Chapter 114: Drinking Fellow (1)
Abel was the one who initiated preparing Rosela’s body and performing the burial rites for her together with her family.
Currently, he stood in front of the family tomb where Rosela was laid beside her sister Dahlia... Though, there were discussions on whether or not Rosela should be buried there due to her crimes. In the end, it was her mother who decided to bury Rosela beside her twin.
"Her mistake is falling in love with the same man," Rosa Bennet, Rosela’s mother, spoke from behind with a sigh. "I still can’t believe how things turned out like this. Losing Dahlia was painful enough... And now watching Rosela choose the King despite what happened broke my heart. Only to then find out the truth... This is making me miserable..."
She stared at the tomb, her eyes watering as she sobbed into her palms. "I harbored a great grudge against the king for so many years, and now I feel like everything is all my fault," she regretfully cried out. "That my twins had to leave me this way... I... I f-failed a-as a mother..."
Standing in front of them all, Abel didn’t know what to do or how to even comfort Rosa. She simply stood at attention, gritting her teeth through all of the misery.
"Why?! Why did Rosela turn out like this?" Rosa hysterically cried out. "Before, I wondered why she wasn’t crying while she took care of her sister’s burial... Now... Oh, heavens!"
The woman slumped to the ground as she hysterically hit her chest numerous times. Seeing her distress, her husband quickly came to her side. Abel was watching it all as her husband then gave him a knowing look. He nodded, and from there, he turned around and walked away to give them some privacy.
It was the least he could do. After all, he too was to blame for all of this. He should have taken more care of Rosela. He had been way too absorbed with his new position and busy schedule that he ended up letting his men look after her instead of doing the job himself...
Wordlessly, he shifted into his mist form and traveled back to his residence inside Corvus Palace. From there, he rematerialized himself only to hear a familiar voice echo from behind him.