The Queen Of Time
Have a Blast (Fifty Eight)
Calistha opened her eyes slowly when she felt the gentle touch of someone's hand being touched
stroking her hair slowly. While writhing a little, Calistha smiled sweetly at Aiden who was currently sitting on the edge of her bed while stroking her soft brown mane.
"Hmm, what are you doing?" calistha asked in a hoarse voice. They do all kinds of things that they have never done. Starting from riding together around the city of Khronos, fishing in the river, and picnic in the middle of the eastern border forest that he had never visited. Then in the end they felt exhausted and fell asleep as they arrived at the palace.
Calistha glanced at her brown clock at a glance to guess how long she had been asleep. But unfortunately the clock still stopped ticking, and as he glanced at Aiden's face at a glance, it seemed that the time controller had no intention of returning it any time soon. Aiden hasn't returned the time to how it was?
"You're so tired."
The first sentence Aiden made after he opened his eyes left Calistha slightly stunned. He thought that Aiden was not going to talk about it at the moment, because the look on the man's face said otherwise.
"You have a problem? Emm, and about the time, don't you want to return it to how it was?" ask Calistha carefully. Aiden looked pensive for a moment and did not immediately answer Calistha's question. He looked like he had a very heavy burden on his shoulders.
"I feel scared. For the first time I feel fear, Cals."
Calistha immediately took Aiden into her arms while stroking the man's head slowly. He thought after he woke up and became a new figure to Aiden, all the problems of the man would disappear instantly. But in fact, it wasn't as easy as he thought. Aiden apparently still has another wedge in his heart besides his condition that is more mature and began to accept his destiny. But what else does that man think? Not all the trouble between them is over
"Fearful? Isn't that natural? Everyone has Aiden's fear, maybe you just didn't notice it all this time. Deep down inside you still have it, because you're not a monster." Calistha said. Aiden took Calistha's two hands and kissed the back of the hand lovingly. Though Calistha was the source of her fear, she calmed her heart and warmed it up.
"Thank you, you made my heart better. I really miss Spencer and all my people, but I'm scared. I'm afraid you'll change your mind when you meet Max and decide to do it all. After all, everything you experience in the dream world, is largely the result of my visions in the future. All this time all my visions have never been wrong Cals, what I saw would have really happened and I could not prevent. I'm afraid you'll do just that, go with Max and ruin me."
Aiden told me with feelings and sad eyes like a sick person who was being hit by a broken heart. But Calistha immediately smiled soothingly and clasped that wide hand tightly over her lap.
"Do you believe me? Are you sure of my feelings? I will never leave you Aiden, I will always be by your side. Although you have seen many painful events in the future, but trust me and my heart, I am not the Calistha I once was, I have changed. Many things changed me and made me a better Calistha. So please forget all those visions and for this time trust me. If I am convicted of betraying you, you may punish me with a very severe punishment or even cut off my head and hang it in the middle of the square just as you did to Gazelle in my dreams."
Aiden chuckled softly with Calistha's words while ruffling the brown mane a little quickly.
"You think I'm gonna get my heart to do that to you? That's right, Cals. Even if you die, I will still treat you with great respect. I'll put you in a glass case and preserve your body. Of course I won't treat you the same as Gazelle."
"Ck, you'll look like a sick king who keeps a corpse in your palace. And I obviously don't want to be treated like that, it sounds really horrible" Calistha said, shivering in horror. Aiden then narrowed his eyes in front of Calistha while looking at the beautiful face of the woman solemnly.
"Do you know that this room right under your room is an execution room for dissident prisoners, so surely the room contains many corpses and also the ghosts of the sickle who might be floating around in your room. Your room could be haunted by Cals."
Bugh
Calistha threw a large pillow towards Aiden while grumbling in annoyance. The man obviously knew that he was a little afraid of such mystical things, but with his ignorance the man made up a very inappropriate story to tell him.
"That's not funny Aiden! I don't believe you!" calistha shouted annoyedly. Aiden laughed out loud in front of Calistha with a very annoying face, making Calistha want to hit the man again with a pillow or other object that may be harder than a pillow.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Spencer later."
"You better get this time back to how it was and face all your weird fears, let's see what happens after this."
Aiden exhaled slowly and after that he immediately clicked his fingers without much thought or consideration for his intentions again.
Tekkk
"Welcome to the real world, Cals."
Calistha's two-eye reflexes immediately saw the large brown wall clock in the corner of her room, now it was actually ticking and spinning back to how it was. Calistha joyfully hugged Aiden and thanked him a lot.
"Thank you very much Aiden, from this moment on let's face it all together. You and me, we'll be together until the end."
Aiden returned the hug while nodding his head slowly. This time he would give that confidence to Calistha. Because he was sure Calistha would never betray him and make him regret for putting that trust in Calistha.
"Keep your promise, Cals, and settle your problems with Max today before our wedding takes place tomorrow morning."
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Max ran hastily down the long passages that were inside the palace of Chronos. This morning he felt differently, like he had just woken up from a long dream. But of course it was ridiculous to think about considering that this morning he had just arrived in the kingdom of Chronos after a long journey from the forbidden forest in his kingdom, the kingdom of Hora. From a distance Max sees Aiden's loyal bodyguard, Spencer, walking in silence while staring at his noisy movements. With respect Max pretended to bow his head and tried to behave like a soldier in general.
"Why are you running around like that, has something bad happened?"
"No sir, everything is fine. I. I just want to convey a message to Her Majesty queen Calistha if king Aiden is waiting for the queen in his room."
Spencer didn't seem to show any expression when Max said that. He just nodded his head at a glance and slightly shifted his body to the right to give Max a way to pass.
"Then hurry up." said Spencer, then without caring the pain of wonder in Max's eyes. He thought Spencer would ask him various questions and make it difficult to meet Calistha, it turned out that the man was quite easy to pass and did not need to lie more to deceive the loyal bodyguard. It seems like today is my lucky day.
Max sniffed his shoulders lightly and immediately walked back down the long hallways to get to where Calistha's room was. While walking, Max also observed every door he met in the long hallways are quite dim, it was, according to Gazelle the room occupied by Calistha is the room that has the most beautiful door carving and is at the end of the hallway of the main building of the palace. The engraving...
Max immediately cheered in excitement when he found a door at the end of the hallway with a carving
it looks more beautiful than the doors it passes through. With complete confidence Max immediately knocked on the door and pushed the metal handle until the wooden door with a large enough size was wide open in front of him.
Kriett
Calistha who heard the creaking sound of the door immediately released her embrace from Aiden while looking in surprise at Max who was currently also staring in surprise at Calistha.
"I'm sorry" said Max. He thought he would only find Calistah alone in his room, but found out that he was surprised by Aiden's presence in Calistha's room and was hugging her tightly. Even though Calistha had removed her arms from the man, one of Aiden's hands still faithfully perched on Calistha's waist possessively as if to show Max if Calistha was his woman.
"We are apparently having guests. What do you need to do coming here?"
Calistha slightly elbowed Aiden's waist who was exclaiming coldly at Max. Although Aiden already knew of the man's disguise but Calistha wanted at least the arrogant man to pretend not to know and only regard Max as an ordinary soldier. After all, Aiden should have returned to his room to meet Gazelle who was waiting for him there.
"I just want to report that the soldier who was assigned to escort Her Majesty Queen Calistha today is sick, so that I will replace the duty of the soldier to escort His Holiness Calistha."
"Oh, then do your job well. Don't let anything happen to my future wife,
because tomorrow we're going to have a wedding." Aiden said firmly to Max. Aiden then turns to Calistha and takes the time to kiss Calistha's lips at a glance before he walks indifferently past Max who appears shocked by the sight of the pair in front of him. While Calistha herself seemed to blush in shame and only received treatment from Aiden without much refutation.
After Aiden's death, the atmosphere in Calistha's room seemed quiet. Calistha who already knew Max's disguise just tried to pretend not to know and just wait for Max to reveal his true identity. While Max who is still faithful standing in front of Calistha seems a little hesitant to show his true identity and tell Calistha about the purpose and purpose of coming to the kingdom of Chronos. Though previously he was so confident that he would take Calistha away and express all his feelings to the woman he loved so much. But seeing how Calistha's attitude towards Aiden and the aura of happiness Calistha emitted when Aiden treated the woman gently made
Max lost all his passion. Now all that was left was a feeling of doubt so overflowing in his heart.
"Ehem, do you want to tell me something?"
Calistha cleared her throat once to wake Max up from his long silence. The man then looked up his face and doubtfully began to remove the warrior helmet covering his face from Calistha.
"Cals, it's me."
"Max! Oh my God, is this really you? Oh Max, I miss you so much." said Calistha gleefully and immediately splashed into Max's arms. Max happily also returned a warm hug from Calistha with a happy smile that emanated on his frustrated face.
"I miss you too, Cals, very much. How you doing, are you okay?"
Calistha takes her hug off Max and takes Max to sit on the couch
in the middle of his room. There were a lot of things he was going to talk about with Max, and he needed a comfortable place to talk about all those sensitive things to Max.
"Sit down, there's so much I want to tell you."
Max happily settled himself next to Calistha while still clasping Calistha's right palm tightly. While Calistha who received the treatment was only able to stare nanar at the expression of Max's face that looked happy. Right now she feels like a very bad woman. After this maybe he will break the heart of a man who is being dressed kasmaran.
"So how? Did the king treat you badly while you were in his kingdom?"
max opened the conversation. Calistha smiled gently and shook her head slowly. This time he will correct all the mistakes he made in the past. And this is the beginning of what once happened.
"King Aiden has not treated me badly at all. He is actually a good king. Then what about you? What were you doing out there all along?"
Hearing Calistha's happy-looking story while in the kingdom of Khronos made Max smile a little wryly. The happy feeling that had previously erupted in his heart suddenly disappeared just like that and was replaced with a feeling of sadness and shock. He was afraid of the reality that would slap him after this.
"My mom and I managed to hang in there, and we met up with Gazelle. He saved me and healed my wounds."
Calistha stared sadly at Max's stomach which had a puncture wound. Still clearly remembered in his head how the condition of Max first when the kingdom of Chronos attacked the kingdom of Hora and Aiden hurt the man quite badly in the abdomen. But right now he can't blame Aiden or turn around on Max. All those bad events were the beginning that led him to this kind of happiness. And he just has to be wise to deal with everything.
"Is the queen okay? I mean... can he live well outside the kingdom?"
"My mom is fine, although she always spends her whole day grumbling, but I think she can do well. Cals, I'm sorry about my mother's behavior, I'm sorry about my mother's insulting you and giving you to King Aiden."
Calistha clasped Max's hand tightly and nodded softly at the man. He had now forgotten all the bitterness that had plagued him in the past. Now he just wants to look into his beautiful future with Aiden.
"I've forgiven your mother Max. And actually it's not wrong at all. I should've been here with Aiden."
"Cals, do you want to escape the man's grip? Do you want to get out of here? I could
take you away from this kingdom and make you escape the clutches of the king
that's cruel."
Suddenly Calistha's body instantly stiffened on the spot. The events he had experienced in the past made him so afraid to answer questions from Max. Still vividly remembered in his head how at that time he agreed to Max's offer with great joy. And it turns out that his choice actually brought a very terrible catastrophe for him. Max dies, Gazelle dies, Tiffany dies, and she commits suicide. All of those memories really made her feel traumatized.
"Cals, are you okay?" max asked worriedly as he shook Calistha's shoulder slowly. Calistha suddenly turned pale as she offered her freedom. No matter what threat Aiden posed, he thought Calistha was in shock and she needed immediate help.
"Did that cruel king threaten you? You don't have to worry about Cals, I will definitely protect you. And after this we can live freely out there. I love you Cals." Max closed in a firm voice. Hearing that, Calistha was powerless to shed tears. He was confused and could not say anything to Max. His throat felt numb and sore just to tell all the truth he was hiding from the man.
"Aiden didn't threaten me at all, he didn't do anything to me. Our relationship has been going well."
"Then, what makes you cry like this? Did I hurt you?" ask Max to feel guilty. Calistha shook her head firmly while clasping Max's hand for the man to stop worrying about her and blame himself. From the beginning Max was a very good man, even the man was too good for him so he felt it was not up to the heart to tell all the truth he was hiding and break the man's heart. Moreover, Max just expressed his feelings. It would be very painful if he suddenly told Max that he and Aiden were getting married and that he loved Aiden.
"I just feel like I can't tell you."
Silent for a moment, none of them let out their voices, and it made Calistha even more frustrated. Finally, he decided to tell Max everything. To hell with all the pain and anguish that the man will feel, as this is the only way to prevent all of that misfortune from happening.
"Max, I wanted to apologize to you earlier for all the misfortune you've been through. If only your parents hadn't accepted me and given me protection you would have been fine and would have been a great king of your kingdom."
"Calc...
"Let me continue my words, and please listen."
Max curled his lips tightly and let Calistha finish all her words. He thought she was having problems and wanted to reveal something to him.
"Max, I can't accept your love. I. I love Aiden."
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Max felt his heart being squeezed so strongly that he felt tight and could not breathe.
Calistha's statement about her feelings for another man makes Max feel like his whole world is collapsing. He lived and survived to this extent only for the sake of Calistha, then the woman firmly broke his heart as he expected something more for the woman. This is what it feels like to be unexpected....
"Max.please forgive me, I'm completely helpless with this feeling. I love Aiden, and this is the best for our future."
"Is that so? So you think this is the best for our future? I'm disappointed in you." sizzled Max. The man was about to walk away leaving Calistha still sobbing softly on his comfortable sofa, but the soft hand immediately restrained Max's arm so that the man would not leave.
"Max please listen to my explanation first, I have a reason for my decision Max. I just want to fix everything and make you happy."
"Happy? You just ruined my happiness. And you're not like the Calistha I know."
The man threw Calistha's hand just like that and immediately walked away leaving Calistha who was very surprised by the man's harsh treatment. It's free to be there if she doesn't expect it at all and loves her enemy, she'd better go and fix her broken, messy life.
"Max wait, I can explain everything. You must listen to all my explanations." Please
Calistha while chasing Max's steps. The man with a heavy heart finally stopped his steps and unexpectedly directly hugged Calistha tightly.
"I'm sorry I just became a selfish man, but I love you so much, Cals, can't you come back to me and forget Aiden, he's not a good king, he has destroyed your kingdom."
Calistha closed her eyes sadly without knowing what to say to Max.
"I can't Max, we're tied up. Me and Aiden, we're destined to pair up. If I go against this fate, disaster will come to us and the people around us, including you. Please tell Max a little, take my position as a woman who has no choice." Calistha frustrated. Max released his embrace to Calistha while staring at the woman. He felt that he had no more chance to be with Calistha. And now he feels like a homeless man who has nothing to survive.
"Then what should I do now? I have nothing left in this world, Cals, all the precious treasures I have been snatched away by that cruel king, even the woman I love so much must also be forcibly taken by him, I.. it's a useless guy. I'm so pathetic Cals. It is only fitting that the king can seize my kingdom easily, this is all because of my fault. It's all because of my stupidity in being my father's successor."
Max kept cursing himself in front of Calistha like an ****** who already had no spirit of life. And Calistha herself seemed to have no power to stop the man. All he wants to do now is find Aiden and ask the man to at least give Max his kingdom back for the man to regain some meaning in his life.
"Max, please stop all your useless rags. Even though we can't have each other, you're still part of my life. I will never forget you Max, you are a man who means so much to me. You are my brother. I can't imagine if I didn't have you as a big brother, I wouldn't be such a tough, tough woman. And most importantly I won't be able to become the Calistha you know. So please, stop blaming yourself for everything that has happened. All of this is the will of the creator. We just have to go through it with our heads raised and a burning spirit, as your father said when we were kids." Calistha cheerfully entertained. Max smiles bitterly at Calistha as she reminds him of her role model father.
"Thank you, Cals, until you'll be the only woman who fills my heart."
"Oh Max you're finally..."
Calistha could not help but hold back her tears and the joy that rose in her heart. Finally Max can accept his decision and understand the difficult situation. And today Calistha feels really happy because one of her biggest problems has been solved. Now he is ready to step into real life. The world of life that will lead her to become an adult woman who will build her domestic relationship later with Aiden and his children later.