The news of the death of King Philips the Gustaf I was announced by the palace, sound of trumpets and mourning from the residents reached the ears of Rania, who was hugging her mother. She is currently in prison on charges of betraying the king, poisoning the royal family, and being a user of black magic, which is forbidden in the Gustaf kingdom."Mom, are we going to get out of this prison?" Rania asked her mother, who was holding back sobs."Sure, we'll get out of here safely," her mother replied."But for how long? It's cold in here, and it smells like mom…." Little Rania started to whine."It's okay, and mom will hug you. It won't be cold anymore," she said with tears.She felt guilty that her daughter, who did not even know anything, was Implicated in the political schemes of the kingdom that wanted the Guinevere family to fall into ruin. A well-bred daughter with affection had to be in a cold, dirty slum with her. Hera began to cry.Hera's beautiful face disappeared, leaving a pa
The queen looked at the bracelet in the velvet box, whose color had faded, even though it was no longer the original color of the box. This bracelet was a gift from Benedict when they were lovers. Cassia loves Benedict very much, but she is greedy for something bigger than just being the wife of a hero and a pillar of the royal family known as the sword master.When she was appointed as a woman who would enter the palace as a concubine, like the first agreement between King Gustaf the first with her family, the queen could not wait for confirmation from Benedict, who was going to war, and the queen dowager only thinks realistically. So she took the opportunity as a concubine before ascending the throne to become queen.Her beautiful green eyes with blonde hair, typical of the Rodriguez noble family, and her white and slender hands looked gorgeous when she took the bracelet to take a closer look with longing feelings."Am I not that valuable in your eyes right now?" asked the queen int
None of the residents spoke while king Alaric spoke. Everyone listened."Thus, with this, I punish the sinners to death. And leaving one offspring to be sacrificed for the rest of her life, we need her blood to be shed once a week to eliminate the influence of black magic in the kingdom. With this, I punish you to death!!""LONG LIVE THE KINGDOM OF BRITAIN GUSTAF!! LONG LIVE ALARIC KING!!"Everyone shouted after king Alaric finished speaking. He returned to his seat right next to the queen dowager. But the calm Benedict rebelled violently when he heard that his daughter would not die but become the victim of torture, which was more terrible than death."CASSIA!!" Benedict shouted the name of the queen dowager, who turned slowly towards him, giving a triumphant smile."NO!! PLEASE, MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER, ARE NOT BLACK SWITCHES!! ALARIC, PLEASE BELIEVE IN ME!"Unfortunately, she did not hear Rania's screams among the screams of the residents who cursed her parents, and her grandparent
Alaric stepped hastily towards the dungeon, and he remembered that today was the day the civil guards began to give torture sentences to suspected traitors and descendants of black magic users. As the last descendant, Rania gets a life sentence for removing black magic as the royal fortune teller says the way to remove black magic is by giving the user's traitor blood.But, in recent years, there are often monsters that enter the kingdom due to black magic that attracts the smell and intuitive senses of the demons.He might hate Rania for daring to poison the queen's mother before, as well as the empress dowager this time, well as himself in front of so many people, but in fact, Alaric still harbors that love until this day. He couldn't bear to see the woman injured, and he should have let Rania die because of the torture wound. He always brought a healer to treat Rania for her injuries.Watching the civilians and stopping them from behaving excessively, even Alaric killed the civilia
"Did you hear that king Alaric just conquered a small kingdom in three days? It's crazy!! The king of Alaric now holds the big record, and he is known to be so cruel and ruthless that if you commit a mistake like corruption and raping women, the punishment will be meted out without a judge!" Rania turned towards the prison door when she heard it."Yeah, the kingdom is more prosperous. Even though the city's construction is no longer neglected, I can see the city's beauty is getting more and more charming. Even the embroidery house isn't as shabby as it used to be!" Laughter sounded at the end of the sentence of the civil guards outside."We all know King Alaric loves the current queen dowager as his surrogate mother. What a very filial son."The sound of their footsteps echoed because this was a cold dungeon. Before then, Rania heard other footsteps that sounded heavy but so familiar.JINGLING!The sound of the key made Rania cringe and run to the end of the room, and she crouched dow
Rania opened her eyes to find the man who tried to kill her now looking at her with a worried face. There was no blood there, no red eyes that wanted to devour her immediately. But Rania could still feel the real fear, so it was just a dream."It was just a bad dream. Go back to sleep..." said King Alaric hugging Rania's warm body back into his arms. "It's okay, and I'm here. No one will dare touch you."But Rania did not calm down, and she felt more and more as if a rope was wrapped around her neck, ready to hang her in seconds. She was threatening her life before she could avenge her parents.Rania's fears, feelings, thoughts, and hearts are often tense and uncertain with time. There was a time when Rania would feel frightened by sudden things like king Alaric who often came to touch her or sleep hugging her until dawn.Every time there was the sound of footsteps, she was frightened. Every time she closed her eyes, her mind wandered about a death better than this life. But Rania rem
King Alaric then fell silent, unable to answer. But his body was getting closer to hugging Rania's back, and a calming scent emerged from the body of the woman he had loved so far. Since realizing that even he couldn't turn his back on his childhood fiancé, King Alaric has grown more desperate and has caused big waves in the kingdom."I will release you from this prison, but on the condition that you will be my mistress!" said King Alaric, suddenly making Rania's body freeze.Rania did not answer, and the woman stared blankly at the wall in front of her. Her eyes were already giving any reaction, and she lost herself when the person who had given her a bad experience came to take the most meaningful thing she had and was snatched away by this devil-hearted man."Will free you from this place, Rania." King Alaric said, kissing the back of Rania's neck."On what basis did you let me out of this prison? After so many years, this place became my home!" replied Rania, finally opening her v
"Fine, I'll do what I can," Pitter replied resignedly.Looking at the pale figure in front of him, this woman was already lifeless, but Alaric still preserved her body. It had been a week, and he continued to treat every old scar with all strength until now, that face looked even paler than before.After finishing the treatment, every scar on Rania's body disappeared and left her cold skin and stiff body."I discovered a terrible conspiracy from death, Rania..." blurted King Alaric to Pitter, who intended to say goodbye."What did you find? Did it happen to the ministers?""My mother, queen dowager Cassia. She ordered someone to release the fugitive from prison with the lure of unconditional freedom. I also found an oddity in every Rania's blood taken several years ago. Didn't burn the blood like the fortune teller said, but spread all over the walls of the royal castle that protected the city from monsters…." King Alaric explained."Then what are you going to do now?" asked Pitter."
Duke Benedict looked at his entourage of knight horses led by prince Alaric and Oscar; he saw his daughter in the prince's arms as they were all in front of him."Where is duchess Hera?" the duke asked in a cold tone making everyone confused."Duke, we left without duchess Hera in the first place. Instead, he asked us to track Princess Rania's whereabouts with the prince and Mr. Oscar." Sara answered firmly.Hearing the answer from his wife's private knight, he realized if his wife had not returned, and might be in danger. "Take my daughter; the healer is waiting. I'll look for my wife and don't come out until the second bell rings because, at this time, monsters have successfully entered the kingdom!!" said duke Benedict, who immediately spurred his horse.But sadly, duke Benedict couldn't find his wife anywhere; his knights and the kingdom had already handled the monster attacks. But no one saw his wife when asked, and duke Benedict was increasingly panicked.Until then, the second
Unfortunately, the master magician had to be surprised because Rania's mana refused to be absorbed by him. An explosion occurred and sent them flying away from each other."This…" the master mage then got up while clutching his chest; his heart seemed to explode because the mana he had absorbed a little bit repelled each other instead. It's the first time, and he realizes who Rania is. There is one person who is said to be a prophecy, a person with unique mana, a mana that is not shared with anyone but can help many people. "The Savior...""Cough... tower master, what happened. Why is there an explosion? This hurts…" Rania held her head, feeling dizzy and like she had been struck by lightning."You, I'll teach you how to create a barrier. Listen carefully and pay attention because I can't repeat this teaching twice if I don't want to die early!""But.""Don't deny it; pay close attention. After seeing me, there was no time. Quickly join your hands with me; we will cast a barrier." The
"Your majesty!! The curse is starting to be felt by the common citizens!""Your majesty!! Many people were unconscious, we saw the doors of the residents' houses were open, and they were lying on the floor while some of them had been affected by a curse and had gone mad on the streets!!" the reports came one by one."Your majesty!! There are traces of black magicians in the capital!!"King Philips pulled the hair on his head; he was dizzy hearing the night report after the meeting while his right hand had disappeared somewhere. But Georges made sure Duke Benedict had returned to his residence due to some urgent matter, saw the Duke's face when he got the news turned white, and returned to his military horse."DAMN IT!! FIND THAT BLACK WITCH SOON, AND DON'T FORGET TO USE THE MOONLIT RELIC!!!"YES, MY LORD!!" the commander in chief and the commander of the soldiers answered firmly and bravely before leaving the king's presence.Moonlit is a crescent-shaped amulet worn by knights to prot
After the commotion between Oscar and prince Alaric was heard by the guards outside the door, they now had to face the Duke, who looked tired but still managed to burst into anger. Even at a time like this, emotions will be easily ignited by minor problems."So you entered my daughter's room through the terrace and were found by Oscar, who didn't know you were a prince? But do you think that's a good thing?!" asked duke Benedict covering his face and holding back his emotions in front of a prince who had grown up but still thought childishly. "You know what! If our family's assassins discovered your presence, you wouldn't be able to reverse Oscar's attack. You might be injured and die, but what if it's an assassin from a noble family who is waiting for my family's downfall?!" said duke Benedict tiredly."I'm sorry..." Oscar didn't dare to raise his head; his father had already allowed him to watch inside his sister's room during the night. The Duke made Duchess Hera unconscious by for
Benedict still remembers this old story, the incident that killed his great-grandfather to protect king Gustaf I who tried to save his majesty from a sudden attack by the black magician, "The witch drank an aging potion. They were adults who looked like children. They were in deceit! The mercy that king Gustaf I gave brought disaster for hundreds of years; to this day, we are still looking for the whereabouts of the black magician's remains."Oscar held his breath, and he slowly pulled away. Not expecting that he would hear a vital secret, everyone thought that the first king had executed the evil black magicians. But they are haunted by black magicians who might take revenge on the Gustaf kingdom.......Inside the study king, Philips listened to the explanation Georges said carefully. He rested his chin on his hand. He never thought that his best friend's daughter would be exposed to black magic, but this would pave the way for the kingdom to look for traces of dark magicians who ha
Rania knelt with her father and mother in front of Georges, the aide of King Philips, who was unfolding a gold sheet containing the direct emperor's decree.Read the decree in front of the main gate of Guinevere Castle, and everyone who flocked wanted to know because a royal soldier was carrying the national flag. Moreover, seeing noble number 1 kneeling in front of the king's aide, who unfolded a gold leaf containing a decree. With that, when Georges spoke about the royal decree in a loud voice, everyone immediately fell to their knees, listening with respect and wisdom."Royal decree! To Duke Benedict Guinevere, please kneel!""I accept the emperor's edict." Said her father, who knelt in front of Georges.'Emperor decree,With the descent of the holy gift from god.With this, I, king Philips The Gustaf II, make Benedict Guinevere the king's right hand. With this decree passed, Guinevere's entire family is in the main house. I was raised in a position to become a high-ranking noble e
In the morning, Rania saw that her parents had made up even though they still looked awkward and stiff. The three of them ate at the same table, and soon Ines came with a teenage boy walking behind her. The man had a tall build, but her gaze dropped unsteadily, and her shoulders even slumped, showing that he was a lowly person in front of nobles.The three people there turned to look at Oscar's figure in surprise, especially Hera and Benedict, who had recently made up. Here, of course, she immediately stood up from the dining chair to look at her husband, who shook her head to tell her he didn't know anything."I invited Oscar, and he is also Guinevere's family now. Do you want rumors to spread and bring down our family because you didn't take good care of your father's illegitimate child?" asked Rania boldly to her mother, who had clenched her fists in anger.She looked away, intending to leave but was blocked by Benedict and Rania, which made Hera even angrier."Are you that strong
Benedict rested his forehead on his fist and had just come home looking pale and tired. But when he got home, he had to hear another bad news, his daughter was followed by the butler and also his prostitute, who he spoiled in his own house. The butler, whom he had trusted since his father's days were still around, committed another crime, corrupted his daughter's monthly allowance, and did not take action against Margaret when Rania reported it."Fuck!"Benedict looked up to see a tray of stew and water right by his side, then looked at his assistant, Caleb Peterson."Please eat first. You haven't eaten anything after returning from the palace," Caleb said, lowering his head before retreating backward."I have no appetite. Please return this from the table." Benedict stared in disgust at the meat soup. For some reason, he felt no appetite, let alone to eat. That regret was taking over him, from Oscar to Hera and Rania."But, sir. This is an order—""—Have you forgotten who your master
"Ines, please throw away this meat and tell father that the meat in the kitchen this time is awful and not fit to eat!" she said, glancing at Ines, who was surprised because usually, if she acted then, Rania would block her. Accepting this lowly maid's bullying, not even allowing her to report the butler's and Margaret's actions to ladies and gentlemen."Well,""A young lady!! What are you doing? Food is so hard to come by in winter, like now!! It's a pity for the hunters who have caught this venison. Many people have difficulty eating the meat—" Margaret spoke without being asked while continuing to make her conscience feel very guilty. Still, those words would only affect Rania in her first life, not the current Rania."I'm not asking your opinion if you feel sorry for the hunter who caught this deer. You should cook properly so that it tastes good to eat and not go to waste like it's not edible now!!" Rania replied while looking into Margaret's eyes which were now shocked because h