Dream Love : Dream Land - Chapter 181

That night,

Queen Anna found it difficult to sleep. So, she decides to walk alone in a covered dress so that no one knows it is her, heading to the forest where Beom-Soo and Aera’s graves are there.

Somehow she felt like being there even though it was already late at night. She didn’t even feel scared there as the moon, there shone brightly illuminating her journey. And this is not the first time she did this anyway.

Soon she was walking, now she was back in the woods, looking at the two symbolic graves located there. Then she looked at the surroundings. Try to imagine things that once happened there. Although she did not witness it herself.

Yes. This place, is the place where Aera was killed by Liam long ago. No one knows about it. Anna also knows it from Adele.

Been there, her heart felt like it had been stabbed with a knife. When she remembers the man she loves killing her own sister, it makes her feel like it’s hard to breathe. Love and hate began to linger in her heart. Making it complicated.

“That night, Aera already knew Liam would look for her in this village. Since she didn’t want the villagers as well as Jieun to be in danger she ran into this forest.”

Anna was shocked there. The whole area seemed to in flash with the presence of the man. She never thought that they would meet again in this kind of situation.

“The Greatest.” Anna bowed, there to pay her respects. This man clearly has an aura to make her do this even though they are just the same in status.

“What are you doing here when we are going to your land tomorrow.” Anna began to ask.

Lord Ivan smiled there as he looked at the two uninhabited tombs there.

“Just… visiting.” He said.

Anna didn’t want to press things further. Don’t want their situation to be any more awkward than it is now.

“So, did Freya tell Liam that Aera will be here? That night.” Anna asked again, continuing their story earlier.

“She did. I try to stop what is about to happen, but I can’t as her time has actually come to an end. She will die even though Liam didn’t kill her.”

“I know.” Anna said there with tears starting to fall. Because even if that was the truth, it still couldn’t get rid of the truth that Liam was still a killer. And she hates him for that.

“I’m sorry.” Lord Ivan suddenly apologized there.

“For what?” Anna also wants to know why.

“I may give happiness to your sister, but I am also the one who made her miserable. If only, we didn’t fall in love with each other from the beginning, maybe this fate would not be too sad.” He added.

“Aera wouldn’t like it if she heard you talk like that. She loves you so much that I know, she didn’t care about all this. Although your love journey was so difficult, but in the end, you paved an easier path for Jieun. Am I right? ”

Lord Ivan looked at Anna there. Didn’t think that the woman would say that to him when she deserved to hate him too.

Anna sighed a little there before keep talking there.

“Back then, you are the prince while Aera is just a normal person who happens to have some specialty. When all lands knew about the prophecy, all of them wanted her to be by their side, their land, but different from your parent. Both of them didn’t want anything to do with it. ”

Lord Ivan just keep his silent, didn’t want to said nothing. Just let the woman speak.

“Because they see your future didn’t they?” Anna asked.

This man didn’t even tell Aera about that, but Aera know that very well. The King and Queen of the Elysium Land do not dislike Aera because she is not a princess, but because they can see how their son is doing if he be together with her. Suffering…

“They even changed the rule so that prince or princess cannot marry people outside of the Elysium Land to protect you.” Anna added there.

“But I have already changed the rules. Even before they died. But I can’t… said to everyone that she is my wife, to protect her and also Jieun, even after all the fight.”

“But Aera is happy even so. Both your parents accept her in the end and even apologizes to her. So you don’t have to bear the guilt. You know that right?” Anna now looked at the man.

“They did. When they were about to die, and Aera try very hard to save them.”

“They die… the same way as Princess Mia didn’t they?” Anna suddenly asks that.

Lord Ivan looked at her then. As if trying to figure out what’s playing in Anna’s mind right now.

“They did. Nothing can save them, but Aera manages to help them survive for so long.”

“Are you going to tell Jieun all this later? When you two meet?” Anna wanted to know there.

“She already knows.” He said to Anna’s surprise there.

“She did?”

“She knows more than we think she did. All that remains is whether she wants to accept it or not.”

Both of them now just look at each other. Serve each other’s minds.Thinking what’s will happen next.

After a few second, Lord Ivan said this,

“Go and sleep now. We will meet again tomorrow.” After he said that all of a sudden, Anna felt as if her face was hit by a very strong wind and then she didn’t even remember anything else.

The next day, Anna awoke from sleep and found herself now in bed in a guest room in Hilleo Village. She didn’t even remember how she could come back here.

“What happen?” She started asking herself. What is for sure, she still clearly remembers her conversation with Lord Ivan last night so that can’t be her dream.

“So, did his power make me come back here? What kind of a power was that?” Anna, who felt weird with the situation didn’t want to think too much about it. Immediately she began to get out of bed and began to get ready, cleaning herself. Before go out to have breakfast with the others.

Today, is the day where they will all go to Elysium Land.  Even Anna, as a Queen was never there as after she got married to King Liam, the relationship between the two lands has already cracked. So, she also felt nervous and excited at the same time. Because finally she was able to see for herself, the place where, her sister Aera, always told her before, during her life. The place where she falls in love.

“You are up Queen Anna.” Granny Susan said there when she saw Anna enter the kitchen section. Only the two of them were there at the moment.

“Good morning, Elder Susan.” Queen Anna politely said that to her.

“What can I do to help you today?” She said. Sometime she likes it when people don’t consider her like the queen. And she has already asked Granny Susan to do that to her. As long as Liam is not with her. Its okay to be informal. But that doesn’t mean Granny Susan is comfortable with that. But sometimes she just follows the Queen’s wishes.

“We have already finished everything. I just wanted to make some tea now.”

“Let me do that for you.” Anna immediately took over the old woman’s duties. Granny Susan just smiled and let it go.

“Before this, Jieun ask me about something.” Seeing no one there, Granny Susan started talking. She and Anna actually have a story together since a long time ago. There are no secrets between them, but surely they have secrets that others do not know.

“About what?” From what Lord Ivan had said last night, she seemed to be able to guess what this old woman wanted to tell her at that time.

“She asks me, is that someone in the Elysium Land her real father.”

Anna widened her eyes then. Even though he could already guess, she was still shocked when the question was confirmed.

“She… did?” Anna even stopped from doing what she was doing at the time. Thinking deeper there.

“I told her the truth. Stating that what she said was true, but I didn’t know who that person is. As I really didn’t know about that. “Granny Susan told.

“It’s fine. It’s time for her to know more.” Anna said there in smiling.

“Does that mean everything will end soon? You know, I also don’t want anything to happen to you, right?” Granny Susan said with a sad look there. She didn’t know what Anna had planned ahead actually, but she got a feel that it can’t be easy.

Knowing that she can’t promise this old lady with anything Anna just smile at her. Before she just go out from there while bringing the tea that she just made out. She can hear, the old woman sigh deeply behind her. As if knowing, her answer that can’t be said into words.

Once everything was done, all of them left the Hilleo Village on foot after saying goodbye to Granny Susan.

“How long will it take to walk there?” Haru as usual become the first one started asking there. He can’t remember the last time he went there.

Adele smiled there before answering,

“Just a moment.” With that, Adele snapped her finger and led them all to one place that was too pretty as if it had never been seen before.

All of them were stunned to see what they were going through. They now stand next to a very high waterfall, with trees along with fresh living flowers here and there. The birds also sounded non -stop then. Even the air there looks a bit misty but it’s not that hard to see here and there.  It’s look like a place inside a fairytale.

“Wow!” Haru also can be speechless at the time.