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
Realizing that he had shown excessive emotions that made people suspicious of him, Aathreya let a deep sigh under his breath and asked Narine to come out.Although Narine looked reluctant, she obeyed Aathreya's words. As Aathreya passed Anwen, he smiled and said, "Please take good care of your sister-in-law."After that, he left the room. Anwen continued to stare at his back with a confused face.Outside, Narine perched on Athreya's broad shoulder and told the wizard not to worry too much as the antidote they made worked well."Hmm, thanks, Jackson.""Narine." The fairy said nonchalantly, staring at Athreya with a weird look. However, she abruptly hid behind Aathreya's neck when she saw the knights coming from the front."Why are you hiding?""I don't want to be seen by humans.""Then, what do you think was in the room earlier? Pebbles?""It was an emergency. Anyway, you have to make sure those who have seen me don't talk about me to other people," Narine said, and then quickly hid we
Before sunrise, Tom and Yami were found by Aathreya, but they were found hanging and dead.'Tsk, you bastard,' Aathreya cursed in his mind as he looked at the two corpses still hanging from the tree."Take them to the palace," he said to Arlo and the three other knights who were with him. The knights arrived not long after Aathreya arrived at the scene.After giving the order, Aathreya disappeared.***The sunlight from the east slowly gobbled up the darkness. Since the fall, the sun had hidden itself behind the clouds, making the days darker and colder.Rion's eyes were still staring at Odette’s face. For about FOUR HOURS he sat next to her without moving in slightest or changing his position, just like a statue. The only movement he did was his eyes that were blinking.Like the master, like the dog, they were the same. Outside the room, Trish stood by the window, peering inside. He had been standing like that for about three hours. Anwen herself had been sleeping soundly in a chair
Rion and Trish entered the morgue in the palace hospital. Inside, they saw the bodies of Tom and Yami lying on the bed.Arlo told the chronology of how the bodies were found."Their actions confirm that our suspicions are true. Those who have mixed poison into the drink of the future queen. For fear of being found out, they chose to end their own lives," explained Arlo.Rion looked at the sickly pale faces of the two corpses whose noses had been covered by cotton. He was annoyed because he couldn't find information from the two of them about who was the real mastermind of the attempted murder that was carried out on Odette."Do you find any suspicious items that can be used as clues to find out the person who ordered them?""No, Your Majesty.""You said, before you, Aathreya had already found them. Where is he?""After giving orders for us to take them to the palace, Athreya just disappeared," explained Arlo."Your Majesty, do you suspect Athreya?" This time, it was Trish who spoke up
Roul approached the cave, and the aura he felt grew clearer and stronger."Oi, you jerk! Come here quickly," he said without turning to look at Levin who was busy with the spider web.He felt waiting for Levin to finish cleaning the cobwebs stuck in his coat was a waste of time, so Roul decided to enter the cave first, and check what was inside. If this was the first time Roul met Levin, then Roul would feel that the king had made a mistake in making Levin a member of the Black Panther organization.TAP TAP TAP!The sound of Roul's footsteps echoed throughout the cave walls. His two eyes observed the surroundings. On the ceiling of the cave, there were many stalactites of various sizes hanging beautifully. Meanwhile below, there were towering stalagmites of different sizes.His two feet moved nimbly across the uneven road. The deeper he went into the atmosphere, the darker, colder, and damper it became. Without the slightest hesitation, he continued to stride in the direction of the a
GULP GULP"Master Roul, please help… gulp…" Levin's head floated up and down on the surface of the water. Roul grabbed the purple-haired man's hand while swinging his legs to swim up to the surface. That was when he felt his body being pulled down and whoop!They really got sucked down at high speed.Levin held Roul's hand very tightly as the water around them swirled, making their bodies spin as if trapped in a huge whirlpool. Meanwhile, Roul took out a teleportation crystal from his pocket, planning to teleport to the north tower, but he stopped when he saw something glowing purplish-white down there.'A portal?' He furrowed his brows. What attracted him the most was because the portal was in the shape of a windmill and moved slowly in a circular motion, totally different from normal portals.GULP GULP!Bubbles of water escaped from Levin's mouth as he tried to say 'Why stop? Let's hurry and get out of here!'Roul, who was very curious about the portal below, let himself and Levin b