After getting ready and having breakfast, Rion went straight to his office and shared with Trish about Odette awakening her power.
“Your Majesty, calm down first.”
Rion brushed his face roughly. “You know it’s very urgent. Odette could be in danger,” he said in a tense voice.
“Did Roul inform you about Aathreya?” He asked, and Trish said no.
“Your Majesty, I understand you are worried, but the problem of having Gerald’s subordinates sensing the magical aura of the queen is not necessarily right now. We must resolve the matter at hand first.”
Rion was silent for a moment to calm himself down. “You’re right. Have you prepared all the evidence and witnesses against Duchess Scarlet properly?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. We can get her executed on charges of murdering Doctor Cecilia,” Trish replied.
“Good.” Rion stared at the pile of doc
At the Scarlet residence, Duke Scarlet held a meeting with the elders of the family to talk about Duchess Scarlet, as well as the divorce proposed by Rion.“What? How could Michelle do such a thing? She must have been slandered!” Duchess Scarlet’s mother didn’t believe it at all.“Darwin, you must save her at all costs!” Duchess Scarlet’s father chimed in. He was the leader of the Scarlet main family.“After all, she is like this because you failed to take care of your wife,” he said sarcastically.“Enough! You’ve always blamed Darwin, but you didn’t see how your daughter behaved!” Darwin’s father, who was the leader of Scarlet’s second family, glared at the father of his son’s wife.“How dare you! Did you just criticize the main family?”“Why not
Doctor Alex did a thorough examination while Rion and Anwen watched it anxiously. He touched Odette's arm and asked her, “Your Highness, what are you feeling? ““My chest hurts. My stomach too,” Odette spoke while holding her stomach. She turned to hug Rion as the pain increased from time to time.The man shifted slightly, so Odette was in a comfortable position while leaning on him.“Brother, use this.” Anwen handed her brother a new handkerchief as she saw that the handkerchief in Rion’s hand was already covered in blood. The man accepted it and then wiped Odette’s hand again.“Is she like this because of the poison?” Rion recalled Duchess Scarlet’s words saying that the woman had poisoned Odette.“Your Highness, since when did this happen? Is this the first time?’“Y-yes, t
There was only silence. Odette watched Rion daydreaming. It seemed the man had been daydreaming too much since morning.At first, she thought that Rion was like that because he was so worried about the kidnapping incident that happened to her and also about the crimes that Duchess Scarlet had done to him and Rose… Moreover, the thing that bothered him the most must be about Cristela.Odette was trying to reassure Rion that she was fine, so the man didn’t have to worry again.“If you look like that, I begin to think that my illness is severe,” she said while smiling widely. Three seconds later, her face became serious when she saw Rion put on a very serious expression. “What’s wrong? Is my illness really that bad?”“It’s not confirmed yet. I want to ask you something.” Rion looked at Odette deeply.Because Rion was very
“I will never forgive him.” Odette clenched her jaws. Just from listening to Rion's story, she already hated the evil prince with all her heart. “What about the emperor?” Rion asked her again. “If I can, I want to kill him.” Odette really put herself in the shoes of a tricked girl in Rion’s story. She was easy to empathize with others, so it made her become like that. She easily understood the suffering felt by others. “What... if you become the daughter of the girl? Would you hate the child of the wife who was loved by the prince?” Odette was silent and thought for a while. “Yes,” she replied. “Why? That child doesn’t know anything.” “Yes, but I... am not a very naïve person. Even though I don’t want to hate that child, when I think that the child and her mother are happy over the suffering of me and my mother, I will hate her even if I don’t want to.” Hearing this, Rion was sure that he didn’t want to tell Odette the truth because the girl would hate Rose. However, Odette woul
When the guard saw the king coming, he gave a polite greeting. Now, Rion was standing in front of the bars that imprisoned Cristela. He saw the old woman lying on a piece of cloth while hugging herself.For the first time, he saw how his grandmother was so weak and pitiful.“Are you dead, Old Woman?” He asked without averting his eyes in the slightest from Cristela who was lying with her back to him and facing the wall.Five seconds later, Cristela still didn’t give any answer. She didn’t even move at all. This made his brows furrow. Rion then called the guard and told the man to open the prison door.After the door opened, he went in to check on Cristela’s condition, and he was quite surprised to find the woman had a high fever and was unconscious. Rion didn’t want to care about her, but his actions said otherwise. He took the woman to the infirmary and ordered th
Meanwhile, the doctor that Anwen had asked to call Odette had arrived at the queen’s room. He met Elis at the door.Elis asked what was wrong when she saw the doctor’s panicked face. The doctor then stuttered, telling the maid about what had happened in the infirmary.“I-I don’t know what had really happened, b-but the king suddenly strangled Princess Anwen and wanted to kill her. He also injured the nurse. H-he looked very different from the usual King Rion,” the doctor explained in fright. It was the first time he had seen the king behaving like that.Elis was very surprised to hear that. She then went into the room with the doctor.“Your Highness.”Odette, who was sitting on the edge of the bed chatting with Nadin turned her head when she heard Elis calling her.“What’s wrong?” she asked.&
“Did I sleep very long?” Lucifer asked. Odette nodded again with a faint smile. Lucifer stepped closer to the guardrail, watching the snow fall slowly. “How long?” he asked the girl who stood beside him. “Two months.” Lucifer turned to face Odette. He took her hand and pulled her into his arms. He sat on the guardrail while looking at the girl’s face, which was only an inch away from his face. “So, how is it? Do you want to marry me?” he asked, making Odette stunned. “M-marry?” Lucifer smiled gently. When he was like that, he looked like Rion. Everything would have been easier if Lucifer didn’t hate Rion, but the reality was different. “Huh?” Odette was surprised when Lucifer suddenly stood up and carried her. “Let’s go?” “Where to?”
Meanwhile, Odette and Anwen were still looking for Lucifer. They had searched many places, but they couldn’t find the man anywhere. “Where exactly is my brother?” Anwen muttered. Odette who heard it felt very anxious. Arlo who also followed them with Tyson made his horse gallop beside Dan. “Princess, what exactly happened to the king?” he asked curiously. “Don’t ask. Just look for him,” Anwen said a bit curtly, surprising Arlo with her cold attitude. “We split up. If you meet the king first, tell us quickly, and don’t meet him right away,” Odette said. Arlo and the others were confused as to why they couldn’t just meet him when they saw the king. When Tyson listened to the order, he said they couldn’t split up and take the risk. “Her Highness the Queen was kidnapped recently. The enemy who kidnapped he