Book 2: Chapter 9
The empress didn’t come at dinner time. I was relieved but at the same time felt slightly uncomfortable. Dinner suited my palate more. Perhaps it was because they switched chefs. I had the dining hall to myself at dinner. Nier stood sternly behind me.
I wiped my mouth with a napkin, washed my hands in the jade bowl by the side, turned around to look at Nier who had her hand placed on her sword and called her: “Nier.”
“Did the meal not suit your palate?”
“Not at all… It wasn’t bad.” I shook my head and gripped the bottle in my hand. I was going to give this to the empress tonight, but it looks like I’ll have to make a trip to the inner court now. I’ll need Nier to take me there since the empress isn’t here.
Nier looked at me without any compassion and asked: “What are your orders then?”
I don’t know why but I can always detect hatred towards me and a desire to kill me in her eyes… Had she not received orders to protect me, I bet I would’ve had my throat slit while taking a stroll out at night out of nowhere.
“Umm… Could you take me to see her majesty? I have something I want to give her…”
“What is it?”
Niers eyes turned cold and the killing intent aura she had intensified. It seemed that she gets angry if I mentioned her majesty in her presence. I handed her the small bottle in my hand and said: “Just this… I believe it’s the water from the elves’ holy spring…. I don’t know what purpose it serves either, it’s just what my mother asked me to bring along.”