The Goddess and the Cursed Prince
14. Start Receiving?
Ijima and Chriss relationship back tenuous, now he rarely accompanied Chriss to run the task as a leader because of his condition is pregnant.
To entertain his son-in-law, King Kodama invited famous painters to paint Ijima.
Of course the woman gave her best pose and smile, the painter even to the point of being fascinated by the beauty of the queen.
"Really, you are very beautiful, Queen," praised the painter as he looked at her work. He painted Ijima holding his belly while smiling meaningfully.
"Thank you for your praise, sir," Ijima replied with a warm smile.
After the activity, Ijima sat on the river bank accompanied by Sam, because Annie's lady-in-waiting was going to the kingdom of Asteria after getting a letter from there.
Ijima flipped through page after page to learn more about the monster residing in Chriss' body, Ijima to his horror shuddered as soon as he realized the creature was created directly by the Black Hermit to destroy the disciples of the White Hermit.
Secretly Sam glanced at what the woman was reading, both of his eyebrows furrowing.
"Did you talk to him about it?" inner Sam wondered, it seemed like he had to make sure directly to the Kodama King later.
"Sir, can I ask you something?" tanya Ijima without turning her face away from her reading book.
"Sure, Queen."
"Did you follow the battle of the Kingdom of Celosia with the Kingdom of Neoma at that time?" ask Ijima again.
Sam knew what the Queen of Neoma would ask, "Sorry Queen, I did not join the war because I was on a mission to the other city."
Ijima sighed in disappointment, "Why is it so hard to find the culprit."
Sam did not reply, the man's Roman feather stood up. Feeling the woman's anger, Sam could not say that the perpetrator Ijima was looking for was now her husband.
"I had to find the perpetrator before this child was born" Ijima said.
"Why the Queen?"
"I promised before Shwan's body that I would kill the masked man with my own hands" Ijima replied, his tone calm but with a deep grudge.
The man could not imagine if one day Ijima knew that Chriss killed his lover, would the woman give him mercy? Or keep his promise.
...👑...
Somewhere, a girl was crying a hiccup while tightly hugging the man wearing the robe with the moon symbol behind him.
"Chriss, please don't leave me," whined the girl expectantly.
Chriss did not budge, he let Maki hug herself as much as possible before she completely left the girl.
"Yes." Yeah." Chriss's reply made Maki's smile expand, "But that was then, now that sense was gone in the blink of an eye."
Maki's heart was like a dagger at that moment, it hurt so much, "Is that because of Ijima? Need me to kill him to get you back to me?"
Chriss takes off Maki's embrace violently, his index finger pointing at Maki, "If you dare to do that, I'll make sure the Helios Kingdom is flat right then and there."
The girl goosebumps at Chriss's threat, who wouldn't be afraid if her residence was leveled? Especially if Chriss did it with his mix of monster power.
Chriss steps away after Maki is pensively unresponsive to his threat, after Chriss disappears from her sight Maki's body falls on the ground.
"When I came, but why did he get it" the girl grumbled, hitting the ground.
After arriving in the Neoma Kingdom, Chriss asked one of the maids where Ijima was.
The dayang replied that Ijima was relaxing by the lake, once he got a definite answer, the Neoma leader rushed to the edge of the lake and sure enough. Ijima was reading a book, behind him was Sam who faithfully carried out his orders.
Actually Sam was reluctant to comply with the request of his sister, but eventually he complied with the forced and insinuations he made to Chriss.
Chriss did not dare to meet Ijima, all he could do right now was monitor from a distance.
Sam faintly glanced at Chriss as soon as he realized the presence of his sister, even though Chriss had closed his aura, Sam could still feel it.
"Company him, fool," Sam said by telepathy.
"Not for now" Chriss replied briefly, preferring to accompany Ijima from behind the mother's favorite rose plant.
...👑...
In the kingdom of Asteria, Queen Ryoika screamed in frustration with bitter tears, honestly she did not accept if her daughter who was pregnant with the child of Chriss Kodama.
"Your majesty, how is this, Ijima will be killed, please do something," asked Queen Ryoika, Annie's lady-in-waiting looked at the former goddess, she could not bear to see her with this state of being.
King Oda hugged Queen Ryoika tightly, "Relax, everything will be fine, Ijima is your daughter, the daughter of a goddess. He's not gonna die that easy."
"But—"
"Sstt, their destiny can only be changed if the two decide to part, right? I know that Chriss is only a human being who is the container of the monster Geni, unlike Shwan who was appointed as a knight of the sky to protect and accompany Ijima, although a tragic fate befall him," King Oda quickly cut.
That is why Dewi Emina does not comment on the relationship of Shwan and Ijima because they are both the choice of Goddess who will someday work together in leading the kingdom of the sky.
Queen Ryoika nodded her head to understand what her husband said, her small heart must still worry about the fate of Ijima.
