Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 128

Chapter 128: Chapter 128: Aria’s True Talent (I)

Winter this year was especially harsh for the people in the Holy Achate. After the Beast King came and defeated Nami, Queen of the North Sea, the trade and travel ban inside Holy Achate was imposed, and nobody could enter or leave the kingdom.

They also weren’t allowed to trade from the west road or the North Sea. Whenever they set up a trading ship to cross the North Sea to the neighboring continent, Nami would always send a huge wave that completely washed the ship back to the port. In some extreme cases, the ship could even be destroyed and become a shipwreck.

At first, the people in Holy Achate didn’t know what they did wrong until the Beast King made such a ridiculous ban that would starve them to death before the winter ended.

But the news traveled fast, and it didn’t take long for everyone to know that Queen Anastasia and Princess Aria had done something to offend the Beast King, hence putting the fate of the entire Holy Achate in jeopardy.

Queen Anastasia was sipping tea in her room when the maid peeked from the window and saw a bunch of angry mobs at the palace gate. They were yelling nonstop and seemed to be arguing with the soldiers, but the angry masses weren’t big enough to overwhelm the guard and break into the palace.

"Your Majesty, people are protesting again today," the maid said.

"Are they still outside of the palace gate?"

"Yes, but the masses keep increasing every day. I’m scared that they will grow even more and break into the palace to harm you," the maid said worriedly.

Queen Anastasia put the teacup back on the saucer and looked at the maid, "Have you seen around the city? Are the people really starving?"

"I-I think the nobles are still doing well enough since they have savings to buy food or have enough food stored for winter, but the commoners are all suffering, Your Majesty. All merchants are basically off work right now as they cannot go out to buy a new supply from the neighboring kingdom or to the north," the maid reported. "I’m afraid the situation will escalate further since people are all starving. Starvation could drive anyone insane."

Queen Anastasia bit her lip. She had been thinking about this problem for a while. She thought that the Beast King would lift the ban eventually based on goodwill, but it seemed impossible right now since a month had passed and that ban was still there.

"What should we do, Your Majesty?" the maid asked.

"I will discuss this problem with my daughter. Is Princess Aria in her room right now?"

"Yes, she is in her room..." the maid paused for a moment. She looked uneasy as the topic of Princess Aria came up. "Y-Your Majesty, I don’t know what’s wrong with Princess Aria. But I heard some hearsays that she has been locking herself in her room for a month now. She often asked the guard to bring prisoners into her room, all tied up. But she always forbids the guards from accompanying her."

"Is that so? Then what happened to those prisoners?"

"They disappear," the maid replied shakily. "F-for some unknown reason, they just disappeared out of thin air, and Princess Aria always said that they were just prisoners anyway, so there’s no need to worry about their fate."