Chapter 240: Melancholy Of Queen Elizabeth Of Marie Kingdom
Chapter 240: Melancholy Of Queen Elizabeth Of Marie Kingdom
The Queen of Marie Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth, stared at her reflection in the mirror and let out a deep sigh."Haaah... has another spot appeared...?"
Her attendants smiled gently behind her, thinking It’s the same old thing again, but they kept their mouths shut.
"Her Majesty, there is no such thing! You are as beautiful as ever!"
The head maid said. All the maids lined up nodded in agreement.
But the Queen looked at her own face in the mirror and faced harsh reality. Twenty days had passed since Robin left the capital. Twenty days since she stopped drinking that medicine.
She had loved looking in the mirror before. Every time she saw her own rejuvenated skin, her heart had raced with delight. She had loved hearing the honest words from everyone she met—men and women alike.
"Her Majesty looks so young!"
They weren’t flattery. She knew. She had felt the warmth of genuine pride from the bottom of their hearts.
But now that Robin was gone and she could no longer drink the medicine, her old age had begun to gnaw at her. I should just go back to the way I was before, she thought. But giving up the youth she had tasted felt like a death sentence. Seeing noblewomen her own age, she felt a wave of panic. Will I end up like them too?
She had never once drunk anything from a man in her life. Not even the king’s. Robin’s was truly a one-time adventure. And the effect had been worth it—far more than she could have imagined. Not just her skin, but the way it made her feel inside.
That thought hit her like lightning. Could drinking a man’s... actually reverse aging? But she couldn’t ask anyone. The maids were all women; none of them had experience with that. Even the married ones didn’t seem to do it with their husbands. The only person who could possibly answer was Linda Lewis, the original source of the information.
The Queen summoned her.
Linda Lewis, whom the Queen had seen only a few days ago, now looked terribly old. The extra years that had passed in her absence made her appear even frailer than she was. Is this what my future will look like...? The thought sent a chill down the Queen’s spine.
Everyone else had been dismissed. Only the Queen, Linda Lewis, and the head maid remained in the room.