ushernet Chapter 445: Harvest Festival (24)
Chapter 445: Harvest Festival (24)
Chapter 445: Harvest Festival (24)
"Honestly, we were both angry and relieved when we heard that Rhefia escaped. Angry because it had caused irreparable damage to the people's trust in us, in the military, and it was just... bad optics all around. Also because we had definitely lost such a talented woman who could have done so much for the Queendom... We were relieved because it just meant that her escape - and subsequent lack of knowledge on where she went - made it easier for everything to be smoothed over and forgotten."
Letting out a sigh, the Queen shook her head and stared at the ceiling, her thin lips curling into a frown as she said "Losing someone like that, especially with there being some tensions between the Queendom and some of the neighboring countries, was a harsh blow that I didn't want to deal with at all. Someone who was almost guaranteed to become a valued member of my military, now gone for good because some slim beauty didn't like that she wasn't as talented as her... It's annoying, but there was little I could do, so..."
She looked back down at me and sighed again, before taking in my own frown and adding "I know you don't want to hear it, but I would rather say it anyways; when I heard that she escaped from her cell and fled, I was relieved because that problem had just sorted itself out. Our neighbors aren't kind enough to accept a fleeing criminal into their ranks, so she couldn't become a threat that way. If she was caught inside one of the cities, she'd be executed - especially if she was plotting to kill someone. So... all that was left for her was to flee and live a quiet life, and that was what I wanted from the situation I had to deal with."
"But it isn't fair. To her, to her Dama, to the people. Why didn't you proceed with the trial anyways? To get this Giselle to admit that she fabricated a lie?!"
The Queen just chuckled, her frown turning into a small smile as she shook her head and said "Politics, Miss Astra. Condemning her costs me more than being 'fair'. Life is not fair. It never has been, never will be. I stood to lose more if I condemned her than I gained for proving her to be guilty. It would fracture my relationship with my daughter Heria, it would put me at odds with her Giselle's family, it would cause too many problems with their faction... Not worth it. That is why I didn't try her."
I grit my teeth as I glared at the woman, before my glare landed on the Goddess as she added "Besides, we made sure to make her earn her 'forgiveness' over the years... though again, it isn't the forgiveness of the woman who's life she ruined."
"That... That's not the point! We were supposed to be spending the day together before..!"
I felt my cheeks go red as I stuttered for a moment, something that both the Queen and the Goddess found amusing as they waited for me to eventually say "H-Heading back home and retiring for the night!"
"And? Are you still not going to be 'retiring for the night' with her?"
Giving me a confused stare, the Queen tilted her head before chuckling when I glared at her and answered "I am, but I didn't want to get into a bed with another woman's seed inside me! That's just..! Disingenuous!"
"Is it? Sex is sex, Miss Astra. If she wanted your pussy clean and ready to eat, she wouldn't have let you come with us... though, perhaps that's why she let you come with us..."
As I frowned and tried to understand what the Queen was saying, Goddess Dryatra just sighed as she said "That momentary flame the Duchess had, Miss Astra? It was with my sweet. Again, it's not entirely my place to say, but... the reason that she is single now and not wed to my sweet is simple. She was unable to carry a child, despite both of them trying really, really hard to make one. Duchess Renna used to have sex with Luteia often, so my sweet is just being hopeful that the Duchess is anticipating your return to be one with a large helping of cum inside your pussy for her to taste again..."