Chapter 238: Chapter 238: Pathetic Mother


    Anastasia''s eyes widened seeing the pearl ne on her hand. This was the perfect pearl ne from the Kingdom of Beastmen.


    Gale''s Kingdom was now the leading producer of perfect pearls, and they were so perfect that aristocrats and royals would empty their savings just to get their hands on one of them. Unfortunately, the perfect pearls were slow in production, which made their price increase over time, and therefore became some sort of investment for the nobles. freewebnovel


    "A-Aria, we can''t sell this. I know you love this ne too much," Anastasia refused as she tried to push the ne back to Aria.


    "I told you I want to help people!" Aria insisted as she took a step back, refusing to take the pearl ne. "Mom, I''ve realized that none of this wealth matters when people in our region are suffering. If a mere ne can help them survive, then so be it. Nothing is worth more than their prosperity!"


    Aria felt like she could puke anytime when listening to the nonsense she spouted.


    She didn''t give a damn about those peasants, but she needed her mother to host the banquet if she wanted to kill so many people.


    She might be acting as if the pearl ne didn''t have any worthpared to the livelihood of the people, but she was seething with absolute rage right now.


    That pearl ne was astonishingly expensive, and now she had to pawn it just to make sure her n woulde to fruition.


    ''No, it''s fine if Mother sells it, Aria. Once you''ve regained your power, you can always kill the merchant and take the pearl ne back. Or maybe I don''t even need to do that,'' Aria imagined the handsome and mighty, one and only Beast King. ''Gale is the ruler of the West and North Sea. He is the one with the brilliant idea to harvest perfect pearls. As long as I get married to him, I can have as many perfect pearls as I want!''


    Aria felt better after imagining her handsome, rough, and vigorous future husband, Gale Stormfront.


    She wanted to have every best thing this world could offer, so she decided a little sacrifice would be fine, including her prized perfect pearl ne.


    Anastasia was truly astonished by her daughter''spassion, and it made her feel bad because Anastasia was still thinking about herself, not the peasants living on thisnd.


    Hence, she finally nodded after calcting the cost she needed to host a banquet, "Alright, I will use our savings to hold a banquet. It can be held two days from now since the servants need to prepare everything, and we need to buy the ingredients as well. As for your pearl ne, I will keep it safe for now, and use it in case of emergency."


    Aria gulped as she saw her mother pocketing her pearl ne. She had the urge to just choke her mother to death so she could have her ne back.


    Suppressing her thoughts, she decided to nod and show herpassion, "Thank you, Mom. I can''t wait to see the vigers and introduce myself. After all, this will be the first time I ever see them, right?''


    "Yes! Oh, the vigers have been very kind to us! They don''t me us for what happened in the Holy Achate, and they epted us as the new Baroness!" Anastasia eximed in high vigor as if the vigers were truly a godsend for her.


    Meanwhile, Aria could only sneer as she wanted tough at her mother.


    They were once a Queen and Royal Princess.


    And now, her mother was happy to be called a Baroness, ruling over a small region with a bunch of backward vigers as her subjects.


    ''How pathetic it''s so bad that I can see a trace of Swan in my mother, how disgusting,'' Aria thought. ''Did Swan do something to Mom? Did she cast a holy spell or something to change her personality? I can''t believe my once ruthless mother has been reduced to a pathetic joke like this.''


    Aria recalled how Swan tried to save a crippled cat by secretly feeding it every day with her food. Aria allowed it to happen because she thought it was funny to see a pathetic crippled trying to save another crippled.


    She allowed Swan to feed that cat for a few days before telling the guard to beat the cat to death and toss the carcass outside.


    After that, Swan would alwayse to the same spot when she fed the crippled cat, waiting every single morning for the next two weeks for the cat to return, but the cat never came back.


    Obviously, because Aria beat it to death.


    It was truly entertaining to see what a pathetic joke Swan truly was. It was a kind


    of entertainment for Aria.


    ''Will my mother be like Swan


    ???!


    as well? Feeding a stupid crippled cat and waiting for that cat to return? If that actually happens, might as well break her leg too, Aria thought as she nced at her mother''s perfectly able legs.


    She didn''t like torturing her mother, not because she loved her.m, but because her


    mother didn''t have the same pitiful face as Swan.


    "Alright, Mom. I''ll return to my room. Please prepare everything, and make it quick! Babies are dying out there!"


    Anastasia sighed as she stared at her daughter''s back. For the first time in her life, she was so proud of her daughter.


    ''Maybe this is truly our fresh start in life,'' Anastasia thought. ''Maybe one day, I can finally make peace with Swan. That woman is a Saintess, surely she will forgive Aria and I, right?''


    ''Oh, I also need to find a husband for Aria. Since she already lost her witchcraft, that means she is safe to be married off, right?'' Anastasia thought as she nced at the Stack of letters on her study desk. They were all marriage proposals from many men from inside and outside of the kingdom, wanting to take the beautiful Aria as their wife.