The Search (PSS, #1) ✔️

Introduction

Two decades ago

A BAWL OF anguish and misery from a lady on the verge of giving birth reverberated through the Palace's top chevalier's classical residence. The space was crammed with all kinds of goods: plants, beverages, clothing, dust-coated jewelry, anything you could find on Palace, the room had it all.

Nothing, however, appears to be enough to calm the strained atmosphere. The moon was nearly full and it was nearing midday. The night was shining brighter than normal, and the sky was filled with uncountable numbers of shining dusts, making the situation look quite amazing.

Despite the beautiful velocity, sweat blood topples, not just for the giving birth lady, but for everyone who appeared anxious and bothered by the strain. After three hours of waiting and a few minutes before midday, the baby is still not out.

"Hinga, kaya mo 'yan. H'wag kang susuko..." Sabi ng komadrona sa hindi mabilang na pagkakataon. "Naririto ang lahat, h'wag kang matakot. Kaya mo 'to..."

"My love, it's okay. Everything will be all right. You're strong, you're the strongest woman in my life, you can do this." The Chevalier soothed as well even if he's about to collapse himself due to extreme exaggerated pressure.

Nag-alala ang lahat dahil nawalan ng lakas ang ginang at tila wala nang pag-asa. Ang ama na itinuturing na pinakamatapang na chevalier ng Palasyo, ay mahinang nakatayo sa tabi ng kanyang asawa, halos hindi humihinga dahil sa pagkabalisa.

Sinong mag-aakala na ang isang chevalier na tumatangging sumuko sa labanan ay malapit nang mawala sa kanyang pag-iisip dahil sa pag-aalala?

Sino ba naman ang hindi manghihina kung marinig niya ang paghikbi ng asawa sa sobrang sakit? Kapag ang buhay ng kanyang asawa at sanggol ay nasa linya, sino pa ba ang magiging cool?

It's been a long time, hours passed, and the baby is still within. The midwife contributed everything she had, and the unborn child's grandmother, a high-ranking echelon, is constantly praying to the ethereal.

Another agonizing bawl filled the house, and the grandmother couldn't bear it any longer. With shaking knees, she dashed to the balcony and cried out to the Almighty for assistance. She began to yell aloud. She was pleading because she was beginning to feel desperate. The old echelon, on the other hand, does not want to lose her daughter or the kid in her belly.

And in a flash, the frail lady gave everything she had by screaming as if it were her last. She squealed, yelled, and pushed herself to her limits in order to save her child by letting it out of her. And the woman's head sagged, the father collapsed to the floor, the grandma stood still while weeping and pleading for assistance, and the midwife couldn't grin.

Sa wakas, ang bata ay lumabas na, ang kanyang porselana na may tintang kulay rosas na balat ay nagsasabi na siya ay ipinanganak na isang mayaman. Napakaganda nitong pagmasdan, ngunit tila may mali.

The infant has been born, but the little girl has not yet begun to cry.

"Hindi siya umiiyak,"

The midwife smacked the infant numerous times in an attempt to wake it up or at the very least make it cry, but there was no response. The mother began to cry uncontrollably, and the father stood to comfort his wife.

"No! My child!"

"Mabuhay ka," sabi ng komadrona at malakas na tinapik ang pwet ng sanggol na nag-udyok dito na mapaiyak nang malakas. Umalingawngaw ang maliliit na iyak nito sa silid at dumagundong sa pandinig ng lahat na animo'y pinakamagandang musika na narinig nila.

"She responded to a great pain."

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THROUGHOUT THE day, the weather was nice, providing little hint of the impending calamity that loomed behind the early evening light. The shuttered gates, serene wings, and stately halls of the palace were all relaxing to consider.