She Becomes A Passive Villainess-NOT!

The Nightmare

Adira lost all strength and fell to her knees when she heard what the man said. That her husband had entirely relinquished his hold on her. That he had given her as a peace treaty token between their kingdoms and abandoned her.

"He.. has no more use of me... He.. doesn't need me anymore."

She muttered to herself while lifelessly and unflinchingly letting the enemy commander take her away. She had gone with him without a fuss and, of course, Heise wanted to go with her if only she said the word.

But the last that she told him was to stay and protect the people—especially Triton.

Soon, they arrived at his kingdom and the people warmly welcomed this man. Adira watched how very well-loved he was and how very bustling and prosperous their kingdom was.

It looked very much like their empire before Triton assumed the throne. And even if she very much loved that bastard, she could also see how the empire slowly deteriorated under his reign.

"Welcome back, your majesty." A girl, who seems to be a bit younger than Adira, came forward to greet him and curtseyed.

The king reached out and petted the girl in the head playfully before speaking with mirth in his words,

"What kind of nonsense is this, Riv? You're not suited for anything close to elegance."

"What the—? I even practiced that whole night because you said you were gonna bring back that Maiden-whosoever back! You could at least praise me!"

The girl complained indignantly to their king and Adira feared for her life. Back in their empire, when someone so much as talked back to Triton then there was hell to pay.

Someone even unfortunately lost their tongue because of such act and this girl was carelessly running her mouth right in the presence of their king.

Adira was prepared to step in—if need be—should the man decide to cut this girl's tongue for shamelessly complaining to him, when what he did made her freeze on her spot.

"Okay, okay. It could pass for an average lady. And yeah, I did bring her back." He surrendered and then stepped aside so the girl could see Adira better.

"This is Queen Adira Remeria Sylveris Dalriada. The Ash Demoness. Adira, this is my sister, Rivienne Ceto Via Astor."

He introduced Adira and the woman jolted back to her senses before she curtseyed like a real royal and noble lady, which weirdly awed the girl.

"Oooh~ you're right. Mine indeed was crappy in comparison to the real deal. I didn't know true elegance could be as beautiful as that."

"Told you."

"So, she's staying here as your new Queen? How were you able to snatch this beautiful woman anyway?"

The girl curiously asked but unconsciously pried on Adira's still-fresh wounds as they opened again when the king answered her,

"Her husband gave her as a token."

"Wow, what a bastard."

And on pure reflex, Adira grasped for the sword on her waist and would have killed the girl on her spot if only her sword wasn't taken away.

Luckily it was. Else, she might've unnecessarily took this girl's life away just because of one bastard, indeed.

Rivienne was amazed at the swiftness of her footwork, stance and everything but most especially of that bloodthrist that was corrupting their air and making it a bit too difficult to breathe.