Anastasia choked on her own saliva. She was so nervous as she knew how powerful this pair of lovebirds was.
The Beast King was so mighty and absurdly strong that he could kill a giant narwhal in just one punch, while Swan... well, Aria said that crippled bitch was a powerful dark witch.
Both of them could kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of people if they wanted to. Anastasia knew her limit since the fate of her crown lay in Gale’s hand right now.
"Y-yes, Your Majesty," Anastasia stuttered. Her legs were shaking as she knew that the Beast King was glaring down on her under that blindfold. "T-the people in Holy Achate is s-starving right now, a-and they have been protesting in front of the palace gate for weeks. I-I don’t know how long we can go without food. I-I’m afraid that people will storm into the palace and launch a c-coup. I’m afraid I’d be executed, Your Majesty."
Anastasia tried to be as honest as she could be. She had been worrying about her crown the whole time, and she hoped that the Beast King understood her worry.
Both of them were monarchs, and maintaining their position as King or Queen was the most important thing for them.
But there was not even the slightest change in Gale’s expression. He didn’t look surprised or concerned about the situation in the Holy Achate.
It was Swan who looked anxious, and the more Anastasia reported what happened in Holy Achate, the more stressed Swan got.
Anastasia didn’t like Swan as she was nothing but a shame to Holy Achate. She was just a product of alcohol born from an affair when her late husband, King Tyrion, was drunk and seduced by a whore to have sex.
The whore died during childbirth, and Swan was born as nothing but a shame. An existence that nobody liked or welcomed in the palace.
However, this was a matter of life or death situation for her, so Anastasia quickly shifted her gaze at Swan and showed her grief, "Swan, my dear daughter. I know that you and I have had a lot of issues in the past, but the people in the Holy Achate are innocent. They know nothing, and it’s unfair for them to starve just because of a small mistake that I made back then, right? Please help your dear mother, I can’t stop thinking about the cries of the poor because they can’t eat anything!"
Gale knew this callous woman was just trying to get Swan’s sympathy since Swan was a very soft-hearted woman with great empathy. She could even empathize with a bastard like Rock Silverfang. freёwebnoѵel.com
He wanted to interrupt but decided to keep his silence for now as he wanted to observe what Swan would do next.
Meanwhile, Swan became more and more worried as her stepmother told her about the suffering of the people.
Swan felt that she wasn’t a completely good person, as she still didn’t want to forget what her stepmother and half-sister did to torture her growing up. But Anastasia was right. The people in the Holy Achate Kingdom were innocent as most of them never knew the identity of Swan, their illegitimate Princess.
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