The Queen shouted and attacked the enemies. She was still pregnant; thus, her movements were a bit slow, and she couldn't go all out, so her knights protected her on the way to Consort Zia's chamber.
"You are quite brave to save the King, but do you really think you will be able to save him just like that?" Consort Zia stated as she sat on the bed and held the King's hand. She tried to be gentle and clean his face.
Consort Zia acted as if she and the King were just the only people around, but in fact, she was surrounded by her guards and the Queen's Knights. Bella can only calm herself after witnessing the scene. She knew that she couldn't be reckless because the king's life was at stake.
"Why? You love him? Why would you want him to die?"
"Love? Maybe I do, but what has my love for him done to me? I am miserable. I always do a lot of things to help him as much as I can, but what do I get? Nothing. While you!!! You can just cry, and he will give you everything. Aside from having a powerful family, you are just nothing compared to me!" Consort Zia glared at Queen Bella.
Consort Zia laughed super hard and acted like crazy. She pulls a dagger from under her sleeve and tries to play with it. Queen Bella was getting herself stressed out, but she could do nothing. She knew that Consort Zia's guards were quite powerful, although her side would win, but the king was in danger.
Queen Bella looked at his guard and secretly signaled them to start with their plan. As long as the King is on their side, then everything will be alright. She already planned everything, but she just needed Consort Zia to keep a distance from the King to make sure he would be unscathed. Especially that Zia is acting crazy.
Consort Zia smirked at the Queen and lovingly looked at the King. She bent her head and kissed his lips. Queen Bella gritted her teeth and looked away. Zia smirked and tried to make it look more intimate. Bella just laughed hard, which made Zia look at her.
"Go on. I don't share, but maybe I will give you a taste of something you wouldn't have. Your kiss just made me realize how intimate we can be, alone. Don't you know that it is sweeter when---"
"Enough!!! You bitch! You will never be as good as me!" Consort Zia shouted and walked towards Queen Bella angrily. Queen Bella nods her head to start their plan. Her knights above the roof knocked it and jumped towards the king. They circled the king and queen and attacked the enemies.
The knights annihilated the guards of Consort Zia, leaving her alone at the side crying loudly. Queen Bella felt the pain in her stomach, but she just knocked it off and walked towards her husband. Her husband was poisoned, but as a person who loves poison, she had lots of antidote, thus forcing her husband to take it.
"Get me a towel and a water." The head knight signed to his companion to get one and asked them to dispose of the body out of the chamber.
"HA! HA! HA! Do you think I am that naive to just let go of you like that?" Consort Zia smirked and continued to laugh, but Queen Bella ignored her. Bella used the towel dipped in the water to clean the king's face, especially the lips.
"Yaaaahhhh!!!" Consort Zia suddenly attacked the Queen but was not even halfway there when the head knight thrust his sword at her, but before losing consciousness, Consort Zia managed to whistle and die.
"Take cover!!!" Queen Bella shouted, trying to protect the king. She overdid herself and felt her water break. She is about to give birth, but she knows she still can't because they are trapped. Consort Zia is just a ploy.
"Protect the King and Queen!!!" The head knight holds the Queen, and the other holds the King while trying to escape. They don't have a choice but to fight because there is no way out. The Queen nodded and got the King; she may be in pain, but she can still hold on for a bit. Her knights are fighting for them while she tries to wake up the king. She knew a little bit about acupuncture, and she was very proud of it.
Their enemies seem not to lessen, and archers are still active, thus making them in a super dangerous situation. The queen felt blood coming down, and she was getting weaker. Arrows were being directed to the king, and the queen couldn't do anything, so she hugged the king's body and tried to sacrifice herself.
"Aaaahhhhhhh!!!"
The Queen looked up and smiled at his brother. They are now safe. Then the king gradually opened his eyes, but he was also weak because the poison was quite powerful and needed days to digest it all, which made him faint.
"GET ME A DOCTOR!!! NOW!!!" Bella's brother carries her to her chamber and asks his guard to take the king.
"Brother, thank you," Bella stated. She knew that his brother doesn't want to enter the palace because he got into a huge fight with her. The king promises that he will only take her sister as his only wife but suddenly takes two consorts, making him sad for his sister. They fought because the Queen quarreled with him for the King.
"You can do this! You need to give birth safely to my niece," he softly said and went out.
The queen was very weak, but she did her best to normally give birth. She was in pain, but she wanted her princess to live. After an hour and more, a crying baby was heard in the hallway. Everyone was very happy with the news.
As for the rebels, they are all captured and beheaded. Duke Hiro, the queen's brother, made all the decisions and killed everyone without mercy. The king woke up and didn't say anything but silently agreed with Duke Hiro. He is very nervous about the Queen.
The King instantly enters the Queen's chamber with their children and Duke Hiro. The baby was beside the queen. They notice that the Queen was very pale and seems like there was no sign already of living.
"Bella, take a rest. You need to---." Bella touched his hands and smiled, comforting him.
"Take care of Amishta. She will be the strongest and bravest princess in the whole world. Be a good king and a good father." The king can't help but shed a tear after hearing his queen but still nodded.
"Axel, Jiro, be good brothers to each other and to your sister."
"Yes, Mother. We will protect Amishta." Axel and Jiro climbed at their mother's bed and hugged her.
"Big Brother, thank you---" The Queen was getting weaker and weaker, but up to her last breath, she smiled at them. The cry within the room was soon heard by the country, and together with the people, they mourned for the death of the Queen.
…END OF FLASHBACK…..
"Father, mother is a hero."
"If I was powerful enough back then probably your mother might still alive." The king cant stopped himself from crying. There is no sound of crying but his tears are visible that Axel can't help but to grit his teeth.
"Father, it is not your fault. It is our enemies fault. You are never to blame. You are a good father and a good---"
"I understand. I know that you are tired, so you also take a rest."
Axel still wanted to speak, but looking at his sad father, he couldn't bring himself to talk anymore and just nodded. He knew that his father terribly missed his mother. He still blames himself for her death, which he is still sensitive about when it comes to his mother.
"Your daughter is just the same as you, beautiful and brave. I can't help but feel helpless because I am afraid to lose her, even though I trust her, but I just can't help being worried. I will make sure that you will not die in vain."
Amishta wiped her tears. She accidentally heard everything that her brother and father talked about. She at first was going back to rest, but she forgot her fan and intended to get it but was stopped when she heard her deceased mother.
Right now, she felt confused because this is something she never wrote. She just knew that her mom died because of giving birth, but now it seems like there is more than that. She may not know this "mother" she has right now, but since she is already Amishta, the grievance of losing a mom is there.
...
"Master, the girl you saved was---," the guard swallowed hard as he calmed himself from his master's stare that was as if killing him.
"It seems like you have lots of time, so how about I---"
"No, master. Actually, I am here to report that the envoys of the Abberhyn Kingdom, Prince Jiro, just arrived at the capital. The king wants you and the First Prince to welcome him in front of the palace with the ministers."
"Let's go."
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