Chapter 111: Fools P.1
[Past Life]
After Garett had died, I had locked myself in my room for three days without eating or drinking
anything.
The memory of cradling Garett''s decapitated head in my arms was still fresh in my mind. All I could do
wasy in bed with my thoughts after crying too much. I could finally pull myself together after some
time and decided to venture out of my room.
"Your Majesty! You have finally decided toe out of your room!" Ste said as she grabbed my
hands.
"...I''m sorry for everything, Ste," I said.
"Think nothing of it...It is having been a pleasure to serve you since you were little," Ste said.
Ste had taken care of me ever since I was young. I who had lost my mother when I was at a very
young age did notck a motherly figure since Ste had always been by my side. She continued to
support me even after I ascended to the being a Queen.
"...I am a bit famished," I said with a forced smile.
"I will bring you something light and easy to eat right away!" Ste said as she quickly ran off.
She soon came back with a tray of warm soup and bread.
After taking my first bite, I suddenly began crying.
"Oh, dear! Is there something wrong with the food?" Ste asked with a frantic expression.
"No, there is nothing wrong with the food," I said as I began wiping my tears with my hands. "It is just
that...the food is so warmpared to what I felt before. I''m sorry...I told myself that I should not cry
anymore."
Ste hugged me and brought me into her arms.
"No, it is understandable after experiencing the loss of an important friend," Ste said as she caressed
my head gently.
Right...Garett was just an important friend to me, but he was also a close rtive to Erik.
When I thought about how Erik must have felt after deciding to let Garett die rather than release our
country''s secrets, I self-loathed myself even more for locking myself up and not speaking to anyone.
Erik must have been in more pain and felt more alone than I did, but even I ignored his pain and
decided to mourn all by myself.
"Ste, where is Erik...I mean His Majesty? I wish to meet with him and apologize to his face," I said.
Erik is my husband now; I should put all of his needs above everything...
"I will find out right away, Your Majesty!" Ste said as she scurried off.
When she came back, she had a troubled expression on her face.
"...You are back early," I said.
"...His Majesty is currently interrogating the main perpetrator behind Your Majesty''s attempted
kidnapping," Ste said.
That man is here...
"Ste, I would like something warm to drink after my meal," I said.
"Right away!" Ste said as she left.
I quickly snuck out of my room and went on my way to the dungeon where I knew Erik often held
interrogations.
There he was...Nevel Pir was hanging from a wooden cross.
"Oh? It is the Queen herself...To what honor do I owe for the reason for this visit?" Nevel Pir asked.
"...For what reason did you kidnap me for?" I asked.
"The Emperor of The Balik Empire wanted you as his wife and offered me money and power for just
bringing you across the border. The Empire could use you in exchange for military grade secrets,"
Nevel Pir said.
"For such a thing, you were willing to betray your home country!" I shouted at him.
"Like I care about this country! All I care about is filling my pockets with money and having an endless
supply of women," Nevel Pir said.
"...You are a sickening person. I am done talking to you," I said as I turned to leave.
"...Do you not want to hear it?" Nevel Pir asked.
"Hear what?" I asked.
"Garett''sst words," Nevel Pir said with a smirk.
I turned around.
"...Just so you know, I cannot set you free. There are guards everywhere. You would just be giving
them an excuse to kill you if you were to run free," I said.
"My father is a pretty important figure, so it won''t be long until hees here and frees me, but you will
never get to hear Garett''sst words if you let this chance go," Nevel Pir said.
"...What do you want?" I asked.
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"Show me your breasts," Nevel Pir said shamelessly.
"Pardon?"
"I am most likely one of the few only witnesses to his death...I am also a trained soldier, so you would
not be able to get me to talk easily even if you tried torturing me. I am being kind and asking one little
favor. Rather than asking you to free me or provide me with better cell conditions, all I want to do is
gaze upon the body of the beautiful Queen of the nation. It is something that only you can do," Nevel
Pir said.
It is just showing some skin that I have shown to at least to over thirty Maids before...
My hands were a bit shaky when I began undoing the ribbon over my nightgown. When it was undone,
I slowly slid the sleeves of my nightgown down my shoulders.
"I can''t see anything if you cover them with your arms," Nevel Pir said.
What a vulgar man...
I slowly uncovered myself and revealed myself to him.
"...Such milky white skin and a pink color that matches your hair...My Queen certainly deserves the title
of being the most beautiful woman in Arundel," Nevel Pir said.
"Just tell me what hisst words were!" I ordered as I covered myself up.
Nevel Pir soon broke out in an outburst ofughter.
"To think you would go so far as to expose yourself just to find out a dead man''s words...the rumors
were true! It''s a pity that the Queen of Arundel is such a shameful wench!" Nevel Pir said.
More than feeling humility over having my body seen by this man, I was more angry over the fact that
he used Garett''sst words over me.
"You never even heard of Garett''sst words! You probably weren''t even there when he died!" I
shouted at him.
"No, I was definitely there. I can tell you with confidence because I know exactly the torture that was
inflicted on him, how many people there were, and how long he suffered until he inevitably died. Only
you, the coroner, and I know about Garett''s missing tongue...I think that is indefinite proof that I was
there in hisst moments," Nevel Pir said.
"You are a bastard!" I screamed as I grabbed him by his cor.
"If you want to hear everything, bring your sweet little ears near my lips," Nevel Pir said.
"What are you nning?" I asked.
"What could I do with hands chained to a stake like this?" Nevel Pir asked. I brought my face close to
his. He leaned over and took a deep sniff of my hair and neck. "You smell just like roses as I had
imagined."
"You disgusting..."
"Since My Queen has been so generous to me, I shall tell you Garett''sst words," Nevel Pir
whispered in my ears. "He said that he was ''sorry for everything and that he wanted you to take care of
yourself''."
"...He said such a thing?" I asked as I loosened my grip over his cor.
I soon felt something wet and slimy run across my ears and jumped back.
Nevel Pir beganughing again.
"You are so naive, My Queen! Of course, he did not say that. When he was captured, he was tortured
and beaten for several hours about the kingdom''s secrets. He never budged one bit even after having
all of his fingers broken. He was such a dull hostage. The only reaction we got from him was when we
asked if he knew any of your weaknesses. He said that he would rather have his tongue cut off than
say anything about you," Nevel Pir said.
"Did you..."
"Since he was going to go that far, I thought that I might as well help him keep his code of silence and
cut off his tongue for him! He ended up dying from blood loss not too long afterwards. In the end, he did
not say anything!" Nevel Pir said with a smug look on his face.
I thought that I heard a rope snapping in the distance.
I quickly realized that sound was my own sanity snapping...
I calmly walked over to the supply room where the interrogation tools were being kept and rolled them
in with a metal cart.
"I have grown tired of your smug face," I said as I grabbed a long nail and a hammer from the table.
I ced the nail in the center of his palms right between the metacarpals and pulled my other hand with
a hammer back.
"What are you doing!" Nevel Pir screamed.
"...What I should have done sooner," I said coldly as I hammered the nail through his hand.
Thwack!
"My father will not let you do this to me!" Nevel Pir shouted.
"...You seem to forget that you are not a War Hero''s son but just my prisoner," I said coldly.
After cutting off a few fingers, I noticed that Nevel Pir was not as resistant to pain as he had first
bluffed. His confidence fell quite soon after I first cut off his pinky. The pain and shock of losing his
fingers one by one made him apologize to me repeatedly.
"You are apologizing to the wrong person," I said as I cupped Nevel Pir''s cheek and moved it slowly
to his ear. "Although...it did feel gross when you licked my ear earlier."
I then took a strong hold of his ear and ripped it off with a little of my strength.
"I''m sorry...I''m sorry...What will it take for you to forgive me?" Nevel Pir asked.
I am tired of hearing his voice now...
"Nothing...Forgiveness is not for people like you," I said as I pulled his tongue out with some pliers and
grabbed a sharp knife.