Chapter 201

"Something's not right inside the Kingdom of Brave."

There had always been a safety net behind her. That was how Queen Erinhunt had always operated — whatever she did, she kept an escape route open.

So she listened to what her aide had to say with complete indifference.

The moment she'd accepted the role of witch-trial judge and come to Petrora, she'd already resolved to abandon the Kingdom of Brave if it came to that.

Even if she lost it this time, if she gained eternal life, she could make the Kingdom of Brave her own again whenever she pleased. Why should something she'd already held once be impossible to hold a second time?

Still, she was anxious. Things not unfolding the way she'd planned scraped at her nerves, bit by irritating bit.

If she failed, there would be nowhere left to go back to.

Queen Erinhunt tapped at her…