Hellbents
Chapter 174: Unstable

"Please open this box, Your Majesty."

" To be the two of us's supplies?"

"Right, your luck proved to be more than mine."

Silently for a moment, Isabel finally raised her question. "Why do you look so angry?"

"I'm not angry, Your Majesty."

"I've been dealing with nobles whose heart and lips have been different for decades, you can't fool me."

Heh, really?

"I'm just tired, Your Honor. We're all sucked into the gate with nothing to prepare, the level reset, and the inventory locked."

Ava herself didn't understand why she was upset since last night. But things like this are not uncommon. He was upset when he was repeatedly thrown from one orphanage to another orphanage, he was also upset when the orphanage that ended up not kicking him out was not at all worthy of social service, when he began to get close to the new director but instead made him die, as he is plunged into a mysterious, egotistic scheme that traps him in another dimension, River, who is a good person, recklessly becomes a zombie, too stubborn to follow Ava. He was upset about many things!

... Wow, Ava just realized that she had a lot of problems.

He reminded himself to take a deep breath. Ava did not bring a smartphone that could play songs to distribute her noisy and hot thoughts.

"This situation is clearly not the desire of all of us. So we better hurry up and find the exit portal, for the good of the kingdom of Edodale as well. An empty palace would be a big problem, I'm sure the people are already restless."

The image of the huge gate that appeared suddenly above the floating palace alone was definitely enough to make the residents in the capital panic. The nobles, landlords, as well as other important figures present were invited guests on Eve's birthday, confirmed to be absent from their positions due to this disaster. If they do not quickly set the rules, the kingdom of Edodale may falter. Even more dangerous if other kingdoms saw this fateful event as an opportunity to attack, Edodale could be devoured.

" ... You think like a real princess."

"I am grateful for the books I had the opportunity to read in the palace."

"No, I don't mean about your political skills. But you think about the state of the people."

Ah, so so it is. The nature of the ideal leader is like that, but many upper circles are stupid with people below. "I only sympathize with the people because my origin is indeed from the ordinary, Your Majesty."

Isabel smiled, her fancy dress swaying as she moved closer to Ava. "Just keep it that way." Ava's shoulders are softly eluted.

But now, every behavior of Queen Isabel only increases her sense of regret.

The woman did not ask Eve for her whereabouts. Ava knows Isabel is curious half dead. If indeed the goal is to approach Ava so that she leaks Eve's location, her business is free! He himself knows nothing!

From day one, Ava was already disgusted following every instruction from her dopplegangger! But he had no choice but to comply because of this strange fantasy environment!

And now, he was also instrumentalized by King Dion, Marvin, and Queen Isabel!

Being a replacement doll is not as good as others think.

However, Ava herself knew that her greed was what made her tormented.

Looking up, all he saw was a towering wall covered in gray clouds.

Ah, this makes Ava depressed.

Jde!

Lightning struck out of nowhere, its roar fierce as if the sky was angry. For a moment, it rained down.

Wow, fate even mocked him.

Ava was closed in pain, because her ears felt like they were hit with a thunderbolt earlier, the lightning seemed to burn her retina. The mute buzz around him persisted for a few seconds.

"Mama!"

"Rina!"

"Son Rina!"

Huh, what? Consciously, Ava's gaze was filled with two familiar faces. Although Isabel was also worried, she remained in her place, standing tall. Uh, get them too close. Ava stepped back.

Wait a minute, since when are they here? "You were also sucked into the gate?" Ava asked, half in disbelief.

Is correct. They are River and Siwon. Based on the arrangement of the event arranged by the queen, Siwon and River will only be introduced after the fireworks show, obey King Dion's orders to build the reputation of the two by displaying Siwon's power as a dragon and River's use as a monster tamer. Actually Ava feels bad about this, because she feels that she treats Siwon and River as a circus attraction. So even though they accepted the task happily, Ava smiled bitterly.

Back again, they should still be in the room to get ready. The palace room, a place that should be safe from the influence of opening this gate.

It was then that Siwon looked down guilty, but River first replied, "Um, that's because, anu, I'm hungry and want to party food. Yeah, so!"

River is a bad liar. Ava clearly did not believe it. "Siwon wants to watch the fireworks, huh?" That reason is the most likely. The little dragon must have been curious about the dazzling glitter he had never seen. Then River, being a good person as always, complied with Siwon's will willingly.

The boy kept looking at his dirty feet for not wearing shoes. "I'm not mad at Siwon, it's just that if you don't get out of the room prematurely, you don't have to get caught up in this horrible labyrinth." Ava patted Siwon's head softly which finally dared to look him in the eyes.

"Ehem!"

The fake cough instantly distracted the three of them. Ah, true. Queen Isabel was still trying hard to uphold the high-class manners despite their state of crisis, which is why Ava spoke formally to the queen from yesterday. But, River and Siwon immediately approached Ava as soon as they saw her looking up and in pain. That is, the two men have not greeted Isabel as a queen.

"Give me a greeting," Ava encoded secretly.

"Ah, um, Her Majesty Queen Isabel, congratulations ... Morning?"

"Good morning!" Siwon simply repeated the last part of River's awkward sentence. Although lightning learning has been provided, both cannot directly adapt to the drastic changes in their environment.

With a perfect reply, Isabel said, "Good morning too, Mr. Doyle and Siwon the Great."

... The Great?

Ava knew that dragons were a revered species because of their natural talent for magic. But the nickname "The Great" is not excessive?

But it was entirely the business of Queen Isabel herself. Ava doesn't care.

The boring manners are done, aren't they?

"By the way, you guys found a clue about the exit portal?"

River and Siwon looked at each other, hesitating to share the info they held. Ava also urged, "The task of this gate is just to get out through the portal provided. If you guys are worried about contribution points, I can wait-"

"No!" The two almost denied. Finally, River spoke up. "It's not just a clue, we've found the portal."

... "Then why don't you guys get out?"

"Because there's an evil beshar monster guarding it!"

Ah, so they are required to defeat his monster boss.