The Queen Of The Demon World
111. The original soul of the owner

“Lyne, look. I made you a special meal, don't you like kastella so much? So mommy specially made this for you.” Fiona with her best smile puts a plate of castella in front of Ethelyne, she scoops the kastella and directs it to Ethelyne. “Come, open his mouth.”

Submissively, Ethelyne opened her mouth and ate the castella that Fiona had directed.

“How? It feels good, right?”

Ethelyne nodded her head.

“So baby, are you introspection now? Actually Dad loves you so much, he just doesn't want you to leave us. That's why he's doing this, I hope. You can understand.” Fiona smiled sweetly, she placed the plate containing the kastella on the table and hugged Ethelyne. “Mom and Dad love you so much, Lyne. We don't want you to leave, do you know. How crazy Mom and Dad were looking for you when you left, even Gavin and Xander to kill many soldiers who failed to find you.”

‘Gavin .. Xander.’

“But I'm glad you can finally come back.” Fiona took off her embrace and looked at Ethelyne with a warm smile. “Mom will always love you even though I was hurt because of what you said a few days ago, but after introspection. You can control your words, right?”

Ethelyne nodded again without saying a word.

With a sweet smile that continued to adorn Fiona's face, the woman stood up and kissed Ethelyne's soft forehead. “Mother will come out, you rest well. I'll try to get Dad to release your punishment.” He turned around and walked out, not for long. A heavy iron sound rang out outside Ethelyne's room.

The girl was still sitting on the mattress with her legs up to her waist covered by a blanket, she covered her face with both hands. ‘Mother ... You have even found my replacement so soon?’

~♥~

The sound of broken glass made some of the servants inside the room jump in shock, yet they could only duck with bodies trembling in fear.

“Useless!!” yelling Kathelyne full of anger, she looked at a witch who was now holding her bloody forehead. “Why can't you even wake Ethel?! What good is your title, huh?!”

“M-I'm sorry, Her Majesty the Queen. But the power that enveloped Miss Ethelyne was really very strong, I could not - shh.” The witch instantly grimaced as a dark smoke wrapped around her neck violently, her body slowly lifted up and floated in the air.

“Tell me again, I don't care if you use any power or magic. But Ethelyne must be conscious! If you can't wake her either, then your fate will be the same as any other witch!” threatening Kathelyne's circus, she then released the witch and turned around to walk out haughtily.

Leaving the witch sitting down while coughing.

~♥~

The atmosphere became quiet, Ethelyne did not answer Gavin's words at all. The man jostled in frustration, he ruffled his hair and walked out with wide strides.

‘I have to what, Brother?’ Ethelyne watched the door that had just closed, she smiled knotingly. ‘Why can you treat me like this? My father loved me very much, but now. He even used puppet magic to control me, My dear mother easily found my replacement. The second brother who kept telling me to leave, and the first brother who didn't even show up his nose stem at all. Why did you all change just because I left for a while?’ Ethelyne leaned back while sighing. “I even ... can't free an innocent soul in my body.” He looked up and looked up at the sky of his room. ‘What should ... I did not come? Because of me too, the soul of 'the girl' so stuck.’

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“Come, eat a lot.” Fiona painstakingly scooped the porridge that Ethelyne had eaten without saying a word, the girl was now completely like a puppet that could only follow orders from her Master. “Lyne, you think. Will there be many nobles attending tea time tomorrow?”

There was no answer whatsoever that made Fiona look at Ethelyne who was just silently unmoved, the girl did not even blink her eyes at all.

Fiona smiled gently. “You can talk, Lyne.”

“In my opinion, tea time held Mother is always visited by nobles from the upper class. There is no reason that makes them not going to visit the tea time that Mother made this time.”

“Ahahaha, you are very smart to say sweet words.” Fiona chuckles to hear Ethelyne's words that seem stiff and formal. “Lyne, I am your mother. You don't have to talk to me formally. Me, your father, and your two brothers. We are all your family, you can ask for anything and not have to speak formally at all. We all love you, baby. I'll even die to save you.”

‘Lying, proof. Mother just took another soul filled into my body, Mother did not even think how I felt when she saw Mother easily replace me who you consider as the only beloved Princess.’

“Mother sa~ngat happy, after so long. I finally get to see you again, you don't know. How sad and worried mom was when she found out you disappeared from Palace.”

‘Lies, because if Mother is really sad and worried about me. You will not disturb the lives of others, you will definitely go to great lengths to revive me despite using demonic magic though. But instead you call another soul and don't care about me at all, if you're sad when I'm gone. You shouldn't have chosen my replacement and let me be happy to see you all happy, but you didn't. You easily find my replacement and forget about me in just a few days.’

“Mom can't even sleep when you see you're unconscious, mom is really scared. I'm afraid I'll lose you again.” Fiona clasped both hands of Ethelyne while looking down. “Mother's heart feels torn to shreds when you know you have an accident.”

‘Ah, again you lied. Mother, you don't even care about me at all.’

“Lyne.” Fiona looked at Ethelyne with tears in her eyes. “Mother misses you so much, Son. I miss the times you called me Mom and ran into my arms. I miss the times when you stole flowers in Xander's room just to please me. Lyne, I know I was wrong to choose a replacement instead of reviving you. But I had to, too, baby. Mom just doesn't want ..” She cries a hiccup.

‘Do not want what, Mother? Please don't make me curious, what does the word forced mean? What all this time, you also do not want to call another soul to fill my body? What all this time, you never thought anyone else could replace me? What You ..’