Once upon a time in a far away
land, lived two families called the Darlan family and the Meissner family. The
Darlan family had a daughter named Naya, while the Meissner family had a son
named Arman. Naya and Arman had been friends since childhood and had lived in
the country side for sixteen years of their life.
Unfortunately, one day, the
Darlan family was called upon by the king as the family's men were very fine
blacksmiths. The Darlan family had to move to the town because of the Kings
demand. So Naya and Arman for the first time said goodbye to each other.
Secretly, Arman vowed to work hard so that he could also work in town and
finally meet Naya again.
Two years later, Arman had
mastered some skills he thought he could put in good use in the town.
Fulfilling his promise, he traveled to town and started to search for Naya. It
was not a hard task, Naya's father had been granted the title of Duke by the
King! Hurriedly, he visited Naya's own castle, but to his dismay, Naya did not
want to meet him. "Maybe she is busy," he said to himself.
His determination to meet Naya
did not waver, Arman found work as a builder in town. Each day, after work he
would visit Naya's castle, but each day Naya refused to meet him. A few weeks
passed by, Arman became sick, sick because he could not meet the childhood
friend he so dearly loved. He had abandoned his work, making his friends he
made at the working place concerned.
"Go and meet him once again
Arman! Maybe this time you will be in luck!" said one.
"No. Maybe I was putting
too much hope for her to love me. After all, we were just childhood
friends."
His friends decided to visit
Naya's castle themselves, to tell her that Arman his childhood friend, who fell
in love with her is in an ill state. To their surprise, Naya agreed to meet
them and heared that Arman was sick.
"Tell him to go to the
forest and find a wooden house," said Naya.
"And after that? What
should he do my Lady?" asked one of Arman's friend.
"He will find the answer
once he finds the house," answered Naya mysteriously.
The friends came back to Arman
and told him about the happy news. Arman suddenly stood up from his bed and
felt refreshed as though nothing has happened before.
The next day Arman journeyed to
the forest and found the wooden house Naya had mentioned. An old lady, with
hideous boils on her face, crooked body, and white tangled hair that was very
filthy greeted Arman.
"Excuse me, is Lady Naya
here? She told me to come here," asked Arman.
"No, Lady Naya is not here.
But she left a message I must tell you," said the old lady with a croaky
voice.
"What is it?"
"She said, if you really
love her, you must prove it. And to prove it, you must marry me!"
Because of his love, the love he
had felt since childhood for Naya, Arman did not hesitate to answer.
"If that is what she wants,
I would do it. I would do it for love!"
Suddenly, the old lady wailed
and ran towards a small lake in front of the house. She bathed her face with
water and to Arman's surprise, it was Nayna staring back at him. She had
cleaned the make up she was wearing and pulled of the wig she also wore to
disguise herself as an old lady.
"Arman, I was only testing
you. And now I know what I must do. I will share the rest of my life with you.
Because, because I would do it for love!"
