The Queen Of Time
The Evil Shadow (Thirty One)

        Aiden stared softly at the brown door in front of him with a feeling of guilt. I want it to feel like he's coming in

into and hugged the frail body of Calistha who was still curled up on the bed with a circle of tears that still flooded her beautiful face. But, he can't. She wanted to teach Calistha to be a polite, non-stubborn woman. Although this was quite difficult for him, but it was all he could do. This whole day was actually quite haunted with feelings of guilt and tightness as a result of his quarrel with Calistha this morning. In his head he thought if his quarrel this time was really very silly and laughable. Just because of a dress, she and Calistha had to end up like this? That was the most absurd problem in his entire life. How could a human being be hostile to each other just because of a dress? But, the fact is that's what happened. She and Calistha fought a cold war just because of a dress.

        "Huh, really stupid!"

        "Your Majesty, what are you doing here?"

        Suddenly a voice surprised Aiden, making Aiden had to turn his head to the left to see who the caller had disturbed his calm.

        "Does that matter?" said Aiden Sakarstik to Tiffany. The man seemed to put his unfriendly face on Tiffany blatantly. But it did not make Tiffany daunted, instead he showed more courage to Aiden by folding both hands in front of the chest and face looking up.

        "Of course it's important Your Majesty, because you're currently standing in front of my sister's bedroom door." Tiffany replied defiantly. Aiden thinned his lips angrily at Tiffany's overly bold behavior towards him. He believes that the woman is currently devising various short-sighted plans in her head.

        "Your sister? He's my queen candidate and this is my palace, so I deserve to stand anywhere

as my heart. You better get out of my kingdom before I cut off your head because I know you're not a good woman. You're sneaky and you want to kill your own sister, right?"

        Tiffany smiled sinisterly at Aiden as she stepped closer towards Aiden. That woman really

it looked relaxed and seemed undaunted in the slightest when facing Aiden. Kairos's cunning blood had actually flowed profusely within his body, leaving Tiffany with plenty of courage and toughness in reaching her goal. Even if that goal was an evil purpose to kill his own sister, he didn't care!

        "Hmm, apparently His Majesty is indeed very good at guessing the contents of other people's minds. You're right, I

it's gonna kill Calistha, just like what you did to my boyfriend Nick. I want to make you suffer as much as I did when you killed Nick sadistically. Besides, I also want to avenge my parents who you killed so horribly. So, don't ever

ordering me to retreat because I will make you suffer slowly until the end of your death comes His Eminence Aiden." sighed Tiffany full of promise. Aiden stared back at Tiffany sharply while gripping Tiffany's jaw tightly all of a sudden.

        "You, how dare you challenge me. All right, I'll follow your game. Once you make a mistake, then I will immediately cut off your head at that time without mercy in front of everyone, including in the presence of Calistha who has sincerely loved you. You are indeed the kind of lowly human who must be immediately exterminated like a Tiffany pest." threatening Aiden is no less terrible. Tiffany tried to remove the big palm from her jaw that felt like it was going to crumble. Then without a second thought he tried to kick Aiden's stomach which was right in front of him, but Aiden quickly managed to avoid it, so he did, and he instantly countered Tiffany by twisting her hand and locking her hands back with her body.

        "Huh, you lowly woman. You won't be able to hurt me so easily Tiffany, if you stick to that niggling mind of yours to kill Calistha, I advise you to dig your own grave hole from now on, because I wouldn't bother making a grave hole for you if you died. Your body would be much more useful to give to all my pets down there. So, don't you ever mess with me." whispered Aiden softly, but stabbed in Tiffany's ear. Then the man immediately pushed Tiffany's body rough until the woman's body hit the wall hard enough. After that Aiden immediately left Tiffany's body just like that which seemed to endure pain while squatting on the floor with a small groan.

        "Awas you son of a bitch, you and Calistha will die at my hands."

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        Calistha, aided by Yuri seemed to be preparing to attend her welcoming party today. Although he actually felt lazy, but he did not want to disappoint all the people of Khronos who had worked hard to prepare his welcoming party today, so inevitably Calistha remains present at the event tonight by using a long white dress that looks fit and beautiful on her body. However, the dark circles in her eyes as well as her swollen eyelids were still clearly visible on Calistha's face even though Yuri had put on a lot of makeup to cover it up. But that's how it is. This day he was busy crying over his unlucky fate for having fallen into the charms of a cruel king Aiden, so now he felt indecisive because he did not have the power of dissent as great as he used to be. As he blatantly tries to challenge Aiden, his heart aches and hurts for whatever reason. According to him, from day to day the relationship between himself and Aiden is getting stronger, making him have to feel a strange sense of tightness every time he wants to defy Aiden's orders.

        "Your Majesty looks beautiful." praise Sunny sincerely. Calistha simply looked wryly at Sunny while observing the reflection of her face through the mirror. There he saw a woman with a very beautiful face, but she looked like a lifeless undead. He admitted, Yuri is very talented

in terms of applying makeup to make her beautiful like this, but Yuri was still an ordinary human who could not change the aura of her body to brighten. The aura emitted by him was still gloomy and shrouded in such intense sadness. Somehow he later when confronted by many royal guests out there. Should he put on a fake smile in the midst of his foggy mood?

        "Your Majesty, you can wear your shoes now. I've prepared it for you."

        Yuri came up with a pair of silver-colored and ten-centimeter-heeled shoes that looked so beautiful. He then placed the shoe in front of Calistha's feet so that the queen could wear it without having to move from her comfortable chair.

        "Thank you Yuri, but I still want to linger here. I.. feel lazy to attend this party." said Calistha honestly. Sunny and Yuri looked at Calistha's face with concerned smiles while stroking Calistha's shoulders in turn. They knew that right now Calistha and Aiden were in a bad mood

delightful. And that must have been very disturbing to Calistha's mind. Moreover, tonight he had to face again with Aiden when his heart and soul were not ready to face the man. So, you can imagine how restless Calistha is right now.

        "We know how you feel now, but you still have to attend this party because this party was made specifically to welcome your arrival as part of the kingdom of Khronos. Mmm, maybe after the dance event after you can say goodbye to the invited guests to rest first in the room." suggested Sunny who was immediately responded with a nod of the head. Calistha nodded in understanding to Sunny and Yuri. After that he immediately stood up while preparing his heart and mentality to meet with Aiden later, because he did not want to make any more mistakes in front of the invited guests present.

        "Thank you for the

your support. Now I'll go downstairs, see you. Oh, you guys should also enjoy the party below. Sunny, don't forget to take her handsome boyfriend, and you're Yuri, try to get Spencer to dance later." seduced Calistha with prying eyes. Yuri who heard that was only able to blush in embarrassment while holding her two red cheeks. It turns out that all this time his queen knew if he was interested and liked Spencer. Ah, I think he's really embarrassed now.

        "See you, Your Majesty, have fun." Yuri and Sunny said together. Calistha then began to open the brown door slowly before she stepped out. But when the door opened completely, he was surprised by the presence of Aiden who was leaning in front of the wall

putting both hands in my pocket. For a moment the two men just stared at each other without saying a word. Then ten seconds later Aiden immediately ended their eye contact and began to take the initiative to approach Calistha first. Now the atmosphere between them became awkward and strange. Calistha looked indifferent to Aiden while hiding her face deeply, while Aiden could not melt the atmosphere between them at all, so he only signaled to Calistha to hold her hand.

        "Come, the guests have gathered in the hall to wait for your presence" said Aiden flat with an expressionless face that looked pias. But deep down, Aiden hated his cold, stiff nature, so that he could not melt the awkward atmosphere between them that increasingly felt uncomfortable for him.

        On the other hand Calistha himself still feels angry at Aiden for the actions done by the man this morning. In addition, he was also annoyed by the nature of Aiden who was too arrogant and prioritized his own ego, so that the man did not want to apologize to him at all. If only he wasn't in a bad mood, he

must have debated the man all-out for his very stiff attitude like a statue.

        "How are you doing today?"

        "Huh, he asked me how I was? Would he not be able to see with his own eyes if today I looked so bad? You are insensitive!"

        "Well." answered Calistha briefly. Aiden sighed softly while glancing at Calistha at a glance. Seeing from the answer of the queen who was so cold and short he knew that Calistha was still angry with him. After all, he actually did not really know the situation of the woman, he just wanted to melt the rigid atmosphere in their place so as not to feel strange for her. But, it turns out Calistha is still reluctant to respond to every word, so in the end he decided to lock his lips tightly so that he does not bother Calistha more and make the woman hate him more.

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        "Good night, Your Highness Aiden, good night, Your Excellency Calistha, today you both seem so compatible with each other."

        "Thank you Mr. Errol, you and your wife also seem to be in harmony." praise Calistha sincerely to the minister of development and his wife. While Aiden who stood next to him only showed a very flat face and was not affected at all with sincere praise from Mr. Errol, the minister of development.

        "After this you are both asked to dance as a sign of the start of the feast today, are you ready to dance in front of all the people of Khronos?" ask the minister expectantly. Calistha briefly glanced at Aiden at a glance to see how the man was reacting, but the man's facial expression did not change at all and only displayed his annoying flat face. Finally Calistha agreed to an offer from Mr. Errol because he felt hesitant if he had to refuse the offer. Moreover, the people of Khronos seemed so enthusiastic about his welcoming party today, so he felt he had to repay all the kindness of the inhabitants of Khronos who had been so kind to him.

        "Well, we will dance according to your request. By the way, when are we going to dance?"

        "Now, Your Majesty. When classical music has been played, then you and the king of Aiden can immediately dance in the middle of the hall."

        "Play the music now, I don't want to wait any longer."

        Suddenly Aiden spoke flatly while staring at the bead of Mr. Errol's eyes solemnly. Feeling the sharp eyes of his king, Mr. Errol immediately passed away to tell the orchestra players to immediately play his music now that the king wanted to dance with his queen.

        After five minutes, the sound of classical music that was so melodious was heard among them all. Aiden who heard the sound of classical music had been played, immediately brought Calistha to the middle of the hall to do the dance. At first Calistha felt awkward to touch Aiden's shoulder, but after Aiden tightened his body he drew closer to Calistha and placed his hand above Calistha's waist, the woman eventually tries to come to terms with her ego and begins to get used to her closeness to Aiden.

        "Are you happy?" aiden whispered quietly in the middle of their dance activities. Calistha looked as if she was groaning in front of him, but she quickly looked at Aiden's face while smiling sincerely at the man.

        "I'm trying to be happy."

        Aiden frowned dislike Calistha's reply because it was as if the woman

answer half-heartedly, although Calistha did answer half-heartedly, but could the woman slightly appreciate him who had tried to soften his diamond-hard ego.

        While Calistha was grumbling indistinctly in her heart, the music continued to melodiously accompany each of their movements that were shrouded in anger. How could he possibly say that he was happy, when the problems between them had not been resolved.

        "Good, you should always try to be happy. Are you mad at me?"

        Calistha looked at Aiden flatly, it felt like she wanted to improve the sensitivity system contained in Aiden's body because the arrogant man really did not have sensitivity in his heart. It was only fitting that the man could kill hundreds of humans at once without feeling the slightest sense of guilt.

        "I know you're talking about me in your heart. I'm. I'm sorry."

        "What?"

        Calistha's reflexes raised her head when she heard Aiden's apology sounding like a sickle.

        "How much does it weigh for the man to say sorry to me?"

        "I'm sorry I hurt you today. I do not have sensitivity, I am indeed selfish and too crazy of honor. Please forgive me Calistha, I cannot live with this very disturbing feeling of guilt. I'm really sorry I did" Aiden said at last.

After saying that it felt like the entire burden on his back became light. He was no longer haunted by the guilt of having made Calistha cry. Really ***** indeed, he should have done that since then, not after everything had gone awry like this.

        "You're apologizing to me? Oh, my God, Aiden, I'm so happy to hear that. Thank you for realizing your mistake and trying to make peace with your ego. I'm sure it's heavier than lifting a rock as big as a mountain." said Calistha cheerfully. However, in between the cheers Aiden noticed something strange from Calistha, something the woman had hidden without her knowledge.

        "Calistha, are you okay? Your face looks pale."

        "I'm fine." Calistha replied sounding a little weak. However, unexpectedly, Calistha kissed her lips gently in the midst of the invited guests who came. The screams of the invited guests that were so boisterous sounded so noisily around Aiden, making Aiden feel troubled by the noise. He thought his people were just too much to see his kiss with the unexpected Calistha. But, when in the end the tiny body that was in his arms slumped slowly and lost consciousness, he, only then did Aiden realize that since then his guests were screaming hysterically because they saw the condition of Calistha's legs that had been bleeding.

        "Your Majesty, the queen is wounded." cried Spencer loudly. Aiden, who saw Calistha unconscious in her arms, held the woman in his arms and asked Spencer to remove the shoes worn by Calistha, because it turned out that the entire floor he was on was dirty by the blood spots that were so

many of Calistha. Unfortunately, he did not realize it because he felt too busy dancing on the red carpet.

        "Spencer, get the shoes off!" aiden's orders are firm. Slowly Spencer mulau pulled the silver shoes from the soles of Calistha's feet. And how shocked Spencer and Aiden were that they saw three nails that had been stuck so deep around Calistha's soles.

        "Gosh my god."

        "Yes God. What happened to Her Majesty the queen?"

        "Jeez, Calistha's queen."

        The voices of the invited guests' shouts were pacified with each other as Aiden began carrying Calistha's unconscious body splitting the sea of humans that filled the entire hall.

        "That woman. He must have done this to Calistha. Damnit damnit! I've lost some of my vision. After this I have to put a tight guard around Calistha."

        From a distance Tiffany smiled in satisfaction as she sipped her red wine gracefully. His first plan had gone smoothly, after which he would carry out the second plan so that Calistha's life would be ruined, and he would die slowly in a painful manner.