บท 40: Cruelest Destiny for The Cherished Ones

"…ter."

"Mas…"

"MASTER!" 

The scream made the purple-eyed man come back from his memories. 

The man saw the glare from his purple-eyed Master and shivered.

"I'm sorry, master, but we've to go. If we don't… King Joseph's men will notice our movements."

The purple-eyed man sighed, "Okay." He stood up and left, not daring to look back at his beloved. The one he had been waiting for. The one he dreamed about, the one who belonged to him.

When he was almost vanishing from sight, King Joseph glanced over his direction and frowned and shakes his head. 

"…" he was thinking about something when a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Imperial Father." 

King Joseph glanced towards the owner of the voice and found Rosella looking at him with query. 

"Mm?"

"I would like to ask permission to retire. I have several papers on the island's office, and it's been a while since I came back here."