Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 239

Chapter 239: Chapter 239: Banquet of Sacrifices (I)

Preparations for the banquet in Baroness Anastasia’s mansion went smoothly. The villagers were invited in the morning, and they were allowed to come by noon, as the food had been prepared beforehand.

The villagers were ecstatic about this entire banquet because this year’s winter was very harsh. Some elderly perished because they couldn’t handle the cold, and the food ration had to be given to the children first to preserve the future of their small village.

They knew Baroness Anastasia was their previous queen, but since they were living in an isolated area, none of them knew about the trade ban.

Some of the youngsters went to the city to work, but most still returned to the village after they got married, because they preferred the peaceful life in their small mountainous region.

They had neither bad experiences nor good experiences with their queen before. This banquet was the beginning of a good relationship between the villagers and their new Baroness. Since she was kind enough to extend her hand to commoners like them, they already had a good opinion about her.

Anastasia wore a plain blue dress to greet the peasants who came to her mansion. She wanted to look humble as she knew showing off her expensive dress would only intimidate those villagers and give off a bad first impression.

However, even her most humble dress was still too good compared to those villagers who were already wearing the best they had.

Nevertheless, the peasants were awed by Baroness Anastasia’s beauty and warm smile.

One of the little girls meekly approached the Baroness and did a little curtsy, as taught by her sister who worked in the city before, "T-thank you for inviting us, M-Milady."

Anastasia’s heart melted seeing the innocent little girl who looked somewhat similar to the small Aria.

It reminded her of the time when Aria was still cute and pure, like a blank canvas ready to be painted.

Sometimes Anastasia wished she could turn back time and fix her mistake because she knew that some of Aria’s twisted nature came from her wrong teaching.

She was filthy ambitious, and always taught Aria that method did not matter as long as you got the result you wanted, and sacrificing people was justified if it was necessary.

As she reflected on her past actions, Anastasia realized that she was the reason for Aria’s current behavior. Her daughter might change for the better as she was generous enough to hold a banquet for the villagers, but she was still cruel to the servants.

Unfortunately, Aria already walked out of her room, and her gold heels were making tap tap sound whenever she walked.