Trapped in the Past
EPISODE 07'S

**HAPPY READING**

Ahera rubbed her hands with an annoyed expression. Retha who saw that scratched her non-itchy nape.

"Is your body itching, brother?"

Athera turned to Retha with a rough sigh and then said resentfully, "I must remove the traces of Regaz's grip on my hand!"

"Huh?" Retha bengong's. Athera should be pleased that for the first time Regaz clasped his hands even many of the women just touching Regaz's hands was already considered a great fortune.

Finally, Retha chose to quietly observe Athera who continued to rub her hands with her clothes and then walked up to the small basin filled with water and rinsed it. After that Athera seemed to smile with satisfaction at his hands, although it looked flushed very clearly. Retha even grimaced to see the rubbing marks, how much did Ahera hate Regaz? Though Athera really likes Regaz despite always being hurt first.

"Where are you going now?" retha asked as Athera began to move on.

Athera smiled obliquely. "I heard, Regaz has a confidant who is able to talk to the gods, can Rethaku tell her whereabouts so that this brother of yours can meet?"

Retha tilted her head, she did not expect her brother to be so good at seducing. 

"His name is Young Master Ruoxi Khilbi. He was an archaeologist and also a great figure who was good at divining. You can meet him at the Night Flower Residence. But why would it suddenly want to see Young Master Ruoxi?"

Athera smiled knot. "So I have a lot of questions for him."

"What's that?"

Athera moved her index finger to the left. "Retha must not know."

Retha sighed in annoyance, "Huh, alright."

Athera smiled as she pinched Retha's cheek. " Smart kid."

"Then immediately take your sister there," continued Athera.

"Huh? Now?" retha and Athera asked softly.

"All right," resigned Retha.

Athera skips around a little while embracing Retha's shoulder to take her there.

Along the way to the residence of the man named Ruoxi was very quiet, there were only two guards on the front perk whereas in the residence so large there was not a single tight guard and Athera was sure Ruoxi had enough strength to not need strict guard. At first Athera was a little difficult to get into this residence because the two guards did not recognize him. Hah, it's only natural because all this time Athera who used to always stay silent in his residence.

"The Empress Athera, came to visit to see Young Master Ruoxi," whispered Retha to one of Ruoxi's butlers. The waiter immediately went to send a message.

More than that, Athera prefers to observe Ruoxi's peaceful residence. There was a fountain with a fish-shaped statue and the fountain came out from inside the mouth of the fish, then there was a flower plant that was in the crowd of butterflies.

"A phenomenon you came to visit here, Empress."

Athera was stunned from her daydream until she turned her body and confronted the man she believed was Ruoxi. Men with long white hair tied pontail, slightly dark skin then a body almost similar to Regaz's bodyguard named Tier.

"Well, then you should write it down in your history book" Athera said, shaking his right hand.

Retha glared in surprise then smiled clumsily at Ruoxi who was stunned to find the response of Athera.

"Sister, you were too bad at the beginning of the meeting" whispered Retha.

Athera only displayed her foolish expression then raised her shoulders indifferently while looking at Ruoxi.

"I need to talk to you both" Arthera said.

Ruoxi nodded stiffly and invited Athera into her room and Retha was served by Ruoxi's butler until Athera was done with her affairs.

Athera was amazed to see Ruoxi's room was so neat even filled with shelves filled with old books and paper that seemed scattered with beautiful writing. There were also antiques inside, but Ruoxi took them elsewhere. They entered a room and there was only a round table with five beautiful wooden chairs and drinks.

"Please sit down, Empress."

"Thank you."

Now they sit facing. Then Athera squeezed his hand.

"I want to ask, but will you believe me?"

Ruoxi did not like Athera, but she respected her because she heard from Regaz that she had saved her master from a dangerous attack.

Athera smiled in satisfaction and whispered, "Do you believe that a mirror is capable of changing one's fate?"

Ruoxi was flabbergasted, she was immediately unsettled by her sitting until Athera was convinced that Ruoxi understood the flow of her conversation.

"Yes, then?" ask Ruoxi as calmly as possible.

"Do you know how to use it or do you know where the mirror is?" ask Athera.

The mirror wouldn't be connected to him if there weren't any other mirrors here, Athera is convinced of that.

Ruoxi got up from her seat with a hostile expression. " I'm sorry, I don't know if there's a problem with using it."

Athera smiled obliquely then approached Ruoxi.

"You seem to hate me Ruoxi?"

Ruoxi shook her head stiffly.

"He is indeed creepy," inner Ruoxi

Athera got closer to Ruoxi until the man took a few steps back.

DUK!

Ruoxi was nervous when her body hit the wall then Athera's hand moved shutting her up. Ruoxi did not dare to use her martial power on the empress who had just saved her master's life.

"I'm not a Krystalian Athera. I am Athera Liontina who exchanged fate with her. I am from the future, so I ask for your help to tell me the history of this mirror" explained Athera.

Ruoxi's eyes widened. He was still digesting the words of Athera until a few minutes later the man immediately called out like understanding. Athera began to move away and returned to his seat.

"So, you're not Empress Athera?!" Ruoxi approached Athera with sparkling eyes.

"Yes." Yeah."

"I believe it's because Empress Athera isn't as brutal as you."

"What?!"

Ruoxi shook her head stiffly then smiled clumsyly. Ruoxi couldn't have been directly kind to him just because of this short explanation. This guy must have other intentions.

"Wait here" Ruoxi said as she walked out onto the shelves there and came back with a not-so-thick book and thrust it at Athera.

"What's this?"

"That's a book about mirrors you mean. The explanation is very long."

Athera nodded but he screeched as Ruoxi directly clasped his hand.

"Can you pay with your knowledge in that future world?" Ruoxi blinked funny which made Athera nauseous to see her.

Athera pulled his hands rough and then crossed his chest.

"alright, but... " Athera hung up her sentence.

"What?"

"You have to be my man."

"You are indeed a snake" sissed Ruoxi.

"Beautiful switch" replied Athera.

Ruoxi grunts. The man silently looked at Athera.

The mirror was in Regaz's room but how could the Krystalian Athera get there and use it. Ruoxi believed in Athera's words because she was the only one who believed in such an absurdity even because the mirror could indeed change one's fate, but Ruoxi did not think that the mirror could change the fate of people who live in the future.

"The miracle! I think Athera Krystalian really suffered to the point of being able to use a mirror to trade fate with this woman named Athera Liontina, "inner Ruoxi while looking at Athera seriously.

**CONNECT**..