Princess of the lost Kingdom

Chapter 21

Third person's POV

Chaeyoung gently holds Mina's chin and lifts her face up, making Mina looks at her. She stares at the most innocent and prettiest face that she has ever seen, then she has her index finger sideway underneath Mina's jaw, while her thumb starts to adoringly carress the girl's chin, 'I'm completely defeated by you, I should have known that you can win over me without having to say a word. You, Mina, you are a dangerous woman... PRETTY dangerous.'

Mina blinks her eyes rapidly, trying to figure out what the Queen actually meant,

'I shouldn't be expecting an apology from you, because that is never going to happen. Am I right? Huhm, you stubborn girl?' The Queen continues to talk while caressing Mina's chin repeatedly, the feelings of the girl's soft and smooth skin on her thumb is so addictive, she can't stop touching it,

Mina sadly pouts her lips because as far as she remembers, everytime the Queen calls her stubborn, she will get a punishment for it,

But little did she know, her pouting lips are the Queen's weakness, Chaeyoung's heart just melts instantly upon seeing the cute gesture, she reaches her thumb and adoringly caresses those lips as well, 'There won't be any punishment, don't you worried.' She reassures the girl. She then changes the topic, 'How's your injured area? Does it still hurt?'

Now that the Queen asks about it, Mina's bottom lip starts to shake little, together with her eyes getting a bit watery. She can't turn away because her chin is held captive by the Queen's hand, so she just looks away with her eyes, 'No, M...Master.' She didn't intend to, but that came out soaked with sulkiness,

Hearing the cute sulky reply from Mina, Chaeyoung can't help but to tease her a little, 'Oh, so it doesn't hurt anymore, then you can come back to work starting tomorrow. I was actually planning to let you have another week or two off.' The Queen casually says while still not letting go of the girl's chin,

Mina bites her lips knowing she just gave Chaeyoung the wrong answer out of her sulkiness. She indeed loves it how she doesn't have to go to work hard labour, so one or two more weeks off would be amazing. She glances at Chaeyoung, opens her mouth, wanting to take her answer back, but then closes it, changing her mind because her pride is still as high as the mountain,

Chaeyoung can see Mina's cute little battle as clear as the day. She chuckles, 'Why? Does someone want to change their answer?'

Mina slowly nods her head, 'M... Master, it still hurts.' She says in her tiny voice,

Chaeyoung finds Mina so adorable right now, that she almost risks it all and just pulls the girl into a tight hug, she almost did, almost, 'Then you and JiHyo can have another two weeks off.' She tells her,

Mina is celebrating inside, but she's scared to show it on her face, so she's just looking at the Queen with her sparkling eyes. And that's enough for Chaeyoung, she feels so happy right now seeing the happiness in Mina's eyes. She smiles gently at Mina and caresses the girl's chin a little more before standing up,

Seeing that the Queen is quite forgiving today, Mina decided to continue trying her luck, 'But... but M... Master...' She calls,

Chaeyoung is in great surprise that Mina actually initiated a conversation with her. She halts her step, quickly turns around and crouches down just like before, 'Yes, Mina.' She eagerly replies,

Mina swallows down her nervousness, she speaks while looking down at the ground, 'M... Master, please forgive SeJeong! She was just trying to help me, and... and I was already punished for it, so please release her from prison!'