Harriet awoke to a bright sunny morning.
She immediately remembered that that day was the day when the final honouring ceremony for the war victims would be held. She turned to her right, where Liam hugged her tightly. The man always slept by the window and blocked out the sunlight that would dazzle her eyes in the morning.
This allowed Harriet to see the light coming into their room creating a glittering outline around Liam's body.
Every day it dawned, Liam was the first she saw, and she was grateful for it.
Although the man's figure looked dark because of his back to the light, to her he is the most shining in this world, like the sun that illuminates her life.
Harriet raised herself slowly, afraid to wake the man. And as expected, Liam really didn't wake up. His breathing seemed regular, and even though there was no heartbeat, Harriet could still feel the warmth on his body.
On a vast hill, thousands of coffins were lined up neatly.Heath stood beside the Emperor and Harriet, whose body was tightly wrapped in an oversized white fur coat. Liam stood by her side, embracing her waist tightly.The four of them stared into the distance.“They are young soldiers and knights…” Heath whispered.The Emperor fell silent, while Harriet turned, looking up at him.“They are so strong and brave. But the war took their souls just like that.”Heath's words pierced Axias' heart painfully. The middle-aged man's eyes narrowed at Ezekiel and Ezra who were standing far away from them, leading the procession close to the rows of graves dug in this vast hill."Even if we won, we've got nothing but sadness," Heath whispered quietly.Harriet raised her hand and stroked her brother's
Everyone understood what was going on.Maybe Harriet wasn't feeling well this morning, whether it was because of her pregnancy, or because of exhaustion because no one had heard anything serious had happened. Even so, Harriet's condition shocked Liam that he appeared to be in a bad mood for the rest of the day.This reminded them of the incident the other day when Ezra was sick after returning from the battlefield.Ezekiel stood for hours in front of Ezra's room, just to make sure that the woman continue to rest and didn't come out of the room.Then, when Ezra ran off somewhere, Ezekiel frantically tried to find her and chases her, to the point of startling a whole palace—no, they're even said to have shocked the whole capital!When compared to the incident when Ezekiel was worried about his wife that his chase shocked the entire capital, what ha
Harriet saw a smile bloom on the sky-blue-haired woman's face. Every time Harriet looked at Ezra, it was like seeing someone so familiar and gentle, like a cool breeze in the middle of summer.Ezra's eyes looked empty and dark, but Harriet felt she saw herself in them. Eyes that had been tired of life, eyes of someone who had suffered for far too long.“I heard you're getting better, Your Highness? I'm really relieved," said Harriet. She held out her hand and Ezra gently reached out to her too.“Everyone is exaggerating my condition. Obviously, I just caught a cold," said Ezra with a big smile. “Your Grace too, I heard people saw you visiting His Highness Serpentes this morning?”Harriet shook her head gently. "I'm just a bit tired. Don't worry."While Harriet and Ezra chatted merrily, Liam and Ezekiel fell silent. Ezekiel was lost in his mind, staring at
"For the survivors, and for those who left!""For the survivors, and for those who left!"The Lycans of the Amaryllis family raised their beer glasses high and cheered solemnly. They gulped down their drinks.The knights and soldiers present at the party stared at them in admiration. It was the Lycan's way of honouring the fallen and cheering on the survivors. When the Lycans asked for another glass of beer to drink together, everyone raised their glasses with them.Even the Emperor and his son also followed them."For those left behind, and for the fallen!"This time, everyone followed the Lycans' cheers."For those left behind, and for the fallen!"CLINK!GLUG GLUG GLUG GLUGBAM!Everyone put their beer glasses on the table with a loud noise and heaved a
It was almost as if a needle dropped to the floor, everyone would be able to hear it. The silence was almost suffocating.Zaha's cold and flat expression broke into pure anger and disgust."Who do you think you are? My Wangfei has been kind enough to give you a warning and you dare to raise your pathetic voice at her?” Zaha gritted his teeth.The man continued, with words that took people by surprise. “If it were up to me, I would definitely have the guards take you in so that you receive a hundred lashes.”Everyone didn't expect Zaha Serpentes to be able to speak in such a sharp and cruel tone. Including Harriet, who opened her mouth wide as soon as she entered the party hall. She was surprised—pleasantly surprised.She looked up at Liam who was grinning, seeming interested. The two then stared at each other.The cultures of the two c
So in the first place, it was all because she had her family status, not because she looked like a boy or was the slightest bit attractive in his eyes?Arai lowered her head sadly, and her expression darkened realizing the truth. For some reason, this saddened her more than she thought.But suddenly...CRACK!At that moment, everyone didn't realize that something was broken in Zaha's head. No one noticed, but in that second, Zaha silently experienced <Aura Awakening> in the midst of his anger.His golden eyes shone brightly, with pupils that constricted like those of a reptile. His breath turned cold, emitting a thin frosty smoke from his mouth, and that's when suddenly an ornate sword on the hall wall flew and landed in Zaha's hand.Just before death came to the humiliated, angry and terrified Josh, a golden flash of light shot from the side of the roo
Zaha tried to find out where Arai was. He looked around the hall and walked into a garden. He looked in all directions, and the moonlight lit up the night sky making his figure look much more beautiful.His white skin looked a little flushed. As the night sky gently blew, blowing his sleeves, he finally saw Arai sitting on a park bench, alone.Arai had a great and curvaceous body. Her lean muscles that made up her body looked so strong, but there was enough plumpness all in the right places.Her normally puffed-up chest was now slightly hunched over… and even though she was now wearing a maroon knight uniform, her expression showed that she was actually just an ordinary woman.But what Zaha saw was enough to leave him stunned. Zaha's eyes widened, and the pounding in his chest bothered him even more.At this moment, Zaha remembered what he had just done in front of everyon
Penelope Zircon stood alone in the hallway. Not far from her was the entrance to the banquet hall, where perhaps her friends had been waiting for her.But she really felt like she couldn't get in there… in the midst of people who had just returned from the war.Penelope was ashamed. She had told herself many times that the war wasn't her fault. But the war began with a declaration that occurred at the party she attended that day.She felt guilty because, at that time Ezra was protecting her from Celine's humiliation, and everything ended in chaos. One could say, this was what indirectly triggered everything.If she didn't anger Celine, there might be a solution about Sorcery that was better than war—"Miss Zircon."Penelope flinched. She looked to her back and saw Heath standing with a beautiful petite woman by his side. There was also a man with