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Chapter 19. Farther and Farther from Retasu to an old, dirty place called "prison"

The king looked at Retasu and Ryou hugging.

The two of them looked very scared.

"Retasu... you have disappointed me." and then the king pointed at Ryou.

"And you..." he walked closer to Ryou.

The king slapped Ryou down to the floor.

"I told you to stay away from my daughter. And because of this, you, Ryou Shirogane are sentenced to death... "

Ryou looked down not daring to look at the king's face.

Ryou's cheek was red.

"Daddy, WAIT!" Retasu shouted.

He silenced her with a hand.

He looked down at Ryou and kicked him.

Blood came out from Ryou's mouth,

The king turned to Retasu.

"You are going to marry Masaya!" he shouted at Retasu.

Retasu cried in front of her father.

"I hate you, daddy! If only mom was here..." Retasu shouted back.

"I love Ryou. I love Ryou, daddy. Why won't you let that be?" Retasu continued.

"Listen Retasu! You're mother would want you to marry a pleasant, nice man!" he barked.

"RYOU'S MORE THAN THAT!" Retasu shouted.

Masaya frowned and walked to the king.

The king looked at his daughter. Retasu got up and kneeled down and place Ryou's head on her lap.

"He's ...nice, ...caring, loving, and protective, more than any man in the world" Retasu continued to cry.

Ryou held Retasu hand tight.

He looked into her face and smiled.

"Caring? If he really is caring he would leave you to me, isn't that right, your majesty" Masaya said sinisterly.

The king just kept quiet.

"If he was so caring, why is he so selfish and not leaving you to me?" Masaya continued.

"Why? Why would I leave Retasu to a mean, obnoxious, evil, selfish person like you who won't even let his fiancee love another man?" Ryou said as he stood up.

"R-Ryou?" Retasu said as she stood up.

Ryou hugged Retasu to keep her quiet.

"Don't listen to him!" Masaya said to the king.

The king shook his head.

"That's Preposterous!" the king shouted at Retasu and Ryou. Masaya grinned.

"No its NOT ! IT'S TRUE!" Retasu said as she hugged Ryou tighter.

"Retasu, I'm your father and I will make you marry Masaya, whether you like it or not!" The king said pointed at the couple.

The guards closed in on them.

Half the number of guards outside the room took Retasu and the other half took hold of Ryou and they slowly separated them.

"RETASU!" Ryou shouted, as he tried to keep hold of Retasu's arm. Retasu held back tight.

"RYOU!" Retasu shouted as slowly the guards pulled them farther from each other.

Soon, the couple were only holding each others hands.

And then, when the guards took out all their strength and pulled them apart.

The guards who took hold of Ryou began to walk away. Ryou stretched his hand trying to grab Retasu's hand which was stretched too, but they couldn't reach each other.

He tried to break free from their evil clutches, but the guards were just to strong.

The guards took him away leaving Retasu shouting "RYOU!"

Ryou was hit at the back of his head and so he fainted.

They took him farther and farther from Retasu to an old, dirty place called "prison"