VIP Chapter 447: The Black and White Zero Demon City
Treaia Entak.
The Queen of the Entak Empire, perhaps the busiest person in the entire Entak Empire, had just finished her day’s work.
Entak Royal Palace.
Ten o’clock at night.
It was a time when everything quieted down. Both the beings within the Dungeon and the city outside the Dungeon had become exceptionally tranquil.
In…
In this small bedchamber belonging to the Queen as well.
But…
For the Empress of the “Zero Demon City,” it was not so.
“You can escort me this far. You don’t need to follow me inside.”
Treaia stopped and said to the maid behind her.
The maid, who had been following Treaia, stopped at Treaia’s door and put down the robe she was holding for her.
Although Treaia did not say it out loud…
She actually knew what Treaia meant.
The council had ended much later than usual today, so it was already ten o’clock at night. According to the rules, as her Majesty’s personal maid, she should have escorted her into the room, tidied her bed, and taken the dirty clothes to the laundry room before leaving.
The maid’s quarters were far from the bedchamber. If she did all that, it would likely be past two o’clock before she could return.
And…
If Treaia actively did not let her in, she could return earlier.
“Your Majesty, is this… alright?”
She was actually a maid who had just started her duties today. Before this, she had only heard some impressions of Treaia being excessively cold, but she hadn’t expected her to have such a side.
However…
Not only her, but the attendants in the Royal Palace had also been feeling it recently…
After her “fiancé,” whom everyone knew about, passed away, she had become a little gentler bit by bit.
She no longer fired servants for the slightest mistake.
She even arranged some welfare activities for ministers who had wives and families.
She was no longer stingy with her praise for good work.
Treaia, who was once called an iceberg, seemed to be slowly chipping away and melting.
“I set the rules. You may return.”
“Your Majesty, please rest early. Your body is exceptionally important to the Empire.”
“I know.”
Treaia’s voice was still very clear and cold, especially under the moonlight. However, after knowing these things, this little maid seemed to be able to feel a trace of warmth from this clear, cold moonlight.
But that was only up to this point.
Because the latter half of what Treaia was about to say would sweep away the warmth the maid had just felt—
“Because Will also said that… to me. Moreover, he asked me to take better care of you all. He doesn’t want to see you all showing fear of me one by one.”
She turned her head and, with exceptional calmness, uttered the name of the person who had “died,” as if he were still alive.
It was even warmer than the words she had spoken when she was caring for the maid just now.
“Understood… No problem. Please take care. Thank you… thank you, Prince Will! We’ll… we’ll meet again tomorrow!”
She bowed with a smile—no matter what, she didn’t dare not to smile at this moment.
Everyone in the Royal Palace understood very well that for the current Treaia, that person’s “death” was taboo. One could not expose that fact in front of her, or she would become exceptionally angry, cold, and unapproachable, as if she had instantly returned to being the “tyrant” of the past.
Treaia seemed to be living in the dream that he was still alive…
Will was still alive.
Will was already her husband.
Will would always, always be by her side.
She turned her head.
Facing the moonlight, divided into four parts by the window and cast upon the wall, she slightly raised the corner of her mouth.
In her eyes, she seemed to see Will’s shadow—a shadow that blocked half of the moonlight. On the shadow, the part where he wore glasses slightly refracted the light on the wall—this was Will’s unique mark.
“…Teacher Will, look, I did as you said. Let’s go inside together.”
After saying this, Treaia reached out her hand towards the air, her palm slightly descending, as if she were holding someone’s hand.
Then…
She pushed open the door and slowly walked towards the unlit room—
*Tap.*
She walked on her crystal high heels, her footsteps making a crisp sound on the ground. Accompanied by a gust of clear wind from inside the room, her silver-white hair seemed to sparkle under the moonlight.
“…As expected.”
The smile on her face vanished in an instant. She let go of the hand she was holding “someone’s” with, and her half-purple, half-light blue eyes fixed on the room—
The moment Treaia stepped into the room…
Her entire bedchamber, starting from her hind foot touching the ground, rippled outwards in layers.
The overlapping ripples spread from her as the center, instantly reaching the entire room.
Then…
The bedchamber, which once had the flamboyant and magnificent colors appropriate for a Queen of the Royal Family…
Whether it was the red on the back of the chair.
Or the yellow on the curtains.
Or the deep blue on the tabletop.
All began to fade, gradually turning into shades of black, white, and gray that were difficult for the eyes to distinguish.
“How many times has this happened this week?”
Treaia quickened her pace, walking swiftly into the room.
She was already accustomed to encountering this in the Royal Palace.
After all, the Royal Palace was gradually becoming a part of the “Zero Demon City,” or rather, it was being invaded by the Zero Demon City.
Whether she was admiring flowers in the Royal Palace.
Or practicing swordplay on the training ground.
Or bathing in the spacious bathroom.
The world around her would always suddenly ripple outwards from her as the core, turning the world she could see into black and white, becoming a part of the “Zero Demon City.”
“In the past, if I didn’t want to go in, it wouldn’t have presented itself to me like this.”
The Zero Demon City was the most important “wealth” left behind by the Entak Royal Family.
The “Demon Power” that the Entak Royal Family had desperately fought for over the years was not actually some demon that truly existed in this world…
Rather, it was the “Emperor of the Zero Demon City” who had signed a contract with the Emperor of Entak about two hundred years ago.
The identity of that Emperor is now unknown, but it is known that this Emperor gave up his “personality” and “existence,” willing to sacrifice himself to merge with the royal family that flowed with Entak’s bloodline…
Subsequently, by controlling the Entak Royal Family, he controlled the entire Entak Empire and allowed his Dungeon to survive for a long time.
The Entak Royal Family also gained sufficiently powerful demonic strength.
It proved useful in military affairs and in observing people’s hearts in diplomacy. The only drawback was… only one person could be chosen as the Emperor by the “Zero Demon City,” so no matter what era it was, the Entak Royal Family could not avoid a fierce internal struggle.
Now, the winner of that struggle, the one who had “eliminated” all his siblings, was sitting here.
