novelraw Chapter 203
Chapter 203
203~ Beneath Mo's Mask~
"Mm mm..."
Opening her eyes, the scene before her was enough to shock her for an entire year!
So big! Ah no, I mean so white... No no, I mean so smooth!
In any case, after waking up, her face had made contact with something incredible...
"Awake?"
The Empress stroked her head.
She was currently sitting in the Empress's embrace, and the place they were in was the bath! The two of them facing each other openly in the bath!!!
"Don't move around. I'm washing your hair."
The Empress pressed down on the little Princess in her arms who wanted to struggle free.
"Mm..."
Fine then.
After no longer struggling, she let the Empress scrub her hair in the water.
"Fei."
"What is it?"
"I'm hungry."
The little Princess said while clutching her little belly.
Today at noon around two o'clock, she only drank one bowl of porridge. Judging by the sky outside now, it was already dinner time. Plus her belly was growling with hunger. She wanted to eat.
"Alright, alright, alright. After the bath, we'll go."
The Empress said indulgently.
What she needed to do now was properly dote on the little Princess, so the little Princess wouldn't be so averse to her. Best would be to directly dote on her until the little Princess completely accepted her, although she herself understood this was impossible.
"What does Mo want to eat tonight?"
"Whatever."
Since coming to this otherworld, she had never been picky about food. As long as it wasn't some strange things, she would basically eat it.
"Then how about steak tonight?"
"Mm."
The little Princess responded casually.
Finally, after the Empress's round of operations, the little Princess finally had all the traces left on her body today completely cleaned off.
Clothes, skirts, and such were casually thrown beside the bath, including some intimate garments, piled messily together with the Empress's.
However, what puzzled her somewhat was, where did those white stockings go?
Well, paying attention to these things seemed rather useless...
She simply stopped worrying about it.
"Princess Mo, Your Majesty the Empress, please have your meal."
The little loli maid Xiyan set tonight's dinner on the table. A total of seven dishes: things that flew in the sky, walked on the ground, and swam in the sea were all here. It could be said to be very sumptuous.
At least when in Glaze Nation, when she ate alone, only three dishes were served, and the portions were relatively small. Even when eating together with her cheap Father the King, it was just increasing the portions. There was never a situation where one meal could have seven dishes.
"Eat."
"Mm."
After being fed the rice in her bowl bite by bite by the Empress, the Empress still hadn't eaten even one bite.
Mm... it couldn't be like some novels say, where Fei's dinner was her, right?
"Is Mo full?"
"Full."
Fed until full.
"Since you've eaten and drunk your fill, then can Mo tell me now what Mo went to the outside weapons shop to do today?"
"Mm..."
The little Princess immediately fell silent.
Knowing the Empress was difficult to deal with, and that the more she said the more she would be suspected, she might as well directly say nothing at all and let the Empress guess by herself.
"If Mo doesn't speak, I don't mind Mo being tonight's dinner, you know?"
This was an obvious threat! This was threatening her that if she didn't tell the truth, she would be dealt with tonight!
"I already said I went out to find someone to replicate a weapon!"
"Mo is still not being honest."
The Empress shook her head, somewhat angry.
Why just wouldn't she tell the truth? Clearly, with this kind of thing, she only needed to tell her once, and she could immediately have the blacksmith who served the royal family replicate it for the little Princess. There was absolutely no need to go outside.
Unless there was something fishy here!
"But replicating a weapon? Then can Mo tell me what weapon Mo wants to replicate?"
"Just a gift my mother left me."
"That dagger?"
The Empress pinched her chin.
"Y-yes! Is there a problem?"
"Then can I know what Mo is going to use that replicated dagger for?"
"Nothing. I'm just afraid the gift my mother left me will be damaged, so I'm just finding someone to replicate one to use."
After hearing the little Princess finish, the Empress still had a suspicious look on her face.
That dagger in the little Princess's hands, she hadn't looked at it carefully, but roughly knew it was something the little Princess treasured greatly. Otherwise, she wouldn't carry it with her all day.
Saying she was afraid the gift her mother left behind would be damaged and finding someone to replicate one was a very sufficient reason. But the little Princess finding an outside blacksmith to replicate it was very suspicious.
Clearly knowing she only needed to mention it, and she would have the best blacksmith custom-make it for her. There was completely no need to waste effort going outside to find an outside blacksmith. Yet the little Princess, clearly knowing this, still ran outside.
To say there wasn't a problem here, she didn't believe it.
"Mo, can I trust you?"
"Mm... I suppose so."
"Suppose?"
Very clearly, she could see the little Princess was still in a state of completely not trusting her, afraid she would do something inappropriate?
That's right. The psychological trauma she previously caused the little Princess wasn't so easily recovered. It needed to be gradually cultivated...
"Since Mo says so, then let it be."
She already didn't plan to continue pursuing this. This was bad for both her and the little Princess.
"..."
The little Princess curled up in the Empress's embrace.
So did this mean she successfully fooled her way through? She was already prepared to be "punished" by the Empress again!
Well, fooling her way through was naturally best. She didn't have to suffer, and matters regarding that dagger wouldn't be leaked either.
Next, she just needed to imbue this dagger with divinity.
......
......
"Zzz..."
"..."
After the little Princess fell asleep, the Empress propped up her head and stared at the little Princess's sleeping face.
She also couldn't sleep tonight. Just like back when the little Princess escaped and she couldn't sleep without the little Princess in her arms, this time it was because the little Princess's attitude toward her caused her to be unable to sleep.
The little Princess still didn't trust her, hiding and concealing things. Even if "punished," she was unwilling to tell her. This represented that her position in the little Princess's heart was probably not even as good as a pet the little Princess raised herself.
Being obedient and such was probably mostly an act, to fit the little Princess's own image in her heart, right? Being together with her while wearing this mask made her feel vexed.
Just what should she do to strip off the little Princess's mask and reveal her true side?
From when she forcibly placed the little Princess under house arrest in Scarlet Phoenix Nation, perhaps it was from that moment that the little Princess had always worn a mask to face her. Now it was just that this mask had added another layer due to psychological trauma.
Only staying by her side for Glaze Nation and interests, wearing a mask and never spending time with her in her true form, this way of getting along wasn't what she wanted.
What she wanted to know was, beneath these multiple layers of masks, what was the most authentic little Princess really like...