Alice continued to mutter in disbelief until she joined the rest of the soldiers outside of the cave.
They all looked sad, but also curious about what happened inside.
"So, how is it? Does Princess Swan still have her body intact? Or there is nothing left?" Blaze asked in the most vague way possible so as not to make himself sadder.
He wasn’t ready to accept Princess Swan’s death.
’Oh, how I wish she’s nothing but a bunch of meat gunk and blood. I want that witch to stop charming all of you with her dark spell,’ Alice said in her heart. But she faked her joy and said, "I-It’s a miracle! Princess Swan is alive!"
"Alive?!"
"Wait, Princess is alive?!"
"How could that be!?"
"What are you saying? Of course she wouldn’t get hurt, His Majesty loves her so much!"
"I’m so glad that she’s safe! I will tell my son about this once we’re back at the castle. He idolizes her!"
The beastmen soldiers rejoiced together.
All the somber and depressing mood disappeared instantly, replaced with laughter and joyful chatter between them.
It was only Alice who was trying her best not to look angry in front of them, or else they would suspect her.
Alice was tasked to carry a tray full of His Majesty’s breakfast, and once she entered the cave, she saw that His Majesty was feeding Princess Swan a piece of bread coated with melted cheese.
"Don’t give me that ’I’m full’ alibi. Eat more, wife. You went through a lot last night," Gale insisted as he force-fed Swan m, who pouted while eating the bread slowly. She was still a slow eater as always, but she didn’t feel like vomiting after eating more than usual anymore, which was already good progress for Gale.
Alice felt like throwing the tray in her hand to that bitch’s face. She wasn’t in love with His Majesty, because she saw him as a god, just like the rest of the beastmen who were under his rule.
But she couldn’t help feeling angry seeing how he was so gentle to a crippled witchy bitch who used dark charm to fool him. It was nauseating knowing that she was powerless, even though she meant well.
All she wanted was to have everything return to normal, to the time when His Majesty was still this magnificent monster who could kill anything. Not this bewitched man who would feed a weak female human.
’That dark charm spell is messing with his head! How can he smile in front of a woman like that? It’s just not right!’ Alice protested in her heart but dared not to say anything.
She served the steak in front of His Majesty and had to witness another nauseating view of Princess Swan, who cut the steak and fed it to the Beast King.
Gale was still a messy eater, so Swan had to wipe the meat juice at the corner of his lip, "Geez, don’t do this when we host a party with other kings and queens, okay? I want to make sure you look presentable, so they won’t see you as a savage beast."
"Mm..." Gale nodded. After living with Swan for a while, he had slowly adapted to the etiquette of humans. He still found those etiquettes unnecessary, but it made Swan happy whenever he ate neatly.
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