Chapter 5 : The painful truth.

After a few days a conversation with emporer and now the time for reveal the truth. Empress rowen gether all of her family's in the family hall.

" Why mom ask we gether here, This never happened before, What is the thing mom want to told us."

They are asking each other but no one know what are the reason.

And they shock that emporer also being summon to family hall.

" Pssyytttt... Why is him also being summon.. what going on."

Prince Mikael whisper ask princess Rina because he wondering why everyone was gathered. But princess rina only shakes her head mean she also didn't know why. After the emporer enter a few minutes later empress enter the hall.

" It's seem that everyone is come already then we should start now."

Everyone feel nervous what will the empress told them.

" I'll straight to the point, This is about the child that all of you mention lately."

The princes look to each other because they know who " that child " empress talk about just now.

" Cristal palace... Queen Katerine...."

But Before the empress could continuing the words, the emporer reproached because he after hear the name of queen Katerine.

" Why are you spoke out the name of traitor, what are you on purpose."

With a slightly angry tone he scolded the empress. She heart like a stabbing with knife when the emporer says that Katerine is a traitor.

" You.... Shut up.!!.. and listen what i want to say.. This is about a truth of the tragedies..."

Seeing the empress scolding the emporer made them stunned because the empress was a very calm and gentle person.

Empress told everything that happened to emporer even the promise they had made 8 years ago.

" That child.... is katerine daughter.. a child that katerine what to hide from you and this world..."

Hearing all that emporer was hit hard because for many years he blamed Katerine for a mistake that Katerine did not make and what is even more painful is that he did not know that the child would exist.

" Why now.... after a many years.... why now you had told me the truth now."

He look at to the empress with anger.

" Don't you ever forget that it was your order not to mention Katerine's name. If Katerine's name is mentioned you will punish anyone."

One more times he like being stabbing with knife.

" If on that time you believe a little bit to her.. and if you take a action.... investigate more...then....she will never go to that place..But you.... "

She can't countinue a conversation it's hard for her, everyone can hear her sound little shaking and trying to hold tear not to burst out. Suddenly she stand up and about to go she feel that can't stay on there anymore.. but before she walk away for a second she turn to the emporer.

" It's time for you to correct the situation... and bring they back to the right place they should be."

After say that word she walk away and behind the door her tear dripping a liitle bit.

The emporer and the princes princess who a leave behind they didn't know what to say after saw a situation. Emperor just give a signal to them leave him alone.

In the room on the silent for a second he thinking deeply from the past until now what have him done.

" What have i done,.."

With a voice little shaking and wrapped him face.

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After a week's he know a truth and he thinking about to go Cristal palace. Before that he ask empress to go with him. on they way go there, they heart beating so fast it's been a long time since the tragedies. After an hour they arrive at cristal palace, from a far they can saw aries is swinging in the cradle. That the first time empress meeting with aries the child a person who a close with her in a past, a small figure with tattered clothes. She walking close to the child front her. And that child look at them so calm like she know that they came for what.

" What are doing here, why are you alone?."

Rowen ask aries while look around hope that she can see a person that she miss so much.

" Hmmm.... play cradle.....yeah.. i was alone here."

" Where your mother? Can i meet her?."

" Momy is resting.... hmmmm... yeahh sure follow me."

She follow aries with a heart beating so fast. In her mind imagine that Katherine's smile. But what is her hope is never happen because the way aries lead is to the tomb and the tombstone write a name katerine salina asnel.

" Momy is rest here."

With a small finger touching a tombstone inscribed with the name Katherine Salina Asnel.

Rowen feel like her vision is a little dark and her leg is feel weak then she fell down to the earth and crying with a louder.

" No!!!!!.... this is not real... you can't leave me like this...."

Emporer who are leave behind run faster after hear a voice of empress and saw a tomb in front of him. Then he feel like him heart stabbing with many dagger after saw a tomb front him and realized that he was too late, queen Katerine already passed away.

" Momy has rested here for six years."

While sweeping the dust on the tomb.

They could not utter a single word because they were aware of their late to came here.

After a few moment later they calmed down and try to make a conversation with aries and she bring them to the guest's hall.

" What your name?."

The Empress looked at the little girls in front of her with a sad look.

" Aries anthasia.ohh... wait a moment."

While getting up from his seat and walking out. Then after a few moment later she came with tea and cake.

" Sorry... just this i can serve for you."

The Empress looked to the side because she couldn't help but feel so sad to see the little figure.

" It's okay this is good enough."

She trying to smile even though feel a bitter in her chest.

" How old are you now?."

".... 7... this year I'm 7."

" Then.... how long had katerine, your mother passed away."

"hmm..6 years... momy resting there 6 years already..."

while pointing in the direction of her mother's tomb.

" T..then... how have you been living alone all this time?

The Empress tried to calm down but her voice sounded shaky. The emporer who was sitting next to the empress could only lower his face to the ground as if a rock had hit his body and felt heavy with the fact that the little girl had been living alone all this time. He never feel in this way before.

" Me.....hmmm... live like others eat and live well.."

The Empress couldn't imagine how this little girl lived alone, And she held her chest that felt painful.

" Sorry, But may i know why both of came here, The emporer and the empress came here."

Empress looked at the aries and wondered how she knew them when they didn't introduce themselves to her.

" How you...we haven't..."

She know that empress feel strange.

" How can i didn't know both of you, since everydays momy told me about yours."

Aries glanced at them with a smile, Before katerine died every day she looked towards the great palace with a sad look and told a story about them. The more is in the past the people who rejected her existence are in front of her now.

" Oh... and you.... i have meet him before on the dark forest."

pointed towards the emporer, Also before on the past but she can't say that.

" Aries... listen... we came here because we want to take you back to the great palace."

Aries just looked at they coldly.

" Why now.... after all it's been a many years have past."

Why now from the past all of your rejected me but why do you want to take me back there now?. Aries want to told them that words but she can't.

" I'm sorry if my word is a bit offer you, but i do not wish to live with all of you. I'm fine live by self after all."

Hearing the words of the aries made them feel bitter. How could she say that, How could she want to live with her small body in a place like this alone.

Empress get up and kneel in front of Aries while holding Aries' hand.

" Aries... listen to me... It's not good for you to live here alone, Can't you just came with us and live with us?."

She know it's not good to reject the request but she don't want involve with them anymore, The past they didn't care about me but why now. For aries she do not need that attention anymore.

" I'm really sorry, i need to step down the request again. I do not have attention to live in the great palace."

Empress bit her lip hearing aries reject their request harshly.

" Aries please..."

Before the empress could finish her words, the emporer touched her shoulder and shake him head, asking the empress not to force Aries to follow them.

" It's ok if aries didn't want to go we us, But can we send a few maids and butler here and provide a many thing to you?. I hope that you didn't reject this want."

The emporer who are never spoke a single words since beginning and now step forward a request.

Aries look at him about reject the offer but when she thinks again they might useful for her since her always gone to dark forest.

"....Haaahh... just do what you want to do."

After that the emporer and the the empress went back to the great palace. But before they gone, They told aries if she need anything just came to them.