(2) Living as the Villainess Queen

Chapter 221

If a circle were to be drawn around the Hashi kingdom’s territory, the most north-westerly outline would be deemed as the kingdom’s national boundary line with the deadly desert. The kingdom’s capital was in fact located behind the monarch castle’s outer wall, which marks as the boundary between the kingdom and the desert.

Although it was more common for a kingdom’s capital to be situated in the center for the sake of checks and balances, Hashi kingdom’s capital was unusually placed at the northern tip of its land.

The fact that the monarch’s residence was indeed located in the most dangerous part of the country’s land, highly reflected the reign’s ideology on ruling as it signified the king’s firm determination to protect his people from the harm, on the frontline. Therefore, the capital was indeed the safest, yet the most dangerous land in the kingdom.

Normally, it would take a total of fifteen to twenty days of journey on the road to arrive at the Holy City from Hashi kingdom’s capital. But as this particular procession was accompanied by the noble ladies travelling in their respective carriages, it was most likely that it would take them more than twenty days of marching to reach the Holy City

The procession consisted of fifteen carriages, respectively carrying the queen and the other five noble ladies with their attendants, and there were another five carriages fully loaded with baggage and goods. The king was on the lead on his Hwansu, escorted by scores of warriors which constructed a defensive formation around the procession, creating a grandour scene as they continued to march on. People were then pouring out onto the streets as they hailed at the procession, sending off the Royal couple on their journey.

Eugene was already feeling bored and tired although it was only the first day of the journey. All of the ladies were riding alone in their own carriages and so was Eugene.

‘It’s no fun without any company.’

The scenery unfolding on the outside of the carriage window was indeed a delight to her eyes. But the enjoyment did not last very long as the kingdom’s landscape was pretty much the same throughout the ride. And besides, she was feeling out of sorts from tiredness as she didn’t get much sleep the night before.

Before long, she was overcome by drowsiness at noon and by the time when her carriage came to halt around twilight, she was sent into a deep slumber without even realizing the knock on her carriage.

From the outside, her servant was nervously calling out to her once again,

“Your Majesty, it’s time for you to come out from your carriage.”

The poor servant waited for quite a while for Eugene to knock on her carriage wall as a sign of her permission to open the carriage door. But to her dismay, there was still no sign from the queen. Although she was thrown into confusion by the silence, it was still impossible for her to open up the queen’s door at her will, without giving proper permission to do so.

“What is going on?”

Kasser, who was watching from a distance, strode towards his wife’s carriage. The servant then bowed her head and replied to her king.

“I’m afraid Her Majesty is still in her carriage without any response, Your Majesty.”

Kasser then opened her carriage door at once without any hesitation. His face hardened when he saw Eugene leaned on the carriage wall with her eyes closed. Much worried about Eugene, he hastily got on to her carriage to check on her state. But when he realized that she was only sleeping, his eyes eased at the sight of Eugene who was soundly asleep.