Rowena walked over to the old man's bed. "Hey, old man! How are you?"
"Even though we haven't seen each other for a long time, your way of speaking is still the same as before, isn't it," quipped Edgar, who was trying to sit up on his bed.
Rowena also sat on the bed and said, "I just came to see you but you immediately made fun of me. Then where is that old man who was very strong and arrogant five years ago?"
"The old man has been beaten by his illness for waiting for his daughter who hasn't returned for five years," Edgar answered bluntly.
"Could you not say that? You've got me trapped in this deep guilt," Rowena complained.
Edgar looked Rowena up and down. "Have you stopped being a knight and chosen to be a prostitute? I think that's a very bad choice. Which of these two men is your master?"
Rowena tried to cool her head so that her emotions wouldn't explode there. "Old man, how can you deduce my work from my clothes? Aren't you going too far. Just so you know, I'm still a knight. It's just that I'm not the knight of Edelle anymore but the knight of Sunverro."
Edgar looked at Rowena with concern. "Are you hallucinating? Even though I know you are a strong woman, it is impossible if you become Sunverro's knight."
"Do you think my face is showing that I'm joking or hallucinating?" Rowena asked, pointing to her own face.
"I'm 100% sure that you're hallucinating," Edgar said confidently.
Rowena gritted her teeth in an attempt to contain her annoyance. She pulled Sir Cedric before Edgar. "Then this person will be proof that I have become a Sunverro knight. Do you still remember who this person is?"
Prince Helios just stood in the corner of the room looking at Rowena in confusion. He thought that if Rowena wanted to prove herself a Sunverro knight, she could just drag Helios there instead of Sir Cedric.
Edgar looked seriously at Sir Cedric's face. "If I remember correctly this person is the son of Sunverro's representative back at Edelle's palace right?"
"Exactly. He was Duke Cedric, son of the representative of the Sunverro kingdom at the time," Rowena replied.
"Okay, I've believed what you said," said Edgar who then coughed up blood.
It was very clear from her face that Rowena was worried about Edgar who she considered as her own father. Her heart was sliced ​​to see the condition of the old man. Yet before she joined the war the man was still very healthy and strong.
Rowena hugged the man and began to cry. She couldn't hold back her tears anymore. "I'm sorry, father. If only I had managed to escape at that time, I don't think you would be this sick. Again I apologize."
Edgar returned the hug and stroked Rowena's black hair like he was comforting a child. "Yes.. Yes... I will always forgive every mistake you made, whether you did it intentionally or not. Besides, you don't need to feel guilty because you have also gone through difficult times so far."
Rowena's cries broke even more. Prince Helios was quite surprised because this was the first time he had seen her cry. Only this time Rowena showed her weak side. During this time Prince Helios always thought Rowena had no conscience, especially after seeing two hundred and fifty people who died tragically as a result of being killed by that woman.
Sir Cedric, who was quite sensitive to the situation at that time, invited Prince Helios to wait outside. Prince Helios agreed to the invitation and the two of them walked out of there.
"I'm very tired, father. How long should I be like this? I never dreamed of becoming a knight let alone killing people. But why did I have to do all that. Even though at that time I just wanted to run away from there and live with you here," Rowena complained, weeping.
Edgar let go of his arm and wiped Rowena's tears with both hands. "Perhaps it is your destiny, Rowena. I hope you are kind to your work colleague because they will take care of you from now on. My life is also short. However, I am still grateful that I was able to meet you."
"How do you know you're going to die, old man? Life and death are god's secrets."
Edgar smiled a little. "Hey, when you called me father, now you call me Old Man again."
"It's up to me!" Rowena said.
"The point is that when I die, I won't regret raising you as a knight and I'm also happy to have a child like you. Remember that I will always be with you even though I'm gone," said Edgar.
"Didn't I tell you to stop talking about death. Just so you know even a god wouldn't dare take your life because you're so strong."
Edgar got up from his bed and took something from a drawer in the corner of his room. It turned out to be a necklace and a ring. Edgar gave it to Rowena who was confused about what the old man was doing now.
Rowena took a closer look at the necklace and ring. After looking around he realized that it was his mother's favorite jewelry. Rowena immediately looked at Edgar with a look that wanted an explanation.
"How did you get this jewellery? Isn't this my mother's favorite jewellery? And haven't all my mother's things been burned by the Evil Queen?" said Rowena who still couldn't believe the jewelry she was holding now.
"When the Queen burned your mother's things, I secretly picked them up to give to you. But I haven't been able to find the right time to give them to you."
Rowena hugged Edgar again. "Thank you, father. I really thank you from the bottom of my heart. This is the most beautiful gift ever."
"Keep the jewelry safe. Because after all it is evidence of memories from your mother that still exists today," replied Edgar.
The conversation between Rowena and Edgar was cut short because Sir Cedric, Sir Damian and Prince Helios were back in there again. Edgar began to chat with the three men so that they would not get bored because after all the three of them were guests and as the owner of the house Edgar was required to make sure they were comfortable and not bored.
They were so busy talking there, they forgot that the sky was getting dark. For today they decided to stay at the house. Rowena and Edgar slept in the same bed, while Sir Cedric, Sir Damian, and prince Helios slept on the ground.
That night Rowena couldn't sleep at all. He kept looking at Edgar's sleeping face. To be honest he himself was afraid that what Edgar had said a few hours ago would come true. He put his index and middle finger under Edgar's nose to see if he was still breathing. And the result was that he discovered that Edgar wasn't breathing anymore.
Rowena's face turned pale instantly. She got up from her bed and started trying to wake Edgar, but to no avail and Edgar didn't get up or move at all. The commotion Rowena made woke the three men sleeping on the ground. They wondered what was going on at that time.
"Old Man, wake up. Please don't close your eyes like that. Come on, wake up, Dad," Rowena called in a low voice.