Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Idiot Bunny (II)


    "Hm? Help you?" Aria sighed. "I wish I could help. If it were the past me, I could''ve probably done it, because I have been blessed with the Holy Power of the Goddess. Truthfully, I am the Saintess."


    Alice''s eyes widened.


    She knew about the Saintess from legend. The Saintess was the incarnation of the Goddess of the Sun, and she was meant to bnce out the incarnation of the Goddess of the Moon.


    Selene, the Goddess of the Moon, had bestowed the Beast King half of her power. Thus, that meant the Saintess was meant to be his fated mate, right? It was just a theory in Alice''s mind, but if she was right-and she was often right- that meant Princess Aria was...


    "P-Princess, you are..."


    Aria sighed pitifully, "Yes, I was the actual mate of the Beast King. The sun and the moon exist toplement each other, right? It''s written in the legend. But my power was still weak, and I couldn''t defeat the witch," Aria said as she flipped the situation between her and Swan. She knew this bunny was a total idiot, and would believe anything she said simply because she hated Swan''s gut.


    Alice was on the verge of tears. Of course, she wanted the Beast King to find his fated mate. But it was mostly because she wanted Swan to get out of the picture. It would be better if she got executed for daring to seduce His Majesty.


    "You might not believe me, but Holy Achate has a tradition where one of the King''s daughters would be the Saintess. Now, between Swan and I, which one do you think deserves to be graced with holy magic?" Aria asked.


    "Of course, it''s you, Princess!" Alice replied without hesitation. "That woman is crippled. She must''ve been cursed by her own evil spell. Ugh, it makes me angry to think that a cripple like her can manipte His Majesty!"


    "Right?" Aria almost burst outughing seeing how ignorant this bunny truly was. She would be a perfect tool for Aria. "Swan has always been hostile towards me. She has been crippled from birth, so she wants to make me suffer due to jealousy. She gets so angry when she realizes that I''ve be a Saintess, and she decides to learn witchcraft. She''s so powerful that I can''t beat her alone."


    "Then I will do my best to help you, Princess!" Alice volunteered in full determination.


    ''Oh, this bunny is so easy. I''m d there''s an idiot like this in this castle,'' Aria thought as she maintained her sad expression. "But you seem to be having trouble as well in this castle."


    "That-I-"


    Alice felt ashamed as she lowered her head.


    It was true. She had bumped into many obstacles ever since she tried to eliminate Swan. However, her determination to save the kingdom and be a hero was still as strong as ever!


    "It''s okay. We are both in a difficult situation right now, because we want to kill Swan. So, why don''t you tell me about all of your ns first and everyone who is working with you, Aria threw the bait as she wanted to know if this bunny could be more useful. Just as she predicted, the idiot bunny took the bait easily.


    "Uhm... well... I do work under someone else to kill Swan..." Alice muttered as she was unsure whether it was okay to tell Princess Aria about Lady Jade or not.


    Lady Jade told her to keep it a secret, but Princess Aria also had the same goal.


    ''Besides, Princess Aria is the Saintess. She should be His Majesty''s fated mate, right?'' Alice thought as she inwardly weighed down the importance of Lady Jade and Princess Aria. As much as she liked Lady Jade, Alice knew that Princess Aria deserved her loyalty more.


    Thus, after a long consideration, Alice nodded and took out the small bottle of poison from her pocket. She handed it to Princess Aria and said, "This is the odorless and colorless poison given by Lady Jade."


    "Oh? Does she want you to kill Swan with this?" Aria asked while observing the colorless liquid inside the bottle.


    "Well... yes, but I have to try it first on Long Xiurong, His Majesty''s second wife."


    "Second wife?!" Aria snapped when she heard that. She stared at Alice in disbelief, and Alice quickly rified;


    "S-she was brought by Lady Jade from the Eastern Long Dynasty. But it seems that His Majesty never liked her, and she has been living in the castle without any purpose," Alice replied. "Uhm, I was told that should try poisoning Long Xiurong first to see if the poison truly works. Since Swan is a witch, she might have a way to cleanse the poison."


    ''This poison will never work on Swan. She''s a Saintess, that holy power or whatever will purify it all out,'' Aria judged as she observed the poison. She knew that Lady Jade''s idea was worthless, but Aria wouldn''t miss out on this opportunity. ''Lady Jade, huh? I''ve only talked with her once, but the rumors said she is a skilled


    им


    herbologist. Surely, if she gets


    kicked out of the castle, she would


    have nowhere to go, and I can


    recruit her, right?''


    A malicious idea popped up in Aria''s head.


    ''This idea probably will cause Lady Jade to die in Gale''s hand, but I guess that''s just an unlucky moment for me. It''s better to force her to leave this castle and join my side,'' Aria thought as she handed the poison back to Alice.


    "I think what Lady Jade''s doing is very risky, especially for you," Ariamented after a while. "Do you think His Majesty and Swan wouldn''t suspect foul y when Long Xiurong died?"


    "B-but, Lady Jade is "


    "She will make you a scapegoat," Aria interrupted calmly, but it was like an arrow that stabbed Alice in her heart. "She will get you executed for killing Long Xiurong if they find out. Even if you somehow don''t get caught for killing her, you WILL get caught for killing Swan."