"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
Under the cold snow, Dario stood with a stiff body. An hour had passed since Odette found out who he really was.‘When I missed the figure of a father, where were you?’‘When my mother and I were starving on the street, where were you?’Odette’s words kept ringing in his head, and it made his heart ache.‘What must I do to make you forgive me?’ Dario muttered in his mind. He closed his eyes and cried silently. He had nothing to prove his regret other than those tears.“Celestial, I’m sorry,” he said while looking up at the sky, letting the snowflakes fall to his face.Meanwhile, Odette was already back in Lilium Residence. She was still crying and sobbing softly in Lucifer’s embrace.In his subconscious, Rion, who had been sleeping since yesterday, opened his eyes. He heard
After meeting with Anwen, Cristela asked Erina to call Trish to meet her right away. She wanted to make sure everything went according to the plan.Not long after, Trish entered the room.“I am facing Her Majesty the Queen.”“Hm. How is Rion?”“Lucifer is still taking over His Majesty the King’s consciousness.”“Anwen told me that Dario disguised himself as a man named Jack and lived near Odette’s residence. Is that true?”“Yes, Your Majesty. Now Her Highness the Queen already knew who Jack really was.”Cristela was quite surprised when she heard this, but her face remained calm. “So that’s it,” she said flatly. “She must have been devastated,” she added.“Yes, you’re right, Your Majesty.”“Dario infiltrated this kingdom so easily. When you knew it was Dario, why didn’t you arrest him?&rdquo
"D-do you agree if I get married?" Trish’s answer would let her know how the man felt about her. If Trish agreed to Anwen’s marriage, it meant that he really didn’t have feelings for her.Waiting for Trish to answer her question made Anwen very nervous.“Wh-why are you looking at me like that?” she asked as Trish stared at her intently without saying anything.At this moment, Cristela’s words were playing over and over in Trish’s mind like a broken record. Anwen loved him. He then remembered the painting of himself in the girl’s room, then remembered Arlo’s words that called him insensitive.Until this second, he still couldn’t believe the fact that the girl in front of him had that kind of feeling towards him.“Trishy!”“Huh?” Trish was stunned.“What’s wrong? Are you all right?”“Y-yes.” Trish smiled gently and th
Since the food couldn’t be eaten, and it looked like Odette would be dead if she forced herself to eat it, she decided to cook a new dish for both of them.When she came into the kitchen fifteen minutes ago, she was shocked to see the mess Lucifer had made. The kitchen looked as if it had just been hit by a hurricane.How could she not realize when Lucifer made all this mess? The man nearly destroyed the entire kitchen.He broke the legs of the table and chairs and used them as firewood to light the stove, even though the firewood and charcoal were available at the back of the building.It was such a pity that Lucifer didn’t ask her first. Odette was annoyed, but she appreciated the man’s good intentions of not wanting to bother her.She watched Lucifer who was tidying up all the mess. The man was completely the opposite of Rion who was fastidious about cleanliness and tidiness.After the new food was ready, she invited Luc
“Uhk.” Lucifer grimaced as one of the men’s swords slashed at him. He turned around and knocked the man down, but another man lunged at him and kicked him in the chest, causing him to fall to the ground with his back hitting the floor first. Before he could stand up, a kick hit his head, causing him to fall backwards again.When the opportunity arose, they immediately beat him. He was still able to fight back, but he stopped after a while.At this moment, he was very annoyed that he couldn’t use his mana.“STOP! DON’T HIT HIM!” Odette screamed from inside the room. She really panicked to see Lucifer being beaten.Lucifer didn’t give up. He still had the strength to break free from the two men holding him. He was about to punch them, but an arrow stuck to his arm.He was caught again and beaten until his face battered.“That’s enough. We can’t let him die,” ordered the na
“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