Chapter 166: Chapter 166: Aria''s 50th Sacrifice (IV)


    After Aria agreed toe with her to the Kingdom of Beastman, Queen Anastasia didn''t have anything else to say. Truthfully, if Aria was still the same daughter she knew, Anastasia wouldn''t mind having a tea time with her.


    However, the Aria in front of her was so menacing. Her eyes were filled with bloodlust after sacrificing thirty-eight children. It was better to get away as soon as possible before Aria considered her as another sacrifice as well.


    "I won''t disturb you anymore. You should go and learn more about dark magic from that book, so you can use it to defeat Swan," Anastasia suggested. "Also, do you need anything before I go? Snack maybe?"


    Anastasia remembered that Aria loved to eat snacks whenever she had free time. She had heard from the maids that Aria hadn''t asked for any snack for more than a month.


    Or rather, she hadn''t asked for any food for more than a month.


    They were too scared toe to Princess Aria''s room without her order, and Anastasia was also too scared to ask about it directly.


    "No need, I''ve already gotten my fill," Aria replied.


    "R-really? I don''t see any food in here."


    Aria went quiet for a second, then pointed at the corpse in the corner of her dim room, "I ate his organs from time to time. I''d boil it if I''m in the mood."


    Queen Anastasia gasped as she stared at the corpse whose eyes, tongue, and ears had been removed. There was also a gaping hole on his chest, implying that Aria had already eaten his heart.


    She almost fainted, thinking that her beloved daughter had turned into a cannibal who''d eat humans. But before she could say anything, Aria suddenlyughed out loud, "Don''t make that face, Mom. It''s not that big of a deal."


    "H-How is that not that big of a deal? You''re eating humans!" Anastasia couldn''t hide her distress anymore. "Is this part of the ritual? Aria, you are THE Royal Princess of Holy Achate! You cannot act like a barbarian!"


    "It''s what I''m craving these days, Mom. When you are studying to be a great


    witch, you will naturally lose your appetite for regr food. You will crave raw food instead, especially human flesh," Aria replied calmly. "It''s all written in


    Necronomicon."


    "But-"


    "Do you want me to be a great witch or not?"


    ...


    Queen Anastasia bit her lip.


    Of course, she wanted Aria to be a great witch to defeat Swan. It would be even better if she could seduce the Beast King.


    That man was absurdly powerful. With him by their side, Anastasia could be the Queen of the world!


    Battling with the idea of saving her daughter from eating human flesh, or being the Queen of the world, Anastasia decided to allow Aria to eat as much human flesh as she wanted. As long as Anastasia could stay as a Queen, anything else can wait.


    "F-fine then. But you should tell me if you need human flesh to eat. I can at least send you a clean woman, not a dirty prisoner to eat," Anastasia uttered as she thought it would be less gross if Aria ate a clean woman instead.


    Aria smiled. "Honestly, I can''t tell the difference after eating so much human flesh. guess why not? Just send me those women to eat."


    Queen Anastasia shuddered when Aria said that. For a split second, she thought that her own daughter looked at her like she was a piece of dead meat she could


    eat.


    ''I have to get out of this ce before Aria does something crazy to me too,''


    Anastasia thought. "A-alright, I will leave now. Take care, Aria."


    Aria stared at her mother''s back, and her smile turned malicious.


    She closed the door with telekinesis and continued reading Necronomicon while floating in the air.


    "You think that you are safe, huh? I''m just letting you live because you are still useful to me, Mother," Aria giggled.


    Of course, she still had a bit of


    vel


    familial love for her mother. They had always been on good terms since they were young, and her mother was there to give her authority to bully Swan as much as she wanted.


    Aria nned to leave her mother out because she thought Anastasia was better off alive.


    However, she stumbled upon a page in Necronomicon not long ago, and it was said that she would eventually need to sacrifice someone who was closest to her to be a true Great Witch.


    Aria was not close to anyone in her life. She didn''t even think that she loved her mother that much, but that was the only sort of ''connection'' she had with someone else.


    Aria always got everything she wanted in life, and she had never found herself in


    a difficult situation before.


    Thus, she never developed any sort of connection with anyone.


    Not that it mattered much though.


    She was just worried that she wouldn''t be able to be a true Great Witch even if she sacrificed her mother because she didn''t love her mother enough.


    "Should I treat


    ther better from now on? I want to make sure that I can


    feel more motherly love from her, and love her more, so I can sacrifice herter," Aria murmured before she clicked her tongue. "This is frustrating. I should''ve married one of those princes before. fcould have a baby with them, and who knows? I could''ve developed some love for my husband and our baby. Then, I can sacrifice them both. It would be easier that way."


    Unfortunately, she was stuck with only her mother. She had to love her mother, even though she didn''t know how.


    "And what is love anyway? How to love someone? Is sex even considered love?"


    For the first time in her life, Aria felt like an idiot who knew nothing.


    No matter how many books she read, she still couldn''t understand love.


    "I''ll just ask the Great Witch tonight. She shoulde after I''ve sacrificed fifty people, right?"