Miss Most Perfect Beauty
Burned Palace
“Your Majesty, you must return to the palace right now! The fire palace and the situation there are very urgent!”
The report of the dragonfly made Scarlesia forced to stop her activities, she and her man immediately returned to the palace. Some people who already knew the news of the fire immediately rushed to the palace. Scarlesia's feeling was not calm and a bad premonition wrapped around her at this moment. All his body can not be lied to that at this time he was hit by a great fear, he was afraid of bad things to happen to his loved ones.
How shocked Scarlesia was to see the palace engulfed by fire, the flames were enormous and destroyed half of the imperial palace. Scarlesia slowed down her steps staring unexpectedly at the sight before her eyes. This morning he left the palace in good condition, but after he came home he found something bad like this. Scarlesia daydreamed for a while until Andreas reprimanded herself.
“Sia! This is not the time for you to daydream! Don't think things through,” scolds Andreas for breaking Scarlesia's daydream.
“Hmm? Y-ya.”
Scarlesia rushed in even deeper, everyone scattered and ran here and there in a state of panic to extinguish the fire.
“KYAAKKK HIS MAJESTY EMPEROR AND EMPRESS!”
A woman's scream was heard by Scarlesia, the scream was not far from where she was. Scarlesia was quick to the origin of the sound, she was startled by the sighting of Edward and Jessie lying on the ground. Their bodies were spitting out a large amount of blood, the wounds produced by their bodies were not like ordinary wounds.
“Uncle, aunty. What exactly happened here?”
Scarlesia immediately checked the situation of the two of them, but Jessie was no longer alive while Edward was in a weak condition and almost took his life. Scarlesia tries to stay calm, pulling Edward's body into her lap as the half-conscious Edward seems to want to tell her something.
“S-sia...” Og Edward called his name.
“Iya uncle? I'm right here. Uncle don't talk first, I'll..”.
“No Sia, I know your strength has not fully recovered. You don't have to save me...”.
“What is uncle talking about? Why don't I save uncle? Uncle is my family, so why?”
“Jessie how? Is she okay?” edward asked very slowly.
Scarlesia was silent and bowed, unable to speak and tell Edward about Jessie.
“So yeah? Looks like I'll catch up with Jessie, too.”.
“Following? This is no time for jokes! I'll save uncle, so please hold on huh,” Scarlesia said in a trembling tone of voice.
“No Sia... don't force yourself yes. I just want to apologize to you, sorry that I was late to realize your existence all along. It must have been hard for you to stay in Roosevelt, I always felt guilty because I didn't realize you were there. Sorry Sia, sorry...”.
Unknowingly, Edward's tears rolled down his cheeks and mixed with the blood wounds on his face.
“Uncle need not apologize to me, I am not angry at uncle. So stop feeling guilty. Don't apologize to me, please..”.
“You're a good boy, my sister must be happy to have a child like you. From now on I leave Evariste to you Sia, take good care of yourself, and hopefully you can become a great emperor.
Edward's hand fell limp and slammed onto the ground, his pair of eyes completely closed.
“Uncle? Uncle, don't joke! Did uncle leave me? Are my uncle and aunt seriously leaving me? Don't scare me, please answer! Did you two really leave me?!”
Scarlesia shook Edward's body, there was no response from him even now that Edward's aura of life had disappeared. Scarlesia put Edward's body, she brought Jessie closer.
“Good Your Majesty.”
He braced himself to stand up, then forced himself to step into a noisy place not far from his existence. Scarlesia approached the crowd and the noise, there were some knights.
“What's up here? Why don't you guys help the others to put out this fire?” ask Scarlesia lethargic.
“I-it's Your Highness..”
“GRANNY! GRANDPA!”
Scarlesia was shocked to see Qirani and Feodor severely injured, lying together holding hands. Scarlesia was between them, her body checking whether the two were alive or not. When Scarlesia checked Qirani's pulse, Qirani's hand moved and her eyelids slowly opened.
“Grandma take it easy, I'll treat grandma's wounds. So grandma now don't move more huh. Don't worry..”.
“Definitely heavy yes Sia...” said Qirani suddenly only.
“Weight? Nothing heavy, grandma. What is grandma talking about? Grandma just shut up now, don't talk again ya.”
“It must have been hard for you for 2000 years to fight alone and no family supports you, but in this life you have a family that loves you. Are you happy in your life now?”
Scarlesia simply nodded while biting her lower lip.
“Thank God you're happy..”.
Both of Qirani's eyes slowly dimmed, in between his almost closed eyes were some things spoken in his heart.
“Sorry Sia, it looks like me and Feodor will leave you first before seeing your success conquering the darkness. However, I was happy to meet you, I was finally able to see the woman who saved Evariste. Beautiful woman and golden girder, my mother used to talk about it all the time. I'm attracted to that golden-haired woman because of my mother..”.
“My mom always talks about wanting to meet you, but she died without ever being able to see you. Unlike me, I can see you at the end of my life, I will tell you to my mother later. That the golden woman is my own grandson.”.
Qirani breathes his last right in front of Scarlesia, leaving with Feodor, his beloved husband who has accompanied him for the rest of his life. They left behind their grandchildren, just like Edward and Jessie.
“Why? Why is it like this? What's my fault exactly? Me...”
“KING! WHOEVER HELP THE KING! KING PERSEVERE!”
The sound of the cries of some animals reaching Scarlesia's hearing, he stood back up and approached the cry. Scarlesia's body again limp to see Kitty helpless on the surface of the ground and surrounded by several birds, butterflies, and dragonflies. In Kitty's arms is a wounded Cici, Scarlesia first checks Cici's condition and she is still breathing. Then Scarlesia puts Cici nearby and turns to check on Kitty's condition.
“Kitty, can you hear my voice?”
Silent. There was no response from Kitty.
“KITTY! ANSWER CALL! Did you leave me too? Didn't you promise to be with me until the end? Why did you break your promise? Kitty. You're just pretending, right? Don't do this to me. Please Kitty..”.
Scarlesia's entire body was limp, her energy slowly being absorbed away. The fire that scorched the palace was still not extinguished, now everyone was in a state of panic. Scarlesia's mind went awry instantly after seeing the horrible deaths of her loved ones.
“Ukhh... His Eminence..”.