
After falling asleep Riri woke up confused, just like when he woke up and saw Altha who clutched herself tightly to not want to let go and locked him for 3 days in the tent, today he was just as confused as that day. At that time Riri woke up and time had run 3 years without him knowing and today he felt he had just slept for a while when he and Altha left for the capital but Altha said that he had already sleeping for 1 week.
"This?" Riri awakens confused to see that she has awakened in Altha's room in the prince's palace.
"You're sober, I'm sorry. I promise I won't make you tired again, you've been freaking me out for 1 week. After you fell asleep for 3 years and then you passed out and fell asleep for 1 week, the palace healer said because you're a soy sauce, but everything still scares me." clearly Altha with a relieved look and hugged Riri tightly.
"I slept for 1 week? It's not that I just slept in the train as we headed to the capital huh." asked Riri puzzledly
"Yes you did sleep in the train while we were on our way to the capital, but you couldn't wake up after that and fall asleep for a week" Altha explained to Riri who looked confused.
"How is it possible, why do I keep losing time here" muttered Riri puzzled.
"What's wrong with you, don't scare me." Altha hugged Riri again very tightly.
"Altha, do you know? I don't think that if I fall asleep long enough, I just fall asleep for a while. But why did I lose so many moments here." explained Riri to Altha and Altha staring confusedly.
"What do you mean?" asked Altha who was getting curious and confused.
"Do you know, when there was a notice that there was a riot in the outer regions of the kingdom and the kingdom - my little kingdom and princess Sui were planning something for princess You Li and princess Sui to report the incident to her father king Ho so he had his men come to pick up princess You Li back to the southern kingdom by force." explained Riri to Altha. "I didn't see you then and I didn't know anything else after I had a cup of tea, I felt sleepy and I fell asleep..." Riri explained everything clearly and told her what she was going through, and Altha listened more confused because Riri said that she could not sleep for 3 years or 1 week because she only fell asleep for a while.
"Where possible, I clearly saw you and waited for you until I was finally forced to leave you at the senior healer and return triumphantly. Likewise at this moment, I accompanied you onward and left the matter to Yorgun and Baron and Jang Yong, you said that you fell asleep for only a short while. What the hell's going on? the healers also said that you are okay and there is no disease" Altha said with a worried look.
"I don't know Altha either, but that's exactly what happened and I feel" explained Riri again who was equally confused.
Altha silently had no answer or question to be asked to Riri, all that was in Altha's heart was a sense of tightness and also fear that. Riri can leave her at any time.
"Altha, actually for a few days I feel tightness and also pain in the chest that I do not know what causes it, and this is also what I experienced after I planned to pick up You Li's daughter. And when I fell asleep I had a strange dream, in that dream I saw my real body lying helpless. Is it because my soul is leaving my body that my body is in a bad state. Will my body leave if I can't go back? I also do not understand why I can enter into this story and why I can see the condition of my body in a dream, it was as if I was somewhere and was standing between the dream gates" Riri said, staring down as she also felt a sense of confusion about her condition.
"Riri, you're my queen. And I won't let you leave me for whatever reason, because you can only go and get back to your body if I die, but other than that I won't let you go anywhere, won't." Altha replied while hugging Riri's body. "Well you rest I'll find a healer first." Altha got up and got out of the room.
"Prince." rebuked Yaris who was waiting outside the room.
"Take him and don't let him sleep, talk to him about anything I'll go find a healer." Altha orders Yaris.
"Let me go find the prince's physician." prevent Yaris.
"No need, I just you accompany him, call Jiyang and Yodon as well he will definitely be happy if you are with him." refused Altha and he immediately left.
Yaris looked at Altha puzzled as he had never seen Altha expressing sorrow and fear at the same time, moreover Altha had never shown such an expression as long as Yaris knew, Altha was always firm, Altha was always firm, cold and merciless.
In the reading room Altha sat down daydreaming and propped her head with both hands, from behind her bowed view was a clear circle that dripped on the table and wet the reading table. Altha could not express her fear nor her sadness in front of Riri.
1 week before
"Tell me what happened to him, why won't he wake up?" altha asked frantically at the palace healer when she reached the royal palace and found Riri asleep but could not be awakened.
"Sorry prince, actually the princess does not have any disease, but from my knowledge the princess is currently entering her subconscious and if the princess can subconsciously eat her soul will be saved, but otherwise if the princess could not be aware then the princess would not normally survive. We can't do anything." explained the palace healer with fear of Altha.
"No way, what's the cause of it all? Is there any medicine to make her as conscious as possible, do everything to resuscitate her." Altha orders frantically to some of the palace healers who come to check on Riri's state.
"Sorry prince, although there is a cure but if there is no desire from the princess to return then we will not be able to do anything." replied the palace physician again.
"Altha, I'm sure he'll be back. Because he had experienced it for 3 years and in the end he came back. So be assured that he will definitely return again." said the king strengthened the heart of Prince Altha.
"I will take him back to the prince's palace and will take care of him myself. For all the business you mentioned let Yorgun and prince Jang Yong do it. I have to trust her to give her a chance." Altha told her father after which Altha led Riri back to her residence and never left Riri a step, Altha kept and waited by Riri's side patiently and always took care and cleaned Riri's body.
Presently
"What should I do, I can't and won't be able to lose him." muttered Altha who sounded heartbreaking
A formidable prince and warlord who was also nicknamed the peerless sword of the eastern kingdom who was able to subvert 1 army single-handedly was lamenting himself for fear of losing such women and people important to him.
"Enough Altha, don't make Riri anxious." murmured Altha and got up to look for the healer after wiping away her tears.
While in Riri's room he was accompanied by Yaris and Jiyang the same Yodon who had just come and joined. Riri looks very happy with them and also listens to the story of Jiyang and Yodon who have a lot of story material, while Yaris sits on a chair near Riri's bed and holds Riri's hand.
"Yaris, aren't they both so excited about the story." Riri smiled looking at Yaris
"Hem." replied Yaris only with a mutter because Yaris did not talk much.
"Why do you keep holding me, I won't run Yaris." Riri said and smiled looking at Yaris.
"I won't leave the princess." said Yaris letting go of Riri's hand.
"Truely I Jiyang also won't leave the princess"Jiyang looked at Riri.
"I also will not leave the princess and will always be with the princess" Yodon replied with great confidence.
"What are you talking about, don't you want to get married huh?! I'll find a wife for the three of you and get you all married. Because I want to see the three of you happy and always healthy, and married." said Riri looked at the three people who had been faithfully accompanying Riri by the side.
"I won't get married." answered the three men in unison.
"Hey, you want to be a monk by not getting married?" riri asked and the three shook their heads together.
"Actually I know you're afraid I'm going to disappear, right?"Riri said smiling, "Yes, I'm actually also confused about what's going on with me, but it's as if something wants to show me that there's someone who needs you, and that person was from somewhere far away as if from a future that would come for thousands of years. Everything can be seen from the dream that I experienced, it all feels as if there is a gate that connects me with another world" said Riri and the three people silently listened.
"Tell me, what would you do if I really were to leave and disappear from here" asked Riri looking at the three people who were currently staring at Riri with puzzled looks.
"What does the princess mean?" yodon was confused.
"Right, is the princess going to leave this palace?" Jiyang also asked.
"I will follow the princess wherever the princess will go, and I will prevent if the princess wants to go alone" Yaris replied with confidence.
"Eh, it's true that I will also follow the princess. So whatever princess I will always return to the princess and will be an immortal servant to the princess." replied Jiyang no less certain than Yaris' answer.
"True, I will always be by the princess' side. Even if I want to go to another world, I will definitely follow the princess." replied Yodon smilingly looking at Riri.
"I, too, want to follow the princess" said Yorgun who returned and wanted to report the information to Altha, but because of hearing the conversation Yaris and the others Yorgun also participated in, too, because he also wants to be recognized by Riri.
Hearing that answer Riri laughed out loud because he never thought that he was here loved by people he never even knew and knew. Riri feels grateful she has so many people who care about her including Altha who loves her so much.
"You, too, are my son" said Riri staring at Yorgun who was standing on the doorstep. "I hope you're all always happy, thank you that you're always there for me." Riri smiled and the four of them also smiled.