of Zircón, has in mind to steal Kida to marry her, he said that he will be prepared to begin a war if I opposed and try to hide her, he even will go to hell if I tried to hide her from him, I am concern about my beautiful and beloved daughter life , my knights are few to fight and if we win this war, I am sure that I will lose at least a half of them, I need your help cousin, I must go, take care, I hope to see you soon and I ask you understand me.
Answer as soon as possible.
Your cousin Timas.
The king haven´t confessed to her daughter the gravity of the situation to not frighten her. One morning when they were having breakfast, Princess Kida told her father, that for several days, she noticed that he was tense and worried, and that if he had any problem, the king looked annoyed and replied saying - everything is fine, I don´t know why do you think that have a problem , and I think sometimes you forget, that you don´t have any authority to question me , because you don´t know nothing about life, you are just a spoiled girl, -with tears, the Princess answered - I was just wondering and if I don´t know nothing about life, that is because you don´t t let me go out beyond this horrible and boring castle, just when the king was opening his mouth to answer, one of his servants stopped him and whispered something to him, minutes later, the king agreed and the servant went away, the king looked to the princess and said that later would settle the problem and to go to her room, annoying the princess got up from the table, gave thanks for the meal and left. The king said to his servant to let pass the man who was waiting for him, just when he was rising from his chair, a deep voice broke in the hall saying; good morning king Timas, I brought a letter from King Liam for you, let me introduce myself, my name is Ero I am a warrior of the king Liam from Litus, Timas looked him suspicious and said-why would my cousin send you here? - the warrior replied,-I think you should read the letter first, then I will answer any of your doubts, the king Timas began to read the letter aloud:
Dear cousin, it has been a long time since our last met, I heard about your situation, a spy came to my kingdom, one of my knights found him out and asked what he was doing here and he said that he had Simalión orders to come here and he was waiting for the signal to go in search of your kingdom, and once that he had found the road he would going to infiltrate to the guard to steal your daughter, now, you don´t have to worry, I sent him to the gallows, but I would not want to risk fighting against Simalión, you know that even for me it would be impossible to win him even having 10,000 men, but you can be more relaxed, I had sent one of my best fighters if not the best of the whole kingdom to take care of your beautiful daughter, while you find where to hide her, so I sent you all the confidence of the crown in Ero. Give Kida a big kiss for me and tell her that I miss her.
Liam.
King creased the letter and looked at the warrior who seriously expect an answer from him, the king asked him- is it true that you really are one of the best warriors of all the kingdom of Litus
The princess, was looking from her window the life outside the kingdom, wondering how life would be outside and how it was possible to feel a prisoner in her own kingdom, just when the princess got up from his chair, someone knocked the door of her room, she asked who was at the door, getting no response she went to the door when suddenly it opened, and at the other side she saw her father, annoyed told him to leave, the king replied that he would not go and that he was tired of her whims and that he wanted to introduce her new guardian, she said she didn´t want to see him or the guardian, that she was tired of not being able to leave without someone watch each of her steps, King got upset and said- like it or not you have to do what I say, slammed the door and retired, leaving Ero alone standing in front of the door, Ero looked at the king and when he disappeared in the shadows returned his gaze to the door and knocked, in the other side was heard, I do not want to see you ever, get out, ignoring the order Ero opened the door -I told you to go ...-the princess said while she turned her head and saw a tall, thick, with black eyes man and said-Who are you? And what are you doing here?, Go or I am going to scream , the man walked into the light and said the it was not necessary to scream- I am Ero, your new guardian, I know you do not want to see me or know anything about me, but I think that it is important to you have security, Simalión from Zircón sent spies into the kingdom in search of you, or the jewel as he makes you call between his knights and followers, I promise I will not disturb you, your uncle sent me in his representation , to take care of you, if I may add, I would like to do my work without any problems, and I think that is the best for you, at this point is not a good idea to walk around the castle without any company-, the princess looked at him and felt that something inside her chest burned,- well-, she replied,- but I don want you to be around me all the time until I ask your help, did you understand? Ero nodded and said no more to say, so I am at your service and for whatever you need, he turned and left. The princess felt something inside, she did´n know if it was a grudge against his father to keep her enclosed for so long, or if she felt sympathy for the mysterious man who had been in her room for less than 5 minutes, without thinking, she ran to the door, opened it and went to see her father to told him that she was agreed with his decision, and that if she were going to live like that her entire life, it was better with the company of such honorable gentleman, who his uncle and he had placed their trust.
Every day the princess went to the surroundings to enjoy the beautiful sunsets and cool, and Ero never let her alone , Ero was a man of few words when the princess asked him something, he just nodded or deny any of her questions, but gradually she started to gained his trust, and without he could realizing that his affection was growing to the point that he even can not let her alone when she slept, sometimes spent entire nights standing out of her door, making sure that no one dared to disturb her.
One of those days, when they were enjoying the sunsets that she loved and that he hated because of the idea to think that someone was watching her, Ero cut a rose from the field, he gave it to the young princess and confessed his love for her , Kida surprised, said that she felt the same for him and that she never thought that he loved her because he thought that she was a spoiled girl, once declared his love, Princess Kida told him that his father never should know, because if that happened he will kill him before he had time to do anything, Ero told that if they loved each other they don´t need to hide and less of her father and that he will talk with him to let him know that his intentions were good and He would give her everything she needed, Kida scared and begged Ero not to tell him, because he does not know what his father was capable to do, and that he was capable of anything to keep theme apart, Ero had no choice but accept his request , and they seal their promise and their love with a long and tender kiss.
Months passed and the relationship between Ero and the princess was becoming more and more noticeable and Timas began to realize about the love that they had each other , jealous and angry he sent for Ero, when he entered the great hall, Timas expected seated on his throne with a dark and evil looking ahead, -sit down-, he said, Ero suspicious,- told to the king that he preferred to keep standing ,- as you wish-, Timas said, once the door closed in the great hall, Timas continued - I saw that my daughter and you get along very well, it seems that Kida has accepted you better than I expected, good job, she never wanted to have guards at her side, but I think you have become the exception for her and I dare to say that even indispensable, or perhaps I am wrong Ero - Ero looked surprised and answered-yes my lord, I have gained the trust of your daughter, but let me say that Kida is not easy to treat, take me long to achieve , although I think that is the best for Kida,-the king looked into his eyes burning rage and asked the warrior - Kida?,did you say Kida ?-Yes, my lord do you have a problem with it?-Said Ero, the enraged king said,- and since when have you believe with the authority to tell my daughter Kida?, You, a humble and poor knight, in deplorable conditions , who do you think you are to talk like that to my daughter? -Timas shouted, the angry knight replied,- I talk like this because his daughter has given me her trust and because we love each other, we have been together for 7 months and I plan to this last many months, years and days, even against to you ;The king got up set and shouted Ero- let me tell you something, many years ago I met a young naive and stupid man as you and he regretted of having disobeyed me, now you do not make me ... .... .- what? Ero interrupted, are you going to kill me as you did with my brother?, or are you goning to threaten me by saying that you are going to banished me as you did with me and my family many years ago?-Timas was speechless and Ero continued- tell me king Timas, what is what are you going to do me?, listen carefully Timas, I have come here with the purpose of kill you and I will not come back without your head as a trophy, so that the whole world to see what happens to cruel and heartless people like you, yes Timas am no longer a child, when I left, I promised my brother that I would return to avenge his death and you can be sure that I will do it, -upon realizing the situation, Timas said in a malicious and annoying tone- maybe you can kill me, but could you make suffer what you love the most in your life? Are you really disposed to sacrifice her only to avenge the death of a cellar rat as it was your brother? Do you think it worthwhile? That your brother will be reborn and will thank you?hahaha, thank you for make me laugh Ero, but what I want is a guardian for my daughter, not a buffoon, I have many of theme. Ero could feel the blood was boiling in the veins and was prepared to kill Timas at any time but really could he sacrifice what he loved most in the world?, Was really disposed to let Kida shed tears of pain, and hate him for his actions? When he stopped to think clearly, one of the disciples stopped running and screaming, while crossing the great hall saying, "my lord, my lord Timas, my lord Timas, the Princess ....- he paused while caught his breath, he continued, - Simalión-King asked,- what happens with Simalión? , What happens to him-, the disciple answered- Simalión has taken the Princess Kida, and left a message for you,- reached out and gave the king a piece of papyrus wrapped with a lock of hair of the princess, the King took the letter and opened it desperately and read aloud :
My dear old friend Timas, when you read this letter probably we were already miles away from your kingdom, however, I felt a deep obligation to inform you that your daughter has agreed to go with me, tell your cousin Liam that I do not keep any rancor to him for have killed my spies and I do not think start a war against him, after what he did for me-what is he saying? – asked the king and continued to read faster and faster- yes, after what he did for me, when he sent Ero to take care of your beautiful and precious daughter, my guards followed him to the castle and showed me the way to get in, now I am here, although it was difficult the road, I reached at the end, congratulations by the way , is a beautiful castle and your daughter is very stubborn, I had trouble convincing her but when I threatened to kill you if she not accepted my request she agreed without objection. Another thing Timas, if you or some of your faithful disciples, try to follow us, you can be sure that everyone will find death in Zircon, so if your intention is to send your guards to look, I recommend you to tell them to say goodbye to their families , because they wont return. Farewell.
Simalión.
The king felt like shaking and told Ero-you have all the blame!, I will kill you, if you had not come this would never happened,- Ero said –do you think you are the only one who cares Kida life?, if I haven´t killed you yet, is because she doesn´t deserve it and I love her. I will go to Zircon and kill Simalión, I will return with Kida safe despite my hatred for you , I promise to return with her and then one of us will die, -Timas said nothing- and Ero left the great hall running, put his old armor and went to Zircon.
For 15 long days, the knight went a long way as quickly as he could , stopping only to rest a few hours, eat something and heal one another injury that he had made during his voyage back to get on his horse and went on his way desperate, ranging from Hurl to Kirol and Narut. When he arrived the Simalión kingdom he hided through the forest surrounding the castle and he realized that there were warriors around the castle, and thought how does he would get into unnoticed, when he turned to the right side he saw a group of men carrying stacks of firewood and pulled up their horses, who were carried lots of water to the towers of castle, then took off his armor, soiled his clothes and his face with a lump of coal and broke his clothes a little, took one of those bags, put his armor and sword in it, took his horse, and joined the line of men who came with a singular sadness in their eyes, when he entered ,threw the bag and took his armor and sword, once put in, he went to the top, but just when he was reaching, one of the guards detected presence and gave the alarm to everyone in the castle when Simalión left the room of the princess and heard noise, looked out by the window and saw fighting Ero against of 5 of his warriors, upset, Simalión went down where Ero was, and ordered his guards to calm down, when they met face to face Simalión told Ero-I told Timas that if he tried to send someone for Kida, he would kill him without mercy- Ero said -I came for the princess, and neither you or anyone can avoided, she does not love you and you are too old for her, leave her alone or l will kill you -Simalión smiled and told his men, what do you think guys?, this young man says he has come for the princess, and I say that he has made the biggest mistake of his whole life,- the warriors laughed, Simalión turned to Ero and continued- boy, you have made the biggest mistake of you life, as you can see, you come to my kingdom, to my castle, to kill my people, pretending to be one of us and the worst of all, you came here telling me tha you have came to take me off the princess and say me that you are here to kill me , and now you made me angry, I do not have merci for you now, so lets end this once and for all- Simalión took a sword and he went on Ero injuring his left arm and hurted again in the stomach until take him to the floor , Simalión was hitting him in the floor, and when he was hitting him Ero saw that the princess was looking out to her window from the top of the castle could not escape, the battle continued, when Ero heard the voice of the Princess Kida yelling him to get up, Ero took his sword, got up and without let Simalión could defend, took him to the floor and when he was there, clavó his sword into his chest without thought twice and said,you had told Simalión, not everyone can get out alive from your castle. The castle was silent for a few seconds and while some others were incredulous at the event, suddenly in the distance a strong applause was heard and everyone started clapping and shouted, -long live to the king Ero, long live the king Ero , long live the new king, long live the king- Ero was speechless, smiled at the princes , dropped his sword and ran up to the highest tower where the princess was, slammed the door and ran to hug her, Ero asked Kida,-are you okay? - and Kida said -now you are here yes I am fine - Ero hugged her and said - I love you Kida - and she kissed him lovingly. When they returned to the Quiroga castle, the king was sat on his throne waiting for news of his daughter and suddenly the door opened , -Kida- he said and ran to hug her disbelief while he hug her ,Kida said to him -father Ero told me what happened between him and you ,so, I ask you not to hurt him, we love each other and we have decided to get married,- the king looked at her and when she opened her mouth to talk, Ero said- Timas king of Quiroga, I decided to leave everything in the past and live in the present, I am in love with your daughter and wanted to marry her, with your blessing,- Timas looked Kida gently and told her- I have done everything possible to keep you by my side for anything or anyone hurt you or take you away from me, I realize now, that I have been selfish and even if I keep you locked in a castle you will never be safe with me as you are with Ero, if this is what you want, both have my blessing,-Kida shouted with excitement and hugged him, thanking him for his understanding, after, the king take Kida apart , looked Ero and said,-I offer the apology of a king and the appreciation of a father that is the most that I can offer-Ero looked at him and hugged him tightly.
Ero an the Princess married, becoming kings of Zircon and that was the best time to Zircon have had, had 2 children and lived happily for all eternity.
