His Sweet Little Mate by Obticeo Decatect

Abby listened to her personal maid Reyna as she recounted what the people had been saying about their queen's good deeds for the past month.

"They finally knew how kind and nice you are, My Queen," the girl said, feeling proud that she realized her master's exceptional traits long before anyone else did. "I can't explain how happy I am right now." Abby could only shake her head at the girl's antics, because she felt Reyna was just exaggerating. However, her next words made the queen realize she didn't dote on her maids for nothing.

"When they said all those nasty things about you, I had never let them have peace."

"What did you do?"

"I fought them, naturally. Only then did they learn to keep their mouths shut."

Abby didn't know Reyna fought the others for her honor, and when the girl reiterated how she couldn't take those people speaking nonsense about Abby, she felt very touched.

Apparently, being alone here, Reyna was subjected to ridicule several times, even though it wasn't direct insults, as she caught the people from Arthur's old tower a few times running their mouths, in retaliation of which she had minor altercations with those people who forgot fear with the former king backing them up.

Just a couple of days before Abby returned to the capital, Reyna ended up rebuking them again, which led to a verbal battle between her and the other party until a few warriors stepped in. She got lucky to put it simply.

"Reyna, you aren't as strong as them. What would you have done if they ganged up on you?"

It was Alyssa, who voiced her dissatisfaction over Reyna's impulsiveness. Even though they all belonged to the same rank, she was alone while the other party had numbers.

She had been able to avoid bigger trouble only because a few other warriors were there to mediate the situation. If she had been alone, she didn't know what would have happened to this impulsive girl.

"Even if I suffer a little, it was worth protecting my master's honor, so I won't regret it." Reyna answered, not even batting an eyelid and Abby didn't know how to make this girl understand she didn't didn't need to risk anything for her.

"Reyna, they aren't worth either mine or your time, so don't be impulsive again.”

However, Reyna didn't promise her anything, other than lowering her head in submission, and Abby didn't understand if her maid would heed her advice.

Alyssa could also see this, so she changed the topic. Reyna would come around eventually.

"My Queen, you said you need to meet royal beta Alan to talk about something."

Abby did have something important to talk to the royal beta, and her mood plummeted a little at the idea. She didn't know what news Alan had for her. Alyssa and Reyna then assisted Abby to dress accordingly, before Deion took over as he escorted the queen to the strategy room where Alan was waiting for her.

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"So there is still no news?" Abby looked at Alan with this somber expression on her face.

Alan could see how Abby's shoulders slumped in an instant. "No news is also a good

didn't know whom he was trying to placate with this sentence, himself or Abby. Because the news they

feeling her stomach sink further. "It has been a month, why couldn't we find out what happened to them?" Micah left with Dax and the others to fight with the rogues at the very base,

followed the King deep into the forest, where they

about their whereabouts or how the battle went. Abby didn't know how to

to contact them." Abby could only say this to the royal beta, who nodded at

will find them, it's going to

"It has to be."

with the royal council was getting out of control, because Arthur started to stir new trouble once he realized

long started treating her with hearts full of sincerity, reciprocating her own

he were to try that tactic again, he would

Abby, and Micah going missing seemed to have breathed new life into

handled by someone capable in the absence of Micah, Arthus started implying to the elders that he would be willing to shoulder the burden until his

selfish intentions to reclaim the throne, right after Micah went missing? He clearly had a

life a living hell. Wasn't this the reason Alan kept the

so soon when they avoided a crisis

made her next move, Arthur should pray she didn't

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the situation around with just a simple

in this great hall, where he could see the rest of the royal council members gathered to pressure Alan for answers about the

in fact really seamlessly, as she chose to gain support from the people instead of confronting him and the royal

moves in the form of public opinion, after all, it weighed more than anything in a kingdom,

she had no value, but

he wouldn't let her

hand

time before Alan relented and handed over the responsibilities Micah gave him, Because

in

run

the

king if not their former

was going to retaliate when he had everything below the

Micah returned, he