Anon reached the front of the Royal Castle and leaped directly up to his room’s window, unnoticed by anyone.
“Hello, Link,” Anon greeted as he noticed Link sitting on the bed, reading a book named ‘Humans and Elves.’
“Oh, master… I greet you,” Link replied, bowing immediately.
“What are you doing?” Anon inquired with a smile.
“Nothing, master. I’m just reading this book, which explains the dynamics between humans and elves. It delves into why humans don’t like elves and why elves don’t like humans,” Link responded.
“Is that so? Well, you keep reading that book, and I’m going to dinner,” Anon said as he walked towards the door.
“Yes, master,” Link replied, returning to his book.
Anon left the room and started heading towards the main dining hall…
Suddenly, he noticed Faith and three other maids approaching him with a trolley loaded with food, all covered with plates.
“Hello, Luv. Where are you going?” Anon asked Faith.
“Hmm…? So, Mr. Man finally decided to come out of his room, huh…?” Faith replied, looking at Anon with an irritated face.
‘Oh no… She’s a feminist too? Link, you rascal,’ Anon thought as he smiled at Faith.
“I know, I said some mean things today and—” before Anon could finish his sentence, Faith interrupted him.
“Mean? You call them mean? You said that women are bitches born to serve males. Do you know how furious the queen is right now? You’re just one step away from a hanging till death punishment. I’m going to the Queen’s room with her food. Would you like to come and apologize to her?” Faith asked, anger evident on her face.
“Hmm… Do I want to apologize?” Anon said, a smile playing on his face.
‘Oh no… Link, what have you done after I left?’ Anon cursed Link once again.
“Mr. Jule, you are not the same as before anymore. You have changed; back then, you respected women so much,” Faith remarked, looking at Anon with a sad expression.
‘Yeah, never did that,’ Anon thought as he took out the page from Fang Juker’s diary and showed it to Faith.
“What is it? Is it some kind of sorry letter? Because the Queen will need this,” Faith said, looking at the page.
“I found it in that laboratory; you should take a look at this…” Anon suggested as he handed the page to Faith.
‘Yes, read it and be crushed to death…’ Anon thought, smiling.
“What is it? ‘Experiment No.33…'” As Faith began reading the contents on the page, her heartbeat quickened, and she started to step back from the maids.
It seemed as if someone had taken everything from her – her happiness, her anger, her grief, and her faith in the word ‘Father.’ Faith started crying and fell to the ground.
“Bring me some water…” Anon commanded, looking at the maids.
“H-Hey… You bring water,” one of the maids suggested, eyeing another.
“No, you bring the water,” the other pointed to a third maid and gave the order.
“No, you bring it…”
“No, you two bring it…”
“No, you two bring it…”
“Shut the fuck up. All three of you go and bring me water,” Anon shouted, instructing the maids.
“Y-Yes…” all of them responded in unison before hurrying off to get water for Anon.
“Good… Now comes this,” Anon said, taking out the watch of Corruption from his inventory and opening it… 𝒷𝓭ℴ𝓋𝓵.𝒸ℴ𝓶
Tick-Tock
Suddenly, Faith’s body and eyes went still…
Anon sat down beside Faith and whispered into her ear, “Your emotions will overflow due to what you have just learned about your father. You will start crying louder and harder. Jule will ask you ‘Are you alright?’ And as soon as he asks that, you will take him to your personal room without any delay,” Anon ordered before closing the watch and giving it some time to take effect.
While waiting for the watch’s effect to kick in, Anon mixed his blood into the food being carried to Queen Fiona.
‘Hehehe… As easy as a piece of cake, step one: Add blood to the Queen’s food, complete. Let’s go… Now, step two: Manipulate Faith and make her an obedient follower,’ Anon thought, his lips curling into a wicked smile.
“Nooo… This can’t be. This is fake… M-My father can’t commit treason, T-The Queen said he was the most Loyal servants of all,” Faith sobbed, her voice trembling.
“I’ve already checked the writing and the page quality of this page; they were designed during the Great Elven War, in which your mother died,” Anon replied with an evil smile.
“No… No… No… Please, someone tell me… This is bullshit, this is fake,” Faith pleaded, clutching her temples and crying even louder.
“Are you alright, Luv?” Anon asked with a concerned look.
Suddenly, something triggered inside Faith’s mind. She didn’t know why she was doing it, but she knew her mind was telling her to do it. Faith stood up and grabbed Anon’s hand.
“Mr. Jule, please come with me,” Faith said.
“To where?” Anon asked, pretending to be unaware of what was happening.
“Just come…” Faith urged as she took Anon’s hand and led him to her room.
“I brought water.”
“Me too, water.”
“Me as well… wait, where is he?”
All three maids were confused, wondering where Anon had gone.
“Oi, we’re getting late for the Queen’s food serving.”
“Oh yeah, you’re right… Let’s go, or she will fire us.”
Thud
Faith entered her room with Anon and closed the door behind her.
“I-I can’t understand. What’s going on? What should I do? My father wanted to destroy the Elven Kingdom, why?” Faith questioned as she walked around the room in confusion.
“Come here… Lie down on my lap. You will understand everything,” Anon said with a smile as he looked at Faith.
“What are you saying Mr. Jule ? This is not the time for jokes. Can’t you see how tense the situation is ?” Faith asked with a very irritated expression.
“You need to relax… Come here.” Anon tried once more.
‘Come bitch… Or I will pop out the watch.’ Anon thought as he looked at Faith.
“Okay…” Faith replied as she started walking towards Anon.
‘Jackpot…’