Loving The Mad King

I Hate You!

The next morning, Odette slowly woke up. Her eyes blinked a few times. She was startled when she felt the presence of someone lying next to her, hugging her.

Instantly, her eyes widened when she found Rion hugging her. She was more shocked when she found herself and Rion n***d.

"W-what?" Her breath hitched. Odette roughly removed Rion's hand that was around her waist. That made Rion wake up.

Odette woke up shaking. She felt a sting between her thighs.

"N-no way." Her voice trembled. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the bloodstains beneath her. Her dress was on the floor.

Just like Odette, Rion was also very surprised when he saw himself and Odette n***d.

"W-what happened?" He woke up feeling shocked, mixed with confusion. Odette immediately got out of bed, put on her dress, and ran outside as fast as she could.

"Odette, wait!" Rion also rushed to put on his clothes and then ran after the girl. "Odette, wait! Stop!"

Odette walked quickly while in tears. She ignored Rion's voice that was calling her and asking her to stop.

'Why are you doing this to me Rion? Why?' She ran while rubbing her eyes. Tears continued to stream down hard to her face.

"Odette, stop!" Rion managed to hold Odette's arm.

"Let me go!!!" Odette turned around and immediately gave Rion a hard slap.

SLAP!

Rion turned his head slowly to see Odette, who currently stared at him very sharply. After she slapped Rion, Odette turned around. She wanted to run to leave the place as fast as possible, but Rion held her arm again.

"We need to talk!"

"DON'T TOUCH ME! YOU HORRIBLE MAN!" Odette pushed Rion with exploding anger. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE A VERY GOOD MAN! WHY DID YOU DO ALL OF THIS TO ME!?? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?? I thought you were a nice guy and I trusted you but you… why, Rion, why? WHY, RION?! " Odette shouted with tears in her eyes.

For a moment Rion glanced at the people who made them a spectacle.

"You heard that, right? She called him Rion."

"Th-that means that man is indeed King Rion."

"Oh my, is the king and that woman…?"

The crowd started to make a noise like a swarm of bees.

Rion returned his focus toward Odette. He knew that something had happened between them, but he had absolutely no recollection of how it had happened. Odette looked very shocked. So, did the girl also not remember what happened?

"We have to talk," he said.

"There's nothing to talk about! I hate you! You're an asshole, and you don't deserve to be loved," Odette said angrily, then she turned and walked quickly, leaving Rion frozen in place.

Odette's last sentence broke Rion's heart. The vase that Rion had just glued shattered again before the glue dried.

***

Meanwhile, Odette kept walking and occasionally jogging down the road that was wet from the rain last night. She was confused. She was shocked. Odette was terrified at the thought that she would be living a life like her mother's.

Everyone questioned her mother's morals as a woman, and now Odette would experience the same thing? Would she become pregnant from this incident and give birth to an illegitimate child? Would her child experience what she felt? Growing up, she was mocked as an illegitimate child because she did not have a father.

Odette's tears fell harder when she thought about all that. She and her mother dreamed of the day when she married the man she loved sincerely and formed a small, whole family. She and her husband would have children, and their children have a father and mother, the complete parents.

Odette stopped under a tree and saw the white flowers fall down from the tree. She stared blankly at the flowers that lay on the ground. She realized the love in her heart for Rion fell before it bloomed.

Odette went silent for a while, dazed as she watched the fallen flowers. She forced her bare feet to walk again. She kept walking aimlessly and didn't realize where she was going until suddenly it was already midday. When she was moved from her daze, Odette had just arrived at the Lilium Residence.

Odette took the key she had hidden in the garden pot and opened the door. The room inside felt very lonely and gloomy. No mother, no one there waiting for her. She was alone, completely alone.

She leaned against the door she had just closed. Tears streamed down hard from her eyes.

"Mom. I need you, please hug me." Her body fell down. Odette hugged her knees. She spilled out all of her sadness. She wept, and wept, until she burst into tears, making her shoulders shake.

***

In the Panthera Palace, everyone looked at Rion questioningly, as the man wore an extremely cold expression.

"What's with the king, and where did he just come from?" The gatekeeper was astonished because he didn't see the king come out of the palace and now suddenly he returned from outside.

"Hey, do you know when the king went out?" He asked his friend. His friend said that he didn't know.

"Why are you so surprised? This is not the first time the king has suddenly returned, even though we didn't see him leave the palace," said one of the three of them.

"That's true. But did you see the look in his eyes just now? It looked very cold."

"Maybe he's upset at the thought of Prince Aiden. He must be thinking of the queen and Knight Lucas again."

"Ah… I'm so sorry. Panthera has been without a mother for a long time, when will Panthera have complete parents, huh?"

"I do not know."

Rion was walking briskly past the ruined palace courtyard as the builders were doing the repairs. Those who passed the king smiled and bowed politely, but Rion ignored them as if they were invisible beings.

"Brother?" Anwen, who saw Rion, ran to come over. She stopped when Rion turned his head and looked at her with a piercing glare. "B -Brother….?"

Anwen froze while Rion continued his steps.

"What happened to you?" Anwen muttered softly as she looked at Rion's figure, who was steadily drifting away. She was suddenly stunned when she realized something. "Did you have a relapse? Tri-TRISHY!"

Anwen immediately turned around and ran to find Trish.

"TRISH!" called Anwen loudly, making Trish who was on the other end turn to look at her. As soon as she arrived in front of Trish, Anwen said, "Trishy, ​​my brother is back, but it looks like he's having a relapse. He was looking at me so intensely, like Lucifer!"

"What?!" Trish was shocked. "Where is he now?"

"Follow me!" Anwen led the way. She nearly fell on her knees from tripping, luckily, Trish grabbed her waist from behind.

"Th-thank you, Trishy." At first glance, Anwen's face turned red. Trish just nodded and then asked Anwen to run again.

Meanwhile, Rion, who had just entered his room, slammed the door hard. He punched the wall to vent the anger and sadness that he had been holding in for a long time.

'I hate you. You're an asshole and you don't deserve to be loved!' Odette's words echoed in his heart. It made him feel even angrier and wanted to destroy something.