Living As the Villainess Queen (Web Novel KR)
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Living As the Villainess Queen (Web Novel KR) - Chapter 67: Come With Me
Chapter 67 鈥?Come With Me
鈥淎nyways, I鈥檒l send over an official invitation. Unless there is an inevitable reason, she won鈥檛 reject the invitation, so don鈥檛 worry. Whatever feeling she has towards you is personal, and that shouldn鈥檛 come between you and her in official affairs.鈥?Kasser explained to her further.
Eugene slowly nodded. He did have a point.
鈥淏ut you have to be respectful.鈥?Kasser continued. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 ask her things like the image of water she saw in her dream.鈥?/p>
鈥淵es, of course I know that,鈥?Eugene said.
Kasser studied her face to make sure she wasn鈥檛 only saying things he wanted to hear.
鈥淛in, I know it is important for you to understand yourself, but you need to be more aware that you are an Anika yourself.鈥?/p>
鈥淥kay, I鈥檒l make sure to remember that.鈥?Eugene replied obediently, but inwardly, she felt defiant.
She always felt that the social class of Anikas was overestimated in the Mahar. At least the kings used their Praz to fight the Larks and protect the kingdom, but what did the queens ever do? Give birth to a prince? But that thought alone, for her, wasn鈥檛 enough for Anikas to be treated with privilege.
I guess I have to meet with the Sang-je after all. I don鈥檛 think the Princess of Sloan will be of any help.
Eugene mulled over before sensing Kasser鈥檚 gaze on her. She looked up, and stared right back at him.
鈥淚s there anything else Your Majesty wants to say?鈥?Eugene asked him.
Kasser shook his head. It never ceased to amaze him how drastic her changes were.
Years ago, Kasser remembered how he鈥檇 once scolded Jin for treating his servants with unnecessary cruelty. At first, he addressed this to her in a mannerly fashion, but as her behavior progressed more violently, he started to raise his voice at her. Whenever he did, the queen would always reply the same way.
鈥楲eave me alone. I am in charge of what goes around in the palace.鈥?/p>
Kasser believed that the fundamental essence of a person was constant. But looking at Jin now, he doubted himself whether that was really the case.
鈥淵ou asked me if Anikas also see a lake, or a river. I just remembered something. Remember the old tree in the middle of the main square in the Holy City?鈥?Kasser suddenly said.
鈥淵es, I remember that.鈥?Eugene replied.
She didn鈥檛 need Kasser to describe it to her, for she remembered every detail she saw in the main square, she could even draw it if someone asked her to. The main square was the centre of her story in the novel. She dedicated pages and pages to describing the square, so it was obvious she knew the tree very well.
In the center of the main square of the Holy City, there stood an old tree planted over a thousand years ago. The tree was so vast, that it required many people to hug the tree trunk, arms spread wide, to go around it once. Its lush branches and leaves were so thick, it covered the sun, creating a huge shadow that blanketed nearly every inch of the square.
Legend has it that centuries before, the tree germinated from a single Lark seed triggered by an Anika鈥檚 touch.
The tree was far too old to blossom flowers or bear fruits nonetheless, offering a cool shelter from the sun during the hottest of summer days. The people of the city were grateful for the tree and acknowledged it as a symbol of theirs.
When Jin attacked the city with an army of Mara, the tree was upheaved mercilessly and ruthlessly. The Sang-je tried to bring the tree back to life, but he had miserably failed. Only a small stump remained in its place. And though justice had been won, the scars left behind were permanent damage. The stump stood as a clear testimony of their losses in war.
鈥淎pparently, the seed of that tree was purple.鈥?/p>
Lark seeds were of seven colors. And inside a purple seed, the most powerful Lark lay asleep.
鈥淚 heard that the Anika that was responsible for the blossoming of the tree had seen a lake in her dreams.鈥?/p>
鈥淎 lake鈥?鈥?Eugene repeated.
鈥淎 pond, well, reservoir and a lake.鈥?Kasser explained.
鈥淪o, none of them are running waters.鈥?She concluded.
Eugene understood then that Ramitas were examples of finite water. However, flowing water could be replenished regardless of how much you take from it. But still, the thing about flowing waters is that you鈥檒l never be able to touch the same water as you did, even a second ago.
So, is the lake the highest grade? Then what was that I saw in my dream? Was it just a silly dream after all? Eugene grew more and more confused.
鈥淎nyways, what did you have in mind about the guards when you leave the palace?鈥?Seeing her immersed in thoughts, Kasser asked to shift the topic.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 want anything too grand.鈥?/p>
鈥淚t depends on where you鈥檙e going.鈥?/p>
鈥淲ell today鈥?maybe just the market? I鈥檓 not planning to go anywhere too far. Like I said, I don鈥檛 remember anything, and I don鈥檛 want to overload myself.鈥?/p>
The queen only went in and out of her study and not anywhere else in the palace. He still couldn鈥檛 understand why she restrained herself so much.
The queen he knew wasn鈥檛 an introvert. The first time he saw her was in a ballroom, roaming around and talking to everyone as if she had lived there.
She always had someone beside her and was proficient at talking to people. She looked comfortable in extravagant parties. She would鈥檝e enjoyed high society meetings and meeting new people. But after they got married, she didn鈥檛 take any interest in high society meetings in the Kingdom of Hashi.
鈥淔ive鈥?no, five guards are not enough,鈥?Kasser said, coming back from his reminiscence.
鈥淲hat do you mean five? Five guards are more than enough. I was thinking maybe just one.鈥?Eugene rebuffed.
鈥淚 cannot let you out with only one guard!鈥?Kasser rejected her idea.
鈥淗aving five guards around me is definitely going to look suspicious.鈥?Eugene explained.
鈥淔ive is the absolute minimum I will allow.鈥?He persisted, but Eugene was fuming
鈥淥ne.鈥?Eugene negotiated.
鈥淔ive or nothing. You won鈥檛 be allowed to step out otherwise.鈥?/p>
鈥淵ou said that I wouldn鈥檛 need your permission鈥?鈥?Eugene raised her voice. This only triggered Kasser to raise his voice too.
鈥淚 made myself clear that you need to be put under escort! I鈥檓 letting you go out with the best guards so that I don鈥檛 have to worry about what you do or where you go!鈥?/p>
鈥淏ut five large soldiers are going to stand out in the crowd!鈥?/p>
鈥淭hat鈥檚 what guards are for!鈥?Kasser stood his ground, the frustration seeping in his tone. 鈥淵ou need to protect yourself before something happens, not after. It鈥檚 important that no one even attempts to attack you!鈥?/p>
Eugene glared at him, realizing they would never meet an agreement. It was unfair, she wasn鈥檛 helpless, she was incensed.
鈥淭hen why don鈥檛 you just come with me?鈥?She suggested sarcastically.
But Kasser latched on to the idea like a bee would to honey.
鈥淵es. Perhaps that would be better.鈥?He didn鈥檛 waste a breath to agree.
鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be a quick look around鈥?what?鈥?Eugene suddenly realized what he had said. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e鈥?really going to go with me?鈥?/p>
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