Jerry woke up in a strange place. He stood there in confusion looking around. Trudging through endless spaces.
"Where am I?"
Jerry fingered his body and face. "Am I dead?"
She kept walking aimlessly for several hours. He's dropping himself, exhausted from nowhere. His mind went blank as well. There was nothing she could see but the void itself.
"Are you tired?" asked someone out of nowhere.
Jerry was looking for the origin of the sound. Until he finally saw someone dressed in black robes like the hangman carrying the distinctive spear of the grim reaper. "Am I really dead?"
"Not yet. You're at the border between the real world and the afterlife. You seem lost, or you still have a strong desire to live."
Jerry's seen this before, but inside a movie theater. He didn't expect to see it in person. "What should I do now?"
"Just say the words, whether you want to go with me to the afterlife, or go back to the real world and live it."
Jerry thought, of course, he wanted to come back to life. "But do I get to choose?"
Living in this world is hard. However, that does not make it easy to choose. He didn't know what the world was like after death. Would it be like what she read in the novels of famous people? Obviously, no one's ready to die.
"Absolutely not for free, Jerry. Many things cannot be obtained easily. Especially life. Define, do you want to live or die?"
A lot of painful things she's been through. And yet, there's still so much he hasn't done in the world. All those painful things he went through weren't for no reason. There was one goal that kept him going: vengeance.
"I want to live." Jerry doesn't want to waste his time. "What's the cost?"
Wussssshhhh!
The angel cast a mist from his hand. He indicated the shape of an animal that looked familiar to him. The angel said, "you must find a white horse with wings. You only have seven days. If it exceeds the appointed time, you will die."
After saying that, the grim reaper vanished, leaving a mist that finally faded. At the time, Jerry was sleepy and his vision blurred. So slowly everything went dark.
***
Prince Edwin is again spoken to by Queen Erlina's Chambers. They were talking about unfinished business. Of course, he can't disobey a command given by his mother. The grand secret is kept by the queen. After entering the room, his mother told him to sit on the sofa.
Prince Edwin looked at his mother, now sitting on the edge of her bed. "What can I give you, ma 'am?"
Queen Erlina smiled warmly. "Do you know anything about the man your sister likes?"
Prince Edwin was shocked. "I know, ma 'am. What's going on?"
"Alice was reluctant to tell me who the man was. But I don't want to hear it from you either. Since you know the man, I've asked you for one thing.
"What is it, mom?" asked prince Edwin in growing curiosity.
Queen erlina stands and looks at the large photograph of king luis. "You know your father is deeply involved in Alice's love story. "Therefore, guard the man that Alice loves from all your father's efforts to put him away."
Prince Edwin thought quietly, his mother does not yet know that the man Alice likes is Jerry. The man who was sent out into the middle of the woods was locked in a tower with the whole door locked. No food or water for seven years.
"Yes, ma 'am. I will fulfill mom's request."
After saying good-bye, prince Edwin exited queen Erlina's chamber. He asked Ichiro and Jirou to bring a horse to ride. He's going into the forbidden forest to get jerry. It's been five days since Jerry left the tower, but Jerry hasn't returned to horathomi's palace. Moments later, the fastest horse in the kingdom of horathomi came.
"Where are you going?" asked the accidental princess Alice as she passed the corridor.
Prince Edwin smiled and stroked princess Alice on her head. "I'll bring you a gift when I come back."
Princess Alice just winked her eyes. She was surprised because her older brother wasn't as usual. The man's face looked happy, but anxious concealed behind it. What is wrong with you? Just go!"
Prince Edwin chuckled. "You're kicking me out? All right, I'm gonna go."
Prince Edwin is not offended. Because he knew that his sister was only too proud to thank him. Anyway, right now all that matters is getting Jerry back to the palace and watching him.
The horse galloped out of the palace. Prince Edwin is clinging tightly to the REINS. Out of the archway of horathomi's kingdom and down the trail leading to the forbidden forest. Entering the forest, pouring rain soaked prince Edwin's body. Unable to see the road clearly, he decided to stop and guide his horse. "Oh my god, does Jerry live in a place like this?"
Prince Edwin looks up at the gloomy sky. The leaves wave and fall under the wind. Some trees are starting to fall. Faintly, there was a voice not far from where he was walking. The sound of the heavy rain made his ears hard to hear. So he sharpens his hearing, looking for direction.
"Where is the sound coming from?"
Moments later, a man was paralyzed from a distance. Occasionally leaning against a tree while tilting your head in pain. Prince Edwin hurried toward him, pulling the REINS of the led horse. What a surprise to see that face, that is, someone she has come for.
"Jerry?What's going on?"
Jerry coughed. "Hhhh, prince Edwin, help me. My body aches all over."
Prince Edwin looked at the back of jerry's head, bleeding a lot. "Jerry, you can't walk in this bad shape. Sit down, I'll give you my spiritual power."
Jerry sat leaning against a big tree. Prince Edwin closed his eyes, then focused on energy. He could feel a surge of energy seeping into his body. The rain stopped, the wind stopped.
"Are you feeling any better?"
Jerry studied both his palms. He could stand up straight and not feel pain anymore. "Thank you, prince."
"It won't last long. You still need to be fixed. Prince Edwin rides his horse. "Hop on!"
Jerry was following prince Edwin's order to ride. Out of the forest they hurried to the palace. Sunlight returns from behind the clouds and makes roads passable. Fortunately, they can reach the palace in time.
Ichiro and jirou ran over to both of them. It's true what prince Edwin said. Jerry only has enough power until they get to the castle. He had just come down from the horse, and he was knocked unconscious.
"Quickly take him to the infirmary!"
To be continued....