(2) Living as the Villainess Queen

Chapter 229

Eugene tried to recall everything she had heard from Gemma yesterday as she hadn’t had the alone time to think them through before. But as there still were a few days of marching left before they could finally reach the Holy City, there should be plenty of time for her to sort out her thoughts.

Eugene was glad that they had made a stop at the Slan Kingdom as she had unexpectedly gained insights on exclusive information from her encounter with Anika Gemma.

‘So, it’s common for the queens to spend more than half of a year in the Holy City?’

Gemma had told her as if it was only natural for her to leave for Holy City after she gave birth to the child.

[At first, I would most likely come and go between the city and the kingdom. But someday, by the time the child is ready to ascend the throne, I’ll settle down in the Holy City for good.]

Surely there was nothing unusual about the royals to pay their regular visits to the Holy City. Some of the kings even spent the whole dry season in the Holy City. The Desert King was the rare exception as he never seemed to leave his kingdom if there wasn’t any particular reason.

Every king still would return to their kingdom before the active period would start. But unlike the kings, queens practically stayed away from the kingdom regardless of the seasons, according to what Gemma had said.

‘But Marianne had never mentioned that to me before.’

Marianne must have not felt inclined to tell her about such conventions of the queens. Somehow, she felt like she could understand Marianne, who would have wanted to keep the matter in the dark as long as it wasn’t asked.

Then, Eugene recalled Kasser’s mother, who was known to stay in the Holy City.

‘As I was told that it’s been long since the former queen’s presence was absent in the Hashi Kingdom, she must’ve left the kingdom even before her son rose to the throne. She must have her reasons for leaving. Nevertheless, it seems like every queen will eventually return to the Holy City someday in the future.’

It was quite a shame that she couldn’t have pried more into Gemma as to get more answers to her questions. Eugene had taken a caution as to not arouse any suspicion from Gemma, in a worry that she might start a rumor that would eventually reach Sang-je’s ears.

There still were two things which Eugene couldn’t quite put her finger on.

Firstly, it was the conflict between the two energies.

‘Discomfort?’

According to Gemma, every Anika was supposed to feel some kind of repulsion around their king husband’s presence. And that was the reason why Jin Anika, who possessed a strong Ramita couldn’t possibly marry a king. The stronger their Ramita, the more it will conflict with the king’s energy.

However, Eugene still couldn’t understand what kind of repulsion Gemma was speaking of.

‘The Praz he possesses is very strong indeed. And so is my Ramita. Then, how come our energies don’t conflict with each other? Could it be because I’m not the rightful owner of this body?’

Still, the conflict between a king’s Praz and an Anika’s Ramita, distinctively contradicted what Aldrit had told them about before.