Chapter 9 : Feeling anxious

It's been two days since head butler seo received the card from great palace, He still thinking many times about to give to the princess aries and he know he can't hold the card to longer. The butler went to find a princess aries after thinking deeply about to giving her the card and he know in this times she will be on the training hall since the few days ago she start training with the knight on the training hall. And he can heard a noisy coming from the sword they use to training, He saw princess aries with a bright smile and he feel guilty about to giving the card to princess aries but he didn't have a any choice and he waits for a while until princess aries rests.

After he wait a long times that the time princess aries to rest. He give princess aries face towel to wipe the sweat dripping from her face.

" How was your training your highness."

He knows that princess aries enjoys her training because her face often smiles.

" Hi hi hi... it's was so great... and nothing better that hold the sword..hi hi hi.."

With that make him more feel guilty, Because he know if he pass the card how the princess with react.

" Yeahh.. Great to heard that, Then how about i escort your highness to the room."

Then the butler escort the princess to the room for clean her self and rest.

On the night after the princess dinner, The butler came to her about to pass the card.

Knock.....knock....

After knock the door butler seo come in to meet the princess.

Princess Aries stand at the balcony to watched the star while humming happily turn her head after heard a knocking the door and she sees the butler come.

" Yes.... Head butler seo... What is the purpose of you coming to see me?."

Princess aries can see the face of butler seo is not good, Then she thought something bad is happen.

" Princess aries forgive me for my rude disturbed you in this time, I just want to give this for you."

He took out the card he put in his pocket, And the princess know where the card came from after saw the stems on the card. After saw the card the princess didn't say anything just looked at the card with a blank eyes.

" Forgive me your highness.... This card i get two days ago and i just pass it to you now..."

Seo's butler knelt down because he felt guilty after keeping the card issue a secret. For those who work with the royals it is a crime to keep something secret from them.

Princess Aries still had no reaction and just kept silent looking at the card

After a few minutes she was silent and she finally spoke. Seo's butler waited a long time for a reaction from princess aries, this is because he didn't want to give her the card because he didn't want to hurt princess aries, he knew that princess aries didn't like anything related to the great palace.

" Why.... why just now you give me this card? What the reason you give it to me now?."

Princess aries sound calm but firm.

" I'm really sorry your highness... I didn't mean harm... I just don't want you to get hurt... I saw in this few days you had a good day and smile bright.. I...don't want that smile gone from your face... I just want..... you to be happy as long as i can... Forgive me your highness... This servant attempt a crime please punish me."

After returning from the past this was the first time she heard people care about her feelings and care about herself and she was shock and didn't know how to react.

It took a few seconds for princess aries to speak. Because this is the first time she experienced all of this.

" Why..... why you need to care about my feeling... After all you work here just only a fews months..."

Looking directly at Seo's butler while holding her hand tightly, Although Seo's butler was looking down, He could feel the gaze of the Aries Princess.

" Princess aries... I may didn't know what have you been through or what happen to you a past... But... We care about you even though we just serve you only several month."

Princess Aries' heart felt like stab with knife when she heard those words, All this time no one cared about her from her past life until this life she depends on herself.

" Yes... all of you... no one know what have i been through.. How my life..."

At the end of her words, a slight shaking was heard in her voice, Princess Aries held back her feelings, there is not a single person who understands her, Understands the suffering she has experienced all this time.

" I'm really sorry your highness.... I didn't mean to make your highness remember painful memories, I just want your highness to know that we care about your highness."

He feel bad for making princess aries remember her past.

" Haaahhh... you can raise... I don't want talk this to far... This card... I'll think about... Then you can go... "

Butler seo left without a word. Before he close the door tightly he can sees the princess aries eyes full of sadness looking at the card in her hand.

Princess aries went to the balcony and look at the sky on her hand she still hold the card.

" Mom.... did you sees me now upper there... What should i do now... They are really hypocrites... Even though they don't remember their past life but I.... I remember and still feel the pain."

Aries' legs felt weak and she fell down, She cried as much as she wanted while holding her chest feeling tight.

Outside butler seo hears princess aries crying and makes him hold his chest because he feels suffocated when he remembers how a little girl like that bears all the suffering by herself.

" Princess aries... How much suffer that you have been through alone make you crying like this... How... you stand and never show how suffer you are."

Seo's butler spoke behind the door of princess aries' room and he hoped that tomorrow and the next day there would be happiness for princess aries.

Several days have passed after handing over the card to princess aries and after the conversation, princess aries is still locked in her room and there are no signs of coming out. Cristal Palace seems to be shrouded in clouds because since Princess Aries locked herself up, Cristal Palace seems to have lost its bright.

" Why... what happen to princess aries made her lock herself in the room..it had been a long time since she had locked herself up like this...and now what make her in this way..ohhh... what a pitty princess.."

Lucy Look at princess room while cleaning a hall way, Since she come work to the cristal palace she had serve the princess without fail but what make her shock a few day ago when the morning she want to serve the princess but the door look from inside and the butler ask her not to come before princess aries call.

That night before Aries went to sleep she sit alone on the balcony looking at the sky.

" Mom...Just because I live with the memories of the past makes me like this. What do I need to do to forget the pain of my past?."

It's not because she doesn't want to forget, it's just that she can't forget her painful past, All of that is still fresh in her mind and she still feels it. Although there is a slight change now, it does not mean that the pain is gone. After she sit for a long time on the balcony she started to feel sleepy and she got up and walked closer to her bed and lay down to sleep.

That night she dreamed of her mother, In the dream She walked in a garden surrounded by blooming flowers and from a distance she could see a figure of an adult human body bending down to smell the flowers and soon the body figure woke up and she recognized the body figure as the person she missed the most in two lives both from the past and the present.

" Mommm.... H..Ho....how..."

She walked slowly as if she was afraid that if she got closer the figure of her mother would disappear.

The figure turned to look at Aries with a sweet smile.

" Aries.....my sweet heart...."

When she heard the voice that he missed so much, she ran quickly and hugged the figure of her mother.

" Mom....its...really you....i...i...i really miss you so much.."

Aries crying in long times in her mother arms. After she calm then they have a good time to talk.

" How have you been?... Are you living a good life?."

While aries lay in her mother lap.

" Mom... my life is not good..i... don't like to be there.. I really miss you so much..and many thing happen this recently."

She told many thing to her mother like a baby who are complaining about everything that happened in her life.

" Baby..... You life may not going to the good way but don't to get hurt so badly when something bad happen...Life the way you want."

Even though this only a dream but she feel like a reality.

" Mom... What should i do.. "

Her mother held her face with a gentle look as if persuading the child who was sulking.

" Baby... Try to give them chance.. This life and the past may not be the same... Because you already change you life even a little thing... Don't look at the things that hurt you but try to look around, aren't there many things that make you happy."

One by one, the beautiful memories she had with the people around her unknowingly appeared like bubbles in the air. Suddenly her tears fell without her realizing it, As if she couldn't believe what she saw in front of her, the memories together with the people around her appeared pop out in the form of bubbles.

" Try to open a little bit door of your heart to others, sweet heart."

Her mother wiped away the tears that fell from her eyes and hugged her tightly. She can feel the warm hug from her mother.

" It's time for you to go back sweet heart.. In other time when we meet again i hope that you came with a smile bright baby."

After her mother say that word, She felt her mother getting further and further away.

" Mom don't go!!!!!!!!..."

She woke up suddenly and felt her head dizzy and her body ache that's why she lay down again, At first she didn't notice the change around her but when she looked up at the ceiling it looked different and turned to the side then she fully realized that now she was not in her bedroom.

After a few minutes she open her eyes someone coming into the room, there was a noise like something falling.

" Princess aries.....Thanks... for opening eyes..."

Princess Aries saw someone she knew, Lucy the maid who always served her was crying kneeling beside her while holding her hand, Since she had no energy she just let Lucy hold her hand.

" Princess wait a second i call the prince."

' The prince ' Who was that prince She wanted to ask who and where she really was but Lucy had disappeared running out. After lucy disappeared aries close her eyes for a second but suddenly Hearing the door being pushed hard and feet stepping quickly, Aries thought it was Lucy, but when Aries opened her eyes, Aries was surprised that now in front of her was someone she didn't expect it's was Prince Mikael, Princess Rina and Empress Rowen.

Empress rowen closed to her and hold her hand tight.

" How do feel now.. Do you feel any pain on your body now?."

She can heard a little shaking in empress rowen voice. But because of she don't have any energy and she didn't answer that question.

After a few minutes lucy came back and behind her a person she didn't know get closed to her. Princess Aries just let the person examine her even though she wanted to stop but she didn't have the energy.

" You... how is she.. Why take so long for you examine her."

Prince mikael grap the doctor collar because can't wait long it's not because take time but he someone who are don't have any patience wait a long time.

" Brother.... Let the doctor examine aries first...Haaaahhh... Why are you always like this."

Princess Rina pulled Prince Mikael for interrupting the doctor's examination of Aries.

" Tsk... What a stupid doctor... If you can't make a proper work then go to die."

At first Aries didn't want to intervene because she don't have any energy to do anything but she knew that no one could control Prince Mikael's attitude, that was the Prince Mikael she knew But after saw the doctor trembling aries get up.

" Brother mika... syyyttttt.... silent.. Let the doctor do his work and stand over there now."

Everyone in the room was surprised by what Aries did because in this kingdom there is not a single person who dares to scold Prince Mikael because he is known to have no patience. They are scares will be a bloodshed over the room but what a surprise prince mikael obedient and move to the space aries point and they watched like a dog being scolded by a master when they sees prince mikael gloomy.

" Now you can countinue you work calmly without interrupter."

After watched the scenes no one make a single sounds even princess rina and empress rowen and the doctor countinue his work. After a few minutes the examine is done.

" How about princess aries is she okay and anything serious with her healthy."

The empress sees the doctor done to examine aries she the first make a sounds after a long silent.

" Don't worry.. Nothing serius just she experiencing extreme stress, She just need to rest and less thinking about something stressfull and if possible, don't let her stay in a gloomy atmosphere."

After explaining everything, Empress Rowen told Mill's butler to escort the doctor out. Butler mill is butler how serve empress since her come to the mortia kingdom.

" Aries.... How you feel... do you want some to eat.. It's been a weeks since you unconscious."

When she heard Empress Rowen tell her that she had been unconscious for a week, Aries was surprised because she knew that she was lying down and sleeping as usual and how could she be unconscious for a week.

" Wait... What do mean by a week?? unconscious?..Wait... i don't get it.. How and...what i know i was on my room and slept but how that can be unconscious."

Aries tried to understand the situation but his head hurt, As she can't believe what just she heard.

" Calm down aries.. Don't push your self to much.. "

She try to make aries calm after see aries seem confused with this situation. And empress rowen told aries slowly what happen from beginning to the end.

In the other side, Prince Mikael saw Aries who was focusing on listening to what Empress Rowen had to say, making him relive the incident.

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Back to the day aries unconscious.

Because he has too much work,

sometimes he doesn't have time to rest, making Prince Mikael feel tired because he has been flipping through his papers for several days, because he feels he can't focus, he goes to the balcony for a moment to get some fresh air. When he was stretching his body he looked towards the cristal palace from the balcony where he was now clearly visible cristal palace and reminded him of the aries he met a month ago.

" How was that child now... Is she okay?."

Due to his busyness lately, he didn't have the chance to play, so he thought of going out for a while to visit Aries since he hadn't visited Aries for a long time. And he looked out, He found that there was no one he quickly walked towards the stable because right now he couldn't use the portal door, The portal door can only be used in an emergency or to ask the emporer's permission and he knew that he couldn't ask the emporer's permission now this is because the emporer won't allow him to go to cristal palace for some reason. While humming he rode a horse because he thought about meeting aries.

While everyone was busy doing their own work, they suddenly heard the sound of the door being pushed loudly and what surprised the person standing in front of the door now was Prince Mikael.

" Aries..... I'm coming..... where are you...."

Butler seo who saw prince mikael coming immediately approached prince mikael.

"Greeting your highness second prince may universe bless upon you....."

Butler Seo didn't have time to continue his words because Prince Mikael cut him off.

" No....no... Forget the greeting that's not important now.... Where aries....."

Everyone who was there looked at each other and some trembled because of the memories of the past that they almost lost their lives, They were afraid to see Prince Mikael. After feel an unpleasant situation, Butler seo ask prince follow him. Prince Mikael followed without asking much because he thought he was going to meet Aries. When they arrived at the door of Princess Aries's room, Seo's butler just looked at the door.

" Your highness... Forgive me.... princess aries condition now is not good."

Butler seo told everything from the received the card and about they conversation. After told everything butler seo open the door with the key he had and ask prince mikael to come in to the room and ask if he need anything he has outside waiting. Before come in prince mikael take a deep breath and open the door slowly.

Due to the darkness he couldn't see anything he could do now just walk slowly.

" Aries... It's me mikael..... Are you there..."

Although he had called but there was no answer, After a few minutes he waited but there was no answer because he was a person who did not have a lot of patience so he quickly went to open the curtains that were closed tightly.

" Tsk... what are you doing... didn't answer me... "

After he open the curtain and he turn but he saw aries lying on the bed calmly as if not bothered by what he was doing right now. And came closer to Aries, At first he just wanted to see because he thought that Aries was resting and sleeping that's why she never answer he. But when he touch aries forehead it's feel hot and he tried to wake up aries but there was no reaction.

" What the hell going on now... Aries wake up... What happen to you..."

And even more surprising when he flipped the blanket that covered Aries's body what he saw all over Aries's body was wet with sweat, making his feelings burn because of Aries' current condition and no one knows.

" Butler seo!!!..... "

Butler seo who are waiting outside heard prince mikael voice so louder come in quietly.

" Your highness.... What happen."

After he entered he saw princess aries who was unconscious in prince michael's arms and he didn't dare to raise his face because he saw prince michael's scary face.

" Are you all dead!!!....Why didn't all of you even aware of the aries situation. If something bad happen to aries... I'll never forgive all of you even i had to kill all of you over and over again... all of you dead meal... "

After speaking like that, Prince Mikael quickly opened the portal door and took Aries to the Great Palace.

While the knights on patrolling, Suddenly they heard a sound warn of portal door is open.

Dukk...dukkk....dukk.....

After hearing the alarm warning all the knights ran towards the portal door. Not just knights even the crown prince ran towards the portal door.

They thought that's is interrupter because they know the portal door cannot be opened at will without the emporer permission, All the knights gathered waiting who are came out from the portal door. But they thought is far from they imagine who are came out from the portal door is prince mikael and someone in his arms.

" Mikael....."

Even the crown prince was surprised after see prince mikael came out from the portal door.

" Greeting prince mikael may universe bless upon you..."

Even though they a surprise sees prince mikael but they didn't forget to greet him.

Crown prince walk fast toward prince mikael.

" Mikael.... What are you doing right now... Don't you know portal door you can't open as you will even you are a prince.."

Crown prince feel angry with what prince mikael make and crown prince still want to nagging but before he could do prince mikael cut him off speaking.

" Just do... What you should do...."

Crown prince feel strange it's not like usuals of prince mikael and didn't understand what him said.

" I said just do what you should do.. I don't care.... But before that... please let me safe this child... i don't know what to do... She going to died.."

Prince mikael doesn't care anything right now what he want and know right now is aries safety, He scared something bad happen to aries.

Crown prince can heard shaking on the prince mikael voice. This is the first time he saw that side of prince mikael not only the crown prince but also all the knights who a there they never imagen that the day they see this side of prince mikael.

Because of the crown prince silent, Prince mikael don't want to wait long because he scared something might happen to aries.

" You can punish me as a law or what ever i don't care....But this child please..... She need to doctor....i.....i...beg you...."

Prince mikael never begging anyone the rest of his life and this is first time he had begging for someone. The prince who a never care about anything or scared to lose anything now begging for a child who a in his arms, He put down him high pride for aries.

" You can go take the child to get treatment..... and the others can dismiss.."

After seeing Prince Mikael who was so desperate that he was willing to plead, the Crown Prince give the way for him and the child to seek treatment.

And he didn't think that prince mikael was close to that child even he was willing to plead for that child and break the rules of using Portal door.

Prince Mikael didn't care about the eyes that saw him, He walked quickly taking Aries away to his palace. After he out aries on him bed, He went to find his butler.

While butler maxi was doing he work from a far he can heard prince mikael voice call for him.

" Butler maxi...Came out now....where are you..."

And he quickly went to find a prince mikael.

" Greeting your highness may..."

Before he can finish him greeting, Prince mikael cutting him speak off and hold him shoulder a bit shake him body.

" You.... doctor.... go bring the royal doctor to me..... now!..."

Even he can heard prince mikael voice speak with firm but he can see prince mikael body trembling and he thought the prince mikael sick.

" Your highness.... Where..... Where are you sick... and how..."

Because he knows that getting a royal doctor is not easy and even if they are looking for a royal doctor, some are seriously ill or seriously injured.

" Not me.... but that child... she sick badly.....no....no... i don't have a time now.. she need to get a treatment... Quickly get the royal doctor now!!!.."

Prince Mikael's voice raise a bit because he didn't have time to wait any longer because of the critical condition of Aries.

Although this is not the first time Prince Mikael raised his voice, but this time butler maxi could see that there was a slight shaking in his voice.

" I'm sorry your highness... If not was a royal family sick or injury royal doctor can't be summon without the emperor permission."

He didn't know who Prince Mikael was referring to, but as long as it wasn't a prince or princess who was sick or injured, the Royal doctor could not be summoned except with Emperor Arthur's permission.

" What a stupid law is this...tsk.."

Prince Mikael walked quickly to get the emporer to ask for permission to summon a royal doctor.

In the emperor office, The crown prince

informed about what happened a while ago but before he had time to finish his report suddenly Prince Mikael came rushing in without knocking.Seeing prince Mikael's rude behavior, the crown prince felt very angry.

" What the hell with you attitude... Don't be so rude prince mikael."

But Prince Mikael didn't care about the crown prince's anger, What he knew right now was the healing of Aries.

" I need.... permission to summon royal doctor now..."

Seeing Prince Mikael's behavior made the Crown Prince even more angry.

" Mikael..!!!... watch your words."

Emporer Arthur was watched from early fast stop them from getting more fight.

" Prince mikael.... What are you on purpose to summon royal doctor... Are you hurt anywhere."

Emporer arthur want to know why prince mikael want to summon royal doctor badly.

" No... it's was not for me..."

Before mikael can finish his word after hearing that's not for him the cutting his speak of.

" If not for you then royal doctor can't be summon as you will, You as a prince in this kingdom know better the law than anyone..please behaves your attitude, Even if you was a prince in this kingdom but you can't always arrogant with that title, I can't tolerate with everything you done."

Prince mikael try to control his emotional after heard that's word from emporer and he a bit surprised and disappointed with what emperor word.

" Yes i know the law better that anyone... if i know thus will be like this... I'll never came here ask for help... yes that's was not for me...The rest of my life i never ask anything from you.. I have never complained about anything but I only ask for permission to summon the royal doctor. You are already like this. Is this request of mine so difficult?. If it wasn't for aries I would never have come here ... She....she sick badly... and is she not royal enough to get a royal doctor?.."

After say that words he came out without turn for a second, He went back to sees how was aries condition.

The emporer and crown prince Surprised to hear Prince Mikael's words, the Crown Prince did not expect that the child in Prince Mikael's arms that he saw earlier was an Aries. After prince mikael came out of the room crown prince tried to chase him but was nowhere to be seen.

" What have i done..."

Emporer felt guilty after hearing Prince Mikael's words, From childhood until now he never asked for anything, this is the first time he asked for something and this is also the first time that he cares about someone and is even willing to plead and that person is aries the child who are he abandoned before.

After came back from emporer office, He back to the room. He saw that Aries' condition was getting worse, he even changed the towel on Aries's head several times, Prince Mikael himself managed Aries because in his palace he didn't like many maids so there were only a few maids and a butler.

" What should i do now.... "

Holding Aries' hand tightly because he didn't know what to do now after his request was rejected by the emporer, This is the first time he feel useless can't do anything for someone who he care.

Butler maxi who was watching prince mikael from behind was just silent, He has been serving prince mikael since mikael wasn't little and he has also been prince mikael's butler since he was little so he knows that prince mikael has never been like this. This is the first time Prince Mikael is in a very depressed state.

" Your highness.... How about you ask help from her highness the empress..."

He couldn't bear to see Prince Mikael like that so he suggested asking the empress for help.

After hear the suggestion he quickly get up and run to find the empress. Why he never remember that the empress.

While the empress enjoying a drink with princess rina suddenly prince mikael appeared.

" Mom.... help me.... doctor... i need doctor.."

The Empress saw Prince Mikael's anxious and unmanageable state and tried to calm him down.

" Mikael.. calm down... Tell me slowly..."

Because she didn't understand what Prince Mikael was trying to tell her.

" Aries.... She need treatment now... she getting worse now... doctor i...no..no.... she need right now... please i begging you..."

He scare that the empress will turn he request down He even knelt down to ask the empress to summon a royal doctor and told the whole story. The Empress who saw Prince Mikael like that was very surprised but she immediately called her Head maid to summon the royal doctor.

" Where is she now..."

Before send the head maid she want to know where aries is now.

" My palace.... she at my place now... please quickly... "

After heard that the empress has summoned the royal doctor, Prince Mikael got up and ran back to his palace.

Empress rowen quickly ask the head maid went to summon the royal doctor.

" Aries please hold a second.. In a moment, the doctor will arrive..."

While holding aries hands tightly. A few minutes later there was a knock on the door and the royal doctor appeared with the empress and prince rina behind.

After saw the doctor, Prince mikael now can take deep breath for feeling relieved knowing aries will be safe.

Prince Mikael saw that the doctor seemed to have finished treating Aries, He quickly found the doctor.

" How about aries... is she okay now... She not going to died right?."

Because he saw aries condition worse and he so scare that she will died.

" Greeting your highness second prince may universe bless upon you.. Don't worry.. she okay now.. after get the treatment just wait for her to come to her senses..."

After hearing that.. He feel like of his burden all is gone.

" Thank you.... really thank you..."

Holding the doctor's hand tightly and hugging him for a moment, After that he got aries.

The empress only watched what he doing, And after that ask her head maid once again escort the doctor went back.

" What a relief... You a okay now... Please came back to the sense quickly."

He knelt next to Aries while holding Aries' hand.

" Thanks mom...For the doctor... After aries came to sense we will come to pay respects to you."

The empress did not said any single words only just watched him and after that leave him alone.

As long Aries was unconscious, Prince Mikael never left him and was always by her side and aries wake up after a week.

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That's why she feel unfamiliar with the place that was not her palace but second prince palace. After hear everything the empress told her and now she know that if not because of second prince she died without anyone know and feel a bit guilty because shout at him earlier.

" Brother mika come here.."

She ask prince mikael come close to her, And pat him head.

" Thank you... if not because of you i may died now... Thank you."

Hug him for a moment and the person there seems to be able to see like a dog is wagging his tail because it is happy to be praised by his master.