The Commoner Consort: The Country’s Respected Empress - Chapter 150
Victor gets suspicious “…” Was she tricking me all the while?
Xavier’s eyes opens wide seeing Maya’s smirk and gasps “Was she waiting for this Edict the whole time?!”
‘Impossible! I always thought she is just impulsive and does things in hurry! No wonder she remained so calm! She knew that she will save them from the start, didn’t she?!’
His words caught attention of many people and they too gets astonished by Maya’s smartness!
Maya gives a sly smile to Victor while Robin came running to the Podium swiftly.
Victor walks staring at Maya confused and gets the Edict from Robin. He opens it and starts reading it keenly.
Everyone anticipates for the message.
He rolls the Edict again and looks at Maya sternly as he is unhappy about the fact that Maya really tricked him successfully to drag some time!
‘How didn’t I see through this?!’
Seeing his expression, Maya smirks broadly.
Victor sighs and declares loudly “His Majesty sent his personal order to…free any one from the three!”.
Maya’s smile fades gradually “…”
Sarah sighs satisfied “…” At least, we can save Luke!
Robin “…” Then… Christopher will die still?!
Maya blinks in confusion.
She couldn’t believe that Emperor just let her to save any one of them.
She was more than confident that she could save three of them if she could. But she herself is shocked with news. Even though she didn’t like Christopher and even wishes him to die, she doesn’t want him to die on her!
‘He can die alone not putting the blame on me!’
She feels that this is the real test for her now. She always heard how God and Goddess will test their deities by putting them in hard situations. She wonders whether it is really a test for her too! She chose to walk in a selfless way and here she is hindered with hard situations!
Everyone is anticipating to know which one she would choose.
An Imperial Court Official, who might help her in gaining power in Court.
A General who is still influenctial in his battalion of soldiers.
And a mere soldier.
The official simply smiles hearing the announcement and looks at Maya for the first time ever! He perhaps guessed what Maya might chose.
Maya was confident that she could just save Luke and leave from the place at start.
But she has no idea why she is still not doing it.
Suddenly, she doesn’t want any others to die. It might be because she chose to walk in a selfless path and her body is showing her some progressive change since she saved those two children.
‘I have been selfish in my life! But I never walked away from saving a life. I fight and kill my enemies but never ignored someone’s cry to help them!’
‘It feels like I am leaving them here to die. Why would Emperor do this? Why is he doing this to me? Is he tricking me? Is this all a drama? It should be..’
‘Or that Crown Prince is really framing me.. Who knows? Right after this, he might simply exile me!’
The General Christopher who was so proud enough before now starts pleading Maya.
“I beg your mercy, Your Highness! I would never commit any mistake in my life! Please spare my life!”
He thought those three would just die. But seeing an opportunity, he doesn’t want to let it go without a try! After all, it’s about his life!
Maya could still feel the pinch of bitterness hearing Christopher and walks ahead ignoring him.
‘I am not a saint still!’.
Luke was just shivering with no words. As if he knows that he can’t be a survivor in front of those two important people. At first he really thought there would be a hope hearing Emperor’s Edict. But now. …
Even though his cousin sister Celina is Maya’s personal servant, why would Maya save him? A mere servant? When two powerful people in higher status are there to get saved?
Maya could sense Luke’s sorrow by his hunched shoulder and feels guilty for some reason. She couldn’t understand this completely. But it felt like the servant just predicted himself her next move. She asks him pitifully “Won’t you ask me to save you?”.
Luke lifts his head up and stares at Maya for few moments. But he just looks down and cries defeated as if he is ready to die. He has accepted his fate already.
She whispers while suppressing her cracking words “You didn’t even do anything, Luke”.
She realized that everything happening around her is still under the control of The Crown Prince and this is really happening! It’s not any trick or drama to test her! They are really going to die!
Even if she tries her powers, she couldn’t do anything without letting others to know! Even though she asks Bhommi to do anything, she might just complicate everything more as she still unaware of her powers herself! And she has no such long time!
Maya’s couldn’t see the expression of resentment on Luke’s face anymore and grabs Luke’s arm without any delay.
Maya declares loudly “Luke never disrespected me and I am freeing him from this accusation!”.
Luke “…”
Victor “…” Freeing from accusation?! Who does she think of herself?! She can’t simply order around!
People gasps at her boldness.
‘How audacious! She directly ordered that she is freeing him?! This might lead her to her destruction! ‘
Victor bows as if managing the situation “We can, Your Highness. By the Edict-“.
Maya orders harshly “I demand you to release him from the accusations! Your Emperor’s Edict has nothing to do with my order!”.
Victor is somewhat lost seeing her sudden anger and speaks “But how can he be released from accusation?!”.
Maya asks furiously as if her patience and calmness just swallowed under the ground “Have anyone in the Countryside Pavilion seen him disrespecting me?!”
‘Those respectful words can just die! I tried! They don’t have any respect here! I will end this in my own way! Because I am furious now!’