Huli and Kaida briefly discussed the events and the more they talked about it, the clearer it became to them that something was wrong, but they didn't know what it was.
Because the sun was already setting, they decided to discuse it later and to focus on the triplets.
While Kaida took turns giving the children their last milk before they went to bed, Huli was busy with the child who had already finished eating and made them ready for bed.
When Kaida finished feeding, she also got ready to go to bed. When the children were in bed, Huli was reluctant to leave Kaida and the triplets alone in the south wing of the palace despite the tightening of the guard.
The reason for this was because he felt it was his job to protect his wife and children and also because he wanted to spend a little more time with Kaida.
Kaida noticed his unwillingness and doubted.
"My king, I see that you are tired, why don't you stay in the south wing of the palace tonight"
Huli's eyes lit up and he looked hopefully at Kaida
"My queen, are you sure?"
Kaida smiled
"The bed is big enough for both of us and also there are enough chambers in the south wing of the palace in which you could stay my king "
Huli stepped forward and stroked Kaida's cheek
"I'd rather sleep next to you, my queen, than stay in another chamber"
....
Teru sat with his back to the wall of his prison cell and stared ahead. He rubbed his aching neck with his hand. He had recovered not long ago and everything was still blurred for him. He wondered who had the guts to numb him.
When he heard footsteps he stood sharply and squeezed his eyes together to see well in the dark prison cell. He heard the footsteps come closer and closer until they stopped in front of his prison cell.
In front of his prison cell was a person who was wearing a long robe with a hood. The person was holding a candle that gave a little light. When the person took off the hood, Teru had a bitter smile on his face
"Mmm if it's not my beautiful wife"
Haruka looked at him contemptuously and said in a calm tone
"Ex-wife to be precise. Don't you feel ashamed to return to the fox tribe? "
Teru got up and went to the bars of his prison cell, he reached out and wanted to touch Haruka. She didn't like it and stepped back
"Don not dare to touch me! "
Teru lowered his hand and scoffed at her
"Why should I not be allowed to touch my wife? You know that only the elders can annul a marriage and that they have not been involved in that for years "
Haruka took a deep breath and tried to suppress her anger. She had loved this man for twenty years, and he had abandoned and deceived her as if it were nothing.
"Why are you so bad? "
Teru Grinned
"Bad? Yes, maybe you can call me that, but the world made me that. Do you really think that all tribes can live together in peace? Have you forgotten what times we grew up in? How many of us family members and friends did we have to bury? It would be better if we had no distinction at all in tribes. Do you really think that just connecting the royal family of the tribes together will eliminate the underlying frustration and anger? "
Haruka looked at Teru whose pain he suffered in his life could be seen on his face.
"Not only you have suffered, you are not the only one who has lived in such a time! It is a fact that times have changed. I don't understand that you choose to follow that woman! If her motives were correct I would have understood. But she does this for the love of a man who died years ago and never loved her. Everyone knew that Kaidon was bad, but he tried to improve the world in his own way. But she's just plain evil and do you really think she will stop when she has achieved what she wants to achieve? "
Teru hit the bars of his prison cell hard
"Haruka, I will not allow you to talk badly about her. If she had not found me I would probably have died long ago! I will follow her until my death regardless of her actions "
Haruka was startled by Teru and looked at Teru with red eyes and tried to contain her tears.
"Teru, do you really want our children to grow up how we grew up? Do you really want them to grow up on the battlefield surrounded by the scent of blood and death? I wonder if you've ever loved me or if only that woman is in your heart. I still have hope you have our children in your heart"
Teru could not handel to see Haruka's grief and walked back to the prison wall with his back to her, and sat down with his back to the wall while he hung his head down.
"our children? You have given me four and all four are worthless none of them is a seer. You are a seer yourself, unfortunately seers are unaware of their own destiny and never see what their own future entails. You know that for a reason I have put so much effort into courting you. Leave now, I'm tired of this! "
Haruka looked with tears in her eyes at the man she had once loved. She knew his actions and that he might never have loved her, but she had hoped that he loved his children despite that.
"I have given you five children"
When she said that, she turned and quickly left the prison's dungeon. Teru continued to stare ahead for a long time before he took the pendant from his necklace and opened it. In the pendant was a family portrait of him and Haruka and their four children who were then small.
He suddenly looked up in terror, what did she say? Five children? When was the fifth born? He sighed and looked at the ceiling of the prison cell. It is better that he does not know the fifth, as long as he is not near them, they will be safe.
He knew that when Liula would find out that his second child was born a seer, that she would do anything to have his daughter. She herself would have been so cruel to order him to kidnap her.
Because he was saved by Liula in his youth, he had always followed her even if he disagreed with her actions. If he did not want to do something, she always manipulated him by giving him feelings of guilt and pointing out to him what she had done for him.
After he got to know Haruka she had something to blackmail him with and especially when his children were born, he was weak. But it was not an excuse to justify his actions. If he had not been so weak, he would have had a happy life with haruka and his children.
Haruka had always misunderstood the relationship between him and Liula, and when he chose to leave Haruka and help liula relax during the war, it had been a clear message for Haruka.
Teru still had sleepless nights and nightmares about the heartbreaking cries Haruka had made to persuade him to stay and the sadness in her eyes as he released her hand and left.
But he had no choice. Haruka was skilled enough to bring her to safety, while their youngest son was only seven and had a weak body from birth.
He had chosen to help Liula escape for the safety of their son. Yet for every bad choice there was no excuse for his bad deeds and his calamity was the consequence of his actions. This was something he would have to live with until he left this world
Teru sighed and closed the pendant of his necklace and put it away again
"Only you and them are in my corrupt heart. This will be a night full of nightmares again "