No T_T I love Duke Andrew... But in the end, I still have to kill him like this #sad
After they made a journey that took almost a month, the troops led by Ariana finally saw the mountain that became the beginning of the southern border. Ariana's face was full of excitement, as she immediately ordered her troops to go faster.Soon … Soon, Ariana will meet her grandfather. Ariana clearly couldn't wait to tell her grandfather so many things. She also had to break the news of how Prince Raoul finally had officially ascended as a crown prince without any disagreements. She had to convey how hard she worked for Alison's territory, or how much Ariana missed her grandfather.When Ariana imagined her grandfather's happy face when he heard the news, the girl subconsciously smiled a little too. But, her smile slowly faded, as she saw the silhouette of a man on horseback approaching her at an abnormal speed.“Everyone, get ready!”The atmosphere of the troops immediately tensed when Ariana shouted which was followed by the shouts of the captains of the troops. Everyone waited nerv
No one knew how long Ariana was there after the girl was too tired to cry or scream. Ariana just stood there, until the girl suddenly stood back up after she finished hugging Duke Andrew's body. Ariana's eyes filled with pain, as she returned to put on her helmet to hide her emotions from everyone else.From start to finish, Ariana was unaware that Cornell saw it all. The girl was still trying to look tough, as she returned to the battlefield calmly.“Lady Aria ….”When Ariana had just returned, the girl saw another familiar corpse among many corpses her army had begun to collect to receive a proper burial. While being surrounded by Cale and Valencia, who was crying loudly, Albert's corpse closed its eyes as if he were asleep. A round wound hit his neck precisely. From the wound, Ariana could guess that the leader of the knights died from being hit by an arrow in the neck.While they were all grieving, the gates of Alard Town which were originally tightly closed finally opened again. A
Due to the sacrifices of Duke Andrew's troops that had bought time until Ariana's troops arrived, the Orvel Kingdom's troops seemed to have suffered heavy losses, so they didn't attack the area around Alard Town for a while. This was used by Ariana's troops to prepare to hold funerals for those who had fallen. Hundreds of citizens and soldiers were mobilized to build a mass cemetery. Everyone wears simple clothes, to honor the souls of those who have died.Being in the front row, Ariana watched as one by one, the bodies were placed in one place to be burned together. Even Duke Andrew, who was a war hero, had to be burned there because bringing him back to Alison's territory seemed to be impossible. The sound of crying echoed everywhere. Those who lost their families, lovers, and friends wept together in that place.Ariana also couldn't stop the tears from rolling down her face, when she saw the bodies of her grandfather and James being taken to get their final rest. Both of them are t
Emilio stared bored at his large bedroom window. Since childhood, he had a habit of gazing at the situation outside his palace through the window when he was feeling anxious. It felt like it had been a long time since Emilio had last seen Ariana. He missed his fiancé, the only love he had in this world.It's a shame that even though he's now a king, he's nothing more than his mother's other doll. Emilio never held any power in government. He could only say yes to all of his mother's requests, until the moment when she was satisfied and allowed him to see Ariana again.“Where are you, Ana … I miss you … Miss you so much ….”Emilio pressed his hand to the window as he didn't stop worrying about Ariana. Ever since his fiancé was poisoned by someone he didn't know, his mother had always said that Ariana was taken away from the territory of the Sigmund Kingdom for her healing. It was now the third year since Emilio couldn't see Ariana. The man couldn't help but worry when he didn't get any
After there were only mother and child in the place, Queen Dowager Melisa finally smiled again, even though her smile was slowly getting weirder.“Honey, you should know why Ariana got poisoned in the first place. After the Alison family lost its power, people started to become dissatisfied with your engagement with Ariana. If you keep pushing to keep your engagement with Ariana, even if Ariana recovers, in the end, you just would put her in danger again at this rate.”Queen Dowager Melisa saw Emilio's dissatisfied face, so she immediately continued with caution.“However, the story will be different if Princess Elle becomes your queen while Ariana becomes your concubine. A concubine will not have political power, so Ariana can live comfortably with you after she's okay. I also know that Princess Elle is not an unreasonable girl. As long as you marry her and make her a queen, there won't be a problem, even if you spend all your love just for Ariana.”Emilio hesitated a little when he
Emilio had known Cornell for years. The man knew that Cornell was unlikely to talk nonsense at the end of his life. His feet unconsciously moved quickly to go to the palace garden that Cornell meant, although his heart kept screaming not to believe Cornell's words just like that.Emilio didn't want to believe that the mother he respected so much had dared to lie to him all this time. Ariana should be on her way to return to the Sigmund Kingdom. His fiancé was fine, not as tormented as Cornell had previously spoken of.But just this once, Emilio was forced to swallow the bitter truth his mother had been hiding. After Emilio continued to search like a crazy person, he actually found the body of a woman in the place Cornell had mentioned earlier. The bodies found were not random corpses. Even though her face was bloodied and crushed, Emilio could still recognize who the pitiful corpse was.Emilio's entire world seemed to crumble as soon as he was forced to accept that cruel reality. From
“Emilio … My son … Please wake up for Mother ….”In Emilio's abandoned room, Queen Melisa sat while still holding her son's hand tightly. Ever since King Alexius had said that Emilio was no longer a crown prince, Queen Melisa had been living in extreme despair. She couldn't kill King Alexius for his son's sake, but she was unable to wake her son from his long slumber either. Queen Melisa was even contemplating suicide if only Emilio didn't wake up until Raoul made it to the capital.At least if she died, no one could threaten her to give King Alexius the antidote to the poison she made. Queen Melisa bit her lips tightly, as she thought about the bad ending that might happen to her.Just as she was lost in thought, the hand she was holding slowly moved back. Queen Melisa was so shocked that she forgot to call the doctor. Her eyes only continued to stare at her son's face, which was slowly starting to get its color back.Time seemed to pass so long as Emilio's eyelids began to tremble l
No one knew how long Emilio was silent until the man suddenly straightened up again. The pain that plagued his head disappeared, when Emilio finally managed to piece together the memories between the two versions of himself.“Ana forgives me.”Along with the return of his originally messy memories, Emilio also managed to remember what happened when he was in a coma. All the conversations that were held nearby were recorded clearly, including when Ariana came to visit him and said things that only Ariana from the future knew. Emilio never thought he would be given the chance to love Ariana again after his death. If the man had known he would be sent to the past after his death, Emilio might have killed himself sooner.However … The man knew there had been some changes in the past because of Ariana. For example, the prince who should have died as a useless person has become his greatest enemy at this time. Because not only was Prince Raoul trying to aim for the throne that rightfully be