A Demon Duchess
20. unrest

*The Kingdom of Astrantia, the day after the wedding.

Alvaro walked through the hallway of the palace that was already dark he looked towards the moon that was shining with his light, The moonlight reminded Alvaro of Althea. What exactly is going on? There are so many questions that Alvaro wants to ask Althea but let alone ask now he no longer even sees the silver mane.

Alvaro's tired face was mixed with a feeling of sadness. He himself did not know why he could feel this strange feeling when before even though Althea was injured disappeared or even unconscious once never terbesit worry at all.

Alvaro continued his steps towards the room, there was already Irene waiting for Alvaro with a worried look. "You work too hard varo, rest for a while" Irene said, placing her hand on Alvaro's cheek. Alvaro put away Irene's hand slowly. "Astrantia's screwed up, I can't rest even for a moment." The look on Irene's face turned he was angry why all this mess had to happen on his wedding day.

Aye! All this because the family of Amaryllis si*lan, the family was really troublesome, even so Irene was grateful because the head of the family and the only successor was gone. He hoped that Altheana would never return to Astrantia.

Alvaro's busy life lasted a very long time, bad public opinion, the death of the great Astrantia commander as well as his other problems made Alvaro not have time for Irene.

If Althea were in Irene's position now what would she do? Maybe Alvaro's burden is slightly reduced given Althea is trained to overcome complicated problems like this.

"Your Majesty, please sign this file." Alvaro grabbed the file in which he intended to read it carefully and quickly signed it. "Sir Amaranth do you really not know the whereabouts of lady Amaryllis?" Ask Alvaro before handing back the file.

Count Lucas Vincent Amaranth, the Queen's secretary, is now the King's second secretary during the queen's duties taken over by Alvaro.

"I also want Lady Amaryllis back, but I'm not going to let you catch her" Lukas told Alvaro to raise an eyebrow.

"So you do know?" Ask Alvaro again in a very serious tone. Luke smiled faintly "I don't know your majesty." Alvaro took a deep breath, he just wanted to know where Althea was he okay or not.

Lukas came out of Alvaro's room with some files that he had to give to the finance department of the palace. But suddenly someone patted his shoulder, "Lucas!" Call someone with a familiar voice in their ears.

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On the other hand Irene was drinking tea in the flower garden along with the ladies in the upper circle, the image of Irene in their eyes was a plain girl who knew nothing, she said, they were relieved that the fearsome lady Amaryllis would not be their queen.

Altheana Lunar De Amaryllis, a very secretive lady, rarely attended tea or other socialization events with the ladies, rarely spoke even once talking she would only talk about work problems.

"Your Majesty the Queen, your relationship and your highness are famous for being very romantic. Can your majesty tell us her secret?" Ask a lady suddenly. "Ah, I have no secrets whatsoever I and the noble fell in love at first sight and everything just went by." Irene smiled sweetly, it felt like just yesterday she came to this place.

"Your majesty sorry to ask this, but does lady Amaryllis really have supernatural powers" asked one of the ladies. "Right, we were curious that your majesty was unconscious at the time and only saw faintly." Irene's heart skipped a beat she didn't know what to say.

"I-that's that I'm not sure either," Irene said nervously. Somehow he felt hesitant to tell the truth he was sure Althea did have supernatural powers but he felt there would be something big going on if he answered confidently.

*krieet... The sound of an open door dissipated Irene's mind. Like the nights before her Alvaro came home with a mess, the eye bags were getting thickened and some days Irene smelled a little alcohol from Alvaro.

"Varo," call Irene soft. "I don't want to argue with you, Rene" said Alvaro, leaving Irene's heart slightly scratched. "I haven't even said anything." Irene looked at Alvaro sadly.

"First night? A honeymoon? A vacation? You know I can't do any of that anytime soon right, Rene hear I just can't do it yet I promise you after all this is over"

"You always do!! You always thought my mind was that low! I thought I could be happy after marrying you, I thought I no longer needed to worry about life and death, but in fact what did I get?!" Shouting Irene made Alvaro flinch, Alvaro took a breath trying not to prolong the matter. "I'm tired, let's talk about it next time." Alvaro moved to the bathroom which was not far from the main room of his room.

Irene looked at Alvaro's back with a feeling of annoyance mixed with sadness, this was really painful for her slowly Irene tears dripping out "Hiks... Father, mother.." she said in tears.

In the middle of his activities Alvaro closed his eyes imagining how different his Irene and Althea were. He realized it was not a good thing for him to compare his wife with his former fiancee but still in these moments he always imagined what if Althea was still here with him.

In the morning that even the sun had not really shown his rays Alvaro had woken up from his sleep, he said, he took a short walk in the place where his memories with Althea and the mother were stored.

"When has the flower been changed?" Alvaro said as he looked around the park. She remembered that her mother and Althea loved blue roses. This park is a place where her childhood and Althea felt very warm.

"What is possible is that Altheana's power is moving away, what Altheana really is." Alvaro struggled with his own thoughts. Among his thoughts was to trust Althea and his common sense that said it was impossible. Althea is now a fugitive.

Alvaro occupies the park chair that he used to sit with Althea when he was in this park, the place where the two talked about the future of Astrantia when it had served as king and queen but fate said otherwise.

Alvaro is still in his position but who is currently on his side is not Althea but Irene, the innocent girl who can make Alvaro fall in love at first sight.

"Mother, I'm sorry."

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