Chapter 95 – The Queen’s Trap

“Huh… Huh…”

I flopped down on the bed and took a deep breath.

After having sex in the garden, they returned to the princess’s room and continued to fuck until they were exhausted.
The princess was also stretching her exhausted limbs and catching her breath.

“…Dake.”

A voice calling me not as a bitch but as the princess of the kingdom.
I also answered in my usual polite tone.

“Yes, princess.”

“Do you still… Still want to get revenge on Momma?”

“…Yes.”

It might not have been the answer she expected, but she couldn’t lie any further.
In response to my honest response, the voice that came back became even more subdued.

“How are you going to get revenge…? Are you going to hit Momma?”

I have no intention of committing violence.
The queen would be more afraid of sexual corruption than physical pain.
Moreover, I felt like my heart would unintentionally weaken if I even saw the other person’s blood.

“No.”

“So… Are you doing things similar to what you did to me and Kiella?”

“…”

I couldn’t bear to say ‘yes’ out loud.
Because it’s the same as saying I’m going to rape your mother.

But my intentions seemed to have been fully conveyed to the princess.

“I see… First of all, everything I said today is sincere. If Dake wants to, he can bully me at any time.”

She closed her mouth, as if lost in thought, but then moved her lips again a moment later.

“I think I need to think about it a little more… About Momma.”

The princess, who spoke with a heavy expression, looked out her window and jumped up.

“Oh my, the sun is about to rise! When is the time like this…”

I would like to persuade the princess here, but unfortunately, I have to leave before morning.

In the end, after tidying up her room, I exchanged greetings with the princess and hurried back to my room.

—

Before leaving the bedroom to go to the Supreme Court Justice’s office, I turned on my phone.

Because I was curious to see if there was any change in the princess’s status due to last night’s sex.

‘I’m still at the giving up stage.’

From the time the princess was first listed on the corruption status after her first sex, she was in a phase of giving up rather than resisting.

The reason she hadn’t moved on to the submission stage yet was probably because she was conflicted between her mother, the Queen, and me.

‘We decided to persuade the princess at night…’

Today I planned to explore the area near the Queen’s office or bedroom.
While looking around in different places, she couldn’t find a way to approach the queen, so she decided to take a more bold approach.

But it ran into difficulties from the start.

“Aide…?”

After talking to Kiella and leaving her office, while secretly heading to the queen’s bedroom, she happened to run into a maid.

She checked the direction I was going and said as if she was having trouble.

“Sorry, but this is the queen’s space… What’s going on…?”

“Oh, I got lost while walking while thinking about something else.”

“If you are looking for an office, I can guide you.”

I was afraid that if I declined, she would be viewed as suspicious, so I couldn’t help but nod her head.

“Oh, yes. Thank you.”

“I… But I have some work to finish in a hurry… Can I get some help? Then I think I can show you around the office quickly.”

For some reason, his tone of voice and expression seemed very timid, so it seemed like something important was going on.

If the maid’s suspicions were raised, the story of my wandering around the castle could reach the queen’s ears, so she decided to obediently grant her request.

“Yes, I will help you, just tell me.”

What her maid asked for was not as big a deal as I thought.

All I had to do was go into a nearby room used as a warehouse and clean up the mess.
Still, there were a lot of miscellaneous items and quite a few heavy items, so it would have been difficult for the maid to do it alone.

So I finished organizing my room.

“If you go this way and turn right… Ah, I guess the aide will know from here. I’m sorry.”

After giving her directions, the maid lowered her head, so she urgently waved both her hands.

“No, there’s no need to apologize. Anyway, thanks to you, I’m back. Let’s go in then.”

“Hey, aide!”

“Yes?”

“…Sorry.”

She bowed her lower back and then disappeared as if she was running away.

She was confused by the contextless apology, but I accepted her guidance and thought it would look strange if I strayed from her, so I went into the work room.

She eventually returned to her original position.
She wanted to quickly resume her search, but she decided to hold out.
If I run into that maid again in a similar place, I will have no excuses.

She waited for about two hours, wondering when it would be best to leave.
She was about to stand up from her seat when she thought she was okay.

Thump thump thump!

-Open this door!

The sound of knocking and shouting filled the room.

It was rare for there to be such a loud knock on the door where the Supreme Court Justice was, so Kiella and I exchanged looks of surprise in her eyes.

-If it doesn’t come out, I’ll open it myself!

The person who came through the open door with a harsh warning was very unexpected.

“…Agnes?”

“Dake. This is the queen’s call. Follow me.”

Seeing Agnes accompanied by her vice-leader, Rize, and other members, Kiella felt that something was out of the ordinary and asked.

“What are you doing in my office?”

“I’m sorry, Chief Justice. The Queen has ordered you to bring this person in quickly.”

The cold, businesslike tone, as if he had forgotten what our relationship was, did not end there.

“And he told me to bring the Supreme Court Justice with me.”

“Me?”

“Yeah. What are you doing, Dake? Wake up!”

Without even knowing what was happening, I followed the command and started walking down the hallway.
A group of fully armed knights surrounded me with stern faces, and Kiella was following at a distance.

“…Dake.”

Agnes closes the distance between me and whispers.
Her demeanor was back to normal.

“I couldn’t help it because the maids who were passing by were watching. Please understand. I don’t have eyes to see right now, so I need to figure out the situation at this time. Why is the queen looking for you?”

“Well, I don’t know. Doesn’t Agnes know either?”

“We suddenly received an order to arrest you, so we just followed it. Do you have any clues?”

No matter how much I tried to recall, nothing came to mind, so she slowly nodded.

“What on earth is the Queen thinking? She must not let down her guard in case an armed conflict breaks out.”

I arrived at the throne room with unresolved questions.

“There you are, beast. Now, Kiella, come this way.”

Her Queen looking down from her throne and her Kiella standing at her side at her command.
The guards standing side by side, giving off an intimidating feeling, and the knights surrounding me.
Not only that, but even the servants and maids looked at me with frightened expressions.
It felt like I had become a high treason criminal.

“Dake. You know why you were brought here, right?”

“…No. I don’t know.”

The queen, who looked at me like an insect, snorted her laughter.

“Ha! It’s scary how shameless you are. Lilda?”

At the queen’s call, the chief maid (whom the princess calls chief maid) brought someone.

“Uh?”

For a moment, puzzlement spread across my face.
The elf brought by the maid was the maid who guided me a few hours ago.

One more strange thing was that, unlike when we parted ways, her hair was matted and her clothes were torn in several places.

“Now, tell me. What did you do to me?”

When the queen asked, her maid, looking haggard than a few hours ago, answered with tears in her eyes.

“They dragged me to a warehouse and… Raped me.”

The maids who were watching were agitated.
Only then were my questions answered.

‘Queen, that bitch made it all up.’

They plan to make me a criminal and kick me out.
That maid must have been forced by the Queen to make a false statement, and it was clear that the contextless apology she made when she parted ways with me was for this situation.

“Huh, huh…”

“It’s pitiful that you cry so sadly… I’ll definitely make you pay for your sin.”

The air in her throne room subsides at the sound of the maid’s cries.
I knew she had received her apology from her though.
The meaning of those tears is not the sadness of being raped by me, but the guilt of telling a lie.

Agnes, Lise, and Kiella must have realized that this was all staged.
Because I know better than anyone else that I am not the kind of person who would touch an innocent elf.

Now, the only people here who were fooled by the queen’s trick were the guards and maids.

But why did the queen plan such a troublesome thing?

The reason is obvious.
To convince her own daughter.

Since she hates being hated by her daughter as much as she hates me, it was clear that she was trying to give the princess a reason to love her.

‘Then what should I do now?’

It would be nice if there was an elf who saw me faithfully helping her maid, but unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.

Agnes and Lise, as well as Kiella, cannot be so quick to take my side in front of the queen.

The opponent’s intentions were quickly understood, but the problem was that there was no solution.

“It’s not too late. If you admit your guilt, we’ll end up kicking you out of the kingdom.”

‘Originally, I would have received a danger warning message, but I turned off my phone…’

Even if I regret it, nothing will change, so I had to take my time by claiming my innocence first.

“I didn’t do anything. I just helped that elf organize the warehouse.”

“It’s not a cleanup, it’s a rape. If you feel wronged, why don’t you bring evidence? Is there any sister here who saw where that man was three hours ago?”

“…”

The throne room was quiet and cold, as if cold water had been poured on it.

The reason for gathering the knights and maids in the castle was probably to appeal to the public that this incident was that serious, but that intention was working exactly.

“I guess it’s none other than that poor sister. So how are you going to prove your innocence, Dake?”

“I am innocent. That elf is lying.”

The maid who made eye contact with her flinched and avoided her gaze, and the queen still had a confident tone.

“Are you just trying to get her to believe what you say? I guess you really don’t know whose words will be more persuasive, the elves or the humans?”

I rack my brain until the end, but there is no solution.
In the end, should we join forces with the Knights and subdue them by force?

However, even if the immediate crisis can be overcome, it will soon be suppressed by the powerful magicians that will come later.

“It looks like you still don’t want to admit it. If so, let me give you a chance.”

“…Opportunity?”

“Kiella.”

“Yes, Queen.”

“As a Supreme Court Justice, interrogate the author yourself. In a fair, private place where no one can see.”

“All right.”

At Kiella’s answer, the queen’s eyes turned to me again.

“But if you don’t confess, I’ll understand that you’re really innocent and let this incident never happen. How about that, Dake?”

“…Thank you.”

“There’s no need to be thankful. I’m afraid that Iril will cry and make a fuss if I don’t get a clear confession.”

This time, I can see clearly inside.
An obvious tactic to torture me and get a false confession through Kiella.

Perhaps they had planned to do this from the beginning to convince the princess.

But she didn’t know.
It’s been a long time since the Supreme Court Justice, whom he likes, can disobey me.

“So, make sure Kiella gets the author’s confession. A shameless person who doesn’t even feel her guilt deserves to be punished.”

“Yes. I will teach the author that no one can escape the judgment of the law.”

I secretly exchanged glances with Kiella, who answered that way.
A secret signal that no one knows except us.

The queen, unaware of her teeth, smiled her confident smile, and as I looked at her like that, I made up my mind.

I will repay you for all the karma I have accumulated so far, plus the karma I have accumulated today.