"Huff!""Huff!"Like the lightning hit him, Idris opened his eyes all of a sudden. His breathing got unstable, his eyes looked so tired and his head ached.Idris touched his head and muttered in shock, "What was that? I... I saw a guy who introduced himself as... As Idris right? I'm quite sure that I heard it clearly... But how can it be possible? I... I'm Idris... Arghh! My head hurts..."Rubbing the back of his head Idris covered his eyes for a moment then he covered his eyes with his hand. Taking a deep breath as he looked around, he was shocked."This is not my..." Suddenly as he tried to get up from the bed, Idris was more shocked. He looked at the surroundings, it didn't look like his place nor did it look like any that he knew of. A small room with only a few pieces of furniture and materials needed in daily life, even the bed he found himself lying on was small but spacious enough for a single person to sleep on. Idris somehow pulled himself together and stood up, walking to
"I have already answered this question, sir Idris.""I know but... I feel like... " Idris heaved a sigh and looked away as he noticed the expression on her face, she looked slightly irritated and she as if hated to start the conversation again. "I apologise, I wouldn't ask about it again.""Sir Idris, actually... If you don't want to do this you can avoid it." Cathy added, her voice gentle.Unable to understand what she meant, Idris put down the bowl of soup on the small table next to the bed and asked, "I'm sorry, what do you mean?""I... I mean you don't have to marry me if you don't want to. It's not a must... You can be truthful and be honest with me." Playing with her nails, she uttered so while she was a little shy.Sitting at a distance from her, he couldn't see her expression but her slightly trembling voice caught his attention. It was the first time he met someone like her, a beautiful yet smart lady who didn't act like the other women he met so far.'Marriage... Truth to be
"You can say what you want to do, I won't be a hindrance."Those words over and over again kept beating in his ears, Idris felt relentless for some reason. A week has passed since he has been residing in the village, since Cathy hid their identity well nobody suspected anything and so, he didn't get attacked again. "Mr. Idris." Hearing Cathy's voice from the behind, Idris turned around. "Yes.""I heard you are planning to leave this place." She voiced, her eyes so innocent so her face was.To think, she was a Kurkao woman... Idris still was stunned. From the first time he met her, he has had different impressions of her. Sometimes he thought she was a serious and cold person, but as he spent more time with her he found out she was nothing like she looked."Yes, you heard it right." Idris answered, after calmly watching her reaction for a while."But you are not well. I mean, you are still in the recovery period...""I'm alright, it's nothing serious.""Sir Idris, I took you here and
Cerel, a small house that the outside world didn't know about. It was Crypto's hiding place, he would usually go there when he wanted to turn off the outer world. Emily was among the people who knew about it. "He told me that he put it somewhere here, then why can't I find it? I have been searching this room for quite long now..." Emily angrily tossed some of the things away in the room and continued looking around.The Duke of Montana's heavenly residence was now nowhere near its beautiful view, it turned into a total mess in such a short time of period. Crypto was grounded and Adrek didn't even want to see both the mother and the son. Since Adrek was not so focused on Crypto and her, Emily met Crypto in secret and they had a brief chat.Walking some steps farther in the room as she suddenly collided with something, she looked down and her eyes glowed like glitters. "This...""Mother, please save me. Now, only you can save me. Go to Cerel, you will see a pile of documents kept on a
Standing at the backyard as the leaves of the oak tree fell down, Idris kept staring at the distance. His eyes were full of sadness, though he had that calm face as always but he couldn't hide his emotions."My Lord." As one of his servants walked to him, he heaved a sigh while grabbing a fallen leaf in his palm. "Has everything been taken care of?""Yes, my Lord. I have given some rewards to the villager and told him not to open his mouth. Everything has been sorted out. We can leave the village now.""I see... When are we leaving?"The servant looked at the sun and answered, "We still have some minutes in hand."Upon hearing him, Idris stood still. His mind was full of thoughts and he felt somewhat weird thinking about leaving. Noticing how calm he looked, the servant followed the way he was looking at. "My Lord, should I tell Lady Cathy to come see you before you leave?""No, that's not... Needed."In the house, almost everyone thought of the two as a couple, though Idris remaine
* Two weeks later *"Long live, your royal highness. Prince of Oregano." As soon as Lionel walked through the entrance while followed by his people everyone present on the floor greeted him. All the subjects came today including the Duke of Montana's family. Lionel being the crown prince of Oregano, was yet to sit on the throne officially. The emperor was known to be sick but not to that extent, when things in the Duke of Montana's house became twisted the emperor let Lionel handle everything and he stepped away from it. Sitting on the oversized and bejeweled chair where the king was supposed to sit, Lionel raised his hand in the air and everyone bowed their heads. After a month of going through hell and heaven, the trial was set to today.Emily Beaufort, the Duchess of Montana was taken to prison for her uncertain crime. Crypto was still out but he had heavy records on his head and today was the day everything was going to be sorted out.Though Adrek's name was ruined, he was someh
"Is it really true? Did general Idris really spread the rumours about his brother?" The crowd was in chaos once again, nobody dared say anything to Crypto or Lionel directly but they showed clear dismay as they looked at Crypto. After some moments passed, the official in power who took over the case clapped his hand, "Silence, we are checking if the evidence provided by Mr. Crypto is true or not. So please keep quiet.""What is going to happen now? The evidence seems to....""Everyone, calm down. We have checked all the evidence, and we have gotten into conclusion."Everyone focused on the trial while Crypto stood firmly on the spot with his father on his right."Well, Mr. Crypto. We have checked the evidence you have provided us with... But they don't clearly prove anything.""What? Sir, wh..." Crypto was a little taken aback."According to the evidence, Mr. Idris was behind everything. He is the one who was in contact with the rebels from the south, he got involved with the illegal
"I apologise for coming late."Suddenly hearing the voice coming from the door everyone looked in the direction including Lionel. On the other hand, Crypto clenched his fists tighter in anger as nothing happened like he imagined."Who the h... Wait, this voice..." When everyone was shocked, Crypto was busy cussing deep down but not until he saw who it was. The moment he came across the figure walking through the entrance his facial reaction changed immediately.Adrek also looked shocked but it didn't take much time to turn it to rage. With hateful eyes, he looked in the same direction while people were busy gossiping."He was dead, how come he is here by himself? What the heck is going on?" Crypto muttered, biting his fingers in sudden tension."Look he didn't die. It's general Idris, he really is alive. Yes, now it's gonna be fun. I am sure that it's going to be a good play."Walking past Crypto, Idris bowed his head and uttered, "Long live, your royal highness.""Didn't they say th