Swear Fealty To Me, My Subjects!

Chapter 172.1: My Son Had the Elven Empress Do What?! Impossible, Absolutely Impossible! (1)

It was another new day.

After bidding farewell to the four teachers and arranging everything in the country, Rayne and Alice finally made all the preparations for their trip.

Yesterday, when Alice returned after settling her work, she realized that the bedroom door was already locked. The pitiful strongest Moonlight Queen squatted outside the door wretchedly for the entire day, hugging her lewd body with the blessing of the evil dragon and could not fall asleep the entire night.

And now, after the teachers bade farewell to Rayne reluctantly, the two late queens returned to Alice's body in satisfaction as well.

Alice finally had a chance to speak to her lover.

"Good morning, Your Highness."

Rayne greeted Alice gently as well. "Good morning, Alice. Did you sleep well last night?"

As the bedroom door was pushed open, Alice's frustration dissipated the moment she saw Rayne's face.

The torturous night was over and Alice finally welcomed the long-awaited day.

It was time... To meet... His parents!

Alice said, "Hehe… Actually, I didn't sleep well. However, that's not important. Your Highness, don't worry about the room. I'll clean it up. Your Highness, go take a shower. After that, let's prepare to go to Haines!"

Before long, the two of them tidied up their respective studies and the long-awaited trip could finally begin.

However, this trip was not as sweet as Alice had imagined.

Before setting off, Rayne called Alice to him solemnly and made a pact with her.

Rayne said seriously, "Alice, your visit to Haines with me this time round is partly for Leta's political motives and partly to send me, who was kidnapped by the previous ruler, back to Haines. There's nothing between us. Don't show your intimacy towards me in any public place."

Alice was stunned. "So… we have to pretend to be strangers on this trip?"

Rayne nodded. "It has to be like this when outsiders see it. Alice, there's something you have to remember. Our relationship can't be made public now."

This news dealt a huge blow to Alice. Like an abandoned pet, she asked pitifully, "Then… when can we do it?"

Rayne had naturally thought about this. He smiled and said, "When the relationship between Haines and Leta eases… Right now, the elves of Leta hate Haines deeply. Even if you're their Empress, if you announce your relationship with me, it will definitely cause a huge commotion."

Perhaps because of Alice's prestige as the strongest Moonlight Queen in history, a portion of the subjects would accept her choice.

However, there would definitely be a considerable number of people who would have a grudge against Alice because of this. From then on, they would be at odds with each other and at that time, it would only cause more trouble.

Damaging the prestige of the new Moonlight Queen gravely for the sake of a useless official announcement—what was the point of that?

Rayne said, "It's the same in Haines and once we head to Dawn two days later, it will be the same as well."

Rayne's tone was very serious. He knew Alice's strong love for him. Therefore, at this moment, he had to emphasize it even more seriously, or even order her.

"You and I have to pretend that we're strangers. In fact, you have to show hostility towards me and feel disgusted by my existence because I'm the Prince of Haines and you're the Moonlight Queen of Leta. Do you understand?"

Rayne also knew Alice's current situation.

After receiving the blessings of Olivia, one of the strongest evil gods in the Nether Realm, Alice's strength soared. However, it was impossible for her to obtain the blessings of the evil gods for free.

Therefore, Alice also obtained a characteristic that was compatible with the evil dragon.

Although she could maintain her self-control and not be affected normally, Alice would feel extremely terrible from the inside out in front of Rayne.

To have Alice travel together with Rayne while pretending to be strangers...

Without a doubt, that would be rather torturous for her.

"Even so, you have to endure it. However… when we meet my mother, we can still explain the situation to her truthfully."

Alice had always been looking forward to meeting the Empress as her future daughter-in-law. Rayne knew that and could satisfy that last bit of hope.

After hearing Rayne's request, Alice seemed to find it difficult to accept. However, since it was an order from her lover, she nodded docilely.

"I understand. Alice will be obedient…"

After taming Alice, Rayne wanted to dote on her pitiful self even more. He kissed Alice on the lips gently. "Good girl."

"Your Highness…"

After receiving a kiss from her lover, Alice gradually felt something. Her eyes were misty and watery.

She hugged Rayne and begged infatuatedly, "Your Highness, let's set off tomorrow. Today… let's..."

"You want to waste another day just for the sake of pleasure?! Alice, how can you be so lazy?!"

However, at that moment, before Rayne could say anything, two explosions sounded in Alice's mind!

It was the two late queens. Now that they had already been satisfied, they criticized Alice's lewdness indignantly in an upright manner.

The Porcelain Moon Queen: "Alice, we're both your helpers and your mentors. Please control yourself now. Don't forget, you're already the Moonlight Queen. You have to prioritize the big picture!"

The Breaking Moon Queen said, "Don't think that no one knows what you're doing. Every time you slack off or neglect your duties, someone will be watching!"

The Porcelain Moon Queen: "Visiting Haines might not be so critical, but the diplomatic relations with the Heavenly Kingdom are extremely important! Although the High Elves are weak, their numbers are huge! They are allies that we definitely have to win over! Furthermore, we have to hurry up!"

The Breaking Moon Queen let out a long sigh. "Sigh… In fact, we're already reflecting on ourselves for yesterday's ridiculous incident. Sigh! We couldn't help but make a mistake after obtaining a young body… As Moonlight Queens, we're truly ashamed!"

The Porcelain Moon Queen was equally regretful. "Alice, you can't learn from us. We're already dead. It doesn't matter how lousy our lives are! However, you're still alive and have a bright future. You can't waste your precious time on meaningless pleasures!"

The Breaking Moon Queen: "Go! Alice, the elves are still waiting for you to save them!"

The Porcelain Moon Queen: "Don't give His Highness Rayne a headache anymore!"

The words of the two late queens were incomparably righteous. The noble light of humanity shone on their admirable souls.

Sigh...

Thanks to the nagging of the two late queens, Alice was no longer interested.

She sighed helplessly.

The words of the two late queens made sense.

Although His Highness Rayne requested Alice to maintain a distance from him in public, at the very least… she could still get close to Rayne in private.

In that sense, the rest of her life seemed no different from when she was in Leta.

In fact, it might even be more interesting thanks to the change in location…

After comforting herself, Alice smiled at Rayne.

"Let's set off then? Darling."

Immediately after, a dimensional rift opened and Alice carried Obadiah away from the dragon nest. Thereafter, she embarked on the path to visit Haines with her lover in anticipation.

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At the same time…

Haines Palace.

In the Empress's chamber, Cassius got off the bed in disbelief. Sensing the changes in her body, she was extremely surprised.

A few days had passed…

There was still no trace of the curse on Cassius, as though it had vanished completely.

In fact, even without Thea's treatment, the curse on Cassius did not show any signs of recurrence.

Cassius no longer felt any pain, nor did she feel exhausted.

The body that was originally on the verge of death was revitalized once more!

Could it be that… the curse had really been cured?!

Cassius was nervous and expectant. She chanted a familiar incantation and condensed a crystal spell. Immediately after, a ball of colorful magical fireworks exploded in the room.

It was a low-level crystal spell.

Cassius was touched.

Not only was her body no longer tortured by illness, she could even use magic!

The Empress looked behind her in surprise. On the other side of the bedroom, her daughter had just taken off the magic gems on a string of jewelry that belonged to the Empress and was trying to install them on her own armor.

The Empress asked in surprise, "Little Eda? Look, has my curse… really dissipated?"

Edaline shrugged nonchalantly. "Seems like it."

Empress Cassius smiled. "Child, why don't you look happy at all when your mother has just recovered from a serious illness?"