Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Jade''s Theory


    "Mdy, there is a bunny maid who wants to talk to you."


    "A bunny maid?" Lady Jade frowned when she heard the report from her servant. She recalled any bunny maid she ever saw around the castle, and remembered one, "You mean, the one who has been assigned as Lady Long''s attendant?"


    "Yes, Mdy."


    "Does she bring a message from Lady Long?"


    Her servant paused for a second and replied, "No, the bunny maid named Alice said that she has to ry a message from herself to Lady Jade. It''s a very dire matter."


    "A dire matter..." Jade tried to think of various scenarios, but she had no idea what dire matter a bunny maid could have. "Alright, let her in."


    Alice stepped into Lady Jade''s room. She looked nervous, and even scared, which only got Jade wondering what the news was all about.


    "I heard that you have a message about a dire matter. Is it about our kingdom?"


    "N-no—I-I mean, yes, Mdy!" Alice stuttered. "I have something to report because Lady Long has fallen into the same trap that Princess Swan used. You are the only one I can trust right now!"


    Jade smiled as she seemed to have gotten something to use against Swan. "Really? Then you should tell me now," Jade said.


    Alice''s mind went back and forth as she was scared that Lady Jade had also fallen into Princess Swan''s dark charm. But she remembered how angry Lady Jade was yesterday during their tea time, so she was assured that Lady Jade hadn''t been brainwashed yet.


    "About a few months ago, while you were away from the kingdom, Princess Swan''s little sister, Princess Aria came for a visit. I was her attendant then, and she told me a few things about Princess Swan," Alice gulped as she was nervous. She was scared, but the truth had to be revealed for the safety of His Majesty''s Beast King.


    "And?"


    "S-she told me that she had witnessed Princess Swan using dark magic since she was young. She said that Princess Swan was a dangerous woman, who would curse anyone she hated, or use a charm spell on someone she liked, including the Beast King," Alice reported. "I''m afraid that Princess Swan had used her dark spell to charm His Majesty to be so utterly in love with her. I told Lady Long to be careful, but she epted the invitation to have a tea time in Princess Swan''s room, and she came out with a big smile."


    "S-she told me that she doesn''t have the urge topete for His Majesty''s love anymore because she had witnessed how much Princess Swan and His Majesty love each other," Alice added. "I''m afraid that she was cursed by Princess Swan while they were alone in her room."


    "So, you''re saying that Swan is a witch?"


    "N-not me! It''s Princess Aria, her little sister!" Alice the bunny maid quickly threw the responsibility to someone else, because she was afraid of being held ountable for this rumor. It would be good if Princess Swan was proven to be a witch, but she didn''t want to be executed, or sent back to her tribe due to the Beast King''s fury. "P-please don''t tell this to His Majesty, Mdy. I''m afraid that I''d be executed, even though all I want is to save His Majesty from Princess Swan''s evil grip!"


    "Interesting," Jade smirked. "Did something happen when Princess Aria was in this castle?" freewebnovel


    "Y-yes, she had tea time with Princess Swan, and then she suddenly screamed in pain before fainting on the floor. She was taken back to her room, and she told me about Princess Swan manifesting her witchcraft since she was young!" Alice reported everything she knew.


    Jade''s grin widened until it was almost ear-to-ear, which scared Alice.


    "M-Mdy, I hope my report will help you in some way..."


    "It sure is. Do you want a reward?"


    "N-no need! I just want to save the beastmen, especially His Majesty!"


    "That''s good. You''re very devoted," Jade nodded. "You may leave now. I will find a way to handle this problem. Thank you for your help."


    Alice blushed as this was the first time she was ever praised by Lady Jade. She wished the praise came from His Majesty instead, but she couldn''t ask for too much.


    Thus, she excused herself and left with a relieved heart.


    "Do you know about this rumor as well?" Jade asked her servant.


    "Yes, Mdy. It was a gossip that had been circting among the servants, but the soldiers brushed at off, perhaps because Princess Swan made a significant change in soldier recruitment, and also introduced a merit system," her servant replied. "It''s quite a malicious rumor, do you need me to tell everyone to stop the gossip?"


    "Why should you do that? It''s great the rumor is surfacing around, because if it''s the truth, then it will answer everything that happened that night," Jade replied.


    Before, she couldn''t understand how Swan waspletely unharmed when Rock attacked her. She should''ve been either dead or at least badly raped. It simply didn''t make sense, because Rock was very strong-not as strong as Gale, but Gale was a demigod at this point soparison wouldn''t be fair.


    "It would also answer the question of how Rock could escape from that one-exit dungeon. Swan could''ve used her witchcraft to fool the prison guards, and release Rock from the chains. It''s the only usible exnation I could think of" Jade theorized. "Furthermore, it''d also exin how Gale Stormfront, the majestic and


    invulnerable Beast King, could fall in


    love with that cripple."


    "Isn''t it because of her beauty, Mdy?" the servant asked. "Everyone in the castle


    -and those who had seen Princess Swan before, say that she looks like an


    angel."


    "An angel? Do you think a limping woman can be an angel? Hah!" Jade snorted. "She''s a witch, and she used her witchcraft to charm Gale, so he would ''fall in love'' with her. I''m sure of it."