Trapped in the Past
EPISODE 03'S.

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Athera clenched her hand firmly, inside this palace of hers was only her and Retha. Now Retha's gone nowhere. Athera had just slapped Regaz and chose to leave the man, but not far out of the room now Regaz had reached him again then carried his body like a sack of rice.

Athera jumped in shock to hit the head, back and even the arm Regaz and unfortunately the man just kept silent with a look of wrath. Athera became frightened when Regaz took her back to the room and slammed her body on the floor. Athera grimaced when he felt his butt was so sore after hitting the floor of the room, in contrast to Regaz who was now squatting to align their faces then clutching firmly at Athera's chin.

"Where is your submissive nature?" Regaz asked coldly while Athera stared fiercely at Regaz.

"Indeed, since when have I been a submissive?" athera replied coldly. He will not lose, how can he who is always stubborn on both his parents must obey the haughty man in front of him at this time.

Regaz growled, his hand that was ready to slap Athera stopped, the man took a deep breath then exhaled violently until Athera could feel the warmth of Regaz's breath blowing in front of his face.

"Retha will bear your punishment again, for pushing my concubines down into the pool." Regaz released his wrangling on Athera's chin but quickly Ahera held Regaz's hand.

"Why was Rethah punished?!"

Regaz stomped at Athera's hand violently until it was released. "Don't act foolish, hasn't Rethah been the one to bear all your punishment?!"

"I don't understand what you mean! It's your mistress who hit me in the head first, you should know that!"

Regaz looked at Athera vilely. "Everything you did was wrong in my eyes. Even if you're actually right"

Athera fell silent, what exactly did all this mean. If Athera is wrong then Retha replaces him. So now that Retha has not come what has been called to serve the punishment?

"Why do you hate me so much?" athera asked with her head lowered deeply.

Regaz chuckled, "It looks like you're really good at two-faced."

Athera stared at Regaz's dark bead. "Why are you torturing me! Isn't it wrong that the elders in the past, why did you turn back the error?! Didn't the Gazians apologize to the Virtucal Esse! Does your heart have no pity! Is your brain unable to think clearly about all your actions! Right now, the Gazianors have suffered enough for what he did then why don't you stop torturing us?!"

Athera did not know what made him say this, even he boldly pointed Regaz's chest many times with eyes that almost cried. Regaz's dark bead was locked by the gaze belonging to Athera at this moment.

"I really hate you!" athera's voice rose while Regaz was silent a thousand words, did he indeed have no conscience? Then why he could only silently stare fixedly at Athera who was addressing him. Usually he would slam Ahera into the bed and punish the woman.

"It is good that you hate me, because then you make it easier for me to torture the entire Gazianor nation," replied Regaz lightly and then left behind Ahera who was still not satisfied with raving Regaz.

UH! Rethas! Where's she?

Athera directly came out of her room to look for someone inside the empress's small castle, asking where Retha was currently whenever serving her sentence, she had to replace Retha's punishment because this was all her fault.  But there was no one he met along the hallway inside the castle until Athera opted out of the castle.

The panicked Athera could sigh in relief as he who had already exited the castle and gone to the grounds found Retha who had been held by two escorts belonging to Regaz.

"Wait!"

Retha was shocked when her brother suddenly blocked the path of the two soldiers who somehow wanted to take her to where, she said, he who had just returned from the medicine warehouse suddenly had seen the bridge that became the barrier between the residence of the concubines and the empress crowded. She is called upon to stop her brother's punishment, Ah! He is used to facing it.

"Sorry empress, she had us whip 20 times for not taking good care of you in the empress' castle to make a fuss" the bodyguard said.

"I'll take his place" replied Athera steadily.

Retha immediately poked. "Don't! Brother still hasn't been sem-"

"Take him off and take me," Athera said sharply until the two guards released Rethah and approached Athera.

Athera looked at Retha then smiled sweetly as if she would be fine after being whipped. "Don't forget to prepare dinner for me."

Retha cries at Athera's departure. His sister was really protecting him at the moment.

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Consort Yuen Castle.

Concubine Yuen chirped in annoyance given the events of a few hours ago when she was almost humiliated by Athera.

"What's pissing you off, concubine?"

Concubine Yuen who was now in her room and sitting cross-legged in a wooden chair threw her essence at the male butler who was very loyal to her family and herself. Lord Gegu the name of the middle-aged man who became the butler, concubine Yuen.

"Athera started to show her courage and even humiliated me!"

Mr. Gegu was silent while playing his black beard, his eyebrows were adrift omens were thinking hard. Concubine Yuen noticed Master Gegu when the middle-aged man suddenly turned his head to the left-right to make sure there was no one but the two of them inside.

"Then you can teach Empress Athera a lesson with a trap that will even kill her family as well as the rest of her people." a grin printed clearly on the middle-aged man's face.

Concubine Yuen immediately put on a serious face. "How is it?"

Mr. Gegu reached into his pocket and then thrust a wooden board with the symbol of a nation on the table to be seen by concubine Yuen.

"These symbols are no longer needed, they are already our slaves."

Mr. Gegu shakes in disagreement.

"Don't you know that the King is currently looking for who is the perpetrator of the rebellion that makes him have to go down at this time? So we have to pay people to do this job and frame Empress Athera."

Concubine Yuen immediately glared then smiled widely. "This is an amazing plan! Then I'll just go find that mercenary. I can't wait to see Athera suffer."

Mr. Gegu smiled. "We'll start tomorrow, because I heard the King will attack the village of Frokela because it has been targeted by the rebels."

Mr. Gegu had learned of the King's plan from the minister who was the biological father of concubine Yuen until he was easy to find out the information in the kingdom even though he was an outsider.

"I can't wait to see Regaz's reaction to Athera, hahaha!" Yuen chuckles.

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