Throughout the day, thousands of troops led by Ariana moved to go to the southern border. They passed through mountains, valleys, and various other terrains to move from city to city. If they were lucky to arrive in the city before nightfall, numerous troops would have a roof to stay over before continuing. But if they couldn't get to the city before sunset, they could only be content with setting up tents in a relatively safer place.As someone who never goes too far from her territory, Ariana learns countless new things along the way. Each time they entered a different territory, Ariana discovered that their way of working was also different from Alison's territory or the capital city. Ariana remembered well the characteristics of each region she passed through. With her experience in leading a large army on this battlefield, she would not be able to feel if she only read books in her large library.This time, they were forced to rest again in the vast meadows. After building the te

While everyone was risking their lives to save the lives of innocent people, Albert who had managed to take the attacked villagers to take refuge in Alard Town screamed in frustration as the townspeople didn't want to open the gates for the refugees who had just arrived. They kept saying that if they opened the gates of the fortress, they too would be attacked like those people.“Duke Andrew of the Alison Family has given you orders! Quickly open this gate, or we will break it down by force!”Albert shouted in frustration as the people still wouldn't change their minds. Since they had not yet finished with the mission of bringing the residents to a safe place, many soldiers died to buy time on the front lines.“Hah, Duke Andrew will die because he cares too much for insignificant people. But, I'm different. I won't help those people for the safety of those in this fortress!”“That damn Lord!”Cale, the older brother of Valencia who was in his father's army, was completely furious when

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

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

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