Odette stroked Daniel's head gently, and said that the bandits would not be able to hit Daniel, because the king would protect him. "Yesterday, the king fought and defeated them all easily. Now they are in prison."
"Is that true?" Daniel looked at Odette, the boy's face looked very innocent.
Odette nodded and hugged the child warmly. It was a hug that made Daniel feel safe.
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In prison, Trish again interrogated the four bandits that survived, and pointed out why he was called the king's savage dog. Rion had ordered Trish to make the four bandits tell him to whom they had sold the children and women they had abducted. If they didn’t want to confess, then they would be tortured until they gave up.
"I'll ask you again, where did you sell the children and the women?" Trish asked emphatically. He tightly gripped the collar of one bandit's shirt and stared intently
Odette, along with Anwen, Zen, and Daniel, had just arrived at the palace. Odette returned to the place, just to get her money and belongings, then continued her plan to live in the Lilium Residence. When the horse carriage had stopped in the palace courtyard, Arlo immediately greeted them. He then asked them to follow him to the king's chamber. Zen looked amazed at the splendor of the palace in front of him. He couldn't even blink. Meanwhile, Daniel, who was being carried by Odette, seemed to focus on the pond on the edge of the building. "We'll go there later," said Odette, when she saw Daniel being interested in the pond. The boy was curious because he had just seen such a thing. "Come on," said Anwen. The four of them followed Arlo, and within minutes they had ar
Rion wrote a letter to the ambassador of the Panthera Kingdom, who was in Naturi. In the letter, Rion told the ambassador about the children and women who were sold to Naturi. He gave orders for the Panthera ambassador to rescue the women and children, and arrange for their return to Panthera. Rion sent his letter through Adriel. After Adriel left, Rion ordered Trish to form a team. They were tasked with finding and arresting the entire syndicate of human traffickers, who were scattered in various cities. He wanted the case to be completely crushed. Trish nodded obediently. He and Arlo immediately left the room. Rion snorted, then stood up from the sofa, and walked towards the window. For some time, the sound of someone's laughter disturbed his ears. From behind the window, he saw Odette playing with Daniel. The woman laughed heartily, and her face was filled with happiness. "You really like kids, don't you," Rion muttered. He remembered that Odette had told him she liked children
That night, Odette took her things out of the cupboard. There was nothing much, just the clothes she wore when she came from the future: a white dress and underwear. They would all be precious keepsakes for her if she really couldn't go back to her time. She sat on the edge of the bed and looked down at her white dress. It was the dress she wore when she wanted to visit her mother's grave. She also missed her mother very much. In the past, when she missed her mother very much, she would visit her grave. Sometimes, she would go to the places that she and her mother often went to spend time together. Now, she couldn't do that. She was now in a place far away from her mother's grave, so far away that she didn't know how to get home, and didn't know if she could go home or
"What did that witch say to you?" Rion asked, after letting the atmosphere be silent for five seconds, it made Odette slightly knit her brows. "Witch? Who?" "My grandma." "You call your grandmother a witch?" Odette felt incomprehensible. From the first time she came to the palace, she saw Rion always looking at His Highness Cristela with displeasure. "Just answer my question." "She didn't say anything." "If you don't answer my question, you won't be able to get out of here." Odette looked at Rion with surprise. What was really wrong with him? "Huh?" She was somewhat surprised when R
In the morning, Odette escorted Daniel and Zen to the palace courtyard, to the horse carriage that was waiting for them. The two children were going to be escorted by two royal knights to the Magnolia residence. "I will miss you very much," said Odette, who was currently crouching down in front of Daniel. The boy didn't say anything, but he hugged Odette tightly. Odette kissed Daniel's forehead as soon as the boy let go of her. "Please grow up healthy." Now she turned to look at Zen, and the boy's face immediately turned red. What's more, when Odette touched his cheek gently he looked like he was about to burst into a cry. "You are amazing. Daniel is very lucky to have a brother like you," said Odette. "Th-thank you. You are so kind, like an angel, I'm lucky to
In Odette's room, Anwen tried hard to persuade Odette not to leave. "Miss Ody, please don't go. If you go, I will have no friends, and I will be lonely. Miss Ody, please think again, for my sake." Odette turned to see Anwen, who looked at her with pleading eyes. With a heavy heart, she could not grant the princess' wish. Rion just kicked her out, if she stayed in the palace, that meant she was a shameless person. Odette touched Anwen's cheek, for a moment, her hand remained there. "Please, don't be like this, and please understand my situation. If you want to meet me, then you know where to look for me," she said, then hugged Anwen. After that, she wiped Anwen's tears that had fallen, and then she walked out. Anwen offer
Those voices made Odette frightened. Who was it? Odette was scared but she realized forced herself to get up. She got out of bed and staggered toward the door. From there, she peeked out through a gap and was surprised when she saw the scene outside, which was very chaotic. Things were strewn on the floor, while the tables and chairs were overturned, as were the shelves near the cupboards. Who did all those things? Was it a thief? Her eyes shifted slightly from the mess and widened when she saw a gray-haired man tinkering with an empty cupboard. Was that Rion? Did she miss him so much that she saw the thief as Rion? She blinked her warm eyes a few more times and then tried to focus and get a good look at the man out there.
Rion got out of bed, and a basin of water caught his attention. He furrowed his brows in confusion, then turned to look, and picked up a folded piece of cloth near the basin. "This… is…?" He rushed to touch Odette's forehead. It was slightly hot. He felt worried and relieved at the same time. He was worried because he knew that Odette had a fever, and he was relieved that Odette's fever wasn't too bad. He fell silent again while he looked at Odette. 'I told you to leave because I want you to always be fine, but seeing you like this… what should I do?' He snorted, then pulled his hand from Odette's forehead. He looked around before he finally walked out of the room. When he came out, he was surprised again when he saw the chaos that was currently in front of him. Obje
“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