"BROTHER!" Anwen's scream that sounded panicked made the three people in the room startled. Trish immediately got up to open the door, followed by Rion and Odette. "Brother!" Rion was surprised because Anwen suddenly called him, and he was confused because Anwen looked panicked. "What is it?" he asked. "Emperor Dario and his three thousand troops are heading for Panthera." Rion's eyes widened as his breath hitched slightly when he heard what Anwen had just said. The same thing seemed to happen to Trish. "Who told you this?" Roon asked. Anwen explained that she had been alerted by a soldier carrying a message from the troop leader guarding the southern border. "The soldier is waiting outside," Anwen added. Without further ado, Rion immediately went to meet the soldier for more information, while Trish, Anwen and Odette followed closely behind. "Is everything you said true?" Rion asked as soon as he stood face to face with the soldier, who was carrying a message from the southe
Emperor Dario's eyes widened slightly when he saw Aathreya standing there, facing his way. Seeing Aathreya, all the troops wondered who the man was. "Your Majesty, do you know the man?" asked David, a man who had a burn scar on his left face. He was the emperor's right-hand man. Dario did not answer the question from him. When he was five meters in front of Aathreya, he ordered all his troops to stop. Aathreya smiled crookedly. "Stay here. I'll be right back," Dario said to David then got off the horse and walked over to Aathreya. A curtain of dust flew as the wind blew between the two of them as they stood opposite each other. "Aathreya." Dario's brows furrowed. "I'm flattered that you still recognize me. Long time no see, Dario Archadela. Ah, no. I mean son-in-law." Aathreya smiled sarcastically. Aathreya could forget the names of everyone in this world. However, he could never forget the name of the man who had ruined his daughter's life. The emperor fell silent with an unch
Aathreya looked up at the randomly arranged clouds in the blue sky. 'I also sinned and I will pay for it one day,' he thought. He closed his eyes and the image of Knight Lucas appeared in his mind. The young man did nothing wrong, but he had to be dragged into the flow of Aathreya's revenge. He kept his eyes closed until the sounds of many horse steps entered his sense of hearing his eyes opened. Rion, who was still riding his horse, was quite surprised to see Aathreya standing at the forest exit. Trish and the soldiers wondered who the man in black was. Rion got off the horse and then immediately saluted Aathreya. Hearing the king call the man by the name Aathreya, Trish and the soldiers were shocked. They all knew about Aathreya, who was the great wizard, but they never saw his face. Trish immediately dismounted and saluted the great wizard, while the soldiers whispered in disbelief at what they were seeing. "Go back to your palace. The man is gone." "What?" Rion didn't have
Odette followed Trish secretly until she arrived at Rion's door. From the gap in the door, she peeked at what Trish was doing in Rion's room in the middle of the night, and why was Trish carrying a rope? Odette was surprised when she saw Trish was tying Rion to the bed, and Trish did it out of Rion's orders. Why? After a few minutes, Trish finally came out and Odette quickly followed suit. "Trish!' Hearing someone call out to him, Trish stopped then turned around. He was quite surprised to see Odette walking towards him. "Miss Odette, what are you doing here?" he asked as soon as Odette stood before him. "Can we talk for a minute?" Even though he was confused, Trish still nodded. He invited the girl to talk on the terrace. "So, what do you want to talk about?" Trish asked, not long after they reached the terrace. Odette told Trish that she had followed him to Rion's room and she saw Trish tying the king to the bed. "Trish, does Rion do all that because he was afraid that h
"Ahahaha, sorry, Rose, but I don't dare to mediate the emperor's fight with the king. I still want to live," Lucas said and smiled. There was no worry on his face at all. This annoyed Rose. The woman now turned to David. She persuaded David to stop the duel, but just like Lucas, David also still loved his life. Meanwhile, down below, Dario and Rion had exchanged attacks and displayed a fierce sword duel. "Don't expect yourself to get out of the arena alive," Dario said while doing a quick attack that knocked Rion back, but Rion responded calmly. "You really want to kill the father of your grandson?" "My grandson will be fine without you." Dario's face was already red with anger, and Rion was enjoying the sight immensely. "Then Rose D. Panther will be very sad," he teased, and made Dario's anger flare up even more. "HOW DARE YOU CHANGE ROSE'S LAST NAME WITH YOUR NAME!" Dario screamed so loudly that the veins in his neck bulged out. He lunged with his sword ready to slash. "Rion
Odette waited for Rion at the entrance of the rose garden. Actually, she really wanted to go in but she had been told by Anwen and the servants that the king did not allow anyone to enter the garden except on cleaning days, and even then, only the servants who had been assigned were allowed to enter.After Odette waited for about three hours, Rion finally came out, and he was quite surprised to find Odette standing in front of the entrance."What are you doing here?" he asked as he stood in front of Odette."I was waiting for you," said Odette, frankly. "Before you get busy with work, I thought we could have a casual chat for a bit.""Is this part of the treatment?" Rion asked. They started walking side by side and left the garden area."So, what do you want to talk to me about?" Rion led the way then sat down on a bench. His facial expression looked serious even though Odette wanted to talk to him casually.It was still early. The dew had not even evaporated from the leaves and flowe
"Arlo?" Trish was a little surprised to see Arlo's sudden appearance. "What's wrong? Why are you here?" he asked after Arlo saluted him. "I was sent by Her Highness Cristela to tell His Majesty the King to immediately return to the palace, because King Edward will come to the palace. Her Highness Cristela wanted King Rion to return to welcome them," explained Arlo. After hearing his right-hand's report, Trish rushed to tell the king what Arlo had just said. However, when he arrived at the king's study, he didn't see the king there. He turned to go to the king's room, but the king was not there either. He was confused and wondered where the king had gone. Trish asked the servants about the whereabouts of the king, but no one knew where the king was. He was starting to get a little worried as it was unusual for the king to leave without telling him. Trish wondered if this time the king was taken over again, but by whom? Lucifer? No, because if it was Lucifer, then he would have alr
Rion didn't respond to Odette's words. He took the chair climbed into it to untie the rope that was hanging from the ceiling. However, when he looked up he felt dizzy and his neck hurt too. "If you're dizzy, don't force yourself. I'll let it go," said Odette, watching him. "Here, let me do it." "I don't need your help," Rion replied flatly. "Okay." Odette crossed her arms. She knew this man was too stubborn, so she didn't insist to help him. Fifteen seconds passed, but Rion still didn't manage to let go of the rope, and instead felt even more dizzy from looking up for too long, plus the chair kept on rocking, which made him feel even more dizzy. Odette let out a tired breath, then held the chair so it wouldn't sway, even though Rion had said he didn't need help. "What are you doing?" Rion asked, looking down. "Playing chess," answered Odette lazily, raising an eyebrow. "..." "I'm being very kind, if I was someone else I would have left you," Odette raved, but soon she was sur