Morning Dew's

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Because Prince Sera was silent. So Yuki then continued his words while stirring the tea in his cup using a small spoon. His eyes were still focused on staring at the contents of the cup. Dare not look into Prince Sera's eyes.

"I want to be alone, that's what I'm doing right now. Away from the kingdom, from everyone who knows me here" 

Yuki's feelings are now smashed. The damage that was happening inside him was quite severe. He needed time to recover, to recover from the pain he felt. Reconstructing her life in disarray, Yuki will somehow do it. Yuki himself did not know how. Only He knows, If Yuki stays here, he'll get worse. Many memories. Too much, which makes him always remembered and sad. Not to mention the royal situation that always made him unable to breathe with relief.

Everyone behaved like they understood Yuki's condition. But actually not, even though they understand. They will force Yuki to stay inside the palace for various reasons. If Yuki rebelled, they would force Yuki to stay.

Yuki did not want anyone to see her crying and then looked at her with pity. Yuki doesn't need any of that. 

Now all he could save was himself.

So, Yuki wanted to return to her world. Because there is a neutral place that no one can govern like in the kingdom.

It hurts to know a loved one has to go that way. And even more painful is the fact that Yuki has no power whatsoever to help her. 

If the Dalto Nobles killed the people who had been tormenting him all along, Yuki could still understand it. But the Dalto Nobles have killed too many innocent people. People who did not know him never even interacted with him other than the moments of their deaths. Those who did not participate in the suffering that the Dalto Nobles had endured.

The Dalto nobleman accepted his sentence, in the name of justice for his innocent victims.

All this time Yuki has been trying to improve the life of the Dalto Nobles. Gave her lots of friendship and affection. 

At first Yuki thinks everything is fine in the end, but Yuki is wrong.

Yuki has failed to save the Dalto Nobles. 

His heart was devastated by the death of his parents. And made worse by the bullyian received from around. The Dalto nobility for too long harbored grievances and grudges. Balgira knew of his weakness and took advantage of the hatred present in the Dalto Nobles. Making the Dalto Nobles a tool to achieve his goals.

Dalto's nobility was too fragile to be controlled by Balgira. However, at the critical moment when he saw Yuki dying by Balgira, he bravely saved Yuki and defied Balgira.

If the Dalto Nobles hadn't thwarted Balgira, Yuki would have been dead and the world on the verge of collapse.

Yuki knew the Dalto Nobles loved both his parents, especially his mother. The rose is her mother's favorite flower. The reason He continued his mother's hobby of taking care of the Roses was that the only memory his mother remembered was when He helped her mother take care of the roses in her mother's rose garden. 

Yuki imagines the Dalto Nobles have now met his mother. They were in a beautiful rose garden. No more pain. There is no loneliness. There is only peace. The two of them hugged each other to let go of the longing between a child and a mother. Laughing as a happy family.

"After this storm is over, I will return you home" Prince Sera said, making Yuki look up. Looking at Prince Sera could not believe his hearing. "I promise you" Prince Sera said again with a serious look like understanding the doubt in Yuki's heart.

They stared long enough.

"Thank you" Yuki said sincerely moments after the silence that occurred between the two.

"Now eat, you must have enough energy for cross-dimensional travel. If you are too weak, Naru will not be willing to help even if I give the order" persuaded Prince Sera while thrusting a roasted sweet potato whose steam is still steaming on the plate.

Both of them eat in silence. Busy with their own minds.

An hour later, the storm subsided. Prince Sera wrapped Yuki in his coat before they exited the hut. After making sure everything was safe, the Prince closed the door by hooking the wire from the doorknob to the nails on the wall.

"I'll ask people to fix the keys tomorrow" Prince Sera said as he helped Yuki down the Wood stairs to the path that led them to the riverbank.

Yuki moved her legs carefully. If it's rash, he could fall slipping in the river. The water is very cold. Prince Sera attentively always held Yuki at the right moment. Help him step up straight.

When they will turn downstream. Yuki turned around to look at the rose cottage of the Dalto Nobles behind Them. He observed every detail in the rose hut, as if this was the last time He would see it.

There are many memories in that cottage. Laughter, jokes, tears and dreams that color their day. Memories of when they shared grief and quarrels wove in Yuki's memories. Now the rose cottage feels hollow without its owner. Tears pooled again in Yuki's eyes. 

Somehow, Yuki seemed to see someone standing quietly among the neatly arranged roses in the safe room. The man looked at them. Like delivering his departure and hoping that one day Yuki will return.

When his heart was calmer.

Yuki rubbed the reminiscing tears to make it clearer to see. He felt ridiculous, there could be no one else in the rose cottage.

"What's Yuki doing ?" Asked Prince Sera from the side. 

Yuki looked up again. He looked to the point where he felt there was someone before. But when her views are much clearer, Yuki discovers that what she saw before was just a hallucination. 

There's no one there. Yuki just mislooked. Perhaps his subconscious who still expects the arrival of the Dalto Nobles makes Him fantasize is not careless.

"It's okay" Yuki finally said.

"Are you okay ?" Asked Prince Sera with a probing look. Yuki looks weird. It was like he was looking for something. His gaze spun the cottage area closely.

"Yes..Let's go" take Yuki back to turn around to continue the journey. Prince Sera made sure their surroundings were safe, then followed Yuki's footsteps.

Their footprints were imprinted on top of a pile of snow.

Yuki held her chest tightly. 

Goodbye goodbye...I won't forget you.

Yuki tightly closed the storybook in her heart, which was the story between Him and the Dalto Nobles. Keep a meeting in a special room of his own in his heart. 

This is not the first time Yuki has suffered a broken heart. The day is long. There is a lot to do and it will do. But one thing is certain, wherever Yuki is. He will remember the Dalto Nobles.