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 voice.
"Because I want you to be by my side," said King Alaric honestly.
"But I don't want to. Is that enough to make you stop coming to my prison and asking me to be your mistress?" Rania asked the king, who even sighed tiredly.
He didn't want to answer because he honestly didn't have the correct answer for their current situation. Everything said will only end up wrong, but because of his wishes, any wish will surely come true. Alaric is the king of Gustaf's kingdom, and all obey his orders; otherwise, he will make them agree.
"I don't like being your mistress. You are disgusting!" Rania said again. "I hate you, damn it. My family, even my brother!!" she said again without being answered by king Alaric who instead buried his face into Rania's thin shoulder.
Rania, who didn't get an answer, tried to struggle, but Alaric's grip was so tight that she didn't have the strength to let go.
"I know, Rania. I know very well, but hearing those ministers ask you to be put to death immediately hurts so much—"
"BUT YOU EVEN TORTURE ME RURALLY!!" Rania shouted back.
"Yes." that was the only answer Alaric gave to her.
She was already starting to sob, not wanting to listen to King Alaric's words and excuses anymore. This man had gone mad and had no shame at all.
Unbeknownst to them, three people were hiding outside the prison, an eight-year-old boy, an aged woman holding his shoulders, and a soldier in armor standing obediently behind the two.
"Young master, it seems we can't see your big sister. His Majesty King Alaric is there, and if he sees you. I'm afraid that His Majesty the king will be angry with you," said Emma, whose face turned flat.
"Well... you're right. I don't want to meet your Majesty the King." Benjamin answered his mother's maid.
Then the three turned around, ushering Benjamin back into his bedroom before Emma turned towards the castle. The queen dowager wanted to report what she had to the end.
In her thin white nightgown showed, the queen dowager saw that Emma, who had just escorted Benjamin to the dungeon, had arrived and instead reported something shocking.
"At this rate, Rania must die." said the queen.
....
And the night after that, King Alaric no longer came to her prison. Rania was happy about it, but her feelings tonight felt strange, like something terrible was about to happen.
Rania saw a tray containing bread, meat soup, and water in a glass that was better than the usual one, just in a dirty bowl. She had enjoyed all this since king Alaric slept with her and often came to the prison to sleep, hugging her until he fucked her. Rania would often wipe her whole body with a rag until it was red.
She was disgusted to remember all that Alaric had done to her, but she still asked her heart to love him again after all that had happened so far.
This time, for example, the wet cloth she rubbed all over her body vigorously until her pale skin turned red. Almost all over her body, she had lashes that couldn't go away on her back, thighs, and stomach.
Even though she no longer received the torture of spilling her blood, Rania still.
"Still not…" Rania mumbled, not satisfied enough to get rid of every touch of Alaric's king on her.
After a while, Rania finally returned to wearing her clothes with the skin still red, and her face also had scratches due to rubbing too vigorously with the bath cloth.
Until then, she heard a movement from the door, causing Rania, who was preparing to sleep, to wake up suddenly because the way that person opened the prison was different from how King Alaric opened it.
"Who are you?" Rania asked when she saw a man in tattered clothes with wounds and bloodstains almost all over his body.
"Who am I? You don't need to know. What you have to remember, if today is the time of your death, so that I can be released from the terrible prison of the kingdom!!" he said, then walked away quickly before Rania could escape.
A sharp knife had slashed her neck. Rania was stuffy, holding her neck, which was splattering fresh blood. Her breath caught, and she glared with tears falling from her eyes, staring at the man who then turned quickly out of her prison.
"Hel—help…ughh…" she couldn't speak each time Rania tried to make a sound.
More and more blood was dripping from her neck before her body fell onto the cold floor of the prison, Rania cried, and some memories slowly appeared like an event.
Rania was still holding her neck before her breath painfully disappeared.
....
King Alaric went on a rampage until he beheaded the guard's warden in the dungeon guarding the prison of the royal sinner, Rania, when he heard that the woman he loved was found dead in a pool of her dried blood.
A murder occurred by a fugitive who somehow managed to escape from a ruthless prison that not even a magician prisoner could pass, and this meant that someone had deliberately released the prisoner and targeted Rania.
All correctional officers were executed mercilessly, despite being strongly condemned by the ministers. King Alaric didn't listen and called Pitter back to heal Rania, who had been cleaned up, and brought into his room.
"Sorry, I'm a healer who can only heal, not revive dead creatures." Said Pitter to his old friend, who looked solid on the outside but emptied on the inside.
King Alaric sat on the chair next to his bed while holding Rania's cold and stiff hand, "Keep doing your job, heal all the wounds on her body!! I am your king, so obey my orders!!" said Alaric without wanting to listen to what Pitter said who just sighed.
"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."
"I'm going to go wandering, and it's been two years since my sister's death." Said 10-year-old Benjamin.His body was tall, and his face looked more grown. Even though he was only a ten-year-old boy, his thoughts were above those of an adult worrying about king Alaric as his adoptive brother."You are still only ten years old. It will not be allowed for you to wander around!" answered king Alaric to the younger brother of his childhood sweetheart."I have Mikael to accompany me; he is a trained warrior. I want to find mom, so she can explain everything that happened to me! And take responsibility for it!" said Benjamin with great confidence."It won't be that easy, Benjamin. You know that mother is the strongest and most stubborn woman. Even her cunning is not easy for me to know if not with the experience I've been through." Said king Alaric honestly.The palace scheme is worse than anything else. Even husband and wife can kill each other. King Alaric realized this all started with t
"Where's Oscar?!" asked Rania after a day after she realized.Hera looked at her daughter with a pale face, "You must be hungry. Mother will send Ines to bring lunch," her mother got up from the chair. Rania watched her mother leave, and her father did not go to fulfill the king's invitation because of the current problems. There was an illegitimate child in the Guinevere family, a real illegitimate child."Mom! I'm not hungry. May I know where Oscar is?" she asked again to her mother, who stopped her steps.There, Hera closed her eyes, remembering two days ago. When she was hysterical when she found out that her husband had an illegitimate child and her daughter was carried in Oscar's arms, soaked and unconscious, she beat the young man in anger. She accuses Oscar of hurting her daughter and avoiding his husband.And when Rania wakes up, she realizes God has given her a second life."Don't ask about him, please... mom doesn't want to hear anything about him!" Hera answered without wa
After this second life, Rania realizes that not everyone in her castle is a good person. There was the traitor, the spy sent by the current queen Cassia and her aunt. Even though some were royal ministers, they were all mad to bring down the Guinevere family due to their greed for honor and wealth. Greedy, to the point of killing everyone in her father's castle.But there was one person who survived, and that person was the closest person to her father.Rania walked into the hall of her father's enormous castle. The castle that was once very old was changed to be so luxurious and extensive, like a building in the kingdom. Her eyes roamed every corner of the alley and the garden she passed. How much she missed all of this in the past. A serenity she had never felt in her first life was only filled with fear and extreme pain.Rania wanted to see her mother, who was still avoiding her, and she didn't wish for Hera to continue to wail. Her family's life is in danger, and if Hera can't mak
Rania brought her mother to the garden, and they returned to a light conversation about what they would do if they met a royal socialite woman who was so arrogant and had high self-esteem if she met those with a higher status than them.In the end, Hera mentioned again the coronation party that made Rania stunned."I hope this election, there will be no bloodshed. Remember how King Philips had to pass through his brothers and sisters with the blood, tears, and sweat of those who supported King Philips then. Luckily there is only one descendant this time, even though queen Cassia has already been appointed. No information of her pregnancy has come from her…." Hera said, looking behind Rania's body, not realizing that her daughter's face had gone deathly pale until she took her tea and glanced at Rania. "Dear!! Why is your face so pale? Are you sick? Tell mom where you feel pain—"Rania shook her head, "No. I'm not sick, but can you not discuss the royal family in front of me?" she aske
"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
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
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
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