"Y-Your Majesty!" Meredith panicked. She quickly pushed herself away from the Beast King, scared that she had offended him because of her clumsiness. She bowed in a flustered manner and said, "Pardon me, Your Majesty. I-I was busy cleaning the carpet, I-I didn’t know that you’re here already!"
Meredith’s ears and face were red, and for a second when Meredith was close to him, he could smell the faint scent of wild berries. Gale didn’t have any opinion yet about this female human, and honestly, he didn’t care much because he was busy thinking about how to find Matoa and make Swan happy about her pregnancy.
But he had one question in mind to her;
"Didn’t the guards tell the servants about this room? I will only use it for now, so I can sleep on the same floor with my wife."
"Y-yes, Your Majesty. H-Her Majesty Queen Swan told me that I should clean this room as well. I-I know that you’ll use this room, so I’ve been trying my best to keep it s-spotless..." Meredith replied.
"My wife told you to clean this room? My room?" Gale frowned. "Does she know that I’ll stay here?"
"Y-yes..."
Gale’s brows creased even deeper. He noticed that Swan was actually a very jealous woman. She might not show it, but she would never let a female servant help Gale in the throne room. It was always a male servant or just the guard.
Gale found her jealousy and possessiveness to be very cute and endearing, so he didn’t say anything and simply enjoyed the feeling of being wanted by his wife.
Hence, he found it strange that Swan would allow a maid—especially a female human— to clean his room, especially when she knew that he would use it.
He peered at Meredith behind the blindfold, thinking this woman might be lying. But then realized there was no good reason why she should lie over this.
’Is she losing her feelings for me? Was my punishment too harsh on her, so she decided to just let go of her possessiveness?’ Gale might look calm, but he was panicking inside. ’No, no, calm down, Gale. Swan will never lose her feelings for you over this small punishment. It’s only been four days. She probably thinks there’s no reason to be so on guard against this female human, right?’
Gale tried to convince himself through his sea of doubts. He looked around the room and said, "This place is clean enough. You can leave now."
Meredith quickly gathered all her cleaning tools, bowed for the last time, and rushed out of the room. However, the moment she scurried out of the door, she accidentally tripped and fell right in front of the Beast King.
"Uuuh... aw..." Meredith grimaced in pain as her head hit the floor, but it didn’t take long for her to get up again, "I-I’m sorry, Y-your Majesty, I get a little clumsy when I’m nervous. I-I will do my best not to trip anymore!"
"Hm. Go now," Gale replied calmly.
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