Trapped in the Past
EPISODE 13

**HAPPY READING**.

The Occurrens Ad Regem is over and now everything is fine. There is no punishment for Consort Yuen. Only, he was embarrassed because of the disappointment of the king and the queen mother. While Athera has earned her position as empress without being looked down upon. His ability conquered the hearts of the nobles of the various clans. And at this time Athera had to be burdened with the royal problems experienced by Regaz too.

Like today. The morning is so bright with the sun expanding its light in all directions. But everything felt cloudy for Athera. The woman bent her expression as she had to face off against Regaz in the man's private royal workspace.

Regaz smiled amusedly from behind the ledger he read to cover his expression from Athera who chose to sit on the sofa, coinciding with his work chair.

"Can you just talk the point, don't hide your face" Athera said.

Regaz cleared his throat as he normalized his expression and placed the ledger back on the table and walked over to Athera on the sofa.

Regaz sat next to Athera. Crossing his legs with both hands on his chest.

"You will take me to visit Pelhium Village" Regaz said.

Athera was facing Regaz.

"Pelhium Village?"

"The village of the commoners lives. There they lived without being taken care of by a leader until their lives were like commoners. I'll try to establish my power there" explained Regaz.

"Then you want me to come with you?" Athera asked cynically.

Regaz immediately faced Athera and then cornered the woman on the sofa with a cold face.

"Who if not you, hm?" ask Regaz back.

"Curtain!" Athera.

Regaz smiled faintly at the sighing of Athera then moved after slowly shaking the top of the head of Athera.

Athera was stunned as she touched her head. "Sometimes he looks handsome, with his wily smile."

Regaz sighed when he saw that Athera was silent like a statue with both hands on his head. "Can you move and follow me?"

Athera was stunned from her daydream and then stood firm. "Where?"

"We're going to Pelhium Village."

"Now?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Fucking king!" maki Athera in heart.

Regaz and Athera came out of this room and walked out of the palace to visit their ready flock. Some soldiers, healers and some servants were already there with one black horse that looked gallant without a rider. The entire palace looked at Regaz and Athera. Unlike usual they walked together especially Regaz was seen slowing his pace to match the small steps of Athera.

Athera was silent when he saw that there was only one horse there.

Regaz nudged Athera's head gently using his elbow.

"Don't expect to ride a horse with me. You get into the stretcher," explained Regaz with a sarcastic smile.

Athera turned her face away. He murmured into the stretcher, he entered the sizable stretcher. Enough for two people to fall asleep in it. This stretcher has a large wheel with a horse as its puller.

They will pass through the forest of Udairel before reaching Pelhium Village. And in the area some people were on standby by his side. They've been after Regaz and his herd.

Regaz continued to be beside Athera's palanquin. Slowly the small curtains of the stretcher were blown away until he could see Athera sitting in it quietly. That woman looks so pretty. Regaz admits that Athera was the most beautiful woman of all the kingdoms he had conquered or not.

Athera itself is bored, it turns out that riding the stretcher of the past is not exciting. Even now the eyes of Athera began to weigh until finally he immediately lay in a stretcher. Her hair covered her face. A soft snore sounded from within. So soft.

Regaz who focused forward again stared from behind the stretcher. But he saw Athera sleeping in there. Regaz only remained silent with an indecipherable gaze and then refocused on the path of his horse. The forest of Udairel had been seen, Regaz who had a sword that he held up beside his waist, looked in a tight squeeze.

"Protect the stretchers and the women" Regaz said slowly to the soldiers not far from him. Regaz's eyes, which were as sharp as that eagle, looked terrifying at the moment. His gaze was fixed on the Udariel Forest.

They started whispering to each other then changed their positions. Soldiers moved more among the women until some of them became confused and alert.

"They are aware of our existence" murmured someone inside the Udariel Forest when the Regaz herd had entered the Forest. He must not underestimate the king of this virtual esse kingdom.

"Change strategy. You are attacking the front where the King is, until he thinks that we are after him. Then the rest moved towards the luggage. So he will think we want the king's treasure and life so they don't focus on our one true target point. And I'll be moving on the real target" explained someone on the herd. They exist in large numbers.

The person raised his hand into the air then clenched perfectly. He gave orders to immediately attack as planned.

THE SRAK.. GRAFTS.

TAPS.. TAPS.. TAPS..

Regaz immediately spurred his horse with a sword that he removed from the scabbard. Regaz had guessed that he would be attacked. The soldiers continued to fight to protect the women but they began to switch to protecting the luggage that had been heavily attacked by people dressed just like the royal rebels back then. Then some Regaz soldiers also chose to move on the front because they did not target the stretchers and the women.

Regaz never knew mercy if he had been attacked first. The enemy's head was just stung with a single slash of his.

Then someone pulled the bodies of the soldiers who had been killed by the herd and then he changed his clothes with the clothes of Regaz soldiers. After that he came out of hiding and approached the stretcher. The place where Athera was still fast asleep without a little disturbed by the assault outside.

"We must save the Empress first" a soldier told the women near the stretcher.

"We must not move even a little from this position. After all the Empress is still safe in there," replied one of the maids there and then taken in by the other women.

"Curtain! It's nauseating!" The man drew his sword, ready to slash at the women, but his body instantly bounced and was plunged on the surface of the ground. His stomach hurts so much

"Gee.. It's really a blessing when you wake up" said Athera, who has now stepped out of a stretcher after kicking the man in disguise in the typical outfit of his royal soldiers.

The man got up and moved towards Athera. Athera did not have a sword or any other weapon until he was only able to dodge.

"You humiliated me. At least hurt you a little. It would definitely not make my leader kill me. "the man grinned and then swung his sword quickly towards Athera.

SRETT..

BLASHES! SRETT!

Athera widened his eyes when the sword did not hit him. Except for Regaz's burly arm. The man managed to injure Regaz but he had to lose his life when Regaz's sword slashed his head.

"Not hurt?" ask Regaz to Athera.

Athera did not answer. The woman stared at Regaz for a long time.

"You're the one who's hurt" Athera replied, glancing at Regaz's blood-soaked arm and handsome face covered in blood belonging to his opponent. Athera wants nausea to see it.

"Back to the stretcher. They're all dead" explained Regaz later helping his soldiers who were only lightly wounded. There was only one of them killed. The body was pulled in for the disguise of the man who wanted to kidnap Athera. Regaz told them to find the body, so that a proper funeral would be carried out.

"Get on the stretcher and I'll treat you." Athera blocked Regaz's horse path.

Regaz rolled his eyes lazily. " The physician will do it."

Athera was biting her lower lip. He was reluctant to say this, but he felt indebted if this.

"I'm your wife. I'm in charge of treating you if you're hurt" Athera said firmly until Regaz got off the horse quickly and then carried Athera back into the stretcher.

"We continue the journey. We'll be there soon. Hold your pain. Oh yes, lead my horses," explained Regaz from the palanquin then all cried out with vigor.

"WAKE UP! I have to treat him first" said Athera when Regaz lay down while putting his head on Athera's thigh.

"Just clean the blood on my face. They're disgusting" explained Regaz then closing his eyes.

"Truly stubborn," Inner Athera

**CONNECT**..