Dream Love : Dream Land - Chapter 131

“What happen?”

Princess Lia, who came to Prince Ethan’s residence at that time because she wanted to give the prince something, asked the palace maid who is now crowded outside the courtyard of the residence. She remembers that all of them are the one that served Ethan and Mia since they were married.

“Princess Lia. What brought you here?”

“I need to see Ethan because I have some business with him. But, what is happening here?” Lia repeated her question. She didn’t get mad as they are forgotten her asking first.

“It’s about a week now that Prince Ethan doesn’t want to eat and drink and locks himself in. He even asked us not to come here anymore to serve him, but we got worried about his condition so we kept coming every day, but he still didn’t open the door even if we call. ”

“We didn’t want to bother the King and the Queen about this, but it seems like his condition is already out of hand. What if something happens to Prince Ethan?” The other maid also interrupted there.

Lia looked at the food in the tray they had brought at the time, which was still smoky which was placed on the table which was indeed to the left and right of the entrance of the residence.

With a deep sigh Lia dismissed them.

“All of you just go for now. Let me take care of this. I got something official to discuss with him anyway.” Lia deliberately used the word ‘official’ there even though it was just a lie because she didn’t want them to think badly because she was a woman and suddenly wanted to go alone in the house of a man whose wife had just died. Worried if there will be any unpleasant gossip popping up because of this.

Hearing that, all the helpers started moving away. They did not want to interfere with the official affairs of the royal anyway and left the princess alone now.

“Now what? should I do? Do I need to break into this door or what?” Lia murmur to herself now. Feeling confused all alone.

“And what are the official things that you need to discuss with Ethan? Can I know about that?”

Suddenly, one voice who belonged to someone that made her heart anxious for a few days echoed there. Lia’s face flushed a little because she still can remembered clearly about the warm kiss they shared not long ago.

“Why are you here… Prince Ray?” Lia didn’t know what title she should give to the man. Their personal relationship turns out to be faster even though they don’t really know each other, and makes her feeling a little awkward when dealing with the man, but their promise to get married is still standing and no one wants to back off from that.

“It’s been a while since the last time I saw you and I happened to see you walking towards here. So I’m following you.” Ray said there while looking at the girl. “You’re avoiding me.”

“I’m not avoiding you!” Lia denied.

“It’s just… When I came across you I didn’t know what I should do. And… I feel a little embarrassed about what happened that night.” As usual, Lia is a person that always likes to be straightforward.

Ray smirking a little after knowing the girl’s heart.

“I thought you wanted to back off.”

“I’m not. Are you?” Lia said shyly.

Ray lowered his body slightly there to match Lia’s height, which was a bit lower than him. To see her eyes up close.

“Never.” He said.

Lia clears her throat there and step back a little to control her heart rate that is already beating so fast now. It’s weird as this man can make her feel so crazy only after they share just one kissing! But, back to her previous concern she thinks it’s better for Ray to step in now.

“Can you open this door or do something about this? Ethan shut himself off for a week now. Without eating and drinking.”

Ray began to look serious there. As all of the princes are quite busy these past few days they didn’t know what happened to Ethan and gave him a space to get a grip of himself but clearly he becomes worst for being left alone like that.

“Let me just break it. I will call for a replacement later.” Ray said and continued to do so.

Then, they both entered the pitch -dark residence. Lia, brought in all the food left by the palace maid earlier and placed it on the table in the living room.

“Wait here. I go and talk to him.” Ray asks for Lia understanding and knowing that, Lia is just sitting without being invited on the sofa that is there.

Ray then proceeded to open the door of the bedroom Ethan had previously shared with Mia, and saw the man with the unshaven face, greasy hair, slightly skinny looking body sitting on the floor looking out the room window. Like a living corpse.

Ray sighed heavily seeing Ethan’s condition there. He can’t accept it.

Ray approached Ethan and continued to pull his hand away, wanting to force the man to his feet. But Ethan, have no will within him whatsoever and just plop down again after standing there for a moment.

“Are you really going to be like this Ethan?” Ray was trying to keep his tone of voice because he was aware of Lia’s presence outside.

“Leave me alone.” Ethan said weakly there.

“No, I won’t. Just get up now and pack yourself. You’re stronger than this and I know it. Get up now!” Ray once again pulled Ethan’s hand there.

This time Ethan pushed him away as his weak body get pushed back and now leaning against the wall.

“I said go away! Just leave me alone!” Ethan finally snaps and get angry with Ray now.

“Why are you being like this? You said you already promise Mia. But what the heck are you doing now? Are you trying to torture yourself?” Ray asked there.

Ethan scooped up his face instantly. Listening to the girl’s name was like a knife stabbing into his heart. Too painful to remember.  Too painful to bear.

“Shut up! Shut up!” Ethan began to howl as he cried.

Unable to bear what she heard, Lia got up there and started going into the bedroom and seeing what was going on. Her nose began to catch the musty smell that was in the room a sign of not being cleaned for so long.

“You don’t know what I feel. So just go away and leave me alone now.” Ethan said again while Ray actually didn’t know what to do. He actually also still crying inside his heart every time he remembered Mia but just pretended to be strong there while Ethan, was crushed outside and inside.

“What a pathetic loser.” Lia suddenly said so with her arms crossed hugging herself while her eyes looked sharply at Ethan.

“Lia…” Ray mentioned her name as he didn’t agree the girl was too hard on Ethan.

But Lia just ignores him. Because to her, it’s true that sometimes people need a softer approach, but sometimes someone also has to be reminded rudely before they finally set foot on the real earth. And Ethan condition is needed that rough approach.

Ethan looked at Lia there with a face dissatisfied with her previous words.

“You think you’re the only one who’s sad about Mia’s death? Because you’re her husband? Think again. Do you deserve to be this sad?”

“What are you trying to point out?” Ethan sound angry now.

“When you’re always ignoring her, when you’re always pushing her away, hurting her, making her cry, torture her emotionally all this time. Do you think you deserve to be sad like this? You’re not even knowing her really well, you’re not even spending time with her during her life. So, how dare you try to torture yourself like this?! ” Lia shouted to him.

Ethan went frozen.

“I bet that I, who am rarely in Dream Land is much closer to her than you are. If you subtract with the time you spend to stay away from her, probably two or three hours a day you are together. So why, are you in this state?” Lia got angrier. Reminiscent of Mia’s face the more she felt like scolding this guy.

“You, yourself did this. You, yourself chose this path. So just face it Ethan. I don’t see the vision, but Mia once told me about that. Are you really wanted to make all of the vision coming true with you are also dying here while Mia foolishly worries about you till the end of her breath. ” Lia doesn’t stop here.

“Cry if you wanted to cry until you run out, until you lose your tears to cry.  Get angry until you lose energy, blame and curse yourself until you lose your words, but just do that today Ethan. Let go of all that negative feeling at once so that you can live again just like Mia hopes you to do so. Don’t ever let those who want you fall, laugh at seeing you like this. I bet Freya is sleeping with a smile now if she knows you’re being like this. ”

Ethan gripped his hand then. He seems to think now.

“If you have time to remember your misfortune, how about you put those feelings aside and start thinking of revenge?”

Ethan, full of tears looked at Lia now.

“All of the princes, Jieun and even the King is trying hard to find out about what happen to Mia? Who did this? How to hunting them and make them pay? But you’re just wasting time here.”

Lia then tossed an envelope that she brought in there. In front of Ethan.

“Just put the guilt for now and avenge her. After that finish, you can think what’s the best of your life. It’s better that way. Don’t make your promise become a lie. Even if she can’t know, you know.”

Lia then wants to get out of there, but she stops for a while.

“I hope I see you tomorrow outside this palace, or I will be complaining about you at Mia’s grave later. I go there everyday because I still miss her. But what do you do? I feel like I am her husband at this rate.”

With a sigh Lia left the two men there.

Ethan looked at the envelope that Lia had thrown earlier, which was now strewn with a few pictures of his last date with Mia. He continued to kneel in front of those and crying out loud now.

While Ray slowly came out and closed the bedroom again before quickly exiting the residence with a mixed feeling in his heart.

He then, spots Lia walks away in front of him and he walks fast and continues to catch the girl’s hand now.

“Uh?!” Lia was shocked there, but Ray kept pulling her to go somewhere.. Lia just followed without arguing.