Duchess Scarlet stepped slowly as she approached the palace knights who had been asked by one of the maids to wait in the living room.
When the knights saw her, they immediately stood up and greeted her politely.
“No need to be like that. Please have a seat,” she said.
“I was surprised when I heard the maid say that the palace knights came to the Scarlet residence and asked to see me,” she added after sitting down gracefully.
“We apologize for interrupting your time, Duchess,” Arlo said, and Duchess Scarlet smiled.
“No problem. I’m sure you are here to carry out an order, correct?”
Arlo nodded slowly. “Right.”
“So, what can I do for you?”
“There are a few things we want to ask you,” said Arlo, starting to go to the main topic of his arrival.
“Please.”
“Did
Erika and Erina exchanged glances. It was clear on their faces that they were confused.“Did Her Highness know who killed Doctor Cecilia? Or could it be… you ordered people to….”“I’m at the temple to atone for my sin and have no intention of adding one again,” said Cristela casually.“Oh, I’m sorry,” Erika said. “But from your expression, it looks like you know who the murder is,” she added.“How would I know? I’ve always been at the temple these past two weeks.” Cristela smiled and her smile looked very suspicious to Erika and Erina.“Then, what news have you brought?”“Last night His Majesty had a relapse. He was taken by Rine and injured himself. Luckily, the queen wasn’t hurt at all,” Erika reported.Cristella nod
The carriage stopped in the courtyard of the health center building. Aerith got off it, and the people who saw her injured face looked at her in bewilderment.“Miss, are you sure you still want to work?” Rico asked in a worried tone.“I’ll feel better at work. If I stay at home, I’ll feel worse.” Aerith held her face. “Rico, do you think I look really ugly right now?”Rico smiled. “No, you still look beautiful.”“You don’t want to tell the truth out of fear of me, do you?”“I’m telling the truth. Miss Aerith is always beautiful.”“Okay, I’ll come in.”Just as Aerith was about to walk in, the royal carriage parked near her carriage.It wasn’t long before Odette got off the carriage, and she was a litt
Two hours had passed since the surgery began. Odette was still hugging Lula when Aerith and the doctors came out of the room.“H-how is my father's condition?” Lula asked, and everyone in question fell silent while glancing at each other, as if they wanted to say something but were reluctant.“How is he?” Odette asked.Doctor Lee, the doctor who led the surgery, looked at Lula sadly. “I’m sorry, Miss, but your father is dead. He lost a lot of blood and couldn’t survive the surgery. We’re so sorry we couldn’t save him.”For a few moments, the time seemed to stop for Lula. Her eyes looked empty before finally becoming hysterical.“No, no! MY FATHER CANNOT LEAVE ME! YOU LIE! A LIAR! My father couldn’t have left me alone… sob…”“Lula!” Odette rushed to hold the
Rion, who received the report from Tyson about what happened to Odette, rushed to meet his wife. “Odette!” He opened the door rather rudely, making Odette who was with Elis and Nadin turn her head together with her two maids. Rion stepped in and took Nadin’s seat and the compress cloth, replacing the maid to take care of Odette. “You can go out now. I’ll compress her,” he said and the two maids obeyed his orders. “I’m fine,” said Odette before Rion asked how she was. “Why did you let that girl slap and insult you?” Rion dipped the cloth in warm water, squeezed it then compressed it carefully on Odette’s red cheek. ”She misunderstood and her father just died. I can understand her attitude." “But, he should have listened to you first.” “I told you her father just died. Her emotions are unstable. I also t
After meeting Lula, Odette returned to the research institute and met with Anwen and Doctor Alex. They had made an appointment beforehand. Anwen wanted to accompany her to meet Lula, but she had to prepare her presentation on the sleeping ball she had developed.When they went to Arawn, Doctor Alex had tested the sleeping ball and shown it to Mr. Verhovent, a famous alchemist and teacher. There were many talented alchemists who had been born from his cold hands. Doctor Alex was one of them. He became a medicine expert.Doctor Alex expressed his opinion objectively and praised Anwen’s sleeping ball. Hearing Doctor Alex’s praise, the alchemists on the team didn’t dare to show the disapproving and cynical attitude they had shown when Anwen came to visit for the first time.Odette asked Doctor Alex to accompany Anwen because she knew how people treated the girl. To put it simply, Odette used Doctor Alex as
Duchess Scarlet smiled sarcastically, feeling proud of her family. Even though Scarlet wasn’t the number one family who was feared, Scarlet also couldn’t be underestimated.When she was feeling proud, Cristela continued her words. She spoke with a cold voice.“Even so, I have a limit to my patience with people who are so presumptuous of me. You came here to threaten me. Do you think I’ll just let you go after this?”At this moment, fear rose in Duchess Scarlet’s heart. She just realized that she had made a rash move. Yet, she didn’t want to admit it.“What are you going to do? Report me? I heard that recently your relationship with Rion has improved. I can destroy it again using the excuse of his mother’s death.”Cristela laughed when she heard this. She looked terrifying when she laughed, but a few seconds later, the la
One by one people left the research institute. Not long after that, a huge explosion occurred from one of the rooms in the building and caused the fire to overflow.Instantly, everyone panicked. Tyson and the guards rushed to the test room, but they were blocked by several masked men.Odette and the three others ran to get out of the room, but three burly men wearing masks blocked their way.Anwen stared intently and warily at them.“Who are you guys?” she asked but the three people did not answer and instead attacked them.Anwen came forward and fought with them.“Be careful, Anwen!” Odette shouted. She also came forward to help Anwen, but her martial art was nothing compared to them.One of her hands was twisted and being held behind her back, and she was given an injection which instantly knocked her unconscious
Derby spurred through the strong winds. Rion always felt scared whenever Odette went out of the palace, and now the thing he was afraid of had happened. ‘Odette, you must do your best to survive. I will be there soon.’ After a few hours, they finally arrived at the research institute. It turned out that the incident caused casualities. The atmosphere in the health center was busier than usual. “Brother!” Anwen approached and immediately hugged Rion while crying. Rion stroked Anwen’s hair once, then he let go of her embrace. He observed his sister and saw some bruises on the girl’s face. Trish also saw it and got worried. “Your Majesty.” Tyson came over, and Rion looked directly at him. “I and the others apologize, Your Majesty,” Tyson said, daring to take responsibility for his negligence. “What clues
“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