The Land Of Thorns
Waking up from Illusion part 4

Considering the balcony of his room facing the plaza made Edgar try to walk towards the balcony, at first glance Edgar recalled why he chose this room as his room, he remembered that he liked this place because he was happy to see the bustling city dwellers passing by doing activities in the sprawling capital plaza.

A whuuzz!

There was a wind blowing in when he opened the balcony door. How shocked Edgar was when he looked out from the balcony, the plaza in front of him was so different, it looked so quiet during the day that it was supposed to be crowded with residents doing any activity, because the place was commonly used as a place of trade, street artists performed attractions as well as poets who sang and told tales of legends. Seeing it so desolate looked like a ghost town.

Lilia returned to the room with a small trolley containing food and drinks, Edgar was aware of Lilia's presence in the room because he heard the sound of the trolley, Edgar asks Lilia to bring him tea, which leads Lilia to bring the tea to the balcony.

“I have so many questions, can you sit with me Lilia?”

Although Lilia seemed to be following his orders, Lilia felt unable to accompany her to sit next to him because she thought it would be disrespectful.It made Edgar a little force her and asked her not to be too stiff on him, because Edgar felt not too comfortable if accompanied by people who were too stiff.

“What do you want to ask Prince?”

“Everything, whatever you know.”

Lilia was seen taking a deep breath, telling a story she heard from the butler during the first year that Prince Edgar was in a coma, Lilian tells of Edward who had just returned home after finishing his military academy, and found out Edgar was in a coma Edward was trying to find a miracle cure that he heard from a Physician.

The medicine that the Physician was referring to was in a faraway land on the Tierin continent located to the east of the flower continent after wading through the sea of spirits, for months Edward did not come home but there was news that a bodyguard who went with him returned home alone and told him that his entourage was thrown by a storm in the sea of spirit on the way home, that led the King to believe the story was because the bodyguard was carrying the brooch of the Rosenberg family emblem that Edward wore.

Lilia continued with her story about the news that she had heard of happening to Elina's daughter, in the summer of 207, the Rosen calendar was exactly 4 years ago when Elina's daughter was kidnapped while on her way back after attending her fiance event from the kingdom of Sonne.

A kingdom located on the eastern border of Rosen, it angered King Eliot and executed his bodyguard, who survived, the search team did not find any clues while searching for princess Elina that ignited the tension between the two kingdoms, king Eliot believes the abduction of Elina's daughter is a conspiracy of Sonne's nobles who reject the marriage and alliance of the two kingdoms.

Edgar realizes there are similarities when he remembers another life, it is true that Edward saved himself in a coma but from the memory of another life Edward sought out a great healer on a small island in the northern ocean, elina was kidnapped but saved by a wandering adventurer who was the prince of Parsa and married her, but was not engaged to the prince of Sonne.

“Then what about my mom?”

Edgar asks him to go back to the story he knows, but Lilia felt not strong to continue the story because the news she could give was only sad news let alone telling Edgar who had just realized from his long sleep. But Lilia who saw Edgar still looks strong makes Lilia try to continue the story from the news she heard.

The loss of her daughter's son left King Eliot and Queen Helena devastated, the absence of any further news of Elina's daughter being found led everyone to believe that princess Elina was no longer a world, hearing that made Queen Helena as a mother destroyed herself.

Queen Helena even visited and took care of Edgar even Lilia had seen her crying out for sadness as she took care of Edgar. Due to her poor mental condition, Queen Helena's health worsened until in the summer of 210 the Rosen calendar, Queen Helena died of her illness.

‘So because of that appeared rumors of myself carrying a curse.’

It crossed Edgar's mind to provide conclusions after hearing the tragic news that happened to his brother and mother, Edgar felt himself quite hurt to hear the story, because they should not have fared like that.

Edgar kept silent with both his hands clenched against each other propping up his chin, his eyes looking at the desolate plaza with blank stares, thinking of his father's feelings which at this moment must be the same as what he felt, his eyes looking at the desolate plaza with blank stares, thinking of his father's feelings which at this moment must be the same as what he felt, he felt, although it looks disappointed because it looks abandoned its people.

“Plaza was as I recall never quiet as it is now.”

“Is my father so devastated that he forgot his people?”

In his daydream he saw the inhabitants walking so grimly, the condition of the inhabitants was so different compared to when he was in another life, the smiles of the residents are so carefree as not to bother thinking about what to eat tomorrow because their needs are met. This country seems to suffer more from it.

“This is because of the endless war.”

What Lilia said made Edgar stunned at her, Edgar looked at her as if confirming what she said was the truth.

Lilia explained that the Rosen kingdom is currently at war with the Rosen kingdom since the relationship between the two countries heated up due to the kidnapping incident of Princess Elina which made the war break out until now.

He did not understand the details with the current state of the military as he had no contact about the information, not to mention the butler who often gave information to him had died and was replaced with a new butler, who had been killed, plus the main castle that was being heavily guarded made it unable to enter and exit as usual.

‘Looks like I understand. So so yeah!’

His explanation made Edgar understand what was really going on in the main castle at this time. A bad rumor about him, the endless wars and the main castle are heavily guarded. Edgar realized that something was wrong.

Although he still feels confused why he came back young and is living in this reality, he feels he will set aside to find the answer. Because he feels himself still a King in the Rosen kingdom who has the knowledge and experience to ensure the future of its inhabitants is happy.

‘What is he smiling?’

Lilia saw Edgar suddenly smile, she felt his smile seem different from before, his smile was full of confidence and he saw Edgar's face looked fresher shining like there was no more dark shadow on his face as he shut himself up in the room.

“Lilia send a notification to the main castle, I request an audience with my father.”

Edgar looked so confident as if he had decided on something in his life, He rolled up his nightgown sleeves and went back into his room, he picked up a piece of bread that was instantly spent by him, he looks like he's stretching right now.

“What do you do Prince?”

“Exercise, you don't see this body like a twig.”

For the moment Edgar realized that his body was so weak, let alone raising a sword walking out of the room so he felt unable, even if exposed to strong winds maybe his body would be carried away by the wind later, he said, so what he needed right now was to have a body that could take care of him.

“Why are you quiet, did you forget what I asked for!”

Lilia heard Edgar reprimanding her, her tone sounding fierce, but somehow even though her tone sounded like that She felt Edgar was being so eager to ask him for help.

It seemed that Edgar was unaware that he had passed the confident smile on to Lilia, his smile was greeting as he left the room.