Chapter 899



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King wore a black mask with no pattern that covered his entire face in the dark. He also wore a black trench coat that completely enveloped him.

Aside from his height, nothing about his appearance was discernible at first glance.

King was like the ruler of the night. With him standing alone, a chilling aura enveloped the surroundings, such that no one around him dared to take him lightly.

At the sight of him, the Queen fixed her hair and smoothed her skirt. Then, with a smile, she began to walk toward King.

Barbarian, however, said, “Why don’t you see a doctor before you meet? King is in no hurry.”

The Queen had long since regained her usual poise and grace. She placed her hands on her abdomen and kept her back straight as, strictly following court etiquette, she approached King. As he did so, he said, “Mr. King is already here. If I decide to go to the doctor now, wouldn’t I be making a gaffe?”

Barbarian hesitated for a moment and then tried to dissuade her again. “They’ve made an attempt on your life, haven’t they? It’s okay even if you make him wait a bit.”

Even though there had been an assassination attempt on her life, and the Queen had been terribly nervous when she was upstairs a moment ago, she kept her pride in this moment and said deliberately within earshot of King, “This little setback is nothing. I’ve seen worse.”

“… But our Royal Guardsmen are still upstairs,” Barbarian said.

“Why do you have so many excuses?” The Queen interrupted him and said reproachfully, “As my best Royal Guard, you should learn to keep your cool.”

The Queen spoke very graciously and took the opportunity to educate him. Then she added, “Besides, haven’t many from the Assassin’s Alliance and the League of Sicarii also come? It is an honor for them to protect me.”

After speaking, he looked at Nora with a soft and elegant smile and said, “There are many talented people around here. Here, Black Cat can even climb the eaves and walk the walls.”

Nora looked at her, hesitant to speak and also speechless.

As the Queen spoke, she had already approached King. She bowed gracefully and said, “Long time no see, Mr. King.”

The Queen had practiced the action numerous times in front of the mirror.

King was not someone one could always meet.

The last time they had seen each other had been three years ago.

The Queen maintained her pride and self-esteem in front of the person she liked, wanting to show him only the best of herself.

King hesitated for a moment. His dark eyes glanced behind her first, seemingly passing over Black Cat quickly before returning a bow of his own and saying, “Long time no see, Your Majesty.”

King spoke in Welsh, in a deep, pleasant voice.

The Queen’s eyes lit up, and she continued in Welsh and said, “Lord King is as charming as ever.”

King, however, looked around and did not reply.

Seeing this, the Queen suddenly realized something. She suddenly looked at Nora and asked in English, “Black Cat, do you speak Welsh?”.

Nora shook her head without hesitation.

Only then did the Queen calm down.

King probably had some things he couldn’t mention in public, so the two of them would have to have a private talk. Besides… Black Cat had been upstairs just now, who knew when she had gotten there? The things she and her assistant had said in Welsh were not fit for other people’s ears. However, now that she knew Black Cat did not speak Welsh, she could rest assured.

Only then did the Queen look at King.

For some reason, she sensed that King seemed relieved as well.

Although he still sounded distant, his words were more or less pleasant. He said, “Your Majesty is as radiant as ever.”

The Queen covered her mouth and laughed. She said, “Really? I thought I had aged since we last saw each other three years ago.”

King: “…”

He gave the Queen a complicated look and then replied, “Not at all. It seems that time does not move for you, Your Majesty.”

The Queen lowered her eyes and said, “I hear that you now have a daughter as well. It turns out that she and my daughter are good friends. Her fiancée, Nora Smith, and I are also old friends. She was round and plump then, but I hear she has lost weight and has become much more beautiful….. I wonder who is more beautiful, her or me?”

‘… Hahaha, now I’ve witnessed our charade of friendship,’ Nora thought to herself.

At the mention of Nora, King looked at Black Cat again. Something flashed through his dark eyes as if he was weighing something. Finally, he said in Welsh, “You have a larger presence, Your Majesty.”

The Queen bit her lip.

King had not said she was more beautiful, but that she had a larger presence. Although it sounded like superficiality, it was already very rare for him to say that.

As a businessman, King rarely engaged in power struggles. Although he maintained good relations with the authorities of various countries, he never did them favors.

For each country, in addition to the military, its economy was also of paramount importance.

Therefore, wherever he went, King was always welcomed, and he was also the object of everyone’s favor. Moreover, King had told her directly that she was ugly.

After a three-year separation, the man had become surprisingly less mean.

The Queen’s face glowed even more radiantly than before.

She smiled and asked, “So, shall we go to dinner tonight? Will Mr. King honor me with his presence?”

King replied, “I would be honored.”

After speaking, he looked at Nora again and then deliberately said in English, “Anyway, it is customary in the UK to do business during a meal, so it’s no problem.”

The Queen did not understand why she had added that in English, but did not press the matter.

Upstairs, the two assailants had been shot and the fire was out, but the hotel had still suffered a lot of damage. Fortunately, the restaurant next door was still open and accommodation was also available in that building.

So, the group headed for the other building with great momentum.

The Queen said to King, “Why don’t you go to the restaurant first? I’ll come back for a change of clothes.”

“Sure,” King replied.

Only then did the Queen head for the upper floors with her aide, who had been rescued, holding her arm. As she made her way to the upper floor, something seemed to occur to the Queen and she said to Nora, “Black Cat, you will stay close to me and protect me.”

Nora followed her without a word. Even after she had walked far into the distance, she could still feel the Queen’s gaze upon her.

On the way, the Queen and her attendant kept talking to each other in Welsh.

The aide smiled and said, “Mr. King is being surprisingly polite today. He doesn’t seem totally disinterested in you.”

The Queen, however, scoffed, “Do you really think that’s true? It’s only because he has something to ask me! Otherwise, you would never accompany me like this!”

The Queen had dealt with King many times before, so she knew very well what he was like.

For him to suddenly accompany her, he must have something to ask of her.

However, the Queen changed the subject again and said, “In spite of everything, I behaved very well just now, didn’t I? I must have been very elegant, mustn’t I? That’s exactly what I want; I want you to see how elegant I’ve become so that you’ll be filled with regret!”

The assistant looked at her dubiously.

The two entered the room that had been prepared for them. The Queen lifted her skirt and stepped gracefully into the dressing room. And then…

“Ahhh!”

The Queen pointed to the woman with the dark, sooty cheeks in the mirror. “Is that how I looked a moment ago?”

At the thought of how she had deliberately feigned elegance and grace when she looked so disastrous, the Queen had a mental breakdown.

The attendant: “…”

“Barbarian! Why didn’t you tell me?”

Barbarian, who was standing outside the door: “…”

He had tried with all his might, but if the Queen refused to listen, there was nothing he could do!

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