Chapter 200: Chapter 200: Idiot Bunny (III)


    "B-But Lady Jade said that she will make me the head maid if I can kill Swan!"


    "And you believe that?" Aria sighed. "I''m sorry, Alice. If only I still had my holy power, I could kill Swan with ease. But she is a powerful dark witch. If even a Saintess like me couldn''t do anything to her, do you think a simple poison could?"


    The answer was obviously no.


    Alice was already so deep into the hole, and she had been dedicating herself to killing Swan under Lady Jade''s order. She didn''t think that Lady Jade would deceive her, but Lady Jade was much more influential and powerful than she was. If she nned to make Alice the scapegoat, then Alice could only me herself for falling into the trap.


    Princess Aria''s words made her realize the severity of her situation, and she began to feel scared.


    "T-then, what should I do, Princess? I want to save His Majesty and kill Swan, but I also don''t want to die in Lady Jade''s hands!" Alice begged. "Please, you are my only savior. Y-you are also the Saintess and His Majesty''s fated mate, so you must have a pure heart, right? Please save me this time, Princess!"


    Aria was hiding her malicious smirk as she knew that Alice was so gullible.


    "I don''t think it''s possible to kill Swan with poison. Rather than that, I think you need to save yourself first," Aria advised. "I have a n to make sure that you get to save yourself and stay in the castle, but in exchange, you have to expel Lady Jade from the castle."


    "C-can I actually do that? Lady Jade has been His Majesty''s right hand for a long time..."


    "Oh, you can, for sure. If you''re lucky, you''d be able to kill that woman named Long Xiurong in the process too. Even if you can''t do that, at least you get to save yourself," Aria said. "This might sound a bit crueling from a Saintess like me, but I just want to help you since you seem to be a good person."


    "I-I trust you, Princess. I don''t want to die, please!"


    Aria smiled and finally told Alice about her n to make sure Lady Jade was out of the castle.


    *


    "A-are you sure this will work, Princess?"


    "Oh, I''m sure it will work. Don''t you trust the Saintess? I have a pure heart and holy power graced by the Goddess of the Sun herself. I know what I''m talking about," Aria said, and it quickly cleared all the doubts in Alice''s heart.


    ''That''s right. She knows what to do because she is the Goddess'' incarnation...'' Alice thought it was reasonable before nodding, "Okay then, I will do as you say, Princess!"


    "Good. Now off you go. I don''t want anyone to see you staying in this room for too long. They might suspect something."


    "Yes, please excuse me!"


    **


    Aria watched Alice leaving the room, and Anastasia who had been keeping her silence the whole time finally couldn''t hold it anymore.


    "What is that even about, Aria? Who is she? And why does she want to work with us?" Anastasia asked.


    "She''s an idiot bunny maid who believes everything I said," Aria chuckled "Don''t worry, Mom. I still have thing''s under control even when I''ve lost my witchcraft. Well, e temporarily, because you wil help me to regain my witchcraft back, right, Mom?"


    "Y-yes, I will," Anastasia agreed, but for some reason, she had a feeling that Aria was directly pointing at her as if she would be one of the sacrifices. Anastasia quickly dispelled her worry, ''N-no, what am I thinking? She is my daughter. My only daughter. We managed to survive until now by depending on each other.''


    Unfortunately, Anastasia didn''t have time to ponder for too long, because the cat maids mmed the door open once more and said in a loud, and brash voice, making sure that Anastasia and Aria understood their position.


    "His Majesty the Beast King and Queen Swan are requesting you two toe and meet them. They said that they have something important to announce," Maya announced.


    "The doctor told us that Princess Aria is in a healthy condition. We want you two toe with us to the throne room, right now."


    "This is ridiculous! My daughter has just fainted and now you are forcing her to meet with that woman again!?" Anastasia had been distressed seeing her daughter fainted before, so she protested immediately, "At least give us a few more hours, or the whole night to rest!"


    "We can''t do that. You two are not allowed to stay in this castle for the night," Maya replied.


    "What the-we are honorable guests! We are the Queen and Royal Princess of Holy Achate!"


    Myra and Maya looked at each other and scoffed. Myra sneered and added, "Not for long. Come with us right now, or we will have to take you two by force."


    "But-"


    "Let''s just go, Mom. There''s no point in arguing with them. They are Swan''s attendants," Aria said as she got up and followed the cat maids out of the room.


    Anastasia gritted her teeth, and silently followed the cat maids with Aria. She had a bad feeling about what would happen next, but she had no choice as the fate of Holy Achate, and her fate as the Queeny in Swan''s hand right now.


    ''If only Gale could fall in love with Aria instead of Swan. Things wouldn''t get this messy...'' Anastasiamented. ''I should''ve sent Aria to be his bride back then.''


    **


    Gale had been sitting on the throne with Swan on hisp for a while. They were waiting for Aria and Anastasia toe.


    Contrary to usual, Gale was beaming with joy. His smile seemed to be permanently stuck on his face, and it shocked every attendant and guard, as they


    had never seen their majestic King looking so happy before.


    They were even more creeped out when they saw that Princess Swan wasn''t happy the slightest bit.


    She looked sad for some reason and was awfully quiet.


    Gale caressed her soft hair and said, "Lighten up, Sweetheart. I love your idea,


    that''s why I can''t hold back my smile, but you don''t seem happy even though it''s your idea."