The Queen Of Time
Haste Makes Waste (Twenty One)

        In the palace courtyard, the soldiers of Chronos were fighting against the royal forces of Bibury and the rebels who turned out to be quite a number of them. In the vanguard, Gazelle seemed so persistent as to subvert one by one the soldiers of Chronos who were about to fight him. Using a mask, Gazelle managed to deceive his enemies who did not know his identity at all.

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        Gazelle's swipe of the sword with one of the soldiers of the kingdom of Chronos sounded so loud amidst the chaos that occurred in the kingdom of Bibury. Gazelle then kicked the soldier while pointing his sword at the enemy's face. However, the soldier managed to dodge and immediately slashed his sword in Gazelle's hand, but Gazelle managed to fend him off with a shield in his left hand.

        "It's been quite a joke, I'll kill you soon." cried Gazelle angrily. The woman then exerted all her strength to search for the soldier's weak point, and when the soldier was completely off guard, Gazelle managed to stab the soldier's chest with her sword until it pierced back.

        "Huh, you weakling!" maki Gazelle with a proud face. Gazelle then swept his gaze across the entire palace courtyard which had turned into a sea of blood and humans. From a distance he can see Max fighting against Heren. Seeing that, Gazelle felt like she missed her past. Long ago

he and Commander Heren were close friends. But sadly, all that has changed. They are now enemies, therefore he should not be dissolved with his past and immediately look for Calistha. Because he was sure if women

it was still within the kingdom of Bibury. Before long, his tail captured the shadow of Calistha fighting a soldier with a golden sword that he believed belonged to Aiden. And sure enough, not far from Calistha, Aiden was slaughtering all his enemies while still protecting Calistha. With cunning Gazelle starts running towards Calistha to kill the woman. But, just a few steps he walked, a man who was his greatest enemy suddenly came while unsheathing a sword towards him. Angrily Gazelle immediately fended off the sword from before him because he did not have much time left to play around with the man. Because after this Aiden will definitely immediately secure Calistha

when their position is not pinched like that.

        "Looking Spencer, you're not my target" Gazelle said coldly. Spencer immediately got off his horse while still pulling out his calculating sword at Gazelle.

        "Give up, if you dare to injure the queen, then Your Majesty Aiden will not hesitate to kill you" Spencer said. However, Gazelle appears unconcerned and attacks Spencer when he is caught off guard. Now Spencer's left cheek seemed to pour fresh blood due to Gazelle's sword slash that he could not escape.

        "You think I'm gonna be scared of your threats? I'm not afraid of Spencer at all. I wanted to show myself in front of Aiden and make him remember all his mistakes. Now leave. Or if you keep insisting on blocking my way, then I won't hesitate to kill you."

        "I'm not going anywhere Gazelle, I'm going to protect Calistha's queen from a petty woman like you."

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        The two swords Gazelle and Spencer clashed against each other fiercely, creating a friction that was so ear-splitting. Gazelle then begins to attack Spencer by pointing his sword at Spencer's left chest, but before Gazelle manages to stab his sword at his heart, Spencer immediately fended off the sword and gave Gazelle an attack by kicking the woman's stomach.

        "Uhuk uhuk."

        Gazelle coughed several times as she felt her stomach feel tight and turbulent. However, he immediately retaliated against Spencer's attack by slashing his sword at Spencer's left arm, but again the man managed to dodge, making Gazelle even more furious and resentful of the man.

        "You better stand down and stop all these wars so that the people of Bibury don't suffer more."

        "Huh, until any moment I won't back down, because I'm not a coward like you."

        Gazelle again attacks Spencer by pointing his sword at Spencer's feet. Then, with her tamen, Gazelle tries to squeeze Spencer's body and stomps his stomach hard until the man is pushed back, falling on the ground. Gazelle seemed to grin with satisfaction in front of Spencer, and with a single slash, Gazelle managed to injure Spencer's left leg until the man was unable to stand or walk.

        "This time I won't kill you, but next time maybe I'll kill you. See you at Spencer." Gazelle scoffed as she walked away leaving Spencer visibly angry with himself. It should have been when he had the chance that he had directly finished off Gazelle so that the woman could not get close to Calistha. But, deep down, Spencer felt unbearable and sympathetic towards the woman, so he became weak and was easily defeated by her. Now he only hopes that his king will be able to protect Calistha from Gazelle and his men, because at this time Gazelle was getting closer to the position of Calistha who seemed overwhelmed to retaliate for the attack after the attack directed by Bibury kingdom soldiers on him. And if Calistha was a little off guard, Gazelle was ready with a sword that would turn the woman's heart.

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        Time and again Calistha tried to resist attack after attack by Bibury soldiers on him. Meanwhile

not far from him, Aiden also seemed so busy to subvert his opponents. As a king, he was always made the number one target by his enemies, so many soldiers of the kingdom of Bibury were trying to kill him.

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        The silver sword belonging to one of the Parajurits of the kingdom of Bibury managed to fend off Calistha until the sword fell on the ground. The soldier, who was not accepting, then advanced forward with a ponggah face while trying to direct punches and kicks at Calistha's face. But, as fast as lightning Calistha managed to dodge it and retaliated against the man with a pretty hard punch on the man's face.

            "Based on***** traitor, I will definitely kill you because you have killed our king."

        Unaffected by the soldier's words, Calistha immediately advanced forward to attack the man. It turned out that Aiden was right, they were now no longer on his side, so he could kill them all one by one if they also insulted him and also attacked him.

        "I'm not the bitch you're accusing me of. I'll make sure after this you'll pay for everything by rotting in hell."

        Angrily Calistha raised her sword up high towards the soldier, and in the intertwining of the slash, Calistha managed to injure the front chest of the man until it was severely wounded.

        "That's the result if you mock me." furious Calistha was angry while stepping on the man's sadistic body. Then Calistha started walking again to look for Aiden. But, unfortunately the man was still preoccupied with various kinds of enemies that were surrounding him. He then moved closer towards Aiden as he prepared to slash at a man standing behind him.

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        In a single slash, Calistha managed to decapitate the man's head and make the helpless body fall drooping on the ground. However, Calistha is shocked when she learns that the man she just killed is Max.

        "Max!" calistha shouted hysterically in front of Max's grisly looking corpse. I really don't know if that guy is Max. Calistha then cried roaring in front of Max's stiff body while hugging the man's body without caring about the bad people around him who were trying to kill him.

        Aiden glanced at Calistha who was crying roaring in front of Max's body. The man with already divided concentration began to approach Calistah while fending off any attacks directed towards her or towards Calistha. Then when his body was beside Calistha, the man immediately grabbed Calistha's hand violently so that the woman did not continue to cry over Max's body because her enemies were targeting them at this time.

        "I've killed Max." raved Calistha many times like a broken cassette. Aiden tried to resuscitate Calistha by shaking the woman's body. And without them noticing, Gazelle was already right next to Calisha with her sword already swung, almost slashing her head

Calistha, but Aiden managed to pull Calistha into his arms so that the sword did not hit Calistha and hit her back.

        Fresh blood seeped out soaking down the oversized robe worn by Aiden, the, but the man did not care at all and instead stared intently at the bearer who was hiding behind the black mask he was wearing.

        "Aiden, your back is hurt." screamed Calistha hysterically. But Aiden was as if deaf, and instantly hid Calistha behind his back.

        "How dare you attack my queen. I'll make sure you die at my hands." furious Aiden. Calistha swiftly picked up her sword that lay on the ground. He then tried to retaliate against the attacker, but he failed and his sword fell back on the ground with ease.

        "Shield behind me and stay alert."

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        Aiden pointed his sword at Gazelle's neck, but Gazelle managed to fend him off. Then Aiden swiftly began to give an attack on Gazelle's leg. This time Aiden's strike hit Gazelle's leg and the woman nearly fell down because she lost her balance, but she managed to support her body with the silver sword she was carrying.

        "Open your mask and show me who you are" Aiden said. But Gazelle did not want to do that at all and attacked Aiden with his movements that began to fatigue because his right leg was injured. Seeing his enemy wounded, Aiden immediately used the opportunity to attack his enemy by pointing his sword at the mask worn by the assailant because he looked so suspicious.

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        Aiden managed to fend off the attack directed at his left waist. And in an instant he immediately found out who the figure of the attacker was.

        "Gazelle, stop this" said Aiden loudly, and at the same time the mask worn by Gazelle was successfully destroyed by Aiden and made Gazelle's brownish hair appear scattered due to the wind.

        "Gazelle, are you okay? Aiden stop, don't do it."

        Calistha hurriedly ran towards Gazelle while stretching out her arms to protect Gazelle from Aiden's attack. And it was immediately used by Gazelle to stab Calistha's body from behind.

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        "Aragh!"

        Calistha turned her head in surprise when she heard a loud groan behind her. And when he turned around, Gazelle looked helpless because Spencer managed to stab the woman in the right hand with his sword.

        "Spencer, we're stopping this war. Announce to all our soldiers and the remaining Bibury soldiers." Aiden's orders were firm. The man looked flatly at Gazelle who was whimpering in pain on the ground. Without caring for the woman, Aiden then immediately took Calistha away on the dark horse

by chance they were standing not far from where they were standing.

            "Calistha... I. I'm gonna kill you. And you, Aiden, you have to pay for everything you've done to me in the past" Gazelle said loudly while enduring the pain all over her wounded body. However, Aiden preferred to heed his hearing and immediately rushed off leaving the chaotic kingdom of Bibury.

        "Gazelle." murmured Calistha raucously with watery eyes. While Aiden who was behind him was only able to stare flat at Calistha while spurring the speed of his horse with a tight pace. His back and arms hurt so much now. He must soon arrive at his kingdom so that the court physician can treat his severe wounds.

        "Aaiden, what am I supposed to do? I have killed many innocent lives." - Calistha wailfully with tears that kept flooding her face profusely. As they traverse the Bibury countryside, Calistha can see many young children and mothers crying because their father or husband died. Not to mention the condition of their houses that were destroyed due to the attack of the soldiers Khronos and Bibury. In her heart Calistha continued to curse herself. He felt that he did not deserve to live after this. Aiden did not save her and left her to die at Gazelle's hands. Now it feels like life is useless. It was better for him to die than to live with such great regret in his heart.

        "Isn't this what you want? Then why do you regret it?"

        "I don't want any of this! I just want to get away from you. I don't want to kill them." cried Calistha angrily. Indeed, he really hated the attitude of Aiden who seemed to be blaming him, even though the man also contributed to this problem. If the man did not continue to intrude on his life, then this mess would never have happened.

        "Mother.dad, please wake up." cried a little girl to her parents who had died when their horse passed by a house that was already very sad. The house was destroyed because the soldiers of Khronos and Bibury shed blood each other regardless of the circumstances surrounding. Looking at the little girl, Calistha's heart felt sore and sliced.

        "Oh my God, what have I done? I've killed countless innocent lives."

        "Aiden, kill me" said Calistha flat with her eyes. Aiden looked indifferent and did not want to respond to Calistha's words. But Aiden's silence made Calistha even more angry and hated the man. Roughly speaking, Calistha immediately jerked Aiden's hand just like that from the horse's harness, and after that they immediately fell on the ground because the horse they rode was surprised and jumped haphazardly to and fro causing them to fall very hard. Aiden who fell down with his back that hit the ground immediately groaned loudly while closing his eyes to endure any pain that gnawed at his back. He felt that at this moment one of his back bones was broken because they both fell very hard. While Calistha who fell not far from him was only able to stay on the ground without moving a bit. According to him, the pain that tormented his body was not at all comparable to the pain that continued to spread in his heart. Even now he was disappointed that he did not die at all when the horse threw them from the saddle. He was hoping to die right now.

        "Are you satisfied, huh? Are you satisfied that you have made the people around you suffer?" aiden shouted furiously. The man was now trying to get up on his feet amidst the pain that was whack all over his body. However, Calistha simply flinching in her place without any intention to reply to Aiden's remark.

        "Wake up! Do you think with your death everything will get better? Do you think those people will come back to life after you die? Stupidhead! You hurt the people around you, including me. Didn't you see the gaping incision wound along my back? If you

sorry, you shouldn't repeat your mistakes by hurting those around you!" aiden was angry. Unexpectedly, Calistha instantly got up while hugging Aiden's neck tightly, making the man

instantly stunned and frozen in place. He did not know what to do at this time because Calistha had never hugged him in such a state of chaos. Honestly, he preferred the fiery Calistha over the fragile and weak Calistha like this.

        "Aiden, I'm sorry. Aaaku, I'm sorry. Please forgive me for hurting you" Calistha said. Stiffly, Aiden began to raise both of his hands to stroke Calistha's back. At this time the woman was fragile, so she had to give comfort to the woman so that she would not break into pieces like a ceramic. But, the woman's behavior just a moment ago actually made her so angry that she subconsciously snapped at the woman and scolded her with harsh words. How much he regretted his actions.

        "Forget it, I'm fine. Relax, everything will be fine. Just one thing you need to remember, don't ever commit reckless actions again if you don't have a mature plan, because it'll all end up in vain like this."

        Calistha nodded on Aiden's shoulder as she continued to cry. After this he does not know what will happen to his life, because he already has no one in this world. The only family he had killed was with his own hands, and Gazelle betrayed him, and Tiffanya remained in prison. Was it after this that he had to submit under the power of the arrogant man who was currently embracing him? But, is his heart ready to accept Aiden as his destiny? The various questions kept swirling around in his head, and made him even more tired to live this complicated life. But, a voice so melodious managed to calm him down from the various kinds of eternities that were lingering in his heart.

        "Stay by my side, and I will protect you with all my soul and body."