The Queen Of Time
The King of Khronos (Three)
Calistha kept her mouth shut tightly so that she would not make a commotion behind the bushes that were currently her hiding place. The woman continued to observe the movements of the Chronos army in horror. From a distance, he could see a man with a very haughty face was standing on his gallant horse while observing his troops one by one. In one guess, Calistha could conclude that the man was the king of Aiden, the king who had always been a byword for his cruelty. Instantly Calistha's blood became boiling considering how ruthless the man had been all along. The man had cruelly ravaged his kingdom and had also killed his mother's father, along with all his other sisters. Calistha clenched her hands tightly as she squeezed the dry leaves before her to make a loud rustling sound. Unexpectedly Aiden had suddenly walked up to the bush to see what was happening behind it. The longer Aiden's steps get closer to the bushes. And in the midst of the inner confusion that was engulfing Calistha, suddenly someone ambushed her from behind and silenced her mouth with a cloth so that Calistha could not scream. Calistha continued to rebel because she felt herself being threatened. However, the person who was currently smothering him seemed to continue dragging him with difficulty to hide behind a large tree that was quite far from the bushes before. When she felt safe enough, she immediately released Calistha from her clutches while standing with a bark in front of Calistha. However, after that the woman immediately smiled sweetly towards Calistha and extended her hand at Calistha to help the beautiful woman stand up.
"Gazelle!" pekik Calistha could not believe it. The woman immediately rushed into Gazelle's arms while screeching happily.
"Gazelle, where are the others? Why is the camp destroyed?"
Gazelle let go of Calistha's embrace unhappily as she sat herself on the black rock that had begun to weathered. As she straightened her achy legs, Gazelle began to tell Calistha everything, all the terrible things that had just happened to her and the rest of her kind.
"Some of us are dead, and the survivors, they are currently in hiding. The Chronos, he will attack the kingdom of Hora tomorrow morning. They will all soon destroy this peaceful kingdom." - frustrated Gazelle, who had slouched his head on his slightly abrasive knee. Calistha who was listening to that was only able to silence her mouth in disbelief while looking anxiously at the royal castle of Hora which seemed to look vaguely from where she stood. Calistha's mind immediately turned to Max. If tomorrow morning the kingdom of Chronos will invade the kingdom of Hora, then Max is in danger.
"Why did they come to the kingdom of Hora? Then, what about Erika, is she okay?"
"Erika managed to escape from the soldiers of the Khronos nation, but she suffered enough stab wounds
bad in his stomach. Right now I can only pray that Erika and the others will be fine. Cals, we have to do something." Gazelle said determinedly as she stood up from her seat. Calistha then walked up to Gazelle and gave a gentle swab on the woman's shoulder.
"What are we going to do after this? I must tell Max that the kingdom of Chronos is preparing to invade his father's kingdom."
"alright. I'll take you to the palace. Prince Max and King Hora are in danger. I heard that King Chronos often took all the women in the kingdom he attacked to be killed and tortured. Does the kingdom of Hora have precious women in it, I mean empresses, concubines, and princesses?" ask Gazelle to warn. Calistha's thoughts immediately floated on the mother of princes Max and Victoria. Currently only two of the women lived within the kingdom of Hora, as the king had no concubines. The benevolent king did not want to have a concubine because he only loved the queen's mother.
“Yes, the kingdom of Hora has two very precious women, the mother of the queens Hora and Victoria, the daughter of the prince Max.”
“We must immediately warn them to immediately leave the palace to evacuate, because their lives will not survive if the kingdom of Khronos tomorrow morning attacks the kingdom of Hora.”
Eventually the two of them began to walk through the darkness of the forbidden forest without any lighting. While walking, their eyes also continue to watch every movement that might look suspicious to them. No one is opening any conversation right now. Everything seemed serious with their respective thoughts while imagining what would happen tomorrow to the kingdom they were living in.
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Aiden narrowed his eyes suspiciously at the thicket growing so densely in front of him. Just a moment ago the bush looked noisy and wobbled strangely. He then stepped closer while pointing his sword forward. With a single slash, the bushes in front of him instantly split open and displayed a dark empty side, yet emitting a warm aura. Aiden then tried to stretch out his hand at the bushes to pick up an object that looked glittering there. A necklace with a silver round pendulum was successfully obtained by Aiden and made the man frown instantly. Inside the pendulum necklace there are special carvings that are only owned by the Kairos nation. With a sly smile Aiden could guess who the owner of the glittering silver necklace was.
The last woman of the kingdom of Kairos.
"Hmm, apparently you can't wait for my queen to appear." Aiden muttered softly, but managed to make Spencer shudder in horror with the aura emitted by his king. Just a moment ago, he accidentally saw his master was walking calmly towards the thickets. The man then decided to follow the steps of his king just in case the rebels were still hiding there and intended to attack his king while off guard. But it turns out the bush is empty. There was no one there, except for a silver necklace with intricate carvings on its face. And when the king began whispering in the silver necklace, Spencer's entire body immediately shuddered in horror at the killing aura emitted by Aiden.
"Your Majesty, your tent has been set up. You can rest now."
"I'll be there later. Check our food and weapons supplies. I'm waiting for your report
fifteen minutes to go." said Aiden coldly without looking at Spencer. The man in the red uniform then nodded slowly and immediately walked away leaving Aiden to carry out the king's orders.
Aiden was still standing in his place as he continued to observe the silver necklace with a sly grin. Remembering every distinctive scent created from the silver necklace, the sweet scent calmed the typical noble lady Kairos. The man then put the necklace in the pocket of his robe while muttering softly to himself.
"Calistha, you'll be mine."
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Upon arriving at the palace, Calistha immediately stepped hurriedly up the stairs to wake Max up. He had to inform Max immediately of the attack that the kingdom of Chronos was going to make on the kingdom of Hora. The woman continued to run and run until her breathing was breathless. He then walked with noisy steps down every dark hallway in Hora's palace. At the end of the hallway, Calistha could see a large, towering door, where Max was resting. The woman hurriedly opened the door brutally without knocking on it first, until two human children
the ones kissing inside were immediately jumped in shock and immediately separated themselves from each other due to Calistha's sudden arrival.
"Ppa prince, forgive me. I don't know if..."
"No Calistha, it's not what you see. I didn't do anything with Victoria." Max said as he approached Calistha. However, Calistha is increasingly walking backwards to stay away from Max. His whole heart was now in pain and pain. He never thought that he would see such a disgusting thing right in front of his eyes. The kingdom of Chronos should not have attacked at an inopportune time like this, so he would not have had to witness such a painful scene today. But, no! He cannot mix his feelings with the interests of the government. Today the kingdom of Hora and all the people of Hora are in danger. This is not the time to cry and mourn his one-handed feelings. With his face looking up, Calistha tried to look Max in the eye and after that he began to convey the news about the invasion of the kingdom of Khronos to the handsome prince.
"Prince, the kingdom of Hora is in danger. The kingdom of Chronos will attack the kingdom of Horah tomorrow morning. I hope that the prince will soon prepare the soldiers to fight against the warriors of the extremely powerful kingdom of Chronos."
Max appears to be unresponsive to Calistha's remarks regarding the invasion of the Khronos kingdom. The man continued to look at her with a guilty look and apologized to her again. On Max's bed, Victoria was still sitting there staring back at Calistha and Max. The woman then walked over to Calistha and pushed Calistha's shoulder hard, until Calistha almost fell back and hit the wall. Fortunately Calistha managed to balance her body and immediately stood firmly in front of Victoria.
"Sorry princess, you should hurry to get away from this kingdom immediately because king Aiden will arrest you for torture and death. You'd better..."
"Based on hypocritical women! You just want to take Max's attention away from me, don't you? You never pretend to be nice in front of me, because I don't believe in all your bullshit at all! Base ******!"
PLAQUES
One hard slap landed smoothly on Victoria's right cheek. The woman then immediately turned to Max while looking at the man with a look of disbelief. While Max just looked at her angrily because the brash woman had dared to say harsh words to the woman he loved.
"You slapped me! Even my own father never slapped me, but you slapped me instead. You fucking man! Ihate you. I don't want to be your fiance anymore."
"Please. I'm just happy that you don't want to be my fiancee, because I'm sick of all your overdue money."
"Stop! You two stop. This is not the time to fight and put forward your own egos. The Kingdom of Hora is in danger. If you don't take action now, then your kingdom will soon be wiped out." Calistha shouted annoyedly right in front of Max. In fact, the woman had not shown respect to Max anymore because she was too careless with Max's attitude that was just childish when the fate of his kingdom was on the edge. The man then looked at Calistha inside as he rushed off to prepare the soldier and called his father.
Meanwhile, Victoria was staring at him cynically while clenching her hands together
behind his back. He felt so upset and angry at Calistha. Moreover, he had been humiliated by Max in front of the lowly woman until now he felt so angry and very embarrassed. Had the woman not brought the bad news, Victoria swore she would have killed the woman right now, right in front of Max. But, unfortunately, he can't do it now. What Calistha had said earlier about the kingdom of Chronos coming to attack the kingdom of Hora and going to take all the female nobles in this palace was more terrifying than anything else. He had long heard stories that often circulated among the kingdom, if the kingdom of Chronos had a leader who was so vile and thirsty for blood. Many stories from kingdoms that had been invaded by the kingdom of Chronos say that if the princesses of the kingdom and the concubines of the kingdom that was attacked will never return again after being taken away by king Aiden to his palace. Most of them said that the nobles of the kingdom had been killed and made into the cruel king's pet food. Imagining that he would be made into a meal of wild animals made Victoria shudder in horror and immediately walked away leaving Calistha to get ready. Tonight he must return to his kingdom, no matter what. It does not end in this kingdom. Moreover, Max had blatantly rejected it and preferred her sickly paddle.
"Daughter Victoria, I'm sorry." said Calistha suddenly stopped Victoria's steps that had approached the large wooden door that was hanging out in front of Max's room. The haughty woman then turned a glance at Calistha while smiling cynically at the beautiful woman.
"Huh, forget it. Assume none of this ever happened." reply Victoria coldly before she walks away leaving Calistha alone. As a woman she can feel how much pain Victoria feels when she is slapped by her own fiance. But, Calistha quickly forgot about the incident and immediately walked down to catch up with Max. As Max's trusted lady, she must always accompany the man no matter what, even though life is at stake.
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The morning has come. The entire Hora kingdom army seemed to have prepared for the attack
the kingdom of Khronos. Since then the king of Hora continues to walk back and forth with anxiety while thinking about the fate of the kingdom of Hora later. This was the most worrying battle of his life. All this time he was always fighting small kingdoms that were very easy to conquer. However, at this time he had to deal with the kingdom of Chronos which is famous for its ferocity in war. From last night when Max suddenly knocked on his bedroom door to inform him of this shocking news, the king immediately moved quickly by ordering his entire army to prepare. The soldiers then prepared their weapons and armor to be used to fight with the kingdom of Chronos. Queen Hora cried many times in her husband's arms as if after this her life would soon be over. Even the queen has also apologized to all the royal citizens for all her mistakes during this time. Seeing that, Calistha became even sadder and felt her chest tight. He unceasingly squeezed his hands together to get rid of the nervousness and timelessness that was currently plaguing him.
"Calm down, everything will be fine" said Max gently to calm Calistha down. The soldiers and maids who passed by them were only able to stare sadly at the two of them. They all seemed unwilling to interfere and preferred to let the two humans share the warmth before the entire kingdom
it's shattered. The king and queen who saw her son hugging Calistha with a feeling only able to smile bitterly with each other. From the beginning, they knew everything. About Calistha's feelings as well as her son's feelings that have developed into a complicated feeling of love. But, the king could not let his son unite with Calistha, because the woman brought a bad prophecy. When Calistha was seventeen a psychic who was stranded in the kingdom of Hora told her Calistha was the chosen princess, but he cannot determine his own destiny because the ruler has determined his destiny for Calistha. Whoever violates the destiny of the ruler and loves Calistha, then the man will bear very bad consequences. At first the king did not believe
the words of that psychic. However, as Calistha and Max's feelings grow bigger, something bad suddenly happens in the kingdom of Hora. In one full month, the kingdom of Hora experienced a long drought and was attacked by various outbreaks of deadly diseases. The king then immediately took action to quickly separate Calistha from Max, then made the woman continue to be preoccupied with various kinds of palace work, so Calistha would not have time to think about her feelings of love for Max. After that all the outbreaks of disease and the prolonged dry season that occurred in the kingdom of Hora immediately stopped and gradually returned to its original state. From then on the king and queen began to believe the words of the psychic and always tried to separate Calistha and Max if the two human children began to be close to each other again. Although they were actually feeling sorry for Max and Calistha, they both had no choice but to follow the advice of the psychic to separate Max and Calistha.
"Max, it's time we set out for the battlefield." his father scolded gently as he walked closer to his son. Max then releases his arms from Calistha and gives a light peck on Calistha's forehead as a sign of separation. But in his heart Max continued to pray that God would always protect himself and Calistha so that in the future they could be reunited in a better state and atmosphere than the present.
"Be careful, you must return home safely."
"definitely. Wait for me, Cals. I will definitely win this war." Max promised seriously. Unexpectedly, the king immediately came forward and hugged Calstha while telling the woman to keep her queen while she was away. And before the king of Hora went away, the man advised Calistha to kill the queen only if the kingdom of Hora lost the battle with the kingdom of Chronos because he did not want his wife's body to be a meal of the pet beasts of King Chronos.
"Please take care of my queen, you are the only woman in this kingdom that I can count on to look after the queen. So, please do your best to defend the queen and the dignity of the kingdom."
"Good king. Thank you very much for all your neglect so far." said Calistha slowly accompanied by a heartbreaking sobbing sound. The king then nodded and patted Calistha's shoulder slowly to calm the woman down.
"See you."
The two men then stepped away with a heavy feeling that sobbed their hearts.
However, as much as possible they do not look back again so that their hearts are not further broken when they see Calistha and Queen Hora who are crying for them. Right now they had to fight with all their might to defend the honor of the kingdom and also defend the entire precious people of the kingdom of Hora. They will not allow the kingdom of Chronos to trample the land of their birth. This time they would actually fight for their homeland with a bet of their lives and blood.
"See you, Calistha. May the Lord bring us back together." - inner Max was sad as he clasped the tip of his sword firmly to dispel the bitter feeling that lingered in his gray heart.