In the room made of unpolished stones, the moonlight seeps through the window, falling on the exquisite man lying on the cold and rough floor . He is breathing erratically and clutching his chest . His soul feels like it's being ripped apart in an endless cycle . His body is intact, but he can't breathe properly . If it was hurting physically, his body would heal itself . But the source of the pain is his soul .

It will be over . He won't feel this much pain forever . He can bear it . It's not the end of him . He tries to get up and slips . His head hits the floor . He closes his eyes . He didn't cry when the council killed everyone . There's no way that he would cry now . His old heart can bear it .

A long time ago, his father would often come to this room . It was a room that could only be opened by his father . People often wondered what was inside this room . Did the king hide his treasures here? Was it precious books? Could it be the secret of the royal bloodline? 

It turned out that it was a room with nothing at all .  

His father would come here to think . When his father brought him here, he told him that he must always remember that a king was nothing without its people . When the weight becomes too much to bear and he feels like blaming others, he must come here and sit on the cold ground . He must remind himself again .

Fu Sheng sucks in the cold air . He's been swayed . Klyn's spell might have forced them to complete the true bond . Why did he formally accept a convert as his queen and mate? Wasn't it too desperate? It was desperate without a doubt . He didn't want her back then . After finis.h.i.+ng the bond, his heart that has been always shrouded with a heaviness felt a lightness . When she was stabbed with the enchanted wooden dagger by her family member, he was also heart . He was hurt . He was at his lowest point, unable to move at all . She healed him with her blood .  Was it that moment when she stood in front of him and told him the words from her heart with resolve? Perhaps, it was that moment when he got swayed a little . Just a little . At that moment, he felt that his heart became a little lighter .

His burdened heart is heavier now .  It can't be helped . He crawls toward the wall . He won't get swayed again . He must stop feeling . He claws his chest . "Stop being weak . "

Don't get swayed again . He has to be there for his people . Stop feeling now .  

Huang Qiuyan is guided by the system in her mind . The system scans each room and tells her whether Fu Sheng is there or not . After many turns, she finally manages to find the place where Fu Sheng is .  

"My queen . . . " Aiken pauses . Should he call her queen? She rejected his king . But Fu Sheng hasn't said anything about the rejection yet . Until the king makes his stance clear, he will address her as his queen . She's still his king's true mate . "Why are you here?"

Huang Qiuyan eyes the two vampires . By now, she's familiar with them . "Where's Fu Sheng?"

"Ah . . . about that . . . " Aiken looks at the stone door . "He's inside there . "

They can't force him to come out, but Huang Qiuyan might be able to do it .