The Queen Of Time
The Bloody Sword (Eleven)

        At midnight Calistha suddenly woke up from her sleep because she felt like she heard a noise from the palace courtyard. Curiously, he then walked towards the balcony to see what was going on down there. At a glance Calistha saw there were so many people of the kingdom of Chronos who were standing in the palace courtyard while shouting boisterously. It looks down there the torches are lit so brightly. With question marks, Calistha continued to observe all the things that were in the palace courtyard. Suddenly the tail of his eyes saw a man lying on the ground with blood all over his body. He then further narrowed his vision to look at the man's body. And how shocked Calistha was after she realized that the man was Max. Then from another corner of the crowd, he could see Aiden drawing his sword at a woman whose face had been covered by a black cloth, but he knew who the woman Aiden was currently about to execute.

          "No, no! Gazelle, Tiffany!" scream Calistha hysterical. He then immediately ran out from inside his room like a doormat. Several times he hit the servants who were passing by in the palace. But he doesn't care and just keeps running to save Gazelle and Tiffany who are about to be executed by Aiden. His entire face was filled with tears of regret. All this is his fault. He told Max and Gazelle to free Tiffany, but it seemed the three of them did not make it out of the palace safely and were instead captured by the palace soldiers.

        Upon arrival in the courtyard, Calistha immediately ran through the crowd of humans who were clamoring to hail the three humans that Aiden had executed.

        "Don't! Don't kill them. Don't...."

        Calistha slumped on the ground as she saw the last woman had been executed. Tiffany is dead.

        "What did you do to them? Why did you kill them?" calistha whispered under Aiden's feet. While the man looked so relaxed while giving his bloodstained sword to Spencer who was standing next to him.

        "Because they are intruders and traitors, and also my prisoners. Come on in, you shouldn't be here."

            Aiden directly dragged Calistha's limp body just like that into the palace. This time Calistha looked like an undead that really had no soul. After Aiden dropped her on the bed, Calistha just kept daydreaming while crying in silence. His heart felt so broken and broken. They should be three of them

not taking all his mistakes. They should be able to live in peace and dignity. What would the queen be like now if she found out that her only son had died? Throughout the night Calistha continued to cry inside her room without intending to close her eyes though. Now he no longer knows what he will do after Max, Gazelle, and Tiffany die. He had completely lost his way and lost his way without them.

        "I'm sorry." whispered Calistha to the empty air and the silence of the night.

-00-

        "Your Majesty, what about your wedding tomorrow? Is the queen going to be okay after tonight's horrible incident. The Queen must have been devastated by what happened today" Spencer said in Aiden's private room. The king was currently sipping his wine casually without caring about the worries that were troubling Spencer's mind. After all, he was just following the flow of the game, so he did not need to bother with the state of the woman who was still shocked by the execution tonight.

        "Why do you have to worry about Calistha. Our job here is to follow the flow of the game. I'm not really the one who wants those three men dead, but the woman herself who wants death for those three people, so you don't have to worry about my marriage tomorrow. You better check all the preparations for my wedding again tomorrow. Don't let my wedding plan fail just because of a trivial matter like this."

        "Your Majesty. Then I'm sorry. Good night." said Spencer politely before he stepped away, out of the king's private room. While sipping his red wine with pleasure, Aiden began to prepare for a glimpse of what would happen tomorrow. Aiden slowly closed his eyes as he endured any pain that began to pierce his head.

        "Argghh.." erang Aiden was restrained while holding on to the edge of his desk strongly. Aiden had long visions of future events, until he was able to breathe a sigh of relief after all the painful torture finally stopped.

        "So that's the end of the story." murmured Aiden calmly as he glared away at the dark corners of his room.

-00-

        Calistha's day looks like an empty undead and looks luminous. Many times Yuri sighed in annoyance because her makeup had no effect on Calistha's pale and chaotic face at all. Calistha continued to cry as much as she had in her room and did not sleep at all, so her eyes now looked so swollen and reddened. Yuri finally gave up dressing Calistha and chose to immediately take care of all her makeup. He felt so frustrated and no longer knew how to polish Calistha's dim and chaotic face.

        With weak steps, Calistha was constantly led to walk towards the palace hall. At first glance the lady looked worried about Calistha's state. But, he naturally could do nothing but obey the king's order to bring Calistha into the hall.

        "Your Majesty, we have arrived at the hall."

        When Calistha appeared at the grand door of the hall, all eyes immediately stared at Calistha with varying gazes. Some looked at Calistha indifferently, others looked at Calistha with pity. Then after Aiden announced to all of his people that the wedding ceremony was about to begin, they all immediately faced forward while looking at the elder who was reciting the words before the wedding solemnly.

        Slowly Calistha began to walk down the red carpet she had prepared for her. Various kinds of beautiful flower petals rained down on his body and accompanied every step he went through. But, even though his wedding was very luxurious, he actually felt empty. If only he could refuse this marriage, then he would prefer to reject it because since last night he continues to be haunted by such great guilt in his heart. Max, Gazelle, and Tiffany's blood-soaked body image kept swirling around inside his brain, making him feel dizzy and nauseous.

        It didn't feel like his steps were getting any closer to Aiden. The man was gallantly waiting for her on the altar while extending his hand towards Calistha to greet the woman. Suddenly the feeling of anger and hate filled Calistha so much that he felt so hot when he saw the cunning face of Aiden who was waiting for him with a fake smile that was so nauseating. When Calistha was already a few steps ahead of Aiden, the man immediately came forward and pulled Calistha's hand so that the woman immediately placed herself before the royal elder who looked impatient to marry the two of them off.

        "Your Majesty, are you ready to pledge your allegiance to the marriage?" ask the royal elder while preparing the obsolete royal book. Aiden steadily began to prepare to say his wedding vows in front of all his people and also in front of his queen.

        After Aiden finished with his wedding vows, the elder asked Calistha to make a promise

marriage as Aiden did. But, Calistha just fell silent on the spot while clenching her hands tightly. He did not want to marry a murderer. He would rather die than marry a murderer like Aiden.

        "I do not want to marry your cruel king. I'd rather die than bear the weight of my entire life!"

Spring

        Unexpectedly, Calistha instantly drew the sword that was at Aiden's waist. All the guests who were there immediately screeched loudly while warning Calistha to immediately throw away the sword. But, Calistha looked completely unconcerned and instead brought the sword closer to her stomach. He no longer wants to live. He wants to die right now.

        "Drop that sword! What you're doing in the present is going to have a big impact on the future" Aiden said loudly. However, Calistha did not care about the warning at all because she felt fed up with everything related to the man.

        "I don't care! You're a mean and a jerk! Ihate you. I will never marry you forever."

Sret

Brugh

        Instantly blood seeped from the pink dress worn by Calistha, creating a pooling bloodstain on the marble floor she was treading on. All the people who were there immediately screamed hysterically after they saw their future queen kill herself on her wedding day. Meanwhile, Aiden simply fell silent in place stiffly while looking at Calistha's body in front of him with an indecipherable flat face. The man faintly just smiled sinisterly at Calistha's stiff body while whispering quietly to himself.

       "See you later, my queen."