Everything was going wrong for Matthew.

He’d been emotionally unstable since seeing a body that looked like his beloved on that bed. Straight away, he felt like it wasn’t her, he seriously checked the ‘body’ and found that there were aspects that it didn’t have, that Sahara did. One was the birth mark on her neck, another was how soft the ‘hair’ was and the ‘skin’…As time went on, it was completely obvious to Matthew, that this…Thing…Wasn’t his beloved Princess.

He spent a good week, accepting that it finally wasn’t her, but then he had to figure out why she had done this.

Without knowing, he hadn’t stepped in and stopped a procedure that he regrets, but he doesn’t find that important, when his Princess was out there…Somewhere…And probably really sad and upset.

What he hadn’t stopped, was that of the two ‘cousins’ entering into his harem, instead of just his Princess.

Having kept the ‘Princess’s death’ from coming out, Matthew hadn’t thought that the wedding would still take place and that the Right Minister insisted on the two ‘cousins’ to enter his harem, for him and everyone else to keep his secret…

Remembering his plans because of Nate, he had just stayed by Sahara’s bed, in the Rolland Estate, in a complete daze…Afterwards, the only good thing that came out of not stopping the procedure of the ‘marriage’, was that he and his beloved were now officially married…Except…She wasn’t there beside him…

But by the time that Matthew returned back to estate, it was already too late anyway…The ‘cousins’ had already entered into his estate and Matthew could only think about his Princess and about why the events had happened the way that they had. The two new consorts were completely ignored by Matthew, but they were happy…As far as they were concerned, Matthew would most likely become the next Emperor and they would become ‘The Emperor’s wives’! They weren’t completely ignorant of the fact that they didn’t have the best position, but they had only dreamed of being royalty…But now they were, and they giggled all day long…

Matthew didn’t attend court anymore but did see the emperor and told him of his affairs. The emperor didn’t know what to do, if he knew that this ‘Divine Healer’ would create so much trouble, he should have just let Miss Haves marry his son instead! He could only shake his head to what trouble two women have caused!

He did think it was strange…Yet, he had no time to think of this! Not only was his third son going to court now and having to find another bride for him to get engaged too, but they were figuring out what to do about Purple Haven.

There wasn’t time to worry about this ‘lost Princess’ and try and get his second son back on track, he needed to make a plan.

This ‘plan’, that the emperor was trying to come up with, took some time.

Not only was the Right Minister trying hard to show that he did not care about what was going on, but he had spent a lot of effort keeping the ‘Princess’s death’ from getting out! He sincerely hated the fact that his son Talon was no more…He now had to choose a male from a branch of the family, to temporarily take charge of the estate, while his next eldest son, besides Borak, learns how to manage the estate with his first wife. It wouldn’t have been such a big deal, if the two of them were trustworthy in that department, but they weren’t…

The Right Minister never thought that he would have to depend on such standards, as this son of his often plays around!

Yes, the Right Minister’s next son in line was named Brett, and he liked to gamble…Making things a lot more difficult to hand management over to him and his first wife. Not only could he feel that his assets might dry up but even though he had about five women of his own, the Right Minister didn’t particularly like how many Brett had. To leave the Rolland Estate in his hands, may very well bring it to an end!

So…The Right Minister wasn’t happy! And with Matthew’s demand of not letting out the ‘Princess’s death’, only made him unhappier!

That was why he demanded that his grandchildren were to go into his harem! He had to get something in return!

Otherwise, upon having to say goodbye to his favorite son and grandson, the Right Minister was somewhat emotional and seemed to have lost his patience!

There had been way too much bad luck in his estate…And…He blamed this all upon Sahara! He deemed her dead within his mind, vouching never to protect her and say that she was his daughter!

…If Sahara was normal and not grieving and she heard the Right Ministers thoughts, she would have simply said that she wasn’t his daughter…That she was, of course, Talon’s daughter!

***

Again, with the ‘plan’, the other strange occurrence, was the sudden arrival of Prince Seth’s men, making the emperor know for certain that Sahara was alive…Just…

It took him to hear the story from these men, to remember what she may be going through and finally understood…

Her ‘look’ that they described, not only made him unhappy, but Matthew as well. It sounded like Sahara was very upset and Matthew confirmed her ties to Samuel and Talon, making the emperor finally sigh and accept her behavior.

But it didn’t matter. Plans still had to be made! The loss of the ‘Divine Healer’ will have to be thought about later!

As Matthew had heard about his beloved, knowing that she was certainly still alive, Matthew still had to figure out why she had planned things out the way she had…He just couldn’t quite understand it…

Secluding himself into cultivation for a short time and even having a trip or two to the General’s estate, Matthew would have wanted to work faster in finding Sahara, if he knew that they had conceived a child together.

No…He had not used the golden technique to create a Golden Heir…This child was naturally conceived. And that in itself is simply miraculous!

He himself, had not been conceived for quite a few months, and his sister had taken well over a year or two, but, he had only been with Sahara once and never would he think that it would happen!

So, the thought that his Princess could be pregnant never entered his mind whatsoever. How could it!? Conceiving a True Golden Heir, having only been together once…Was never heard of! Hell, even for other people, just sleeping once with a partner hardly seemed to end up in a pregnancy…

On another note, Nate hadn’t taken too much time to fully recuperate his health, the problem was…His cultivation base was unable to be unblocked, making them think twice to attempt to take the True Golden Heir’s life.

The elder brother was dissatisfied at Nate, for getting into so much trouble, and could only agree to help Nate get back to Blue Haven.

Their allies where in Blue Haven and Red Haven and both of them were sure that they could find someone to unblock Nate’s cultivation base.

Even though the two hated each other and could never get along, they both knew that they needed each other for their own goal’s…Both of them could not do anything until the True Golden Heir was dead…And, now that they were traveling back to their allies…They could come up with an even bigger method of not just killing their adversary…But gaining Green Haven as well!

They decided that they will bring a war upon Green Haven and not only demand the death of the Second Prince, but also demand that someone they trusted become the Emperor of Green Haven as well!

Yes! The elder brother very much liked this idea of Nate’s, even though he hated him.

He will never admit it, and he acted as though he was accepting this idea as though it was his only choice…But it was a marvellous plan that made him want to rub his hands together and laugh!

Nate couldn’t wait! First, he was going to fix himself, then fix that of his problems! He would have to gain the trust of both Red and Blue Haven, once again, and after they finish their deeds with Green Haven, he was going to use them to kill his elder brother straight after!

Yes…He couldn’t wait! There was just so much to gain from this! He just had to be patient!

***

Another three months later…(Six months after the death of Talon, Zeus and Samuel)

Purple Haven was back into the swing of things now!

Food was growing!

Water was fresh!

Ah! I feel accomplished!

“Naruto won again!” Steven laughed.

The people of Purple Haven were playing tug of war with Naruto…Obviously losing! Well, the beast was pretty big at the moment, so Sahara wasn’t surprised…

Actually, strangely, the trip here has come to a lot of good! Many people have now lived better than before and even Naruto seemed to be having lots of fun!

It was like…A holiday now…Even Steven would sit down and make Sahara some stars, that she had finally taught him how to make. It was weird, seeing him so serious about it though, but he said that it can be a hobby…Why was he so happy about having a hobby?

Sahara laughed, “He’s getting stronger uh! Yet, he’s such a wimp when it comes to me and you!”

Yep, Steven learnt Sahara’s traits at treating Naruto like a kid, and he had even yelled at him once!

Steven walked up and stood beside her, “Yeah.”

She put a hand over her eyes, shielding them from the sun, watching the little bugger run around everyone. The little shithead had five tails now and many people had not advanced to a rank beyond three, so he was still the third strongest one there…

Sahara was really glad that she had him, so glad…Naruto was like a little sun to her, brightening and warming her day…Just like Steven…

“How are you and the little one?” Steven asked.

Through her good and bad times, Steven, of course, had always been by her side. Her nightmares may have dwindled a bit, but sometimes, she’d have the strangest dreams instead…And then she’d wake up with cramps in her legs…Ah…It’s similar. Whether she was on Earth or this planet, pregnancy seemed close to the same type of symptoms.

Sadly, there was nothing that she could do if she wanted a Chicken burger from macca’s…Or lollies…Or Nutella…

Sigh…

Since Sahara knew of Earth type foods, her baby seemed to want them, and she felt irritated to say the least, because she couldn’t grant the desire of it.

Otherwise, she continued to watch the little one grow and even found that her spiritual essence that she uses, seems to soothe him. It really was a sweet gesture at first, one that touches a treasured object…But…After all of the wants he had for food that she can’t give him, the spiritual essence ended up being pats of sympathy instead.

‘There, there child, you aren’t the only one missing out…’

All she could do is sigh…

So, Steven had seen Sahara having to put up with all this strangeness around herself and she thought that he was finding it funny…She swears…She swears it!

He laughed once! She told him to show her his face! But he wouldn’t…

Yeah, she still wasn’t all that emotionally great…But she was slowly getting out of her shell, slowly seeing the world again, instead of a dark tunnel surrounding her with dim lights, and the fear of trains coming to run her over…Or something like that…

Anyway, Steven was like the relief husband…

Sahara smiled, “He’s ok, and I’m…Okay.”

Her hearing was back to normal now, not hearing the ‘Thump!’ of her heart so much…And obviously, she was talking once again!

The net that she had, was still something that she took out every day, but now she remembered a few things and would sometimes smile sadly, go into a glowing, red eyed anger or let a tear drop to the ground…

“That’s good.” Steven said, nodding his head.

He had been away for a couple of days, to get a few beasts, and stayed at the barrier until she teleported him in with the beast corpses.

They still brought in the beasts, as the livestock…Was hardly livestock…

Well, there was minimal, but Sahara had forbidden anyone killing the livestock. They had to grow in numbers and even now, four months later, it still wasn’t good enough to kill any of them yet, even rabbits…So the beasts from outside of the wall, was still their only source of meat, making her storage abundant with nucleus’s…

But it really wasn’t enough meat…