Anastasia walked back and forth inside the guest room, worried about what had happened in the throne room.
She wanted to stay with the Beast King outside of the throne room and wait to see what would happen next, but she was dragged into the guest room and locked in for over fifteen minutes.
She was worried that Aria had failed her mission to take out Swan’s witch power, so the Beast King would be free of Swan’s love charm.
’I should put more trust in Aria. She is a powerful and talented witch. I’ve seen what she can do inside her room,’ Anastasia tried to convince herself. ’I can’t wait for the Beast King to wake up out of Swan’s love spell, kill her, and then fall in love with Aria. That would make everything smoother, and my plan to become the Queen of Earth would come true with an undefeatable beast by my side.’
Anastasia continued pacing back and forth until the door was opened.
She thought they were the guards who wanted to escort her back to the throne room, but it was the cat maids, who were tasked to guard Swan.
Anastasia gasped, as she thought these cat maids should’ve died by Aria’s spell the moment they were left alone in the throne room. However, not only did they survive, one of them even carried Aria on her shoulder.
"ARIA!" Anastasia rushed towards the cat maids’ side. She wanted to check on her daughter, but the cat maid pushed her out of the way and put Aria on the bed.
"She is fine," Maya said nonchalantly, as she—and the rest of the beastmen—only had their dedication, loyalty, and respect to the Beast King, not the other monarch.
"H-how could you say that? My daughter was healthy when I left her!" Anastasia protested as she sat on the bedside and put her hand on Aria’s chest to check her heartbeat.
Myra and Maya looked at each other, and replied, "She just fainted after five minutes in the throne room. It’s probably too cold for her, or maybe she’s just tired. We will call the doctor to check on her."
"You’d better be! Swan must’ve done something to her, right? Aria is a weak girl, she wouldn’t dare to fight back if Swan bullied her!" Anastasia yelled even though it was a big fat lie.
She didn’t know what happened in the throne room, but since Aria fainted, she guessed that Swan must’ve been an even more powerful dark witch, to the point that not even Aria could win against that crippled woman.
"Watch your mouth, Queen of Holy Achate," Maya responded coldly. "She was just kneeling for five minutes and then fainted. Do you think we will believe what you said just now? Queen Swan has been very kind. We could’ve killed your daughter if she told us to."
"Honestly, we are more than willing to do that. Unfortunately, our Queen is generous and virtuous," Myra added.
"You two—" Anastasia glared at them. She was so distressed because Aria had failed her mission, and she was also scared that she’d lose her throne soon. These two cat maids’ words were like rubbing salt on a fresh wound. "You two are just maids! Is this how you treat two honored guests?!"
"We’ve heard everything from the Beast King," Myra said.
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