Queen Rushi
Chapter 40 Guilt
Palaces
‘’Prince Rodigero out again? Is the Great Queen not suspicious of him?’’ ask Princess Rukaia.
‘’I also do not know, why the Great Queen behaves as if supporting the actions of one of her sons,’’ replied Siruverash.
‘’Is it possible that Prince Rodigero told the Grand Queen, that he visits his sister every day?’’ guess Princess Rukaia.
Siruverash denied with an unconvinced face. ‘’If it does happen, then the Great Queen will forbid Prince Rodigero to meet with Queen Rushi. But it seems, the Great Queen does not know the person who frequented one of her sons, is the woman they foreign.’’
Princess Rukaia nodded in understanding. He did not care much about Prince Rodigero's affairs. King Raion is everything. So he only needed to prevent the man from meeting his half-brother.
It seems Prince Rodigero is not as stupid as he seems. I became curious, what he said to the Great Queen, so he was free to visit Queen Rushi, said Siruverash in his heart.
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Village
Yagyu came while carrying some paper bags, to prepare tomorrow. Prince Rodigero served after ordering food.
‘’I am so troublesome you,’’ said Ratu Rushi.
‘’No Your Majesty. It is already the duty of the servant to help you,’’ Yagyu said.
He helped Queen Rushi compile the ingredients in the kitchen. After that, arrange the dishes and other supplies to the shelf cabinets.
‘’If it wasn't for losing to you, I wouldn't have to go through any of this. Princess Rukaia would also not throw me away and even beat me, until it made me remember this pain. Right now I don't want to be angry. Go away, before I really hit you.’’ (Yagyu remembered)
‘’Did something happen on the road earlier?’’ the Queen asked Rushi to disperse the yagyu banquet.
Yagyu was wide-eyed who almost dropped the plate onto the floor. ‘’Eh? Um, the...’’.
Queen Rushi turned towards Shika and Usagi who were seen laughing with Prince Rodigero. His attention returned to Yagyu, who looked puzzled to speak. ‘’Do not hesitate to say it. There's just the two of us here. They won't hear us.’’
Yagyu was silent for a moment while playing his hand. ‘’When I bought groceries this morning, I accidentally heard Mozaru's voice from the fighting house, but I'm not sure about it. After coming out again, I stopped by for a while to confirm my doubts, and it turned out to be true. He was hit and whipped just like when I was at home fighting.’’
‘’But how can he be there?’’ ask the Queen of Rushi.
Yagyu recounts that after he defeated Mozaru, the half-human rhino was banished by Princess Rukaia to a fighting house. Anyone connected with Mozaru would be considered a traitor and exiled. He and Mozaru spoke for a while, and the half-breed man blamed all this on him.
‘’Your Majesty shouldn't have come to take me. What Mozaru said was right. He wouldn't have had to feel such vileness, if it wasn't for me. It's all my fault Your Highness,’’ Yagyu said.
Queen Rushi who heard it felt pity. He stretched out one hand to rub Yagyu's back. ‘’Do not blame yourself. What happened was not your fault. So enjoy your life.’’
‘’Your Highness?’’ look at Yagyu moved.
‘’I do not understand the final sentence that Your Majesty said earlier,’’ continued Yagyu.
Queen Rushi's smile instantly faded, and turned into a dumb look.
Then why does your face look so moved as if it understands? I am encouraging you, he said in his heart.
‘’You are,’’ smile Queen Rushi.