Antagonists Want to Be Happy too
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Not wanting his son to suffer enough, Regis' father Teri kept pleading with the Homounculus Emperor Ragnar to ease the punishment the Homounculus prince had given him.

"Please Your Majesty, the evidence for Miss Kalika's accusation against my daughter has not been clearly seen, so I appeal to you for leniency which my son is carrying out."

Ragnar was silent looking at the face full of decisions from Regis, before long his eyes turned back towards Dylan who was just silently staring at Regis' face.

"Whatever the terms I will definitely follow for the sake of my son can be freed from this deadly punishment Your Majesty."

Regis immediately prostrated himself before Ragnar as he continued to plead for Teri to be free from the punishment that was ensnaring him.

"Anything? What's... This talk of yours can I trust Master Duke?" dylan asked with his eyes fixed on Regis's face.

"Yes. Prince, anything."

"You so. What about your current position?"

"What?"

"Don't you just say that you'd be willing to do anything for your daughter to be free?" dylan asked, Regis immediately silently heard Dylan's offer.

"Prince! Enough's enough! You're-you're already"

"No, Your Majesty!" reply Regis who directly cut off the remark from Ragnar.

"What the Prince said was true, for the sake of my daughter's freedom, then I would willingly give up my post as the administrative head of this Empire to the chosen one of His Majesty."

"Mr Duke!" peekik Ragnar could not believe what Regis said.

Not caring about Ragnar's shout, Regis thoughtlessly took off all the badges on his uniform, with Regis's sharp gaze staring at Dylan's and Ragnar's face as well.

"I've obeyed all your orders Prince, now release my daughter now!"

...~*~...

On the other hand more place Teri dungeon can only be pensive waiting for the time of his sentence to be carried out, Caged for 5 days in a place that he never imagined before, he said, making Teri feel like dying just because she has to endure all the actions that she should not feel.

Even the sun was reluctant to show itself before Teri who was so pitiful.

"I hate them all!"

Prangs!

The iron barricaded door that locked her had opened, showing the figure of Luna running straight to Teri.

"Son! We go home now, now you're free" said Luna, hugging Teri tightly.

With the situation still absentminded Teri under came out of prison that the land accompanied by his parents and the soldiers who protect them.

After they got outside, a blinding sun light attacked him, Teri blinked her eyes as the sunlight interrupted her vision.

When his vision returned to normal, Teri's eyes opened wide open steadily to the outside where many citizens or noble families highlighted himself and his parents when they had just come out of the dungeon.

"Go far away!"

"Don't come back!"

"Basic Murderer!"

"Their driver is from here!"

Teri does not know why they hate him so much even his family who has nothing to do so dragged along.

Luna who at that time never got this kind of despicable behavior could only be closed with her hands that continued to tightly hug Teri's body, similarly, Regis is struggling to protect his wife and children.

"Don't be listened to just get in the car" Regis whispered to Luna and Teri.

After they managed to get into the horse carriage, the coachman immediately took them away from the rampage of the residents, the coachman, inside the carriage Teri stared out where there was Dylan and Iris who were staring at him.

"I hate them all!"

That was the only sentence that came out of Teri's mouth before Regis finally brought Teri's head to lean on her shoulders.

"It's okay, son, just forget about all this, life will be beautiful if the ugliness you've passed."

Shortly Regis stroked Teri's head, a drop of tears came out of Teri's eye pelukur, he did not expect that the person he loved so much managed to make himself like this, even his family was dragged.

"Dad... I beg you after this incident, never match me again," isak Teri who makes Luna feel sad.

"Dear, forgive me for choosing you wrong" Regis said, returning to tears.

...~*~...

2 Weeks after Teri was released, Regis was still kept busy with the work he was currently doing, none of which was left of the treasures he used to have.

There were only clothes, as well as a little savings that he had saved in advance, even his servant who was close to him decided to resign.

It was not their fault that they also chose to separate considering that at this time their family was no longer a nobody, even she seemed like she was no longer a noble princess, but more to the commoners who have been driven to the edge of the village.

"Teri... Let's go eat together."

Teri just silently heard the voice of Luna who was calling her, her mind was again confused with her eyes that continued to stare at the small bottle containing poison that was so dangerous if consumed by humans.

"I chose to give up..." Lirih Teri with such a beautiful look.

"Dad, mother, sorry your beloved son will be gone for ever."

Closing his eyes Teri drank all the bottles without remaining, the memory of him who first met Dylan also flashed, until when Dylan threw himself like a trash.

"Agh! Aghs! It hurts! It hurts!"

Teri spun around like a person who was losing his mind, his eyes looking up felt a painful hot session all over his body.

"GOD!"

Even though he shouted very loudly, but his voice did not come out at all whether his vocal cords had been damaged? Before she closed her eyes the first thing she saw was Lina's figure opening the door to her room.

"Mother..."

...~*~...

The deg!

With a racing heart, Ana opened her eyes with mixed feelings.

He immediately sat on the bed with his head still in pain, his eyes immediately turned towards the window where the sun had started to sink, did not feel the day was about to go before night, he said, he also fell asleep long enough.

"Darling you're awake?" asked Luna who had just opened the door of Teri's room.

"Yes, Mom."

"It's so downstairs, help me prepare dinner."

"Good ma'am."

After Luna left, Ana got off the bed where she was sleeping, visited the bathroom, this time cleaning herself before she went downstairs to help Luna prepare dinner.

"I'm a little confused, I think that was a dream or a memory, Agh! I don't know why all of a sudden I forgot the plot of the novel I wrote."

"But... Why does it feel so real? What's... That one was really Teri's memory?" ask Ana who is increasingly made Curious.

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