Beautiful Thief And The King
There's Still Hope

Vanila went to look for her sister while carrying her daughter. Her brother would not be angry if she used her daughter as an excuse. Honestly, he was very curious about why Norman brought a foreign woman home and why not Freya, the woman he was running with.

Norman was lying on the bed with a blank look. A momentary adventure that is thrilling and that certainly he can not do anymore because of the fun it will not happen again. His adventures that lead him to meet Freya but their accidental meeting ends with an unexpected breakup. Is this really the end of it all?

Shit, the feeling of longing struck. When he was together he did not feel such a thing but now, when he was far away and lost he actually felt a very longing. Norman tried to close his eyes, so he became sleep deprived after the incident. Suddenly he was lazy to do anything, it all felt unpleasant again.

"Sister, are you sleeping?" vanilla asked while knocking on the door. Norman reluctantly replies, knowing his sister will ask about Freya.

"Ana wants to play with you" Vanila said again and as soon as she heard him he jumped down.

Vanila smiled as her sister opened the door. Ana had already changed hands, Norman said nothing and stepped in while Vanila followed him inside.

"What about the vacation you had?" ask Vanila, stale.

"Fun, though brief."

"Good, I'm glad to hear that. If it's fun why is it that big brother came back with such a sad face? Has something happened? Or you don't want your vacation to end?" Vanila was curious.

"Ck, don't ask too many questions. Where's Abraham? Why didn't he come?" Norman tried to shift the conversation because he was reluctant to discuss what had happened.

"My husband goes into business, he'll catch up later when he's done."

"It looks like your household life is both very good" said Norman, who was sitting on the side of the bed with his niece.

"Why? Don't you want to have a family like me?"

"Not so," Norman sighed, Vanila hurriedly walked up to her brother and sat down by his sister's side.

"Tell me what's going on? Why don't you go back with a woman named Freya? Why did you go back together with the foreign woman you called your future empress, what really happened? Are you really going to marry her?" Vanila did not hesitate to ask even though her brother seemed reluctant to answer.

"It's not like that, Vanilla. I'm lazy to talk about it."

"Sister, don't make any arbitrary decisions just because you'll be urged to get married. You're the king, you have the power and you can dispute those ministers. They will not be able to dethrone you from the taktha because there are no candidates. I can't because I'm just a princess. Don't be reckless with using a woman to silence those ministers.

"I know, I'm just taking advantage of the situation. Cristina was Freya's servant, they were both so close. Cristina has been working with Freya for a long time, I can't leave her alone because of a bad incident that took Freya and Freya's father away," Norman stopped saying, he looked sad.

"What happened to Freya?" ask Vanila. It seems like something bad happened to Freya that made her brother like that.

"Freya fell into the river while facing the enemy" replied Norman.

"What's going on with him right now? Have you found her whereabouts?"

Norman just shook his head, he looked desperate again. Kendrick hasn't told him yet. Whether Freya is alive or not, she doesn't know.

"Is he dead?" ask Vanilla again.

"Okay, don't say that. I'm looking for her whereabouts and I hope she survives and comes back to me!"

"What if you don't find her whereabouts? What if it turns out she's dead, are you going to marry Cristina and really make her queen?"

"No! If she is dead, then I will not reject the ministers' plan to find a wife from the nobility and this time I will not use feelings anymore. I've lost Emely, now I have to lose Freya and I, not want to experience the same thing for the third time so I won't use feelings anymore!" said Norman.

"Do your best, brother. I hope you can find Freya's whereabouts and bring her back so as not to have too much drama later. You know those ministers, don't you? I also hope that the woman you brought home will not betray!"

"No need to worry, none of that will happen!"

Vanila rubbed her brother's arm with comforting intent. She hopes her brother gets happiness regardless of whether Freya is still alive or not. Although his brother had to marry without feeling but gradually, he would love his wife especially after they had children.

Norman plays with Ana for a while, it is enough entertainment to treat his feelings that are in a state of turmoil but when Vanila takes her daughter out because Ana is ready to sleep, the feeling of dread is back Norman felt.

Unable to bear the feelings he was experiencing, Norman contacted Kendrick to find out how about the search they were doing. Kendrick's been monitoring the search team, uh, troops have been added so that the search is getting wider even they have been looking upstream of the river where the river ended up in a waterfall that has an estuary but the existence of Freya really can not them discover the.

"How, Kendrick. Have you not found her existence yet?" ask Norman.

"No, Sir. We've been looking upstream of the river but its whereabouts have not been found. According to the rescue team if her body is not stuck in the middle of the river means Miss Freya survived the river!" answer Kendrick. Hearing the second option Kendrick said, Norman got excited. That means there is still hope even if it is only fifty percent.

"If so scatter people to search for his whereabouts and keep searching the river until the search team stops looking for him!" Norman's orders.

"Good, Sir. I'll do your orders!"

"Good!" Norman stepped into the closet and picked up the tracking device he had stored in the drawer. Until now he still does not understand why the tool can be detached even though the tool may be detached just because of the river water flow even if stumbled on a rock, the tool will not be released then how can the tool be in the middle of the river?

Suddenly he guessed if the tool was deliberately released by Freya. What if Freya did that on purpose because she already had a plan to get away from him? It could happen, Freya might decide to leave because her father is dead so she feels there is nothing else she needs to fight for let alone she has not expressed to Freya her intentions.

Shit, now it all makes sense. Maybe Freya wants to be considered dead so no one is looking for her but she is hiding at this time especially she is a fugitive. Norman again cursed, why hasn't he thought about this before?

Hopefully what he thinks is very true because he would rather Freya is hiding at the moment than he finds Freya who is already lifeless but all that will be answered when the rescue team is already no more searching because if Freya is not found then she is sure, Freya is hiding.