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Episode 13.

Carmel became the official queen of the Lustier Kingdom.

Although this was well-intentioned, it is also a double-edged sword.

Now that she has obtained the high status of queen, Carmel’s scope of movement will be greatly expanded.

First of all, as a queen, she can control the people in the palace as she pleases. Interfering with state affairs would also be easier than it is now.

In the future, we need to be more careful than now when dealing with people in the palace. We’ll have to figure out who he works for, me or Carmel.

Even within the royal family, he is my senior.

If you reject or ignore Carmel’s words in front of everyone without any particular reason, your reputation will drop.

Carmel was also well aware of this fact and would try to make the most of it.

If you’re not careful, you might end up in a terrible situation like Princess Sera in the novel.

Of course, I have no intention of letting that happen easily.

I roughly know what Carmel can use. Because I have the entire plot of the novel in my head.

In the novel, after Carmel became queen, she recruited each and every one of her subjects to her side. Any subjects who did not take his side were killed under any pretext.

It would be better to take preemptive action before Carmel takes full action.

While I was thinking that, I heard an urgent voice outside the door.

“Se, Princess Sera…! The queen has come to visit…!”

And then, before he could hear my answer, the door burst open. Carmel, with a very angry face, strode in front of me.

“Please leave for a moment. Siniado.”

I spoke calmly to Sinia and my maids who followed Carmel, not knowing what to do. Everyone followed my instructions and went out with anxious looks on their faces. Only me and Carmel were left in the room.

I liked the pretentious look at the wedding, but the pitch-black clothes looked even better. I said with a soft smile.

“What made you so angry? Mother.”

“What’s going on? You can’t say you’ve already forgotten, right? At the wedding ceremony, you… how dare you do something like that…!”

“Is it possible that you forgot? Even now, my mother’s touch is vivid in my hands.”

This is true. The experience of kneading the best raw buttocks to your heart’s content in such a dangerous situation. How could I forget so easily?

“You…”

Carmel chewed her molars with a truly angry face.

It seems she came running straight to me after completing the royal expenses as queen. I guess that means the incident was shocking.

Carmel spoke coldly in a voice that seemed to have subdued her anger.

“You… don’t be so arrogant. Now I am the official queen of this country. I have as much power as you, no, more power than you!”

“I know something like that too, Mother. But isn’t that what makes it more fun?”

Carmel’s face turned cold. It seemed like the hot anger just moments ago was now turning into cold, burning anger.

“I learned for sure after this incident. You are out of your mind, Sarah Lustier.”

It feels strange to hear such words from Carmel, and not from anyone else. It’s a topic that literally went crazy in the novel.

“So?”

“How dare you commit such atrocities against me and get away with it? I will make you pay for your military service as I please. I’ll make you face the floor miserably and beg for mercy. Just wait and see.”

Carmel’s voice was as sharp as frost. Carmel, who had declared war on me as if throwing a dagger, glared at me with eyes full of hostility.

“It’s an atrocity… You’re calling it an atrocity for just touching my butt?”

I took a long step towards Carmel’s arms. So close that my breath seeps into my cleavage.

Carmel unconsciously tried to take a step back, but soon planted her heels firmly on the ground. Perhaps my pride did not allow me to be pushed around by my much younger stepdaughter.

“There are still many things I have prepared for my mother. It is too early to use scary words like atrocities without checking them yet, mother.”

Okay, I haven’t done anything yet.

The noble goal is to immerse Carmel in shame and humiliation, and ultimately turn her into a cute pet dog who craves my love. Compared to that, massaging one’s buttocks is like a child’s joke.

The sound of Carmel’s high heels hitting the floor was heard.

In the end, I ended up taking a step back in front of my eyes, which were filled with dark desires. Maybe he didn’t even realize it.

Carmel stared at me silently and then turned around. His entire face was still painted with cold anger.

I spoke softly to Carmel’s back.

“Wait a minute, mother.”

Carmel slightly spreads the hem of her dress and looks back at me. I returned to the angelic Princess Sarah and spoke kindly to her.

“ Now that I think about it, I haven’t prepared a gift for becoming queen. Besides, after thinking about it carefully, that thing at the wedding ceremony was a bit harsh… I’ll treat it as an advance payment and give you a chance.”

“Opportunity? What opportunity?”

“Only one. I’ll give you a chance to ask me questions. As a fair transaction, without any deception or lies.”

Carmel’s eyes look piercingly into my eyes. It seems like they are trying to figure out why I made this offer.

Well, there is no other reason. Because I am also reflecting a little on what happened back then.

I was planning to leave touching Carmel’s body directly for a later time. But I was so caught up in the emotion of the moment that my body started to move first.

I don’t know what kind of tightrope I’ll have to walk in the future, but being hasty like that is not good at all.

To really reflect, you have to impose a penalty on yourself. There was such meaning in me giving Carmel this opportunity.

In addition, there is also an intention to build a relationship of trust with Carmel as an enemy.

If you forcefully take something away, you will get used to it being taken away. Taking something precious while being aware that it is a fair transaction could cause Carmel a greater sense of defeat.

Therefore, in answering this question, I plan to tell the truth without any lies.

Carmel thought deeply and asked.

“Do you mind any questions? For example… tell me everything you are hiding.”

“Of course you can’t do that, right? Hmm… I guess I’ll have to limit it to the types of questions that can be answered in the affirmative or negative.”

“Okay.”

Carmel began to think deeply again. And he asked me a question.

“Can you read minds?”

Hmm, I see. Perhaps he is asking this question because he discovered the covenant of the northern peoples.

Because that was something that couldn’t be explained within the scope of a human being, Princess Sera. I would say it’s pretty sharp.

I tried to give a negative answer right away. Because I don’t have the ability to read other people’s minds.

But the moment I opened my mouth, this thought suddenly occurred to me.

I once read minds. For just one person.

That person is none other than Carmel.

Most of the narratives in the novels I read were written in Carmel’s first person point of view. I have ‘read’ all of Carmel’s thoughts, monologues, and emotions.

In a way, I have to say it’s an exquisite question. Of course it wasn’t intentional.

I answered while looking into Carmel’s eyes.

“Some positives… I would have to say.”

“Partially positive?”

Can you read minds? Some yes as an answer to that question.

Carmel seemed to be thinking of numerous possibilities for my answer. The light of agony passed through her eyes countless times.

Of course, there is little chance of approaching the truth that I was a reader of this novel.

Carmel called Sina and left my room. In complete contrast to when he first came here, his face was deep in thought.

* * *

next day.

Numerous gifts were sent to the royal family from early in the morning. With a message of congratulations to the new Queen Carmel.

Count Roberts sent a hind made of pure gold. The eyes were ruby, and the workmanship was unusual.

The Marchioness of Sesennes sent a perfume said to have originated from the East. With the words that he hopes it will help in his relationship with His Majesty the King.

Margrave Wihart sent a cloak made from the skin of a divine beast said to come from the northern region. It was a wild design that retained the shape of fur and leather.

In addition, countless valuable items and valuables were coming into the royal palace at every moment towards Carmel.

It was not difficult to understand their intentions. No, it’s blatant without even saying it’s intentional.

Queen Carmel has no connection to the Lustier Kingdom. I guess they are trying to attract attention and get them on their side through gifts.

An ordinary queen might have gotten sick of it. But Carmel would never miss an opportunity like this.

Which of them will Carmel take by hand, and which of the nobles who have sided with Carmel will betray this country and Princess Sera? I know everything.

The nobleman who first sides with Carmel is none other than Count Roberts.

The head of a family that owns the country’s largest commercial company.

He was my next opponent.