The Atrocious Duke'S Wife
{Season 2} Picking Happiness (End)

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The girl's right finger pointed at a man standing in the room blending in with other nobles.

"He is... Count Frostend Beronald."

...~ The Atrocious Duke's Wife...

...Chapters...

...(47)...

Cassandra froze. At first he does put his suspicions and try to keep his distance from his best friend, but unexpectedly it turns out that the man who has long been his childhood friend goes into a plan to destroy him.

What secrets did he not know about his own life?

It was very much her wish to wake up from this prolonged nightmare. But somehow, he woke up. And all this is the harsh reality of his life.

The girl just wishes that this world be shunned by humans with double faces. Because such a human being is able to make this world crumble sooner or later.

King Hamilton was very angry. His palm was clenched hard with his eyes that seemed to be drowned by the flames of anger.

Quite a long moment of silence and nothing produced a sound, so finally the king of Hamilton stood up from his throne and knocked on the stick that helped him stand on the floor to make a loud noise.

The nobles are now lined up neatly waiting for a few words that will be the final decision of the king of all this chaos.

"Because of the attempted rebellion and the false accusation that almost led to one innocent life. I, as the leader of the Kingdom of Erosphire, hereby declare that I will send the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Erosphire, Prince Yari Erosphire, to a dark, isolated prison in this land" the king said.

Everyone knows that being sent to a dark prison in their country is the worst punishment.

The prisoners in the prison only got a glass of water and a piece of bread every day. Living in darkness without being touched by the warm sunlight.

Spending time in the silence that accompanies, and waiting for death that will pick us up and take us to where we should be.

Rather than experience the terrible thing, many prisoners prefer to end their lives first.

"An inexcusable evil plot due to ulterior motives, and the result of an reinforcements launched to help a traitor achieve his goal. I hereby declare that Count Frostend Beronald shall be executed at the hour when the sun has reached its head this afternoon, with all the inhabitants of Erosphire witnessing the proper punishment for his deeds," king Hamilton made everyone whisper.

Frost who was in the crowd of nobles just stared blankly. The man no longer had the light of life.

What exactly has he done? Just because of a grudge, he now had to leave the land that he had inched earlier than he should because of a punishment.

Not long after that, Frost sat down while laughing bitterly while grabbing his brown mane.

The man felt sorry for himself all this time. How could he waste his precious life on behalf of a girl who already had an owner?

Cassandra almost shed her tears. Although it sounds stupid, but who does not feel crowded when a friend who has always smiled at him has been declared to be killed during the day?

All the memories are now recorded back in the memory of the brown barley girl. The happiness, laughter, and cries he went through with his childhood friend were now shattered like broken pieces of glass.

Arlen, who was far from the girl, could only stare at the lover who was trying to hold back his tears due to the bitter reality.

This finally? Is all this over?

I don't know. Destiny is not something that humans know. Destiny is the secret of the creator of this beautiful world. No human being knows where the compass of life leads.

"Eventually, for participating in the planning of betraying and destroying the land, I hereby declare that Princess Veronica Erosphire shall be stripped of her title and exiled from this land," the light of king Hamilton made Veronica smile bitterly.

Of course, all the vile deeds he had done must have been paid. He does not deserve to argue and refuse.

"But because of his courage to expose all the evils he has made, then I will place him in the west tower in order to make him reflect on all the actions he has done," continued king Hamilton.

Veronica widened her eyes while looking up at her father. After all the treacherous deeds he had made, his father still had mercy on him?

Does he deserve all this compassion?

King Hamilton had looked firmly at his daughter, so soon after that he again said. "Guard! Take all these traitors to accept the consequences of all their despicable deeds!"

The guards came and wanted to drag the names of the leaders of the country. Some rebelled, and some accepted resignedly, and accepted gladly.

Prince Yari, whose arms had been firmly blocked by guards on both sides, was now staring intently at the Countess who was not far from before him.

Because it's out of control when it comes to knowing death and torture are in sight, the man immediately released the checks of the two guards by his side and immediately ran towards Cassandra with a dagger in her right hand about to hit the girl.

"FUCK YOU!!!"

Cassandra could only be shocked and immediately crossed her hands in front of her face because she did not have time to dodge and then prepared to receive incisions and blasphemies that might be created on her skin.

However, not yet had the tip of the sharp dagger touched him, a figure immediately shot before him and a sharp iron sound clashing deafening.

Ting!

After a while, the girl opened her eyelids and found the man she loved in front of her while resisting the attack on her.

Arlen did fend off the swift attack from prince Yari, but it was undeniable that the prince's dagger had sliced the skin of his cheek until it dripped blood that almost fell to the floor.

"Don't touch him, motherfucker."

The blond man now swung the stalk he was flying and immediately dropped the dagger of prince Yari. Before long, he immediately locked the movement of prince Yari with all his energy.

"Hurry and hold him!" arlen's orders.

Before long three guards flocked to him and immediately locked the movements of prince Yari and dragged the crown prince to where he should be.

Quickly, the blue-sliced man approached his lover who was sitting on the floor and removed his dangling red robe and surrounded him in the slender body of the girl.

"You okay?" asked Arlen embracing while helping the girl stand up.

"Yes, I'm fine." Cassandra smiled weakly then leaned her head against the chest of her lover who was wrapped in hard armor.

Arlen then gently grabbed her girl's hand which had a deep incision and was definitely painful for the girl.

Prince Yari was now dragged forcibly while staring intently at the lovers who were starting to move away from him. "You will definitely pay for this! Just look! I won't let you guys off so easily! Catch that!!" the prince shouted uncontrollably.

Cassandra and Arlen stared for a moment, then created a smile between them. The two of them pointed their thumbs at Prince Yari, but before long they immediately turned their thumbs downward.

"I've been wanting to do that for a long time" Cassandra's eyes on Prince Yari began to disappear.

Arlen embraced the lover who was beside him, then kissed the forehead of the brown girl with a love that grew in him.

"Ah... has it finally ended, has it?" Cassandra took a deep breath while smiling. However, after a few seconds tears immediately plunged profusely from her beautiful eyeballs.

"Finally..hiks.... I. hiks.... Thank goodness...."

Arlen clenched tightly to the girl then drowned her face on the girl's shoulder.

Cassandra felt her shoulders wet. He knew the meaning of all that, so the girl also returned a warm close embrace while making them feel relieved of everything.

The people around could only stare at the pair of lovers who seemed to have just made a great sacrifice to fight for each other.

The blue-sliced man who was originally clutching tightly to the girl, now released her while cupping the girl's face and deeply rubbing her was filled with feelings.

A bit of clear water lining the sky blue iris was stuck in her eye patch and stuck in her lashes. With a big smile that he creates and presents only for his soulmate, the man also says things that prove how much he loves the girl.

"Everything will be fine.... I'm always here to harvest all the seconds that pass in your life... Cassandra."

...~•~...

In a few moments, the execution would be carried out just like the previous king's orders. Cassandra now goes to the palace's dungeon where Frost is being held temporarily.

The girl had told Arlen that she wanted to talk to her best friend for a moment, and she agreed.

After a few steps, Cassandra finally reached the cell that locked her best friend.

"Countesses. What are you doing here?" ask a guard in front of Frost's cell.

"I'd like to have a four-eye talk with Count Beronald. Can't you?" ask Cassandra.

"But, Countess...."

"Do you doubt my ability to take care of myself?" The girl stared hard at the guard earlier.

"alright... Countess," the guard opened the cell and walked away.

Cassandra sighed violently and then walked in and faced her friend who was sitting down while looking at her horribly.

"On what basis can you visit me at will, Countess la Devoline?" Frost said but sounded insinuating.

Cassandra could only fold her lips and furrow her eyebrows. How could his long-time best friend suddenly change in an instant like this?

Frost was always smiling and chuckling at the joke that the man made himself. Frost always smiled and acted like his brother when he was in trouble. Frost who always listened to all his complaints when he was constantly hurt by his father.

Where did it go, Frost like that?

"Why...? And you're my precious best friend, why did you do that, Frost?" cassandra lirih.

Frost just stared intently at the girl, then screeched. "Precious friend? I don't need that nickname" he said.

"Is all the togetherness that we pass through worthless to you...?" Cassandra's down.

Frost just clenched his palm. Why did the girl even feel that she was the one suffering the most? It was he who had been more injured.

"Where did Frost go who was always smiling and always gave an unclear joke? Where did Frost go when I cried? Where it went... Frost has always acted like my own brother...?" put the girl down quickly.

The twists of thorns seemed to strangle the girl's throat.

"Poor."

Cassandra looked up immediately upon hearing those words.

"You. You disgust me so much towards you" despised Frost.

Cassandra again could only endure the pain that her best friend was waving through her piercing words.

"You know that I always make you happy. You know that I've always protected you. You know that I'm always there for you. But why did you choose another man? Even more so with that son of a bitch," said Frost.

Cassandra closed her mouth with her palm. This is impossible...! Anyone please tell him that everything is not what he thinks!

"F-frost.... Don't-don't...!"

Frost smiled bitterly. "Yes, I've always liked you, jal*ng."

The brown girl could no longer hold back the clear water flowing down her cheeks. Why, his life had to be so complicated?

"Pardon me... Frost.... I-I really don't know that you like me" Cassandra said. In an instant, it was as if the air in the world disappeared so that he could not breathe.

Frost covered half of his face while grabbing half of his brown mane. "No. on second thought. Compared to the many better women you have in this world, I like you who are annoying and insensitive."

Cassandra could only shut up with her cries. The girl no longer knew who was at fault in this kind of situation.

Why is destiny so cruel?

Again the question came back to his mind.

"You even prefer that spoiled man over me. The man from his childhood has been treated with respect and praise, making me so fed up when I'm always compared to him" Frost said.

"It's all my fault. I will speak to His Majesty to set you free, "Cassandra was about to stand up and run in search of the king.

However, a check immediately stopped him. "Wait a minute, stupid. You don't have to do that."

"But it's all my fault! If only I had realized your feelings from the beginning...!"

"Are you going to accept me if you know how I feel early?" the Frost cut made Cassandra speechless. Before long, the man again smiled blandly when he learned the facts would not change. "No, right? Either way, you're gonna pick Arlen." 

"Stupid me. To think that by killing you, I can take away my feelings for you and make Arlen suffer to death."

"But all of that means nothing. Because something that begins with evil intentions, will never go smoothly and will never be achieved."

"At the same time, I would rather die now than endure the shame of my own stupidity for a long time" Frost said

Cassandra was silent. The girl was tired of thinking about everything. He just wanted to calm his mind first.

"I just wanted to do one thing before I left. If you will," throw Frost.

Before long, Cassandra felt a warmth enveloping her. Frost's two hands draped through it, providing a whip that made their beautiful childhood memories float back.

"Don't ignore my stupidity. Be happy, My Sister."

From a far enough angle, a man with his blue iris who had been leaning against the wall and crossing just silently observed the whole movement and emotions controlling his girl.

Until shortly when he saw a soulful embrace, the man walked away with slow steps.

...~•~...

The day had come, where the sun had climbed up the peak from the sky and was at the top of its head shining its rays of heat.

A stone and a large axe became a means to lift one's life in an inhumane way.

The person who is being wrapped by a tight rope so that he cannot run, has been in a predetermined position.

A brown barley girl with a blond-lined man beside her looked closely at how the execution would go.

When he saw the girl's uneasiness, the man could only hold her hand trying to calm her down.

"Starting execution."

A strong sentence that was thrown from the lips of the king seemed to rob the atmosphere in that place.

When he saw a large axe swinging on the head of his best friend who was about to be executed, he, Cassandra immediately closed her eyes and released the link of their hands then fused her hands together in front of her chest while closing her eyes tightly.

In an instant, the brown-toothed girl could feel both palms covering her ear holes.

"Stay close your eyes" said Arlen, who was behind him.

Cassandra only nodded when she heard her lover's voice. The girl pressed her hands together and prayed for her best friend.

Before long, Cassandra opened her eyes. Blood had splattered everywhere, and naturally he had known the meaning of it.

The brown girl just stared at the silent sky, with tears in her pretty eyeballs.

"I'm sorry, Frost."

...~•~...

In the afternoon, Hamilton decided to raise Prince Darren to become king and take the throne.

It was here that they, on a vast palace balcony with all the people of the Erosphire kingdom below, looked up at the heir to the throne.

"With this I declare, the throne will be passed down to the second prince of the Erosphire kingdom, His Majesty King Darren Erosphire!!"

"WHOA!!!"

The cheers of the people echoed when the king's great crown passed to the head of the second prince of this kingdom-no.

The prince has now become king. His Majesty King Darren Erosphire of the Erosphire kingdom. Yeah, that's his name.

"Under my rule, I will seek to create a kingdom upheld by justice. Where the entire population will get the rights and obligations of each. Where evil and good are separated, reach a land that is prosperous and free from evil!" prince Darren.

On the balcony, Cassandra and Arlen were on the side of King Darren. They did not know why, but the king wanted them both to be there.

"O my people! With this, I, as the leader of this country, will always protect you in my shade, and will always do my best for your prosperous lives!"

"Long live His Majesty the King!"

"Live on!"

"Long live His Majesty King Darren!"

"Live on!"

"Long live His Majesty the King!!"

Crowd cheers sound deafening, and the sound of applause that makes the fur goosebumps, but makes the atmosphere very pleasant and lively.

Cassandra clapped her hands very loudly. Somehow, relief immediately attacked him as when he had defeated prince Yari a moment ago.

"Listen, my people! In the terrible war that happened some time ago, I am not alone. I am helped by those who deserve your respect. Greet, Your Highness Grand Duke Arlen de Floniouse!!"

Cassandra widened her eyes when she heard the new title created in her man's name. Can the girl see that her lover is also quite surprised, it means that she has absolutely no idea about this.

Cassandra was only able to see Arlen get a lot of cheer from the people of Erosphire, until unknowingly a wide smile arch was created on her lips.

"Thanks to his struggle to lead the army in the main line, he had managed to break through the main defenses of the Nephorine kingdom with his persistence and bring victory to Erosphire. With this, I bestowed the title of Grand Duke on him. Give your big applause!!"

Arlen then bowed respectfully with one hand that was on the chest of all the people of Erosphire.

Not to forget with his calm face and a resolute aura that always accompanied the sky blue sliced lekaki.

"Second, let's welcome Countess Cassandra la Devoline!!"

"E-uh? I-i?" cassandra pointed at herself. When he saw the Darren king smiling sweetly at him, the long brown unravelling girl came forward and faced all the Erosphire people below.

"Thanks to her intelligence in strategizing war, and her bravery as a woman participating in a terrible war, I hereby bestow the title Dame on her! And also, the position of the royal adviser will now be filled by him! Give her a round of applause!"

"You're so cool, Countess!"

"As a woman, I'm very proud of you, Countess!"

"Life Countess la Devoline!!"

Cassandra only laughed awkwardly when she got such a compliment. Until shortly after that he returned to his initial position of being next to the king of Darren.

"And lastly, I'll announce one more thing. I hope you all are not surprised to hear it," said king Darren chuckling for a moment to make the entire population curious.

Until soon after, a girl with a golden gleam that glistened due to sunlight appeared as if capturing all the attention and atmosphere.

Her green eyes are able to hypnotize both men and women with her brightness and beauty.

Anastacia. Yes, that girl who is now grabbing all the attention and atmosphere. Before long, Anastasia bowed respectfully so that everyone was dumbstruck by her elegance.

"Lady Anastasia's. Or you could say, my queen candidate."

"YES!!!"

Again, the humming of voices joining and echoing made Anastasia even more awkward. He was not used to being the center of attention with these many people.

"CHAOS! KISS IT! KISS IT!"

The red hue was now clearly imprinted on Anastasia's cheeks as the Erosphireans shouted such a word. There was no way he would do such a shameful thing in front of so many people!

Anastasia gasped when she found the king of Darren getting closer to her. "Y-His Majesty...? You can't do that in front of a lot of people, can you?"

King Darren smiled sweetly with the head he tilted. "Why not?"

Not yet had the blond unraveling girl replied, now her lover's lips have reached hers while giving a little movement on their link.

"YESY!!!"

"HAHAHA!!!"

Some laughed, some were hysterical because of the romantic treatment of their new king on his queen-to-be.

King Darren pulled his lips together with his face, seeing the face of a lover who was very surprised and red. The man with the black collar just laughed and then pulled the girl from the balcony to disappear from view.

Before they both disappeared, Anastasia chuckled and followed where her boyfriend pulled her.

Cassandra chuckled slightly when she saw the sweet scene before her. At that very moment, somehow the atmosphere became silent and silent. And suddenly the girl was surprised to find her man kneeling before her.

"W-what are you doing?" ask the girl who is wavy.

Arlen remained silent as he cupped his girl's hand and stared into the dark brown, soothing netra.

Cassandra was still confused by the treatment of this man before her. The silent atmosphere even worsened his awkwardness.

"I won't be long because I don't like pleasantries" said the blue-sliced man then pulling his sword.

Even his dangling red robe reached and swept the balcony floor. Arlen also thrust the sword while looking down.

"Give me my life, I give my body, I give my life for you, Cassandra la Devoline. Can I take the honor of being with you for the whole second you've been through in your life?"

Cassandra glared. Tears are back in his ball. No, these are not tears of sadness, but of happiness.

The coldness that struck his heart continued to push him to cry, and a sense of disbelief made the girl silence her mouth.

Knight's oath. This is a very rare way of applying because the applicant has to give up his whole life and whatever he has for the sake of someone he loves.

And now, he even accepted a proposal like this. How could Cassandra not cry?

"Cassandra, be my wife for the second time" said the blond lekaki.

In between her cries, Cassandra even chuckles a little when she gets the fact that they are indeed fit originally a couple.

There is no harm in getting married a second time to the one you love.

"Yes. With pleasure, Arlen de Floniouse."

"YAHOO!!!"

"Why does the romantic scene that happened today really envy me?!"

"Luckily the Countess can get a guy like the Grand Duke!"

"And the Grand Duke is really lucky to get a woman like the Countess!"

Many of the lovable conversations and shouts were thrown from the people of the Erosphire kingdom. 

The girl could not help herself clutching her man tightly and sharing all her happiness with her soulmate.

Until finally, Cassandra felt that her body had been in the air with Arlen's hands holding her tightly.

"Better, we postpone the soup part" Arlen lamented.

Cassandra chuckles. "You're right."

After a long time, happiness finally approached them. A happy ending, is something that the couple has long craved and worked for.

Believe me, struggle and effort drained by love, is the most beautiful thing ever.

Because of the struggle, love is getting stronger. So that the lovers assume that their partner is very valuable, so they will not turn to others.

After passing through the bad ending they had experienced, Grand Duke Arlen de Floniouse and Countess la Devoline could enjoy the results of their long-deployed efforts.

Yes, the time they were waiting for was right. The flower buds in their lives had bloomed, making their owners feel matchless happiness.

It's time to reap happiness.

...The End's...