Peace Offering To The Cursed Prince

Queen Magret's courtyard

"Prince Julia arrived vumus safely," General mason told the Queen who was seating opposite him, taking a sip of her morning tea. General Mason who was of course prince Ericsson looked at the woman before him. 

She has been the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. Years have passed since they made the plan to ruin the king. The two of them have been through every plan together. 

He did not know when it started but when he realized it was a bit too late to stop his heart from beating fast for her. 

He knew she would never look at him in that way, hell he could never tell her about it since this woman had made up her mind that his late brother was the only man for her. 

Moreover, he could never snatch away his brother's wife not even if he was already dead. He thought that as time passed he would get over his feelings for her but that did not happ9. No other woman has caught his sight.. 

Not even the countless women that tried to seduce him. He wondered how she had stolen his heart without him realizing 

The funny part is the fact that the woman before him did not even realize what she had done. General Mason closed his eyes and let go of those thoughts. 

Queen magret looked at mason but did not believe what he just said. "No harm came to him?" She raised her brows.

"There was an unfortunate accident on the way that lead to the prince his arm but he is safe," general mason replied. The Queen knew him too well.

"Which of his arm?" Queen magret asked. she knew that prince Ericsson would not just save the prince without doing anything to harm him.

"His right hand, he happened to have been bitten by a snake, and to save his life, we just had to cut off his hand," General mason answered like it had nothing to do with his action.

"Why did you do it?" Queen magret decided to ask him because she could tell he would not accept if she does not ask.

"He tried to kill my nephew time and time again. There was no way would let him go unharmed," he reply.

"Prince Julia is also related to you," the queen rolled her eyes.

"No, he is the son of the man that killed my brother. The man who turned you into a widow less than a day after your marriage," General Mason replied.

The Queen had said she wanted to be upright and not harm those who knew nothing about what happened to Prince Edward that year but prince Ericsson did not see prince Julia as innocent. He could already tell that the young man was as cunning as his father. 

This is the reason he had made the arrangement to have a snake bite him and cut off his right hand. 

This will make prince Julia useless so that in the future he would not be able to cause problems for Prince Sébastien.

The Queen sigh hearing the words of general Mason. She knew he was right. There was no guaranty that Julia would not try to cause problems for prince Sébastien in the feature.

"I told Sébastien everything," Queen magret decided to change the topic.

"I see," how did he take it. That is a lot. You just turned his life upside down, " General Mason said. Although his voice sounded indifferent but the Queen knew she was worried.

" he took it well, " the Queen replied.

" I heard he plans to visit bozoa in thirteen days," General Mason asked.

" hmm, war is coming. The prince said he wants to find out about the people across the sea. He said according to the princess he could find some ancient book on them. Moreover, I want him to get close to her, " Queen magret said

General Mason was surprised by the Q3words. No one else may know this but he knew that the Queen always wanted to find a wife for the prince from her kingdom. 

She was particularly angry when she learned about the prince's plan to marry some princess from Bozoa. If the prince had not fixed the date so close then she would have done anything within her power to stop the wedding.

The Queen was also aware of the king's plans to kill the princess on the day of the royal Ball but she did nothing to stop him. 

He knew more than anyone else that the Queen had only supported the princess at the royal court because it had something to do with her son. 

"What?" the Queen asked guiltily when she saw the skeptical eyes General Mason was giving her.

"I thought you hated her?" He asked.

"Why would you think that? I did not hate her I was not so sure she was good for my son but..." Queen magret felt embarrassed to say the real reason she was now in support of the marriage.

"So you like her simply because she is a cunning and smart woman like you?" General Mason took a wild guess.

"no, women like us are dangerous. If she were to love and care about my son then I will feel assured but if she hates him because he killed someone important to her during the war between the two kingdoms then it will indeed be a big problem for him. But unlike me, she has a pure heart, so I can rest assured, " Queen magret did not have the guts to tell him the truth. For her princess, Ellen was only useful because she could cure her son of his blood taste.

" You are hiding something, " General Mason said. He had been by her side for more than twenty years already. If the Queen could still easily lie to him then he should have been dead long ago.

"you know me too well," the Queen said with a regretful tone. "she has a pure heart. The cure to Sébastien's curse," she was forced to tell him. She could trust General Mason, who in reality is prince Ericsson.

General Mason nodded his head. "you should give up your plans of having him marry someone from your kingdom in the near future. My brother and I already made a vol to marry just one woman. I want prince Sébastien to act that way too," he said.

"What? I always want what is best for my son," the Queen becomes defensive.

"and you think she I'd not worthy?" General Mason asked.

It is not that, I just fear for him, " the Queen shook her head. She honestly did not have anything aga princess Ellen but after she met with her the previous day, the Queen realized that princess Ellen was not going to be easy to deal with.

The princess was so good with words, although she did not open her mouth to reject calling her mother but she did not for once call her that. 

She totally avoided a situation like that instead.

"may I remain you why you ended up in Avalo?" general Mason asked.

"no," the Queen shook her head. She was unwilling to remember what had happened at that time.

"let it be, he chooses the wife himself, he should deal with it," Mason said.

Hmm, Queen magret nodded her head nut Mason was sure that the Queen would still interfere with the couple. 

"is it ready?" the Queen changed the subject not wanting to continue talking about Ellen. Call it a mother's thing, she felt that the princess will hurt her son. 

"Yes, everything is set, once the prince returns from his trip from Bozoa, it will happen," General Mason said. He could not wait. It had been too long already. 

"That is good," Queen magret said. 

"Are you sure you want to fight General Thompson, you have not been training for a long time? I can just go in your stand," General Mason said. 

"I will be fine, you know I have tricks off my sleeve. This fight was not going to be a fair fight anyway," Queen magret said. 

"But you don't have to put yourself in so much danger. Let me go. No one will know," General Mason tried to convince the Queen. 

"What kind of Queen will I be if I go back on my words. I promise him to fight him myself," Queen magret said. 

"A smart Queen, after all, Thompson is not an honest man," gender Mason said. 

"well, I am," the Queen said with pride. General Mason fought the urge to roll her eyes. How was she so confident when she is the most cunning woman alive. 

He wanted to still convince her, but gave up when he saw the determination in her gaze. 'so stubborn,' he mutated under his breath. 

"I will take my leave. I still need to tell the king about his beloved son losing his hand. I can't wait to see his reaction," General Mason said and disappeared into the garden. 

Queen magret smiled in satisfaction, once General Thompson was out of the way dealing with the king becomes a lot easier.