Hope, Kidnap, Mad Old Man, Stabbed, Idiot's Death and Queen.
Valentina, dressed in her usual sexy outfit, the one that barely covered her breasts was impatiently walking down the palace halls, wondering if her fate was really sealed or if she still had hope.
To her, being Queen means anything, to achieve her goal she will do anything it doesn't matter what.
However, her little stroll was interrupted by a minister who approached her.
"My lady, Miron has kidnapped Valery."
His words shocked Valentina to the core, she knew who Miron was. He was a coward, who vowed his loyalty to the nobility of Zhcted. He didn't have the guts to do something like this on his own.
There was only one person who could manipulate him into doing something so out of character like this... Oemitsu.
"Where is he? Where did he take Valery?"
Valery is Valentina's hostage, he is the only son of the King Ruslan. He is only 10 years old, making it perfect for her since Ruslan is dying and when his son inherits the throne, she can just take the throne from him.
Losing him means losing her entire ambition of becoming Queen.
"My lady... he is on top of the northern walls..."
Not even letting him finish, Valentina teleported as closely as she could to the walls on the north. The only problem was that the walls were reinforced with magic chains making it impossible for her to use her abilities.
Her own trump card was used against her... how ironic.
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Upon her arrival, Tina also encountered her soldiers and berated them for their hesitation in rescuing Valery.
"My lady, Miron has threatened that if anyone besides yourself climbs the stairs, he will kill Valery!"
Valentina sighed at such cowards and without any other choice she slowly climbed the stairs. Her breasts jiggled with each step she climbed, a sight that could easily steal any men's attention.
With her speed, she reached the top rather quick and was met with a disgusting sight.
An old man was standing on the edge of the walls, if he was pushed just a little he would fall off and splash on the ground.
He had knife on his hands and he was holding a little boy as a hostage.
She recognised that little boy quite easily, he was Valery the next heir to the throne after his father the current King, Ruslan.
"Tell me, what did Oemitsu offer you to betray your country?"
Valentina asked the mad man who started laughing when he heard her words.
"Betrayal?! What are you talking about?! I am loyal to the Crown of Zhcted!"
Valentina gripped her Scythe tightly and pointed it's tip at him.
"Loyal? You are holding the King's son as a hostage, how are you loyal to the Crown? Are you forgetting your duties as a vassal to the Crown? What did Oemitsu offer you that made you abandon any loyalty you had for the Crown?"
Miron laughed and pushed the dagger closer to the young boy's throat. The boy had tears in his eyes as he clutched the hand that was holding his hair.
"I am loyal to the Crown... I will always be! Anybody that is a threat to Ruslan's reign must be eliminated! Even his own son, Valery. With the Britannian army knocking at our door, I made a simple deal with them, I will deliver them your head and they will retreat. They are only interested in your head, when they get that their Emperor will be pleased enough and leave the city alone! Now, drop the scythe, before the boy meets his unfortunate fate."
Valentina didn't comply, she started walking in his direction with her weapon in hand. While she was weakened she could still deal with somebody as weak as an old man like Miron.
"Do you really think that Oemitsu will keep his end of the deal? He will simply kill you and conquer the city."
Valentina said as she got closer and closer. However, each step she took, Miron's knife inched closer to Valery's neck.
"Don't try and talk me out of this! Stay away... stay away, if that is how you want it, then have it your way!"
The minister screamed as he threw the young boy down the wall, Valentina seeing this dropped her Scythe and rushed before she grabbed the boy right before he fell down the walls, after all, she had to secure her blackmail tool.
However, before she could pull up the kid she felt her left side getting hit by something.
The mad man stabbed her with the knife he was holding while she was unarmed and busy trying to get the kid back into the wall.
She managed to push the kid upwards, however, it was too late for her.
She could feel her blood leaving her body, his stab was lethal. It hit an important artery within her... she could die any second now since her blood was gushing out of her.
She managed to rescue the kid, but in the end it will be for nothing... she was disgusted by the chamberlain's insanity and felt deep regret for underestimating him. She saw him as a pawn nothing more than that, however, that pawn was used against her.
She didn't calculate his sanity... or the lack of it. She could only smile in face of her ironic end.
"What an interesting show. A shame I arrived too late."
She heard a mocking voice behind her, she didn't need to get up from the ground to know who it was.
"Oemitsu... I guess everything went according to your plans, right?"
Oemitsu was standing on the walls laughing at her current predicament. Miron, seeing Oemitsu immediately smiled and laughed like the mad man he is.
"You will keep your end of the deal right? You promised that you would retreat from Zhcted."
Oemitsu looked at him like he was looking at an idiot.
'Doesn't this idiot realise that he was only a pawn from the beginning till the end? Do I really need to spell that out for him?'
Oemitsu's smile vanished from his face when he realized how big of an idiot Miron was.
"Deal? I don't remember ever meeting you, so I am afraid that I don't know what you talking about."
The insane minister started screaming after he heard his words.
"YOU PROMISED... Y-YOU LIED, HOW DARE YOU?!?!"
Oemitsu simply glared at him and the minister could feel the cold atmosphere around him, almost like he was being frozen alive.
He slowly back backed away, afraid of confronting Oemitsu's emotionless face, however, he was standing on the ledge of the walls so he didn't have space to step into.
"ARGHHHHHH!!!"
He fell down the walls like the idiot he is. The moment he felt that the ground was no more, he flailed his arms and fell head on from at least 12 meters, his fate was sealed.
Oemitsu, completely ignoring Miron's pathetic fate, turned his attention to the Vanadis slowly bleeding out.
"Ara ara~, I am rather flattered that the Emperor of such an Empire is looking at me with such a face... if only I had accepted your deal, I could have become Queen of Zhcted or probably even more."
Oemitsu laughed before he approached her and crouched before cleaning her bloodied lips with his thumb.
Her cute/tempting dress was stained with her crimson blood, turning her into an even more beautiful woman... a bleeding woman.
"Do you regret it?"
Valentina laughed and coughed up even more blood, dirtying his hand.
"I don't. I went after my ambition my entire life, I have no regrets... sorry that is a lie, I only have two regrets."
Oemitsu looked at her like he wanted her to keep going.
"I feel deep regret in failing my ambition, and I also regret... not accepting your deal."
Oemitsu laughed and looked at her with his cunning eyes.
"The offer still stands, you become Queen of Zhcted and at the same time you also become my Queen."
Valentina laughed and sighed as she could feel nausia from her blood loss. Her time was coming.
"Ara Ara, as much lovely as that sounds..."
Even more blood came as she coughed.
"... I am afraid that my life will not allow me to accept such deal."
Oemitsu laughed at her words.
"Life and death are just a state to me, I will ask you again. Are you going to take my deal or not?"
Oemitsu asked again as he unfolded his big silver wings. Valentina was rather surprised at this, however, she kept her demeanour even in front of death... and in front of such beautiful sight.
"What are you, God? Fufufufu, You talk like you have the power to resurrect me."
Oemitsu laughed at her initial assumption.
"I don't talk like it, I have the power to do so. Besides, God? Me? As if... I am the complete opposite of god, you can say that I am a Devil. You are making a deal with a Devil, so what will it be? Are you going to take the deal or die full of regrets?"
Valentinda didn't even think about it, to her it doesn't matter who helps her. God, Devil, Angels, it could even be a magical dog. She doesn't care, as long as she is allowed to stay in this world and achieve her ambition.
"I accept that deal, make me your Queen and the Queen of Zhcted."
The only thing Valentina could hear before she lost conscious was Oemitsu's cheeky laugh.
"The little butterfly walked into the spider's web. I am looking forward for your coronation ceremony. I will make sure that every single one of your holes are going to be filled when you sit on that prestigious chair."