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74 Chapter 74: Healing from the Goddess (II)
74 Chapter 74: Healing from the Goddess (II)
Aria looked at the ceiling in a daze after Swan disappeared.
It didn’t take long for her to regain her strength. She began to take continuous deep breaths as she was worried that her heart would stop beating anytime soon.
She scratched her shoulder and realized that Swan had fully healed her scar but still let her suffer from the burning and itchy sensation until the next month.
She sat on the bed, staring at the window where the sun was rising in silence before a knock on the door snapped her out of it.
“Good morning, Princess. Your carriage has been prepared,” the bunny maid said.
Aria opened her mouth, but no voice came out. Sure enough, Swan wanted to prevent her from speaking until she arrived at Holy Achate.
Aria was boiling with rage.
At first, she thought she could play around and bully Swan while she was in the Kingdom of Beastmen, but Swan’s witchcraft was far too powerful.
‘Where did she learn how to do witchcraft anyway? I never thought it was real before I saw it with my own eyes, Aria pondered. There was a lot of witch hunting and burning in Holy Achate, as it was part of the tradition to kill witches whenever there was a disease or famine around the kingdom.
Aria thought it was just stupid superstition, but since the church ordered it, she couldn’t say a thing about it.
Most of the time, all she did was watch these women–little girls, young women, widows, and elderly women–to be burned in the city square. It was a form of entertainment for her anyway.
But now that she had witnessed firsthand how powerful that cripple had become with her witchcraft….
‘I want to be a witch too, Aria entertained that thought. ‘If it’s real, then I just need to become a witch and kill her. I can charm the Beast King to be mine, and I don’t need to worry about getting captured in Holy Achate as a witch. I’m their soon–to–be queen, after all:
Thus, Aria returned to Holy Achate with a newfound determination. She had to find a way to study witchcraft if she wanted to stand a chance against Swan.
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up, Gale
Swan woke up at noon because she slept near dawn today. When she woke was no longer by her side, so she guessed he was in the throne room right now.
The door was knocked from outside, and she could hear the catmaids‘ voices from behind it. “Princess, we are here with your lunch.”
“C–come in…” Swan replied weakly. The cat maids entered the bedroom and quickly arranged the lunch on the table.
Swan watched over them, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with them, so she asked, “H–how about my sister? Is she still here?”
“No, Princess. She already left at dawn,” Maya replied.
“Then, is there something wrong with her?”
“Something wrong?” The cat maids looked at each other first before Myra replied. “Nothing’s wrong, Princess. But she was awfully quiet. She said nothing to anyone, not even to His Majesty, who personally sent her out of the castle. It’s quite rude, honestly.”
“It’s so rude!” Maya added. “She’s very pretty but so rude and disrespectful to you and His Majesty, Princess!”
“And what happened yesterday…” Myra sighed. “Princess, is she really your sister?”
Swan nodded weakly, and she didn’t lie at all. They were still half–sisters despite everything.
An old maid once told her that Queen Anastasia and King Tyrion were already married but still childless after four years.
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Then, a whore from the brothel seduced the King while he was on a secret visit to the capital city, and the innocent King was forced to spend the night in the brothel and impregnated the whore. 3
Thus, Swan was conceived.
As for Aria, Queen Anastasia finally got pregnant the next year, and that’s how Aria was born, two years after Swan.
Swan’s shameful birth and her mother’s death during labor forced her to be put in the maid’s quarter, living with the maids and working as one as well.
Meanwhile, Aria lived comfortably as the Royal Princess of Holy Achate, She was the
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half–sister as nothing but a plaything whenever she was bored or in a bad mood.
Swan shook her head slightly as her mind trailed off. She didn’t want to remember too many horrible things that had happened to her in the past, as it would only make her feel small and ugly.
“H–how about her burn scar?” Swan asked.
“Ah, that one! It’s so strange, but it seems that the cream made by our doctor is very potent, because we don’t see scars anymore!” Maya reported.
“It seems that our doctor is better than those human ones!” Myra boasted proudly.
Swan chuckled as she was in a much better mood now, “That’s all I need to know. I’m glad that she’s finally out of the castle.”
“Princess, please tell His Majesty not to invite her again. She is nothing but a nuisance to us!”
“Yes! You are more than enough for us!”
Swan smiled and responded, “It all depends on His Majesty. If he thinks that I’m enough, then so be it.”
The cat maids excused themselves after they helped her to sit and have her lunch.
Swan was relieved that her dream worked once more. She dreamed of meeting Goddess Asmara again and prayed that she could protect Gale from Aria’s devious tactic and poisonous tongue.
That’s why when she floated inside Aria’s room, she quickly knew what to do to stop Aria from saying anything dangerous.
Swan sipped her tea as she gazed at the beautiful view outside the window. The Kingdom of Beastmen was doing better these days thanks to many reforms and laws that Gale erected based on Swan’s advice.
“I will do my best to protect you, Gale. Even if you will never know,” Swan murmured. “I may not stay by your side forever, but I want to be useful even after my death.”
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