The night was calm. There was no wind and no stars. The sky looked very empty.
Rion opened his bedroom door and saw his wife standing by the window.
Realizing someone was coming, Rose turned her head. She had just been crying at the thought of her relationship with Rion, which had worsened recently.
When she saw the man coming, she smiled broadly.
“Finally, you came, Rion. I know you can’t stay away from me for a long time,” she said as she walked closer, and Rion also slowly stepped closer to the girl.
His eyes didn’t blink at all, staring at Rose’s face very closely.
Rose, who still didn’t know what had happened, approached Rion without hesitation while still showing her beautiful smile. Her face was flushed like a rose that was blooming beautifully, but that smile immediately disappeared when a hard slap hit her face. It
In Lilium Residence, the night continued. The wind was blowing harder, and the snow was falling heavily.Life was very difficult to predict. At first Odette was an orphan girl, then she became a queen because she married a king. Now, she had become an ordinary girl again, working in a clothing store to make a living.Her current status was also unclear. Was she a widow or still Rion’s wife?Her magnificent blue eyes stared fixedly at the flames and recalled the time when the flames came out of her body.Odette wondered how did she emit the flames?She stared at her own palms as she recalled the incident when she set the entire building with some of the criminals inside in flames.A thought flashed in her head. If she could use that power, then her life would be easier. She always found it difficult to start flames here. If she managed to control her pow
"Dario!"“Are you sure you didn’t see wrong?” Anwen glanced around the area. There was only a stretch of white snow that covered the ground and decorated the roofs of buildings and tree branches. No one had come out of their houses yet because it was still very early in the morning.“I’m sure I’m not mistaken."“But, what is Dario here for?” Anwen felt confused, but three seconds later, she realized something. “Huh, Sister Ody. Is he here because of Sister Ody? But why? What’s his purpose? Does he have evil intentions towards Sister Ody?”“I don’t know.”For a moment, they thought hard and wondered about Dario’s real purpose. After not getting any answer, they decided to return and knock on Odette’s door. They came to find Rion who was missing from the palace, or it could be said runni
Dario’s eyes almost popped out when he saw Rion lying unconsciously in front of him.“Uncle, why are you just standing like that? Please lift him inside!” Odette said worriedly.“Me?” Dario pointed at himself. Earlier, Odette suddenly dragged him here in a hurry. He thought there was another assassin again, so he was very surprised when he found out that the girl asked for help to lift Rion into the house.“Yes. Who else? Help me, Uncle. I can’t lift him.”“Y-yeah, alright.” Seeing that Odette looked so worried, Dario immediately carried up his damn son-in-law.“Where should I slam him? I mean, place him?”“Get him over there.” Odette directed Dario to enter her room and put Rion on her only bed.“Thanks, Uncle. I’ll change his clothes. His bod
“What are you doing in the middle of the night like this?” Odette asked the same question to strike up a conversation, and Lucifer said he came to see her.Rion had asked Roul to make a seal that kept him from using mana because he had a relapse more and more often. He was worried about hurting people. So, because he couldn’t teleport like he usually did, Lucifer decided to walk from the palace to Lilium Residence.Odette, who saw the seal mark on the man’s palm, understood the situation. She didn’t see any horses outside, neither Trish nor Anwen. It meant Rion or Lucifer had walked here to meet her. No wonder he had fainted because it was very cold outside right now.When Lucifer held her hand while smiling brightly, she concluded that it wasn’t Rion because the man wouldn’t do that. Not when their relationship was on the brink of breaking off.Odette was sl
"Dario!" “Are you sure you didn’t see wrong?” Anwen glanced around the area. There was only a stretch of white snow that covered the ground and decorated the roofs of buildings and tree branches. No one had come out of their houses yet because it was still very early in the morning. “I’m sure I’m not mistaken." “But, what is Dario here for?” Anwen felt confused, but three seconds later, she realized something. “Huh, Sister Ody. Is he here because of Sister Ody? But why? What’s his purpose? Does he have evil intentions towards Sister Ody?” “I don’t know.” For a moment, they thought hard and wondered about Dario’s real purpose. After not getting any answer, they decided to return and knock on Odette’s door. They came to find Rion who was missing from the palace, or it could be said running away from the palace. Two minutes later, Odette opened the d
Anwen made Dan stop and then looked down dejectedly.Trish steered his horse closer to the girl’s. “The king will be fine. Don’t worry too much. This has often happened. The king will wake up soon,” he said comfortingly.Anwen was silent. The cold air made her face feel stiff.“Are you worried that the king’s illness will make the palace council strip him of his position and propose you as his successor?”Trish really understood the girl’s way of thinking. Actually, this was not the first time this situation had happened. Two years after Rose’s death, the palace council wanted to strip Rion from his position because he couldn’t lead the kingdom in a state of depression. Then, they proposed Anwen as the queen, but it failed because the girl was still too young at that time, so Cristela held the kingdom's affairs temporarily.
“What are you doing here?” Dario asked. His eyebrows dived down sharply, and he glared at the man.“What I do is none of your business.”“Do you realize where you are now?”They glared at each other fiercely.Not wanting to fight on the spot, Dario strode out the window, and Trish rushed after him.Above the vast expanse of snow, where there were only trees without leaves, Trish jumped down along with his fists. However, Dario turned around and dodged the attack, then jumped backward to create some distance.“Could you calm down a bit?”“What is your purpose here? What are your plans for Queen Odette?”Dario fell silent for a moment. Arion D. Panther's damn dog was too smart to be tricked.“I didn’t plan anything.”
“Do you want me to kill them both?” Lucifer asked while stroking Odette’s hair gently. He didn’t know the main problem, but seeing the girl cry after hearing the words of the two men earlier, it meant that the two of them had made her woman cry.“Odette.” Dario came over. Odette immediately broke away from Lucifer’s embrace while the man glared at Dario angrily. Trish was still watching from afar. His only job was to make sure the king and queen were safe.“Odette, give me a chance to explain it,” Dario said, wanting to get closer.Lucifer, who saw Odette still crying, glanced at Dario and he immediately stood in front of the girl, blocking Dario from approaching Odette or even touching her.“You take one more step forward, and you will see a devil chopping your head,” Lucifer said while looking at Dario sharply, and Dario was the same
“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