Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 215

Chapter 215: Chapter 215: Backstabbing

Alice was detained in the dungeon under the castle as per Princess Swan’s order. The cat maids accompanied her until she got locked up, and once she was inside the cell, she asked them, "Myra... Maya, you two should believe in me. I was forced to do it, and I don’t know what to do, because nobody wants to listen to me!"

The cat maids looked at her with a complicated gaze.

On one side, they wanted to believe her, as they knew that Alice was probably the most lovable and popular maid amongst the servants. She was lovely and cute, and she truly dedicated herself to serving His Majesty.

But they also understood their Princess’ stern order. What Alice did was truly dangerous. She could be executed right now and nobody would even defend her because poisoning their Beast King’s wives was a treason against the Beast King himself.

Thus, they knew that Princess Swan’s punishment by locking her inside the dungeon was already very lenient, thanks to Princess Swan’s kind nature.

"Just stay here until Lady Jade and His Majesty return," Maya advised. "You need to testify against Lady Jade later, got it?"

"If you are true to your words, Her Majesty might grant you an exile far from the kingdom. It is much better than getting executed," Myra added. "I’m sorry, Alice. But whether you poisoned Lady Long by yourself or by someone else’s order, it doesn’t matter in the end. Stay safe, Alice."

The cat maids reluctantly left Alice inside the dungeon.

Alice was sobbing inside her cell, but once the cat maids were finally gone, she stopped crying and leaned on the damp wall in a relaxed manner, "It’s sad that I can’t kill that bitch Long Xiurong, but at least I will be saved from execution this way. Princess Aria is truly a genius. She gave me perfect instructions on who to backstab to save my life."

All Alice did was follow what Princess Aria told her to do. She needed to cry her heart out in front of Swan, and quickly point fingers towards Lady Jade because she was the only one that could be used as a scapegoat.

"And once I testify against Lady Jade, I can either be forgiven by that crippled witch and resume my job as a maid, or get exiled. I think both are better than death. I can find another way to kill that cripple," Alice shrugged as she closed her eyes.

Truthfully, she felt a little guilty for sacrificing Lady Jade, but she was far more useful than Lady Jade would ever be because the whole ’poisoning’ thing was already a total failure at this point.

"She’s already infamous. Both Swan and His Majesty already hate her, but I am just an unassuming maid. I can work as usual and keep my eyes on that crippled bitch," Alice told herself to justify her betrayal. "Besides, this is an instruction given by the Saintess herself. I’m sure whatever sin I have must’ve been washed away by Princess Aria by now."

Alice felt at ease now, and simply laid on the bed made out of haystack and waited for the finale.

"It doesn’t matter if it’s expensive. Swan has created a trade route for each of the Beastmen’s products, such as perfect pearls, unique feathers, some strange bird excrement that humans used to power up their tools in the far south, and many more. The Kingdom of Beastman is now very rich thanks to my wife’s contribution." _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}