The Queen Of Time
Time to Recover (Thirteen)
Calistha continued to walk impatiently down the long hallways leading towards the space
aiden Personal. Since then his mind continues to rotate the terrible events carried out by Aiden in his dream. But, quickly Calistha get rid of all those thoughts, especially when she remembers the events of her kiss with Aiden that felt so real she felt. Even his lips now felt strange twitching when he imagined Aiden's thin lips were pulverizing gently. But, naively Calistha continued to deny all these things from inside her head and chose to forget about it immediately, because now she had to ask Aiden for permission to see Tiffany. Do not let what happens in his dream happen in the real world and make him more frustrated about his miserable life.
"I want to meet the king of Aiden" Calistha said arrogantly to a guard who was standing rigidly in front of the large door of Aiden's private room. The guard glanced at Calistha at a glance with the face of his feet, and after that he immediately allowed Calistha to enter his master's room.
"Good morning, dear? How did you sleep last night, was it good?"
From behind her seat of greatness, Aiden seemed to smile grinning at Calistha while allowing Calistha to sit on the chair in front of her desk. The man this morning looked so handsome in his great black-red suit. Makes her look so cruel and haughty at the same time.
"I just wanted permission to see Tiffany. Is he still in the holding cell?" calistha asked with a worried face. Right now he was truly afraid that the dream would come true. But, according to Yuri, the king has not punished anyone at all since two weeks ago. So he felt he had a little bit of hope for that.
"I didn't give you permission to see your siblings in prison. For now you just have to focus on our wedding tomorrow morning?"
"What's? So, we're really not married? And... And you haven't killed my brother?" calistha asked in disbelief with a face that looked sparkling. Aiden scrunched his forehead cluelessly as he stared cynically at Calistha.
"Are you hallucinating again? Obviously our marriage will be held tomorrow morning on the night of the full moon. I hope you don't try to escape my palace after this." said Aiden flat and coldly.
"I won't run away from your palace, but if I have the chance, then I will. Don't expect me to be willing to marry you, because I don't love you at all." Calistha bitterly replied in anger. Aiden gripped the end of his wooden table tightly, trying to control
his anger will explode in a moment. The woman, for some reason, likes to start a fight with him. In fact, while he was trying to reconcile with the woman, he still ignited his emotions with his scathing and cynical words. What's really wrong with him? Why does the woman keep looking at him with disgust, while the other women always scramble to attract his attention?
"What do you really want from me? Why do you always reject me and look at me like I'm a very disgusting man?" aiden asked coldly and flatly. Calistha seemed perplexed to answer Aiden's question because she never thought Aiden would ask him this.
"I. I want you to be a good man and not kill anyone anymore" replied Calistha slightly thinking. Honestly, he doesn't know what he wants from Aiden. Moreover, he never knew if the reason behind Aiden's cruel and arrogant attitude all this time. But, in his mind only that answer echoed there, the rest were just ideas of trying to escape from the cruel king's palace.
"okay? How do you measure someone's kindness?"
Again Aiden asked Calistha a difficult question. The woman now appears to be playing around with the tip of her dress nervously because she feels confused by the answer she will give Aiden. What he really meant by well was something simple. He grew up in the kingdom of Hora. There all those who never snapped at him and always respected him were good people. So what he means well here is the basic goodness possessed by a human being. It's just that sometimes humans have had other virtues of a higher level and
the process of getting a good degree in him is also more difficult. And maybe that's what Aiden is going through. His kindness was no longer a basic level kindness. He has other higher virtues, but only a few know them.
"Of course it's good that I don't think anyone has ever treated someone as cruelly and arbitrarily as you. Why are you asking me? Did you not know what was meant so well?" ask Calistha grumbling. Aiden chuckled softly at Calistha's unexpected expression. He thought Calistha could answer his question with a satisfactory answer, but it turned out that the woman could not answer his question correctly and instead diverted it with her explosive attitude that looks funny. Aiden then thinks that Calistha really needs a life lesson so that he can distinguish between real good and pseudo-good.
"I just want to know the meaning of goodness in your view. All right, forget it. So, you
coming to my room this early is just asking for permission to meet your sister?"
"Yes, I want to see Tiffany's condition. Have you been feeding him properly all this time? I. I'm afraid of losing her. He's the only brother I have."
I don't know why he suddenly said a little of his feelings to Aiden. All of that was said just like that, without being able to prevent it. However, his cold heart and always frightened, now it feels warmer after he said what he felt to Aiden. And, in fact, he was quite aware that it would weaken him in the presence of Aiden.
"If you're afraid of losing him, then let him stay there. Trust me, that he'll be safer there."
"Parent? Just be right. The prison was dark, damp, and also dirty. Tiffany will never be safe if she's in there. Why don't you take Tiffany out and bring her to life with me. If you let go of Tiffany and give her a decent life, I'll be willing to marry you. Because I don't want to owe anyone a debt of gratitude, so I will definitely keep my promise if you're worried that I'll run away while the wedding is going on" Calistha assures. The woman looked very hopeful for Aiden. At least he wants to see his brother free and find a decent life there. Let him be a prisoner of the cruel man, provided that his loved ones can live happily.
"No. Whatever reward you give me, I won't let Tiffany go. In fact, I would absolutely not give him a decent life in my palace." Aiden replied firmly with a cold and piercing look. The man then immediately preoccupied himself again with various reports of crops from various areas of his power. He was not looking to retaliate against the confrontation Calistha was about to face. He knew that in a moment the woman would explode again because she had clearly refused the wish
the woman was to free Tiffany. But, all of that of course he did because he wanted to protect Calistha. From the very beginning he met Tiffany, he knew that she had something terrible in her. And he was afraid that Tiffany would harm Calistha one day. But, unfortunately the woman in front of him at this time could not see the cunning in Tiffany. The woman simply assumed the people who never treated her badly were the good ones. Those people were just waiting for an opportunity to bully him and make him fall so hard that he could not get up again. So, while Aiden is still able to protect Calistha, he will do all sorts of things to protect her. Including dirtying his hands with the blood of those cruel people though.
"Why are you so mean and selfish? What's really inside your head that you can hurt someone else?" ask Calistha in flames. This time his anger was already unstoppable after Aiden firmly told him he could not let go of Tiffany. Though he had painstakingly lowered his self-esteem by rewarding himself and his body to the man, but what he got was a firm rejection that he did not want to be denied at all. What exactly is that man hiding? Why is it so hard to understand and guess?
"Because I have my own reasons for doing that. You'd better get out of my room now, because you've been interfering with my work." throw Aiden rudely and instantly preoccupy himself again with all sorts of reports strewn across his desk. Calistha clenched her hands furiously while looking in disbelief at Aiden. He felt that his pride had been trampled so cruelly by the man. It should have been from the beginning that he had not decided to meet the man and asked for his humility to let go of Tiffany. He then determined to himself, if he was going to release Tiffany from that prison, no matter what. In fact, if necessary, he would take up arms against the ruthless man.
"Why are you still here? Didn't I tell you to come out?" aiden asked cynically without looking at Calistha's face in the slightest. Angrily, Calistha walked out of the large room while stomping her heels violently onto Aiden's thick carpet, until there is a fairly noisy debum sound from the steps of the woman. But, Aiden tried not to care and let the woman do whatever she wanted. After all, he was sure, no matter how strongly he forbade the woman, Calistha would actually be even more rebellious and fight against her. So, he was sure that after this the woman would definitely do all sorts of ways to release Tiffanya and escape from her palace before her marriage took place.
"We see, what can you do after this baby?" aiden muttered meaningfully.
-00-
At half-ten, Calistha was ready in her room to wait for Max to arrive. If what happened in his dream will come true, then Max should come soon. Yes, he had just asked Sunny when the palace dancers would practice dancing in the palace courtyard. Sunny then replied that the court dancers would practice at ten, so she thought Max would come to her room before ten.
Calistha immediately looked up her head quickly when suddenly Max entered into her room in a warrior outfit that was so similar to her dream last night. He then approached Max with his face stiff and pale because he suddenly remembered Max's body that was spitting out so much blood when Aiden killed him. Now he began to believe that the dream was a hundred percent real and through the dream God seemed to be giving a message for him so that he could save Gazelle, Max, and Tiffany.
"Max, where's Gazelle?" calistha asked frantically regardless of the surprised look Max had shown her. But, Calistha tried not to care about it because now she was trying to save time, so that everything went quickly, according to her plan.
"Where do you know if I came here with Gazelle?"
"That doesn't matter Max. But, we need to find Gazelle right now because of all your lives
in danger." said Calistha in panic. Max then tries to calm Calistha by pulling the woman to sit on a soft sofa near her bed. Instantly the shadow in his dream again flashed in his brain until he felt nauseous because of the fear and panic continued to pierce his feelings at this time.
"Calm down. Tell me, what exactly is going on with you? Did King Aiden know of our disguise?"
Calistha shook her head slowly in front of Max while looking at that face fixedly.
"Max, i... ahh, how do I explain it to you?" calistha sighed in frustration as she grasped the end of her dress in a huff. While Max who had looked serious waiting for the continuation of Calistha's words seemed to try to calm the woman from the immortality of her heart. The man held Calistha's shoulders slowly and told Calistha to calm down a little.
"Calm down, what do you want to tell me? Why do you know if I came here with Gazelle? And.. Do you know Gazelle?"
"Look Max, actually me and Gazelle are a couple of best friends. We used to practice swords and martial arts together in the forbidden forest. Then, about why I found out you and Gazelle were coming here because last night I had a dream. In my dream you and Gazelle are trying to take me away from the kingdom of Chronos because tomorrow the king will marry me. But, before you take me away, I ask you to save Tiffany in the dungeon. Unfortunately, you were captured by the ruthless king's army and. Max, I'm afraid that my dream will come true, because some things in the dream are happening now. Is Gazelle waiting for you in the palace garden?"
"We promised to meet there. What was? Did you see what he was doing there?" max tried to calm down. Calistha seemed to think hard to remember anything she remembered in her dream.
"Max, I didn't actually see what Gazelle was doing at all in this kingdom. I'm just asking you to save Tiffany, and then you go to that prison with Gazelle. We need to find Gazelle now. It is possible that he has made a mistake until you are easily caught by the army of King Aiden. You know, I think your disguises are perfect, but I don't know why the king could catch you so easily. Come on Max, we have to hurry." said Calistha impatiently and immediately walked quickly to the door of his room. Max then immediately put on
helmet his soldier again, and walk quietly behind Calistha. Every now and then they cross paths with some other soldiers who seemed to be staring at them with strange faces. Max then realized something, the soldier was staring at Calistha's strange face because of her panicked and rushed look. When the situation around them was quite quiet, Max began to stretch out his hand to stop Calistha's wide footsteps. According to him, he had to tell Calistha if the woman did not need to be that sweet, because what was experienced by the woman was only a dream, everything was not necessarily really happening at this time.
"Cals, relax. Since then the soldiers have been staring at you with their strange eyes. I hope you can manage your emotions a little. After all, what is in your dream is not necessarily going to come true, dreams are just flowers of sleep" said Max calming. But, Calistha just seemed to dislike and
he just took Max's hand off his shoulder. She was disappointed in Max because he didn't believe her at all. He was very confident that the dream would soon become a reality today. And before all that happened, he was just trying to fix everything. He doesn't want to lose Gazelle, Max, and Tiffany. Not in the sword of King Aiden.
"Didn't you trust me? Do you think everything I told you was just a joke?" calistha asked started to get emotional. Max shook his head quickly and attempted to hold Calistha's shoulder again. But, the woman was already offended by his words and he just walked away leaving her without looking at the man in the slightest. Max then decides to follow Calistha in silence, knowing that Calistha is currently angry with him. So, there is no use if he continues to pursue the woman and apologize. It is better to wait until the woman's emotions subside, and after that she will apologize to him.
"Your Majesty."
Suddenly the polite and subtle greeting stopped Calistha's sudden steps in front of her, making her almost hit Calistha's tiny body. Through his protective helmet, Max can see if Aiden's loyal bodyguard is walking towards Calistha while bowing respectfully. When Spencer finally had
standing in front of Calistha, the red-clothed man slightly cast a strange glance at the existence of Max who was currently behind Calistha. Though a moment ago the man said that he would only replace the duty of one of the soldiers who was sick, not to escort Calistha to walk around like this.
"Sorry Your Majesty, I surprised you. Do you need anything?" spencer asked politely, but since then his tail had been constantly lurking about every move made by Max, making Max a little uncomfortable and nervous.
"I just want to see the dancers in the palace courtyard."
"Does His Majesty indeed order the soldier to escort you, because the soldier should be standing guard at the gate now" Spencer said with emphasis on each word, intending to quip Max. Calistha who saw the existence of a strange gelagat from Spencer immediately twisted his brain to save Max. He knew that Spencer was beginning to suspect Max's existence in this palace, so he had to give Spencer a good reason before everything that happened in his dream came true.
"I asked him to accompany me. I think a queen candidate like me should indeed be given strict guard so that no one can hurt me." Calistha replied a little bark. For some reason, ever since he was in this kingdom, his barking and prideful attitude often appeared to strengthen his self-defense. Because he felt like a stranger in this kingdom, and he had no one in this kingdom who would defend him. So it is important for him to show an attitude of power in this kingdom so that his pride is not trampled by others.
"Yes, you are right, Your Majesty. But can't you ask one of the guards who was assigned to look after you?" spencer asked again, trying to extract the real information from Calistha. Because in fact he had placed his suspicions on that soldier since then.
"Eee, that guard seems to be busy. I accidentally met him in the hallway of the palace anyway, and he told me he was a gatekeeper. So, I don't think it would hurt if I went to the palace courtyard with him. Because he can go back to the palace gate, while I'll see a dance performance with king Aiden."
Suddenly Calistha remembered her dream in which Aiden was walking in the palace courtyard with the ministers. And hopefully his ploy to bring Aiden's name to this conversation will work.
"really? Then good luck watching His Majesty's dance performance. Excuse me.
With graceful steps Calistha began to walk leaving Spencer still faithfully bowing his head while looking at the movement of the woman through the tail of his eyes. After Calistha was gone, Spencer began to re-enforce his body while observing Max's steady back with a strange feeling.
"The soldier. I must investigate immediately." murmured Spencer softly before he walked away towards the left wing of the palace.
