Book 10: Chapter 45
“My Queen!! Why did you do that?!”
The elder followed the Queen as he fumed. He couldn’t keep up to her due to his feeble legs. He looked particularly comical due to the way he was shaking with anger. The Queen turned her head around to look at him indifferently, “What’s wrong? Is there a problem? Marvel is the hero of the North, so it’s only natural that I send him my blessings and reward him as a member of the imperial family.”
“You went overboard with your reward!”
The Queen looked at him with a cold gaze and, “There’s no such thing as ‘overboard’ when rewarding bravery and loyalty. Those who are loyal are worthy of all rewards! Do you not agree? Only those whom are loyal have the right to enjoy every blessing, and only the valiant may have rich land. Do you not think so?”
“Do you think that I am not loyal?!” exclaimed the elder, with a furious wave of his hands. His face was totally red owing to his anger. He looked at the Queen and thundered, “I have done so much for the North! I have given up so much so as to not let the previous Ling down and for your elven race! Do you still question my loyalty?! Is everything I do not for the sake of the North?”
The Queen snickered, “You did it all for the North? How about, you did it for your tribe’s benefit…? What’s wrong? You have a case of indignation? Why do you refuse to acknowledge your deeds? You should feel ashamed of yourself when you do what you do, not be worried about others talking about you!”
The elder went to rage back at her, but she cut him off. She looked at him coldly and snickered, “Bring it. I have lost everything already, including my parents, my friend and even my own body. What else do I need to worry about? I’m not scared of you any longer. You wanted to threaten me? You wanted to punish me?”
The Queen ripped the buttons off her clothes, revealing her virtually transparent white skin while they were in the main hall. She wasn’t embarrassed or shy. Instead, she looked at the elder with a ridiculing look, but that was also her ridiculing herself. The elder looked at his Queen blankly. He then slapped her hard and shouted, “Do you not even feel shame anymore?!”
“I shouldn’t feel ashamed! Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for what you did to me that day?! You’re the one who should be ashamed of himself, not me!”