Chapter 25

Charlotte looked at her husband sitting on the bed, trying to wake himself up. He immediately asked about his husband's condition, even though he was also trying to calm himself from the dream that shocked him so much.

"You woke up? had another bad dream?" asked Charlotte.

Axel did not answer the question asked by his wife. He looked out the window and saw the moon was in perfect condition; the light was also bright enough to enter their room. Axel's face turned somber, and sadness was evident in the eyes of the king of the Nirvana Kingdom.

Charlotte asked again and wanted to know what her husband was dreaming of. He always assumes that he doesn't know what the truth is; the assumption is that Axel always dreams about the woman of his past that he still thinks about to this day.

"Did your woman appear in your dream?" said Charlotte.

Axel looked at Charlotte with an angry look. He is still in a state of irritation and anger and increasingly wants to teach a valuable lesson to Charlotte, who always speaks inappropriately to him. It seemed, at that moment, he wanted to leave and cancel the marriage.

"Why is your mouth only able to utter words that are not appropriate to say?" said Axel.

"What do you mean?!" Charlotte got emotional because Axel spoke so rudely to her.

"Why? Are you annoyed with my tone of voice and also my words? Now you know, don't you, how I feel when I hear everything you say? Just enjoy it," said Axel.

Axel also took a coat to cover the nightgown he was wearing. Seeing the moonlight, he wanted to calm himself down without seeing his wife's face. Axel doesn't want to make himself a nasty and lousy guy for continuing to give harsh words to Charlotte. He wants to return to his original nature of holding back and being silent about what happened. The lesson for his wife is enough.

However, when Axel was about to leave, Charlotte immediately stopped and wanted to talk to Axel. Her selfishness is still the same; she doesn't like to apologize to her husband and feels that everything will be fine when they speak and discuss other things. However, Axel kept quiet and continued his footsteps out of the room, leaving Charlotte in annoyance.

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Axel walked through the rooms in the palace to go to the front garden. The night watchmen were shocked to see the king walking and asked for an escort, which was unusual. However, Axel didn't want to be bothered by anyone and asked no one to bother him.

However, before Axel reached the park, he met his cousin, Theo, who was walking from the living room of the palace. He was a little suspicious of what his cousin was doing in the middle of the night like this.

"Are you still awake?" said Axel.

"Yes, I often stay awake and guard this palace," replied Theo. "It's unusual for a king to be awake in the middle of the night like this."

While talking to Theo, Axel saw the shadow of a woman running from towards the back of the palace, which was where the ladies-in-waiting were. Axel began to know what Theo was doing because he was pretty sensitive to such problems. However, Axel only gave Theo a subtle sarcasm and told him to be careful how he acted in the palace.

"I think you should not mess around in the palace so as not to be found out by anyone, including your parents," said Axel.

"What do you mean?!" Theo looked annoyed with his cousin's insinuation.

"Nothing, I'm just reminding you. You are a royal family and have high power, there are still many places out there that you can visit," continued Axel.

Theo got emotional and almost hit Axel, but his actions stopped when a guard walked up behind Axel. Theo chose to leave his cousin without a word. He doesn't want to cause new problems in the family. Moreover, Axel is the king.

Axel also watched Theo walk away, and he knew that his cousin was still in the fun phase. So far, Theo has no responsibility. Therefore he wants to discuss with his father to provide a place for Theo to learn to be responsible for something.

Axel continued his journey towards the garden in front of the palace.

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The moon was perfectly round, and it felt so close to him, it felt like there was a way to somewhere else he could go. Axel sat on a park bench and looked at the moon sadly. What's more, he had just seen Remanu, who was long gone, but his guilt was still harbored for his best friend.

The wind that blew carried a chill that penetrated his coat. At the same time, he reminisced about many things when Remanu was still with him. He also remembers all the past he has lived, how happy he was on the battlefield without thinking about the welfare of many people.

All the turmoil that he felt brought Axel drifting into a daydream of beautiful memories with the past, he took back the pendant that was always with him. However, his anger also suddenly appeared when he recalled the events at the lake. He couldn't understand what Charlotte was thinking.

When Axel remembered the events at the lake, suddenly Charlotte's voice was heard from behind him. He only looked a little and then looked back at the moon that shone brightly that night.

"You always shut up and run if there was a problem between us. Can we just talk a little longer?" said Charlotte.

"I didn't do much, but you always make a fuss about things I didn't do, and question things that don't matter," Axel replied.

"We are husband and wife, Axel! Is it wrong if I want you to pay attention? Is it wrong that I want to know you more deeply than your past? At least that way I can change myself the way you want!" Charlotte was expressing her sadness, even though Axel didn't see it at all.

Axel then got up from his seat; he looked at his wife looking at him with sadness. It was clear that what Charlotte said was sincere from the bottom of her heart. He also realized that the woman in front of him now really had feelings for him, and he didn't know what to do.

"You don't have to change into anything, just be yourself. I won't demand anything from you, as this has been going on..."

"But you always ignore me." Charlotte interrupted Axel's words.

Axel couldn't say anything about it because he didn't have feelings for Charlotte at all. It was hard for him to force himself to be sweet and harmonious with someone e didn't love at all. His feelings are still divided to this day on someone related to that love locket.

Axel and Charlotte stared at each other in the moonlight. Tension was rife between the two of them, and they had to quell each other's selfishness before dawn, and the ladies-in-waiting and maids got to work.

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