
Marie opened her eyes slowly while holding her dizzy head.
"You're finally up, Marie. Mercifully. I was so worried when you fainted."
Marie blinked her eyes and turned her head toward the source of the voice. Marie rounded her eyes and immediately woke up.
"Miss. Is this really you?" Marie cried in disbelief when she saw Queen Roseline (Alice) in front of her.
Queen Roseline sat next to Marie with a smile.
"It's me, Alice. Who else is it?" Answer Queen Roseline.
"Miss. Thank goodness I can still see Miss again. I thought Miss had gone far away and returned to Miss' world." Said Marie sobbing.
Queen Roseline hugged him. "I'm sorry Marie, because I left without telling you."
Marie nodded and wiped her tears. Marie swept her eyes across the room that was unfamiliar to her. They are currently not at Duke Sullivan's residence.
"We're in Sherya, Mr. Ronaf's hometown."
"Why can I suddenly be here? Wasn't the servant at Duke Sullivan's residence?" Marie asked who looked confused.
"I'm sorry, Marie. I was forced to knock you unconscious because you kept rebelling and brought you to this place." Said Dean coming in with Felix.
"Dean?"
"So, you're the one who smothered my mouth?"
"really. I was forced to do so so as not to be caught by King Alec's shadow warrior." Answer Dean. "Do you want to forgive me?"
"Of course I forgive you. Because of you I can meet Miss Alice again." Marie said with a happy smile.
Snow started to fall and blanketed Sherya village with the cold because there had entered winter. Sherya is a remote village located in the western Kingdom of Cardania.
"It's really cold." Said Duke Ramon who had just returned from the city and joined the others in the living room.
Dean and Marie put some firewood near the fireplace to warm the room. Duke Ramon sits his hips in a long chair next to Queen Roseline.
"Are you getting everything we need this winter, Ramon?" Ask Duke Sullivan.
"Dad not to worry. All our needs, be it food or clothes have Ramon prepared for us all. If the stock runs out, I'll go back to town to do some shopping." Answer Duke Ramon.
Duke Ramon rubbed his hands together from the cold.
"Felixes. Get me some bottles of wine in the cellar. We need it most at this time to warm up." Pinta Duke Ramon's.
Felix immediately went to carry out his master's orders with Dean. Marie went to the kitchen and came back with warm tea. Waiting for the wine to come, they sipped the warm tea.
"Alice. Can you ask me something?" Cousin Duke Ramon.
"of course. What do you want to ask?" Queen Roseline's.
"I'm curious about your life in your world. Are all the people who are there the same as those in this world? You once said that your world is more modern and advanced than ours."
Queen Roseline smiled. "Man is the same, it's just that his culture and lifestyle are different. This world of yours is a past life in my world. I'm kind of pulled through the passage of time and back in time."
"Then, what about your true form there?"
"Me and Roseline have the same form. Our body shape, hair color and face are the same, the difference is our style of dress and lifestyle." Answer Queen Roseline.
"really?" Duke Ramon cried with wide eyes.
"Is Miss serious?" Connect Marie.
Queen Roseline nodded. "That's right. You could say me and Roseline are the same person but different worlds and times. Even the faces of my father and mother are exactly the same as those of Duke Sullivan and Duchess Rosalia."
Duke Sullivan and Duke Ramon are widening their eyes.
"Who are your mom and dad's names, son?" Ask Duke Sullivan.
"Mr Alejandro Quinn and Madame Gabriela Quinn. And my name is Alicia Alexandria Quinn."
"Your family name is Quinn."
Queen Roseline nodded.
"Do you have an older brother there? And are our faces similar?" Duke Ramon looks very enthusiastic.
Queen Roseline sighed with a sad look on her face.
"Maybe, if my brother's still alive." Lirih Queen Roseline.
"If you're still alive? Whatchu mean?" The smile on Duke Ramon's face disappeared.
"I only knew for a long time that I was the only child in the Quinn family, until my parents told me that I actually had an older brother named Romeo Valentino Quinn. Unfortunately my brother died at the age of 2 due to illness, so I never saw him. I could only see a photo or some kind of picture of his face as a kid." Queen Roseline's Story.
"But I'm sure, if Brother Romeo were alive he would have a face as handsome as you, Brother Ramon."
Duke Ramon smiled, then kissed his sister's hand.
"Both of your parents right now must be confused looking for your whereabouts. I can imagine how sad they feel." Duke Sullivan.
"They won't look for me, Dad. My mom and dad died when I was 15. They died in an accident. And since then I have been taken care of by my grandfather, my father's father, Mr. Abraham Quinn. And it was from my grandfather that I learned martial arts and how to use different types of weapons. Because I am the sole heir to the business empire of my late father. I should be able to protect myself from those who aspire to seize and control my family's company."
Queen Roseline remembers her past. Duke Sullivan touches Queen Roseline's shoulder and breaks her daydream.
"It must be a very heavy burden that you carry all this time, Alice. And that's why you grew up to be a strong, great woman. I'm sure both of your parents must be very proud to have a daughter like you." Duke Sullivan.
"Thank you, Dad." Queen Roseline slams into Duke Sullivan's arms.
"You cheated. I'm going along too." Duke Ramon protest.
"Come here, Brother." Queen Roseline extended her hand.
Duke Ramon hugged Queen Roseline. Mr. Ronaf, Arabella and Marie smiled happily at their happiness. Felix and Dean came in with some bottles of wine. Duke Ramon immediately opened one of the bottles then poured the contents into several glasses and handed them out to everyone.
Queen Roseline shook her head. "Looks not. Because my family lived one Abraham's grandfather, there was no other."
Arabella looked a little disappointed.
"This is Alice, drink it so that your body feels warmer." Duke Ramon offers a glass of wine to Queen Roseline.
"No Brother. Thank ye. I'd rather drink this warm tea." Reject Queen Roseline while filling her glass with warm tea.
"It looks like you like tea a lot. Have you never had wine in your world?"
"Ever, out of respect for my business associates who invited me to their events, and even then just a little. I'm not comfortable with alcohol." Answer Queen Roseline.
Duke Ramon nodded in understanding and drank the wine from the glass he was holding.
"When are you going to keep it a secret from us, Alice?" Excited Mr. Ronaf.
"What do you mean, Mr Ronaf?" Ask Queen Roseline.
Everyone was also confused by Mr. Ronaf's question.
Mr. Ronaf smiled. "When did you hide your pregnancy, son?"
Queen Roseline widened her eyes.
"Is that right, Alice if you're pregnant right now?" Ask Duke Sullivan.
Queen Roseline instantly fell silent, then nodded slowly. "Right Dad, I'm pregnant."
"You conceive a future heir to the Kingdom of Cardania."
Queen Roseline smiled knot. "Yes that's it. I didn't think God would bring a child into my womb."
"Do you regret it? Don't you want it so you keep it a secret from us?" Ask Duke Sullivan.
"No Dad. I didn't mean it that way. I love and want this child. I'm willing to be a single mother and take care of her with all my heart."
Duke Sullivan smiled happily. "Thank God, I'm glad to hear that. Congratulations Alice soon you'll be a mother. You don't have to worry, you won't be alone. We'll always be there for you and your future son."
"Thank you, Dad." Queen Roseline shed tears.
"King Alec will surely regret it someday, because he has wasted his own son for the sake of other women and power." Furious Duke Ramon.
"Rammon!" Tegur Duke Sullivan's.
Duke Ramon understood and regretted his words just now, because it would make Alice even more hurt.
"You don't have to worry. I'm willing to be his adoptive father and consider him like my own son. I will teach him many things someday and make him a great man." Said Duke Ramon with a glowing face.
"And she will also have the most beautiful aunt in the world. I'll come take care of him. If she was a girl, I'd make her the most beautiful woman in the world." Arabella said with passion.
"Hamba too, Miss. Servants will care for and bless him with affection." Marie said with a smile.
"And the two of us will be the best uncles in the world for him. Right, Dean?" Felix.
"of course. We made sure he would never feel lonely. We'll always stand by him and be his protectors." Decisive Dean.
"Thank you so much to all of you." Queen Roseline said full day.
"May I check your condition, Alice?" Ask Mr. Ronaf.
"By Mister. I wonder how you can find out about my pregnancy without checking me out first?"
Mr. Ronaf smiled. "I have two female cousins, Duchess Rosalia and Countess Almeera. Both also went through a period of pregnancy, so that I could tell the characteristics of a pregnant woman from her behavior."
Mr. Ronaf checked Queen Roseline's pulse. Mr. Ronaf scrunched his forehead making Queen Roseline anxious.
"What's the matter, Mr. Ronaf? Why is your face like that? Did something bad happen?" Ask Queen Roseline.
Mr. Ronaf's tense face turned into a smile.
"We will not only be enlivened by the cry of a baby, but two babies at once. Happy Alice the baby you're carrying is twins." Said Mr. Ronaf.
"really?" Queen Roseline doesn't believe it.
Mr. Ronaf nodded with a smile. Queen Roseline's happy cry is breaking. And this happy news makes everyone very happy. They toast to the two future heirs of the Kingdom of Cardania.
While in the Kingdom of Cardania, as usual King Alec always spent his time by drinking wine in his private room. King Alec hardened his jaw while staring at the thing he received while in the Perverted labyrinth.
"There's nothing I can't have and I can't get, because I'm Alec Cardania." Said King Alec while grinning.
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