Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 187: Dark Witch Aria (I)

Gale was utterly confused by Swan’s decision to have a private conversation with Aria.

Wasn’t it obvious that the dung-scented woman did not have a good intention towards her? Why would Swan entertain her request?

Nevertheless, he didn’t want to take the chance of letting his beloved get hurt.

"I allow you to have a short conversation with her in this throne room, but I need to make sure that you are safe. The cat maids are agile fighters on top of being proper maids, so they will stand behind you in that room. I will be waiting outside," Gale said. "I will give you twenty minutes to talk. That should be enough, right?"

"Yes, that is enough," Swan smiled. "Thank you, husband. I want to make sure that I won’t make the wrong choice this time. This is for your well-being and reputation as well."

Gale still didn’t understand what Swan was referring to, but he reluctantly nodded. He told the guard to call the cat maids, and once they entered the throne room, he ordered, "The two of you will be guarding my wife for twenty minutes. Make sure that she is unharmed, if this woman—" Gale pointed at Aria who was still kneeling with Anastasia. "—dares to do anything to harm my wife, then you are allowed to attack her. It doesn’t matter if she is badly hurt, or accidentally died."

Gale didn’t bother to hide his intention. He wanted to make sure that Aria understood her position because Gale wouldn’t hesitate to kill her if she tried to pull the stunt as she did before.

Gale sat Swan on the throne, and the cat maid stood on each side, watching the situation warily so their Princess would be well guarded.

"What are you trying to do? We are already in this situation, I don’t want to die just because of you!" Anastasia scolded her daughter in a low voice before she got forcibly escorted out by the guards, followed by Gale who left the throne room to wait outside.

He would be more understanding if Swan and her sister had a good relationship. But it was all clear now that Aria hated Swan, and Swan was reluctant to tell him about what happened between them in the past.

’What are you planning, Swan? Don’t you realize that I am the best protection you can ever have?’ Gale thought.

Thus, he leaned at the door while crossing his arms, impatiently waiting for twenty minutes to pass, so he could protect his beloved once more.

Aria didn’t say a thing to her mother, but she smiled as she knew that her victory was near.

The only reason why she wanted to have a ’private’ conversation with Swan was to use her emerald necklace gifted by the Great Witch, Madam Harsetti.

’Now that she is not under the protection of the Beast King. It should be safe for me to use the necklace. It’s only one-time use after all, I don’t want to waste it only for it to fail,’ Aria thought. ’But first, I have to make sure those cat maids are not going to bother me.’

Aria glanced at the cat maids standing on each side of the throne, and silently casting a spell.

The cat maids’ eyes suddenly turned white, and they stood like two statues.

She also cast a spell around the throne room to make sure that nobody from outside would be able to hear the conversation inside.

After making sure that her preparation was well done, Aria stood up and complained, "Jeez, I have to kneel for a long time. Do you not know how expensive my dress is? Ugh, even your life won’t be able to pay for it."

Swan was surprised by the sudden change of attitude from Aria. Usually, she would stay silent because Aria was always the one with the upper hand.

But not this time.

She was the one standing on the throne, so the least Aria could do was to give her the respect she deserved as the Beast King’s wife.

’Don’t show weakness, Swan. You are representing your husband, the Beast King Gale Stormfront! You cannot look weak or it would disgrace him!’ Swan told herself as she lifted her chin and said, "I haven’t given you the order to get up Aria. Kneel back."

Aria giggled, but her darkened gaze showed that she was more than pissed right now, "Can you stop playing pretend? We both know that you’re just a whore’s daughter who has no right to sit on that throne."

"But I am the one sitting on this throne, not you. So, kneel back, before I told Gale about this," Swan threatened, but Aria did not show any sign of fear.

"You can scream all you want, and Gale wouldn’t hear you. I’ve put a barrier around this throne room to deafen our voices," Aria said lightly.

Swan frowned, "What nonsense are you speaking right now?"

"Look at the cat maids," Aria said, and Swan quickly checked on Myra and Maya.

Swan gasped when she saw that the cat maids had been petrified, as if they were nothing but lifeless statues right now, "M-Myra? Maya?" Swan tried to shake their bodies, but one of them simply fell to the ground like a stiff wooden doll.

"I’ve petrified them. They are unconscious right now, and won’t be able to move until I cancel out the spell," Aria commented while checking on her newly painted nails. She lifted her head and grinned at Swan, "What’s with your expression? Do you think that you are the only one who can use witchcraft?"

Aria took a deep breath, and her eyes turned pure dark as she began to levitate an inch above the ground. A dark green aura began to envelop her as she floated higher until she could look down on Swan who was still sitting on the throne.

"And now, I will settle the score with you. How dare you humiliate me before, you crippled bitch."