However, his hunch said that wasn’t the reason.
“It’s okay, you don’t have to feel bad because I don’t feel bothered at all,” he said when he noticed Odette who was continuously staring at him while her body moved restlessly.
Odette felt threatened.
He was a man with wrinkles on his face, but his body looked very fit and strong. If he had evil intentions, then he would easily do those intentions right away.
What’s more, the surrounding area was still very quiet right now.
Odette just smiled flatly in response to those words.
They were silent for a while and just smiled at each other until Dario finally started to talk again.
“Were you fired from your job?” Dario asked Odetted.
“Huh?” Odette looked at him questioningly. Dario, who was pretending to not know anything about Odette, asked again. “Don’t you work as a pala
Getting such a tempting offer, the shop owner didn’t want to miss the opportunity.When else was she going to get someone working in her place and she didn’t even have to spend any money paying that person because someone else would?“Hey, wait!”She ran to Odette and Odette turned around.“Yes, Auntie?”“I changed my mind. You can work in my shop,” the woman said after catching her breath.“But, you said...”“Actually, I’ve been feeling unwell lately, especially when it’s winter. It’s getting more difficult. My daughter won’t be able to handle the shop alone, so if you want, you can work from today, but I can’t give you a high salary.”Actually, Odette felt a little strange because the woman suddenly changed her mind
“Ahem.” Odette cleared her throat after a few seconds and made her face look as normal as possible.“I’m sorry, but I can’t help you,” she said. Now, her status was unclear.“Why?”Odette was silent. Fivi immediately noticed something was off.“Has something happened between you two? Did you fight with the tadpole.. er, I mean the king?” Fivi asked again when she saw the queen’s face looked really gloomy.Odette’s brows furrowed slightly. She didn’t like the way Fivi called Rion.“Stop calling him a tadpole,” she said, showing her displeasure clearly.Fivi chuckled a little. “Ah, I’m sorry.”She said it without the slightest guilt. She then returned to the original conversation, but Odette’s answer didn&rs
In the evening, Odette, who had come home from work, wanted to prepare the food she bought at the market for dinner because she was too lazy to cook.As she was getting ready to eat, someone knocked on the door. Before opening the door, Odette first peeked from the window, and it turned out that the person knocking on her door was her new neighbor.When Dario realized Odette was peeking in the window, he waved his hand at the girl with a wide smile on his face. Odette’s brows furrowed when she saw the vegetables the man was holding were swaying along with the movement of his hands.“Could you come out for a bit?” Dario asked her.Even though she was confused, Odette still opened the door.“Hi, neighbour.” Dario greeted with a broad smile, while Odette looked at him strangely.“Take this.” Dario gave the vegetables he
“Did your plan work?” David asked, and Dario nodded while eating the food from Odette.“Well, she’s like a Celestial, has a soft heart for people.” Dario recalled the figure of Odette in his mind. “She’s also a bit like me,” he added.“Of course. After all, she’s your daughter. Princess Odette is very kind and you take advantage of her,” David said casually.“You make me feel like a bad person. Okay, I am bad, but my intentions are good now. I just want to get closer to her so I can protect her more freely. Tomorrow, I plan to go to work at the market, so I have an excuse to take her home and go to work together because we’re heading in the same direction.”David looked at Dario then said, “How long are you going to pretend like this?”When he heard David’s question, Dario’
In the Panthera Palace, Rion was also standing and looking up at the falling snow. His eyes showed the feelings that were difficult to describe.Outside the room, Trish watched him with concern.“Trishy.” Anwen approached the man. “You can rest now. I will watch over him.”Trish nodded slowly. He also lacked sleep from watching over the king.“I’m going to take a nap. Wake me up if something happens,” he said.“Brother...” Anwen decided to approach her brother after the man just stood there in a long silence.Rion just glanced at her. His face was pale, and his eyes were surrounded by dark circles. There was no spirit. His gaze was very empty.“You’ve been standing here since last night. You haven’t slept. You haven’t eaten either. I’ll get some food and w
From behind the tree, Dario watched Odette approach them.When Odette stood a few steps away behind them, Lucifer immediately turned his head, followed by Trish and Anwen.Odette’s steps suddenly stopped when she came face to face with Lucifer. A gust of cold wind gently blew her hair.She squeezed the hem of her own shirt, trying hard to keep herself from running into the man’s arms, but the thing beyond her helpless wish happened. The man strode to her and hugged her very tightly.Her eyes opened wide. She was very surprised. She then looked at Anwen and Trish questioningly.“I missed you,” said Lucifer.Anwen signaled to Odette that it was Lucifer, but Odette didn’t understand what the young girl meant. Then, she was really surprised when Lucifer suddenly stumbled forward and was about to fall on the cold ground.
Odette understood Anwen’s concern. She then said sincerely. “I don’t mind doing it. I’d be happy if I could do something for him.”Anwen was sad, but she also felt happy to hear that Odette really cared about her brother. She hoped that the relationship between her brother and sister-in-law would return to normal soon.“I will accompany Trish outside,” she said, giving Odette time to be with Rion.Odette was still stroking the man’s head when Anwen walked out of the room. She then kissed his forehead after the door closed.She stared at him for a while then kissed him again, starting from his forehead, eyes, and cheeks.She hugged him and cried silently. Her heart hurt to see Rion’s condition deteriorate.“Rose….”Odette was stunned when she heard Rion mentioning Ros
Day after day passed quickly. Rion relapsed more and more often and sometimes, he almost hurt other people. The people in the palace began to fear him and felt restless every time they met him.To restrain him, Roul was called back from the task of searching for Aathreya in Randle Forest and focused on the king. Meanwhile, the mission was carried out by the wizard knights from the north tower. They divided the search area. Some searched in Randle, and the rest looked around Panthera Kingdom, joining the palace knights who had been given the same task.Announcements had been made in various provinces, and posters of Aathreya had been spread all over the place. Aathreya suddenly became very famous because of these announcements and posters.The news was talked about by everyone, causing it to spread very quickly like a hay-devouring fire. The people who knew Aathreya were shocked, and those who didn’t really know the