novelraw Chapter 3
Chapter 3
3~ Pet~
"We're all smart people, let's just get to the point."
Mo met the Empress's eyes. Her courage probably came from Liang Jingru...
Okay, just kidding. If the Empress wanted to do something to her, she would have done it the moment she stepped into Scarlet Phoenix Nation, not dragged it out until now.
She was almost certain that the Empress only wanted her alive, not dead, so most methods that would threaten her life wouldn't be used on her. This was the source of her confidence.
But what use was keeping her under house arrest here? This part she really couldn't figure out.
"I have heard that Glaze Nation has a strategist who excels at deploying troops and directing generals, who once used an army of merely three hundred to annihilate my thousand-strong army?"
"..."
The corner of Mo's mouth twitched slightly.
"I still haven't met that strategist. I wonder if your nation's princess has seen them? I'm quite interested in her~"
"Aha ha ha... How could I have possibly seen them? My father the King handles those matters... I've never even been to a military camp..."
Cold sweat appeared slightly at her temples. She had roughly prepared herself for the Empress's interrogation beforehand, but when it actually came time to face it, she was still rather timid.
Even the most carefree warrior, mentally prepared to charge into battle, would still feel some fear in the face of death.
Fearing death allows one to live longer...
"Is that so? But why do you look so nervous to me?"
Nervous? Damn it!
Only after being reminded did Mo suddenly realize she'd fallen into the trap! The Empress had been pressing her step by step just now, causing her brain's CPU to fail to react. For a moment, she'd actually lost her composure!
"I'm just somewhat flustered because Your Majesty suddenly barged in. So, did you come looking for me just to tease me?"
Her tone shifted, and she returned to being that composed and calm princess.
"I'm not that idle."
Heh heh...
Indeed not that idle. Probably wanted to pry something out of her mouth, right?
"Then may I ask what Your Majesty wishes to do?"
"Concern, of course. Worried that your nation's princess might not adapt well to the change in climate after traveling from afar."
At first glance, it seemed fine, but...
What great concern! This concern has come all the way into the bathroom!
This kind of clumsy lie, even toes could figure out, was nothing more than the Empress not wanting her to continue asking and making something up on the spot.
She was getting somewhat angry.
She was afraid of Scarlet Phoenix Nation sending troops to Glaze Nation, true, but that didn't mean someone could viciously stab her in the back!
Mo gritted her teeth and issued an order for the Empress to leave:
"Concern is unnecessary. I'm not so delicate. Your Majesty has important matters to attend to, no need to specially come concern yourself with me."
"Heh heh..."
The Empress's silvery laugh rang out, but in the next instant it vanished without a trace, as if an auditory hallucination.
"It's been a long time since anyone has ordered me to leave... You really are much more interesting than them."
At least, in terms of reactions, much more interesting than those guys who didn't dare resist before her at all, didn't even dare speak half a word against her.
"Gulp~"
Mo swallowed.
Had she just, in a moment of hot-headedness, said the wrong thing?
Although what she'd said was already quite tactful, it was still an order to leave!
She suddenly felt timid again, but remembering her earlier "grand aspirations" in her heart, she suddenly found courage from somewhere, puffed out her small chest, and said firmly:
"Yes, an order to leave. What about it?"
Her confidence came from knowing the Empress wouldn't kill her, though with this kind of defiance, she was also prepared for the Empress to make things difficult for her.
"Very good, very spirited. You're the one."
"???"
The sudden reversal left her unable to react for a moment.
"Ling, pack her up and bring her back."
"Yes."
The voice coming from who knows where startled Mo.
There was actually another person in this tiny bathroom?!
Immediately after, she saw a maid standing before her holding hemp rope and a burlap sack, looking at her coldly, and then... she was packed up.
The Maid Xiao Xi was trimming grass in the front garden...
"Your Majesty, pardon me, but may I presumptuously ask, what's in this sack..."
"A wild cat."
The corner of the Maid Xiao Xi's mouth twitched slightly.
No matter how you looked at it, what was packed in that sack was a person, right? Also, when did another maid appear?!
If she wasn't mistaken, the person in the sack was most likely her Princess...
However, she didn't ask more questions, silently made way, and let the Empress and this maid who appeared from who knows where leave.
"This has gotten a bit troublesome..."
It seemed somewhat different from her expectations, exceeded them even. The Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Empress had directly packed the Princess in a sack and carried her off...
...
...
"Mmph mmph mmph...!"
Where is she taking me?!
When her body touched something soft and her eyes saw light again, she found herself on a bed, with nothing on except binding ropes and tape sealing her mouth.
Holy! Bondage play that was only used as spell-casting materials before was actually happening to her now!
Before she could feel embarrassed for long, the Maid Ling removed the tape sealing her small mouth. The Empress sat across from her with her legs crossed, watching her with great interest.
"Eep?"
Just like being targeted by some dangerous venomous snake, every cell in her body was frantically transmitting "danger" signals to her.
What does this woman want to do?!
Mo couldn't help but press her legs together. This was a physiological reaction. Anyone encountering this kind of situation would be nervous, right?
"Ling, give it to her."
The maid received her master's order, pulled out a piece of paper from under her skirt, and placed it before the little Princess on the bed.
The ahoge on Mo's head perked up: "?"
After roughly scanning the contents on the paper, the good news was this was an agreement. The bad news was this was a contract of indenture...
Looks like she had absolutely no intention of letting her go...
Sensing things were bad and wanting to run, but the thin ropes wrapped around her body made even standing up a problem.
"Little wildcat, you have no choice. This is the only condition I propose for withdrawing troops from Glaze Nation's territory."
The Empress laughed lightly, but this laugh was simply a demon's smile to Mo's heart, the words spoken were a demon's whisper!
Now, the demon wanted to devour her.
"I think the previous condition was quite good."
"I said, this is the only condition."
The Empress cut straight to the point.
"Ling."
"Yes."
Just needing to call the name once, she already knew her master's meaning. She evenly applied a small amount of ink pad to Mo's thumb, then stamped it on the agreement.
"Holy crap! You're taking advantage of someone in distress! Petty behavior! Despicable! Shameless villain!"
She was frantic, the most frantic she'd been in her entire life since birth, so frantic she was about to cry.
Not for any other reason, but because what was written in that agreement was for her, a dignified princess of a nation, to become the Empress's pet!
And that agreement was actually a magical contract, which meant that once it took effect, unless both parties agreed to abolish it, no one could violate its contents until one party died.
"Just gag her. Noisy."
"Yes."