Book 4: Chapter 44
“Your majesty! You have worked hard! Welcome home…… Ah… this miss is……” Luna blankly watched me carry Freya off the horse. She caught Freya with puzzlement. Freya leaned on Luna, looked at me and said: “Your majesty, if you have time, I would like to speak to about my plans for the next step. For the first step I already have……”
I cut her off: “Go and rest first. Eat, wash up, sleep and then we’ll talk about it. While I don’t have much time, I can spare a day or two. I won’t let you overwork yourself until you’re rested. I can’t just exploit you. Since you’re going to help me by my side, you need to prepare yourself to work hard.”
“…… Understood.”
She looked at me and nodded. Luna looked at me confused. I said: “Luna, take Freya to wash up first and settle her living arrangements…… If there are any problems, discuss it with the head-maid.”
“Alright. But your majesty, you need to rest first……”
“I’m going to pay her majesty a visit. I’ll be back real quick. Of course… if I don’t come back after a long time, that means… mom kept me there to eat dinner. And I’m absolutely certain it’ll be her cooking. When that happens, you must remember to come and bring me back. I’m serious!”
The bowl of purple soup resurfaced in my mind… The burnt-rubber taste appeared in my mouth again and wouldn’t go away. That thing is my nightmare in this lifetime. I trust that there’s no one who would be willing to drink a bowl of burnt rubber. But I’ve tried it. Mom said it was a medicinal concoction used on the battlefield, but I reckon it’s a fatal poison!
“Alright, your majesty.”
Luna didn’t smile. Instead, she wore what looked like a forced smile. She looked at me with an expression like she was mad as if she didn’t accept my decision. It was similar to how Lucia looked at Mera which really surprised me. But I quickly caught on and understood what was going on. Elves are extremely jealous creatures. Could it be that Luna thought I brought home another maid to look after me with her causing her to get jealous?