Chapter 269 – {Abduction: Queen Laura’s Decision}
{Abduction: Queen Laura’s decision}
Laura Reston.
The queen of Riverin Kingdom and the mother of Princess Aria Riverin, the next heir to the throne, she was resurrected after 20 years.
With the power of Seomuncheon, she purified her soul that had been polluted by Terenity’s magic and restored her body as she was alive.
Resurrected like that, she faced her world 20 years later and was reunited with her husband, King Loius.
However, unlike immediately after her reunion, her revived life was neither happy nor romantic.
‘It’s so painful now to be locked up like this…’
Queen Laura was officially dead. Her death was known not only to her people but also to the whole world, and if the fact that she was revived was known, the world would be in chaos.
She understood that too. But even if she did, she couldn’t use her queen’s room even in the palace, and she couldn’t stand her condition of being confined to a solitary cell.
Even the people who worked in her palace had to pay attention, and very few people knew that she had been resurrected.
Amidst such a terrible life, Queen Laura felt that her relationship with King Loius was getting worse.
She was from the Duke of Reston. Although she had been married of convenience, she was confident in her role as queen, and never found fault with her.
But now she was spending her daily life hiding and being locked up as if she were a sinner. This lasted for over a year, and she couldn’t stand it.
‘I’m not a sinner, so why do I have to be treated this way?’
It was unbearable for her, who had grown up as the duke’s daughter and his queen, to be forced to hide away from the world for a moment. And King Loius was becoming more and more neglectful of her, wondering if he was preoccupied with her national interests.
“Ha…”
When Queen Laura sighed in agony, the only thing that soothed her was her conversation with her daughter, Arya Riverin.
Married to Seomuncheon, she did not visit the royal palace often during her vacation, but mostly stayed at Seomuncheon’s mansion.
In response to this, there was no objection from the government ministers of the Kingdom of Riverin and even the public servants below.
The profits that the kingdom of Riverin gained from this were so great, and everyone was busy, so it was not a problem for Arya Riverin to stay with Xiwen Chen rather than her palace. No, rather, there were far more people who wanted to stay next to Seomuncheon as much as possible for the sake of Riverin Kingdom.
And thanks to that, Queen Laura, who is also separated from her daughter Arya Riverin, sighed every day.
“Ha…”
Her daughter, who had been covered for a long time, was already married to her when she was resurrected. Fortunately, she hadn’t had children yet, so it was her joy to be able to see her beloved daughter giving birth.
But the girl she remembers, Aria Riverin, was as her baby, not as close to her age as she is now. Every time I look at my daughter who has grown up so fast after 20 years, I feel so sorry for not being able to spend time with her or be with her when she was growing up.
‘It’s something to be thankful for that she was able to resurrect like this… It’s getting too greedy.’
Queen Laura felt that this was too much greed, but the human mind did not flow only rationally.
One day, as her cramped life continued, her daughter, who was taking a break from her academy because it was her winter vacation, was in touch with her as usual, and her daughter said something meaningful to her.
[Oh my God. Aren’t you tired of being locked up like this?]
At the words of Aria Riverin, Queen Laura tried hard to put on her face, pretending to be fine. She felt that she couldn’t appeal to her daughter as hard on this.
“It’s okay, Arya. How’s her mom doing?”
[Oh my God. Can she meet and talk in person for a moment? I’ll be back soon.]
“Yes, Aria! I’ll wait!”
Queen Laura was delighted that her daughter, Arya, was visiting, as she was now confined to a room in a secluded place, which was not her queen’s room. Being locked up, she was bound to feel extreme loneliness, and her daughter’s visit was to soothe her heart.
“Oh my God.”
Perhaps through her portal, Aria Riverin quickly entered her room.
If the fact that she came in and out of this place was known, rumors about her could spread, so the sight of her, who had come to avoid the gaze of others, made Queen Laura feel anew that her situation was pitiful.
It’s a situation where you have to keep an eye on her daughter even visiting her!
“Yes, Aria. Welcome.”
Queen Laura struggled with her smile. She was currently alone in this room.
The people who waited on her in the past were professionals, so now they were all retired and living with families. Of course, people come to clean or organize the place, but there are no official events and Queen Laura, who is not even seen outside, is in a situation where her life as a queen is not even possible inside her palace.
“You look tough today.”
Arya Riverin said, looking her up and down. She thought her gaze was strangely queer, but Queen Laura thought it was an illusion and she tried to smile.
“It’s okay. Rather, you’re resting well without any hard work?”
Queen Laura, who was still in her twenties both physically and mentally, struggled to make her look good again. But in Arya Riverin’s eyes, it seemed clear that she wasn’t okay.
“Oh my God. You can be honest.”
Arya Riverin lightly placed her hand on her shoulder.
“Aria?”
“I know that Mama is suffering right now. Being locked up like this, hiding like a criminal avoiding the eyes of the outside world and not being able to meet people properly is a very difficult and painful thing, isn’t it?”
Queen Laura’s green eyes trembled as she stared at Arya Riverin’s pink eyes, which contained her sadness.
Aria Riverin, who smiled strangely at Queen Laura’s trembling eyes, whispered to her.
“Oh my God. Come out of here and live with me. In Chen’s mansion… Let’s live together.”
“Aria?”
“From there, you can freely roam the inside of the mansion. And Mama will be able to spend time with me too.”
“But…”
Queen Laura felt herself shaken by her daughter’s persuasion.
Is it that he is starving for love? The whispers of her aria Liberine continued to Queen Laura, who was perplexed by her swaying heart.
“So Mama. I think it would be better for both of us if we just divorced Obama.”
Queen Laura was taken aback by her divorce, which was spurred by Aria Riverin.
“What do you mean?”
“She’s legally dead, so her marriage with Obama is already null and void. She says she’s currently single. But you two consider each other a couple… I’m telling you.”
“That’s not it…I’m asking why you brought up such a story. Aria.”
“Why are you hesitant about getting a divorce?”
“That…”
When Queen Laura was questioned by Aria Riverin, she could not answer.
What do you think of King Loius now?
Reunited with him after 20 years, he was happy to see him, and he welcomed him, but now he has become alienated.
But why the hell are you hesitant about getting a divorce? Legally, he’s already dead himself?
“Abama’s new life…Don’t be tied down by abama, let’s live freely. First of all, stay with me. Mama.”
“Aria…”
Queen Laura was astonished at her daughter’s request to break up with King Loius, but she thought that she seemed to be suffering that much. No, to be honest, she was very difficult and disappointed.
* * *
‘It ended up like this.’
Queen Laura finally made a choice. She decided to end her relationship with King Loius and live their own lives.
As King Loius already had an heir named Arya Riverin, he would not seek a new queen for her, but it seemed that he would have a new lover.
Having put an end to her relationship with Queen Laura, he seemed to be relieved of the burden on her mind that had been caused by her farewell to the murder of her wife.
“Oh my God, you made a good choice.”
Her Aria Riverin, who had come to take her away, was smiling gleefully. She seemed to be genuinely happy that she was living with him, and instead of the usual smirk, she was smiling brightly from the bottom of her innocent, pitiful beauty face.
Seeing her smile brightly like a girl, Queen Laura suppressed her complicated feelings and smiled.
“Yes, Aria. I’m saying goodbye to this room now.”
Queen Laura felt astonishingly that she had no attachment to the room she had been in for more than a year. Rather, she said that she was finally leaving this place, and she felt like she was escaping from prison.
“Yes, Mama. From now on, you will enjoy every day. Every day.”
Arya Riverin gave her a meaningful smile.
