#EPISODE2#

In the living room is a man talking to someone...

"Tell me...! Is there any way to prolong my daughters life?" Rodeus said to the midwife while his tears slowly fell down

"There is..." the woman answered

"Please... tell me... what is it?" a single light of hope in Rodeus' eyes lit up

"There is no assurance that you can find this but in our family of midwives, there is a story that had been passed from generations to generations..."

"I can do anything for my family...!"

"There is this flower that blooms ones the reincarnated Emperor is borned, It is called Rose-"

"Isn't it just an ordinary flower?"

"This flower is not just a Rose, It is said that when the Wife of the Emperor - The Queen was borned in the North, the Northern Forest started to have all kinds of beautiful but thorny flowers, it is believed that the Gods gave it the Emperor's wife because they adore her so much. And when the Queen is of age to go outside, she roamed the whole Northern Forest to see for herself the beauty that everybody have been talking about. When the Queen got into the heart of the forest, she saw a very beautiful flower with red petals and it is the only flower in the forest that have no thorns, but before she could pluck the flower out, a man in white robe and long black hair suddenly appeared and in the blink of an eye, she's already back at the Northern Castle. After that no one ever saw who that man was and because of what happened, people believed that the Northern Forest is a magical forest and is the home of the Gods. " the midwife told him

"Isn't that just a Folktale?" Rodeus asked, still in confusion on what hapoened in the story

"No, It's not..." the midwife shaked her head

"How do you say so? Did you experience it yourself?" Rodeus asked in curiosity

"Infact, I did" the midwife said in an unbelievable tone

"How??" Rodeus frowned and continued to doubt what the midwife is saying

"When I was still studying midwifery back then, it's already the talk that the Northern Forest is magical. Free spirit, I am back then, I got in the Northern Forest and started to roam the forest. It's real that there are a lot of flower in the forest with thorns. When I got in to the heart of the forest, I saw a very beautiful red flower - The Magical Rose - I to get near the flower but then, suddenly, I felt like someone set up a barrier around the flower and when I stepped near the flower, my body became so numb and when I woke-up, I'm already home. I told what I experienced to my family and they said that when they tried getting the flower, the same happened to them. Until now, no one has ever been able to pluck the flower." the midwife explained

" Is this the only way?"

" This is the only way that I know, maybe you can ask the others but I doubt that there is another way." the midwife told Rodeus

" Okay, thank you for giving me such information. I'll think about it first then..."

"But, remember, the Rose Flower can only prolong her life for ten years, after you use the Rose Flower, you can't use it for the second time..."

"Now, if you'll excuse me. I still have something to do, I'll take my leave now..." the midwife

"Then, let me see you out"

"Thank you again!!"

"Make sure to take care of your wife and your baby."

"Okay, goodbye Madam Lare!!"

|At the same time the two were talking|

"What are they talking about that is so long?" Arthur asked himself

"I know this is wrong but I just can't help but be curious, I'm really sorry..."

Arthur stood at the back of the door slowly peaking at Rodeus and Madam Lare talking.

"What are they talking about? I can't hear them"

"What? I heard something like 'daughter' 'only' 'five years' 'live', what is this?"

"Is there something wrong to my little sister?"

"What do we do, then?"

"Rose Flower? isn't it just a flower?"

Then Rodeus seen Madam Lare off

"Arthur, I know you're in there"

(grasp)

"How do you know?" Arthur asked in shock

"That is not what's important right now, you now know what will happen to your sister."

"What will really happen to her?"

"I'll tell you but don't tell your mom about it, okay?"

"umm... okay...!"

"Your sister only have five years to live and I need to find the flower that can prolong her life more."

"You'll leave us?"

"Don't worry, I'll be back. But until I'm not back, you need to take care of your sister and mother, okay?"

"Okay... just promise me that you'll come back"

"I promise..."

Ang just like that, Rodeus departed for the said flower.

|Present|

"Happy 4th birthday, our Little Queen, brother pcked this Rose for you!"

"Brother, why do you always give me this flower...?"

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