"My brother seems to really love sister-in-law," said Anwen, who was dancing with Trish. Not getting any answer, she turned her head to look at the face of the man who became her dance partner. "Trishy, what's wrong?" she asked when she found Trish staring unblinkingly at Rion and Odette. "Trishy!" Anwen tapped lightly on Trish's hand that was holding hers. This made Trish startle and looked straight at her. "What do you think?" Anwen asked. "You're right. His Majesty seems to really like Miss Odette," Trish said and smiled as he made Anwen step left and right to the rhythm of the music. After watching Odette for a while, Aathreya turned to Cristela who was standing next to him. "Rat girl, do you want to dance with me?" he asked. Cristela almost choked on her saliva after hearing Aathreya's invitation. She looked at the man with an indifferent face before finally smiling sarcastically. "No thanks, I don't want to embarrass myself," she said and then left Aathreya to approach
"If you don't believe me, why are you asking me in the first place?" "Because I feel that the sudden incident of me being here was not a coincidence and I feel you know something. The answer you gave me earlier, I believe was not an honest answer." Odette looked at Athreya suspiciously. "I have a feeling you had something to do with all of this." "So, should I say yes just because you feel that way? Sounds like you're forcing me to justify your point." "It is not like that." "Then, how?" Aathreya smiled. In Odette's eyes, it looked like Aathreya was playing with her and mocking her. "Let's just say I agree about the portal, but how did my item that I left behind in the future suddenly be here? Do you know the reason?" Aathreya was tongue-tied. In his mind, he was trying to make an excuse to answer Odette's question. He knew that the thing the girl referred to was her phone. He brought it with him because he thought Odette would miss her mother, and that phone had many memories of
Odette swallowed her dry saliva when she thought that the man would strangle her or throw her against the wall for accidentally calling him Rion. The alter ego's expression was so different from usual that she failed to recognize it."I-I..." She frantically tried to escape and distance herself, but the man wouldn't let her off. "Don't do it again."Odette stared intently at the man in front of her and got startled when she saw the change of expression that occurred on his face. His sharp eyes slowly softened. It made her astonished and confused at the same time. She didn't even know what to say."You are very different tonight." Lucifer smiled faintly. "So beautiful," he added and kissed Odette's hand. His gentleness surprised her again. For a moment, the cat got her tongue. She could only remain silent as she observed him carefully, trying to understand what was really going on with Lucifer."Huh?" Her eyes widened in surprise when Lucifer suddenly carried her in bridal style. "W-
CHAPTER 132 - POISON"You?" Rion had come to his senses, and as usual he would look disoriented for a moment. "Did I relapse?" he asked after looking at his surroundings."Yes.""This time who else showed up and why did I hug you?""Lucifer."Rion was surprised. "What did you say?" "Lucifer."Rion looked into Odette's eyes, trying to find the trace of lies in those beautiful eyes, but he couldn't find what he was looking for."Let's go. Everyone is probably looking for us," said Odette with a faint smile and then walked away, leaving Rion behind.Before following the girl, he stood in his place while thinking hard. He had many questions in his head. Whereas Odette kept thinking about Lucifer along the way. However, it shattered when she realized she was still holding the crystal from Aathreya."Where did you get that thing from?" Rion asked as soon as he appeared beside Odette and saw what she was holding."This… this is from Aathreya.""Aathreya? Why did he give it to you?" Rion fu
"She just drank poison."Odette was surprised to hear Rion's exclamation as well as Doctor Alex."What do you mean? I'm fine.""Doctor Alex, check her and make sure she's poisoned or not." Rion focused on Doctor Alex and ignored Odette's protest.Aathreya and Narine entered the room before Doctor Alex said anything in response to Rion's words."Alice, are you all right?" Aathreya asked as he approached and grabbed Odette's shoulder anxiously. He looked deeply worried, making Odette a little surprised and confused by the man's attitude. The three people in the room felt the same way."Y-yes," replied Odette awkwardly.After hearing that, Aathreya let go of Odette's shoulder and stood up straight."Give it to me," he said to Rion, asking for the glass that Rion was holding. Rion gave it to him with a determined look in his eyes.Aathreya then dipped his index finger into the remaining liquid that was in the glass. Everyone looked at Aathreya who was smelling the liquid while holding th
Lightning flashed and thunderclaps sounded as if the sky was about to split open from the explosion. Under the torrential rain, a black-haired woman taking her young son's hand while running aimlessly.She didn't know where her steps would take her. She only knew she had to save her son's life."MOM, WHY ARE WE RUNNING?"The grey-haired boy asked as he continued to run after his mother's fast pace. He raised his head up and his eyes narrowed because of the rain. He looked at his mother's tensed face which focused her gaze ahead."MOM, WHY ARE WE LEAVING UNCLE DERIL? MOTHER, LET'S GO BACK!"The sound of the rain made the child have to scream while talking to his mother. He kept asking his mother to come back, but the mother ignored him. Having been ignored repeatedly, he began to feel irritated.He slapped his mother's hand that was holding him and then stopped running, making her mother startled and spontaneously stop too."WE MUST RUN, RION!""I DON'T WANT TO!" Rion hid
"Mom… MOTHER !!!!" Little Rion woke up and screamed, making the doctor who was beside him startled. "Your Highness!" The female doctor who treated him approached and tried to restrain the boy who wanted to get off the bed."MOM! MOTHER! MOTHER !!!! WHUAAAA... MOTHERRR!!" Little Rion cried hysterically and tried to break loose as the doctor continued to restrain him, but he stopped when Roland, an old man with the same hair and eye color as him, entered the room and stood in front of him. The doctor who was between Roland and Rion immediately stepped aside.Rion looked up and looked at his grandfather's face with eyes filled with tears. "Grandfather, mother—"SLAP!The doctor covered her mouth. She was very surprised when Roland suddenly slapped Rion hard. "Your Grace—" She halted her words when Roland glared at her while Rion, who had been slapped, twisted his neck and glared at his grandfather with eyes full of fear and confusion."Aren't you ashamed of crying like a baby like tha
*** "What did you say? How could the king know?" Duchess Scarlet was surprised to hear the report given by Yami. "I don't know, Madam." Yami hung her head low.Duchess Scarlet glared at the young man standing next to her. "You said I just need to wait for news of her death tomorrow night. Then, what is this?""I'm sorry, Madam. I also didn't know how the king knew about this." Like Yami, the man also lowered his head.Duchess Scarlet was worried about herself and wondered if the king knew that the one who planned to kill Odette was her... If so, then the news that would circulate tomorrow wasn't Odette's death, but her death.Rion would not tolerate her actions.However, if the king had known, he should have sent the knights by now to arrest her."Madam, I heard that Lady Odette is in a coma. If you want, I will arrange another plan.""I don't think the king knows who poisoned the woman. He must have sent the knights to investigate this, so it's best if you don't do anything. Your
“Doctor Ody.”“Mia?”Mia smiled and sat beside Odette.“I know you’re feeling scared right now, but we can definitely handle it properly,” Mia said reassuringly.“You’re not afraid of him?”“When Bee was born, and I saw him for the first time, I cried because I remembered when Alvin was born. At that time, I didn’t want to see his face because I hated his father so much. Every time I remembered that, my heart hurt, and I felt bad for having such a thought. Alvin doesn’t know anything, so why should he be hated?”“Mia...”“Bee doesn’t know anything either. He’s a sweet child with a heart as pure as an angel. Why should I be afraid of him?” Mia smiled, then looked at the sky. “Since my parents died, I don’t have anyone anymore. People who should be called family actually treat me like trash. Perhaps even tr
“Odette!” Hans finally came. He quickly approached Odette, who was struggling to get away from one of the firefighters who were holding her and preventing her from getting closer to the flames blazing the house.“Senior, help Bee! BEEE!” Odette let out a hoarse cry.Then Hans was stunned to see Bee being carried out by the firefighter. “Bee?”“Baby, Honey.” Odette immediately dragged her wobbling feet to approach the child, carefully taking him from the firefighter. “It’s okay, Honey. Mom is here. Mom is here.” She rubbed Bee’s back and kissed him as she hugged him so tightly. It wasn’t long before Bee suddenly lost consciousness.“B-Bee? Bee!”“Let’s take him to the hospital!”Odette and Hans rushed into the car and took Bee to the hospital. Arriving at the hospital, Bee was handled by the doctor immediately.“Bee…
In the palace garden, Rion, Trish, and Anwen sat together while enjoying dessert.“What?” Anwen and Trish were shocked to hear of Rion’s plans to retire and leave Panthera.“Are you serious, Your Majesty?” Trish asked hurriedly. “What’s wrong? Why so sudden?”“It’s not sudden. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time.”“Then what about Panthera?”“There is you.” Rion casually said it as though it wasn’t something serious, then cut the cake in front of him before eating it in delight.“What?” His eyebrows raised a little upon noticing the sharp gaze from Anwen and Trish. The two of them couldn’t believe what the king had just said.“Your Majesty, your joke isn’t funny at all,” Trish said flatly.“This isn’t a joke.” Rion took a deep breath and then looked up at the sky.
Betelgeuse, Alpha of the Orion constellation.Betelgeuse D. Panther was the star in the hearts of Odette and Rion.“Bee...” Odette kept smiling as she watched Bee’s sleeping face. When the boy was asleep like this, he became very calm.Somehow, every time she looked at Bee, she was like seeing Rion’s figure when he was small.“Mom… Zzz…”“Mom’s here.” Odette chuckled when she heard Bee calling out to her. She remembered Rion also calling her name in his sleep. Indeed, Bee really was the son of Arion D. Panther.“Sweet dream, Honey,” she whispered and kissed the boy’s forehead.She then got off the bed then left the room, walking towards the living room. When she arrived, she saw Mia was busy with piles of fabrics that needed to be sewn.“Mia.”The young woman stopped her activities and turned her head naturally.&ldqu
“Drystan,” Rion called the young man again, and this time, Drystan cast his gaze at him.“Is my father…?” Drystan wanted to ask about his father’s condition but couldn’t finish his sentence. The words stuck in his throat as though, deep down, he had already guessed it.“Did you already know about this?”Drystan nodded with a faint smile, but sadness was evident in his eyes. He told Rion that before going to the capital, he went to Bosa with his father. When his father found out that Aathreya was dead, and so did Rion, he decided to take that step.“He regretted that he never gave any happiness to Odette. If you died, Sister Odette would definitely suffer a lot, and he didn’t want her to suffer anymore. I told you that my father deeply regretted all the things he had done in the past, and now he had proven it. That’s it, I’m leaving,” Drystan said in a self-deprecating man
“Big brother?” As Anwen saw Rion’s fingers moving slightly, she rushed to kneel beside him, followed by Dario.As Rion’s consciousness returned, Dario’s consciousness actually faded.“When… when you meet your sister-in-law, tell her that I’m sorry,” Dario said while looking at Rion wistfully.Anwen was silent. She didn’t give any responses, as she wasn’t sure if there would be a chance to see Odette again or not.Dario’s eyes quivered. They slowly closed before opening again, closed again, and opened again. This continued until his body slumped to the ground helplessly. Luckily, Anwen immediately reacted and supported his back.Dario’s eyes were still open, and he looked in a daze at the cloudy sky above him. At this moment, he had sunken into his trove of memories of Odette.‘I DON’T HAVE A FATHER! MY FATHER IS DEAD!’The image of Odette
Rose sat by the river while Rion lay on her lap, enjoying every second of their togetherness.“Rose, I’m sorry,” Rion said as he looked at the woman, holding her hand, which stroked his forehead gently.Rose smiled gently. “You’ve said it 100 times.”“I am so sorry.”“You’ve said that a hundred times already.”“Since you left, I couldn’t breathe properly every day, and something invisible kept tightening my heart.”“Yes… You’ve said it, and Lucas also told me.”“Lucas?” Rion got up and looked at Rose questioningly.“Yeah. He said Trish told him about it.”“Trish?”When Rose told him everything Lucas had told her, Icarus arrived at the Rose Garden. Anwen was surprised to find Dario and Saintess Angela there.Dario hopped onto Icarus’ back and carried Rion down
Aiden was finally gone as his body was destroyed from within by the combined power of Rion and Aathreya. However, although Aiden was dead, the problem wasn’t really over because Gerald’s soul had already left his body and resided in Rad’s body instead.At the moment, Gerald was floating in the air, under the purple eye that still stood firm in the sky. He raised his hands to activate the Divine Eye, but Icarus came and breathed out a powerful flame, forcing Gerald to move away to escape it.“Narine?” Anwen muttered when he saw the little fairy on the back of Icarus flying towards her.“Get the king onto Icarus’ back,” said Narine briskly.“What?” Anwen and Trish felt puzzled.“Just do it if you still want to meet the king!” Narine exclaimed in a bit of a hurry as if she was being chased by time.Roul, who was listening to their conversation, nodded to Trish as the man lo
Swoosshh…The wind blew against the leaves of the shady trees while the blooming rose swayed gracefully and gave off a sweet fragrance. Several butterflies flew around and perched from one flower to another, showing off their stunning wings.Odette walked among the roses while looking right and left. That place reminded her of the Rose Garden in Green Castle, or… was she actually in the Rose Garden?Her gaze swept around the area, looking for the Green Castle building, but no matter how far she looked ahead, she didn’t see the building anywhere.Tap!Her steps came to an abrupt halt when her eyes fixed on Rion’s figure, who stood a few steps away from her. The man was wearing a charming white cloak with gold thread fluttering slightly. For some reason, Rion looked more handsome than usual.“Rion?”The man smiled gently at her.Seeing that, Odette couldn’t help but feel an endless joy