《The Bride of The Hexodar Kingdom》


 Chapter 1：The Prince Who Had No Lust

    "This is the millionth time already! I do not care! You still have to fuck that concubine!" King Artesun Horbin exploded with anger that had already filled his head. His eyes that normally wise turned into a terrifying red flame.


    In front of him sat his only son, whose name was Prince Aerus Horbin. Prince Aerus had a unique condition, namely that the Bler energy grew excessively in his body. In the body of an Elfagos, the race of the people in the Hexodar Kingdom, should have at least a speck of Mirah energy in their body. The Mirah energy was the energy that would arouse the lust of the Elfagos'' bodies so that they could reproduce.


    Prince Aerus didn''t answer anything. His golden hair moved gently as the fresh wind blew from outside of his palace. Not far from where he sat, stood a naked concubine of a beautiful, black-haired girl. The concubine was summoned to be able to satisfy Prince Aerus, or so that she could arouse the prince''s lust. But she failed to do her task.


    Seeing that his son did not answer his orders, King Artesun stepped forward in annoyance. His eyes that were burning red like the fire didn''t seem to make Prince Aerus flinch. "I have been providing you so many kinds of women on the Hexa. I invited them in person and through messengers. I''ve also provided you with various types of women with various curves. I also did not limit the caste of them.


    "As a supreme king on Hexa, I just want to see you have children. I don''t care how people ridicule me when I invite the princess from the farthest kingdom, and you still refuse them, by never touching them. I also have to be willing to get a lot of hatred from kings throughout the kingdom on Hexa when I invite sluts, slaves, and concubines for you. I endured everything, Aerus. I just want to see you lead this kingdom in peace.


    "But you still don''t want to try. You never even want to touch the women I have specially invited for you." King Artesun''s red eyes dimmed slightly, which meant that his anger had subsided a little.


    Once again Prince Aerus was silent. His golden pajama shirt looked grim on his athletic body. This contrasted with King Artesun''s majestic attire which consisted of a classic sapphire blue formal suit, covered with the Hexodar Kingdom''s national robes of fiery red and shining gold.


    Before long Prince Aerus glanced at the concubine who was still standing awkwardly beside his golden bed. The concubine was a beautiful girl, with beautiful curves. Her black hair color indicated that she was still a virgin. Virgin girls had always been the most valuable treasure in the Hexodar Kingdom. From that way, Prince Aerus should know that his father always gave him special things.


    But what could Prince Aerus do when he had no interest in the concubine? Even after seeing her dancing naked. Nothing could arouse his lust. It felt empty, so empty.


    When he wasn''t even interested in looking at the girls, then how could he touch them? He was a prince after all. A prince never touched a girl first. They who should touch Prince Aerus to please him. As what had happened in the past. However, his lust still never rose.


    Prince Aerus finally said, after seeing his father''s frustrated face, "Father, it''s only a matter of time. Maybe the Scutis Star just needs to shine brighter during the breeding season. So my Mirah energy will be able to rise."


    King Artesun threw a golden urn that was not far from his hand. It shot pretty hard and almost hit Prince Aerus in the head if he didn''t dodge right away. The sound of the shards was very loud, making Queen Lunanis who was outside of her son''s room startled and worried.


    "About time? You said it was a matter of time?" The flames in King Artesun''s eyes returned. He then raised his hand and made Prince Aerus''s body float in the air, due to his very strong telekinetic energy. "We''ve done the ritual of activating the Mirah energy in your body. When the Scutis Star shines red, I always carry you into its closest orbit. But nothing happened.


    "Now I can''t believe that you lost the Mirah energy in your body. I just believe that you don''t want to touch the women I provide for you. I have allowed you to explore the entire galaxy. You said maybe your bride is on another planet. But what? It''s been a thousand years and you still haven''t made any progress.


    "Listen, Aerus! You are three thousand years old. You should already have a son or at least you should be married. If you can''t do your job as a crown prince, then don''t blame me if the Hexodar Kingdom will fall into the hands of the Qobra clan!"


    King Artesun threw away his hand, making Prince Aerus''s body fell back on the floor. Then he left his son''s room and ignored his wife who looked at him worriedly.


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    Scutis Star was glowing reddish in the sky of the Hexa. It looked like a very large ball and almost looked like it was about to hit the palace of the Hexodar Kingdom. The rotation was slow, with flames engulfing the plains.


    In times like this, the Elfogus race would get their lust. And at times like this, they would go to various places to direct their respective desires. The Elfogus race only had one soulmate, but that didn''t mean they couldn''t have fun.


    The Ellipsis Plane landed on the widest runway at the royal palace of Hexodar. Its shape which resembled a flat circle with a very bright flame had made it look like a dented star. The glowing green grass above the runway was blown away with the wind, surrounding the Ellipsis Plane. The cabin door opened and Hamdi appeared. He was the driver of the Ellipsis Plane for the nobles in the Hexodar Kingdom.


    "Prince Aerus, greetings servants to you!" Hamdi bowed very respectfully. His body was clad in a silvery-white suit, quite a contrast to his shoulder-length silver hair.


    Prince Aerus waved his hand. After that, he walked very nimbly to get into the cabin of the Ellipsis Plane. His stout body was like splitting the wind powerfully, his golden hair looked like the glow of the brightest star in the universe.


    "Take me anywhere, Hamdi. I just can''t stay in this palace for now. Father nearly killed me yesterday, " said Prince Aerus. He took off his royal robe which was sapphire blue. Then he sat comfortably in the seat of the Ellipsis Plane which looked like a luxurious mini-room, rather than a spaceship.


    Hamdi came from behind. Then he got into the plane and got behind the wheel. "Are you still unwilling to touch women, Prince? No wonder King Artesun was angry. The Hexodar Kingdom is in a tough time. Many small kingdoms began to switch allies to the Qobra clan, and it all happened because you did not immediately have children or at least had a wife. They almost don''t believe in this kingdom anymore."


    Hamdi started the engine. Then he controlled the plane''s navigation after setting the black hole point they would choose as a path to explore the galaxy.


    "I know all about it. But what can I do? I just can''t get excited about those women. I''ve also explored the galaxy but I still can''t find my bride. " Prince Aerus pondered. His eyes looked towards the night sky of Hexa, a planet that was in the galaxy IC 1101, the largest galaxy in the universe. In the sky, you could see the Platinus Nebula, which was moving with various and beautiful colors.


    "I always ask myself, Hamdi, what is wrong with me. I always follow the ritual of activating Mirah energy in my body. But nothing happened." The Ellipsis Plane was already approaching the black hole selected on this trip. In no time, the plane had entered and was sucked in.


    "Then I started asking if I was created not to have a partner? Was I created not to breed?" There were colorful flashes of light surrounded them, hitting their eyes very quickly and almost blinding them if only they weren''t used to it.


    Before long, the highly sophisticated Ellipsis Plane was able to exit the black hole without taking single damage. Prince Aerus sighed. "Sometimes I want to die quickly so that my soul can gather and fly with the ancestors in the Platinus Nebula. I can''t handle all this much longer, Hamdi."


    After the plane began to calm down, with a safe flight path, Hamdi let go of control of the plane. Then he relaxed somewhat and answered Prince Aerus'' words. "You just haven''t found your mate yet, Prince. And why do you say that reproductive activity is like an annoying thing? It is the most beautiful and comforting thing in life. You just don''t know the taste yet."


    Prince Aerus chose to ignore Hamdi. What''s the point in denying a man who already had two children? He would never know Prince Aerus''s feelings. So he chose to sleep instead of getting more and more upset.


    Ellipsis Plane was still exploring, with its shape in the form of a flat circle. Its size could change as the terrain they pass. So the chance of getting bumped would be very little.


    In the midst of all that, Prince Aerus''s soft snoring was faintly heard. The dreams that came to him revolved around his angry father and his crying mother. Then followed by the women who always seduced his body. Even in the dream, Prince Aerus was annoyed with himself, and also at the life he had lived.


    Until finally all his frustration disappeared, replaced by a burst of energy that filled his body. His blood gushed violently, his heart was racing, his body felt hot. Prince Aerus opened his eyes wide, like a madman. He didn''t understand what was going on. Until then he found his pants were starting to tighten.


    Prince Aerus sat up straight, asked Hamdi in a muffled hoarse voice, "Where are we?"


    Hamdi casually replied, "We are in the earth''s atmosphere, Prince. Earth is a planet in the Milky Way galaxy."


    Prince Aerus then groaned. His body stiffened, and his eyeballs turned purple. "Land the plane now! I¡­ Land it now!!! I feel it! I feel her!"


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 Chapter 2：Prince Aerus Mirah Energy Was Finally Active

    Camouflage mode was activated by Hamdi now when he realized what kind of condition Prince Aerus was in. Hamdi didn''t know whether he should be happy or sad. Maybe this would be a historic day because finally, a prince from the Hexodar Kingdom had Mirah''s energy starting to activate, so he would be able to reproduce. But the thing to worry about was, who was Prince Aerus'' mate?


    Hamdi knew that the long journey to explore the galaxy that they were doing had the goal so that Prince Aerus could find his mate as well as his bride, but still Hamdi never thought that the universe had created a mate of different races for the prince.


    The Ellipsis Plane had become invisible due to the activated camouflage mode. The disc which was flat and often changed shape was now moving forward and splitting the earth''s air.


    "Where should this plane be dropped off, Prince?" asked Hamdi. He had taken control of the plane''s navigation again while continuing to focus his gaze in case there was an object they could hit.


    The Ellipsis plane could indeed change shape and avoid any object in front of it, but that ability could not remain active for a planetary surface with a certain gravity. The Ellipsis plane was designed to be used in space, on voyages without the need for a landing.


    Prince Aerus groaned, his face that always looked handsome and shining white now looked red. His eyes that looked golden had now turned purple, a sign that Mirah''s energy in his body was starting to activate and arouse his lust. He squirmed slowly, his hands gripping the handle of his throne chair.


    "Go ahead! Keep flying to the north. She''s in the north. Hurry up, Hamdi!" Then Prince Aerus gasped, he was so tormented. Now he would never want to ridicule the Elfagos who couldn''t help themselves when the mating season came, because it turned out to be very difficult to control.


    The Ellipsis plane continued to advance, at incalculable distances, and traces that no technology would be able to detect. Now they had been in Earth''s atmosphere for approximately fifteen minutes, based on time on earth.


    Hamdi couldn''t calm down, especially when he glanced at Prince Aerus who looked very tormented. Hamdi would never know what it''s like to be the Prince of Aerus, when he felt Mirah''s energy active in his body but there was no one woman he could sleep with.


    Hamdi''s confusion and anxiety finally settled after he heard the order from Prince Aerus. He ordered in a voice that sounded like a snap. "Stop! Stop here! Land it! Land it! Get down!" Prince Aerus''s body stiffened, and he started to sweat. His eyes looked wilder than ever, and honestly, it was terrifying.


    Hamdi nodded. He lowered the plane over a fairly dense settlement. When he saw that there was no vacant land he suggested, "We''d better leave this plane in the air, Prince. I will take you to your destination. We can teleport."


    Prince Aerus did not answer. His previously glowing purple eyes were now changing into dark purple, a sign that his lust was at its peak. Not long after, Prince Aerus disappeared, leaving Hamdi who was a bit confused when he saw the seat behind him was empty.


    Prince Aerus'' eyes widened when he found a tiny girl curled up on her bed. She looked asleep, her face half visible because of the blanket covering her face. Prince Aerus peered through the small glass at the door leading to the balcony. He swallowed hard, then felt his pants tighten.


    He couldn''t wait any longer. Prince Aerus immediately teleported to enter the tiny girl''s room. It''s quite dark inside because the lights were off. However, Prince Aerus''s vision could still function very well.


    His body was still wrapped in the aftermath of the royal formalities. He still looked like a prince who always seemed strict and tended to be cold towards servants and anyone around him. But his eyes and face showed another expression, he looked helpless.


    Prince Aerus crept and crawled on the bed, on top of the girl who was still sleeping. Slowly he pulled the blanket that covered her body, looking at her ordinary face in his eyes


    ''The women in Hexa are prettier than her. We are creatures born from crossing the Elves with the Ogus. The status of our race is much higher than the human race. However¡­ why should I have a mate like her?'' Prince Aerus'' logic continued to curse at the fate he was living, and he still couldn''t accept everything.


    While on top of the girl''s body he still intended to leave or run away. There''s no way a prince should touch the girls first, there''s no way he should approach the girls first. They should have done that to him, to please him.


    However, the opposite thing happened. Prince Aerus couldn''t stop his hands from touching every part of the girl''s body. He couldn''t even stop sniffing her intoxicating scent. And he couldn''t stop kissing her on the lips, forcing himself to do something even more sinful than before.


    The girl''s name was Nianri Xilia. She was just an ordinary girl who worked hard all day long. So that night she was so exhausted that she didn''t feel every touch that Prince Aerus made to her.


    But even so, Lia''s body could not lie. The Mirah energy that radiated from Prince Aerus'' body didn''t stop to sting Lia, causing her to moan at every little touch from Prince Aerus.


    Prince Aerus gasped. He just did a few warm-ups at the start, and he wanted more. But before he did that, he pulled Lia''s face into his arms so he could hug her very tightly.


    Prince Aerus took off everything. Finally, he did the last step of it. He closed his eyes, feeling the urge after urge that could make him feel happy. He would never stop, even though that last step was indeed difficult to do. Lia was still a virgin so it''s not surprising.


    At the end of the action, Prince Aerus hugged Lia''s body tightly, kissed her head, and also kissed her shoulder. The two of them got ''relaxation'' at the same time, although the hugest sensation could only be felt by Prince Aerus.


    As Prince Aerus calmed his breathing, he smiled happily, even though he didn''t mean to do that. In front of him, Lia''s black hair had turned brown. Prince Aerus hugged Lia back, tighter than before. Finally, he found someone who could awaken Mirah within his body. His logic drifted away for a moment. Prince Aerus also put down his ego. It''s okay just this time¡­. only this time he became more aggressive than his mate.


    After a while, Prince Aerus didn''t want to stop. He touched Lia again until he could get his ''relaxation'' for the umpteenth time. But at that time Lia suddenly woke up. Her eyes, which were closed like a baby, had now widened in shock.


    When Lia''s eyes saw Prince Aerus''s purple eyes, suddenly her brown hair had turned golden.


    Prince Aerus smirked. "It was you, my mate!" And he kissed Lia many times.


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 Chapter 3：Come Here Quickly Or Ill Mark You

    Lia was still stunned even though her eyes widened in shock. In front of her, now Prince Aerus still wouldn''t stop kissing her lips. Lia seemed to be paralyzed because she was still very sleepy. However, when Prince Aerus bit her neck, Lia was suddenly startled and woke up from her daydream completely.


    She pushed Prince Aerus''s body back, her eyes still glaring. Lia was still half-confused. "Dream? Is this a dream?" mumbled Lia with a stupid face. Her golden hair fell to her slender waist.


    Prince Aerus looked annoyed in front of Lia. As a prince he should get gentle and accepting treatment from a girl, moreover, the girl was his mate. In Hexa, the men were usually more dominant. They would get whatever they want, even if their mate didn''t want it.


    Lia rubbed her eyes repeatedly. Even in a dream, it felt like she still wanted to check the truth she was seeing and what she was facing. After the rubbing of her eyes stopped, the figure she saw was still the same, he was a man with short golden hair, his body was stout and so beautiful, his eyes were purple. It wouldn''t be such a bad thing if he wasn''t naked!


    Lia shuffled in shock. She then tried to escape from the bed. A strange dream befell her. How could she find such a handsome strange man in her room? Though all the doors look still closed.


    When going down, Lia found another surprising thing, her naked body. Lia screamed. "What¡­ what happened to me? You¡­" Then Lia patted her cheek repeatedly. She was crying because the dream she had was terrible.


    Meanwhile, Prince Aerus seemed impatient. He immediately got up from the bed to pull Lia back to the bed. However, because of Lia''s resistance, all of Prince Aerus''s wishes could not run smoothly.


    "Hurry up or I''ll mark you!" shouted Prince Aerus.


    When male Elfagos found a mate, they could mark her, as a form of eternal bond and also as a prison for their mate. For mates who had been marked, then they would not be able to refuse every desire of the male Elfagos if Mirah''s energy in the bodies of the men was activated. During the mating season, even though the mates didn''t want the male Elfagos to touch them, they still couldn''t resist.


    Prince Aerus growled in anger to see Lia still curled up on the floor and trying to cover herself. "Listen, Human! I''m not a patient prince! I''ve even crossed the line I already had! I told you that I could mark you if you didn''t want to obey me. That way all your movements will be paralyzed when you intend to run away from me when my Mirah''s energy starts to activate.


    "You heard, huh? I can mark you, it means you will be a prisoner under my grasp forever, you can never refuse me. That sounds terrible, right? Therefore, obey and come closer to me now!"


    Prince Aerus could have gone out of control because Mirah''s energy in his body had not completely dimmed. He still wanted Lia, he still wanted all the explosive sensations he had just felt in his entire life.


    Lia did not want to hear. Instead, she almost ran to the bathroom and locked herself in it. Her senses seemed to have awakened. Lia began to think that this was not a dream, apart from the mystery of how the handsome man in her room got in.


    But Prince Aerus had a faster movement than Lia. He immediately sped up and grabbed Lia''s tiny body, and then he picked up Lia and dropped her on the bed again.


    Lia shrieked in fear, especially when she saw the purple eyes of Prince Aerus which glowed quite darkly. ''Purple eyes. He''s not a man in real life. This must be a dream. But I won''t give up even if I''ve been abused in my dreams!''


    "Let me go!" shouted Lia angrily and sadly. Her body shook violently especially when Prince Aerus touched her again without stopping. Lia''s eyes were already wet, and so were her cheeks. She was also mentally shaken very badly.


    When Prince Aerus regained his complacency, he hugged Lia even tighter than before. He gasped and kissed Lia again, observing Lia who was already weak and helpless, but therein lied her beauty.


    "Good girl, you shouldn''t reject your mate." Prince Aerus distanced himself. When he looked down, he frowned. His irises had turned gold again, and that meant that Mirah''s energy had completely dimmed within his body.


    "You¡­ are you bleeding?" Prince Aerus became somewhat disgusted. He was indeed a prince who had high martial arts. Seeing blood was nothing new for him because several times he had to fight on the battlefield to defeat the enemy who usually attacked the border in Hexa.


    However, he never thought that he would see blood on the bed, and after he did ''that'' with Lia. The virgin girls in the Hexodar Kingdom wouldn''t bleed the first time they slept with a man. The only thing that happened to them was that their hair would turn brown.


    Prince Aerus shuffled as if Lia''s blood was something that could transmit a virus. His disgusted face made Lia sick. After Lia regained her strength she hit Prince Aerus. But strangely, Lia''s hand felt pain as if she had just hit a piece of steel, then Lia chose to grab her pillow.


    Prince Aerus was getting annoyed because Lia had hit his head with a pillow repeatedly. He tried to protect himself but Lia''s attacks never stopped.


    "Damn you! Damn it! Are you an evil spirit? Are you dark sleeping energy because I''m an unlucky girl? Damn it! Go away! Don''t ever come into my dreams again!" Lia screamed incessantly, venting the annoyance and disgust that she directed at herself.


    Lia had never seen dirty things in her entire life, nor had she ever done anything sinful with a man. Lia was a straight good girl, she also never had a chance to date because for some reason not a single guy was interested in her. Lia secretly believed that she had been affixed with spirits. And that spirit was Prince Aerus!!!!


    Prince Aerus backed away because he couldn''t stand it anymore. In the blink of an eye, he was wearing his royal attire. After a very short second, he had transformed into a prince who was very manly and also somewhat intimidating.


    Prince Aerus''s eyes stared coldly at Lia''s stomach which was still exposed. He said, "I will come again to check on your pregnancy." And his body vanished amid a small flickering beam of light.


    On her bed, Lia finally fainted. It was the first time she had seen someone teleport.


    ***

 Chapter 4：Prince Aerus Didnt Like Lia

    Prince Aerus teleported from inside Lia''s room. When he did that, he didn''t even know that Lia had fainted when she saw him teleport. Prince Aerus''s royal robes appeared along with his stout body, which was suddenly wobbling on the throne seat in the Elipsis Plane.


    Hamdi who realized the arrival of Prince Aerus immediately turned his head. His shoulder-length silver hair was now flowing gently as his footsteps approached Prince Aerus''s position. "Prince? Was everything going well?" Wasn''t it a bit impolite when Hamdi asked that? He seemed to be interrogating the matter of the hot activity that Prince Aerus had just finished.


    Prince Aerus'' hand which was covering half of his face he had now lowered. His towering back seemed to sink into his chair. His golden eyes gazed far away at the residential night scene on earth.


    In his gaze, the earth seemed very gloomy and dead. Hexa was much better than earth. In Hexa, everything there radiated light, and the residence was more neatly arranged. Plantations, as well as greenery, could still be found in Hexa because some people built houses that floated above the ground. In addition, Hexa also had several floating plains in it, which looked like floating cities.


    "I think so. I''ve done it, and her hair color has turned brown. Even after she saw me her hair color turned to gold," said Prince Aerus. From his tone of voice, he didn''t seem too happy, and that surprised Hamdi.


    "What''s the matter now, Prince? You''ve found someone who can awaken Mirah''s energy in your body, and it turns out that she is also your mate. I expect neither your hair nor hers to turn silver because maybe that hope is too far away. You must understand what I mean." Hamdi scanned Prince Aerus''s hair. He didn''t find a single strand of silver hair.


    In Hexa, a pair of Elfagos that were destined to be together would usually be able to change each other''s hair color if they had found a partner or fell in love with each other.


    Then for the male Elfagos, there was no change in their hair if they had found a partner. However, they would still know who their mate was because the hair color of a female Elfagos would only change to a golden color if the two Elfagos met their eyes.


    Then a change of hair color to silver would occur if an Elfagos fell in love with his partner. Otherwise, their hair color would still be gold. It should be noted that Elfagos could only fall in love once in their life, and they could fall in love with another Elfagos who was not their mate. If that happened then on the head of the betrayed Elfagos would grow black hair, which formed a fairly noticeable mane. This black hair color was slightly darker than the black color when Elfagos was a virgin.


    Prince Aerus groaned. "I just don''t want to go any further, Hamdi. Usually, the male Elfagos will be very possessive of their mate, therefore they will mark their mate when they make love. But I can''t do that. I just need a child from her. After all our race is different, she is far below the Elfagos race. I don''t want to say this, but I feel so bad that the universe created such a lowly mate for me. I am a prince, Hamdi. If this is the case, I don''t know how mother and father will react."


    "The king and queen definitely won''t mind, Prince. If the mind then they will not order you to travel across the galaxy to find your mate or bride. They must also know that there are countless races in this universe, so I don''t think it''s a big deal."


    "But I still feel ashamed, Hamdi. And what''s worse is that I have to wait for her to get pregnant and give birth? Are humans pregnant for a long time? In Hexa, the girls will only be pregnant for about ten years right?"


    Hamdi nodded. "That''s right, Prince. But humans only have a short lifespan right? Elfagos usually have a lifespan of at least ten thousand years, and I''m sure humans don''t. Maybe a thousand years they live, or maybe less. I will find out. So the bottom line is that with a shorter lifespan, their pregnancy period will also be shorter, Prince."


    Prince Aerus did not argue because he felt completely powerless. His hopes of becoming the king with the most favorable impression in Hexa''s history would surely be dashed because he had children of a lower class race.


    But then he thought of something. If the marriage of the Elfagos race and the human race was carried out, then the mixed genes would shorten the life of the baby, right? Then what would happen to the future of the Hexodar Kingdom? Would the Qobra clan finally rule overall?


    "Hamdi, is it impossible for an Elfagos to have more than one mate? I don''t want to have children with her. I want to get a mate with a race higher than humans." Prince Aerus scrambled his head in frustration.


    ¡­


    Lia groaned in a hoarse voice. She slept quite well last night even if she had a very strange nightmare. Even so, Lia would try to forget everything and plan an exorcism ritual.


    "Hah, what a cheerful weekend morning. Finally, I can relax. But damn, why does my body hurt all over?" mumbled Lia to herself. She tried to get up but her lower body ached. She didn''t think too far, he crawled out of bed, and that''s when she found a scary thing.


    "WHY AM I NUDE?" Lia screamed hysterically. She hurriedly looked for her clothes and found them on the floor. Then he also found parts of her body covered in red spots.


    Remembering something, Lia immediately pulled the blanket covering the bed. Lia glared, and her face became so pale, as pale as her thin lips that were like fragile lines. Her petite and slightly too-thin body was even more concerning. She didn''t seem to be living well all this time.


    "Blo ¨C blood? Blood? Impossible. How could it be?" Then Lia immediately wrapped her body with her blanket. She was running like a mad girl around her room, checking every door and window. A moment later she fell to the floor weakly. "All the doors and windows are still locked. Then how did this happen?"


    ***

 Chapter 5：You Must Not Have Contact With Any Man

    Lia was like a dazed girl in the bathroom. On top of her, the water flowed and wet her body. She decided to take a shower immediately after finding herself ravished, and she wanted to clean the traces of Prince Aerus on her body. She still thought that Prince Aerus was an evil spirit.


    Lia finally groaned. She ruffled her hair in frustration. Now she was sitting curled up on the floor, with the water running down her body. Lia looked like a girl who was being subjected to severe torture.


    "Disgusting! Disgusting!" Lia sobbed. She hugged her knees shakily, then she looked at her skin again, at the red stain that still wouldn''t go away. Lia rubbed her skin with her hands, then grabbed her towel and rubbed her skin again. Then she looked for a bath sponge and tried to remove the red stain, but the result was the same. Everything that had been etched would indeed be difficult to remove.


    Lia was a mess in the bathroom until she finally felt frozen and came out of it with wrinkled skin. Her body shriveled up when she came out, she put on clothes and moved with no enthusiasm at all.


    ''I should have the most perfect day today. I have worked hard at work, even Mr. Sony (Lia''s boss) who is usually always angry, this week he seems to be more polite with me. I got a lot of conveniences this week, so I put all my energy into working harder. When it comes to weekends, I''m so happy, as if it''s my payment for the hard work I''ve put in. However¡­'' Lia covered her face again, curled up on the floor, and cried her heart out until her body went limp and her eyes swelled up.


    The clock showed ten in the morning. Lia had wanted to freeze on the floor until nightfall, or until her life ended, because what she experienced last night was a form of destruction in her life. However, her stomach rebelled, so she couldn''t help but get up immediately to make breakfast.


    After she finished, she enjoyed her breakfast with her appetite starting to dwindle. Even though what she cooked was her favorite food, which could be made instantaneously, but for some reason, it tasted very bitter on the tip of her tongue.


    Oh yeah, Lia must also felt endless confusion when she saw her hair turning golden. Lia didn''t know how it happened, but with the golden color in her hair, she saw increasingly convinced that what happened to her last night wasn''t a dream.


    Tears dripped non-stop, in between Lia chewing her food. After that, she immediately washed the dishes, then tried to steel herself to go to the nearest convenience store. Lia wanted to buy black hair dye.


    In the shower room, she had tried to wash her hair. Lia thought that her golden yellow hair was caused by a hair dye sprayed by Prince Aerus. But she still couldn''t make her hair turn black again.


    Lia thought maybe her hair dye was permanent, so she went to the convenience store so she could dye her hair black again. She used a very thick eyebrow pencil on her eyebrows because her hair of eyebrows also turned a golden yellow color.


    Lia returned to her flat after she finished buying black hair dye. After that she hurriedly dyed her hair rather rudely and hastily, let it sit for a few minutes as directed, and finally rinsed it off in the bathroom.


    And another thing that surprised Lia. When she rinsed her hair, all the hair dye that she had used earlier had faded away, making her hair that was black from the dye turn back to gold again.


    Lia choked. She hastily dried her hair with her worn-out hairdryer. After that, she dyed her hair again. This time she covered her hair with a thicker hair dye than before. Lia waited for several minutes again, then she went to the bathroom to rinse her hair. When rinsing, Lia as much as possible not touched her hair with her hands, and she washed her hair with water step by step.


    However, the result remained the same, her hair still turned golden again.


    Lia became dazed. She said, "Maybe this hair dye isn''t good. Yes, that''s for sure. Calm down, Lia, calm down! You just have to go to the convenience store again and buy a more expensive hair dye to make it last longer."


    Lia followed her advice. He wore a hat on her head so that her flashy hair color was not visible. Then she bought hair dye with a well-known brand and at a higher price. But the result was the same. When Lia''s hair was rinsed, all the paint would fade, as if it refused to stick to Lia''s hair.


    Lia groaned and slumped to the floor in frustration. Her hands ruffled her hair in both anger and sadness. What happened to her, she also did not know.


    Not long after, in front of Lia appeared Prince Aerus with Hamdi. They teleported without the slightest sense of guilt, and they didn''t feel guilty either when they shocked Lia and almost make her fainted.


    "Y-you!" Lia widened her eyes, she forced her eyes to focus after she wiped her tears that came out without wanting to stop. Lia got up, looked for a weapon in the form of an iron that was on the nearest table. "What are you doing here? And¡­. how did you get in?" Lia poked her head in and looked for a gap around her room. She saw the balcony door open, and she thought Prince Aerus and Hamdi had slipped through the door.


    Prince Aerus did not answer in a short time. His tall and stout body, wearing majestic royal clothes and shiny black, now seemed to dominate. His eyes, which had golden irises, looked disgusted when they see Lia, also some of the red spots from his kisses still looked faint even though they were covered by make-up, and the black hair dye that had made Lia''s appearance look terrible.


    "What stupid thing are you trying to do? Are you trying to cover up the fact that you have indeed found your mate? Are you trying to have an affair and find another human behind my back?" Prince Aerus moved very fast, then grabbed Lia''s body and strangled her neck. Prince Aerus looked very angry and offended.


    "As long as you are under my control, you must not have contact with any man. I don''t want my kid to have a mixed gene with another man. Do you think I can be treated lowly? Look where you are at." Prince Aerus again strengthened his grip on Lia''s neck.


    Lia gasped, her hands trying to let go of Prince Aerus''s hand. She pleaded, "Le ¨C let me go! Uhuk! I beg you!" Lia''s face turned red and almost turned purple. Her neck was already compressed tightly enough to prevent air from entering her lungs.


    ***

 Chapter 6：Can I Kill You?

    The iron that Lia had been holding had now fallen to the floor. The iron was the weapon she would want to use to protect herself if maybe Prince Aerus and Hamdi did something bad to her. However, before Lia managed to protect herself, Prince Aerus had strangled her very strongly.


    Lia''s face had almost turned purple. She tried to release Prince Aerus'' hand that was strangling her neck, but it couldn''t move away because Prince Aerus had a strong grip. With a gasping breath, Lia pleaded again, more pathetic than before, "Let me go! Please, I beg you!" Lia''s eyes were already watery, Prince Aerus'' angry face had started to blur in her vision.


    Hamdi began to feel anxious, especially when he saw that Prince Aerus did not seem to be releasing Lia soon. Now he approached him, and said somewhat nervously, "Prince, stop it! You can kill her! If she is killed then you will fail to get a child!"


    However, Hamdi''s suggestion did not open Prince Aerus''s eyes at all. His stern and rough face were still filled with anger, as well as his golden eyes that had turned red. The sunlight coming in from outside the balcony shone through his hair, making him looked handsome as if he wasn''t real.


    Anger exploded inside Prince Aerus''s head. The incident last night and how he touched Lia without stopping seemed to have no trace in his heart. There was only regret, and also hatred for the way of life that he lived.


    He secretly blamed Lia, in very piercing and hateful whispers. "If you weren''t alive then I wouldn''t have gone through this. If you don''t exist then I will be able to find a better mate. You''d better die!"


    Hamdi gasped in surprise. He immediately pulled the body of Prince Aerus so that he would release Lia, and so that he would stop strangling Lia. His white flight suit clashed with his silver hair. Both seemed to glow quite brightly in the morning sun.


    "Prince Aerus, wake up! Prince, she is the only mate that you have. If she dies then you won''t be able to have a chance to get a child. You have to remember that Elfagos can only have offspring from their mates. I beg you to wake up!"


    However, Prince Aerus''s anger was still at its peak. So he jolted Hamdi until he fell on the floor. Meanwhile, Lia was now almost passed out in her strangulation.


    Hamdi became increasingly panicked. He couldn''t let this happen, because if Prince Aerus killed Lia then Prince Aerus would not be able to have children. In that case, the heir of the Hexodar Kingdom would not be able to be obtained by the Horbin clan, the clan of the family of Prince Aerus.


    If the Hexodar Kingdom fell into the hands of the Qobra clan, then Hamdi could predict that Hexa would have difficult times at that time. Because the Qobra clan was known to be unprofessional with the civilization, they only strengthened allies from the kingdoms in Hexa, then made a bond with the nobles only.


    Hamdi pulled Prince Aerus''s back. Now his voice has risen, as soon as he saw Lia was going to faint. "Prince Aerus! Stop doing this! You can kill her! You can destroy your own life, you can destroy Hexa too!


    "Prince, don''t let war break out just because you can''t have offspring. Don''t let the Qobra clan invade the Hexodar Kingdom and try to overthrow you someday. Remember how your ancestors built the Hexodar Kingdom back then. Remember! Remember King Artesun and Queen Lunanis! Don''t let them disappointed with you! Don''t let them get killed in a coup!"


    Prince Aerus instantly froze. His strangulation was no longer strong, and it made Lia let go of him and fell on the floor weak and coughing. In the end, Prince Aerus could only be made aware of the lives of his parents that could be lost because of a coup, especially since Prince Aerus had heard of coups recently. His red eyes slowly dimmed slightly.


    Prince Aerus passed, at the area of ??the door leading to the balcony. He turned his back on Lia and also Hamdi. Hamdi drew closer to him and tried his best to calm him down. A one-sided conversation could be heard filling the room, with Prince Aerus mute because the anger had not yet fully come out of his head.


    On the other hand, Lia was crawling on the floor, trying to find the air she had not had a moment ago. After she was able to calm herself down, Lia now grabbed her iron which had fallen on the floor.


    Then she reached for the cell phone that was under the pillow. In a somewhat staggered motion, she stood up. Her footsteps were a bit withered and weak as she tried to reach the exit of her flat.


    ''I have to get out of here first, otherwise, I will die. After that, I''m going to be able to report them both to the police. But most importantly I have to get out first.''


    Lia dragged her feet carefully. She even held her breath so as not to sound noisy. Her hands gripped the phone and iron tightly, and she was determined not to let go of them.


    Just before she could touch the doorknob, Prince Aerus had caught her. His intuition was very sharp. So when Prince Aerus saw Lia, he immediately raised his hand and released his telekinesis power.


    Lia''s body froze, as if bound, then her body slid backward so fast that her body hit the wall hard. Lia groaned. Her head which was bowed down due to the pain was now raised because Prince Aerus pinched her chin quite roughly.


    "Want to run away? You think you can run away from me?" Prince Aerus sounded mocking, but there was a hint of disappointment in his voice.


    "What do you want? Please let me go!" Lia trembled as she said that. She could only plead amid threats after threats from Prince Aerus. After all, the situation she was in right now made Lia unable to do anything but plead. When she felt the pinch on her chin getting harder, Lia could only close her eyes and endure the pain. Prince Aerus had great strength.


    "I? You ask what I want?" Prince Aerus lowered his head, looking at Lia''s eyes and also her face which he forced to look up. Inside Prince Aerus'' eyes still contained hatred. "Honestly, I want you to die. But because I still need you then I can''t do it. I was thinking maybe Mirah energy in my body couldn''t activate because you''re still alive. Some Elfagoses'' Mirah energy can only be awakened by their mate, but that condition is very rare. And I''ve heard that if the mate dies then the Elfagos will be able to live a normal life. So what do you think? Can I kill you?"


    ***

 Chapter 7：Hollo Promise, A Promise That Would Bind Lia

    "Can I kill you?"  Prince Aerus'' last words seemed to have killed Lia, killing her courage and also her hope for life.


    Lia became more and more trembling.  Now she regretted not holding the phone and iron in her hands firmly.  When Prince Aerus dragged her with his telekinesis power, Lia let go of the two objects in shock.  If only there was an iron in her hand, then she would be able to hit Prince Aerus'' head with that, and then she could run away.  Or Lia could use her cell phone to make a call to anyone asking for help.


    Now she was alone in her flat, a slum flat that was deserted because it was too unfit to live in.  If only Lia screamed for help, not necessarily someone would hear her screams.


    Once again Lia pleaded, at this time weaker than before.  "I don''t know who you are, and what you want from me.  I''ve heard all your conversations with that man, but I don''t understand anything at all."  Lia swallowed hard.


    "I''m just an ordinary girl. I am also poor and have no parents.  My face isn''t pretty either, and my body isn''t sexy either.  So if you kill me then it will only end in vain because I am a useless human.  But even so, I still want to live, I want to feel happy and live longer.  So, please¡­. please don''t kill me."


    Even though she was reluctant and felt intimidated, Lia still looked at Prince Aerus'' eyes.  Inside, she could still see the fiery red tinge in his irises.  If only Prince Aerus wasn''t that bad, then Lia would surely fall in love with him, for his great looks.  However, Prince Aerus squandered his opportunity to conquer his mate.


    Prince Aerus snorted.  When he saw Lia''s golden hair which was dirty from black hair dye, he felt even more annoyed.  A human who was of a much lower race than him bravely wanted to cover up the fact that she had found a mate already, moreover, Lia''s mate was Prince Aerus.


    All the women in Hexa even scramble to try their luck so they could awaken the Mirah energy of Prince Aerus, besides the hope that they could have a mate with the prince.


    They fought over Prince Aerus, even they could do reckless and very perverted things to please Prince Aerus.  But what did Lia do?  This was a great insult.  That was why Prince Aerus could be so angry more than ever.


    "I have the best decision then. Because you are a useless human that I must kill you. Since you are a useless human, therefore my life can also become useless."  Prince Aerus was now aiming for Lia''s neck again, he wanted to strangle her. "You know that my destiny is now ruined because of you!  It''s better if you just die because after all that I got from you was a weak child in the future."


    Lia choked. She had been listening to Hamdi and Prince Aerus'' conversation, but because of the strangulation around her neck, Lia couldn''t understand the whole thing. And now she''s starting to understand something, that Prince Aerus wanted a child from her!


    Lia immediately gave a solution, "N ¨C no!  I can''t give you a child!  I¡­ I''m not that kind of girl.  Forgive me. I really can''t.  But¡­.  but¡­" Lia hastily corrected her words when she saw Prince Aerus'' eyes turning red again.  "But I can help you.  I¡­ I will find a woman who can give you a child.  I promise I will meet you with her.  And I''m sure she''s better than me.  She must be prettier and more everything than me.  So I beg you!"


    Lia''s chest had been deflated.  Her golden hair scattered and some of it slipped into her mouth as she spoke. She almost choked but she held it in.


    Prince Aerus sounded a little interested in Lia''s words, even though in reality he already knew something was bound to happen.  That was, an Elfagos could only have children from his mate.  But somehow Prince Aaerus wanted to try it, as long as he could escape the fate that bound him with Lia.


    Hamdi watched behind Prince Aerus'' body anxiously.  He began to feel sure that Prince Aerus would be tempted by Lia''s offer.  He wanted to make Prince Aerus aware that it would be a wasted decision.  Rather than that, it''s better for Prince Aerus to just focus on Lia so he could have children soon.


    Prince Aerus now lowered his anger, as the red flame dimmed in his irises.  "If you can guarantee that another woman can give me a child, then I will let you go.  But if you fail then I will still kill you! I don''t like humans, but I hate you more!"


    Lia was getting more and more shaken.  But even so, she still agreed, because she didn''t hear the conversation about Elfagos being only able to have children from his mate.  So Lia said, "Okay, I will find you a woman who can give you a child. There are lots of women here, and they can give you children."  What Lia meant as surrogate mothers.  Several women work as surrogate mothers in Lia''s town, and to be honest, Lia had met some of them.


    "Now let me go!  I beg!"  Lia pleaded again, in the middle of her body that couldn''t move because of the telekinetic energy that locked her.  And to be honest, Prince Aerus'' telekinetic energy now seemed to be twisting her tightly, Lia knew it was purposeful.


    Hamdi started to come forward to give a warning to Lia and Prince Aerus.  But before that happened Prince Aerus said, "Then you must do the Hollo Promise with me."


    Hamdi could not hold his patient   He shouted, feeling very presumptuous but this was all he could do to stop Prince Aerus'' outrageous actions.  "Prince!  What are you trying to do?  An Elfagos can only have children from his mate.  After all, your Mirah energy can only be turned on by her.  Besides, is Hollo''s Promise not outrageous?  Do you want to kill her? She is your mate!"


    Prince Aerus turned his head slowly to Hamdi, who was currently standing right beside him.  His hand was still pinching Lia''s chin, and now he said, "You know, Hamdi, that my condition is special.  Only my mate can activate Mirah energy in my body, have you ever encountered such conditions in other Elfagos?  Maybe you''ve heard of it but it all happened millions of years ago.


    "As our mixed-race, Elfagos can now only have one mate, but what if it turns out that I inherit the genes of our ancestors, the Elfora?  They can have four mates in their life, right?  And who knows me too?


    "I can''t waste the chance, Hamdi.  I have to try a few things.  And Hollo Promise isn''t outrageous either.  I think it would be well worth it.  If this girl can''t fulfill her promise then she will die.  It is commensurate with the trust I have given in her."


    Prince Aerus now glanced at Lia again.  In his eyes, he already wanted to crush Lia to the smallest pieces.


    ***

 Chapter 8：Introduction of Two Elfagoses in Front of A Human

    At first, Prince Aerus still wanted to continue his intention to carry out the Hollo Promise with Lia.  With Hollo Promise, if Lia broke her promise then she would die.  However, because of Hamdi''s strict prohibition and also because of Hamdi''s relentless advice, finally Prince Aerus wanted to cancel his intention first.


    "Prince, you can do the Hollo Promise.  But at least you should try to see the progress of her quest.  Oh, you don''t even know her name yet, do you?  You have to build trust by getting to know each other first.  If the quest''s progress looks good enough, I won''t stop you from doing the Hollo Promise."  Hamdi advised at length.


    "However, King Artesun has always given me the task of escorting you to find your bride or mate.  Now you''ve found her, but you want to go down the fruitless path instead. You know that I can send information to King Artesun now."  Hamdi''s figure gleamed like silver jewelry.


    Lia was still pressing against the wall, and her body was still bound by Prince Aerus'' telekinesis energy, but now it didn''t hurt her body.  And again, Prince Aerus had already released his pinch from Lia''s chin.  Now Lia could listen carefully.


    And to be honest, her eyes sparkled when she watched Hamdi.  Hamdi was an Elfagos who was quite old.  When compared to humans on earth, perhaps Hamdi was a man in his thirties, almost turning forty.  His skin was clean, his face was friendly, his hair was short silver, and his clothes were white.  If Hamdi''s body was a little taller, maybe he deserved to be a prince rather than Prince Aerus, in Lia''s opinion.


    Prince Aerus snorted at Hamdi.  "You better never mess with me."  But even so, he finally gave up on doing the Hollo Promise with Lia because his safety was now in danger.  Hamdi could indeed be very annoying on several occasions, even though he was one of the loyal Elfagos.


    Not long after that Prince Aerus became a bit angry when he saw Lia who was constantly looking at Hamdi with adoring eyes.  Prince Aerus clenched his fists, he almost punched Lia if Hamdi didn''t stop him from coming back.  All petty thoughts filled Prince Aerus'' head including a plan he wanted to carry out to kill Lia in the future.


    Oh, Prince Aerus!  Are you going to kill Lia?  Because what I can see is you will fall in love and even won''t be able to pass a second without seeing Lia beside you!  Watch out for your attitude if you don''t want to be embarrassed in the future!


    "Let her go, Prince!  We have to have a good talk with her."  Hamdi warned once more, and he''s starting to get frustrated now.  When Hamdi saw that Prince Aerus would still maintain his stubbornness, Hamdi was about to press a button on the elastic and transparent device that wrapped around his left arm.  The tool that could be used to send information between galaxies.  It was made in Hexa, a place where scientists could create great things.


    However, Hamdi was relieved because Prince Aerus finally wanted to let Lia go.  Lia''s body staggered and almost fell on the floor, but she was able to support her weight by holding on to the wall.


    "Human, we will have a nice talk with you now.  You will know who we are, and what we will want from you."  Hamdi spoke, he represented Prince Aerus.


    At first, Lia wanted to run away again, but she didn''t want to.  After standing up straight, Lia nodded.  Her head was lowered, and she was sweating profusely.  "I¡­ umm, come follow me.  We have to find a comfortable place to sit."


    Lia went to go to the living room which was in front of her bedroom door.  However, before she could take two steps, two chairs in Lia''s room were suddenly dragged away.  Now, these chairs were under the feet of Prince Aerus and Hamdi, both of whom sat majestically on them.


    Lia has frozen again.  Her prediction had always been that Hamdi and Prince Aerus were not human, but she never thought that a surprising thing like this could happen over and over again in front of her eyes. Weren''t they willing to act a little mysterious?  At least it would save Lia''s heartbeat.


    With a bit of awkwardness, Lia was now closer to her bed.  At first, she wanted to just sit on the bed, but when she remembered that the norm of politeness existed in her social life, Lia immediately went to the kitchen to take a chair.  With some difficulty, Lia dragged the chair.  Her tiny body seemed to be swallowed up by the volume pressure of it.


    Prince Aerus snorted.  "Look, Hamdi!  I can''t go on like this! She doesn''t suit me." However, Hamdi did not respond to Prince Aerus'' complaints at all.


    "So do you want me to do something? I¡­ I think there is looking like I still have some tea."  Lia was now sitting on her chair. Her tiny figure made it seem like she was swallowed up by the two Elfagoses sitting in front of her.


    "No need, thank you," said Hamdi very friendly.  He probably wouldn''t be that kind to Lia if Lia wasn''t Prince Aerus'' mate.  However, many things had turned around and become a fact that was turned upside down now. Fate was playing tricks with them.


    Lia became a bit awkward and at the same time relieved.  Since the tea she offered might have gone stale because she bought it about six months ago. She opened the tea when some friends from the orphanage visited her.


    "So I''ll introduce myself first."  Lia moved awkwardly back.  Her golden hair occasionally fell and covered her pretty face, but her beauty was hindered by sadness and exhaustion from working too hard.  "My name is Lia. I live here, and as I said earlier that I have no parents. I used to live in an orphanage, and never had foster parents until I grew up. I work in a cafe in this town. Do I  need to mention the name of the cafe?"


    Lia''s question didn''t matter to the two Elfagoses sitting in front of her.  And to be honest, Hamdi and Prince Aerus were now looking at hee bored.  Lia became worried if she had made a mistake.


    Hamdi finally ended the tension and silence.  "My name is Hamdi, I am a plane driver from Hexa, a planet located in the IC 1101 galaxy. And this man who is beside me is called Prince Aerus. He is a prince who lives in the Hexodar Kingdom, the largest and most powerful kingdom in Hexa.


    "Our arrival here has a purpose because Prince Aerus needed to have children.  Some unique conditions make him unable to have children. One of them is because Mirah energy in his body cannot be activated.


    "Under normal conditions, Mirah energy will be active if the Scutis Star emits its Mirah energy, usually it can be marked with red color in its light. At that time the people in Hexa will start their mating season. However, Prince Aerus could never get Mirah explosion within his body even if Scutis Star was at the peak of its energy.


    "Then King Artesun, our king, ordered Prince Aerus to embark on an intergalactic voyage to find his bride or mate.  For us, the normal Elfagoses, Mirah energy can''t only be awakened by our mate.  However, King Artesun suspects that Prince Aerus has a unique condition that previously occurred millions of years ago, namely when the Mirah energy of an Elfagos, could only be awakened by his mate.


    "In the history, I mentioned earlier, Elfagos'' mate was still a citizen of Hexa.  But it was different with Prince Aerus. Because Prince Aerus had already met all the women in Hexa, some women were deliberately invited and some came voluntarily.  But all of them had failed to awaken Mirah energy within Prince Aerus'' body.


    "However, when we were exploring the galaxy again, Mirah energy inside Prince Aerus'' body was finally awakened just as we were above Earth''s atmosphere.  That way I''m sure that Prince Aerus'' mate comes from the earth.  And that you can certainly know, because last night you guys slept together, something that only an Elfagos can do if Mirah energy in his body is activated.  It is already proof that you are the one who can awaken Mirah energy in his body.  And in other words, you are also the one who can give him offspring as well as become his mate."


    ***

 Chapter 9：Disappearing Forever, Intergalactic Journey Resumed

    Lia would barely blink if she didn''t feel her eyes starting to sting. She even started to gasp because she had unconsciously held her breath for too long.  For a long time, Lia was lost in her confusion, trying to capture as much of the information as Hamdi had just given her.


    "I¡­.  I am¡­ what?"  Lia''s eyes that usually looked withered from tiredness had now become slightly rounded, becoming somewhat lively because she had been forced to be tougher than before or more focused than usual.  Lia wasn''t too used to all of this, so she almost wanted to give up and go back to her intention to run away from Hamdi and Prince Aerus.


    Hamdi took a deep breath, quite understanding Lia''s confusion.  He briefly explained again who he and Prince Aerus were, where they came from, and their purpose in coming to earth.


    Lia finally coughed, her chest felt sore and dry.  Her hand reached for the nearest table to take the water bottle that always accompanied her while sleeping.  After gulping it down Lia said, "Me? I am Prince Aerus'' mate?  It must be just a misunderstanding."


    "I hope so," replied Prince Aerus curtly.  He folded his arms in front of his stout chest, covering a few buttons of his thick royal gown. He didn''t wear a sapphire blue shirt like his father, because traveling between galaxies made him wore different clothes, which were more friendly to the atmosphere of outer space, except for his royal robe which was still red.


    Lia slightly glared when she heard Prince Aerus'' arrogant answer.  His tone was indeed very arrogant and full of domination.  Lia felt very small and also felt trampled even though she couldn''t do anything.  "I know.  I know that I''m just a girl who is¡­ poor, ugly, and nothing special.  I even never got the love I wanted from the guys who I liked.  Okay, that''s not important.  The point is that I believe that this was simply a mistake.


    "If all this has to do just because Prince Aerus getting passionate when he sees me, I''m sure it''s just a coincidence.  He could have been aroused last night.  Then when he came down to earth unfortunately he only saw me not another girl.  If only he saw another girl, maybe he would also do ''that'' thing with her.  I¡­ I know that I''m not good enough to be Prince Aerus'' mate.


    "So I beg you to give me a chance.  Don''t expect children first from me.  I¡­ I''ll find the best and most beautiful girls in town, I''m sure I can do that.  They can also give Prince Aerus a child."


    At first Prince, Aerus was interested in Lia''s proposal, because of his very strong desire to have children from other girls besides Lia.  But that interest had disappeared.  Now Prince Aerus wanted to leave Earth and tried to find his mate in other galaxies as well as on other planets.  That desire was strengthened when he saw Lia''s weak and low self-esteem, so far from the attitude and impression that the nobles in Hexa always had.  This was very embarrassing.


    So Prince Aerus suddenly stood up.  Behind his stern face, he kept a disgusted and condescending look at Lia.  It seemed that Lia''s golden hair couldn''t melt her heart.  "Hamdi, let''s continue our journey immediately!  We''ll find another girl in the next galaxy. It''s still not over."


    Hamdi had almost prevented Prince Aerus if only Prince Aerus had not teleported too quickly and returned to the Ellipsis Plane.  Finally, Hamdi went with him, but before that he ordered Lia, "Wait for information from us first!  Never have sex with other men, and if you are pregnant then take good care of the baby."  Soon Hamdi''s body disappeared in the blink of an eye.


    Lia''s shoulders fell weakly.  Then she touched her stomach and bit her lip.  She whispered to herself, "I wish that no baby would grow inside of me."


    Inside the Ellipsis Plane, Prince Aerus had already looked out of the window at the very crowded and untidy view of the city.  It made Prince Aerus dizzy and nauseous.  When he took a breath to calm his mind he felt Hamdi''s presence.  He knew that Hamdi would give him another lecture.


    Before that happened, Prince Aerus hastily interrupted him.  "Don''t say anything! Just start the engine and move on!  We will never know if it turns out that I have more than one mate."


    Hamdi did not immediately carry out Prince Aerus'' orders.  He stood weakly helplessly.  "If you just leave, without even giving any word to Lia, then what will you do if one day she is pregnant?  The baby is your son, Prince.  And that means he is an heir to the Hexodar Kingdom in the future."


    Prince Aerus punched the air, with that he applied energy pressure so that Hamdi''s body was dragged backward and hit the rudder of the plane.  Hamdi grimaced and held his aching back, then checked the machine and sighed in relief that there was no damage at all.


    Hamdi just realized where he was in the hierarchy of life.  He was just a plane driver in Hexa who had less power than the nobles.  He shouldn''t have gone against their every whim if he still wanted his life to live.


    Finally, Hamdi fell silent.  With his mouth still grimacing he immediately sank into the front seat of the plane.  He turned on the engine, adjusted the navigation, and started his onward journey.  Before Hamdi took off on the plane, he glanced at Lia''s flat.  Hamdi secretly had a bad feeling.


    The galactic journey of the two Elfagoses was finally done.  Prince Aerus did not invite Hamdi to talk at all.  He just stared blankly at the skyscape outside the window, which was always dark and sometimes bright when a star was visible, like an infinite void filled with ornaments.


    Some galaxies form a very bright circle, orbiting in the right direction.  Different galaxies would also have different planets and stars, all of which Prince Aerus had seen on his cross-galactic voyage about a thousand years ago, which he did to find his mate.


    And now Prince Aerus was on that journey again, even though he found a girl who had been able to awaken Mirah energy in his body, and even though he found a girl that turned her hair into golden after seeing his eyes.  It didn''t matter, it''s just an impulse from inside his heart filled with a high ego.


    Meanwhile, in her flat, Lia was still frozen and shivering a bit.  Several days passed with her focus starting to wane because she was haunted by the possibility of getting pregnant without a husband.


    Lia became very depressed, especially when she remembered what kind of man had slept with her.  On the one hand, Lia wanted Prince Aerus to be responsible if she got pregnant, but the need to run away from Prince Aerus was much higher.  So Lia finally made a decision.


    She quickly ran to her wardrobe. She pulled the suitcase from under her bed and then immediately dragged it to the closet and packed all her clothes.  Lia looked wildly around, confirming the situation.


    After it was safe, Lia breathed a sigh of relief. She said, "I must move from here immediately so that I can disappear forever from Prince Aerus'' pursuit."


    ***

 Chapter 10：Your Bodys Value Is Worthless Even At A Flea Market

    Lia wiped her sweaty forehead, while her hands wiped the dining table at the cafe where she worked.  Her clothes were drenched in sweat, and her thin face tended to be sunken even as a dying zombie.  Her hair was black, a wig, which looked tousled and unnatural.


    Someone appeared from behind, a middle-aged man who had thin hair like scattered threads.  His slightly chubby face looked scowled and unhappy when he saw Lia.  "I still see the stain over there, and over there too!  I wonder why you never do your job well?  Do you want to work or are you just playing around?"  He banged on the table that Lia was cleaning, causing her to jump in surprise.


    Lia looked down deeply, squeezed the rag in her hand, and bit her lip because she was tired.  Soon she glanced at all the tables in the cafe, wanting to confirm the complaint she had just received.  And somehow she didn''t find any speck of dust left.  Amid her useless search, Lia found the face of a girl with thick make-up now grinning behind the cashier counter.  And now Lia knew why Mr. Sony could blow upon her.


    Mr. Sony put his hands on his hips.  His face that was like a fatty pig was currently red and puffed out fumes of anger.  The slightly sagging skin of his neck was visible because he looked up high to intimidate Lia.  "I want to fire you because I can''t stand your performance anymore.  However, because of the consideration of someone very kind and meritorious in this cafe, I still want to consider you to work here. Oh, what would you be without her?  And I hear you''re always being mean to her.  Remember where you are standing, Lia!  And remember how ugly you look and also how bad your behavior!  I almost threw up because of you."


    Mr. Sony reached for something from the pocket of his tight pants.  Now from within the grip of his fat hand scattered dust from the cigarette butts that had stuck to the table.  Lia thought that Mr. Sony would only dirty the table once, but he did it many times without stopping.


    There was now a pile of cigarette butt dust on the table, which would be a waste of time if Lia wanted to clean it in perfect.  Meanwhile, working time would end soon. Lia''s eyes stared at the dirt in front of her, and also at her shoes that Mr. Sony had spat on.


    With a trembling body, Lia saw that Mr. Sony had walked away to go to the cashier''s desk, then he grabbed the waist of the girl who worked at the cashier.  Together they entered Mr. Sony''s office and would make out for the next few hours.


    Lia curled up on the floor, buried her face, and cried between her knees. She felt suffocated even because of the normal life she had always lived.


    Apart from living alone without her parents and siblings, Lia also worked in a small and not too crowded cafe, so the salary she got was also low.  She didn''t get many commissions and bonuses because the cafe owner was a stingy person, so Lia''s lifestyle could be said to be far below the existing welfare standards, with poor nutrition and housing conditions.


    Lia''s boss was also unpretentious, he liked to make things difficult for Lia because of his personal opinion which tended to be subjective.  Lia''s work partner was also not a professional person, who often gave Lia a lot of trouble because of her personality which liked to bring her into conflict.


    Lia breathed a sigh of relief after she was able to clean the entire cafe room along with the existing furniture.  She took off the apron that was wrapped around her slender waist and tucked it into her worn-out bag.


    Lia glanced at the door of Mr. Sony''s office, which was still closed.  Lia looked at the clock on her cellphone. She found that the working time had passed half an hour ago, and there was still no sign of the appearance of Mr. Sony and also Zizie, Lia''s work partner who liked to slander her.


    After waiting another thirty minutes, Zizie came out with a face flushed red with satisfaction.  There were red marks from bites and kisses on her neck.  Zizie cuddled in the arms of Mr. Sony who was now kissing her non-stop.  A flirtatious and adoring look always appeared in Mr. Sony''s eyes, which he always aimed at Zizie.  And when his eyes found Lia''s figure, a disgusted expression would appear on his face.


    Lia was down and almost cried on the spot. She didn''t know how many times she had seen men looking at her with disdain.  Lia didn''t know if she wasn''t pretty or if her appearance was just too bad. She felt so low and down, so despicable, and deserved to die.  And in the midst of it all, she suddenly remembered Prince Aerus, and also his very arrogant and disgusting behavior with her.


    "You can go home!"  said Mr. Sony without even looking at Lia''s face.  He buttoned his slightly open shirt, then he left Zizie who coaxed him to wait for her outside the cafe.


    Lia knew that Zizie was just being silly because she wanted to make any trouble with Lia.


    Now Zizie folded her arms, standing proudly with her hips slightly bent to one side and one eyebrow raised.  "Tsk, look at you, Idiot Girl!  No wonder everyone hates you because you are that too bad. Honestly, I don''t like you, because of your old-fashioned appearance and your fake diligent behavior when working.  I''m still willing to bet that you want to get the attention of Mr. Sony.  Do you think that because he is a widower then his tastes will fall under the standard?  Tch!"  Zizie spat on Lia''s clothes, even repeating it twice.


    "Never get your hopes up too high.  The value of your body will never even sell at the flea market even though you are still a virgin.  No one will buy you, and no one will ever be interested in you.  Maybe that''s why the cafe is so quiet because you''re too disgusting to look at!"  Zizie walked over and accidentally bumped into Lia''s skinny shoulder.


    Lia fell backward, her hips hit the edge of the table quite hard. She grimaced and felt weak at the same time.  Her hips were throbbing now, almost feeling like they were breaking and becoming paralyzed.  The sensation lasted for a few brief minutes and eventually became unmarked.


    Lia forced her feet to walk. She immediately came out of the cafe after seeing the inflamed face of Mr. Sony who wanted to lock the cafe.  With her head lowered, Lia took her weak steps towards her new flat which was even more shabby than before.


    Now Lia saw Mr. Sony disappear inside the car door after he led Zizie to enter and sit in the front seat.  The car''s headlights flashed, the wheels turned and the two lovers of different ages disappeared down the road.


    Now only Lia was left alone, with some thoughts and questions she kept asking herself.  It all revolved around the life she faced which was always poor in love and acceptance.


    Unknowingly, Lia burst into tears.  At that moment she spontaneously looked up into the sky, looking at the twinkling stars scattered in the night.  Lia''s lips trembled, and then she chanted a prayer.


    After that, she returned to his flat, which was a few blocks from the cafe where she worked.  Along the way, her head was filled with various things, until her focus drifted and was undetectable.


    When Lia walked past a fairly large department store in the middle of the road, suddenly someone bumped into her body, causing her to stumble far and fall on the ground. She groaned and rubbed her sore hips.


    In front of Lia, a hand reached out to help her up.  When Lia looked up to see who the owner of the hand was, her eyes found a very handsome face flashing through her eyes.  And the great thing was that the face smiled at her, something she never got when she first met a man.


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 Chapter 11：Waking Up in An Unfamiliar Room

    The charm spread and filled Lia''s eyes, making her heart seemed to be filled with blooming flowers. Her eyes that looked tired and sad because of the insults from Mr. Sony and Zizie were now softer and lit up with a hint of happiness.  Lia froze, admiring the beauty.


    "Are you okay? Are you having trouble moving? Oh, let me carry you."  The man immediately came forward to rush to carry Lia.  The touch of his fingers that might explode Lia''s consciousness finally stopped, when suddenly Lia shook her head quickly.


    Lia got up as if nothing had happened, or at least as soon as she wanted to be seen.  Instinctively she tucked her hair behind her ear, lowered her head slowly, and stood awkwardly.  "It is okay. I was just shocked, nothing more.  Sorry, I bumped into you earlier."  The pain in her hip suddenly returned, reminding her that the recent crash had left its mark.


    The man shook his head quickly. His face that always looked friendly and smiled on many occasions seemed to want to swallow Lia''s sadness.  His hair was black and very healthy, glistening in the light of the city street lamps.  "It''s not your fault. I just went out to buy something at the department store, and suddenly¡­ yeah, I''m sorry to have to bump into a cute girl on the side of the road like this. Good thing you weren''t hurt.  I''m sorry."


    Lia nodded slowly, she didn''t say anything after that besides her blushing cheeks.  That man called her a cute girl. Lia wanted to say thanks and so on but the problem was that her tongue was too mute to speak. This was the first time she had spoken normally to a man she had just seen for the first time.  But even so, Lia didn''t leave, in her heart, she still wanted to stay longer and maybe wanted to make some progress with the stranger man in front of her.


    Lia wanted to have a normal romance story like her friends, or at least she wanted to have a male friend who looked at her in the right way. Lia wanted to be recognized as an ordinary girl who was not disgusting to look at, or she wanted to be treated as a human being who deserved to live in this world.


    Her expectations were too high until finally, she didn''t realize that the man in front of her had said goodbye and left, leaving Lia who was still fantasizing with a sense of optimism that was starting to bloom.  When she regained consciousness, Lia bit her lip and kicked the pebble in front of her.  "What can I expect?"  Lia sighed and went back on her way.


    About thirty minutes later she arrived at the door of her flat. The flat was more shabby than her old flat, calmer than her old flat, and to be honest, more expensive than her old flat, due to its strategic location in the hustle and bustle of the city.


    It could suffocate Lia, and she still didn''t get a better life.


    Lia looked up when she found the room next to her suddenly bright.  "Oh, the occupants of the next room have gone home?  Thankfully, I feel safer this way.  At least here I still have some neighbors even though they always have differing work hours with me."


    Lia immediately went into her room, took off her clothes, and cleaned herself up.  The splash of water in the bathroom refreshed her senses, and it forced her to recall the reality she was facing.


    "Prince Aerus."  Lia bit her lip, and then she held her flat stomach.  Honestly, she''s really scared right now.  But she tried to live the day as calmly as possible, as casually as possible, and not as flashy as possible.


    ¡­


    It had been a month since Lia''s meeting with Prince Aerus, and it had been a month since they had slept together.  Lia woke up in the morning feeling tired because of the very rude treatment from Mr. Sony that she always got.


    But all that fatigue seemed to evaporate quickly when she found herself having her monthly period.  Lia''s eyes lit up, and she immediately slumped on the floor to express her gratitude.  "Thank God!  Thank goodness I''m not pregnant!"


    That day onwards Lia passed her days with more enthusiasm, with more life spirit.  Now Lia had got her life and got rid of the terror that had been frightening her after death.  Lia had removed the possibility of her being able to give birth to Prince Aerus because the evidence was that she did not succeed in getting pregnant.


    Her golden hair wasn''t a big deal anymore, because it''s useless for Lia.  Prince Aerus, who was her mate, as Hamdi said, had left her to find another mate.  Although ''mark'' had been etched on Lia''s body, it seemed that it was commensurate with the new life she was getting now.


    Lia came out of the flat to go have fun on the weekend.  Back then, she would never have had the chance to do that, but not now.  Lia already had some friends she can go out with. They were neighbors who lived near her flat.  Everything just happened.  They met and got to know each other.  Lia''s impression that made other people stayed away was no longer valid, and Lia didn''t know what the reason was.


    They had fun until the night, until the peak of happiness of young people enjoying the weekend.


    Time suddenly flew by so fast, it was already ten o''clock at night.  Lia widened her eyes and wiped her sleepy eyes.  "Hey, I have to go home.  It is late."


    One of the girls held Lia''s arm.  The girl''s name was Meta.  She was a tiny girl who was always making out with her lover.  "Oh come on, Lia!  It''s still too early.  After all, no one is waiting for you at home, right?  Come on, stay here with us for a little while.  We have to visit one more place.  It''s the weekend!!!"


    The others agreed.  They suggested that Lia stayed with them to visit another place, now they were on the bus, and Lia had fallen asleep a few minutes ago.  Now her body was getting tired and very sleepy.


    "I really can''t. I''m getting sleepy now, and I''m afraid that my insomnia will come back again.  And you know that Mr. Sony sometimes likes to ask me to come to the cafe as he pleases?" Lia yawned.  Her face was now decorated with light makeup. Due to her new friends, Lia had transformed into a more beautiful girl than before.


    Meta wanted to protest against Lia, but her boyfriend immediately stopped her.  Finally, Meta relented and said, "Okay, take care of yourself!  You''ll get off at the next stop, right?  Sorry, we couldn''t accompany you home."


    Lia didn''t even hear Meta''s words. She had stood up staggering to check the road so she knew where she was.  After seeing the bus stop not far from her new flat, Lia immediately got off.  He briefly waved at her new friends and left with the darkness of the night.


    Lia shook her head, forcing herself to stay awake. Just as she was about to sit on the waiting chair at the bus stop, her body suddenly collapsed from sleepiness.  And then she fell asleep for quite a long time and was aware of nothing else.


    Her sleepy habits had been a bit worse lately, especially when she had reduced her rest time due to attending dinner invitations and hanging out with her new friends.


    Lia''s soft breathing filled the night, which cradled her in a man''s arms.  When Lia finally got enough sleep she blinked her eyes.  When she woke up, her face turned pale as she found herself in an unfamiliar room.


    Note: If you miss Prince Aerus, be patient.  He will appear in the next episode. I love you¡­

 Chapter 12：Prince Aerus Needed Lia To Dim Mirah Energy In His Body

    Prince Aerus groaned, his face that looked cold and handsome was now weak and red.  He was at the peak of his Mirah energy, which was pressing against his body relentlessly.  He clenched his fists and had trouble concentrating.


    A girl from Utinus was now approaching him, with a face filled with intense passion.  Her skin looked shiny and very healthy, with curves that couldn''t be described how beautiful it was.  Now she stood right in front of Prince Aerus'' body, then caressed his face, tracing the parts.


    "You''ve been here a week, The Prince Who Come From Hexa.  I''ve heard about your travel history from Utinus'' galactic ambassador, and I thought it was a joke."  The girl was named Wavy, a girl who had a huge burst of Sakrah energy in her body.  Sakrah energy was an energy that allowed the girls in Utinus to satisfy the men they touch, even with just a touch of a fingertip.


    With Sakrah energy, the girls in Utinus would satisfy the men who wanted them, through small touches until the main of the game.  The girl who had the greatest Sakrah energy was usually the prima donna of Utinus.  They could satisfy a hundred men at once with just a touch of skin.


    And the girl who became the prima donna in Utinus at that time was Wavy.  The Sakrah detector owned by the National Agency for Women''s Empowerment in Utinus had shown that the Sakrah energy in Wavy''s body was the greatest among all women on that planet.  Thus Wavy could almost be called a highly guarded princess in Utinus.


    Prince Aerus had got his luck.  He could not only feel the touch of Wavy''s hand, but he could do more than that, which was a long and very satisfying main game.  Men from various galaxies would pay very high prices and had to wait in very long queues to get Wavy''s services, but the government in Utinus provided special services for Prince Aerus.


    He always got first in line, always being a king among other kings.  This could not be separated from the role of Hexa in Utinus'' growth, or perhaps because of the role of the Elfagos for the population in Utinus.  Prince Aerus could produce something for the people of Utinus, by using his powers.  It became the exchange rate for the service he got from Wavy.


    "Prince, I always see you excited when you see me.  But how come you never get your climax?  Am I not beautiful enough for a Prince of the Elfagos race?  I don''t think that''s true, since I''ve had customers of the nobles of Elfagos who travel the galaxy many times."  Wavy exhaled on Prince Aerus'' face, then she took off Prince Aerus'' clothes, touching it with the power of enormous Sakrah energy.


    However, there was no response from Prince Aerus, and that made Wavy a little anxious. She was worried that her Sakrah energy had decreased.  If that happened then she would not be able to get premium facilities in Utinus, she could have been kicked out and returned to her original place, a poor slum village.


    Therefore Wavy mustered all her strength.  She did the wildest of the wildest things, things she had never done to any other man, and only she did in front of Prince Aerus.  However, the result was still the same, there was no relief response from Prince Aerus'' body.


    Wavy''s movement finally slowed down, almost stopped. In the mid of her anxiety, she did other things beyond her capacity.  Until finally Wavy''s body stumbled and fell on the magnificent bed because Prince Aerus got up and put his clothes back on.


    Hamdi got up suddenly.  At that time he was checking the message sent by his wife and children from Hexa, through a projected image that came out of a transparent device wrapped around his left arm.


    "Prince."  Hamdi rebuked him with a tense face.  Ever since their departure from earth, Prince Aerus had never shown a friendly face.  Maybe because he was still a bit angry with Hamdi.  The dim room around him gave Prince Aerus a chilling impression, it made Hamdi even more alert.  Had Hamdi made another mistake that ignited Prince Aerus'' emotions even more?


    Prince Aerus'' anger towards Hamdi had been around for a long time but recently it had become more severe than usual, since his Mirah energy had suddenly revived, in the middle of their galaxy journey.  That shouldn''t be a bad thing, because the awakening of Mirah energy was indeed what Prince Aerus wanted.


    Prince Aerus was optimistic at first that his other mate had been found.  Amid his purple irises, he asked Hamdi to land the plane on any planet when his Mirah energy had awakened.


    But every girl he slept with, never one of them could satisfy him.  Even the ''germ'' from Prince Aerus'' body was never able to come out as a form of relief.  Everything was restrained as if Prince Aerus had never slept with anyone.


    So he went to Utinus, a planet famous for its maidens'' ability to satisfy men. Prince Aerus ordered the landing on Utinus with a very tortured face and the anger he often took at Hamdi because he had never had satisfaction since his departure from earth.


    However, the result was the same, Prince Aerus remained ''stifled'' and couldn''t relieve himself, while Mirah energy in his body continued to torture him so that it could be dimmed as soon as possible.


    "Not working anymore?"  asked Hamdi, after he saw Prince Aerus'' eyes which were still emitting a deep purple color.  And Hamdi knew his guess was right.


    Prince Aerus growled, he collapsed on the chair and closed his eyes tightly.  He clenched his fists and then moved to do some physical activity so that his Mirah energy started to dim a bit.


    However, what happened was the opposite.  The red flames within his body spread and pressed against his sensitive body parts, causing Prince Aerus to stiffen as he couldn''t hold himself back anymore.


    Prince Aerus froze as if he was bound by an immense force in the spacious but dimly lit room he was in right now.  Such a room was a hallmark of Utinus, which was usually decorated with rather vulgar decorations of statues and paintings.


    "Hamdi!"  called Prince Aerus in his muffled hoarse voice.  When he saw Hamdi swiftly standing in front of him, he said again, "Bring me to earth!"


    Hamdi nodded, rushing to help Prince Aerus to drag his body.  The skyscrapers had drifted away below them, as they teleported in the twinkling of an eye.


    Now they were inside the Elipsis Plane.  Hamdi sat Prince Aerus'' body on his chair.  He glanced at him briefly, and then immediately rushed to the driver''s seat.


    Shortly after the aircraft engine was started, navigation was arranged.  Hamdi sent a flight signal to the galactic ambassador in Utinus.  After the signal was received well, Hamdi flew the Elipsis Plane to Earth''s orbital space, to take Prince Aerus to meet Lia, so that he could dim Mirah energy in her body.


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 Chapter 13：A Man Who Could Make Lias Heart Fluttered

    Lia woke up nervously as if she had found herself sleeping again by a strange man who forced her to go back to sleep on the bed. Her eyes that always looked fragile now began to squint when she found a very spacious room with a quite luxurious design. A comfortable bed was now beneath her, the nightlight glimmering dimly, covering some of the modern European-style d¨¦cors.


    "What happened?  Where am I?  I¡­.  Who brought me to this room?" Lia removed the blanket that covered her tiny body.  As her eyes sank, she breathed a sigh of relief to find all her clothes still completed, and perhaps still untouched.


    Beside Lia, on the wooden table, she saw her bag.  When she checked it, she found that everything was completed, including her cell phone. When she opened the phone, Lia''s eyes widened again, wider than before, and also with a more pounding heart than before.  It was as if she had found death just by looking at the time printed on her cell phone.


    "It''s four in the morning?  My God, how could this happen?"  Lia crawled and got off the bed. She grabbed her bag and rushed out of the room.  Perhaps she would have had worse prejudices and decided to call the police if only the bedroom door had been locked.  However, Lia breathed a sigh of relief because the room was not locked.


    There was only dimness in front of her, with various corridors that seemed long and awful. It wouldn''t be easy to find a way out, especially if she never knew from which direction she was brought in. So Lia could only stand with her back slightly bent as if she was cold even though she was anxious and scared.


    "Hello?"  Lia''s voice seemed to echo very loudly, even though she lowered her voice very quiet.  The sound of her breathing could be heard very clearly in her ears.  Lia waited, if only someone heard her, but still no answer at all.


    Lia walked with weak and trembling legs.  This made her had to walk down the hall by holding on to the hallway wall so her body wouldn''t fall.  Her stomach started to feel uncomfortable, and her whole body became cold and hot at the same time.


    Her feet went too far, but she found no end.  Several times Lia found a closed room, with a door made of expensive wood.  But she didn''t dare knock on the doors, thinking about her safety being the top priority.


    Not long after, Lia arrived at the end of the corridor, under dim yellow light.  The wooden floor below seemed to form a pool of light that reflected from above.  When she was about to take a turn at the end of the corridor someone suddenly appeared in front of her.


    "You''re awake?"  reprimanded the person, who was a middle-aged man whose hair was covered in gray hair.  Lia didn''t have time to pay attention to his suit, because his wrinkled face looked awful under the dim light above him.


    No doubt Lia screamed, very loudly, she also jumped back and held her chest which seemed to be sliced.  Lia''s response surprised him.


    "Oh, you don''t have to be afraid.  I am¡­."  The old man had not yet resumed his words when another man appeared from behind Lia''s body.


    "Oh, you''re awake?"  the man asked, surprising Lia for the second time, or maybe the third time since her surprise when she saw a strange room in front of her eyes.


    Lia immediately turned around in a hurry, her sweaty forehead looked very pitiful. She thought about a lot of bad things that would happen to her, including who was kidnapping her right now. When she found the two men who had ambushed her, the only possibility that popped into Lia''s head was that she had been kidnapped.


    So Lia built her defense by clenching her fists and ready to attack if the two men did something bad to her.


    Unexpectedly, the man behind Lia burst out laughing.  "Gosh, what are you doing?  Did you forget?  This is me." He then stood closer to the range of light that had briefly touched him. Now his face became more visible: his good looks, his smile, and his friendliness.


    This made Lia''s eyes suddenly lit up.  "You¡­" Lia''s fists weakened drastically.


    The man nodded.  His plush pajamas gently wrapped around his body perfectly, accentuating the fairly stout lines of muscle that bulged under his skin.  "Yeah, it''s me.  We once met in front of the local convenience store¡­.  one month ago if I''m not mistaken.  I accidentally bumped into you until you fell to the ground."


    Lia didn''t respond, because she was still fascinated.  Her fear and anxiety just lifted.  The twinkle in her eyes seemed to flicker, bringing out bright and sweet trinkets in her eyes.  For her, a man who beat her heart deeply had now transformed into someone more important than that, that was, he had become Lia''s hero.  Lia''s knees became weak and she almost melted if she could.


    "You¡­.  ah, hi¡­" Lia even forgot where she was, what time it was, and how she got to that house.  What he had now was simply fascinated, endlessly.


    The man smiled back.  His usually gently sweeping eyes now looked slightly puffy, it seemed he was still sleepy.


    "I¡­ why am I here?  And how did you find me?  Oh, my name is Lia."  Lie stretched out her hand a little awkwardly, but she couldn''t help but do it.  Lia wanted to take it a step further because maybe this was the only chance she had.


    Since she met with that man, Lia had always waited at the same time, and in the same place when they collided.  Lia hoped that their meeting could happen again, and Lia could get to know him better.  However, during the last month, she did not get a single result. He never appeared in front of the convenience store again, at the same time.


    Lia''s hopes of meeting him had started to fade.  But who could have thought that it was fate that brought them together again?  Lia secretly thought that he was her soul mate, and she was cruel to forget Prince Aerus.


    The man said kindly. His voice sounded so comfortable in Lia''s ears, it made Lia want to go back to sleep.  "I found you asleep at the bus stop. At first, I wanted to leave you but because your body fell right on my lap, and it was too quiet and dangerous there I brought you to my house.  Don''t get me wrong!  I''ve tried to wake you up but you didn''t wake up.  I also tried to call one of your family, but I couldn''t unlock your phone because of the password you put in it.


    "So, yeah.  Sorry if I surprised you.  My name is Neil Wu.  Just call me Neil.  Do you want to go back to sleep, or do you want to go home soon?  I understand your fear, and I will offer to take you home."


    Lia forgot her need to go home. She wanted to stay a little longer at Neil''s house.  So she said somewhat shyly, "I think¡­ I think I still want to go back to sleep.  I did want to go home because I was too afraid of where I was and who brought me here. But when I know everything, now I''m not worried. Thank you for taking care of me, and I''m sorry if I troubled you."


    Lia smiled sweetly, a hint of embarrassment at the corners of her lips.  And Neil answered Lia''s smile sincerely.  Both seemed to be drifting in each other''s comfort.


    Meanwhile, in Lia''s old flat, Prince Aerus was exploding because he couldn''t find Lia there, during his Mirah energy that kept urging him to sleep with Lia.


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 Chapter 14：Only Prince Aerus Who Could Touch Lia

    Prince Aerus'' eyes were now starting to be hit by a storm. His irises had been dark purple, which indicated that his lust could no longer be contained.  However, when he saw that Lia was no longer in her old flat, there was a glint of red in his irises, as if fighting against the dominant purple color.


    His hands clenched.  Prince Aerus slammed everything in the flat with his telekinesis power. He also punched the wall and made a very large crack. After that, he went back to the Ellipsis Plane by teleporting. His body shook with a very terrible face as if he was ready to destroy the entire galaxy in the universe.


    Hamdi who saw this was immediately surprised.  He asked, "What is it?  Did Lia reject you?" Hamdi knew that his question was very unreasonable because Prince Aerus could easily knock out Lia, especially with his Elfagos power. But there''s nothing wrong to ask.


    Prince Aerus gritted his teeth. He restrained himself so hard that he didn''t realize that his fist could injure his palm.  In a voice that was deep and barely coming out, he said to Hamdi, "She''s gone! She has run away from me!  Damn it!  I''ll kill her when I find her."


    Prince Aerus released a burst of destructive energy from within his body without him even realizing it. Outside the Elipsis Plane, several places had exploded, several buildings had been shaken as if they had been hit by an earthquake.  However, the earthquake did not spread but only occurred in a few small spots.


    Hamdi, who saw this, suddenly gasped.  "You must restrain yourself, Prince.  Earth is not your territory.  If you destroy the earth, then maybe the Galactic Council will send a warning letter to Hexa."


    Prince Aerus remained silent, with a very angry face and a very gripping aura, as if he was a rightful ruler for killing anyone in his path.


    He knew enough that what Hamdi said was not a threat, because the earth was not part of the Galactic Union. The only reason was that Earth''s technology was still far behind when compared to Hexa, and they still couldn''t find a planet that had civilization. Their flight through space could never reach civilizations within a galaxy.


    Therefore doing damage to the earth would not have any impact, because Prince Aerus was like a ghost and also an alien who could not be prosecuted by any law including the reprimand letter printed by the Galactic Council.  Because the earth was not registered as a member.


    Seeing Prince Aerus not responding made Hamdi continued his speech, "You must restrain yourself!  Stop making rascals on other people''s planets.  Besides that, you can find Lia''s whereabouts by feeling her traces, right? That''s also what you did when the Mirah energy in your body was activated for the first time."


    At first Prince, Aerus didn''t want to respond.  However, when he felt the urge of Mirah energy in his body torturing him even more, and when he needed Hamdi''s help to find Lia, Prince Aerus finally said, "I can''t do that anymore.  I don''t know why either."


    Instantly his eyes widened. He was about to tell Prince Aerus the information, but Hamdi didn''t want to. He didn''t want to be the target of a temper from Prince Aerus.  Now he offered himself, "I will help you to find Lia, Prince.  I will go down to Lia''s old building, do a temperature scan there, and I will set the search navigation on the airplane engine. Maybe it will take quite a while because it could be that the temperature caught inside the building is not only Lia''s."


    Prince Aerus didn''t respond.  He just snarled like a wild beast with a fist but he was trapped and bound very tightly.  So he couldn''t go anywhere to hunt.


    Hamdi quickly disappeared before Prince Aerus.  He went to Lia''s flat and did as he promised. Soon he returned to the Ellipsis Plane and began his search.


    It took about an hour before they finally found Lia''s real position after they landed and found the wrong person several times.


    Now Prince Aerus growled, watching Lia through the glass window outside Neil''s house.  The luxury in front of him did not make Prince Aerus suspicious.  What was in his head now was that Lia had dared to run away from him and now she had to take the risk.


    Prince Aerus immediately entered the room where Lia was sleeping, by teleporting.  Hamdi, who wanted to give advice, finally found nothing. When he saw Prince Aerus had moved and took off his clothes Hamdi headed back to the Elipsis Plane.


    While in Neil''s room, where Lia was sleeping, Prince Aerus suppressed the two passions that filled his body, namely anger and lust that collided into one. Prince Aerus crawled onto the bed, started to touch Lia''s skin, pulled her body, and kissed her nonstop.


    Lia, who had become very alert, suddenly opened her eyes. She gasped in surprise as she felt an indecent touch landing on her body.  Lia thought that Neil did it, and at that moment Lia almost felt a deep disappointment, because she thought Neil was a good man.


    However, when she saw Prince Aerus'' purple eyes, Lia immediately trembled, she was also very shaken. Lia tried to push Prince Aerus who was now kissing her lips very deeply, without giving her pause to breathe.


    Meanwhile, Prince Aerus'' hands were already moving to places where they shouldn''t be.  Lia screamed in her heart, and after Prince Aerus let go of their kiss Lia gasped loudly. She hit Prince Aerus'' body, trying to shoo him away.


    But again Lia winced when she felt her hand hurt as if she had just hit steel.  "What are you doing?  Stop touching me!  No!  I do not want to do it!  Have you said you want to find your other mate?  Stop!  Neil!  Help me!  Neil!"


    Lia screamed hysterically, her tears already melted under the pressure of Prince Aerus who managed to completely control her. Lia''s body shook violently, failing to resist. In the midst of all that, the red glow in Prince Aerus'' eyes that had almost dimmed had now flared up again.


    Although he was not a resident of the earth, he knew enough that Neil was the name of a man. Prince Aerus stopped himself, now he was choking Lia, "Neil?  Who is she?  Are you trying to cheat on me?" The red flames in his eyes were getting brighter, they could even shine quite brightly on Lia''s face.


    Lia trembled again, almost wanting to give in because she was too scared.  But suddenly she found her courage.  "We don''t have any relationship. So my closeness to Neil can''t be considered an affair."


    Lia''s answer ignited Prince Aerus''s emotions. He did deny the presence of Lia as his mate, but he also didn''t want other people to touch Lia.  Only he could touch her, only him¡­.  and only him.


    ***

 Chapter 15：The Elfagos Who Became Possessive After Making Love

    It should have been because Prince Aerus had been looking for his other mate throughout the galaxy, and he had denied Lia''s presence. The whole romance they had in a one-night stand never made much of an impression on Lia''s heart, although to be honest, she wouldn''t be able to forget that moment.  All girls wouldn''t be able to forget their first night when they lost their virginity.


    But even so, Lia had decided to leave the past behind, and she started looking for her solace. Lia had found new friends, and also Neil who Lia wanted to have.


    Being a girl who had never been liked by a man had indeed made Lia be a more aggressive girl, in the sense that when she liked a man she would take one step faster. As long as the man she liked didn''t have a girlfriend, Lia would keep going, until she finally felt tired and gave up.


    Lia''s whole fantasy was already complete when she found Neil this morning.  But now it''s all gone, especially when she saw that Prince Aerus had found her location and even fucked her. Lia hated her destiny. She tried to push Prince Aerus'' body when she saw that his irises were still red.


    "Let me go!"  Lia almost coughed because Prince Aerus was strangling her neck. Her face also started to turn purple from being out of breath. "Let me go!  We are nothing to each other!" Lia pushed Prince Aerus'' chest, which was stout and very sturdy. She also tried to dodge him because she couldn''t take it anymore. The incident one month ago happened again, and Lia didn''t know how to stop it.


    When she felt the stranglehold on Prince Aerus'' body tightened, Lia whispered, "What do you want?"  Her tears rolled down her cheeks. The thrust of her hand became weaker, "I beg you!"


    Prince Aerus'' face was still hardened, his jaw clenched tightly, while his body stiffened as he wanted to crush Lia.  A whole struggle of emotions swirled in the head of Prince Aerus, who was currently still getting Mirah energy pressed into his body.


    As a result, Prince Aerus hugged Lia tightly.  He took her to teleport and took her inside the Elipsis Plane. Inside, Prince Aerus slept with Lia again, touching her even though Lia firmly refused.


    Lia''s hands couldn''t stop covering her body and also pushed away from the hands and body of Prince Aerus who was trying to get closer.  Even Lia tried to push Prince Aerus'' head when he kissed her neck.


    "You can''t do this!  You''ve let me go.  I''m not your mate anymore. I also failed to get pregnant.  I''m not your mate.  Find another girl." Lia closed her eyes while saying that because she was holding back the explosion from inside her body. Finally, she felt ''that thing'' with Prince Aerus again, and it made her very sick.


    Prince Aerus pulled Lia''s wig, and he found her golden hair tied back.  Prince Aerus'' hands moved and untied her hair tie.  Now Lia''s waist-length hair was flowing gently, bringing out a more widespread beauty.


    For a short time, Prince Aerus was fascinated, and he just realized that Lia was a little different. She was healthier than before and also seemed a bit more alive.  Prince Aerus hugged Lia''s body, and he continued everything until the main activity, making Lia limped and making Prince Aerus felt tremendous relief.


    ''It''s been a month, and I finally feel relieved.'' Prince Aerus said in his heart.  In his arms was still Lia who was drooping and resting her head on Prince Aerus'' chest.


    Not far from their position, Hamdi sat in front of the plane''s driver''s seat, wearing earplugs and pretending not to know anything.  He had already seen a perverted sight when suddenly Prince Aerus appeared naked.  Seeing this, Hamdi immediately teleported to the room where Lia had been sleeping, to take Prince Aerus'' royal clothes.


    After that Hamdi returned to the Elipsis Plane and pretended to be a statue.  His chest was pounding, he waited anxiously and excitedly.  He believed that Lia could dim Mirah energy in Prince Aerus'' body, but that would not guarantee Prince Aerus'' attitude couldn''t change for the better, because he did not like Lia.


    On his throne, Prince Aerus still hugged Lia, wrapping Lia''s body with his body.  He looked up, a complicated expression filling his face. Now he lowered his head, looked at Lia, and gently brushed her golden hair.  Lia''s face filled his eyes, and Prince Aerus kept asking why he had to have Lia as his mate?


    Prince Aerus clenched his fists. Anger now alighted in his heart.  He wanted to eliminate Lia, he wanted to kill her right now.  However, Mirah energy in his body suddenly rose again as if it had slapped Prince Aerus into realizing his destiny.


    Prince Aerus finally touched Lia again, touched her, and enjoyed every part of her body until he felt ''relaxed'' and relieved.  After several hours passed, Prince Aerus finally really stopped, he panted and kissed all parts of Lia''s face.


    Now he hugged Lia as tight as possible, then took her into dreamland. They both fell asleep hugging each other.


    ¡­


    Prince Aerus woke up feeling refreshed.  All the burdens and heavy feelings that he had felt for about a month now just disappeared. His breathing was also very light, with a very gentle up and down movement of the chest.


    When his eyes opened he found Lia sleeping in his arms. It was the first time he had slept with a girl when he woke up and found a girl lying in front of him. And somehow he felt very strange, though to be honest that deep down he didn''t mind at all.


    His hands were still wrapped around Lia''s body who was not wearing anything.  Prince Aerus still maintained his position, sat and hugged Lia then looked at her hair and sleeping face.


    Hamdi was a bit awkward. He had been glancing around earlier while waiting for Prince Aerus to wake up.  The sight of Lia''s body honestly made Hamdi uncomfortable. When he wanted to cover her body with a blanket, Hamdi refused because it might not be a good idea.  Lots of male Elfagoses became possessive after making love.


    "Prince."  Hamdi rebuked with a turned face, and with a slightly clumsy gesture.  He walked like a crab tilted to the side.  "That¡­.  Do you need a blanket? Or do you want to get dressed first?  Eh¡­" Hamdi struggled to speak again.


    Prince Aerus, who was still looking at Lia, now became a bit irritated when he saw Hamdi.  "Get down now!  I''ll dress her first."  There was a hint of jealousy and possessiveness in Prince Aerus'' voice.  This immediately made Hamdi came down to provide private space for Prince Aerus who wanted to ''take care'' of Lia.


    ***

 Chapter 16：The Peak of Mating Season

    The corner of Prince Aerus'' eyes twitched as he watched Hamdi finally drifted away and disappeared after teleporting. The jealousy that had grown unconsciously now still filled his heart. He didn''t even hesitate to curse a little when he saw Hamdi slightly glanced at Lia who was still naked.


    "Does he have no manners? This girl is already mine. Hamdi could see the curves of her body. He must be on purpose, damn it!"  Prince Aerus was still nagging alone in his position, he hugged Lia tighter when he saw Hamdi rebuking him earlier, and even now it''s the same.  He did that as if another man would see Lia who was wearing nothing.


    This made Prince Aerus even more irritated, even without any sign of anyone else''s presence.  He was fighting with himself, with negative thoughts that kept urging him to become even angrier.


    Now he''s back to watching Lia, looking at her small and fragile face.  Her closed eyes showed how tired she was at the moment.  Her curly eyelashes cast a very beautiful shadow on her face.


    No idea what the purpose was. However, it seemed like he needed to save his pride as a prince from Hexa, and also as the Elfagos race which was much higher than the human race.


    "You awake?"  asked Prince Aerus very curtly.  He even almost pushed Lia''s body off his lap.  Second by second, he waited, with a face full of hatred.  However, after seeing Lia''s body calm and fall asleep, Prince Aerus heaved a sigh of relief.


    Then he massaged his temples.  "Oh, this must be hard."  Prince Aerus was silent for a long time, with both arms still hugging Lia''s body leaning on his chest.  He still wanted to maintain that position, to the intimacy of the two of them and seemed to want to drive Hamdi as far away as possible forever.  However, Prince Aerus soon realized that Lia could wake up any minute.


    So he had to hurry to put on his clothes first so he wouldn''t seem like he wanted Lia.  He had to wrap his body with majesty so that the impression of his dominance emanated very strongly.  It would also make Lia obedient to him.


    Prince Aerus'' hands lifted Lia''s body, shifted her body, and sat her down as slowly as possible on his chair.  His eyes had found his royal clothes, which Hamdi put in a wardrobe located in the corner of the cabin.


    He hurriedly grabbed his clothes and put them on with a very graceful movement.  At Hexa he would be served to the best service, wearing clothes was not something he had to do alone.


    That fact made his arrogance even bigger, and his selfishness to always get the best service could never drift away from his mind. So when Prince Aerus remembered the rejection after rejection that Lia did whenever he touched her, then his annoyance would be greater than before.


    He grunted, almost punching a chair beside him.  But he could control his own emotions.  When the last button of his shirt was about to snap, he turned around spontaneously.  At that time Prince Aerus'' gaze was still hardened, he even wanted to torture Lia to give her punishment.


    However, when he saw Lia''s beautiful curves, which appeared in front of his eyes, it made Prince Aerus'' anger slowly fade again.  Lia''s position, which was drooping on a chair with slightly messy hair, somehow seemed so sexy in Prince Aerus'' eyes.


    Lia''s eyes were closed, her tiny lips slightly parted, and her chest that rose and fell regularly.  All of them were like magnets that attracted Mirah energy in his body to revive.  Especially when he saw Lia''s smooth skin that could make the thinnest hair slide easily.


    Prince Aerus swallowed his saliva. He stepped forward to approach Lia.  His eyes searched all parts of Lia''s body, abusing her using his eyes.  Then his fingers stretched out, almost touching Lia until he finally stopped and cursed.


    "No! No!  Not!  Stop!  It is enough!  I have satisfied you so you have to get out of my body immediately.  Let Bler energy dominate now.  I don''t want to touch her again.  No!"  Prince Aerus grumbled like a madman.  He paced back and forth and scolded Mirah energy that was constantly moving in his body, spreading in every corner of the cell and swallowing Bler energy which was starting to grow slowly.


    Now Prince Aerus'' eyes had turned purple again, after a while his irises had returned to a golden color.  It was beyond his control, even though he still denied Lia''s presence.


    "I can endure it. I''ve been able to endure all this for about a month. So I can handle it."  When Prince Aerus was moving back and forth in the cabin he accidentally saw Lia, seeing her beautiful body writhing.  And BOOM!  Mirah energy had exploded and filled Prince Aerus'' entire body, like a bomb that had razed an entire city.


    Prince Aerus clenched his mouth tightly, he also gritted his teeth, fists clenched and made a fist.  He approached Lia again, but soon he stopped and covered Lia''s body with a blanket he got from the wardrobe.  His movements were rough as if he was too sick and half-hearted to cover up Lia''s beauty.


    Then Prince Aerus called Hamdi, through his short-distance communication device.


    Not long after, Hamdi came with a complicated face.  He asked, "What happened, Prince?  Do you need anything?"  Hamdi''s eyes glanced, and he found Lia''s body wrapped in a blanket, while her clothes were still scattered on the floor.  This made Hamdi a little nervous, so he looked away as far as possible so he could avoid the tantrums of Prince Aerus who thought that Hamdi was deliberately looking at Lia''s body.


    Prince Aerus''s face was now very cold, in the midst of his body that was shaking and stiffening extremely violently.  He also looked away, as much as possible not to look at Lia so that Mirah energy in his body could be controlled.  Often he cursed in his heart, ''Damn, just looking at her body makes Mirah energy in my body explode.  She really should be avoided.''


    "Take her downstairs!"  Prince Aerus ordered.  Now his body was approaching the window at the other end of the chair where Lia was lying.  Prince Aerus locked his hands behind his back, clenching them very tightly.


    Hamdi was a bit confused by the order he had just received.  However, not wanting to see Prince Aerus getting angrier, he finally complied with his request.  Hamdi approached stiffly, then he wrapped Lia''s body with the blanket more tightly than before.  Hamdi''s hand lifted Lia''s body and almost took her to teleport.


    But before that happened a hand tapped his shoulder. When Hamdi turned his head he saw Prince Aerus'' face twitching horribly, while his irises had turned a deep purple.


    Prince Aerus growled, "Put her back, and you get out now!"


    And finally, Hamdi knew that Prince Aerus had lost against the biological pressure of the destiny of an Elfagos who was at the peak of the mating season.


    ***

 Chapter 17：The Time Had Come, Could She Run?

    Prince Aerus still felt a very intense inner struggle, between himself and the lustful thoughts that were choking his neck.  He didn''t understand whether he really wanted Lia, or he was just following the desires of Mirah energy in his body.  But for sure Prince Aerus didn''t want anyone else around them now. He wanted to have an intimate time with Lia now.


    Hamdi was a bit awkward now.  He felt trapped by the unstable emotions that were attacking Prince Aerus. Slowly he finally put Lia back on the chair, then he said goodbye with his face looking far away, afraid that he would seem to want to look at Lia.  "I''m going down first, Prince.  Uh, you can call me if you need anything."


    Prince Aerus didn''t say anything.  He just stood with a very cold face, as if he could freeze Hamdi to death if he didn''t leave the plane soon.


    In a blink of an eye, Hamdi had finally disappeared, as if swallowed up with the air around him, leaving Prince Aerus who was currently feeling tension almost all over his own body.  He even gritted his teeth, still determined to contain the lust churning within his body.


    He repeatedly denied, "No! You have to stop controlling my body right now! I don''t want to obey you anymore!"  But a second later he had jumped on top of Lia''s body and then touched every part of her body.


    Prince Aerus went through every inch by inch and smelled it all, inhaling Lia''s scent as if he wouldn''t be able to feel it the next day.  As if tomorrow was the end of the world, so that day was the last day he could do it with Lia.


    "You¡­ why did you have to appear in my life?  Can you stay hidden and not be born the same as a thousand years ago?"  Prince Aerus'' voice was muffled as he finished kissing Lia''s neck, biting her and making a very clear red mark. His deep purple eyes were now looking at the red mark, rubbing it gently and as if wanting to show it off to anyone. Then his fingers combed through Lia''s golden hair, smoothing it so he could see all parts of Lia''s face, enjoying her beauty and moving freely to kiss her.


    "I hate you but I can''t stop touching you.  What a terrible fate." Prince Aerus went down and did something else indecent.  At that moment he felt Lia squirming slowly, and it was increasingly able to explode Mirah energy in his body even more.  Now all the blood in his body seemed to boil like it exploded and made every part of his body tremble violently if he touched Lia.  And the sensation was so amazing, it made Prince Aerus so addicted.


    The ego in his body seemed to be drooling, swallowed up with a vibrating sensation that made him explode with relief that filled his body. Prince Aerus smiled, closed his eyes, and felt everything with all his heart. When he got some relief, he pulled Lia and hugged her tightly.


    But it wasn''t long before he suddenly felt a little annoyed.


    "You should wake up, Human.  You should give your best service to me.  Wake up!"  Prince Aerus patted Lia''s cheek repeatedly, not accepting that he had to do more movements while Lia was asleep and enjoying it all. Now Prince Aerus suspected that Lia wasn''t sleeping at all, that she was just pretending while Prince Aerus was giving her services.


    "It can''t be tolerated!  I don''t want you to be so superior when you''re clearly beneath me!  You are only human, your race is far below mine!"  Prince Aerus shook Lia''s body, forcing her to wake up.  Now he had lightly slapped Lia''s cheek, with a very angry and cold face, even though he was still on top of Lia and had not moved even once.


    "Wake up!  I know you''re pretending to be asleep.  I won''t let you look down on me like this!"  Prince Aerus cursed.  He even almost intended to slap Lia, and also grabbed her a little.


    The air around him began to heat up.  The sun began to look peeking from the eastern horizon. Its beauty was unable to melt the anger of Prince Aerus.  Now he shook Lia''s body hard, making her gasp in surprise and open her eyes.  Her breath hitched, and she woke up disoriented.


    All the activities she had been doing with Prince Aerus had completely drained her of her energy, it made her fall into a deep sleep even though Prince Aerus did ''that'' to her again and again, and even though Prince Aerus had soaked her with seeds many times.  Lia didn''t feel anything at all, because all her energy had been drained.


    Lia choked. She immediately inched and tried to cover her body with both hands.  Then Lia looked wildly around, looking for her clothes.  Lia cursed herself for not being able to reach her clothes easily.  They were on the floor, away from the chair in which she was sitting.  Prince Aerus had indeed been forced to take off her clothes and threw them away.


    "Wh - why?  Don''t touch me again. That''s enough," Lia begged nervously. He tried to cross her legs so that she could cover the intimate parts of her body, but it didn''t quite work because Prince Aerus was holding back the movement of her legs. Lia''s body trembled, her eyes shrunk again. Her face turned pale. Her arms crossed in front of her chest clenched into fists.


    "It ¨C it''s already morning.  I have to go down. Let me go down now.  I¡­ I have to work.  My boss called me to work on Sundays.  You¡­ I¡­ I mean I''ll find a girl for you.  So please let me go. Don''t be mad at everything I''ve said to you.  I''m just saying it casually." Lia lowered her head as she said that, afraid to look into Prince Aerus'' eyes which were still burning brightly.


    "You haven''t been sleeping, have you?  You''re awake, right?  But you just lay down and let me do everything myself as if I was crazy about you?" Prince Aerus locked Lia by placing his hands beside her. His face twitched, threatening Lia with his cold and angry expression.


    Lia didn''t answer anything, because she didn''t understand what Prince Aerus had said to her. This made Prince Aerus even angrier because he thought Lia was just pretending to be stupid.


    He gripped Lia''s jaw, pressing her face.  Lia winced in pain, her eyes had started to water.  "Do not act stupid!  Do you think I''ll be fooled by you?  Tch, you''re dreaming too far!"  Prince Aerus briefly scanned Lia''s face, seeing her helpless expression.  And this made Mirah energy explode again.


    Unconsciously he tightened his grip on Lia''s face, while his lips curled up against the turmoil in his body. Blood rippled, and his face felt hot.  Now he brought his face closer to Lia, then he sighed with a threatening tone, "I''ll give you a chance.  Satisfy me right now and I''ll consider releasing you this morning."


    Lia was taken aback. She never would have imagined that she would hear all that from Prince Aerus'' lips.  But when she felt something starting to swell down there, Lia knew that the time had come.  Could she run?


    ***

 Chapter 18：Havent I Become A Whore?

    "I will give you a chance. Satisfy me right now and I''ll consider releasing you this morning."  Prince Aerus put a terrible emphasis on every tone of his voice. His facial expression was a mixture of coldness and impatience. His majesty was still visible, as well as his extraordinary good looks.


    Lia bit her lip. She felt worthless anymore, especially her body.  She never expected that she would have to lose her virginity under a tyrannical man like Prince Aerus.  And what''s worse, Prince Aerus always dominated her, making it difficult for her to breathe.


    Lia was shaken, gripping her fingers in fear. She might have run away right now if she hadn''t been locked right under Prince Aerus'' body.  "Aren''t you disgusted by me?  You say that I am not better than you because I am the people of the earth. You should have kept your opinion on that one.


    "You also said that you would find another girl as your mate because you didn''t want to have children with me.  Now, why did you come back?  What is the problem?  It''s not just about you.  You did all this to me, to my body.  Shouldn''t you be giving me a chance to get an explanation?"


    Lia gasped to take a deep breath. Without realizing it, her voice was shaking violently.  Even though she tried hard to be strong and brave in reality she was very afraid of Prince Aerus especially if he would forcefully touch her later.


    Her fear of getting pregnant seemed likely to be proven later because indeed she had done ''this'' with Prince Aerus for the second time, and probably for the umpteenth time. Lia also never knew how many times Prince Aerus had done ''that'' thing to her this morning.  What Lia knew was that her lower body was now in pain, more painful than the first night they did it.


    Lia''s mind became more and more chaotic, especially when she remembered about Neil.


    On the other hand, Prince Aerus gave an increasingly angry facial expression.  It seemed that he did not express his anger to Lia enough, in a wild and rude way because in the end he would always get rejected by Lia.


    This of course made him very frustrated, in the middle of his lower body that had urged him to be pampered immediately.  Prince Aerus let out a low growl, like a wild animal.  His deep purple eyes were now showing a fiery red color.


    He brought his face closer to Lia, forcing her to look him in the eyes.  "You don''t see?  Can''t you see the red that fills my eyes?  When my irises turn red it means I''m angry.  If this red glows any brighter, I can do bad things to you, including killing you."


    Lia''s chest sank.  Even though she desperately wanted to live these days, if she continued to suffer from the pressure of Prince Aerus'' domination then she wouldn''t be able to hold on much longer.


    It reminded her of his school days when she was a child.  She often got bullied by her friends because she lived and grew up in an orphanage. Those times were very difficult and tense times for Lia, making her want to end her life.  And now Lia was feeling that again.


    So in the end Lia said, in a choked and almost lost voice, "Just kill me if you want, I don''t mind at all.  You said that you don''t want me either, and I have lost my freedom since your presence.  I¡­ I''d rather die.  Just kill me."  Lia''s body shook violently, with uncontrollable sobs.  She had covered her face with both hands, hiding as she was crying.


    Anger only suffocated Prince Aerus even more, because this was not what he wanted.  He wanted Lia to obey him, do what he wanted, and most importantly satisfy him.


    Even though he hated Lia, his fantasy drifted far away.  ''It would be great if she could be as aggressive as the girls in Utinus.'' And to be honest it was the craziest fantasy Prince Aerus had ever had because he had never fantasized about any girl, and about the usual hot stuff that most of the men think.


    "Haven''t I become a whore?  You''ve made me into a whore because you always fuck me all you want, you''ve done whatever you wanted even when I didn''t want it."  Lia''s eyes glazed over. She didn''t look directly at Prince Aerus'' irises. She was afraid that if she did, her courage would be gone.


    Lia''s voice rose slightly. "Or maybe I''m more like a slave to you.  Is it because my race is inferior to yours?  But I also have the right to get what I want.  I''ve asked you to find someone else. Why didn''t you do that?"


    If Prince Aerus could then he would have done it long ago.  But he would keep this fact tightly so that Lia didn''t have a weapon to attack him.


    "Who do you think you are that you are so confident to ask me to do something?  You do have a race below mine, and I can honestly think of you as my slave.  Therefore all you can do is obey me, and I can do what I want.  Don''t you understand the concept?  Huh?"  Prince Aerus squinted, looking very annoyed at Lia because she seemed to not recognize his power.  Prince Aerus was a young man with the highest status in Hexa, after his parents.  This was clear harassment!


    Lia felt her stomach growl, uncomfortable with the reality she had to face.  It felt like only a few days ago she had found freedom and happiness, but why did everything change in an instant?  Now Lia couldn''t say anything because she knew the result would be the same, namely, Prince Aerus would continue to oppress her.


    Prince Aerus'' hands clenched into fists when he saw Lia still looking down and not saying anything.  Her curly eyelashes cast a beautiful shadow on her face.  Lia''s entire face was covered by the light from inside the plane, which was blocked by Prince Aerus''s body that was on top of her.  And that made Lia''s face faintly visible, her red cheeks were also faintly visible, also her lips were very soft and moist.


    Prince Aerus pinched Lia''s chin, in a gentle motion without him noticing. His breath was so stifled.  He forced Lia to look at his face, look into his eyes.


    Lia''s shoulders shook.  With fear, she looked into Prince Aerus'' eyes. She saw an ocean that was very dense but filled with lustful passions in it, which was ready to ensnare Lia whenever she wanted.  Cold filled every corner, forming a wall that resembled a prison. The wall would lock Lia to stay in it forever, even if Lia didn''t want to.


    Lia''s voice cracked in the air as she pleaded back, "Let me go!"  Tears rolled down her cheeks.  And a second later Prince Aerus kissed his lips again.


    ***

 Chapter 19：Crawled And Became A Whore

    Prince Aerus didn''t notice as he brought his face closer and kissed Lia''s lips.  He did it out of sheer biological urgency.  He just wanted peace, he wanted full concentration when he got this all over with.  He just wanted to shut up Lia''s fussy mouth, which, to be honest, spoiled his taste a bit.


    Mirah energy within his body flared, even more, overpowering the anger and irritation that filled his head as well as his throat.  Prince Aerus'' red irises had faded, replaced by a purple glow that had begun to creep in, like darkness had begun to creep up and rule over an area.


    Prince Aerus'' tongue forced his way through, although at first, it was quite difficult because Lia completely blocked his access.  Even after Prince Aerus grabbed Lia''s jaw, forcing her to open her mouth, it still didn''t work.  Until finally Prince Aerus pressed on the point that thrilled Lia the most.


    She accidentally opened her mouth slowly, giving Prince Aerus a chance to explore all parts of Lia''s oral cavity.  Everything was so intoxicating, so explosive, and vibrating all parts of Lia''s body.


    Prince Aerus didn''t want to stop punishing Lia''s fussy mouth until he finally let go to take a breath.


    "Hosh!  Hosh!  Hosh!"  Lia was panting heavily, her chest heaving and her face was already red. She felt very weak, but in the midst of it all she would not give up on running away from Prince Aerus.


    So when Prince Aerus looked complacent, Lia pushes her body and then got up from Prince Aerus'' throne chair which could be extended on the seat and also his back.  Lia got up, bent down, and almost managed to grab her clothes that were scattered on the floor.


    But a second later Prince Aerus'' hands grabbed her waist from behind, pulled her body, and then slammed herself back on the chair.  Prince Aerus regained control of her, again kissing her lips very deeply and with dominance.


    Lia continued to struggle, her hands hit and pushed hard at Prince Aerus'' chest.  But in the end, she was paralyzed.  Prince Aerus pulled Lia''s hands and placed them on top of her head, locking them with only one hand because Lia''s wrists were too small compared to Prince Aerus'' palms.


    "Stop!  I¡­ I¡­. I beg you!"  Lia''s request amid her fear sank again after Prince Aerus smothered her with his lips.  Lia squirmed because she wanted to break free, but soon she was shaking because she felt an explosion of passion filling her.


    Prince Aerus'' hand had moved too far and had traced every place that was Lia''s forbidden spot.  And worst of all, Prince Aerus did it all in a hurry, as if he wanted to force Lia to submit to her passion and so that she could quickly satisfy Prince Aerus.


    Prince Aerus released his kiss on Lia''s lips.  Now he got down to her neck, explored, and started moving more indecently, letting Lia bite her lip holding herself back.


    "Stop¡­ stop¡­. sto... I want to¡­. I¡­."  Lia gripped her hands, still wanting to hold back the explosion from inside her. While her eyes were tightly shut, and so were the teeth she was forced to grit.  Lia''s body began to move restlessly, especially when Prince Aerus did something more intense than before.


    Now Prince Aerus looked at Lia''s face, while his other hand was still moving.  He smirked.  "How long are you going to pretend you''re not interested?  You like all of this, don''t you?  I know you like this.  So stop acting like I''m enjoying this alone because your body will never lie."


    Prince Aerus made the last stomping move.  He pulled Lia''s body and hugged her tightly.  Somehow he liked to do that, he liked to do it without any space between the two of them.  Now and then he whispered right next to Lia''s ear, "Just give up on me!"  And then he did something even worse.


    At the end of all this, just as they were about to feel relief, Prince Aerus paused on purpose.  His eyes looked very dark, indicating that he couldn''t hold himself back any longer.  But he forced himself.


    "Beg me to fuck you all the time!  Beg me that you want my body! Beg  me that you will do anything to get my attention!"  Prince Aerus clenched his fists, his face was right in front of Lia who was very tense.


    Lia''s face looked complicated, between drooping but also disappointed. She almost got the last blast, but since Prince Aerus stopped it now she didn''t know what to do.  And Lia got a complicated feeling, between wanting to continue all this and just stop.  She was very afraid that she would be pregnant due to Prince Aerus. If that happened then the possibility of her freedom being lost forever was very high.


    Prince Aerus gripped Lia''s face back, while his mouth was tightly shut.  Now and then his back trembled against the peak burst of Mirah energy.  "Come on say it!"  Prince Aerus'' voice grew hoarse and dissipated.  "Just say that you are the one who wants me."


    Prince Aerus did a few more things dirty, to get Lia to talk.  But Lia kept her mouth shut tight.


    "JUST SAY!"  snapped Prince Aerus with a boom, as if his voice could bring the plane down in an instant.  Every corner seemed to be shaken, like those sturdy shoulders.


    Prince Aerus'' anger finally peaked because Lia still insisted on keeping her mouth shut and didn''t say anything.  Even she still closed her eyes and restrained herself   Finally, Prince Aerus gave up everything.  He took the last steps very roughly, causing Lia to moan in pain.  But Prince Aerus didn''t care about that, because he was already too irritated with Lia''s over-selling attitude.


    Finally, Prince Aerus hugged Lia''s body tightly, along with the relief he got.  Underneath Lia was drooping weakly, her chest moving irregularly.  Prince Aerus'' arms wrapped around Lia''s body and brought her into his arms.


    They fell silent after getting everything, calmed themselves while organizing their thoughts.  Lia thought that after this Prince Aerus would release her but she was wrong because a few moments later Prince Aerus touched her again.


    "Not anymore. Please!  Let me rest. You can''t do this to me all the time."  Lia was already dripping with tears, in the middle of her body that had been shaken.


    Meanwhile, Prince Aerus didn''t answer anything.  It wasn''t long before they gripped each other''s bodies, and felt a very intense explosive sensation.  Prince Aerus hugged Lia again and thought of something.


    ''Why can''t I stop?  Why does Mirah energy in my body keep exploding after a few minutes I finished everything?  I don''t understand why this is happening?'' Prince Aerus'' mind continued to explore the facts he might have forgotten, as well as other people''s experiences that he might not understand.


    ***

 Chapter 20：How Dare You Like Another Man?

    Lia gasped when the afternoon arrived.  Her weak body now still couldn''t stop shaking under Prince Aerus'' control. She had repeatedly pleaded for Prince Aerus to stop touching her, but her voice seemed to have turned into eternal nothingness.


    "Stop¡­.  enough¡­. stop."  Lia fell very weakly, but in all that Prince Aerus didn''t want to stop. Tears rolled down Lia''s cheeks, and she started to think about the things she had buried so deeply.


    Namely, her desire to meet her biological parents, or her smallest wish was to live a happy and simple life.  Maybe it sounded clich¨¦, but it''s more than enough for her.


    Her face turned to the side, looking at the plane cabin which was not too wide but not too narrow. No idea because Lia had never been on a plane so she could never measure how big the cabin of the plane where she was constantly being harassed by Prince Aerus who was crazy because of things that Lia didn''t understand


    At first, Lia thought that Prince Aerus came to her because he wanted a child, but when she found that her body could not be freed from the touch of Prince Aerus even up to this moment, Lia changed her view. What was the reason?  That''s what Lia thought.


    The last shock made Lia very weak and almost made her faint if Prince Aerus didn''t stop right away.  As usual, she would fall into Prince Aerus'' tight embrace, a hug full of possessiveness that made Lia''s neck seem to be choking.


    Meanwhile, Prince Aerus closed his eyes, feeling every push of Mirah energy slowly fading from within his body.  However, he knew that soon his Mirah''s energy would be revived.


    "Listen, you''re going to stay like this for the next week!  So you better start thinking about how to please me because then I''ll consider giving you some freedom¡­.  Or at least I''ll treat you better."  Prince Aerus pushed Lia''s body for a moment, so he could see her face that was already very weak with a body that was sticky with sweat and some other things.


    Prince Aerus'' eyes became firmer than before, although Lia''s face was still gloomy and not showing any progress.  In the midst of all that Prince Aerus squeaked.  "It''s nothing compared to the female Elfagoses.  Why are you so weak?  Be stronger because you have to start doing this for a long time."


    Lia still didn''t answer anything, and seconds later her hand pushed the body of Prince Aerus hard so she could be free even though it never worked.  "That''s because I''m not an Elf¡­ or whatever is that.  I am a human, I am just an ordinary human being who is poor and ugly.  So can you leave me alone?  I won''t be able to live much longer if you keep doing this to me.  I have a life.  I need to eat too.  I also have a job.  And I have a man I like!"


    Lia immediately covered her mouth tightly when she realized her own mistake. She was too passionate about inventing all her heart because then she would feel that the burden of her life had evaporated and faded away.  That was true but a second later Lia had another problem, namely when Prince Aerus'' irises started to spark red light within them.


    Lia did not understand all the meaning of the change in the color of Prince Aerus'' irises, but at least the change to red meant that he was angry.  Lia inched, slightly glared. She wanted to pull the words out of her mouth but she knew that they would be in vain.  Then she started to stutter, trying hard to apologize, but somehow her tongue felt numb.


    A mirror suddenly shot out of nowhere, past Lia''s head, and almost hit her from behind.  The glass was quite large, as big as Lia''s head with a very beautiful oval shape.


    On top of Lia''s body who was curled up and hugging herself, Prince Aerus was examining his face, or rather he was examining his hair.  It didn''t last long enough until finally the mirror floating above Lia''s head snapped and shattered due to the slam of Prince Aerus'' telekinesis power.


    Lia screamed, covering her ears in fear.  Meanwhile, her neck was now strangled by Prince Aerus'' hand, which lifted her into the air.  Lia floundered, trying to cover her body parts.  But she felt a deadly force grip on her neck.  Lia''s eyes were already watery.


    "You¡­.  how dare you like another man!  I warned you, Inferior Race!  You can''t have sex with other men, you can''t have feelings for other men, and you''re not allowed to be superior here.  I have the right to do it and only I have the right!"  Prince Aerus seethed in a voice that rose as well as grabbed, even at Lia''s now completely extinguished courage.


    Lia was floundering in the air with her feet kicking the void, trying to find a foothold.  Meanwhile, Prince Aerus was now pressing his hand very tightly, especially when he remembered the black strands of hair that had started to turn their golden color.  Those strands of black hair were only a few strands, but still, it was a very embarrassing stain.


    Prince Aerus was a prince of Hexa, a prince who had the highest position among other princes from all the kingdoms in Hexa.  And how could he get such betrayal from a human?  This made Prince Aerus even more infuriated.


    At first, he wanted to strangle Lia to death.  Maybe it''s better because then the growth of the black strands on his head would stop.  However, before long, Prince Aerus gritted his teeth as he felt the overflow of his Mirah energy rekindle.


    Finally, he slammed Lia on the chair, touched her again with all the rudeness he had, making Lia even more in pain and also frustrated.  Prince Aerus didn''t immediately settle things either.  Instead, he stretched everything out, making Lia even more tormented.


    The last blow had made Lia droop and completely faint. She was so exhausted until she couldn''t even open her eyes anymore.  Seeing that Prince Aerus immediately covered Lia''s body with a blanket.  While he was wearing his royal clothes and called Hamdi.


    Before long the air in front of Prince Aerus had contorted into a solid object, with Hamdi''s appearance being faster than even the strongest gust of wind.  Hamdi immediately approached and asked, "Is there anything I can do for you, Prince?"  His eyes avoided Lia who was already drooping helplessly with a pile of blankets on top of her.


    Prince Aerus stood curtly, his eyes looking straight ahead.  He spoke without looking at Hamdi in the slightest.  "Look for something like the Akazoh stone.  I need that kind of thing here."


    Hamdi was slightly startled.  What he had just heard seemed impossible to say directly by Prince Aerus, who always wanted to be served without wanting to give anything back.


    That meant Prince Aerus wanted to force Lia''s passion.  Hamdi wondered why Prince Aerus had to do that?


    ***

 Chapter 21：Lia, I Will Never Let You Go

    It was difficult for Hamdi to find anything like the Akazoh stone on earth.  He had tried to search for information in his system but it didn''t help much because the earth wasn''t registered with the Galactic Council Union.  Therefore, the earth was like a planet that had not been touched and may also be considered to have not been completely identified.


    However, because of Hamdi''s intelligence, and the best disguise using his technology, he was finally able to get two kinds of things to give to Prince Aerus. They were pills and alcohol.


    Seeing the two things given to him, Prince Aerus frowned.  He twirled the two objects and watched with some doubt.  "Are you sure?"  Prince Aerus'' voice sounded very skeptical.  His stout and tall body had stood tall majestically.  One hand was locked behind his back, showing his power in front of Hamdi though, to be honest, it wasn''t necessary.


    With a serious face, Hamdi nodded.  "I have searched for all the information, Prince.  And these two things are exactly what you are looking for.  You can drink both of them at Lia."


    Hamdi was a bit worried when he didn''t get any answer from Prince Aerus.  In his eyes now he faced a death that could hit him until nothing was left.  His body that had exploded from Mirah energy just a moment ago was now shivering with fear, his lips and palms turning pale.  Facing Prince Aerus at the peak of the mating season was even more troublesome.


    Although still not very satisfied, Prince Aerus finally nodded.  He immediately ordered Hamdi out.  In the blink of an eye, he found nothingness before his eyes because Hamdi had teleported.


    Then he moved closer to Lia and looked at the twenty-three-year-old tiny girl who was still sleeping.  Prince Aerus shook Lia''s body to wake her up.  However, after taking a long time, Lia never opened her eyes.


    Finally, Prince Aerus used another way.  He slowly opened Lia''s mouth, put the pills in, then he made Lia drink alcohol and cover her mouth and throat by kissing.


    Prince Aerus gasped for breath, he wiped his mouth. The level of alcohol on earth was enough to keep him awake, especially since he had been accustomed to consuming alcoholic beverages in Hexa.  So it''s not a problem.


    On the other hand, for Lia, it was a big problem because she had never consumed alcohol so far.  Her body that was drooping weakly and with a charming face while sleeping was now starting to move restlessly. Her movement was quite gentle at first, then it started to widen, and then it started to look apprehensive.


    Lia gasped and opened her eyes wide.  Her face was red and she was confused as to what had happened to her. She tried to control herself when she saw she was still on the Elipsis Plane.  Her consciousness began to be chaotic especially when Prince Aerus again put alcohol in her mouth.


    Soon Prince Aerus approached, pulled another chair in front of Lia, and saw her reaction.  Lia was still squirming, very sexy, and also very sweaty.  Her eyes that always looked nave now looked stronger and more passionate.


    When Lia looked at Prince Aerus, her eyes immediately lit up.  Her lips that had been as flat as a line now curved sharply.  And for a few seconds, it stunned Prince Aerus.


    Lia immediately got up and hugged Prince Aerus very tightly, rubbed his back, and kissed his ear, while whispering, "Neil, are you here?  Did you save me?  Oh, Neil, you always protected me."


    Every breath from Lia''s lips had tickled Prince Aerus, made his blood ripple, and also made Mirah energy in his body crawl up again.  Especially when Lia made a further movement, namely hugging and kissing many parts of Prince Aerus'' body.


    Prince Aerus should have been angry when he heard Lia mention another man''s name, but in reality, the explosion of satisfaction he got from Lia was bigger than his anger.  This made Prince Aerus enjoy everything, enjoying the service of Lia who seemed to be very crazy about him.


    "Neil, I like you,"  Lia whispered again amid all her activities. She started moving far away and doing the things that Prince Aerus usually did to her.  Lia twisted, vibrated, and gave a very soft and loving touch.


    Amid Lia''s movement, Prince Aerus immediately grabbed her body and hugged her tightly.  Neither of them provided a space that swallowed the gap. Prince Aerus'' face turned red, and he moaned several times.  Even though his ears were filled with Neil''s name, it didn''t seem to bother him because he felt the most wonderful thing in his life, the thing that relieved his body the most.


    "Do you love him?  Do you love Neil?"  asked Prince Aerus in a hoarse voice, in the midst of it all.  He didn''t even want to let go of Lia''s body, which sometimes intended to stay away from him.  "No, you can''t walk away.  No."  Prince Aerus started to close his eyes while hugging Lia tightly.


    Lia nodded and replied with a deep nasally, "Yeah, Neil, I like you. How about you?  Do you like me?"  Lia sometimes staggered because of her losing consciousness due to alcohol.  This made her unable to finish everything.


    Prince Aerus immediately crawled and overpowered Lia, he couldn''t stop doing everything especially in the middle of Lia''s body which was pinning him tightly.  He had never felt that feeling before when he forced Lia to do everything.  Only now did he feel it, and it made Prince Aerus unwilling to stop everything.


    "Lia¡­" Finally, Prince Aerus called Lia''s name for the first time.  "Love me. I want to get something like this from you¡­.always."  Prince Aerus kissed Lia''s neck, hugged her back, and let go of everything.


    Lia gasped and smiled mischievously.  With her eyes sometimes closed from drunkenness, she said, "I do love you, Neil. You have treated me well all this time. You smiled at me when we met, you also protected me and brought me into your home. Haha, I''ve never been treated well like that. You''re the first."


    Lia pinched Prince Aerus'' chin.  And then she kissed Prince Aerus on the lips very deeply.  Soon they were doing it again and again, amid Lia''s not fully existing consciousness.  Lia also couldn''t stop screaming, she praised Prince Aerus with sweet words even though Neil''s name was called at the beginning of her praise.


    "I will never let you go.  I want something like this from you.  Therefore you must like me, Lia.  You have to¡­" Prince Aerus stomped one last time, and he relieved everyone with Lia.


    Lia drooped and Prince Aerus immediately pulled her body and hugged her very tightly as if afraid that Lia would go and leave him.  Prince Aerus kissed the top of Lia''s head, and he whispered, "Forget Neil.  You can''t do this to me."  Prince Aerus'' chest heaved up and down unsteadily.  Because Lia was not in his consciousness, therefore Prince Aerus dared to speak his whole mind and heart.  "I¡­ I will treat you well now as long as you want to love me, as long as you want to give me something more beautiful than before. And you''re only allowed to give it to me. Only me. We are mates, Lia."


    He was now caressing Lia''s face, and down to Lia''s flat stomach.  He whispered again to Lia who was already asleep, "Here."  Prince Aerus gently rubbed Lia''s stomach, "Our child must grow up soon.  So I''m sure you won''t leave me.  I¡­ I have to make you like me. I didn''t know that being loved by a woman felt this great."  And Prince Aerus hugged Lia even tighter, bringing Lia into a beautiful dream that was wonderful and also full of falsehood because what she touched all day was not Neil, but Prince Aerus.


    ***

 Chapter 22：Tickled Lia and Felt Her Lips

    Lia squirmed gently, like a baby who was only a few days old.  Her beautiful lips were now slightly curved with a rosy blush that glowed beautifully.  Her hair was still a bit messy, loose and sometimes covered her increasingly healthy face. She stretched her arms, opened her eyes, and heaved a sigh of relief.


    She had no recollection of what had just happened, and what she had just experienced.  But all she knew was that she had just gone through a wonderful thing, or perhaps a hidden dream that she couldn''t remember.  Her deep sleep made her almost forget anything, even the place where she had fallen asleep for now.


    Finally, she opened her eyes, blinked, and surveyed the ceiling above her. She still hadn''t realized anything because she still couldn''t pull all of her consciousness back.  The faintness in her eyes was still visible, along with her smile that was still expanding.


    But a second later she felt a jump, accompanied by the confusion that began to emerge and also fill the entire space in her brain.  Her eyes bounced wildly in all directions until she turned to the side and found a face.


    "Are you awake?"  asked Prince Aerus with a faint smile growing on his lips.  Now he was still wearing nothing, still hiding under the blanket, the same blanket as Lia.  Meanwhile, his hands started to move and wrapped around Lia''s slender waist, pulling her closer.


    Lia''s heart started to beat wildly.  The happiness she couldn''t figure out why had now been destroyed and burned with the suffocating fear. She also froze, not daring to move an inch especially when she saw Prince Aerus'' eyes. She shouldn''t have to be so scared because Prince Aerus''s irises were now golden.


    "It''s already morning by time on earth.  I heard that you have a job.  I tried to find out the working hours of humans on earth and it turns out that the time varies."  Prince Aerus gently combed Lia''s hair, stroked it, and smoothed it strand by strand.  Prince Aerus''s soft wink was uncommon to anyone''s eyes because he had never spoken and acted so gently with anyone, except for Queen Lunanis, his mother.


    The gentleness of Prince Aerus that he carried now was also different when he was with Queen Lunanis.  Not only the pampered attitude that was hidden in his voice, but also the bubbling desire, the unstoppable sense of belonging, and the very strong binding impression.


    Finally, Lia woke up when Prince Aerus'' fingers touched her cheek, and almost moved to her lips.  She was about to say something before finally being silenced by Prince Aerus kissing her gently and deeply.  Lia wanted to push Prince Aerus away, but feeling the softness brushing her lips stopped her. She was too afraid to take risks because what she was about to do would only make Prince Aerus'' anger explode again.


    Finally, Lia was panting slowly, with her face lowered. She barely dared to move, suppressing every desire to escape. She didn''t even dare to look at Prince Aerus'' now excessively flowery face.


    "So when will you be ready?  Do you need breakfast?  I can ask Hamdi to make it for you."  Prince Aerus kissed Lia again, touched Lia, and almost did more.  However, when he felt Lia''s body shaking with fear, he stopped his movements.  Prince Aerus decided to do everything gently now, so he could conquer Lia''s heart and make her fall in love with him.


    When Hamdi asked why Prince Aerus didn''t answer anything because he was still too confused with his feelings.  Whatever it was, for now, he just wanted Lia to give him his full attention.  And he knew that possessive feelings began to urge and make Prince Aerus suffer because he would become so angry when he received a rejection from Lia.  But he must still uphold the highest patience.


    Lia was still looking down with both hands providing a barrier between her body and Prince Aerus'' body. She wanted to say a few words but his tongue was very numb.  The silence broke out and locked them in, making Prince Aerus look at Lia longer and caress her face.  This made Lia feel uncomfortable, and she decided that she had to do something immediately.


    "Honestly," said Lia amid Prince Aerus kissing her face.  Lia needed to draw her courage very big.  "Honestly this is my old flat.  I moved a month ago."  Lia bit her lip as she got a kiss on the neck, and felt Prince Aerus bit her there.  Lia gripped her hand and restrained herself from running.


    Prince Aerus stopped.  Now he looked up and looked into Lia''s eyes, at the soft brown eyes that seemed sweet and warm.  But all these impressions were now covered by a very great fear.  "You moved?  Why?"  Prince Aerus'' tone explained everything, that he was suspicious and disliked.


    Afraid that she would make Prince Aerus'' anger explode again, Lia hastily explained with all her lies.  Her voice stuttered and her expression narrowed.  "That¡­ that¡­ er, since I''ve been getting up early during this time.  I¡­ I''m often late and get scolded by my boss.  It''s a bad thing to be here because I can lose my job.  So I''m looking for a place to live closer to where I used to live."  Lia clenched her fists again, breathing irregularly and her heart beating fast.


    "Is that your only reason?  Is that the only reason you moved from your old flat?"  Prince Aerus sounded cold, like ice that still clumped and fell all over Lia''s body and buried her.  It made Lia shiver.


    Lia was getting scared.  Remembering all the things that Prince Aerus did when he was angry had certainly taught her a lot, that she had to start being careful if she wanted her life to be safe. She must also be good at distracting Prince Aerus for a while until he leaves the earth, especially leaving Lia.


    However, after a while, Lia''s brain became dull as she recalled all the activities they did.  Her desire to be free may not be fulfilled if she ended up getting pregnant.  If she got pregnant she wouldn''t be able to work at Mr. Sony''s cafe anymore because she would have to take time off.  Then when he was ready to work, Mr. Sony might not let her go back to remembering Zizie who must have instigated him.


    Lia felt her life had been destroyed. She would lose her job and getting a new one was not easy as she did not have sufficient educational qualifications.


    Getting rid of all negative thoughts for a moment, Lia finally answered Prince Aerus'' question again.  "Yeah, that''s the only reason.  I am a poor girl, so work is very important to me because then I will be able to survive."


    But Prince Aerus still kept chasing Lia, to tell the truth.  "Is that all it is?  Aren''t you lying?"


    Prince Aerus tightened his arms around Lia''s waist, narrowing the gap between the two of them even more.  Then Prince Aerus led Lia''s hands to hang around his neck.


    Prince Aerus'' eyes now fell on Lia''s ocean, on her very fragile beauty.  He pinched Lia''s chin, forcing her slowly to look at him.  After he got Lia''s attention, he whispered, "If you''re not lying then why is your heart beating so fast?  There''s no way you''re nervous because you''re around me right?"


    Prince Aerus'' low voice seemed to tickle Lia, with his breath gently brushing her face.  Lia held her breath unconsciously when a second later she felt Prince Aerus'' lips touched hers again.


    ***

 Chapter 23：Not A Suitable Place For Growing And Making Babies

    "So you only eat leaves?  You don''t like meat?  How did you survive the whole day just eating that?"  commented Prince Aerus, who was standing right next to Lia, crossed his arms, and looked disdainfully at the lump of wilted vegetables that Lia made for salad.


    Lia realized that, and she forced herself to look not offended even though she was honestly very offended.  This was an invasion of privacy.  But a second later Lia remembered who was talking to her right now.


    "Yeah, I like salads," Lia said with a lie.  She flipped through her wilted and pathetic salad unappetizingly.  Beside her was a white bread that was almost musty, but it could still be consumed.  To be honest, there were some eggs in the fridge, but Lia would fry them tonight as a dinner menu.


    She would receive her salary in a few weeks, and she had to pressure herself not to be so extravagant though, to be honest, she was far from being extravagant. She was too forced to live below the standard because she wanted to save money to buy a more decent house.  However, she did not pay attention to her health.


    Prince Aerus didn''t seem to believe Lia''s answer.  He immediately rushed to the refrigerator and opened it with his telekinesis power.  At first, he didn''t know how to open it, and after Lia taught him he only knew how.


    Now he was in Lia''s new flat.  After they did ''various fun activities'' in the morning, they teleported to Lia''s new flat.  Prince Aerus was able to find out where it was by matching Lia''s memory traces that he managed to get by asking permission first, asking Lia to concentrate, and giving him information through her brain waves.


    Prince Aerus snorted when he saw some eggs stored in the refrigerator.  Then there were some snacks and instant noodles that Prince Aerus didn''t know about.  He picked up an egg carefully and lifted it in the air.  "You have eggs.  Why don''t you just eat this?  Or are these eggs not to be eaten?  Humans don''t eat eggs?"


    Lia glanced at Hamdi for no reason.  Maybe because she had a little hope in Hamdi that he would help Lia to get away from Prince Aerus.  Because so far for Lia, Hamdi was a good Elfagos.


    "I''ll use it for dinner tonight.  I purposely didn''t eat it.  After all, there are still vegetables and bread.  This is more than enough to save my energy for the next day.  At work, I would buy food for lunch.  There are some cheap menus there."  Lia looked down deeply when she found Hamdi looking away when Lia glanced at him.  It was like Lia was caught red-handed and then rejected outright.


    Now she was just frozen and lonely at her narrow and empty dining table.  Her small kitchen seemed to lock her up very cruelly.


    Prince Aerus snorted.  He checked the area inside the refrigerator, holding back his skin that felt chills every time he entered.  But he wouldn''t show it because he was a noble prince of Hexa.


    Besides, the temperature inside the fridge was no colder than Sworen, the coldest area in Hexa.  He had been to Sworen once in his life when a great battle was pounding the west.  Everyone in Hexodar had to flee while the soldiers fought and defended territory after territory.


    "You still have to eat meat so you get more energy.  Carrying a baby is not an easy thing.  You have to take care of your health, take care of your condition, and also maintain nutritional intake so that our baby can grow and be born healthy."  Prince Aerus pulled his head and body because he couldn''t stand the temperature of the refrigerator rising.


    Lia''s heart seemed to stop beating for a moment.  She had indeed done everything with Prince Aerus, but when she was reminded of her pregnancy again it made her feel like she wanted to sleep and hoped that all of this was just a dream.


    After all, hearing Prince Aerus say "our baby" still sounded very strange to her as if Prince Aerus acknowledged the bond between them, even though for her it was impossible.  In Lia''s eyes, Prince Aerus might only think of her as cattle that bear offspring.  Her opinion on it still hadn''t changed even though she''s received a lot of warmth from Prince Aerus.


    "I''ll think about it later.  I will find a solution so I can buy meat," Lia said obediently.  She ate her breakfast again unappetizingly because she once again realized that all this was not a dream.  Neil''s shadow haunted her.  Lia kept asking herself where was Neil now, what was he doing, and if he worried when he didn''t find Lia in his room?


    Neil was a nice guy.  Lia began to grow a lot of hope to be able to get him.  However, after the arrival of Prince Aerus¡­..


    Lia glanced sadly, and she just played with her meal without saying anything else.


    Prince Aerus approached and scanned Lia, observing her weak expression as well as her extremely fragile body.  Then his gaze fell on Lia''s flat stomach, and he widened his eyes at Lia''s very small and unfit living quarters.


    Hamdi coughed from the shock that hit his chest while Lia choked from being too shocked.  They turned their heads and looked at Prince Aerus in disbelief, while Prince Aerus looked at them flatly.


    "What?"  he said indifferently.  "I''m speaking honestly.  This isn''t a good place for anything, and I don''t want my son to not get what he deserves.  So how?  Do you want to?  The atmosphere there is close to that of the earth.  It''s also very comfortable there, even more comfortable than here.  Come with me, I can give you anything there."


    Prince Aerus brought his face closer to Lia''s, gently breathing in and putting a lot of gentle emphasis on his tone.


    Lia was intrigued again.  She backed away awkwardly then squeezed her hands nervously.  She thought about many things, especially how she could refuse Prince Aerus'' offer without angering him.  Now that she''s got a little bit of her freedom and she didn''t want it all to disappear so quickly.


    "How?  Are you afraid that I won''t be able to feed you there?"  asked Prince Aerus again, in a very manly tone that spread softly.


    Lia became even more cornered especially when she thought of negative things that had filled her chest.  What if Prince Aerus got angry and abused her?  What if Prince Aerus got angry and took her forcibly to Hexa?  What if Lia couldn''t return to earth and died miserably in Hexa after she gave birth?  And what if she missed the chance to meet Neil later?


    All these thoughts swirled and stifled her mind, making Lia weak and as if she was helpless.  She was too absorbed in her fear, forgetting the reality she was facing right now.


    ***

 Chapter 24：Sparks of Jealousy

    "Hamdi can take you.  You don''t have to walk to get to work.  Or I can take you on a teleport.  So is there a door around there, if you''re afraid it''s going to draw a lot of attention?"  Prince Aerus became more chatty than usual, and Lia still didn''t understand the reason.


    Just this morning, when they made love, Lia got something very different from before.  Prince Aerus touched her gently as if she was the most fragile pearl of great value, and Prince Aerus was so afraid that she would break or be damaged.


    He treated Lia very gently, although still Lia never got a chance to run away.  Every time she begged Prince Aerus to stop, her pleas would fly away and not be heard.  Instead, Prince Aerus always whispered to her, "You will like it.  You just have to enjoy it."


    If she remembered all that, Lia was again hit by disgust, both for herself and for her body.  He started looking for options to run back, only that she still needed a lot of information including how Prince Aerus found her in Neil''s room.  When Lia asked Prince Aerus, he simply replied, "You don''t need to know."  And after that rain of kisses landed on Lia''s lips non-stop.


    Now Lia''s whole body was crushed, with the lower part of her body still in pain.  There were lots of kiss marks all over her body which she covered with makeup.  Then her swollen lips, Lia forced herself not to make a fuss about it.  If someone asked, if only it was possible, she would say that her lips were stung by a bee.


    "I will walk as usual.  It''s like you said that I don''t want to draw attention."  Lia tiptoed while wearing her shoes, the bag wrapped around her body, with the uniform she wore very neatly.  She wore a black wig, it took much debate until finally, Prince Aerus allowed her to wear it.


    Lia almost left and went out the door after she put on her two shoes.  She felt like she was being pressed hard when she was about to get out of her flat, where Prince Aerus was, to head to the cafe where she worked, where her cruel boss and her evil work partner were.  It''s been a tough day, and Lia would never know when this would all end.


    Lia hand grabbed the doorknob weakly.  She had already pushed it away and had almost left if Prince Aerus had not grabbed her arm and carried her down into his arms.  The roar of Prince Aerus'' breath hit Lia''s face, and she felt his sturdy fingers caress.


    "You want to work?  You don''t want to stay here with me?  Or we can move to the Ellipsis Plane together, or we can go places by teleporting."  Prince Aerus sounded hoarse, his body pressed against Lia''s body, hugging her quite spoiled.


    Behind him, Hamdi cleared his throat awkwardly.  He turned around and pretended to check Lia''s kitchen which was quite cramped.  He also covered his ears, which were slightly elongated like those of the Elves, one of his ancestors.


    "You''ve allowed me earlier, and we agreed that I can work because I still need money to survive.  You¡­ you can''t change your decision all of a sudden like this."  Lia lowered her head while her hands clenched in front of her chest, becoming a dividing wall between her body and the body of Prince Aerus.


    If that''s the case, then Prince Aerus would lead Lia''s hand to where it should be, which was around Prince Aerus'' neck.  It was quite difficult because Lia was a tiny girl.  So seeing that, Prince Aerus placed Lia''s hand on his chest instead of being a barrier between them.


    Prince Aerus sighed before saying, "Alright.  However, I have one condition.  You have to take off your wig.  Did you know that by covering up your hair color you are hiding that you have found your mate?"  Prince Aerus'' tone sounded very demanding and impatient.  He just didn''t want anyone to get close to Lia, to get close to his mate, without remembering which land he was in for the moment.


    Lia''s eyes narrowed and she bit her lower lip slowly.  Her heart was racing with her breath, which was panting with fear.  She was too afraid of creating a disaster in her own life if she said something wrong.  Lia knew she had to filter her words because the person in front of her was not human.


    "You must know why I''m wearing a wig.  In my workplace, I am not allowed to dye my hair, if I am allowed then the colors should be muted like light brown and reddish.  My hair color is very striking.  This is not a Western Country.  People here very rarely have golden hair.  I could lose my job and find it difficult to support my life later.  Earlier¡­ you said earlier that this was no big deal."  Again Lia looked down, too scared to see Prince Aerus''s change in expression.


    She could have lost the courage to lie, to fight, to rebel.  And if that had happened then her fate would probably be over.  The worse thing was no one could save her except herself.


    Prince Aerus didn''t necessarily understand that because for him it was very intolerable.  Some of the women in Hexa weren''t even allowed to wear head coverings when their hair had turned golden, because then the male Elfagos would think twice about approaching them   But Prince Aerus tried to be wiser than before.  He remembered his destiny of soon being a father.


    "Fine, I''ll try to consider that.  Hair color to cover, alright I''ll understand that for now even though in Hexa it''s really rude."  Very subtle satire had been thrown.  "But why do you have to cover up my kisses and bites?  Why do you have to cover it up until it is not seen?  Doesn''t it sound like you''re shy and such?  Or are you trying to cover up the facts of all this so you can get close to Neil?"


    Lia widened her eyes, like a glass that suddenly shattered due to slipping.  Her trembling body was now frozen.  All of her senses went numb, and she had almost forgotten how to breathe.


    "How did you know about Neil?"  Lia glared, she started looking for loopholes if Prince Aerus did something really bad.  Because as far as she knew, cheating was the thing he hated the most.


    "How did I know?"  Prince Aerus squeaked with his disgusted face, which suddenly dominated after a gentle sweep of his voice hit Lia.  "You were calling his name all night.  You thought I was Neil, and you couldn''t stop touching me and controlling my every tantrum.  You went so wild last night, saying you love Neil."


    Lia''s breath caught in her throat, her mouth gaping in disbelief.  Now suddenly the back of her neck was shivering and her whole body was shivering.  She looked a little presumptuously into Prince Aerus'' eyes, tracing every corner until she finally found a splash of red that was starting to creep up.


    Lia''s face and lips turned pale as she didn''t know what to do to stop Prince Aerus'' anger from growing even bigger.


    ***

 Chapter 25：Prince Aerus Who Crawled Begging For Lias Love

    Feeling that death was about to come to her, Lia trembled with almost limp legs.  Her weak hands suddenly squeezed Prince Aerus'' royal clothes. She didn''t realize that her current actions were a form of a woman''s way of flirting with a man.


    But was it a form of seduction when Lia''s face turned pale, as pale as a freshly polished wall?


    "I¡­ what?"  Lia seemed to have lost all her words. She managed to string a lot of words in her head.  But none of them managed to get out.  Like they were stuck in her throat and then burned by the smoke of fear spreading from her exploding heart.


    She just couldn''t believe what she heard that she had been chanting Neil''s name all night and she was touching Prince Aerus like he was Neil.  Lia had become a wild girl to a degree that made her even more anxious.


    She quite understood how wild Prince Aerus was when making love, and she had a ''compliment'' from him for how wild she was last night. Wasn''t that a threat to her self-respect and also to the safety of her womb?


    "I touched you?"  Lia''s voice shook violently when she said that.  "And I thought you were Neil?"  Madness was starting to fill Lia''s face, and maybe she would be very depressed right now.


    "Yeah, you did.  I don''t mind you touching me like that, because you were the one who had a lot of control last night instead of me."  It was like if Prince Aerus was the victim here.  "But you screaming the name of another man makes me sick."  The circle of arms around Lia''s waist seemed to harden, and it made her wince and fear.


    Lia looked back at Prince Aerus''s irises, where the red sparks spread and crawled more and more.  Lia knew that she had to do something soon before it''s too late and then she would end up being an abused human being.


    "I do not know.  I wasn''t conscious.  You know maybe I''m just being stupid beyond reason."  Lia closed her eyes, realizing how unclear her words were at the moment. She didn''t know where her words were going now.  Finally, she bowed weakly.  "Forgive me.  I was unconscious.  That means what I said is not true¡­.. right?"  Lia''s pupils twitched as she tried to persuade Prince Aerus not to throw a tantrum.


    Prince Aerus snorted.  He released his arm around Lia''s waist.  Now he stepped back and folded his arms in front of his stout chest, covering the buttons of his royal robe made of diamonds and sapphires.  "You think I''m stupid?  People who are not conscious usually tell the truth.  You love Neil and I don''t like that.  You already have a mate, and you should give all your attention and love to your soul mate."  Prince Aerus lightly patted his chest.


    Lia gaped, blinking a few times as she couldn''t believe what she had just heard.  ''Did Prince Aerus ask me to love and care for him?'' thought Lia.  All of this shocked her, and Prince Aerus''s change in attitude was the most shocking.


    Hamdi coughed again behind Prince Aerus. He was standing behind his white suit that seemed to glow when struck by light.  He also could hardly believe his ears, that Prince Aerus had bluntly asked Lia to love and care for him.


    Until finally Prince Aerus realized his mistake.  He cleared his throat somewhat arrogantly and lifted his chin and face.  "That''s your job, right?  You have to do your job, and I will do mine too.  I have to give you care and tenderness so you will easily get pregnant soon.  I need a child to fill the throne in the future."


    And one thing that made Lia even more confused, was Prince Aerus'' mood swings.  He was sometimes so kind and sincere, but sometimes so annoying and demeaning to Lia.  Once again, at this moment, Lia felt that she was the only livestock that was only needed to give birth to offspring.  It irritated her a lot, which she kept hidden and closed tightly.


    Lia looked down, not going to show her annoyance.  Now she just needed to go to work and came home as late as possible, so that she wouldn''t have to meet Prince Aerus.  Lia also started looking for options so she could sleep in her friend''s house, and sleep in the same room with her.  That way Lia was sure that Prince Aerus would never dare to appear and touch her.


    Or the other option was that Lia must find another girl for Prince Aerus.  Oh, there''s still so much she had to do.


    "I know.  I will do it."  Lia turned slowly and then walked out the door, feeling the relief creeping slowly as her legs came out.  It felt so great and clean when she could close the door behind her and miss the moment to see the figure of Prince Aerus because that was exactly what she wanted.


    While in Lia''s flat, Prince Aerus felt empty.  He expected Lia would run over to him and hug him before she left.  However, he did not get anything, except for Lia''s sudden and suffocating leaving.  Moments later he tried to figure out his mistake, and he got tensed when he found out.


    Prince Aerus immediately teleported to look for Lia.  His sudden appearance almost gave Lia a heart attack, but he didn''t feel bad for her at all.  The gentleness that had spread was now hidden and languishing, replaced by firmness and also a slightly haughty attitude.


    It felt like Prince Aerus'' whole body and head were heavy, so annoyed that Lia didn''t give him the attention he wanted.  Lia also didn''t pamper Prince Aerus, as he said before.  He felt dumped by Lia and became the third option, while the first option was Neil, and the second option was work.  Prince Aerus snorted.


    "I''ll pick you up later and I''ll still visit you every few minutes.  I will also take you today."  Prince Aerus was already walking right beside Lia, stepping firmly and his very sturdy hands moving slowly.  Amid the morning breeze and the hot sun, he transformed into a real prince, who was so dignified and very handsome.


    His golden hair was creaking softly, strand by strand, brushing against his forehead and his extremely smooth and soft skin.  His very high nose gleamed above his soft, healthy lips.  His eyes flickered, golden eyelashes that radiated beauty, and irises that were capable of killing women by entangling them too much and enchanting them.


    Prince Aerus'' footprints were like the world and the universe, capable of emitting happiness and serenity.  The stomping of his feet was soft and strong at the same time.  Then if from behind, his figure was so intoxicating.


    Lia was almost flabbergasted, she forgot who the man who had just talked to her was.  She was like seeing a man from another world, filled with sweet beauty and brilliance.  It''s like seeing a fairy (though that''s not entirely wrong).


    The stomping and soft footsteps of Prince Aerus suddenly stopped.  His glowing body amid the slums was now turning beautifully.  His eyes swept across Lia''s gaze, making her nearly collapse from the shock.


    Prince Aerus said, "Why are you still standing there?  Let''s go, quickly!"


    And a second later a burst of consciousness erupted and punched Lia''s face so that she would immediately wake up.  In a few breaths, she felt guilty for Neil and made up her mind not to make the same mistake.  She would avoid Prince Aerus who was bathed in light because his good looks and charm endanger Lia''s heart.


    ***

 Chapter 26：Seducing Lia as Prince Charming

    Lia walked awkwardly, without any intention of following Prince Aerus.  The purpose of her movement was exactly to avoid him.  Lia''s heartbeat and the sweep of enchantment that almost broke her defenses were able to be controlled by her.  Now she had become the normal Lia, who always looked down in front of Prince Aerus and only loved Neil, a man she had only met a few times.


    Tucking her hair in the wind, standing with a slightly odd side, Lia said, "You don''t have to take me."  The alley in front of them came into view, behind a gap in an old rusty gate.  The gate always hurt Lia''s eyes when she wanted to look for beautiful scenery, but there was nothing she could do about it.


    Lia thought that was enough to make Prince Aerus understand that she wanted to go to work alone. She didn''t want to be around Prince Aerus'' superiority.  But as her footsteps accelerated, and a hand gripped her arm, Lia knew she needed more than one reason to escape.


    She still didn''t know about the peak time of the mating season for the Elfagoses.  So she wasn''t too aware of the danger of Prince Aerus'' wildness which might explode at any moment.  Lia looked up slowly, blinking gently as if she was an obedient girl.


    "Why shouldn''t I take you?  I need a strong reason that I can understand."  And that was how Prince Aerus always was.  He was very dominant, very assertive, and sometimes did not want to be argued.  But slowly he suppressed all his ego, because of the various things he needed to explore the reasons for and some things he wanted to get back.  Maybe because he wanted to repeat the moment when he was in the middle of Lia''s grip so badly, he missed that moment.


    Lia cleared her throat, making her voice as natural as possible so it wouldn''t look like she was lying.  "You¡­.  you will¡­ uh."  Eyes bounced wildly to various sides, various nooks, and crannies that were sometimes not exposed.  In every direction, Lia wanted to seek her luck.  "You will attract a lot of attention.  I mean look at your glittering golden hair, and also how extravagant you look."


    Lia glared, slowly getting up her courage to peek at Prince Aerus''s face, which was now twitching with a blushing smile.  Lia seemed to know that compliment could melt Prince Aerus'' stubbornness for a little.  So Lia immediately said back, "You are also very handsome.  I''ve never seen a man as handsome as you.


    "Your body is also very tall, you are so proportional.  Your skin is very ¨C very ¨C very clean, and also shiny.  You''re bathed in diamonds.  Especially if you''re in the sun.  BOOM!  You have no comparison.


    "And your clothes¡­ er, your clothes are very flashy.  You''re very attention-grabbing.  People will surely adore you when they see you.  Your buttons just sparkle like that.  Gosh, I don''t know what else you''ll get along the way.  You will be mobbed and you will become very famous.  I thought¡­ I thought you didn''t want to be seen out in the open.  Correct me if I''m wrong."  Lia glanced back, biting her lip and pinning a lot of hope.


    She couldn''t remember when she complimented someone excessively because every time she intended to compliment someone the person would look away in disgust as if Lia was a piece of dirt that needed to be exterminated.  After that, there was a sense of relief, and also a strange feeling that Lia had never felt.  It was the first time that someone had truly appreciated her compliment, and that person was Prince Aerus.  Should Lia be happy?  Maybe, because that way she could make his life easier.


    Lia took her chance again. She leaned forward and raised her thumbs in the air, right in front of her frail face.  "You are the best, you are number one.  No one can compare with you."


    Prince Aerus smiled again, wider than before.  The wind was blowing fresher than before, like bringing joy from heaven that was shed.  His golden hair again crunched gently, very handsome.


    Lia thought that she had succeeded in tricking Prince Aerus.  She waited for a while until she finally had the right time to leave.  "Okay, I''ll go first.  Umm, bye!"


    Lia turned around with the lighter leg.  The blush on her cheeks was now starting to show under the very light makeup she was wearing.  Her steps moved swiftly, and she almost hummed with joy.


    She couldn''t wait to get to work, so she''d call a friend to come over to her friend''s house.  Lia would start hiding from Prince Aerus.  She took a deep breath and couldn''t wait for it.


    Until then her footsteps suddenly stopped, because her body was restrained by Prince Aerus'' arms that wrapped around her neck and locked Lia''s movements even though she didn''t choke.  Lia gasped in surprise and she looked up reflexively.


    Lia almost asked ''what''s wrong'' but before that Prince Aerus'' face was close, perched next to Lia''s ear, exhaling seductively.  Prince Aerus smirked as Lia pulled her head back to avoid catching his breath.  He said, "You think you can fool me?  I know that you don''t want me to take you to work, so that''s why you''re talking nonsense to me.


    "I know that I''m handsome but in your eyes, I can''t attract much of your attention.  You still have another man in your heart, in your eyes, and I will not be fooled for that.


    "But fine, for this morning I will give you a little space.  I''ll let you go to work alone, and I won''t take you.  But don''t forget your ''job''."  Prince Aerus'' breath tickled Lia, as his hand pulled Lia''s uniform collar and slowly pulled it aside.


    Prince Aerus landed his kiss there, rather long, deep, and intense.  The last one was Prince Aerus biting Lia''s shoulder lightly, giving her another sign that Lia would not have time to cover up.


    Lia closed her eyes, grimaced because she felt a little sore, as well as feeling stung by Prince Aerus'' treatment. She clenched her fists, restraining herself from making a sound.


    "Did you listen?  I''ll be waiting for you tonight.  Don''t try to run away or you will get a very terrible punishment."  Prince Aerus lightly kissed Lia''s cheek, then on her ear.  After a very deep kiss, he let go of Lia.


    Frost engulfed Lia as if to bind her because she was too shocked by what she had just felt.  She knew that what she got just a moment ago wasn''t the worst, because it wasn''t the ''main thing''''.  But still¡­


    Prince Aerus smirked from behind, looking at Lia''s figure who was still frozen from something.  Unable to stop himself from teasing her, he shouted, "Why are you still standing there?  Do you want me to drag you to bed and fuck you right now?"


    Prince Aerus chuckled in amusement when he saw Lia say, "No."  in a hurry, accompanied by her feet that had been running wildly to leave him.


    ***

 Chapter 27：Cheap Enemies Against The Most Precious Girl in Hexa

    Lia almost cursed when she saw the figure of Prince Aerus which began to fade and went away due to teleportation.  Her patience seemed almost to face a very formidable opponent.  She tried to tell herself that she just needed to hold back a little longer, but somehow it was hard.


    "Table number 15. Hoy, hurry up!  Other customers will come and use it."  Zizie''s voice swept across Lia''s ears, her voice was made cute and would turn nasal when talking to Mr. Sony.


    Lia, who was still holding the foam-filled with soap immediately stepped back, throwing the dishwashing foam in a hurry without washing her hands.  She rushed to the exit of the kitchen section, where the sink was placed and would become Lia''s best friend for work.


    There was a man in charge of cooking in the kitchen, busy with the frying pan.  He didn''t have time to glance at Lia, something he often did when he felt pity for her.  Out of the corner of his eye, he only saw the door to the utensil and sink, which was in another room of the kitchen, open.


    Lia''s fragile and petite figure weakly knocked on the kitchen door, then she walked over to table 15 to pack up all the cutlery for her to take to the kitchen and wash.  Her footsteps staggered because there were still a lot of dishes and cutlery that she needed to wash, and the great thing was that she didn''t get any help at all.


    She glanced at Zizie, the girl who often found time to relax at work.  In Lia''s wide eyes, she hoped a lot that Zizie would help her, just pack up the cutlery and take it to the kitchen.


    However, when she saw Zizie who was sitting like a queen and then she smiled seductively at Mr. Sony, Lia knew that her hopes were even more impossible than her hopes regarding Prince Aerus'' leaving from her life.  Zizie would never help Lia, even if Lia was dying.


    Returning to the sink, Lia moved her hands nimbly to clean all the dirt.  With her breath starting to feel tight due to fatigue, she continued to spur her energy.  Now and then she wiped sweat, then wiped tears that sometimes dropped.  When she felt very tired, crying was something she couldn''t avoid.


    Suddenly, Prince Aerus appeared beside Lia, sitting on the tile on the side of the sink.  He''s like a CEO who wore the wrong costume at work.  His sturdy figure could seize anyone who saw him, it''s just that he didn''t have the stage to show his charm.  Besides, he wasn''t interested either.


    The space for the sink and cutlery was not too wide, but not too narrow either.  To be honest Lia could use the sink in the kitchen, a place where a man worked to cook.  It''s just that the sink there was broken, and Mr. Sony was still reluctant to call a mechanic to fix it.  So Lia used another sink, which was smaller and also inconvenient.


    "Do you have to work that hard?  You''ll only be exhausted when you come home from work and you''ll neglect your ''duty'' as my mate," scolded Prince Aerus, who was backing away because he was disgusted by the utensil that Lia was cleaning.


    Silently Lia snorted.  Inwardly she was saying, ''Is just making love the thing he''s thinking about?  Can''t he see the situation and conditions?  I''m very busy right now.'' But as usual, all the things she was thinking would just settle in her brain without her being able to get it out at all.


    All she could do was frown while continuing to work non-stop.  While beside her, was sitting a man who was nagging her this and that.  Then Lia would feel so upset that she wanted to explode.


    Prince Aerus vanished as the door to the tool room creaked open.  Lia did not have time to check who was entering, because her hands were still busy with work.


    Not long after, Zizie appeared with a cigarette between her fingers. She lit the cigarette and inhaled deeply.  The embers could be seen shining on the tip of her sharp nose, which was filled with make-up.


    "It''s break time.  I didn''t come here because I wanted to remind you, but the boss asked me to tell you this.  He says you have to finish all your work first.  After that, you can rest¡­.  if you still have time."  Zizie let out a sly laugh, her body shaking amidst her increasingly explosive laughter.  At the end of her laugh, he coughed from choking on cigarette smoke.  Now her body was shaken, for another reason.  Her face turned red after that.


    Zizie squeaked because she didn''t get any response from Lia. She would almost even spit if she didn''t have common sense.  There was no space to spit as the sink was already filled with dirty plates and glasses.


    "Look at you, Lia.  You try to be the best but you never succeed.  You pretend to be diligent but you can never get the attention of Mr. Sony.  Oh, no wonder.  I can see what''s on Mr. Sony''s mind.


    "An old-fashioned and stinky girl.  You don''t even have good taste in improving your appearance.  You''re not good at taking care of yourself either.  Look at that ugly skin of yours.  Compare this with my supple and dense skin."  Zizie raised her thighs, then pulled the skirt of her uniform up, almost to her groin, and revealed her panties.


    Zizie''s skin was indeed healthy, Lia didn''t deny it because Lia''s skin tended to be dry and also a bit pale in color.  But Lia''s condition was much better now, and she didn''t know why.  But if Zizie said Lia stinks, that''s not true at all.  Lia didn''t smell bad, it''s just that Zizie smelled better than her, and also cheaper.  Oops.


    Zizie sucked a cigarette between her fingers, then blew the smoke into Lia''s face, causing Lia to be enveloped in white smoke, and then coughed non-stop.  Zizie laughed happily when Lia staggered and beat her chest for still coughing.  This was one show that Zizie loved.


    "Oh, you are too hypocritical.  I know you are a cheap girl who has tried this and that."  Zizie pondered for the sake of thinking of something. She seemed to be having a big fight with herself, her face lowered and forgetting the cigarette in her hand.  After a while, she corrected, "Or maybe you''re just too innocent a country girl, or you could say you''re a girl with no values.


    "You never really try many things because you don''t have the chance to.  You also never dated, had no friends, had no family.  Aw, did I hurt your heart?"  Zizie walked over to Lia, and then pulled Lia''s long hair, causing Lia to wince in between her coughs which became torturous.


    Lia jerked Zizie''s hand hard, causing Zizie to bounce back slightly in shock.  A second later Zizie rushed to Lia and grabbed Lia''s hair again, while her leg kicked Lia''s knee so that she fell on the floor with her head up.


    "You are a useless country girl.  Your body alone will never even sell anywhere.  I''ll bet you''re still a virgin.  Why?  Not because you''re a nice girl, but because no guy wants to touch you.  They will be disgusted by your body.


    "I am very sad to see you, but I am also happy to enjoy your suffering.  It''s really unfortunate, you will get a mate for an old farsighted man with myopic eyes.  When he touches you, he won''t know how bad your body is.  Or you don''t even have a soul mate at all."


    Zizie banged Lia''s head against the wall, making her groan and feel dizzy.  Lia''s eyes had blurred, and she shook her head to get her sight back.


    As soon as everything became clear enough, she felt the tug again.  Lia groaned and tried to claw at Zizie to free herself, but she couldn''t quite reach Zizie while all her movements were locked due to her body hitting the wall.


    "Cheap girl, you better get going before Mr. Sony fires you!"  Zizie almost hit Lia''s head against the wall so hard, she would channel all her anger into the palm that was holding Lia''s head.


    The tug of her fingers was able to make Lia''s head look up.  Just as a blow was about to be struck, Zizie''s body suddenly bounced back very far, was dragged an impossible distance, and then hit the wall very hard.


    Zizie screamed, feeling shocked and gasping.  After a while she ran recklessly to get out of the cafe kitchen, leaving Lia who was standing weakly, and Prince Aerus who was already standing behind Lia.


    ***

 Chapter 28：I Will Give You A Child

    The figure of Prince Aerus filled Lia''s eyes after she stood up slightly, staggered, and then turned around.  One of her hands rested on the wall so she wouldn''t lose her footing. She snorted when she guessed right, that Zizie''s scream and her body were thrown off because of Prince Aerus.  There was no gratitude in Lia''s heart.


    She said, "You don''t have to go that far.  Other people could be suspicious about what happened earlier, and someone could see you here.  Zizie is quite an important person here. She could have used her bad luck to get rid of me."  Lia seemed to direct a lot of protests for Prince Aerus.  She just got pissed off because of all the things he did to her, and Lia used this opportunity to blow things up.  Her annoyance at Zizie was also another trigger.


    Prince Aerus should have just left because his arrival made Lia''s life even more chaotic.  This made Lia suffocate even more.


    There was quite a loud snort.  Prince Aerus'' body became more solid than before, he had drawn all his body forms into the world of reality.  He messed up his glory by upsetting Lia.  But that was not the important point he realized.


    What he realized was that Lia was completely ungrateful to him, after he had protected her with all his heart.  Doing heroic things was common in Hexa, but when the context was different, namely between two people of different castes and also different races, it should be another side that deserved attention.


    The knights in Hexa would only protect the people in Hexa, or when a partnership between galaxies and planets was made, then they would expand their duties.  But Hexa never had a union with the earth.  Shouldn''t Prince Aerus'' heroic attitude be appreciated?


    This made Prince Aerus even more sullen.  He did not know that Lia''s eyes were so blinded by eternal blindness, that she did not see the kindness that Prince Aerus had bestowed upon her.


    "Next time don''t do that again.  You don''t have to worry about me.  I''m really fine and can take care of my life.  Zizie isn''t a monster that''s going to kill me after all.  She''s just nosy."  Lia walked slowly to return to the sink and work. She didn''t even smile or make longer eye contact with Prince Aerus, except for the first two seconds.  Her annoyance had eroded her senses to the point where she couldn''t remember what the consequences would be if Prince Aerus exploded with emotion.


    Red sparks crawled in the corner of Prince Aerus'' eyes, which now became wider when she saw Lia''s nonchalant attitude.  His hands clenched, for a moment he wanted to drag Lia and punish her.


    But moments later Prince Aerus said arrogantly, "I didn''t do all that for you.  You don''t ever think that I have time to protect a girl like you, I am not that free.  I did it for my future child, for your womb, and your belly.


    "You must not be injured so that the pregnancy process can occur soon.  And you shouldn''t feel stressed because that will be another obstacle."  Prince Aerus folded his arms in front of his chest, lifting his chin as usual.


    His body that was bathed in the light that slipped from the ventilation of the room made him so charming.  If only Lia was a cheap girl she would jump on Prince Aerus to seduce him.


    But Lia was not that kind of girl.  She refused to even turn around and left her job which was still piling up.  "Good.  I am glad to hear that.  But you still don''t have to, because I can take care of myself.  And as for pregnancy, I''ve been meaning to say this for a long time."


    Lia pushed the tray containing the clean plates, intending to deliver them to the kitchen a few moments later.  Now she faced Prince Aerus and continued her conversation, "I was just wondering if I gave birth to a child for you, then you would let me go right?"  Lia didn''t realize how stupid she was, who was fighting Prince Aerus who was filled with sparks of emotion.


    However, Lia''s annoyance swallowed her to the top, making her miss the slightest sign.  For her, she was currently feeling tight, and all that tightness she must directly relieve. She wanted to take it all out on Prince Aerus, the one who had turned her life upside down.


    While Prince Aerus was not very aware of Lia''s mood, that if a girl who was tired and troubled would usually be more sensitive.  Since he never had experience with any girl, it was no wonder that Prince Aerus tended to be selfish and couldn''t treat Lia better.  After all, Prince Aerus'' attitude was superior.  So that''s not surprising at all.


    "You want¡­.  what?  You want me to release you?  Do you think you''re a prisoner?  Do you think you''re just a cattle that only need to produce offspring for me?"  Prince Aerus clenched his fists, the glint of emotion in his irises intensified.  In his mind, he only attracted negative thoughts about Lia, that she just wanted to get out of the hands of Prince Aerus to belong with Neil.  How low, and how petty Lia was.


    Lia had become the mate of Prince Aerus, a girl who would fill his whole heart and life.  Prince Aerus had fantasized a lot about Lia, about her wild side, and also their life which would become very romantic.  But Lia''s question hit Prince Aerus'' patience.


    "Explain to me.  Do you just want to run because you don''t want me to touch you or do you want to run because you want to sleep with Neil right away?"  Prince Aerus stomped his last steps right in front of Lia, clenching his fists at the sides of his waist very firmly.  From a distance, it looked like sparks were thinly escaping from Prince Aerus'' fist, or some other bluish flame, the hottest flame.


    A burst of jealousy filled Prince Aerus'' heart.  He was conscious of it, and he ignored it.  He just wanted to get an explanation from Lia, get information from everything Lia was thinking.  Did Lia want to be with him, did Lia want Neil so badly, and did Lia intend to run away from him?


    Prince Aerus already knew all the answers to the various questions that had settled in his mind.  But the folly of love and jealousy blinded his eyes and logic.


    Lia defied her death.  When she finally came to her senses as to what she had summoned, she became a bit shriveled and regretted her decision to fight Prince Aerus.  All this had suffocated her and forced her to become a very different person than usual.  But moments later she realized that this was all-natural.  People would emerge with different personalities when they felt a fit of haunting anger.


    And Lia had the right to that.


    Lia thought for a moment, whether she needed to step down and whether the decision was very effective. She wasn''t sure if her setbacks would make things any better.  So in the end Lia volunteered on the verge of death saying, "Both.  I don''t want you to touch me and I want to leave soon to live with Neil.  Are you satisfied now?  So when can we finish all of this?  I will give you a child."


    ***

 Chapter 29：The Game of Seducing And Rebellion

    "Both.  I don''t want you to touch me and I want to leave soon to live with Neil.  Are you happy now?  So when can we finish all of this?  I will give you a child."  Lia''s voice was so firm, so solid as if she was determined and would never regret what she said.  It was as if she had prepared herself for a thousand years to say those things to Prince Aerus, with the intention that she might be freed forever from his domination.


    Prince Aerus instantly realized that Lia had gone too far.  And to be honest, this didn''t look like Lia, from the impression that Prince Aerus had caught and got from her. So different, so new, and also pretty awful.  Prince Aerus would never know at the point where he could establish his dominance, at which point he could put his power to confine Lia.  Do the classic methods never work now?


    "What are you saying?"  asked Prince Aerus with various stifling emphases in his voice.  He didn''t know how he could stop himself from exploding, against Lia''s various resistances.  When things happened in bed maybe he could suppress it better because Mirah''s energy in his body, that dominated, would take over everything.  However, under normal conditions like this, he couldn''t guarantee that he could do that.  His patience could run out with nothing left.  And if that happened, his fear of killing Lia began to spread and became a troublemaker.


    "I¡­" Lia swallowed hard, she began to tremble at hearing the terrible tone that came out of Prince Aerus, which honestly was almost like a scream and also thunder that split the sky, tearing her heart and also her very fragile courage.


    Lia glared for a moment, squeezed her fingers, and began to lose ground on her feet.  She was shaking and nearly collapsed on the floor shivering.  But soon she was looking for another focus.  She leaned against the sink.


    Bracing herself and her voice, Lia said, "I said I want to get things done.  I will give you a child." She didn''t mean to be shaking, or look scared.  For her, she had become a very strong and confident Lia even though she felt her tears starting to well up due to nervousness.


    She couldn''t remember when she had ever put up a fight against someone else.  Without even wanting to remember it spontaneously her brain had wandered in search of the smallest and darkest memory.  In the end, Lia remembered something.


    When she was still in school she once fought her classmate, who at that time bullied Lia by ridiculing her as an illegitimate child for living in an orphanage.


    "You must be an illegitimate child because you were abandoned by your family.  You must be an unwanted child because you were abandoned by your family.  You must be a cursed child because you were abandoned by your family."


    Then Lia''s answer was, "Who knows that I am an abandoned child?  I''ve never heard that version from anyone.  Who knows if it turns out that I was kidnapped because my family is rich and criminals request ransom?  Who knows if I am a princess who is in danger of being targeted by many enemies?  You never know how other people live, so stop talking nonsense."


    Then Lia received many attacks, punches, kicks, and also tugs because of her fearless attitude.  The gloomy days at school began since then, and Lia was deeply traumatized by her fierce resistance.


    Her body shook again, she was worried that the gloomy things she had experienced at school would happen again now.  Prince Aerus had treated her quite cruelly, and Lia would never know what would happen if Prince Aerus'' patience and humanity had run out.


    Lia looked like she would fall and fall if only behind her back she didn''t find solid support.  Or she would fall if he didn''t wake herself up.


    All her fears had been caught by Prince Aerus, who had been combing Lia''s movements all this time.  He did it subconsciously as if the activity was the one thing he missed.  Then when he realized something, which was Lia''s fear, Prince Aerus tugged at the corners of his lips softly.  He felt bounced when he saw Lia wasn''t strong enough to leave him.  And that meant Prince Aerus was still in full control of Lia right now.


    It''s showtime!


    Prince Aerus leaned forward, getting as close to Lia as possible.  Then he leaned forward and smirked.  "Is it true?  Do you want to finish everything?"  Prince Aerus put on a seductive face, as well as nosy with a sexy expression.  Oh, he''s a master at that.


    It was hard to swallow her saliva.  Lia, who had been so determined to prove it, trembled even more.  Sweat trickled down her face and body, making her look sparkling and even more voluptuous.


    Prince Aerus immediately wrapped his arms around Lia''s waist, pulled her, and then pressed her body so that she couldn''t move.  Lia began to shock, her face was red with embarrassment and panic. She tried to push Prince Aerus''s body.


    Her heart was beating very fast, it was going crazy and started to explode when Prince Aerus started to kiss her lips, touched her face, and then down to her neck.


    Lia squirmed, almost in despair. She pushed Prince Aerus'' body, then hit his chest repeatedly.  Lia shook her head, squeezing her strength to escape.  When she tasted Prince Aerus''s intruding tongue, she grew her courage very drastically.  Lia bit the tongue of Prince Aerus, when she felt him getting too late and things going too far.


    A groan was heard after Lia took a bite.  In the midst of all that she thought that she had managed to take control and then could run away at will.  But a second later she saw Prince Aerus'' face turning red, his hands wrapped around her even more and he kissed Lia deeper and more without pause than before.


    When Prince Aerus felt movement from Lia''s mouth cavity, which wanted to hurt him again, he immediately did some gentle caressing to immobilize Lia.  Prince Aerus did it with all his heart, although to be honest, the emotions welled up quite violently in his body.  Some touches of him felt rough and uneven, some seemed very forced and rushed.


    Prince Aerus seemed to be in a state of confusion, whether he wanted to do ''that'' with Lia or not.  Amid the Bler energy that dominated his body, Prince Aerus would be able to think more clearly.


    ''Should I do it?  Should I really do it?  Will Lia get pregnant?  Will she leave me after giving birth to a child for me?  I¡­ I don''t want her to go, so I shouldn''t touch her.  But I want her too now, so badly.''


    Prince Aerus'' touch became further and further away, spreading downwards, causing Lia to be tormented by inner turmoil. Lia, who was struggling, started to weaken, she was fighting with herself especially when she felt Prince Aerus'' hand lift one of her legs.


    ***

 Chapter 30：Never

    Prince Aerus'' touch became more distant, spreading downwards, causing Lia to be tormented by inner turmoil.  This was beyond her control, especially when Prince Aerus had known her weak points, which would have made it easier for her to give up.  It''s unfair, but unfortunately, Lia couldn''t do anything about it.


    Lia, who was struggling so hard, was now starting to weaken. She was panting, biting her lip, and also wanting to curse. She was fighting with herself, with the desire in her wild heart, especially when she felt Prince Aerus'' hand lift one of her legs.


    Panic began to spread, Lia''s face turned red and she squirmed again.  "No, do not do it!  Stop!"  Lia''s voice was muffled and could barely come out.  There were a million mischievous vibes in her voice, indicating that she wasn''t completely resisting all touch from Prince Aerus.  Her human urge seemed to want to take control.


    "Prince Aerus," Lia hissed while biting her full lips.  Her eyes were closed, and her face drooped very weakly.  Her entire body trembled as if boiling along with her swishing blood.


    In the midst of all that Prince Aerus smirked.  He brought his lips to Lia''s ear and whispered, "Call me Aerus.  Call me by the favorite name you created for me."  Then he bit Lia''s ear, causing her to explode with a burst of fire that tickled her sensitive body.


    Lia tried to hold her legs closed so she wouldn''t get a sudden attack that could weaken her.  The situation was not in her favor, and Lia could have lost and returned to being a girl who could only be a mere gratification of lust, that''s the impression she had caught so far.  Whereas for Prince Aerus, Lia had become an important figure for him, who would free him from the torment of Mirah energy in his body, and who would become his life companion one day.


    It felt too fast, and it felt too rushed.  Prince Aerus, who had a stubborn nature and rejected Lia''s presence, suddenly changed his perspective drastically.  But to be honest, that''s exactly what happened, because he had felt the wildness of Lia, and he liked it.  All men love it¡­.. all of them. So there was nothing wrong with Prince Aerus.


    His heart was still empty, never anchored on any land.  So it would be very easy for him to set goals, especially amid his peaceful life without ever feeling traumatized and hurt, so different from Lia.


    "Call my name, Lia.  Come on!"  Prince Aerus kissed Lia''s ear again, then on her cheek, on her lips, and also on her neck.  While his hands were still moving mischievously below, forcing Lia''s legs to stay open so he could roam freely.


    Prince Aerus shook his head, in between his head which buried itself in the crook of Lia''s neck, inhaling her sweaty but intoxicating scent.  "You said you wanted to settle everything.  You said you wanted to give me a child right away.  I''m just stimulating your wish.  Am I wrong?  Hmm?"


    Prince Aerus made various domineering moves, forcing Lia to surrender herself, find a very sensitive point, and then invade.  Everything was going to be very long and high, but Prince Aerus was just warming up.  He just wanted to punish Lia in his way, so that she would become weak and take back everything she said.


    Prince Aerus wouldn''t be doing any main activities if he wasn''t forced to.  He wanted to restrain himself so that Lia wouldn''t get pregnant right away, suddenly he felt very scared.  However, on his current mission, he must soon have a child.


    He was at war with himself, on the decisions he had to make.  A second later he understood that he had to come up with a plan.  Meanwhile, he continued to tear down Lia''s defenses, causing Lia to tear and finally stiffen because she felt herself giving up and then hugged Prince Aerus'' body.


    Breathing, full of sweat, and also droopy eyes.  Lia closed her eyes, hating herself for being so weak.  She tried to bring her legs together again but was still restrained by Prince Aerus'' hands.


    "I''m just talking nonsense.  Please stop," said Lia breathlessly, in the middle of her chest that was moving up and down, in the middle of her shirt buttons that were already open and also messy.  Once again she moved her feet, trying to negotiate.


    But Prince Aerus gave a flat face as if he didn''t like Lia''s idea.  Then he lowered Lia''s pants, lower than before.  He prepared himself so that he could immediately enjoy Lia completely.  He just wanted to punish her, give them a warning about the big mistake she had made.


    The purple color in his irises was still not visible, but Prince Aerus still wanted to do it.  So he made preparations, amid Lia''s eyes widening and she struggling even more.


    "Not again!  Someone will see us!  I beg you!  I''m just talking nonsense.  Prince Aerus, just this once!  I beg you to listen to me."  Lia pushed away Prince Aerus'' hand, then she tried to push him away.  But then again, he was too strong, he was always in control.


    Lia almost screamed when she felt an indecent thing was approaching her.  She began to tremble, then drew her eyes to the door of the room she was staying in. She was just worried if Zizie suddenly came in, or Doni suddenly came in.  Doni was the chef who cooked in the kitchen.  Sometimes he went to the tool storage area just in case he ran out of stock.


    Anything could happen, and Lia didn''t want to be caught doing ''this''.  Moreover, she was an unmarried girl, this was a mistake! She had to stick to her principles, even if it was a little too late.


    "Prince Aerus, you are the most handsome.  You are the best.  You are generous.  You wouldn''t do this when a weak girl didn''t want to."  Lia closed her mouth, holding herself in the middle of Prince Aerus''s ''attack''. She couldn''t stay under this condition any longer.


    "Stop.  I beg you."  Lia closed her eyes, gripping Prince Aerus'' royal clothes. She was in the middle and she began to cry, lamenting her miserable life.  In the midst of it all she also remembered Neil, she remembered how much she had betrayed him.


    Prince Aerus was panting, he pressed Lia''s forehead to his, then he kissed her lips.  "I am the best, and I will be."


    "Stop!"  Lia raved, writhing in the middle of her attempt to escape.


    Prince Aerus said, "Never."


    ***

 Chapter 31：Jonas Would Have Scolded Her For Sure

    The two of them, Prince Aerus and Lia, then embraced, amidst the explosion of various turmoils that had dissipated and then dimmed.  In the beginning, Prince Aerus had insisted on doing nothing further than a warm-up, but he violated his own will.


    He gently caressed Lia''s head, and then buried her deep in his arms, as if he didn''t want to lose her, especially when his mind drifted and remembered how much Lia was crazy about Neil.


    His heart had exploded, dealing with the jealousy he had always directed at Neil.  Prince Aerus always wondered to himself what Neil was like, how handsome he was, how rich he was, and how much royal blood he had in his body.


    Prince Aerus had never had such a big competition in his life.  He was the only child of the King and Queen of the Hexodar kingdom, the largest kingdom in Hexa.  By not having a brother or sister then he never felt any competition over even the slightest thing.


    He didn''t know how annoying it was when someone could implicitly usurp his position, putting him in danger of many things.  And now he felt it, very deeply.  It made him anxious, made him shiver a little, and became unruly.


    "Let''s do it again," said Prince Aerus to Lia, who was now drooping and was taking a deep breath from exhaustion.  He was not sensitive enough to Lia''s condition.  He only focused on his feelings of restlessness, anxiety, and being haunted by various things.  For him he just wanted to dominate Lia, then make her surrender under him, and then fall in love with him.


    ''Doesn''t she feel the relief I feel?  Did she not feel the greatness as well as the enormity of her body-shaking explosion?  Was she like a cripple who couldn''t feel anything?  But she kept moaning in the midst of all this.  But why does she keep rejecting me?'' The emotional turmoil struck Prince Aerus again, forcing him to question how great he was in bed.


    Then a second later he thought of something he had never thought of.  ''Has Lia ever made love to Neil?  Am I not the first?  Then, is Neil still better than me?  That''s why Lia always rejects me because I''m not good enough for her?  Because I can''t please her enough?''


    All these thoughts messed with him, screwed up his self-esteem, and also messed with his self-confidence.  And that made him want to push Lia even harder so that she instinctively chose Prince Aerus over anyone else.  Prince Aerus didn''t want to lose anyone in his life.  Lia was only his, therefore she could only see him, could only think about him, and could only feel his touch.


    Prince Aerus made a gentle move again, although it seemed fragile and also trembling.  Amid that Lia refused again.


    "Enough!  I said enough!"  Lia screamed.  She pushed Prince Aerus'' body, straightened all her clothes including putting her pants back on.  She couldn''t put up with all of this, even though Prince Aerus was harassing her at work!  That''s crazy!


    "I don''t want to do it again.  Can''t you just let me go?"  Lia gasped and started crying.  Her face was dripping with tears, wetting her cheeks that were already sticky from the tears that didn''t stop flowing.


    Her weak and trembling legs now led her to go and escape before Prince Aerus, sneaking through the tool room door.  Her body was completely shaken by self-loathing.


    Prince Aerus had a frozen time when he touched Lia, he had made time on earth completely stop.  Then when he saw Lia leaving him, Prince Aerus activated the time on earth to tick as usual.


    He wanted to catch Lia, drag her, and then he wanted to force her to do everything again.  But a second later Prince Aerus was stunned, especially when he now realized how much Lia looked at him with hatred, so different from the night before when Lia looked at him as Neil.


    Warmth and love were radiating in Lia''s eyes, which sparkled gently and felt completely surrendered.  Prince Aerus had seen everything, had seen the contrast in Lia''s eyes when she saw him as who he was.


    It broke Prince Aerus''s heart, and he felt both weak and defeated.


    ¡­


    After Prince Aerus harassed her in the utensil storage room, Lia had gone and ''evacuated'' in the cooking room, where Doni was working.  She did not know that Prince Aerus had stopped time at that time so that they would not be interrupted by anyone.


    Don''t think Prince Aerus is unprepared.  He had a lot of preparation, he just wouldn''t tell Lia that, wouldn''t tell Lia the slightest bit of information about what he was doing and what he was planning.  Because he still wanted Lia to submit in front of him, and give herself completely.


    Doni frowned because he saw Lia passing by around him.  At first, he didn''t want to interfere but in the end, he couldn''t stop himself from asking, "Lia, what exactly are you doing?  Is there a problem in the tool storage room that you have to be here for quite a while?


    "Do not take it wrong.  I don''t mean to kick you out, but you could get in trouble.  You get what I mean right?"  Doni''s gentle gaze made Lia feel uncomfortable.  Lia knew that she was bothering Doni, limiting his movement space in the kitchen.


    However, Lia was unlikely to return to the tool storage room anytime soon, at least after she was sure that Prince Aerus was gone.


    Lia squeezed her fingers, then she said in a shivering voice, "I¡­ I don''t feel safe in the tool storage room."


    Doni gasped in surprise.  His face paled, and his girly side suddenly appeared again.  "You.. what?  Lia, don''t scare me!"  Doni snuggled close to Lia''s body, leaving the frying pan after he managed to turn off the stove in front of him.  He retreated with a swift motion, then he slipped behind Lia''s thin and weak body.


    "I¡­ I will hit you if you lie."  Doni stammered back, his hands crawling, trying to find the cellphone in his pants pocket.


    ***

 Chapter 32：The Dazzling Savior Prince

    Sprinting to the underside of the dim pavement.  It''s getting cold, but Lia didn''t have a jacket for now.  The reason was that she was in too much of a hurry to get out of her flat this morning, so she had forgotten some of the things she usually carried with her.


    Beside her the car drove by, the light flashed brightly, then the horn sounded now and then.  The road looked a bit wet, there were some puddles in several places, after being drenched by rain for an hour non-stop.


    Still being rained by a light but steady drizzle, Lia finally chose to pull over and take shelter in a convenience store not far from where she was currently walking.  Her flat was only a few kilometers away, not too far away.  However, if she remembered who she would meet later, it made Lia''s head spin in a very short time.


    "I''d better spin out the time first until Cindy wants to reply to my message," Lia muttered in a very low voice.  Hugging her body with her arms, she entered the convenience store, pushed the handle of the fairly wide and cold glass door.


    "Welcome."  The cashier on duty greeted Lia, giving her warmth.  "Oh, did you get rained on?  I recommend warming yourself by drinking hot tea in our shop.  There are several new flavors.  There are also the latest flavored instant noodles.  Then there are umbrellas with various modes.  Everything just restocked."


    A nod appeared on Lia''s head.  While smiling a little and a bit heavy, she immediately went to several food shelves to look for drinks and cup instant noodles.  She would make these right here while warming her body.


    Occasionally looking at her cell phone screen to check if there was a reply message from Cindy, Lia struggled to choose several instant noodle menus and instant drinks.  Several shelves of food had been passed, Lia had an argument with herself about what flavor she would choose from the new instant cup noodles.


    After scooping up some instant noodles and instant drinks, Lia rushed to the cashier and paid for her groceries.  Her face began to worry when it was half-past eleven and Cindy still hadn''t replied to her messages.  Lia considered whether she should call Cindy, to make sure that her friend didn''t read her message, was busy, or even wanted to avoid her.


    But that''s not Cindy''s style.  If she had any objections about something then he would say it directly.


    "How was your day?  Is everything going well?"  asked the convenience store cashier, who had a smile on her face all day long, and provided a lot of very friendly service.  That''s why Lia liked to shop at the store because all the cashiers who worked there were people who seemed to have no flaws in the form of explosive emotions.  From sometimes, Lia had seen a gloomy look on the faces of the cashiers at the shop, but everything was very subtle and rarely seen.


    "Ah, I hope my day always goes well,"  Lia answered modestly, but in a very sincere tone.  After paying for her groceries, she hurriedly took a seat in a comfortable and somewhat hidden corner.  The goal was that if Prince Aerus looked for her, then he would have a hard time finding her.


    After they did ''that'' in the goods storage room at Mr. Sony''s cafe, and after Lia ran away to go to Doni, Prince Aerus never appeared in front of her again.  And she didn''t know if he had been stalking her from a distance or something.


    For Lia now, she must directly get out of the cafe area, calm down, while waiting for news from Cindy. She didn''t want to be within reach of Prince Aerus, who this morning had followed Lia when she went to work.


    Lia waited while contemplating.  Instant cup noodles had to wait a few minutes for them to cook.  Several additional menus could be baked, but her money was not enough for that ''luxury'' thing.


    "Oh, but I can save money by frying eggs in the flat.  It''s all because of¡­" Lia stopped her speech, too tired to even mention Prince Aerus'' name.


    Outside the air seemed colder and humid.  Some shady trees dropped a lot of water and also held a lot of water.  When some riders wanted to put a raincoat on their body then they would stop and take cover under a tree.


    It reminded Lia of her gloomy childhood.  But even so, Lia had never felt as bad as recently, after Prince Aerus came into her life.


    Her cell phone rang.  Lia hastily opened her cellphone to check notifications. She had high hopes that it was a reply from Cindy, who said that she didn''t mind Lia sleeping in her flat at all.  However, what came in was a spam message, which said that Lia won 1 billion rupiahs.


    "I would live a more relaxed life if I earned this much money.  Why is my life completely useless."  Lia complained all the time while sipping her instant noodles.  Now and then she blows the gravy, so as not to hurt her throat and mouth.


    Within a few breaths, someone tapped Lia''s shoulder and made her gasp in surprise. She could never have imagined who it was, who tapped her on the shoulder, who had brought her from the strange and lonely world to the suffocating world of reality.


    "Lia?  Is that you?  Really?  Wow, you scared me!"


    Lia was still dragged into her deep and frightening daydreams, about her untraceable and bleak future.  But when she forced her head up, her eyes lit up with a beaming smile. She had fallen from a gloomy world, into a warmer place, where the sun was shining endlessly in its natural way.


    "Neil!"  Lia almost jumped with joy. She couldn''t remember the last time she saw Neil, even though it was only yesterday morning, because all the nightmares about Prince Aerus seemed to have been suffocating her for thousands of years.  Lia had been waiting for the appearance of Neil, who was like a white horse prince with a soft heart and a knight.  Lia waited for Neil to become her savior.


    Neil looked dazzling, dressed in a dark, very neat casual suit.  His hair was slightly damp, combed to the side, revealing his warm and extraordinary facial features.  He couldn''t stop smiling at Lia, as if Lia''s feelings had never been a one-sided love story.


    "You vanished from my room yesterday.  Gosh, and you''re here!  I almost called the police, you know, but I don''t have a photo and a clear ID of yours myself.  You''re worrying me, you know."  Neil slumped in the chair, right in front of Lia, perched sweetly while clutching a smoking cup of coffee.


    In Lia''s eyes, she was seeing perfection.


    With her heart beating fast, Lia asked shyly, "Are you worried about me?"


    Lia waited expectantly.  Would Neil say that he was worried about Lia once again?  Without needing to think again, and without needing to regret every sweet word he had said to Lia?  Lia was curious about that, she wanted to repeat those cool moments with Neil who was in front of her at the moment.


    "Of course!"  Neil answered, and he didn''t seem to need to think twice about saying it directly!


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 Chapter 33：Did Neil Like Lia?

    A cool feeling filled Lia''s heart, or maybe like a ray of sunshine on a very bright spring.  Clouds did not appear in the sky, only thin clouds were scattered.  Everything seemed clear, everything seemed colorful, and everything looked very beautiful.  Lia smiled a few times subconsciously, and she didn''t realize how stupid her smile was at that time.


    Meanwhile, Neil was still nagging.  He was like a boy who was presenting how his summer vacation was, which was filled with many vacations in various exotic places, and he couldn''t wait to show it off to his classmates.


    "I do think that something happened to you.  I tried to trace the place where we met, around the bus stop.  I even drove my car quickly that morning.  I thought if only I could find you there, just getting off the bus, then I''d be back home feeling relieved.  But I still can''t find you."  Neil stopped his speech.


    "Eh, sorry for being rude."  Neil moved awkwardly, and then picked something up in Lia''s damp hair, pressed against her cheek.  Neil''s strong and sturdy hand moved gently, lightly touching the edge of Lia''s cheek skin.  He got something in his hand and waved it in front of Lia''s eyes.


    "Dry leaves, or maybe wet leaves.  And or maybe dry leaves that get wet."  Neil chuckled to himself.  He stretched his body backward, turned slightly towards his seat, and looked for a trash can to throw away the dry leaves that were wet from the rain.  There''s nothing strange about Neil.  It felt great to have helped someone with small and simple things.


    His gentle smile warmed the cold, and the ice melted in one breath.


    Lia was stunned for a moment, forgetting that her heart exploded because the skinship was so short.  When Neil''s fingertips touched the edge of her cheek skin, she felt a heat sting her, making the turmoil in her stomach suddenly uncontrollable, like lots of butterflies flying and making a riot.  Lia wanted to cover up that expression, but in the end, she just became a stupid girl in love.


    "Why?  Is there something wrong?"  Neil became confused, at the change in Lia''s facial expression.  He had never seen Lia so empty, not even when she was sleeping, or even drunk.  Neil was still able to see life on Lia''s face, even when she didn''t show the life itself.


    Starting to feel even more uncomfortable, because Lia didn''t respond at all.  What Neil saw was an empty Lia with a faint smile etched, with an intention that was hard for Neil to guess.


    Until finally Lia woke up after Neil gently patted her fragile shoulder.  A small, gentle touch had now become a wonderful link to Lia''s consciousness. Wasn''t this a very obvious form of dependency?  And wasn''t this the time Lia decided that she had to get Neil as her lover?


    "Oh, sorry, I was daydreaming about something."  Lia''s fingers pulled a few strands of hair that were scattered on her face, then tucked them behind her ears in a very soft and spoiled feminine movement.  But Lia did it as naturally as possible. She wanted to impress Neil imprecisely.  Lia wanted to approach Neil but she didn''t want to look cheap.


    Neil laughed out loud, his face was red, and even sweat was dripping from the pores of his small face.  Neil had very soft and healthy skin.  At the end of his laugh he said, "Gosh, you''re so funny.  I feel great to be able to laugh so freely after this."  Then he took a deep breath as if releasing all sorts of troubles that were filling his head.  His hands wiped the tears that were running down the corners of his eyes and he wiped his runny nose.


    Lia was stunned for a moment.  For some reason, she felt that Neil was telling her about his life problems.  Neil seemed to say "Lia, I have so many problems in my life.  I need you to comfort me."  Everything was seen in Lia''s eyes, all of them urged Lia to act immediately and became a hero and also a place to lean on for Neil.


    This was a golden opportunity!


    Once again Lia tucked her hair behind her ear.  She gave a small smile before speaking.  "Haven''t you been able to laugh out loud lately?  Umm, do you have a problem?"  Lia tried hard to look sympathetic, but when she saw Neil''s handsome and gentle face, she couldn''t help but smile stupidly.  It shattered the serene impression she was working so hard to build.


    "Well, yeah everyone has problems, right?  Both me, you, and everyone in this world.  It''s all-natural."  Neil nodded before he took a sip of his hot coffee.  He smacked his lips a few times, looking satisfied with the taste of the coffee he had just bought.


    Lia glanced at the coffee Neil was drinking.  When she falls in love then her eyes will be blinded by anything.  When she saw Neil, Lia would never stop smiling, her eyes would sparkle, and with every gesture of Neil''s body, she would imitate down to a few small details.


    When Neil licked his lips, Lia unconsciously did the same thing that made Neil think that Lia seemed to want to drink the coffee that he was drinking.  Neil leaned forward, then pulled a packet of coffee from the back pocket of his pants.  His hand moved to hand the coffee to Lia.


    "You can make it now if you want.  I keep some in my trousers pocket.  At first, I just wanted to try, so I bought a few.  But the taste turned out to be good, and I''ll decide to buy some more later before going home.  So take it!"


    The packet of instant coffee with the original taste was now in front of Lia, on the tips of her rough fingers and her slightly cracked nails.  Usually, Lia would pay close attention to details about her body, and what she would show to the person she was meeting.  But Neil''s charm distracted her.


    Lia didn''t take the packet of coffee, she just forgot about it.  All in her head right now was about Neil, what he liked, and whether Lia was one of them.


    Lia unknowingly moved too much, she even squirmed like a girl flirting with a guy.  And a second later Lia asked, "Do you like black coffee?  What kind of coffee do you like?"  Then Lia asked for more things, beyond her control, and also outside her habits.  Everything just flowed, so urgent and as if pressing her so strongly.


    Lia must free herself from the curiosity that gripped her heart, about Neil, about what he liked.


    At the end of Lia''s question, Neil froze.  He even gaped.  It was not quite clear what impression he had of Lia, and whether he realized that Lia liked him.  But what was certain was that in the end, Neil laughed again, exploding from before.  He even held his stomach, feeling cramped for a moment.


    At the end of his giggling laugh, Neil said, somewhat panting, "I feel like an idol being chased by a lot of fans.  Gosh, this is the best day ever.  Thank you, Lia."  Neil patted Lia''s shoulder repeatedly, while he continued his burst of laughter. He was so focused on himself that he forgot that there was a girl who loved him even more, and deeper.


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 Chapter 34：Prince Aerus Arranged Marriage

    A palace that floated above the clouds, with land and plains divided from an area that was old and seemed ancient.  The walls and building ornaments were dominated by red and sapphire blue, as a symbol of the changing color of the Scutis star in certain seasons.


    King Artesun stood at a high point, on the apex of the planetarium that was magnificently constructed several hundred years ago, during his reign.  Around him was a circle of a glass of the highest quality, which was translucent, and difficult to penetrate by any attack.


    His robe was sapphire blue, the royal attire was fiery red.  His silver eyes had met his hair of the same color.  A gust of wind seemed to be swallowing him gently because his wise soul was loved by the universe.


    "King, are you still going to stand there for much longer?  It''s too late.  You better get down and get some rest.  The star of Scutis will continue to shine for the next few days.  The red flame was still very strong, and there was no sign of any traces of blue shrouding it.  It will still take a very long time."  From below, Queen Lunanis, who was as beautiful as a lotus flower from the heavenly plains, had stood up somewhat anxiously.


    Her body was slender and charming, various lights emanating from under her beautiful skin.  Her silver hair moved in the darkness of the night, which was slightly lit by the star Scutis which still glowed red.  At the end of her head was a vortex of tiny stars that glowed and formed a pattern.  Then at the other end, there was the Platinus Nebula which crackled with various colors.  So beautiful and cool.


    King Artesun was still standing tall, looking up at the sky, especially at the star Scutis.  It was a place where he frequently observed space for various purposes, including government purposes as well as Hexa''s defense.


    Not far from the planetarium stood another building, which was where the Hexodar Kingdom''s rockets fly, to reach infinite space, or just to visit the stars in Hexa''s orbit.  Space travel was usually done every few thousand years, as a form of tradition to honor ancestors.


    They would also throw the ashes of dead soldiers, dead kings, dead nobles in the area where the Platinus Nebula was located.  This was done as a form of making it easier for the dead souls to immediately join other spirits and found a better place away from the impression of loneliness.


    "It''s been a few days and Aerus hasn''t sent any news.  I know he was mad when I scolded him.  But getting out of the palace and going on a galactic journey without my consent is immoral."  King Artesun amplified his voice, making it sound as though he was both loud and inviolable.  He would display a strict and very disciplined impression, masking his worries about Aerus, even in front of his wife.


    Late at night.  His duty as the king was over.  King Artesun, who was usually accompanied by a royal adviser, had now isolated himself at a certain angle.  He did not allow anyone to approach, except for Queen Lunanis, his wife.


    It was not easy to guess what was in the head of King Artesun, a king who was known for his wisdom but also for his discipline and skill in war strategy.  He had a balanced soul, a cool head, and an almost flat facial expression.  Unless he was angry, he wouldn''t cover it up, or at least he rarely covered it up.


    But behind all that, Queen Lunanis knew what was bugging her husband''s heart.  What made King Artesun still visit the royal planetarium even at his bedtime. This was all because of Prince Aerus, who ran away from Hexa without any prior notice.  The worst thing was that there was no news from him.


    Queen Lunanis said, "Aerus is indeed too young to understand how to deal with problems properly.  He is still so unstable and easily swayed.  He is not very experienced, has a very stubborn stubbornness, and also a selfish attitude that he still can''t suppress.


    "I tried to direct all of that.  I''m still trying to guide him, giving him simple examples in each of our conversations.  I saw he started to have some progress although soon he returned to normal.


    "Maybe he has a lot of thoughts that he''s hard to get out of.  He wants to get things done by himself, he wants us to trust him.  He''s very dependable, and you could see it when we gave him the task of leading the war on the eastern frontier five hundred years ago.  He was so excited and was finally able to win the battle.


    "I can also see, from my own eyes, that he has unique motivations within him.  He wants us to give him full support, and that will give him the strength to do even better.  I think we need to give him an equal chance.  And I''m sure he''ll be back soon with good news."


    Queen Lunanis stood beautiful with a glow of light around her body.  She was the princess of the Ferondum Kingdom, a kingdom that had an Elf line greater than the Ogus line in its blood.


    Elves were fairies like most fairies, which were told in ancient literature as well as various inscribed inscriptions.  While Ogus was a galactic wanderer, they were classified several levels below the Elves according to race level but were far above the human race.  Ogus had a very high war spirit, had extraordinary physical endurance, and almost had the biggest knowledge to create something impossible for other creatures to create.  They were assemblers as well as travelers.


    "Aerus will be back.  Right now he''s just having so much fun with his trip that he forgot to send us news.  I know he''ll be sending word soon."  Queen Lunanis'' voice was beautiful.  When the red light of the Scutis star hit her skin, it emitted a beautiful silver color.  It was a contrasting change of color reflection, which only those of the clans who had more Elf stripes had in their bodies.


    King Artesun did not immediately answer his wife''s words.  He just stood at the top of the planetarium, watching the starlight Scutis shone brightly.  At these moments the Elfagos would experience the peak of mating.  And that could happen to King Artesun and Queen Lunanis though.  But not for that time, it all depended on Mirah burst of energy starting to activate in their respective bodies.


    "Since that child is still too unstable, it would be natural for me to worry too much about him.  I''m not worried about his safety because he''s strong enough to fight.  But I''m really worried if he takes this opportunity to run away and never come back.


    "There are so many planets in this galaxy that will accept Aerus, who will take good care of him because he is the prince of Hexa because he is the sole heir of the Hexodar Kingdom.  But how long will he run away?  I think he''s mature enough to know what duties he has.  He is thirty thousand years old.  It was time for him to have a child.


    "I postponed his marriage to one of the princesses from the other side because I still convinced myself that he could naturally awaken Mirah energy in his body.  But it seems my hope is just an empty hope.  After he returns, maybe I will speed up Aerus'' marriage to Princess Harya.  I will immediately send a visiting letter to King Wade."


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 Chapter 35：A Very Risky Decision

    Feeling the disapproval bubbling in her heart, Queen Lunanis slightly pursed her lips.  She was like the finest pearl bead the entire universe had, which was sent down in Hexa to illuminate the planet.  "Why do you have to arrange a marriage for Aerus with Princess Harya?  You don''t have to go that far. Seeing that Aerus hasn''t even been able to awaken Mirah energy in his body, wouldn''t it be strange if we speed up the marriage?"


    Queen Lunanis strung together with the words of hers, which splattered in various corners of her brain because she was too confused right now. She was the only one that could protect Prince Aerus from King Artesun.  Apart from Queen Lunanis, there would be no one who would dare to take that responsibility.


    And Queen Lunanis knew that Prince Aerus was honestly very against the arranged marriage that was done by King Artesun.  The reason was still too ambiguous because Prince Aerus would continue to offer excuse after reason so that he could get rid of this arranged marriage.  However, it seemed that Queen Lunanis knew the real reason for Prince Aerus, that he just didn''t like Princess Harya.  And arguably, as far as Queen Lunanis knew, Prince Aerus did not like any of the girls in Hexa.


    "This is very sudden, King.  Even though arranged marriages are quite common in Hexa, but you can''t take that way to solve Aerus'' problems.  By taking that method, you will indirectly set an example for your people to do the same."  Queen Lunanis raised her hand several times as if she was able to move the stars in the sky.


    "If you give an example of arranged marriage, then you have directly opposed the power of the universe.  The universe has chosen the mates of the Elfagos in Hexa, by giving signs as you already know.


    "I quite understand that maybe you are afraid that Aerus'' soul mate turns out to be a bad girl, or maybe filled with darkness.  That''s why you want to prevent all that, by marrying Aerus to Princess Harya."


    Sometimes some nobles or parents in Hexa would marry their children with other Elfagos, who had the same degree and power of authority.  This was done for various reasons.


    It could be that Elfagos''s parents wanted to expand their power, while their son''s or daughter''s mate was from a low class.  Or it could be that their child''s mate was a criminal, who had committed many crimes.  Therefore, for the safety of their child''s life, they would marry their child with another Elfagos who they thought was good.  While the original mate of their child would usually be murdered, to avoid the growth of black hair on their child''s head which was a family disgrace.


    As long as their children had not been marked by their original mate, then it would not matter if their child''s mate was killed.  Their children would still be able to live according to the age that had been recorded in the pages of the universe.


    "Besides, are you ready to face criticism from various parties if one day Aerus'' hair remains gold while Princess Harya''s hair remains black?  It was a sign that they had done nothing on their first night, and that would be a huge scandal.


    "Then will you be prepared to endure criticism if Princess Harya''s hair turns silver while Aerus'' hair is still gold?  And strangely, Princess Harya is still not pregnant?  Didn''t you know that it would be very strange?  You will practice a very risky thing, King."


    King Artesun clenched his fists, beneath his sapphire blue royal robes.  He would not show excessive anxiety to his wife, and he would not show any obvious emotions to her.  Even though he felt it all.  King Artesun was worried, he was worried, and very scared too.


    The power that he had to rule the Hexodar Kingdom was also a destiny because he had a mate that was Queen Lunanis, who used to be a princess from the Ferondum Kingdom.  The Ferondum Kingdom was the largest empire after the Hexodar Kingdom.


    Many people said that the matchmaking of King Artesun, who used to be one of the princes in the Hexodar Kingdom, with Queen Lunanis had shown King Artesun''s great destiny in the future.  And with that fate or match, the universe had had King Artesun, rather than his other siblings, to lead the Hexodar Kingdom.


    The election of kings in the past was done in this way.  Namely from destiny in the method of a mate chosen by the universe.  So from the many sons or daughters that the kings had, which one of them had a mate with the highest social strata.  If the kings knew the result, then they would find the heiress of a kingdom.


    The ancient way was still very fair to take, but King Artesun knew that he wouldn''t be able to go the old way because Prince Aerus'' condition was¡­.  different.


    What Queen Lunanis had said had honestly been in King Artesun''s mind.  He had explored all the possibilities.  The longer he thought about it, the more likely it was that it would happen.  Therefore King Artesun chose to stop thinking about it for a moment.


    "King, you still don''t know who Aerus'' mate is.  You never know if his mate is in this galaxy or another galaxy.  And you will never know whether Aerus'' mate was born or not.  If in the future Aerus meets his mate, at a royal meeting, then are you ready to bear the consequences?


    "This is also not only about Aerus, but also about Princess Harya, as well as the name of the Geerl Kingdom.  You hold the name of not just one kingdom.  You''ve risked enough of the many kingdoms.  I''m not pressuring you not to take risks.  In all your decisions I will fully support you and will correct you if you make some mistakes.  And now I''m trying to do the same.  I don''t want you to be in too much of a hurry."  Queen Lunanis was teary, she almost cried because of various things.  At the bottom of her heart, she knew how huge a burden her husband bears.


    This petty debate would continue for a while, as long as the message from Hamdi, saying that Prince Aerus had found his mate, had not yet been received by Hexa''s radar or Hexodar''s royal radar.  Currently, Hamdi''s message was wallowing in some signal energy strikes, which were caused by planetary explosions, the movement of molecular particles in space, and also the emergence of black holes that were increasingly prevalent in space.  Things like that did happen sometimes.


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 Chapter 36：Lia, Stop Rejecting Me!

    Glancing at Prince Aerus who still had his eyes closed, leaning on the seat of the Ellipsis Plane, with the lighting slightly dim.  It was also on the orders of the prince.  Today he seemed to be in a bad mood, and that made Hamdi have to pay attention to his words more often.


    Prince Aerus had been like that since this afternoon, even though he had been in a good mood before.  He would check on Lia every few minutes, to check on her condition and other things.  Then Prince Aerus would be seen again with a normal face, and even tended to look flushed without knowing why.


    Hamdi thought that everything was going well, and he was starting to be happy about it.  As a servant of the Hexodar Kingdom, he would be happier if Prince Aerus got his happiness.  Because then they believed that the universe had poured out more miracles in the Hexodar Kingdom.  The people would pray for the kings and their grandchildren, so Prince Aerus was one of them.


    But at one time, after Prince Aerus had teleported and disappeared for quite a long time, suddenly his appearance was like a sudden earthquake.  Prince Aerus carried the storm with his body, with his facial expression, and also with his fists.


    His flushed and happy face suddenly became frozen, frozen as ice in Sworen, one of the coldest places in Hexa.  Or even worse.  At least in Sworen there was still warmth, from the natural source of fire that appeared in the center of the area.  The fire was a gift from an ancestor who had strong power.


    But on Prince Aerus'' face?  There was only freezing, cold, suffocating, piercing, and also deadly.  Hamdi could feel his tailbone shiver when he saw the appearance of Prince Aerus.


    Hamdi''s question only became the softest wind, which could never be detected, or perhaps ignored.  At that point, Hamdi finally realized that it was not good for him to disturb Prince Aerus.  This was his ''hibernation'' time.


    Quite a long time passed.  Hamdi occasionally went downstairs to relieve his Mirah energy, by looking for some cheap women on the streets.  Many of them offered themselves for free because they saw Hamdi''s handsome looks that didn''t seem real.


    To humans, the Elfagoses were very handsome-looking creatures.  They were like fairies or maybe even a god of good looks who possessed the beauty of heaven.  Even though Hamdi was quite old, his good looks would still beat all the handsome men on earth.  The greatness of the Elfagoses regarding physical appearance was not in doubt.


    To be honest, it could mesmerize Lia, if only she was a girl who prioritized physical appearance.  But unfortunately, she was a girl who was more concerned with comfort, the gentleness of a man''s heart, and how men could respect her.  All of her perspectives were greatly influenced by how other people saw her so far.


    For Lia, good looks were the unconcerned number.  It didn''t matter, even though it''s still one of the reasons why Lia could fall in love with a man.  Take Neil for example.


    Hamdi took a deep breath.  He was done with his ''business''.  It felt so strange that he had to release his Mirah energy with someone on earth, and it sounded like an affair.  However, the rules in Hexa allowed Elfagoses, both male and female, to extinguish their Mirah energy with anyone.  The rule only applied if the Elfagoses traveled between galaxies for the sake of the planet and kingdom, and if the Elfagoses got permission from their mate.


    Hamdi was one of the Elfagoses who was lucky enough because his wife allowed him to extinguish Mirah energy in his body with other people.


    "Prince Aerus, it is getting dark.  Don''t you want to check Lia whether has done her work or not?  You''ve been in your chair for quite a while.  Is there anything you need?"  Hamdi stood straight, with his back slightly bent.  His flight suit seemed to glow softly under the light of the airplane cabin.  His silver hair was like a neon light that was lit at the smallest amperage, but still bright.


    Hamdi''s silver irises were seen moving, combing the tall and tall body of Prince Aerus who was still lying on the plane seat.  His royal attire seemed to engulf his body, along with the somber aura he gave off.


    For a long time, Prince Aerus didn''t answer anything.  He just closed his eyes and thought about various things.  One of them was about Lia, regarding her refusal.


    Even though Prince Aerus had done the best he could, he had touched Lia with all his heart, and he had tried to seduce Lia.  However, it all ended the same.  Lia saw him as a lecherous man who only liked to forcefully fuck her.


    Prince Aerus only wanted to punish Lia in the beginning, but he was too carried away and ended up doing everything again.  What''s wrong with that?  When did Prince Aerus start to feel the addiction in his body when he was close to Lia?  He only wanted Lia, and also wanted acceptance.


    He knew that his first approach was not correct.  He had been rude to Lia and also looked down on Lia.  He knew it was wrong, and now he was paying the price.  Wasn''t that enough?


    He already got his karma.  He had seen Lia love another man.  He had heard Lia mentioning another man''s name in the midst of their loving (according to Prince Aerus) activities.  He''s had so many rejections, and probably all of the rejections.  Was that not enough?


    Every person in Hexa, and maybe even every person in the entire galaxy, wanted Prince Aerus.  They were competing to get close to Prince Aerus, felt his touch, and also got his seed.  They hope to conceive and give birth to a child from the heir to the Hexodar Kingdom.


    Because then they would benefit in the future, especially amid Prince Aerus'' special condition, which couldn''t awaken Mirah energy in his body.


    What they got was just a waste of time.  Prince Aerus never wanted to touch them, even after seeing them dance without wearing anything, and even after they tried to seduce Prince Aerus with various touches.  All they got was a flat face and a subtle refusal.


    But Lia???  She was so lucky that Prince Aerus was even willing to move forward first, for the sake of touching her body.  But Lia? She was so lucky because even from a distance Prince Aerus wanted her body.  Lia didn''t need to show her face and didn''t need to show her body parts. She just needed to sleep, breathe and do nothing.


    Was that not enough to make Lia feel lucky?  And shouldn''t she take advantage of her luck? She should be more aggressive, more active, and passionate about making babies.  Because she would hold Hexa in the future on her hands, by giving birth to a child for Prince Aerus.


    Prince Aerus'' fists clenched.  His closed eyes were now twitching with the bones in his face.  After he had been silent for quite a while he finally shouted in anger.  "LIA, STOP REJECTING ME!"


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 Chapter 37：The Pride of Prince Aerus Which Was Too High

    "LIA, STOP REJECTING ME!"


    Prince Aerus'' screams had almost made Hamdi''s heart explode, along with his body stiffening from shock.  His legs were almost paralyzed as if all his bones had melted or maybe shattered into very small pieces.


    "Pri ¨C Prince?"  Hamdi''s voice trembled for a very brief moment.  He didn''t mean to show his surprise.  However, his reflexes were more in control.  He did not expect that his voice that came out of his throat was a speech full of signs of cowardice.


    But who didn''t?  Just a moment ago Prince Aerus looked calm.  His eyes were closed, though his face was cold.  There was no sign of any movement from Prince Aerus''s body as if he was fast asleep amidst his annoyance over something mysterious.  But seconds later, shorter than a single breath, a booming sound filled the cabin.  Prince Aerus shouted, in his very terrible baritone voice.


    It shook almost all parts of the plane, including Hamdi''s body.  His skin had even turned white, as white as the flight clothes he was wearing.


    Although he was afraid and doubtful, Hamdi finally asked, "Is there a problem, Prince?"  At that time, Hamdi wanted to curse because he wanted to obey the orders of Prince Aerus, who asked him to accompany the prince to travel the galaxy alone without any other escorts.


    If only Hamdi had refused or at least offered some advice, maybe he wouldn''t have been this troubled.  On the official galactic journey, usually, the servants and bodyguards would join the galactic journey.  That way they would take care of Prince Aerus, by fulfilling all his requests and also handling him when he was in anger.


    On an official galactic journey usually, a royal butler would accompany them.  The butler''s name was Sands.  He was an old Elfagos who served with the kingdom for a long time.  He was also quite old, and he had more ways and also the courage to deal with Prince Aerus.


    But Hamdi was alone.  He was stupid to predict things that could happen in the future.  He''s not good at predicting.


    He stood up anxiously especially when he saw Prince Aerus'' eyes that were already splashing red at the corners.  The red color immediately spread quite quickly, although a few moments later it stopped as if it had frozen.


    Hamdi immediately took the opportunity.  He again asked after guessing randomly, "Did you fight with Lia?  Did Lia reject you again?"  Hamdi was awkward after that because he felt he had meddled in too many private matters belonging to Prince Aerus.  After all, he was lowly in Hexa.


    "She always does, doesn''t she? She always rejects me."  The disappointment was noticeable in Prince Aerus'' voice, which was filled with emphasis as well as a snort.


    Hamdi finally got a clue.  This was about the love of two young people, who had found conflict after conflict during their love.  "I''m not very familiar with humans, Prince.  But after a few days living on earth, I can tell that most women like gentlemen.  They love to be treated well, to be appreciated, and also to be protected."


    Several fears ran through Hamdi''s heart.  He remembered that his opinion might only bring him harm because he had indirectly criticized Prince Aerus'' harsh and violent behavior.  Ordinary people didn''t seem to have the right to it, especially if it was delivered directly, rather than through an intermediary.


    But surprisingly, Hamdi''s opinion was received positively by Prince Aerus.  The prince answered in a frustrated tone, not anger.  "I know.  I know that I was very bad for her, either before or maybe until now.  But I''m trying to change myself.


    "I''ve touched her gently.  I even mention her name every time we make love.  I treat her well, Hamdi.  But she keeps rejecting me.  All she does is reject me.  She loves Neil more. She has betrayed me.


    "I found strands of black hair in my hair, I''ve found them.  And at that time I was very angry, and also disappointed.  I don''t know how this will turn out anymore.  Lia doesn''t want me, and it will be very difficult to approach her."  Prince Aerus closed his eyes tightly.  He gritted his teeth silently.


    In his heart, he said, ''Do I need to change myself into Neil?  Do I need to change my face and appearance like Neil?  So that she would touch me and so that she would look at my face a little longer?  And so that she would hug me first?'' All those suffocating feelings filled Prince Aerus'' heart, and it turned out to be very painful.


    He had never felt that way just for the sake of a girl.  He would feel pain if he lost a family member, or if he lost a soldier while fighting on the frontier.  But in the midst of it all, he kept his softest feelings hidden.


    He could still maintain a very strong personal mask on him, to this day, when he told Hamdi his grievances.  He felt that only Hamdi could talk to him for now, and Hamdi was the most experienced person who could provide him with a solution.


    Hamdi was very careful before he gave advice.  He didn''t want to be casual, considering who Prince Aerus was, in terms of his level of social status and also in terms of his fairly high temperament.


    "Prince, if you want to approach Lia then do it slowly.  I don''t mean to look down upon you, I''m just giving advice.  So I hope you won''t misunderstand my point."


    Prince Aerus snorted, not seeming to agree with Hamdi''s idea.  "If I do it slowly then she will run away from me.  She already has a man she loves.  I¡­ I need to have a child, Hamdi, as soon as possible."


    In front of Hamdi, Prince Aerus used the excuse of his duty as a shield.  Namely, the task was given by his father so that he soon had a child.  Prince Aerus had already realized his feelings for Lia, but he was still too arrogant to admit it in front of others.


    Hamdi was now frowning.  He didn''t understand Prince Aerus''s thoughts.  "If it''s only about a child, Prince, then you don''t have to worry about Lia''s refusal.  I don''t mean to be rude, but after all this, I''m sure that Lia will be pregnant soon.


    "So why should you be so anxious and frustrated?  You just have to wait, then just keep Lia''s pregnancy."


    Prince Aerus rose from where he was lying.  His face looked confused, he tried to find reasons so that Lia''s refusal sounded wrong to Hamdi''s ears, and so Hamdi helped Prince Aerus to find a way for Lia to fall in love with him.


    He pondered, a moment later he said, "But¡­ but if Lia still rejects me, are you sure that she will still keep my future child in her womb?  Are you sure Lia won''t abort it?"


    Prince Aerus glanced at Hamdi, observing as closely as possible Hamdi''s expression nervously.  Not long after, Prince Aerus''s face lit up when he found Hamdi starting to realize the truth of Prince Aerus''s fake fear.


    ***


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 Chapter 38：Lias Plans For Neil

    "So you want to go home now?"  Once again Lia tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear in a cute manner.  She lowered her head repeatedly, hiding a happy smile that she couldn''t hold back.  She even forgot that the hair she was touching right now was just a wig.  Neil could indeed destroy her consciousness!


    Not only handsome, but Neil was also very kind.  He was so good at smiling.  He always respects everyone, and Lia was one of those lucky people, regardless of whether Lia was old-fashioned or unattractive.


    He could warm Lia''s heart, Neil was the king of all kings, the trapper of everyone''s heart.  He was like an angel disguised as a human.  Lia was even able to see that there were various sparks of light that filled Neil''s face.  Of course, it was just a hallucination because Lia was too infatuated with him.


    Neil smiled, very sweet and warm, spreading as if he could bloom a very young flower.  It was nearly impossible, but it seemed with Neil''s smile it would be easy.


    "Yeah, I''m going home now.  It was getting late and it would be very bad if I continued to be outside.  Besides, the weather is cold.  I''d better go home, clean up, and rest."  Neil stretched as he had just done some healthy physical activity.


    Oh, Neil was so perfect.  When the guys in town would be out late, looking for fun with hot girls, he preferred to go home and rest at home.  Not because he had a wife and children.  Wasn''t she very charming?


    "You are right.  You''d better go home and rest.  You can catch a cold if you stay outside.  Right?"  Lia looked down shyly again.  She wiggled her legs and body as she blushed.


    "Thanks for reminding me."  And Neil sounded very sincere.  "You can stop by my new cafe if you want.  It''s not finished.  The interior has not been laid out neatly.  But I often stop by there to see the progress.  And¡­ yeah, maybe you have some suggestions since you''ve got a lot of experience in cafes."


    "Oh, it''s not like that."  Lia blushed as she cleared her throat, then waved her hand slowly in the air.  Instantly a chill hit her and made her body tremble slightly.


    Now they were outside the convenience store, on the sidewalk, in the dark, cold night.  Drops of water dripping from the tips of leaves, trees, and twigs.  With the street lights shining dimly, wasn''t that a very romantic atmosphere?


    Lia''s mind had been wandering all over the place.  Suddenly her cheeks turned red when her eyes found Neil''s soft lips that kept smiling.  Lia''s gaze was half empty, and also stupid.


    ''I want to touch those lips.''


    "You said that you worked long enough at the cafe.  That means you have quite a lot of experience.  At least you know a few things more than I do, I think.  I''m new to this field.  Usually, I don''t do work in this field."  Neil chuckled, making Lia wake up from her dirty daydream.


    Then she felt ashamed and wanted to curse herself. She felt very guilty towards Neil because she took the figure of Neil in her perverted fantasy.


    "But I work in the cleaning department.  I''m not good at attracting customers, or maybe making them satisfied with my service.  I also don''t know what to prepare in the kitchen, and everything before the cafe opens."  Lia decided not to cover everything up.  Neil was a nice guy. He must know what kind of work Lia did.


    Even if she didn''t know what kind of relationship they would have in the future, Lia hoped that the honesty she said at the beginning would make things easier.  Neil would see her for who she was, and that way she would know whether Neil gave her a chance to get close or not.


    Lia looked up.  Her big, beautiful eyes were now a little nervous.  It''s the first time she''s been honest with the guy she liked about her job.


    Usually, Lia would try to cover it up, wanting to look great and also wanting to look worthy of being loved.  However, remembering how it all ended in the past had made her learn a lot. She must prioritize honesty.


    Moreover, Neil was very kind to him, even at the beginning, they met.  Neil looked very sincere.  And it wouldn''t be fair if Lia cheated on him in the slightest.


    "That doesn''t matter at all.  To me, if you work in a cafe it means you know more than I do.  And that''s good."


    And that''s good?  Hey, what did that mean?  Did that mean that Neil intended to learn some cafe details from Lia?  Didn''t that mean that they have to see each other often, or at least have to communicate often?  Was this the green light from the universe that Neil was her soulmate?


    Hey, she forgot about Prince Aerus.


    "Ah, hahaha, you made me so embarrassed.  I didn''t know that.  After all, the cafe where I work is a small one.  We don''t get enough customers every day.  So there isn''t much I can tell you."  Suddenly Lia became gloomy. She wanted to help Neil if that was possible.  But she was helpless.


    "I see, you don''t need to feel bad.  Honestly, I''m going to need an employee in a bit of time.  I thought I could hire you if you needed a job.  But yeah, it looks like you''re not that free."


    Lia froze, her mouth agape.  She combed Neil''s face with a gleam.  Neil''s good looks dazzled her eyes.  Lia fell in love.


    ''If I can work at Neil''s cafe, I can get to know him better.  And it can make it easier for me to get him.  Oh, why am I so cheap?  But who cares?  If Neil is single, and as long as I don''t approach him in a dirty way then that''s fine right?  I want to be happy even for a moment.


    ''I know Neil is a rich man, handsome, kind, and perfect.  But I still won''t back down.  I liked Neil for his kindness to me, which I never felt from any other man.  I just want to hold on to moments like this a little longer.''


    Lia considered her heart, considered her feelings. She wanted to ask herself if she would fight for Neil in the future.  It was a big decision and one that would be very difficult to make in such a short time.


    Finally, Lia took the first step, just in case something happened.  "Um, actually I have some plans.  But I''m still considering everything.  I mean, ehem, if you don''t mind, can I have your number?"


    A big explosion was about to happen.  Oh, if only Prince Aerus knew what Lia was doing, he would get angry and drag her right then!


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 Chapter 39：Little Footprint About Lia

    Outside of Prince Aerus''s estimation, Hamdi was unable to give him advice.  At the corner of his eye, which was tense and cold, Hamdi seemed to die of lice.


    Hamdi looked like a chick that had lost its way, under the torrential rain, not brave enough to cry because of a predator lurking nearby.


    ''Argh, I am who was always a general in battle, now had to lose when it came to winning a girl''s heart?''


    Never thought that Prince Aerus could be this troublesome, just because he wanted Lia but she didn''t want him.  Was this karma?  He thought it was just bullshit.


    "You don''t know?"  asked Prince Aerus, snorting slightly.  From his face, he looked quite annoyed.  At first, he was very reliant on Hamdi.  Now, what should he do?


    Being a little awkward, Hamdi seemed to want to run away and hide anywhere.  "Forgive me, Prince.  I''m useless."


    The glory of the nobles would usually be poured out at moments like this, such as by granting forgiveness for every wrong done by someone.  Prince Aerus was quite generous in Hexa.  He suppressed his ego a lot and forgave the many mistakes made by his soldiers and servants, although the cold and cruel impression still lingered on him.


    But this time, his annoyance had filled his crown. The fact that he would have a hard time getting Lia had made things worse.  "I won''t forgive you.  There will be a punishment waiting for you in Hexa later.  So think carefully about everything, and help me find a solution."  Prince Aerus'' figure disappeared in the blink of an eye.


    He did teleportation, amid Hamdi shivering at the thought of an execution.


    ¡­


    "Do you not want me to accompany you?  I don''t have a car now because I came here on foot.  Brian dropped me off in front of the cafe, a little way from this convenience store, and I had asked him to come home.  But if you want to wait, I''ll drop you off later."


    Lia bit her finger, as if confused and started to be stupid.  She regretted the decision she made after Neil''s sincere offer came to her.


    There was no way that opportunity would come twice.  If that were to happen then the possibility could be very small.  Then what made Lia so eager to get Neil, suddenly be playing hard to get by refusing Neil''s offer to take her?  Had Lia gone mad?


    "YES, I AM GOING MAD!!!!"  Lia shouted suddenly, in the middle of the late-night, the drizzle was still falling lightly, and overcast clouds rolled over the horizon.  The colorful neon lights of the city glow softly, puddles on the streets, competing with real puddles.


    "Oh my gosh, my heart is about to burst!"  someone snapped.  Her hair was short, bowl-shaped, bangs covered her eyebrows, and almost entered her tiny eyeballs.  It was Cindy.


    "What are you doing?  Why are you suddenly shouting like that?  Have you gone mad because I took so long to reply to your messages?  I already told you that I had over time, right?  Gosh, Lia, you know I never cheated on you."


    Cindy''s cheeks puffed up, almost as a golf ball brushed with pink.  Next to Lia, Cindy appeared to be a shield, with a slightly chubby body posture.  On her body was a thick black jacket, which she had gotten from the wholesale center one week ago.  Rather than a pink golf ball, perhaps she looked more like a bundle of fur, a soft, warm bundle of fur.


    "Are you mad at me?"  Cindy was getting worried.  She has been friends with Lia for a long time since they were still in the orphanage.  Their closeness in the past could almost be called intimate because they could know each other''s feelings and moods without having to say anything.  They even had their body language, as well as some secrets that only they knew.


    Lia was silent.  Her feet that had been walking slowly now stopped completely.  Nearby, a few centimeters to her side was a small puddle filled with rainwater.  Its clear color reflected the shadows of the two close friends.


    Lia covered her face, messing up her light makeup even more.  She didn''t care.  Right now she had no one who deserved to see her makeup-polished face.  Her fresh face would only be for Neil.


    Finally, Lia spoke, after her thoughts wandered.  She briefly thought of her new friends, who lived a few blocks from her rundown flat.  She should be able to stay in one of their flats, but the route she would take was one-way with hers.  There would be countless chances of her running into Prince Aerus.  So Lia executed her plan.


    "It''s about Neil.  I haven''t told you yet.  Honestly, I haven''t told anyone yet."


    Cindy''s tense shoulders were now starting to relax.  Knowing that her prediction was wrong now made her feel relieved.  Lia was not angry.  That was enough for her.


    "Is he the man you are currently crushing on?"  Cindy asked.  Her fat hand pulled Lia''s fragile arm, leading her friend to walk.  Cindy''s puffy eyes explained everything.


    "Right," nodded Lia.  Her eyes sparkled, though after a few moments they looked dim and desperate.  "He''s been very good to me.  When we first met, we collided.  When another man, or maybe someone else, would curse and blame me, Neil looked worried and wanted to help me.  He apologized, and also smiled at me."


    Cindy covered her mouth excitedly.  She had already let go of Lia''s arm, hanging it in the air like an unnecessary cloth.  "Really?  Are you not making this up?  I mean, you know how your love story was in the past?  Tragic."  Cindy swept through the air as if she wanted to form a gray rainbow there.


    Lia''s face became flat, her lips pouted.  "I know," said Lia briefly.  Her heart became irritated, she felt offended by Cindy''s words.


    The sadness and regret she felt, regarding her rejection of Neil''s offer, had made her heart more sensitive.  After all, lately, her shoulders had been feeling heavier, because of the presence of Prince Aerus.


    Lia had almost become someone else, and she knew it.


    "But this time it''s different," Lia said, returning to her normal tone of voice.  "He is very kind.  He also really respects me.  He also helped me when I was drunk at the bus stop."


    "You were drunk???"  Cindy screeched, her puffy and tiny eyes were now wide open, it even seemed like she was trying so hard.  Her mouth was also gaping.  Ok, she''s not a feather ball anymore now, but an antonym artist who put on an expression of screaming in desperation.


    "Were you drunk?"  Cindy repeated her question.  One more time wouldn''t be enough, and maybe a thousand times wouldn''t be enough either. She knew how Lia was.  Lia was an innocent and cute girl.  Lia was not good at socializing, not good at smiling freely, and also not good at approaching men naturally.


    Lia also never tried new things, because she was too busy with her work.  Lia never went to a nightclub, she never went to a private party and made out, she never went to a bar just to hang out, and she never drank alcohol to the point of getting drunk.


    Oh, maybe once, when Lia tried alcohol for the first time in her life.  After that she never tried again, remembering how it all ended.  Lia woke up alone, with no one to take care of her. She came into a group and came home alone.


    Lia was abandoned, isolated, and ignored.


    ***


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 Chapter 40：A Girl in Love Who Already Had Another Man in Her Heart

    Like being hit by a giant hammer, taken from coals of fire.  The impact made the brain chaotic and also boiling at the same time.  Cindy would not have thought that her very innocent and sweet friend could now be dragged into a drunken culture.  Well, that''s a normal lifestyle in the place where they lived.  But still, it was very taboo for Lia.


    "Wow," Cindy exclaimed at last after she had been silent and frozen for a while.  Lia just answered that she did go out quite often on weekends and then drank alcohol with her friends.  The whole world would even gasp in shock hearing that.


    "You''re drunk, really! Great!  Wow."  In contrast to her exclamation which was very exciting, Cindy''s face had now become a bit stiff and awkward.  It seemed that he was still at a loss as to how to respond to the situation, a situation that was beyond her control.


    Lia realized that.  But she chose to ignore it.  Her extreme changing lifestyle was not the focus here.  The focus here was Neil, and how Lia must respond to all his attention and kindness.


    Stifling frustration.  She was already used to all this, but still, she wanted to jump over the building and bury herself underground. She didn''t want to be seen as ashamed of herself.


    "Yeah, right," said Lia.  After a moment she turned the topic around, heading in the right direction.  "So Neil is very good.  He is very ¨C very ¨C and very good.  He helped me on many occasions and he never had any purpose for me.  Bringing a stranger into his house and placing her in comfortable rooms is not a common thing.  Moreover, Neil didn''t have any bad intentions.  He''s so pure."


    Being a girl in love would indeed blind everything.  Anything that looked beautiful was a thousand times more beautiful.  The darkest stains would look very bright, even outperforming the sun.


    But even so, Cindy still didn''t dare to speculate, because she didn''t know and see Neil in person.


    "Ok, let me ask you a few things first.  We''ll talk about your impression of Neil later okay?  It''s nothing, I''m just curious."  Cindy smacked her lips briefly because the cold made her lips wrinkle more often.  Her skin tends to be dry, and it got worse when the cold air hit her.  Because she would rarely drink, and so on.


    "So when you first met Neil, you two collided huh?  And Neil apologized to you and offered to help?  And the great thing was he smiled after that?"  A nod of a head filled Cindy''s figure.  Her hand brushed her lips gently, in deep thought mode.  Now and then she looked at Lia, found her friend shaking her shoulder as she nodded.


    "Ok, I''ll keep that in my mind," said Cindy again, with her hands brushing the air as if to stop Lia''s excessive nodding.  "After that the next day you met Neil again when drunk?"


    "No. We met about a month after we first met.  Or a few weeks after.  I don''t remember because time flies so fast."


    Wow!  Cindy opened her eyes very wide.  Lia was not lying, she had changed and knew how to have fun.  Tears welled up in Cindy''s eyes.  She felt like she had succeeded in raising a child.


    "Okay, I understand.  So a few weeks after your meeting, you meet again with him.  It''s just that the situation was that you two were drunk?"


    "No."  Lia corrected it again.  She began to get irritated at Cindy who did not understand the story she was telling passionately.  Yet all of that was important.


    But Cindy couldn''t be blamed entirely, because Lia didn''t tell in detail each of her meetings with Neil.


    "I''m the only one who''s drunk.  Neil wasn''t drunk at all.  He''s a good man.  I doubt if he ever got drunk.  Neil doesn''t seem like a typical guy like that," Lia continued.


    Cindy shook her head slowly.  It''s quite complicated.  Her close friend not only fell in love with Neil but was even crazy about him.  Didn''t Lia just say ''Neil doesn''t seem like a typical guy like that''?  So actually Lia was not too sure, right? She was just assuming.  But how could she be so sure and even insistent!


    ''What''s the point of going against someone in love?  You''re just going to be an idiot.'' And Cindy was right.


    "Okay, I''m sorry.  I misunderstood your story.  So Neil wasn''t drunk at the time, and he helped you at the bus stop and took you to his house, even though you didn''t know each other at the time?"  Cindy sighed in relief when she saw Lia nod.


    "Ok, ok, I understand now.  He is a savior, an angel, and also a prince.  Yeah, so that''s why you fell in love with him.  Um, let me think for a moment."  Their feet were still walking, they still needed to dodge the puddles a few times, and they still needed to wrap their arms around their bodies from the cold.


    Lia looked pathetic here because she forgot to bring her jacket this morning.


    "First of all, I feel confused about myself."  Lia''s voice sounded very soft, she looked like she was complaining right now.  "I wanted to approach Neil and get him but when he was seen making me several offers I turned him down.


    "Like for example when he offered me to work at his cafe.  I should have just accepted it.  But I don''t know what got into me until I feel unsure about it.  I still want to consider everything, I still want to convince myself whether I should work at Neil''s cafe or not.


    "Even though you know what happened to me at Mr. Sony''s cafe.  I''ve been treated very badly there.  The salary there is also not that great.  But that''s the only job I can get.  You must remember that all the places I went to apply for jobs had turned me down.


    "And now that I have the chance I just look doubtful."  Lia bit her soft lips, which looked supple and attractive.  Those lips that Prince Aerus had never let go of.  "Before going home earlier, I also declined his offer.  He wanted to take me home, but I was acting be playing hard to get.


    "I knew I wasn''t going back to the flat.  But I can ask Neil to take me to your flat right?  If you don''t reply to my texts by midnight, I can walk and head back to the flat.  It doesn''t matter.  You know how I''ve been, right?"


    Cindy nodded. She understood very well how Lia had been all this time.


    Lia was a girl who would fight for the man she liked, almost no matter what.  As long as he was single, Lia would not miss a single opportunity, except for sex, of course.


    The reason was not very complicated.  Lia just wanted to be happy, she just wanted to be loved, she just wanted to be recognized.  The rejection, ostracism, and ridicule that she received in the past were like a whip for Lia, thus making her like this.


    No doubt, Cindy was a little surprised.  Rejection after rejection by Lia was not her style.  Lia was not like that, she was never like that.  Lia looked like a girl who was in love, but honestly, in her heart, she already has another man.


    ***

 Chapter 41：Had Nothing

    Curiosity tormented her.  Cindy knew Lia was hiding something, a man, besides Neil.  But her best friend insisted that she didn''t have it.


    Even Cindy knew that Lia was lying.  Her best friend would look away and look in random directions, avoiding direct gaze.  Because she wanted to hide the tense look on her face, and because she wanted to hide the shrinking pupils of her eyes.


    Oh come on, it''s not just about pupils.  Cindy would have a hard time detecting that under fairly dark road conditions.  But Lia''s gesture? She couldn''t fool Cindy!


    "What?  Another man?  Of course, I don''t have one.  How could I have another man besides Neil?  That''s ridiculous!"  Lia walked in a hurry, ahead of Cindy, and pretended to feel frozen.  But more or less it was a fact.  It was cold at night, and Lia needed a heater.  Maybe Neil was enough for being a heater.  Hey¡­ that dirty mind, stop it!


    They walked in small talk about Neil.  Cindy pretended not to notice Lia''s lie by smiling and ignoring Lia as if it didn''t matter.  Now the chubby-faced girl seemed to have received a state duty, that she needed to investigate Lia and who the man she was hiding was.


    She didn''t know why it had to be, because if the man was good enough then Lia definitely wouldn''t harbor her heart for Neil.  And if the man was good enough, then Lia would never reject Neil.  Besides that, Lia was not the type of girl who liked a bad boy, and also a player.  So, things here are worth exploring.


    "Oh, your flat has been restored, after all."  Lia did not expect that she chose such eccentric words. She only had to say, though, that Cindy''s flat had been renovated.  She entered the gate, without even waiting for Cindy to welcome her.


    Her slender and frail legs were now slowly creeping up, her arms wrapped around her body, and her breath seemed to be shivering.  Now and then she tiptoed on the ground when she found a puddle that almost swallowed her, or at least made her wet.


    "Oh, better.  What I like about your flat is the heating," said Lia, after she opened the door to the building in front of the flat.  Lia''s frail body seemed to be gaining strength again when she felt a warm air waft from the heating machine in the corner.  She seemed to be able to sleep on the floor if she wanted to.


    "This flat is also beautiful, very different from my flat.  Even though this building is also an old one.  But the owner seems very concerned about the environment."  There was a hint of envy in Lia''s voice, and Cindy noticed it.


    "You should have just moved here.  Or you can stay in the same room as me.  If you''re worried about rent, then you don''t have to worry about it.  I''m not the type of person to wake you up early to collect rent."  Cindy still hadn''t taken off her jacket, because the heating in the front room was still not optimal for her.


    If for Lia, Cindy''s flat is very good, then not for her.  Her flat was still very simple, and also sometimes it still didn''t satisfy her.  Not without reason.  Incidentally, Cindy was raised by a fairly well-off family.  Their house was quite luxurious and had adequate facilities.


    Although not from a conglomerate, at least Cindy''s family could still be considered rich.  Their agenda every six months was to go on trips abroad, if only her adoptive father wasn''t too busy, and if some of her younger step sisters and brothers didn''t have to go to school.


    The point was Cindy was living a prosperous life.  Living in that flat was an attempt to lower her quality of life.  But she had her reasons. She just wanted to live independently and start remembering where she came from. She wanted to learn to be grateful for life and start from scratch.


    "I don''t want to bother anyone.  I know you will accept me wholeheartedly in this flat, but I can''t unless I have enough money to pay the monthly rent.  An awful flat is enough for me, as long as I can eat and survive.  One day I will have a nice home."  Sounded like a hope rather than a long-term life goal.


    Sometimes Lia was so naive, she liked to deceive herself. She knew that some of her future goals were barely achievable.  But she still forced herself to approach that goal.


    With her current salary, she could only afford to rent a flat like Cindy''s for one year.  Even then she had to use her savings and spend them.  After that, she had to return to her shabby flat again and start a very tortuous and stressful life to save money.


    "Up to you.  I just wanted to say that you are always open if you want to come here.  If you don''t have a destination, you can come to me.  I don''t know how you react to someone else''s sincere help to you, but I want you to appreciate every single one of my help."  Cindy pushed the doorknob.  Her round and warm body had disappeared beneath it.


    Lia followed from behind, feeling an inexplicable relief when she entered Cindy''s room. She was relieved that she could finally find a place to sleep tonight, and she was also relieved that she finally didn''t have to see Prince Aerus tonight.


    Remembering that, Lia was stunned.  Cindy noticed.  Cindy realized that Lia was hiding a man.  Was Lia that easy to read?  And did Cindy also realize that Lia was no longer a virgin?


    Sweat began to drip down Lia''s forehead.  Realizing that your darkest secret could be read by others, Lia became even more depressed.  But Cindy was not a bad person, if she knew then she would not make fun of Lia or pry her out just because she was curious.


    "Oh, so you still have it?"  Lia had gasped when she saw a small keris hanging on the wall.  It gleamed in the middle of a faded wall, alone, domineering, old, and full of magic.


    * Keris is a kind of ancient weapon, which is shaped like a sword, it has a small size.  The blade is twisted, believed to be a very powerful heirloom that is usually inhabited by several spirits based on Javanese beliefs.


    "Oh, yeah.  I still have it.  Do you remember what Mrs. Ranty said before?  I was found in front of the orphanage, and the keris was placed near me.  It''s the only thing that I have."  Cindy hung her jacket on the wall, started to strip off some of her clothes, and replace them with some warmer tones.


    "But usually you carry it everywhere.  The size is also small, compared to other keris.  You used to keep it in a rather large purse a few years ago when we met."


    "I was afraid that I would leave it somewhere.  I''ve been very busy lately.  I often get overtime, and the company I work for has a lot of orders.  So I hardly have time to check the stuff in my wallet as often as possible.  I''m forgetful too you know right?  So, yeah.  I''d better leave it here.  After all, millennials will not be interested in ancient objects like this.  And I''m not sure if the people here know what a keris is.  It came from a very far away island, and in another part of the country."


    Many things made Lia envious of Cindy.  Cindy was a sweet child, a bit chubby, and loved by many.  Cindy was also able to find rich adoptive parents, had an adoptive family who loved her and provided for all her needs.


    Cindy also had a boyfriend, who was currently overseas on business.  Cindy had an established job because of her high education.  And amazingly, Cindy had something, which could deliver her to her biological family.


    But Lia?  She had absolutely nothing.


    ***

 Chapter 42：Shameless Prince Aerus

    Growling, Prince Aerus nearly blew up a city in anger.  He teleported over and over again, consuming quite a bit of energy, exploring every place, every door, walking through it, and empty.  He didn''t get anything.


    He thought he might have forgotten a place.  Trying to remember as hard as he could.  His eyes that emitted a reddish flame swept across the strange, damp, and wet city scene.  The smell of rain filled his nostrils, he got goosebumps at the thought of something.


    "You are not anywhere.  You are not here because you got caught in the rain, or were you avoiding me, or were you making out with Neil?"  Prince Aerus'' voice roared, like a Borgon smashing the ground in Hexa.


    *Borgon is a kind of strongest monster in Hexa, which has been living underground.  Their existence seems like a myth, but they exist.


    Prince Aerus'' royal attire was thick, emitting a rather unique luster when he was close to the rain.  His hair was still dry, but he could feel some of his skin getting wet.  It''s just a kind of his suggestion.


    Finding nothing, Prince Aerus immediately returned to the Elipsis plane to meet Hamdi.  His stiff and hideous face had ripped Hamdi apart even more as if Hamdi was ready to face execution.


    Hamdi backed away, almost toppling over.  Unable to stop himself from shaking, he glared and didn''t ask anything.


    For the residents of Hexa, the nobility was the most respected, the most admirable, and also the most feared.  Because they had everything: wealth, authority, and power.


    The nobles in Hexa seemed to have had the advantage even since they were born.  Usually, they would have more power than ordinary people.  They seemed to come from the incarnation of God, who could do things that ordinary people could not do.


    Therefore Hamdi felt shrunk.  He was nothing.  He was a weak Elfagos who came from a lowly clan and didn''t have much power within him.


    The only power he had was the power of telekinesis, then flying at heights which were not to be proud of, and then understanding the constellations without needing to study about them.  Therefore he was appointed a pilot for the nobles, because of his natural talent.


    "She''s nowhere to be found.  She''s gone, or maybe she''s hiding."  The corner of Prince Aerus'' lips twitched.  A wave of anger had risen to his throat, and almost reached his face.  When his face turned red, then he would be able to vent everything on something without thinking.


    This happened a few days ago when Prince Aerus blew up several cities on earth.  Hamdi had to calm him down.  How troublesome!


    "A few moments ago the earth was raining quite heavily, Prince.  Maybe Lia is taking shelter somewhere, or¡­"  Hamdi was silent, discouraged from saying anything.  He felt that his words would only blow up more of the emotions wrestling within Prince Aerus'' brain.


    Hamdi didn''t want to be the target!


    Looking for a solution.  The only way was to detect body temperature.  But it was not effective because the only place they could go was Mr. Sony''s cafe.


    Based on Lia''s explanation this morning, the cafe was a kind of restaurant.  Hamdi could imagine how much human body temperature was hanging around there.  It would be difficult to detect her.


    If only they had invented GPS technology...


    With some hesitation, Hamdi asked.  Even though he felt awkward, he finally got up the courage.  "Prince, may I ask you something?  Have you marked Lia?  I hope you don''t think negatively because I just wanted to remind you that if you just marked her, you''d find her easier."


    That''s true.  The male Elfagoss who had already marked their soulmate would be able to become more dominant, either during lovemaking or some things.  Like for example, when they lost their mate, either the mate ran away or was kidnapped, they just needed to summon her with a ritual.


    The ritual was called Mantora, a ritual in which a male Elfagos stood somewhere holding a strand of their mate''s hair.  then they would call the name of their mate repeatedly.


    After that, naturally, their mate would get light and magnetism from the universe to guide her to return to her rightful place.


    A snort was heard from Prince Aerus.  But for a brief moment, his heart ached.  "I can''t mark her. The human lifespan is relatively short, and I wouldn''t be able to do that.  You know about it right?"


    Hamdi nodded, trembling slightly, having just realized his mistake.  Then he would secretly glance at Prince Aerus''s face more often and pay attention to his expression.  It''s not funny if Hamdi tried hard to come up with a solution, then Prince Aerus beat him up just because his opinion was invalid.


    A sense of relief enveloped Hamdi when he saw that there was no sign of Prince Aerus'' anger that he wanted to take out on the pilot.


    "Is the temperature detector only able to track the temperature somewhere?  Can''t it be used if it''s tracking an object?"


    This was the first time Hamdi had seen Prince Aerus ask him, with a tone full of negotiation and also a little worried.  He knew that Prince Aerus had asked his opinion several times when he wanted to run away from Hexa.  But everything was different, all seemed sloppy and foolish.


    "I''m not sure," said Hamdi at last.  Soon he was walking to the front seat of the plane, looking for something underneath.  A few minutes later he came back with a device, like a stopwatch, only more shiny and very beautiful.  "It might be possible to give it a try, Prince.  Where can I put this thing?"


    "In my royal clothes.  Or it doesn''t work you can put it on my body."  Prince Aerus was already walking towards Hamdi, then stopped and stood up straight.  His face was contorted with haughtiness, like the other nobles, who studied social etiquette excessively.  His arms were slightly bent to the sides, and his eyes seemed to dominate.


    Somewhat dumbfounded, Hamdi put the temperature tracking device on Prince Aerus''s royal shirt.  At first, he was confused about where was the point he should put the device.  Then after getting the direction of Prince Aerus, Hamdi glared a bit.


    Yeah, that''s not surprising because Prince Aerus could only do intimate things with Lia.  But still, for Hamdi, it was a bit embarrassing.  He was a mature man, already had a wife and children.  However, when he saw the nobles act indecently, for some reason Hamdi felt embarrassed.


    It was as if Hamdi had indulged in his disgrace and was caught doing something wrong.


    "Oh, it gets to work.  Looks like this temperature tracking device also can be placed on an object to work.  And how great you can find the exact point to get the most temperature absorption, Prince."  That''s a rather odd compliment.


    Prince Aerus soared proudly, his chest puffed out, and his chin lifted even more.  He said shamelessly, "Of course.  Because today I hugged Lia over and over again.  I love to hug her, and also feel her warmth."


    Hamdi almost coughed, almost wanted to throw up.  The blush on his cheeks had disappeared and was replaced by strange colors.  His eyes explained everything, that this was the first time he had seen Prince Aerus acting so shamelessly.


    ***

 Chapter 43：Something Mysterious in Cindys Flat

    Prince Aerus choked, almost killing himself.  It seemed like he had just realized what a shameful thing he said.  As a prince in Hexa, he had to cover all the desires and feelings that he had.  Not only for the sake of obeying the etiquette of the nobles but also for the sake of saving his pride.


    But, how about this?  He had already said the turmoil of desire he had deep down there.  How could he pick up his already fallen pride?


    "Ehem, what ¨C what I mean is, I''m her mate.  As an Elfagos who already has a mate, I have several favorite things of my own.  It was pure instinct.  All creatures are like that, right?  Hugging is still normal, right?  And I haven''t said that I feel good kissing and being inside Lia."  Prince Aerus widened his eyes, gulping somewhat nervously.


    Hamdi felt uncomfortable.  He barely recognized Prince Aerus, and he didn''t know if that was a good sign or not.  Hamdi knew that the Elfagoses did go through a complicated phase after their Mirah energy awakened, but still, Prince Aerus was the most extreme for Hamdi.


    What the pilot was afraid of was, if later Prince Aerus couldn''t hold himself well while processing emotions.  Awakening Mirah energy had involved various emotions that were difficult to explain.  Other explosions could follow afterward.


    At the age of Prince Aerus who was already quite mature, but during his minimal experience and bad temper, many terrible things could happen in the future.  Especially if jealousy engulfs the prince''s heart.  Hamdi was sure that Prince Aerus could destroy the earth if he wanted to, if only he had found Lia talking to another man.


    The male Elfaagoses were sometimes very extreme, they were known as creatures who were very possessive of their mate, especially if their hearts were very strong on their mate.


    "Prince Aerus, are you starting to like Lia?"  The question stuck in Hamdi''s throat.  No matter how hard he tried to ask it, his tongue was tied and it was hard to move.  Hamdi was silent and decided that this was not the time to ask this question.  Their focus now was to find Lia.


    Prince Aerus subconsciously clenched his fists.  He held back the shame that had engulfed him in eternal ridicule.  What would he do if Hamdi were to gossip about him at a drinking place in Hexa?  And what would he do when there were not many people who were afraid and afraid of him?  Prince Aerus hated to be belittled.  He wanted to dominate everyone and make them subservient in his hand.


    Saved his pride again.  "It turns out that what the maids said was true.  Male Elfagoses tend to show off their bed activities to others.  They said it was a natural thing.  I thought it was bullshit, but it turns out I was wrong.  Unknowingly I''ve been dragged into the stream of this natural behavior."  Prince Aerus cleared his throat, gathering more dominance back.


    Hamdi grimaced, half-heartedly.  He was the one who understood the most than Prince Aerus because of his wider association and also because of his more mature age.  Hamdi knew, for male Elfagoses who showed off their bed activities with a woman, it meant that they had an interest in that woman.


    If only Prince Aerus understood it, perhaps he would have preferred to strangle Hamdi to death, so that his disgrace would not spread everywhere.


    "Done.  The absorbed temperature is enough.  We just need to walk down the street now, Prince."


    They decided to walk down the street and the places where Lia''s temperature left traces.  Like unusual surveillance, and also disrespectful because Lia seemed to be a fugitive.  Must be arrested and also detained, only in a different aspect.


    The street where Lia had passed to go to the cafe.  Then continue to the cafe of Mr. Sony.  Lia''s temperature swirled very strongly there, and the tiny antenna sticking out of the temperature detector moved loudly.


    Teleportation continued.  They were at the convenience store, appearing suddenly inside, in the corner of the building. They were caught on a CCTV camera, only in a state with their back.


    "The signal is quite strong here, Prince.  That means she had stopped by.  Maybe it''s because of the rain," said Hamdi.


    But Prince Aerus had doubts.  He felt that Lia was meeting Neil in the convenience store.  He was sure that Lia was having an affair behind his back.


    Until finally they teleported to Cindy''s flat.  Their feet tread gently as if they had just walked leisurely, without any hindrance.  They could teleport easily, naturally as if they were breathing.


    Hamdi''s eyes shone sharply and then dimmed.  "Do I need to stay here, or do you want me to leave?  Do you want me to take care of the other girl?"


    Prince Aerus did not answer.  He froze, looking at Lia''s body that was already lying with her eyes closed.  She was fast asleep, her chest rising and falling regularly, the blanket covering part of her face as usual.


    Lia looked very calm as if she had no burden.  Her brows didn''t frown, which she always did when sleeping beside Prince Aerus and after they had sex.


    It made a scar in Prince Aerus'' heart, though not too wide.


    "Go!  I can take care of her by myself."


    Hamdi disappeared even faster than in the blink of an eye.  He was carrying a temperature monitor and didn''t notice anything.  He retreated from the realm of the romance of a noble who was highly respected in Hexa.


    Meanwhile, Prince Aerus froze.  He just stood there and did nothing.  His slightly red eyes now seemed to have dimmed and turned into their usual color, bright gold, which could illuminate some darkness.


    The bed in Cindy''s flat was very clean, more decent than Lia''s.  The bed was wider, and warmer too.  Seeing Lia who looked comfortable in Cindy''s place had aroused Prince Aerus'' desire to bring Lia to Hexa as soon as possible.


    Lia would never find prosperity on earth, and she would always have a lot of trouble here.


    Prince Aerus sat on the edge of the bed, pulling himself as close to Lia as possible.  His stout hands swept through the air, creating a thin puff.  The purpose was to keep Cindy unconscious for quite a long time.


    Prince Aerus had to bring Lia back, at least he would take her to the Elipsis plane.  In the midst of it, all Lia could have screamed and woke Cindy up. He didn''t want any other humans to know his whereabouts.


    Making sure Cindy was asleep and it would be impossible to wake her up, Prince Aerus immediately reached out his hand, intending to grab Lia and hold her.  But a second later Lia stretched, soft, fragile, sweet, and beautiful.


    Something thumped inside Prince Aerus'' chest, traveling all over his body and almost thickening something.  His irises began to turn purple, splashing slowly like fireworks ready to explode.


    But something swept through the air, or perhaps twisted and filled Prince Aerus'' surroundings.  It made Prince Aerus froze, and then almost lost his consciousness.


    His body became weak, shivering, and feverish at the same time.


    "Lia," he whispered, choking.  The tip of his hand almost touched Lia''s hair, until finally, his body collapsed right on top of Lia''s sleeping body.


    ***

 Chapter 44：A Prince Who Was Fever and Whining

    A dream that barely came.  The breath was soft, calm, and reassuring.  Lia fell into the depths of sleep which was quite amazing, considering how poor her sleep quality had been lately, after the arrival of Prince Aerus.


    Right now she was feeling heaven, feeling the wonderful thing she had been waiting for.  Neil didn''t come into her dreams, at all, but it didn''t matter.  Lia would meet and contact Neil later when she had made up her mind.


    Something hit her thin and frail body, arching her back and almost sinking into the bed.  Like a rock falling on her, making her body take on greater weight, dragging her down, and causing her to stumble deeply.


    Lia reached for the air, mouth opened as if drowning.  She thought he was sinking, that was a rational explanation.  When she felt her breath hitched, and her stomach so stiff Lia opened her eyes, opened her eyes wide, and almost screamed.


    Just then she found a face already drooping on her shoulder.  "Cindy?"  shouted Lia, mistaking someone.  Lia''s mind became chaotic, she began to search for her cell phone.  "Phone, where is my phone?  I have to call an ambulance.  Cindy, what''s wrong with you?  You are sick?"


    Lia patted Prince Aerus on the back quite hard, landing on the end of his strong muscles.  The bright room lights made Lia realize that something was wrong here, especially when her eyes found the figure of Cindy snoring very comfortably beside her.


    At first, Lia thought that she had seen it wrong, or maybe she was hallucinating.  Maybe Lia was just getting a sleep disorder, namely sleep paralysis, but that''s not enough to satisfy her.  Finally, she pushed the body that was on top of her, almost overwhelmed by the heavyweight.  Her face was sweating with gasps.


    "Who are you?  Thief?"  Lia asked, bluffing and also very annoyed.  Then there was a faint threatening tone in her weak voice.


    Prince Aerus'' golden hair swept across Lia''s gaze, but only for a split second.  It was missed and was unable to be a marker for her.


    "Lia," groaned Prince Aerus.  He hugged Lia''s body tightly and stuck her like a postage stamp.  His head began to sink into the crook of Lia''s neck, inhaling her soft and sweet scent.


    "You¡­" Lia stiffened, dumbfounded, frozen.  Lia knew that Prince Aerus could track her position.  However, after their brief quarrel, and after the absence of Prince Aerus, she didn''t expect that the golden-haired prince would come to her, and even pressed her down like this.


    Now Lia cleared her throat.  Her trembling body became more and more shriveled.  Next to her, Cindy was fast asleep, and she didn''t want to wake her best friend.


    She had troubled Cindy enough today, stuffed her with stories like this and that hitchhiked in her flat and even her bed, borrowed her clothes, and lied to her about things.  Lia still hadn''t opened her wig, hiding the golden hair inside.


    "What are you doing here?"  whispered Lia firmly, almost fiercely.  But she adjusted the volume to make it less loud to keep Cindy asleep.


    There was no answer from Prince Aerus until Lia thought that he had fallen asleep.  However, soon there was a chuckle.  Oddly enough, there wasn''t anything funny here.


    Lia refrained from asking, she had to take Prince Aerus out of Cindy''s room.  "Come out.  You can''t be here.  My friends will see you."


    "And leave you here alone?  Peace without me?  How selfish."


    Lia shuddered.  Was the one talking to her just now Prince Aerus?  A man who had treated her rudely and unkindly?  Who didn''t even want Lia?  But why was his voice so soft?  So cool and sounded so caring?


    Almost losing her focus, Lia forced herself to stay awake.  Now and then she pushed Prince Aerus'' body, which was pressing against her and making it difficult for her to breathe.


    "Go!  I will sleep here tonight.  You can''t just come to someone''s home like this.  You can be caught and accused of stealing," said Lia again, her hands shaking Prince Aerus'' body to get away from her.


    Feeling the movement, Prince Aerus shook his head.  He sank deeper into the crook of Lia''s neck.  Then his lips trailed down that neck, moving slowly in a sweeping motion.


    Lia started to feel uncomfortable.  "Don''t be like this!  I beg you."  Feeling very tormented because she had to keep her voice volume, amid her desire to scream and curse Prince Aerus.


    A groan was heard, then some strange noises.  Prince Aerus seemed to have lost his mind, he sometimes hummed a little and cried slowly.


    Starting to feel strange, Lia quickly got up as best she could.  Despite being restrained by the weight of Prince Aerus'' body, she was finally able to sit herself up.  Her hand touched Prince Aerus'' head, gently stroked his golden hair, feeling the softness and flexibility of its strands.


    Lia briefly froze, finding herself as if she recognized the strands of hair, their soft texture, and their very distinctive fragrance.  Getting rid of that strange thought, she immediately reached out to Prince Aerus'' face and then placed her palm there.


    Frozen, hot, all of them collided and created each other''s power and dominance.  In a few short moments, Prince Aerus'' body would be stricken with fever, and soon the fever would disappear and be replaced with frostbite as if Prince Aerus had just soaked in ice.


    "Oh my gosh, what happened to you?"  Lia started to get very worried, especially when she heard Prince Aerus start to talk in a loud enough voice.  Couldn''t stop glancing at Cindy, Lia''s fear was increasing with time.


    "I came to earth and met you.  Hahaha, you hid and I found you.  Yeay!"  Prince Aerus yelped, then swayed like a dance.  But before long he would cry, then moan, shiver, and finally sweat.  His change in attitude was in stark contrast as if he had lost his mind and was on the verge of dying.


    Panting, Prince Aerus seemed to have lost his lungs.  He squirmed and clutched his chest.


    Lia started to panic.  She inched and lightly slapped Prince Aerus in the face.


    "What happened to you?  Prince, what happened to you?"  Lia''s eyes filled with tears, it was all pure fear.  She had almost forgotten about Cindy, who could be her greatest threat.


    "Why are you covering your hair?  Why?"  Prince Aerus groaned, in the middle of his hand holding his chest.  Tears welled up in his eyes, and convulsions hit his body.


    "Hey, wake up!  What happened to you?  Prince?  Prince?"  Lia groaned, feeling the grip of Prince Aerus'' hand on her arm, as a result of the pain that radiated through Prince Aerus'' body. He groaned, and his face paled.


    "You want to leave me.  You want to run away from me.  You will meet Neil and marry him.  Why are you so bad?"  It was as if blood was about to come out of Prince Aerus'' eyes.  It looked terrible, making every gut not dare to just crawl.  Tears melted, rolling down Prince Aerus'' cheeks.  At that time Lia wiped it and found the liquid was clear.


    "Let''s go back to the Elipsis plane.  Can you?  You can teleport, right?  Come on."  Lia shook Prince Aerus, caressing his sweaty face while wiping it.  Fear filled Lia''s heart.  It wasn''t that she felt guilty, but that she couldn''t see someone die in front of her.


    Glancing around she couldn''t find Hamdi at all while calling the hospital was a stupid choice.


    "You will run with Neil.  You will leave me and will abort my child in your womb.  You''re bad, Lia.  You never see me in the right way."


    ***

 Chapter 45：Terrible Solution

    Lia almost choked on Prince Aerus'' tears, when he bumped into her face and spilled tears on her face.  Tears flowed as if descending from a slippery plateau and then plunged into a valley.  It tasted salty, Lia freezes bitterly.


    "You''re going to run away with Neil, aren''t you?  You never wanted our child.  Maybe you''ll kill him."  Prince Aerus rubbed his face against Lia''s face, making their noses look like they were bumping and almost dented.  Then Prince Aerus groaned, whimpering again.  His eyes were blind because his vision was so empty.  His hands were groping, even though he knew where Lia was.


    A kiss landed on Lia''s lips, cupped her gently, and then released her due to the weak force.  Prince Aerus'' face lowered, falling on Lia''s chest.  After a while, he looked up again, traced Lia''s body like he was blind, and then found a soft edge.  Prince Aerus dropped his lips there, enjoying Lia in an incomplete awareness.


    Lia didn''t make many moves.  She desperately wanted to push Prince Aerus, for his impudent actions, even at Cindy''s home.  However, when she found out how messed up he was, Lia held herself back for a little while longer.


    In a normal kiss, Lia would smack Prince Aerus'' chest, because he was exploring too harshly and forcefully.  His tongue would tear everything apart, snatching everything Lia had until she almost suffocated and fainted.  At the end of their kiss, it was Lia who would be panting heavily, as if she had just lost her precious lung.


    But this time it was different.  Lia just seemed to get a soft touch on her lips, like when lipstick brushed her lips, only deeper than that.  The sound of kisses didn''t stop ringing, Prince Aerus was quite excited despite his weak body.


    "See, you never kiss my lips back.  You never.  But when you kissed Neil¡­"


    Lia glared.  Had she kissed Neil?  When?


    "You''re bad!  You bad girl!"  Prince Aerus hit Lia''s head, lending a hand in the wrong place causing him to hit the void.  So he was like a child reaching for something far away, whining and very spoiled.  The only difference, Prince Aerus looked very weak and also very pale.


    "Stop babbling!"  cried Lia. She wrapped her arms around Prince Aerus'' body so that he wouldn''t fall.  Now and then she glanced at Cindy and deliberately called the chubby-faced girl''s name.  No response.  Lia was relieved.


    "Let''s go to the Elipsis plane now.  You can make a mess here!  Prince Aerus? Wake up!"  Lia shook Prince Aerus'' body, feeling several stings on her skin, especially on her skin of neck, the place where Prince Aerus leaned his face.  "You can infect me if you keep this up.  Your temperature is extreme.  Come on, hurry!  We have to meet with Hamdi soon."


    No answer.  Several times before that it was.  Lia would wait for a while, dragging her tormented breath, during Prince Aerus'' body which was completely boiling.  Or it looked like Lia was supporting his body.


    For a long time, there was only silence.  The sound of the heating machine was faintly audible.  Lia glanced at the conventional style wall clock, which was put in not far from her lying down.  The time was two o''clock in the morning. She was already very sleepy but still had to lie down to take care of a big baby.


    When her eyes were drooping from uncontrollable drowsiness, suddenly a rush of cold and hot air hit her neck.  The frostiness was almost like a frozen sea of ??ice, and the sweep of heat was almost like the flames of a hellhole.


    Lia gasped, very surprised.  Confusion and moaning.  As the freezing wind brushed against her, she awoke.  When the transition became very fast, Lia frowned as if she felt her skin burning.


    "What did you do to me?"  When Lia''s hand touched Prince Aerus''s head, she finally knew that all the extreme near-deadly changes came from Prince Aerus'' body.


    Prince Aerus'' complexion turned extremely pale, almost white.  All of them were pitiful, with their faces drooping helplessly.  His hand grip on Lia''s body had loosened, he was completely unconscious, or maybe dying.


    Flustered, Lia''s heart was beating very fast.  Her head was probably pounding from feeling confused. She tried her best to make Prince Aerus come to his senses, but it was no use.


    Feeling hopeless, Lia almost woke Cindy up to ask her for help.  Maybe Lia would ask Cindy to help her carry Prince Aerus to the front of the gate, waiting for a taxi to take them home.  Hamdi must be around Lia''s flat.  And the pilot was the only hope there was.


    Lia''s hand was outstretched.  Her movements were difficult because of the weight of Prince Aerus'' body, which was very heavy, amid extreme temperature changes.  Like something stabbing Lia''s bone, she winced repeatedly.


    However, before her fingertips touched Cindy''s body, someone suddenly appeared.  Lia''s face became complicated, and she was difficult to decipher in detail.


    "Hamdi, Prince Aerus fainted."  Tears rolled down Lia''s cheeks, wetting down to the pajamas she was wearing, which she had borrowed from Cindy.


    "What happened?"  asked Hamdi.  His voice trembled, muffled.  It was as if there was a thin line that crippled Hamdi''s voice to make it flat and very fragile.


    Lia didn''t fully understand why.  But maybe because Hamdi had to face the consequences if later Prince Aerus died while with him.  "I do not know.  Suddenly his body was on top of mine when I woke up.  I thought he was a thief or a bad guy.  He started rambling and had a fever and was shivering all the time."


    Hamdi tiptoed slowly, positioning the body of Prince Aerus on his shoulder.  His irises that looked even paler now widened.  He tried to find something but chose to hold it in first.


    "Come on, you have to come along, Lia.  I''ll need your help later."


    "What¡­ don''t you have any medicine?  You can teleport too, right?  You can bring him back to your planet.  I can''t just leave my friend. She is going to be surprised if she finds out I''m not in bed when she wakes up."


    For the first time, during their meeting which was flat and filled with mixed impressions, but tended to be kind, Hamdi finally looked fiercely at Lia.  The curt look also radiated very clearly, with the nostrils that bloomed due to burning emotions.  Hamdi''s pupils, which had always looked soft and golden in color, were now starting to be enveloped in a splash of red, almost spreading and barking.


    "If you don''t come, then Prince Aerus will die.  You will be able to cause the greatest disaster on a planet, even an entire galaxy."  Hamdi''s threat did not seem to be a joke.  Thin waves filled his body, like blue flames.


    Lia had never seen such a thing before. She wanted to say something, but her throat seemed to be gagged from being too scared.


    ***

 Chapter 46：The Substance of an Elfagos Body

    "It was like being sucked in a vacuum cleaner, which gave off some dark glow and then a soft, light puff at the end."  The impression that Lia had, and it felt like everything went by very quickly, faster than the blink of an eye and a heartbeat.


    The new sensation was amazing, but also managed to make her nauseous.


    Lia staggered, hands supporting her dizzy head.  Her stomach started to churn, but she was lucky that her mouth didn''t let out anything but belch.


    She glanced slightly at Hamdi, expecting something.  As a question, "Oh, are you okay?  Are you nauseous?  It''s a common sensation for people when they are teleporting for the first time."  But Lia didn''t get anything, except the trembling that appeared at the end of Hamdi''s breath.


    Even in a normal situation, Hamdi would never have noticed such a trivial thing.  For the Elfagos, teleporting was a very common thing, as common as walking on the sand with bare feet.


    The soft grains of sand would gently brush against the soles of the feet, making them feel several different surfaces, but that wasn''t surprising at all, was it?  They were comfortable and didn''t notice any reaction at all.


    "Please help me to lay Prince Aerus down."  Hamdi stumbled, bending his body quite clearly.  The weight of Prince Aerus'' body pressed against him quite hard.


    The very bright plane had given Lia space to see a new sight on Hamdi''s face, which was sweaty and exhausted.  Usually, Hamdi would always look majestic, almost as majestic as Prince Aerus.


    "Are you going to take him to teleport to your planet?"  Lia asked, as her hand caught some parts of Prince Aerus'' body and positioned it comfortably.


    Now Prince Aerus looked like a dying hospital patient.  His face grew paler, and several bruises appeared on the lower layers of his skin, popping out and forming a rough pattern that was quite alarming.


    "I can not.  We can''t teleport over that long distance.  We have limits."  Hands wiping sweat, Hamdi had lost his focus.  Forgetting something, he grimaced and cursed.


    "Ok, so what are you going to do with him?  You have medicine for him, right?  What happened to him?  Was he okay when he was with you?"


    Hamdi did not have time to answer all of Lia''s questions.  Instead, he rushed to the first aid kit in the back corner of the plane''s cabin.  Carrying all of them, he opened the box and revealed several pills of various colors.  The box was like a treasure box, which held the most precious treasure in Hexa, namely the safety of their prince.


    There were a lot of pills in that box.  Hamdi knew its use, but he didn''t quite know which pill to give to Prince Aerus.  He was just a pilot, who understood no more than 10% of medical knowledge in Hexa.


    "There is a problem?"  Lia asked again, abandoning Prince Aerus who was drooping even weaker.  Sweat didn''t even wet his body, even though his body was wet with excretory fluid just a moment ago.  Bad sign.


    "I don''t know which pill to give Prince Aerus.  From the signs, it seems Prince Aerus has an allergy."


    "Allergy?"  Lia almost snapped, in the middle of her shrill voice. She just couldn''t believe it, because allergies didn''t seem like they would have such a terrible effect.  "Impossible.  If it''s allergies, maybe he''ll just have itching, a rash on the skin, or maybe shortness of breath."


    "We are not human, Lia."  Hamdi''s words made Lia stunned.  "I know Elfagoses'' allergies vary, and I think Prince Aerus has had a very extreme effect.  He could have vomited blood when his condition was critical.  And if that happened, it would be impossible to save him."


    "Then what are you doing?  Do something right away!"  Lia''s face began to worry. She rushed over to Prince Aerus and hugged his body, slapping him on the cheek and forcing him to wake up.  "Wake up!  Open your eyes!"  Lia''s emphasis only ended in vain.


    Hamdi was cornered.  His hands quickly moved to strip off the top that was attached to Prince Aerus''s body.  The dark color of the cloth became even darker as if it swallowed the Prince''s soul.  The buttons of his sturdy shirt, like an heirloom, collided with other rubbing forces.


    Stunned, Hamdi finally realized something.  His fingers brushed the buttons of Prince Aerus'' royal shirt, noticing the lumps and density.  "Is there anything in the room where you slept?  The old and also the holy?  Usually something with protective energy, or maybe some kind of magical power?"


    Lia frowned, almost cursing at Hamdi.  During chaos and emergencies like this, he shouldn''t be discussing useless things.  Still maintaining a fierce expression, at the end of her guess Lia realized something.  "There is.  My friend has a keris, an heirloom handed down by her family.  That thing does have some kind of power, for those who believe."


    "Stay here for a while!  I''ll check in a bit to make sure."


    Before Lia had time to respond, her curly eyelashes had stiffened when she saw Hamdi who had disappeared.  Thin lips that gaped, and a confused and worried face.


    Hamdi shouldn''t have left Lia in this condition, especially Prince Aerus who started coughing and convulsing again.  Starting to cry, Lia even forgot the drowsiness that had hit her.  Now her head was only filled with Prince Aerus, and how to keep him from dying.


    "Yes, I see."


    Lia jumped in surprise, looking up with very messy hair.  Her skin pores were wet, filled with sweat.  "What?"  Her tone sounded more like a protest rather than a questioning tone.


    "That heirloom.  It is small like a knife.  There''s a lot of energy there.  Damn, why didn''t I notice?"  Hamdi grumbled to himself.  He reached for the first aid kit again, then took out a blue pill.  In the center of the pill was a vortex, like water, bubbling like the universe was spinning.


    "What happened?  What''s wrong with Cindy''s keris?"  Lia helped Hamdi to put a pill into Prince Aerus'' mouth.  Her hand gently opened the prince''s mouth and then supported it for a while.  After confirming that all the pills had been swallowed, Lia put Prince Aerus'' head back in a comfortable position.


    "Some Elfagosed have a weakness for foreign energies.  The energy was created for protection, usually placed on objects in the form of remnants from ancient artifacts, and things like that.  It wasn''t that Prince Aerus was some kind of demon and so on, but the substance in his body was indeed very different, almost like nothingness.  So it creates quite a lot of friction."


    ***

 Chapter 47：Finally, Gave Up

    The pill had been swallowed by Prince Aerus, with the painstaking help of Lia. His body was still weak, drooping as if dying. Sweat stopped pouring, his body was very cold, frozen, and also bruised.


    "Wake up," whispered Lia, the pain in her chest suddenly appeared again, after a while ago it started to disappear.


    Hamdi was still standing beside them, watching sadly. His body towered, his head sticking out of hair, covering the shadows of the lights not far from him. "If Prince Aerus does not wake up as well, then there''s probably nothing we can do anymore."


    "Enough! Do not say that! He can wake up!" Lia protested. Her head was throbbing, her stomach was queasy. She wasn''t in the mood to think about bad things, but Hamdi encouraged her to do so. She was fed up.


    "Prince Aerus will wake up soon if he gets help right away. I''ve done first aid, but the progress is not very good. Now it''s up to you.


    "I am very worried about him because my life will end after this. All the people in Hexa will mourn and perhaps a change of ruler will complicate the political situation. A lot of starvation is possible, and also death is unavoidable."


    "I said enough! I don''t want to hear anything else." Trembling, Lia couldn''t find herself braver than just looking at the toes of Hamdi''s shoes, which were oddly colored and emitted various gleams.


    "He could die, Lia. And only you can save him. You are his mate." Hamdi gave the pen back.


    A few moments ago Hamdi had concluded. After the pills he brought from Hexa did not significantly improve Prince Aerus'' condition, he said to Lia, "Hug Prince Aerus. Stick your skin. With your body temperature then Prince Aerus will get his power. That may sound silly to you, but not to us."


    Lia didn''t mind at all if she just needed to hug Prince Aerus for the night, or just need to hold his hand while waiting for him to come to his senses.


    However, the demand to put all the skin on their bodies was not immediately approved by Lia. She needed to take off her clothes, and also take off all of Prince Aerus'' clothes. Then they had to stick together until the prince''s consciousness returned.


    It was embarrassing, and also very perverted.


    Lia cursed in her heart. Why was it that every time she met Prince Aerus, she had to come across such things? Couldn''t normal things be enforced here?


    "I can''t, and I don''t want to." Lia almost cracked. Unbeknownst to her, she had become a tougher person than before. Before she knew it, she had felt herself burning and a desire to protect herself. "Is this just a joke? Or maybe even a trap? Prince Aerus, stop pretending! You just want me to touch you first right?"


    Lia bit her lip after that. She only realized how dirty her mouth was now.


    Her strong and determined back was now paralyzed. Especially when her eyes found Prince Aerus'' pitiful face. Her heartbeat also started to weaken, and more and more bruises were visible.


    Hamdi had removed the royal clothes belonging to Prince Aerus. That way Lia could see how many new bruises have appeared. Prince Aerus seemed to be slowly decaying.


    "Lia, I beg you." Hamdi''s voice was very soft, gentle, and also vibrating. Like he was the dying person here.


    Having no other choice, Lia gripped her fist tightly. It felt very shameful, especially since she was a girl who has conventional thoughts. Lia only wanted to do things like that after getting married, exposing her body parts after having a husband.


    But for the sake of humanity, for other races living on other planets. Holding the ends of Cindy''s pajamas, Lia whispered, "Sta ¨C stay away. Don''t look over here. But don''t get off the plane because Prince Aerus'' condition is still unstable."


    Relief flashed on Hamdi''s face. A soft tinge that could ease the tension in his shoulders. He immediately nodded, then said that he would sit in the front seat of the plane. "If you need anything just call me." And Hamdi left, then sank behind the driver''s seat.


    Remaining Lia in the plane''s cabin, stricken by the burden of confusion. But there was also a feeling of anxiety that began to fill her throat. Her face was starting to look almost pathetic, with messy hair and almost covering a quarter of her thin features.


    It was hard to let go of the pajamas that were attached to her body. Each button of the shirt seemed to become very hot coal, which would burn Lia if she touched it with her fingertips. Around her body, it might seem like sticky, mossy webs had appeared, which had been living on Lia''s skin to stop her movement.


    As if she would not be able to take off her clothes, Lia felt like she was about to end her decision. But once again Prince Aerus''s body convulsed, floundering like a fish crashing onto land. There was thin blood that melted in his mouth, reminding Lia of Hamdi''s words.


    "¡­He could have vomited blood when he was in critical condition. And if that happened, it would be impossible to save him."


    Maybe right now vomiting blood was not the right word, but still, a red and fishy liquid had leaked out of Prince Aerus'' body.


    Like intimidating Lia so she awakened her reflex that had been dead for years, with fast-moving hands she hastily stripped off her clothes, then switched to stripping Prince Aerus''s clothes. The edges of her skin gently brushed against Prince Aerus''s skin, stinging and shivering as the temperature changes in Prince Aerus'' body still occurred.


    "You have to wake up. Come on, wake up." The more tears rolled down Lia''s cheeks, and the more bad things ran through her mind. She had never seen anyone dying, never seen anyone as weak as Prince Aerus. Lia should not have panicked so much, as if she had had a very bad trauma in the past.


    But her impulse did, giving her an unfamiliar feeling laced with worry. Lia kept telling herself that she just didn''t want to see someone die in front of her, and because of her.


    "Have you calmed down? Hmm?" Lia whispered as the skin of her arm touched Prince Aerus'' chest. Several long minutes had passed. The prince''s frail breath had risen and became stronger, livelier, and more hopeful.


    The bruises on his chest were starting to thin out, though not too much. Prince Aerus'' body temperature also started to warm up and his lips started to look healthier.


    Feeling that her efforts had paid off, Lia tightened her arms around Prince Aerus'' body, forcing her arms into a full circle. Then Lia would lay Prince Aerus'' head deeper into her arms, and Lia would touch his facial skin, giving a wash of energy and warmth.


    You will never know how it feels when you have to hug someone you hate. And you won''t know how it feels when you do it without wearing anything. A spark of hatred suddenly resurfaced in Lia''s heart. She began to make scenarios of what Prince Aerus would do if she managed to be healthy and sober.


    Was it possible that he would touch Lia forcefully again? After what Lia had done to him?


    Eyes that lick with a spark of emotion. The depth of Lia''s annoyance began to be immeasurable, after a while it became somewhat shallow due to empathy. A moment later she wanted to let go of Prince Aerus''s body, push him and make him die on the spot from the exhaustion of energy.


    But when she saw Prince Aerus''s brow furrowed, Lia suddenly jumped with enthusiasm. She even developed a smile and gave a sparkling look to her eyes. "Are you awake? Are you waking up?" asked her giddily.


    ***

 Chapter 48：Race With The Kings Decision

    The rock flakes that floated, blazed a mass that was difficult to describe. An untouched wind, never to be felt. A bubbling vortex, one that sucked in anything and nearly destroyed anything. In lucky conditions, something would bounce off the other end of the vortex, the tail, the rear, intact and or maybe slightly damaged.


    Locking darkness, and also the mouths of space that didn''t care. They seemed just hungry, just needed to be fed, by sucking all the cycles of the orbit they passed.


    "A message!" said an Elfagos, with a disheveled and very withered face. Though he should be awake, considering he had a night watch schedule.


    Rubbing the edge of his life, and eyes still a quarter open, his hands fumbled for a knocker in the air he would use to check what kind of message he was getting. If the message was unimportant, and perhaps even contained something bad, he would report it to the palace security.


    "Oh, the almost broken message. It must have been a black hole rubbing against it while it was on its way. Where did this message come from?" Fingers rubbed his face roughly, eye dirt scattered like rotting wood powder. That Elfagos'' eyes were golden, as was his hair, which was left shoulder-length, in a slightly punky style.


    "Not detected? Ok, I''ll look at the coordinates first. Maybe that big mouth with diarrhea ruined the rest of the information." While cursing he kept moving his fingers to dig where the message was sent from.


    A room with a dome design, semi-circle. The ceiling was made of glass, showing the Star Scutis that glowed red, making the feeling felt so restless because of the pressure from Mirah energy that felt knocking. Couldn''t hold it in, but had to.


    Then not far from it, at the other end, appeared the rattling Platinus Nebula, which radiated various beautiful colors in the darkness. They were like fine dust, which rolled like clouds, beautiful twinkles, and also the various voices of the ancestors whispered. From inside the message reception room, only a few parts of the Platinus Nebula could be seen, which looked like leaves in a gentle breeze.


    "Ok, I get the point now. Hmm, the Milky Way Galaxy. OK, OK, I get it." His eyes kept racing, with various codes and also very complicated programming details, lined up like swarming ants. "Very nice! I have it. This message is from the earth. Could this be a message from Prince Aerus?"


    The Elfagos pressed a button, to decode the message he had received. In front of his eyes, in the transparent empty air, several writings filled his focus.


    He checked the outside of the message. Shaped like a wave, with delivery technology like messages on earth.


    "Werden," said that Elfagos, reading the opening part of the message. "Wow, he said my name in his welcome note. That means he already has the membership code of the recipients of the message. The probability of the security of this message can be close to 50%"


    Werden, Elagos who received the message, continued, "This is Hamdi, the pilot of the Elipsis plane with serial number AX10YU, assignment code H0967HE. I was in charge of escorting Prince Aerus, and I received orders from him to send him on a galactic journey. This is not an official trip, you must know about this because rumors must have spread."


    Werden stroked his soft chin, his firm, pale-skinned fingers on alert. After a while, he remembered something. "Ah, the runaway of Prince Aerus. Good, this is the message the king has been waiting for since a few days ago."


    The message from Hamdi continued, "I want to convey this message to King Artesun and also Queen Lunanis. As usual, I don''t mind you getting to the main of this message. I hope you''re not surprised."


    Werden wasn''t a curious Elfagos, but his job meant that he had to. So with his face still yawning, he opened the main message from Hamdi. It read, "My greetings to Your Majesty the King and Queen, who have ruled the Hexodar Kingdom with their nobility. I am Hamdi, the pilot of the Elipsis plane who always takes Prince Aerus on galactic trips. My apologies for our sudden departure, and my apologies I didn''t conform to His Majesty the King about this.


    "I should have done that, or I should have provided information as soon as possible. However, some things happen uncontrollably. The full fault lies with me, Your Honor. I deserve severe punishment.


    "Your Majesty the King and Queen, Prince Aerus, and I are currently on earth, one of the planets in the Milky Way Galaxy. This planet is 1045 billion light-years from the galaxy IC 1101. I have attached the detailed coordinates.


    "Apart from conveying my apologies, I am sending this message to provide an update on Prince Aerus'' condition. Right now Prince Aerus'' condition is good, and maybe even very good. As we flew above the earth''s atmosphere, Mirah energy on Prince Aerus'' body was awakened."


    Werden jumped out of his chair, almost falling if the automatic seat belt hadn''t been wrapped around his thighs. It became very chaotic, and also dark. The warden was impatient and wanted to immediately pass the message on to King Artesun and Queen Lunanis.


    But he had to continue his examination on his own. He must make sure that the message did not contain dangerous things such as explosion waves, stabbing waves, or maybe hidden secret messages that contained threats.


    It was too early to conclude the examination. Werden braced himself, body ready to return to duty.


    Hamdi''s message continued, "Prince Aerus has found his mate, Your Majesty. And he has done the first night session. The seeds have been sown, we are currently waiting for the pregnancy of Prince Aerus'' mate.


    "That girl''s name is Lia, a human. She lives in a small but quite busy town. For her temperament, I think she is a shy girl and also a bit introverted. Unfortunately, she doesn''t have royal blood.


    "This is not entirely good news, because there are still some problems that we are facing. I''ll give you progress later when I get clearer details." And the message ended.


    Werden was stunned, reviewed the message code, and tried to find another one. Then his fingers fiddled with passwords and programming, making sure that no follow-up messages were hidden.


    He had been struggling with his work for a long time. Hamdi''s message was so naive, so simple, and not highly secure. The closing message was even cut off, perhaps due to travel friction.


    Even though this looked convincing, he still had to complete his examination. The seconds repeated, the Scutis Star seemed to plug-in power, and the Platinus Nebula became more exciting dancing.


    "I heard that His Majesty will betroth Prince Aerus to Princess Harya. I have to give him this message immediately before it''s too late."


    ***

 Chapter 49：The Condition After Critical

    The progress of Prince Aerus'' condition was getting better. His hands were getting warm, although some parts of his body were still cold.


    Heat and freeze remain very fleeting transitions like colorful lights switched on by a system. From red to blue, then to purple, and then to green. It was just that within Prince Aerus''s body only two transitions flowed, which were extremely brief and deadly.


    "You''re getting warm, your body temperature is starting to stabilize. But why are you still not awake?" Lia became very worried. Her hand was still caressing Prince Aerus'' face, ensuring that his body temperature returned to its normal, comfortable warmth, and also felt familiar.


    Their clinging bodies, clinging like two weeds wrapped around each other, or perhaps like rocks buried under clay, were hard to get out. As simple as Lia''s wish for happiness, the hope of a conscious Prince Aerus began to fill her heart.


    But it was not easy to get that hope, to make it come true, as real as her wish. Their bodies were covered with blankets (Lia the one who asked Hamdi, telling him to give it to her without looking back) wrestled beneath it with soft and barely perceptible movements.


    Lia barely dared to move, afraid that if their skin contact didn''t last a bit, Prince Aerus would die again and fall in the throes of death. Various paranoia had gripped Lia and made her shrink in fear even more.


    Her brain was moving uncontrollably. All the images and illusions regarding the death of Prince Aerus became clearer if only his breathing began to move weakly, convulsions occurred, and the bruising became more and more.


    But all that was now gone. No convulsions, no new bruising, no bleeding. Lia''s anxiety should have lessened, but it didn''t. The feeling of comfort and warmth throughout her chest still hadn''t managed to get completely.


    "Hamdi, are you sure there is no need to give Prince Aerus additional medicine? He''s still unconscious either." Lia shouted, her head tilted up to pass the highest end of the chair she was sitting on. Her hair still looked messy, hair in the form of a black wig.


    From the front, in the driver''s seat of the plane, Hamdi replied, "This medicine may only be given once a week. The dosage is very high."


    "Then what should we do to make him come to his senses? He still hasn''t woken up yet." Prince Aerus'' body squirmed slowly, slightly quivering with a cracked voice. Lia''s arms wrapped around him even tighter, pulling her body even closer.


    "Lia¡­ Lia." Like the shards of waves hitting the soft sand, which laid several hundred million lights. Prince Aerus'' voice was like being in another world, never recognized, as if it came from a part of his body that didn''t have a mouth but could make sounds. Muffled and surprising.


    "I am here. I''m here, Prince. Wake up, open your eyes! You''re awake, right? Prince?" Emptiness. Prince Aerus'' movements stopped again, and no hoarse and buzzing sound came out.


    Frozen and scared. Lia shouted again at Hamdi to do something. And all Lia got from Hamdi was, "Keep hugging him! If the bruises on his body didn''t increase then that would have been very good. Just keep hugging!"


    There was no other choice. Lia continued the therapy session she gave Prince Aerus, sticking their skin and body together without leaving room for interruption. At such times Lia gradually remembered about the bed activities she had done with Prince Aerus. Their closeness was even more intense than the hug he gave her because Prince Aerus would suffocate her from all sides.


    "Why?" Voices were heard. Lia, who had closed her eyes because she was asleep, now worked weakly, almost gave up, and fell back into the wave of dreams. But a few seconds later, something caressed her cheek, caressed it gently, and slightly stung her skin.


    Lia gasped and woke up completely. In her puffy eyes, she saw that Prince Aerus had woken up. A face that started to look firm even though it still looked weak. Pale golden irises.


    "Why are you covering your hair?" asked Prince Aerus, not blinking at all. His eyes only opened a quarter of the way, with a very languid voice. His movements were minimal as if he was being bound by something.


    "Hamdi! He''s been waking up! Hamdi!" shouted Lia, not answering Prince Aerus'' question but instead calling for Hamdi. "Do something! He''s starting to wake up!"


    "What kind of response should I give? Tell me in detail!"


    "The point is not to make him angry or surprised. Just tell him what he wants to hear. If he wakes up suddenly then it could give him a heart attack."


    "It''s better if I don''t respond, right?" Lia grumbled, but she didn''t say it directly to Hamdi. Her hand moved, along the soft, fluffy blanket, and then he pulled it aside. Lia''s eyes were now wandering, exploring several inches of Prince Aerus'' body.


    "The bruises on your body are almost gone. Good, you will surely wake up in a moment." Wrapping her arms around Prince Aerus'' body, Lia caressed his face again, giving him invisible strength.


    "Don''t you want to be my mate?" The sound was muffled, it was almost impossible to confirm that it was coming from Prince Aerus'' vocal cords. It seemed that the voice came from another world, which pierced Prince Aerus'' body and made him an intermediary.


    Lia bit her lip, refusing to answer. However, when her gaze fell on Prince Aerus'' pale eyes, which seemed to be filled with a very thick white membrane, Lia''s heart began to waver. Especially when Prince Aerus'' consciousness began to fall.


    Having no other way, Lia replied, "I don''t know. What do you think? Should I want or not want to be your mate?" Lia must answer intelligently, what words must not trap their condition to get even worse.


    Indirectly Lia was teasing Prince Aerus so that he was no longer sulking, or maybe dying.


    A thin smile spread across Prince Aerus'' lips, looking innocent and natural. There was no stiff expression at the corners of his mouth, or perhaps hatred and anger. He seemed like a prince who had the most dramatic plagiarism.


    "You know my answer, so you don''t have to ask." Prince Aerus'' fingers traced the empty air, parted it in a gentle motion, and landed it on Lia''s cheek. With weak movements he continued to move, wandering along Lia''s jawline as well as her cheeks, landing on her lips.


    "You always know the answer, Lia. So say no more," said Prince Aerus, returning in his very deep voice.


    ***

 Chapter 50：Begging In Sick

    Still lying in Lia''s arms, Prince Aerus'' hands moved in the air, sometimes wanting to reach her face but finding failure, and sometimes reaching his target. When his fingertip touched Lia''s moist cheek, a fragile and very pure smile spread across his thin lips.


    "You like Neil, don''t you? What is Neil looking like?" It might not be that obvious, but right now there was still quite a bit of mist lingering in Prince Aerus''s eyes, which erupted from a corner, then rose and started to take root in various directions. Fingers of mist that coalesce and then actually form a barrier film in the eye, almost like a cataract.


    Lia''s brow furrowed. On top of her confused face, her eyes were now combing the entire surface of Prince Aerus'' skin. Various lives had appeared, finally emerging from the binding buds, or perhaps from the fused embrace of darkness. It was almost indistinguishable between death and life, making Prince Aerus almost fall into death until he was finally able to endure.


    Should she answer Prince Aerus'' question? And on which side should she stand now? Neil''s supporting and adoring side or not?


    Drawing memories from the past, in the thin traces that almost hide. Finally, Lia ventured to answer. "Neil¡­ he''s hard to describe. I''ll never find the right words for him."


    In a very short time, the tip of Lia''s memory had been swept away in a wave of longing love, which she had always aimed for Neil. Her regret deepened as she remembered the opportunities she had missed.


    She should be able to get along with Neil. But if so, what would happen to Prince Aerus? From then on, Lia had this question running around in her mind over and over again, and seemed to demand her to do it endlessly.


    Last night she seemed to want to strangle herself when she missed a golden opportunity. Then at the same time, Lia thought that she had to sort out her feelings for Neil. She wanted to determine if she wanted Neil and whether her feelings for Neil had been love or admiration.


    In the years that she had passed, she would never think twice about liking someone. And sometimes she could become so blind, that it caused a lot of harm to herself. Love and liking, all blurred and then melted together with an obsession with something, which had nothing to do with it at all.


    Sometimes Lia didn''t understand whether she really wanted a lover or she just wanted to have a place to hide.


    "You''re silent. Are you thinking about Neil again?" Prince Aerus coughed, his chest heaving very heavily as if he were having trouble breathing. His very strenuous effort showed how bad his condition was now.


    He saw that his hand was now holding his chest, the place where a new rash had been created. This made Lia widen and almost choke in shock.


    "What happened? How come?" Lia touched Prince Aerus'' chest, examining the surface of his moist and pitiful skin. She looked up, then shouted at Hamdi while her arms wrapped around Prince Aerus'' body again. "Hamdi, Hamdi, why are there more bruises? Even though I always respond to his words. Hamdi!"


    Couldn''t hold it in any longer. Even if later Hamdi should be caught seeing some parts of Lia''s body, then that''s not a problem. Now he had to hurry to re-examine Prince Aerus'' body.


    Pulling the blanket around her own body, Lia pointed at the new bruise that had been created on Prince Aerus'' chest. Her heart was pounding like it was going to eat her whole life.


    If she thought about it, Lia would also never know the reason why she could be so worried about Prince Aerus, and why it looked like that she was responsible for the prince''s condition. What caused Lia to be like that?


    "I always answer questions and also respond to every word he says. But suddenly he coughed, and new bruises appeared on his chest, Hamdi. You must have forgotten something. Think again about what you have missed? You must have missed something."


    Hamdi''s head jumped, as he recalled all the materials that the royal nurse had given him. While still undergoing a probationary period, Hamdi must receive health training, both practical and written. The goal was that if something untoward happened to the royal nurses who were escorting the journey, then all pilots were expected to be able to carry out light and heavy rescues at critical times.


    It was in times like this that knowledge was needed. But so often the important things would be forgotten when needed. And that applied to Hamdi today. It could be that it happened because Hamdi forgot, due to memory that had been eroded by time. But it could be that Hamdi forgot his training because he was too stressed, too burdened with the ambiguous safety of Prince Aerus.


    "I haven''t forgotten anything," said Hamdi, uncertainly. He frowned as he looked at the bruises on Prince Aerus'' chest, which had formed like the tip of a forked root. "Prince, can you hear me? Do you feel uncomfortable? Prince?" Hamdi looked like realizing something.


    A long pause was taken. Both Hamdi and Lia seemed to be trapped in a time that had stopped. Their gazes were only on Prince Aerus, who was still drooping weakly.


    "She likes another man. She never looked at me properly. She likes another man." Prince Aerus'' answer sounded short at first, but later it began to improve into various topics that were not related to Neil.


    "I am the prince of Hexa. Dad looked after me when I was little, he pampered me and gave me a lot of love. But Lia likes Neil." With the overlapping of various topics, it was as if Prince Aerus was dividing his brain into pieces. Each brain had very strong impulses, so they jostled each other to be expelled first.


    "I was asked to find a mate, and my father''s treatment became harsher. I got the nickname of a crippled prince because I was thought to be infertile and unable to produce children. Some even speculated that I was an illegitimate child. Lia, you shouldn''t be looking at other men right? I kiss you with all my heart and hug you warmly. But why are you covering your hair? Do you hate Neil?"


    Lia frowned. She had a hard time digesting every word of Prince Aerus, which did not correlate with one another. At this rate, Lia doubted that she would be able to make an appropriate response when Prince Aerus was delirious.


    Biting her lower lip, Lia gently stroked Prince Aerus'' face, smoothing his golden hair which was limp and messy with sweat, which was tangled with weakness and pain. Lia''s eyes dropped to give her more attention, more trust she wanted to build.


    For the time that passed in a complicated manner, Lia asked, "Prince Aerus, what exactly do you want from me?"


    Trembling, Prince Aerus'' pupils twitched tragically. His breathing became a bit weak and hard to detect. The urge of various emotions tickled his heart or perhaps punched him hard.


    Still, in Lia''s warm embrace, Prince Aerus looked straight into Lia''s eyes. His weak voice clashed with his slightly choked breath. "I want you to pay more attention to me. I want you to be willing to be my mate."


    ***

 Chapter 51：Compromising and Having No Choice

    "I want you to pay more attention to me. I want you to be willing to be my mate."


    "Why?" asked Prince Aerus, showing a very sour face. The wry expression on his face contrasted with his pale skin. Golden eyes that were still webbed, and limp gold hair. What could describe Prince Aerus'' appearance for now? "Are you disgusted?"


    Suddenly Prince Aerus'' voice sounded very far away, even further than before. Like when you felt someone''s screams being dragged away somewhere. Moments ago it might have been as if you could reach the voice. "Oh, still close. Very nice." But in a very short second, you realize that''s impossible. The voice was beyond your reach.


    Hamdi explained without being asked. He felt he had to. "Prince Aerus'' consciousness is starting to decline again. If you hear his voice getting further away then that''s a bad sign. Say what he wants to hear, Lia."


    "I don''t know what to say. I don''t have enough good impressions of him." Lia protested because she felt cornered. As if she was the only reason why Prince Aerus could be dying, even though it wasn''t completely wrong.


    Lia''s entire face began to feel heavy, her muscles tightened. She was starting to feel tired. The sky outside began to show a tinge of light, although it was still a thin streak of light gray and clashed with a light mauve. The light would soon peek, and a few hours after that Lia has to go to work.


    Oh, just thinking about it made her irritated. Last night she didn''t get enough sleep. She too had to be filled with an aura of worry. What now? When she worked later she would be sleepy, her impulses would decrease, and it would affect her performance.


    Just say that this was an unlucky day, was that enough to make Lia''s life turn to a better place? Like Neil''s cafe? But Lia still didn''t know when Neil''s cafe would open. Another problem was if Lia rushed to decide when everything was not clear.


    Prince Aerus suddenly stiffened. His brow furrowed slightly. "Who are you talking to? Neil?"


    In response to Lia''s confused blink of an eye, Hamdi explained, "Prince Aerus won''t be able to see and hear me now, at least until his condition starts to recover. That''s why I told you that I needed you and that Prince Aerus would die if you didn''t do something.


    "The first is because he won''t gain enough power if he doesn''t come into contact with you. And the second is because his consciousness will disappear and decrease if you don''t respond. He is blind to the world and the universe."


    Lia''s face looked very complicated. Her nostrils narrowed slightly, and her lips pouted. Her eyes were protesting. "Actually what kind of creatures are you guys?"


    "A high being. That''s a fact." Hamdi turned nonchalantly, and then he hurried back to his seat. Before his hips hit the seat foam, he reminded Lia again, "Keep talking to him. Tell him what he wants to hear. Maybe seduce and compliment him. Usually, that helps."


    Once again Lia snorted, not enough once. Beginning to grow various annoyances at Hamdi, which before she was almost impossible to feel. Maybe because she was too tired, and also lacked sleep. Humans tend to get angry easily if they don''t get enough sleep.


    Ignoring Hamdi, Lia turned her face back to Prince Aerus. It was as if she was a mother who had just fought with her husband, and was now refocusing on taking care of her child who was less sick.


    Lia tightened her arms again, sending warmth from her body back. "I only spoke to Hamdi. He''s so annoying." Lia glanced and glared when she saw Hamdi suddenly turned to her. "There''s no Neil here. Are you in good enough condition now?"


    "Am I not okay?" Prince Aerus'' voice was still some distance away, still out of reach.


    "You''re sick. Hamdi said that there is foreign energy on earth that rubs against you. You passed out all night."


    "And you looked after me all night?"


    Lia was silent for a long time. Maybe it''s just a casual question, asking did you do anything helpful last night? But Lia got another impression. It wasn''t that simple, especially if they were hugging this close, and weren''t wearing anything either. Another thing was when her face couldn''t escape the gentle brushing of Prince Aerus'' sturdy fingers.


    Soft facial lines, like goosebumps and stings. Especially when the fingers slide down to the neck. Lia would choke, decided to do something immediately.


    "Yes," said Lia. "So you need to get well soon. You make me and Hamdi worried."


    "Is it true?" The sound was getting closer, fainter but could be felt. "Are you starting to notice my presence now?" Stupid innocent smile. No one would have thought that the smiling man was an arrogant and domineering prince of Hexa. Prince Aerus looked innocent and was also easy to beat.


    Lia bit her lip. Would she take this opportunity?


    "I never say that did not notice your presence. You need to get well soon so I can do it better." Lia''s fingers caressed Prince Aaerus'' face again, tracing every sharp and firm curve, then moving on to a smooth and clean forehead. "You can''t keep being sick like this."


    "But you like Neil don''t you? You like him. You ignore me and just want to be with him. You don''t want our child."


    For some reason, it felt very strange to hear Prince Aerus mention their ownership together. ''Our children''. Lia was still not used to it. As if she mattered, and as if their relationship was that intimate.


    Indeed they had done everything, but deep in the recesses of the heart, in the empty and dark parts of the boxes, or maybe in the light and ready to be occupied, Lia couldn''t even make a place for Prince Aerus. So what should she do now?


    "I never said that I didn''t want children. Besides, I''m not pregnant."


    "Not yet," interrupted Prince Aerus hastily, amidst his physical weakness. "You''re not pregnant yet, and you will soon be."


    Lia''s eyes filled with tears, she almost cried. Her fear might indeed be that soon, that she would carry Prince Aerus'' child and lose all her freedom.


    "What will you do if I get pregnant and then give birth to your child? What will you do after your goal of having children is accomplished?" The rumbling heartbeat, unconsciously Lia''s voice trembled including her thin body. Her hope for freedom was long, and she never felt that she had fully realized it. But¡­.


    "I will take you to Hexa. You must be my bride there."


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