About thirty minutes had passed since Ariana's initial run.During that time, the gate that should have been open had still not been opened by Carla. Ariana looked towards the gate with a worried look. Even though the girl knew she should believe in Carla, Ariana still couldn't help but the bad thoughts that started to form in her mind. From the start, opening the gate from within with just two people sounded impossible. Ariana was just about to turn around to reach the gate, when the heavy gate that was impossible to lift, slowly began to rise upwards.“Who, who, opened the gate?! Where did the people who were asked to guard the gate go?!”From a distance, Ariana could hear the soldiers screaming in panic. The chaos got even worse when, from within the capital alone, Ariana could hear fast-moving horses. The look in Ariana's eyes softened slightly when she finally got to see Prince Raoul leading his army to enter the capital.Even though during the war, Prince Raoul would wear his ba
When Emilio woke up again, he felt that thousands of stones had crushed his body. The man couldn't help but cough as he tried to wake up suddenly. His vision was a little blurry. Emilio could only hear someone faintly calling his name before he finally regained consciousness enough to look around.As soon as Emilio glanced at the buzzing sound that had been bothering him for a long time, the man found his mother who had been locked up in a secluded castle staring at him with teary eyes.“Emilio, thank goodness you're awake, Son. Don't worry, we'll soon be out of this place. I've thought about it well. There's no revenge or other crimes. I just want to live happily with you from now on.”Emilio's brows furrowed as he didn't understand what his mother meant. Even though Emilio's body was still weak and shaking slightly when he forced himself to wake up, the man still got up from his sleeping position to process what had happened. Emilio only remembers that he was poisoned by Cornell in t
When Ariana was able to see the gates of the royal palace, the girl saw that the battle between Prince Raoul's army and the Royal Army was continuing on the palace grounds. Ariana was just about to get off his horse to help, when Jimmy, who saw Ariana's presence immediately shouted at the girl.“Lady Aria, Prince Raoul has entered the palace along with the others! We can control the situation here. So, please help Prince Raoul to find King Emilio!”Hearing that Prince Raoul had entered the palace first to look for Emilio, Ariana felt she didn't have much time left. The girl could only nod at Jimmy, before racing her horse to go to the royal palace.The more she entered the palace, Ariana saw more and more people were forced to stop following Prince Raoul to fight the enemies in the palace. Ariana rushed into the palace and saw that Prince Raoul was fighting Emilio.In the throne room, located in the innermost part of the palace, the two brothers fought for the position of king. Maybe
From her castle, Queen Dowager Melisa heard the trumpet signaling that the war was over. Emilio had died, and the Kingdom of Sigmund had succeeded in returning to its rightful heir. The people's happy voice outside the castle managed to destroy all of Queen Dowager Melisa's hopes. The woman was stunned before tears flowed non-stop from her eyes.With Emilio's death, Queen Dowager Melisa's urge to escape immediately fell to zero. The woman stared at the war that was over from her bedroom window, then turned to look at Teresa, who was still loyal to accompany her.Even if their status had changed, Teresa's loyalty remained the same until the very last moment. Queen Dowager Melisa had dragged Teresa into this revenge and suffering. Yet, even now, Teresa didn't complain at all as she simply continued to stand behind Queen Dowager Melisa to accompany the woman.Seeing Teresa's persistence to stay with him until the end, made Queen Dowager Melisa sad again. A cracked smile appeared on her f
After meeting Queen Dowager Melisa, Raoul didn't go straight back to the palace when he instead took Ariana to the beautiful royal garden.After a long time of not seeing each other, Raoul thought he had a lot to say to Ariana. The girl had no idea how much Raoul was looking forward to their meeting. Even though their meeting was not as beautiful as Raoul had imagined, the man was still happy when he saw Ariana again.Now that they finally had some time to themselves, Raoul wanted to have a private talk with Ariana. The man didn't hesitate at all as he took Ariana's hand. His heart pounded harder when the man didn't see any refusal from Ariana.After Raoul asked Ariana to sit in the resting place in the palace garden, the prince followed to sit next to Ariana after that. But when Raoul saw Ariana's gloomy face, the man suddenly lost his words. Ariana has indeed turned into a stunning woman after their separation. But on that beautiful face, now no more smile can make that beautiful fac
In the king's study, both Marquess Curtis and Captain Allen glanced at each other as Raoul, who had been king for several months, took another deep breath. The man's gaze looked sad, as his hands continued to move to work on the pile of tasks in front of him.The two men who had been watching Raoul for a while knew that even though the king was doing his job, his mind was actually elsewhere. Another sigh sounded again, as Raoul finished with another paper.“Your Majesty, is there something wrong?”As the new prime minister, Marquess Curtis felt that helping to lighten Raoul's burden was one of his duties. Raoul did look at him after he asked. But not long after, Raoul's head drooped again, as if the man had given up on what was on his mind.“Are you thinking about Lady Ariana, Your Majesty?”When it was Captain Allen's turn to ask, the originally limp Raoul immediately became embarrassed when the new head of the royal knights asked him. “How, how did you know?” asked Raoul in disbelie
At the end of a beautiful hill, Ariana stood accompanied by Carla, who was standing far behind her. In the girl's hands, there was now a beautiful bouquet of flowers which she finally kept on top of the two simple tombstones that were there. Ariana looked at the two graves with a sad look, when she remembered that one of the tombstone owners' bodies had never been found.Every spring, Ariana would visit the graves of her loved ones to just take care of the place, so it wouldn't be abandoned. With her position, Ariana has hired someone to take care of the graves of the people who played a big role in her life. But the girl would still come every year, with a bouquet of flowers for every grave she visited.At the end of the cliff with the beautiful wisteria tree, there's Valencia's tomb which is aligned with Cornell's tomb. The couple was now given proper tombstones so that people would know that the one resting there was one of the heroes who helped King Raoul ascend to the throne.At
As the Sigmund Kingdom's economy had improved over the past few months, Raoul managed to save enough money to throw a grand party to celebrate Raoul's appointment as king of the Sigmund Kingdom. Since early morning, various luxurious carriages passed through the streets of the capital to go to the royal palace. Because King Raoul was so famous in the eyes of other kingdoms, queues to enter the royal palace caused congestion on the streets of the great capital.Ariana, who had come with Cale in the horse carriage, couldn't believe it when they too were caught in the traffic jam. It seemed that even before Raoul became a king, his popularity had already spread across many kingdoms. Ariana could see that most kingdoms sent their daughters as royal representatives. They did that, probably because they knew that Raoul still didn't have a queen until now.“Your Grace, thank God you arrived safely.”As soon as Ariana got off her carriage, she was immediately greeted by Captain Allen, who gre