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While Ellisa was still on her way to the Colosseum, Xio suddenly appeared in the carriage with a drenched body and was seen the expression of Xio's gloomy and anxious face.
"Xio you're home. Why are you soaking wet like this?, have you come home too?" Ellisa asked.
"Ellisa Father..." Xio lowered his head and did not continue his words.
"Dad?, what's wrong with dad?" Ellisa's question became anxious as well as Rose and Jhonatan for seeing Xio like that
"We'd better go back to the palace first." Said Xio and everyone in the carriage as soon as they were in the Palace, they could also see Xio's subordinates and soldiers drenched in sorrowful expressions.
"Grandma, please take care of the kids first here, Ellisa and dad come with me." The word Xio is taken by Rose and Jonathan, but not by Ellisa.
"Xio why don't you answer me?, tell me first what really happened to dad?!, why don't I see him here, won't I come with you?" Again Ellisa dropped the question that stuck to Xio and nothing was answered at all so that made Ellisa upset and immediately went to look for Arthur himself he said.
Ellisa asked Xio's subordinates one by one, but they also did not answer. Xio actually wanted to immediately tell Arthur's condition but he was afraid that Ellisa could not bear to see his father's current condition so he was a little hesitant.
Xio pulled Ellisa's hand and grabbed her waist, "What?, Don't touch me if you can't talk." Said Ellisa Directly embraced by Xio.
"Not that I don't want to talk baby, but are you sure you want to see dad?" Xio Say.
"Hurry up!, don't you know I'm worried right now." Answer Ellisa.
"All right." Xio said and they disappeared from there, then reappeared in a room where there was a mattress with a figure they knew on the mattress. But at this time the figure looks very sad with part of the body that looks burned out and also the two hands that are not in place.
Ellisa immediately ran towards the figure who was none other than Arthur. Ellisa checked Arthur's body condition while calling out the name of the father and of course she was crying at the moment too. When checking Arthur's heartbeat, Ellisa suddenly sat down.
"No, no, daddy's impossible!" Ellisa was crying on the floor. Xio walked up to her and then hugged her from behind.
"I'm sorry Ellisa, I can't protect you. "Chap Xio lirih. "You can be angry with me!, and just expose everything to me." He continued, but did not get any response from Ellisa. When Xio checked, it turned out that Ellisa had fainted.
Xio immediately took Ellisa and brought her to his room and laid her on the bed. Xio then kissed Ellisa's unconscious hand.
"How can I protect my family, while protecting one person can't." Xio muttered softly and looked at Ellisa's face.
Xio also telepathically gave his subordinates to immediately prepare a funeral for Arthur later that afternoon, and Xio also had one of his subordinates go to the Colosseum to announce that the competition would be postponed to a few more days.
A few hours later, Ellisa also began to appear to open her eyes slowly and the first she saw was Xio who was asleep while sitting on the floor with his hand holding Ellisa's hand tightly.
Because he felt movement, Xio also flew and he saw Ellisa who was staring at him but like a blank stare.
"Darling are you mad at me?" Xio asked and answered the headband by Ellisa even with her gaze that still looks hollow. Xio stood up then sat down beside Ellisa and hugged her tightly. "You get changed, 'cause we have to go to Dad's funeral." Xio said to get out of the bed and immediately picked up his clothes instead. Finished changing clothes, Xio looked at Ellisa who was still sitting on the mattress from earlier and did not move at all.
Xio decided to replace Ellisa's clothes by himself. In place of Ellisa's clothes, Ellisa did not take out a word.
Xio immediately led Ellisa to walk out of the room to meet the others. They finally arrived and saw Leon and Lena who were crying beside Jhonatan because they had been told the news of Arthur's death but were not allowed to see the state of Arthur because Xio forbid it. When they saw Xio and Ellisa, they immediately ran towards her and hugged Xio and Ellisa.
"Is it true that Arthur's grandfather is no longer with us?" Leon asked Nodded by Lena. Xio immediately took both of them and wiped away the tears of the two of them.
"Grandfather Arthur will always be with us, but this time Grandfather Arthur will only notice us from above." Xio Say.
Xio then glanced at Jhonatan who also looked sad because he must have lost his close brother. Rose walked close to Ellisa and she also helped calm Ellisa.
In the afternoon, Arthur's funeral was held with the sorrow of snagat felt when his funeral took place, likewise, the demon residents who mourn because they know Arthur as their king while still in the demon continent.
After the funeral, Xio leads Ellisa back to her room, along the way Xio continues to try to talk to Ellisa but only answered with a nod and a headband.
Arriving in the room, Xio immediately sat Ellisa on the bed. Suddenly there was a knock on the door from the outside and when Xio saw it was a waiter who delivered food because Xio had told him to. Xio told the waiter to come back and he immediately brought the food into the room, and then sat down on the chair beside the mattress.
"Honey let's eat first ahhh." Said Xio scooping his food intending to feed Ellisa, but Ellisa was completely unwilling to open her mouth.
Xio kept back his spoon. "You don't think much, dear, do you not feel sorry for our children?" Said Xio stroking Ellisa's stomach.
"Ehhmm okay." Ellisa finally opened her mouth, making Xio smile.
"Come ahhh." Xio again scooped up his food and this time Ellisa also wanted to eat his food. With spirit Xio also fed Ellisa until the food ran out and stored her food on the table.
Xio then climbed onto the bed and lay down next to Ellisa.
"It's a shame not to feel abandoned because you must be happy up there to be reunited with mom and they must be watching us up there right now." Xio Say.
"You're right, I'm probably happy now that I'm meeting you again." Said Ellisa hugging Xio d Ngan immersing her face in the chest of Xio's field.
Xio kissed Ellisa's forehead. "Hmm too many thoughts are not good for your health and children." Her speech.
Xio was determined in his heart to strengthen his strength again so as not to lose those closest to him.
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