Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 265: Accusation

Swan woke up early in the morning as she felt the warmth around her suddenly disappeared before dawn. She opened her eyes and looked around only to realize that her husband wasn’t there.

She sneered at herself, ’And what did you think will happen, Swan? Do you think that Gale would come to you at night, and embrace you like usual? Do you think that Gale would forgive you so easily after you’ve betrayed him?’

Swan found her expectation to be laughable. In fact, she wanted to laugh because last night, she dreamed about her husband coming to their marital bed, whispering sweet words in her ear, kissing her forehead and cheek, then embracing her until dawn came.

It was all such a sweet dream that she thought that everything had returned to normal.

Swan glanced at the window, wishing that her husband would leap into the room from the window, but the window was shut tight, meaning that Gale truly didn’t come last night.

Swan sighed. She sat on the bed, before calling the cat maids.

Swan noticed that the cat maids looked nervous and fidgety for some reason, but she didn’t pay much attention because she thought they were nervous due to the execution day.

She wanted to ask the cat maids whether the Beast King came to her room last night, but since she already knew the answer, she’d rather ask something more important.

"Did His Majesty catch Rock Silverfang last night?" Swan asked.

"N-no, Princess. Last night was eerily quiet," Myra replied.

Obviously, Swan knew that. She just wanted to lessen the suspicion, while also confirming that nobody had yet to check the dungeon, since everyone should’ve been alerted by Long Xiurong’s absence right now.

Then she asked, "Will His Majesty proceed with the execution then?"

"We don’t know yet, Princess. But His Majesty rarely goes back on his words. So, we assume that the execution will be done in the city square for everyone to see."

Swan nodded.

She didn’t know what would happen next, but she was glad that at least Long Xiurong and Rock could live a comfortable life far from this continent, so Gale wouldn’t be able to hunt them anymore.

’Maybe when the time comes, I can visit them again, if that ever happens...’

Deep down, Swan wished that all four of them could live in harmony. She would be in a peaceful marriage with her husband, ruling over this kingdom and passing it to their offspring. Rock would still work as Gale’s beta, and Long Xiurong would be her lady-in-waiting. They could also raise their offspring together to become an Alpha-Beta pair, or Alpha-Luna if they were meant to be fated.

It was a perfect scenario that unfortunately would never happen in this lifetime. Thus, Swan buried her hope and told the cat maids, "Make sure to keep me informed of what will happen today. I want to know when someone has been executed."

"Yes, Princess!"

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"WHAT?!" Gale’s voice thundered in the throne room as he heard the report from the guards. "Long Xiurong had escaped?! HOW!?"

"W-we don’t know, Your Majesty," the commander, who was in charge of the dungeon, replied while prostrating, scared and ashamed of his failure to guard the dungeon, especially since this wasn’t the first time someone had escaped from the dungeon. "There were at least ten guards at the door, and many more were patrolling around the castle grounds last night. The dungeon has been thoroughly checked ever since Rock Silverfang escaped to see if there is any way out from the inside, but we see no escape hole, Your Majesty! It was as if Long Xiurong v-vanished into thin air!"

The commander was so scared that he almost pissed himself. He failed twice and was ready to be executed today for his failure, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t scared at all.

"Y-Your Majesty, there is one person who witnessed everything, but I doubt that we can trust her..."

"Is it the bunny maid?" Gale asked, and the commander confirmed. It was pretty obvious because that bunny maid was spending the whole night in the dungeon with Long Xiurong.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Should I bring her here to be interrogated? She told me that she knows who helped Long Xiurong to escape last night."

"Bring her here," Gale ordered, and it didn’t take long for Alice to kneel in front of the Beast King. She looked haggard, and her eyes were red from lack of sleep and crying non stop inside her cell. When she saw the Beast King sitting majestically on his throne, a big smile appeared on her face, and her eyes were brimming with hope once more.

’Finally, I can bring that crippled bitch down, even if it will cost my life.’

"Your Majesty! I know—I know who helped Long Xiurong, and also Rock Silverfang to escape the dungeon! I’ve seen the culprit with my own eyes last night!" Alice stated as she was sure to get Swan this time.

"Then tell me who it is," Gale said. "If you told me the truth, then I will grant you my pardon. You will be free."

’Hehe, told you that I will be free. I don’t need the help of a fake Saintess to escape an execution,’ Alice told herself. Thus, with all the confidence she had in mind, Alice mentioned the true culprit out loud. "It’s your wife, Your Majesty! Swan is the one who has been helping Long Xiurong and Rock Silverfang to escape!"

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There was a complete silence in the throne room. The other guards who heard it were angry as they knew that their beloved Princess wouldn’t be able to do that since she was crippled. freēnovelkiss.com

Thus, Alice’s accusation felt like an insult, since everyone knew about Queen Swan’s condition.

Yet they dared not to say a thing until His Majesty said something first, as overstepping their boundaries might anger him.

Alice didn’t care about what other people thought about her accusation. As long as His Majesty believed in her, then the rest didn’t matter!