The Queen Of Time
Blooming Flower (Thirty Seven)

            In the dark of the gripping night, Spencer appears to be creeping down into prison

underground to get Gazelle out. Today he has prepared all his plans carefully. Starting with putting the prison guards to sleep by putting sleeping pills into their food, then he prepared an alibi to make it look as if Gazelle himself had escaped from the prison, not for his help.

            When Spencer arrived at the lower end of the prison, Spencer could see the guards were fast asleep because of the food they had been eating voraciously this evening. With a sneaky grin, Spencer immediately took the keys that were beside the waist of one of the most fierce-looking guards, then he immediately stepped into Gazelle's prison cell with overflowing feelings of pleasure. It felt like he could not wait to see how Gazelle's facial expression would be when he saw her with this precious piece of prison lock. Could it be that Gazelle would immediately embrace her completely or just act ordinary? The question kept lodged in Spencer's head, making him nervous.

            "Gazelle's."

            Spencer called the woman's name slowly while waiting for the woman to emerge from her detention cell

the dark. Not long after Gazelle appeared with a grumpy face while looking at Spencer with a look of ridicule as usual.

                "What's wrong? You want to make your fake promise again? It's been over a week since you last came to get me out of this prison, but where? You never got me out of here at all and made me even more fed up with that pitiful face of yours." - heartless Gazelle.

Spencer seemed to smile wryly while showing a bunch of keys he grabbed. His delusion about Gazelle who was about to cry in front of him with gratitude just crumbled, after seeing how Gazelle reacted to him. The woman will never change a bit just because she released her from this filthy, stuffy prison. The woman was still being cynical and was even more careless towards her.

            "I'll set you free now."

            "Oh, you finally managed to devise a plan to get me out of here. But, you're still a slow man." - again, Gazelle taunted with his haughty face. Hearing that Spencer was only able to stay in place while showing a flat face to hide his pain. Suppose he is not the woman he loves, he must have killed the woman a long time ago because of his arrogant behavior and very ungrateful. Now he was really upset with himself. Just because of a love, he became this kind of weak and disgusting man. In fact, he was willing to betray the king and his kingdom just to free a criminal like Gazelle. Love has blinded everything.

            "Whatever you want to tell me. But before you get out of here, I have conditions for you. You have to come out as if you ran away, not because of my help. Do you understand?"

              "Yes, I get it. But before I go all the way from Khronos, I want to feel like living here for three days. I will disguise myself as a servant so that I will not be treasured by the other palace dwellers. Can you grant my wish?"

                Spencer seemed to have thought for a long time to respond to Gazelle's request. Letting go of Gazelle like this alone was already very dangerous for her safety as well as that of the woman, how about allowing Gazelle to stay here? If Aiden found out, he and Gazelle would be dishonorably killed in the royal square of Khronos. And of course he didn't want that to happen.

                "I can't. If King Aiden finds out about your disguise, you and I will be killed by it. So I can't grant your wish." Spencer refused firmly. Gazelle sneered cunningly in front of Spencer and walked over to the man. One of his free hands he then extended out to pull Spencer's shirt collar closer to him.

            "So, are you afraid of Aiden's sword?" whispered Gazelle with a strong provocation sentence. Spencer tries to untangle Gazelle's hand grip from her collar while staring in dislike at Gazelle who has underestimated her.

                "I'm not afraid of death at all, I just don't want my efforts to end in vain. If you come out of this prison only to be slashed by the sword of king Aiden, you better stay in this prison until king Aiden gives you leniency" Spencer replied firmly. Gazelle laughed out loud at the

in front of Spencer while walking away from the man. Although Spencer refused at this time, he was convinced by a little provocation, after this the man would definitely grant his request, because he knew Spencer was a weak man!

                "You don't have to reason like that if you're really afraid of being beheaded by Aiden. If you don't want to grant my request, you better get out of here. I don't need help from a weak and timid man like you."

            Spencer tightened his jaw angrily while clenching his knuckles tightly to whiten. The clasping sound of the key she held was proof of how angry and distraught Spencer was with Gazelle's words. The man then looked at the two Gazelle beads solemnly while saying out loud that he would grant Gazelle's request, but with a logical reason.

            "Give me a reasonable reason why you want to stay in this kingdom. You're not planning to harm Her Majesty the queen are you?" search Spencer's suspicious. Gazelle drew closer to Spencer while whispering quietly in front of Spencer's face, who was holding back the anger.

            "I just want to see Aiden one last time." whispered Gazelle steadily with a sly grin on her face. Hearing that, Spencer increasingly felt that he had actually been used by Gazelle. But again he felt not warted and could not ignore the woman just like that. Every night, in the days before, he kept thinking about Gazelle and how to get her out of this stuffy, dirty prison. There was nothing else he had thought about these seven days other than Gazelle, Gazelle, and Gazelle. But if you think logically, all these sacrifices are completely meaningless. Instead he looked increasingly weak in front of the woman and his pride was also getting trampled on. But, he is helpless. You stupid Spencer! You idiot!

            "Your reasoning is quite logical. But can I hold your word, you really won't hurt His Highness Calistha?"

            "Hmm, I swear by the heavens and the entire lord of the universe, I will not hurt Calistha. I really just want to see Aiden." Gazelle said loudly with her right hand raised next to her face. Spencer observes Gazelle's reassuring facial features once more, and then he immediately nods in agreement, in a sign that he agrees to grant Gazelle's request.

            "All right, I'm holding your word. But if you break your vows and king Aiden cuts your head off, I won't help you. It's the last one" Spencer remembers before he grabs the big padlock in front of him and starts inserting one of the keys to unlock the rusty padlock.

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        The open sound of the padlock made Gazelle smile and she grew impatient to step out of her dirty and stuffy holding cell. Spencer then began to open the padlock one by one until the last padlock that was at the bottom end of the iron bars. After Spencer opened all the padlocks attached in front of Gazelle's holding cell, the man began to open the bars wide and allowed Gazelle to exit the holding cell with a gesture of his face.

            "Hahh, the pleasant scent of freedom." Gazelle commented the first time she stepped out of her holding cell. Spencer observed Gazelle's facial expression in silence next to her. He knew that Gazelle seemed very happy at the moment, but somehow he felt otherwise, he still felt

empty after removing Gazelle from this holding cell. Though all this time he thought, the emptiness of his heart happened because he had not been able to get Gazelle out of this dirty prison, but his mind turned out to be wrong. The void remained after he managed to free Gazelle from the cell. What exactly do I want?

            "How now? Do I have to get out of that secret door over there?" Gazelle asked suddenly and managed to disturb her momentary daydream. Spencer followed Gazelle's index finger and answered the woman's question.

            "Yes, I've opened that door and prepared the safest way to get out of this prison. But you have to look like you're running away, so you just shut that door haphazardly and after that, hide in my room for the night. You can start your disguise tomorrow morning." Spencer's message before Gazelle steps away to the secret door and leaves Spencer alone without any thanks or appreciation worthy of the man's sacrifice.

            "Currently, what do you expect from a proud, self-informed Spencer? You're indeed an*******a terrible idiot." muttered Spencer to himself. Looking bitterly at the empty cell in front of him, Spencer then began to walk away with the first one he threw

a lock he held into Gazelle's empty holding cell. Hopefully the plan this time really goes according to plan, and hopefully Aiden does not know the plan, because if it happens, then he must be prepared to lose his head from now on.

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            The next day, an immediate uproar broke out at the court of Chronos after the guards came to their senses and learned that Gazelle had escaped. They all immediately split up to look for the existence of Gazelle who is likely not too far from the kingdom of Chronos. As they traveled around the region of Chronos, they continued to pray in their hearts that their king would forgive them this time, because they had been negligent in carrying out their duties. Aiden's terrifying and explosive shadow of rage kept swirling around the head of every soldier who had committed sobriety and caused their prisoners to flee.

            Meanwhile, in a warm, dimly lit room, Aiden was still sleeping comfortably in Calistha's embrace. The two humans were still equally tired after last night they had a hot struggle, and they had only completely closed their eyes at four in the morning.

Tok tok tok tok

            The sound of a loud knock managed to disturb the deep sleep of Aiden and Calistha to make them inevitably have to open their eyes with a heavy heart.

            "Arghh, who would dare to intrude on the king's personal time like this? Are they tired of living?" Erang Aiden was upset while trying to get up from his sleep. While Calistha who heard that immediately laughed amusedly while stroking Aiden's arm gently so that the man did not get more frantic.

            "Ck, don't be so hard on them, maybe they're bringing you some important news. Get out, I'll clean myself up." said Calistha gently before getting out of bed and walking away to the bathroom.

            "What's wrong?" aiden asked directly after he pulled the door of his room wide. The two soldiers who were currently standing before him seemed hesitant to pass on the news they were carrying. The two cast terrified gazes at each other and looked speechless under the intimidating gaze of their notoriously ruthless king. But after Aiden started to let out his growl, the soldier immediately behaved respectfully while looking fearfully at Aiden.

            "We have important news Your Majesty" said one of the soldiers at last. Aiden stared at them flatly while waiting for them to tell him the important news they were about to tell him. But again the two soldiers looked at each other and never delivered the important news they brought, making Aiden off guard and finally had to yell at them rudely.

            "Quick say! You guys have really been interrupting my time."

            "Pardon us, Your Majesty, Miss Gazelle ran away. This morning the dungeon guards found Miss Gazelle's cell empty and Miss Gazelle made it out of the dungeon through a secret door that was behind the guard post." report the soldier with a trembling voice. Aiden's face immediately turned crimson and he looked ready to finish off all his soldiers who were not good at work.

            "Find the woman all over Chronos and announce to all the people of Chronos that they too may seek Gazelle's whereabouts. Call Spencer now, I want to talk to him!" aiden shouted furiously as he clenched his hands furiously. The two soldiers immediately bowed respectfully and immediately walked away to carry out the king's orders.

               Meanwhile, a woman in servant clothes seemed to be peeking out from behind the pillar with

a happy and full face. Finally he could see Aiden at this close distance. How much he missed the man and wanted to hug him. But he can't do it now. He still has two more days to think about all the plans he wants to do with Aiden. Now the main target is Aiden, not Calistha. For Calistha's troubles, he will leave it all to Tiffany as he believes the woman can surely torment Calistha's life with her various evil plans.

            Gazelle then immediately walked away from her hiding place to approach Tiffany inside

her room. He was already impatient to surprise the woman with her appearance this morning. And he was sure, the woman would definitely cheer pleased with his success in inciting Spencer.

Tok tok tok tok

            Gazelle knocked quietly on the brown door with a calm expression. A few servants passed by

lalang around him occasionally greet him with a friendly greeting and immediately replied with a greeting that is no less warm. As a servant, he should not accentuate his arrogant side and should blend in with all of them. But unfortunately it was quite difficult to do, considering his arrogant attitude that was very domineering all along.

            "What's knocking on my bedroom door so early?" tiffany asked riled with slightly closed eyes. Apparently the woman had still not woken up completely from her deep sleep last night. Looking at the surroundings, Gazelle immediately pushed Tiffany's body quickly into her room, and after that she immediately locked the door of the room tightly.

            "Hey, what are you doing? I'll report you for your irreverence today." angry Tiffany did not accept while shaking her waist. But Gazelle immediately silenced Tiffany's chatty mouth with her wide palm while removing the servant's hat she was wearing.

            "Sstt, lower your voice. You're so chatty." whispered Gazelle. Tiffany who saw Gazelle had been standing in front of her instantly widened her eyes in surprise while releasing the rough Gazelle palms from her lips.

            "So you've managed to use your lover." Tiffany comments casually with a seductive look at Gazelle. The woman snorted in annoyance and immediately walked away to sit herself on the soft sofa that was in the middle of the room. Tiffany followed Gazelle and followed her to sit next to her.

            "How many times have I told you that Spencer is not my lover, so shut up before I pull your tongue out." - Gazelle. Tiffany chuckled softly as she poured a cup of tea on Gazelle.

            "Here drink, and welcome to the free outside world."

            Gazelle received the white cup happily and immediately gulped down the contents to the toilet. It turned out that the woman was very understanding to him because she was thirsty.

            "Thank you, I really need a drink" Gazelle said as she placed her empty teacup on the table. Tiffany then began to observe Gazelle's disguise from toe to head with a satisfied look.

            "Good disguise, not even I myself can recognize your real cunning face. Was it Spencer who helped you disguise yourself as a servant?"

                "Haha, of course. The foolish man had already agreed to let me stay in this kingdom for three days. He foolishly believed all the words I said to him last night."

           Tiffany laughed out loud as she imagined Spencer's foolish expression that had been consumed by Gazelle's venomous speech. He is completely inexhaustible with Spencer being so easily used by Gazelle to free the woman from the filthy dungeon. If the man's reason was only because of love, then he thought it was already too much. Love doesn't mean to be stupid and stupid like that, does it?

            "Well, that guy is stupid. So I wouldn't be surprised if he could easily believe all of your venomous words. So, what were your plans for while you were in Khronos? You can't just walk away without doing something that's shocking to the people of Chronos, can you?"

            "Of course not. My plan this time was to frame Aiden, and I won't deal with Calistha."

            "You sure?" tiffany asked with a frown. She did not expect Gazelle to turn to Aiden so easily after she had always been eager to destroy Calistha.

        "Very sure. I think I'm gonna change my plans a little bit. I'll leave Calistha's business to you, because I'm sure you can do it." Gazelle said confidently. Again Tiffany frowned in surprise at Gazelle's words. Actually what was being planned by the woman, suddenly the woman came to him while crying out loudly if she was going to hand Calistha's matter over to him. So, what would that woman do to Aiden?

            "Wait a minute, I really don't understand your way of thinking. Can you explain it to me?"

              Gazelle smiled cunningly at Tiffany, and after that she began to explain all her plans to her scheming partner. Meanwhile, Tiffany seemed to listen to all Gazelle's explanations with a sly smile that was equally spread on her face. It turned out that the woman really had a very good plan to trap Aiden, and the plan Gazelle was going to execute could become a weapon for him to attack Calistha.

            "Good plan, partner. With that plan, Aiden will definitely not let you off the hook. He will keep you in this kingdom, so you can stay here forever."

            "I've been thinking about this plan for a long time. Then what about you? For the past few days you haven't come to my cell, have you had any problems?"

            Gazelle looked at Tiffany's face full of curiosity while propping up her chin in front of the woman. Tiffany then began to recount all the hardships she had endured during these few days as she was unable to break through Aiden's defenses. The man was really not playing around to keep Calistha away from him. In fact, he did not have the slightest gap to insert someone into the room because only Sunny and Yuri were allowed to enter the room. While his relationship with the two women was not at all good, even very bad, especially on Yuri. The annoying woman often attacks him with annoying subtle innuendos. Not to mention his fearless attitude, making him always feel anxious if he met the woman in the palace of Chronos.

            "Some days I haven't done anything. Aiden really took Calistha away from me, so I couldn't get close to her. Only her personal servants were allowed to enter the room, Yuri and Sunny. But that doesn't mean I just stay in this room and relax. I also thought of another plan to hurt Calistha. And you're gonna love my story." Tiffany ends with sparkling eyes. Gazelle then began to guess, about what plan will be run by Tiffany after this? The woman seems to have had other plans that were better than her previous plans.

           "What's? You seem very excited to tell me your plan."

            "I met an old witch in the market. Three days ago while I was walking in the market, I saw people waiting in line for foreknowledge. Then I approached the witch and asked her to tell me. Unexpectedly, the witch offered me help to destroy Calistha. He knows that I have a huge grudge against Calistha. And tonight I'm gonna see him again to ask him for a bag of curses."

            "So you're going to hurt Calistha without having to be around that woman? Hmm, that's good. We can't just rely on physical strength, we must also use black power to harm Calistha."

                The two women looked at each other with a wicked look full of cunning that emanated in their eyes.