Hellbents
Chapter 113: The Instinct of a Mother
"Leave us alone." The servants whose duties were to follow the queen had departed, lost behind the door to another place.
Due to Queen Isabel's invitation, Ava easily avoided Duke Frost, she was still lazy to face the man.
However, this situation was no less awkward.
It had been a few minutes that the hallway of the palace was filled only with silence, Queen Isabel stood before him silently, turning her back on Ava. What's the Queen's business with Princess Eve? Ava also still does not fully understand the context of the relationship.
From what Ava caught herself, Marvin was a sister who admired and made her brother a rival, unfortunately due to their unequal abilities, there was a hint of inferiority in Marvin's attitude. On the other hand is the king, a typical father who views their son as a chess pawn to be used in politics, economics, or the military so that his own power is maintained and even developed. Seeing the happy King Dion was not a bitch when Ava obeyed his orders by providing this assistance, it seems Eve often defiant and became a source of headache for the king. Well, Ava wasn't surprised, a person with a god-complex couldn't possibly be that easy to obey. In that case, why was her duty in the contract to be a devout royal princess?
Unlike Marvin and King Dion, Queen Isabel is more difficult to read. The woman never talked much, her interaction with Ava was also brief and not deep. From the testimony of the servants he asked Ava did not find many things, so the information can still not be drawn conclusions. Even if the hypothesis is compelling, then Ava should say ... pragmatic mother?
In the end, it was Ava who opened her mouth first, "What's the need, Your Majesty?" Only then did Queen Isabel turn her head, but not to Ava, but to the moon whose purple light ring was still thin behind the clouds.
"You're not my son, are you?"
...
Whahuh?
Instantly Ava was fixated, but it was not the time to be silent at this moment. "I don't understand what it means, Your Majesty."
How could he know?
Even if there is a different attitude with Eve, he can reason that for 4 months he went out to explore the world, he got enlightenment or something like that.
But why, of all the people, was Ava's disguise dismantled by Queen Isabel, an individual she rarely met for a month at the palace?
The woman turned around, her normally expressionless face now adorned with a bitter smile. "I have no intention of scolding or punishing you for daring to impersonate a member of the royal family, just ...."
For a moment Queen Isabel's words hung, now her eyes were glistening sadly. "Is my daughter okay?"
For some reason, Ava's heart suddenly heavy. With great effort, he kept his expression calm, even though he knew his lips were trembling. "I'm fine, Your Majesty, as you can see for yourself. Maybe a little tired from the project that's going on."
Ava kept lying.
Queen Isabel did not respond with words, only her lips widened. Then, he left.
Ava was also silent in her position.
In the end he recognized the rumbling taste within his chest.
Envied.
