Naturally, she couldn’t tell the maids and the guards that Aria was holding an evil book that would bring disaster to their country. Aria might get killed for attempting witchcraft.
Furthermore, if anyone ever found out about the book and Aria practicing witchcraft, Anastasia would either be executed or exiled. She liked neither because she had vowed to keep her position as the Queen for the rest of her life.
That’s the sole reason she married her late husband, King Tyrion, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
The Queen told the guard to open Aria’s door as she wanted to meet her daughter immediately, and once the door was opened, she frowned deeply as her nose was attacked with a foul stench of rotten meat.
No, to be more precise, this was the stench of a corpse that had gone bad.
The guards at the door held their breaths as they looked away. They didn’t dare to say anything as they were scared they’d be Princess Aria’s next victim.
Anastasia wasn’t scared at all. She went through hell just to be a Queen, a mere witch wouldn’t scare her, especially if that witch was her own daughter.
Thus, Anastasia stepped into the room, and the guards closed the door behind her.
She looked around the dim room. Even in the middle of the day, the room was still somewhat dim, with only half of the curtain opened for a little source of light.
"Mom? What are you here for?"
Anastasia tried to find the source of the voice and got confused because she felt that Aria’s voice was echoing around each corner, "I’m here to talk about your progress. Where are you, Aria?"
"Hehe, I’m all around," Aria said mischievously before she suddenly appeared right in front of her mother in a blink of an eye and grinned, "Boo."
Anastasia held her breath, as she was both shocked by her sudden appearance and disgusted by the scent of Aria’s body. She took a step back and asked, "H-how could you do that? Is that part of your witchcraft?"
"Yep, I can disappear anytime I want, like this—" Aria snapped her finger, and disappeared instantly as if she had been swallowed by the darkness. Anastasia looked around and then felt someone was blowing her ear, "Scary, right?"
Anastasia panicked as she could sense Aria walking around her and hear her voice, but she couldn’t see her at all, "A-Aria, that’s enough. You’re creeping me out."
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