The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 211

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After having tea on the balcony, Erlos immediately returned to his chores, but his mind was still on the confrontation between Ember and Isa. Fortunately, he could feel more at ease knowing that the cunning fox was currently outside the palace grounds and he could avoid seeing that two-faced vixen.

As soon as he finished his most urgent work, he decided he needed to speak to his master.

When Erlos entered the study of the King, Draven was looking at the map of the continent he personally created. Melion had just returned to him the original after making copies to give to their spies and scouts outside of Agartha. Draven was expecting to receive some news soon as his aide reported they had already gone beyond the southern mountain ranges.

In particular, Draven was looking at the largest kingdom on that other part of the continent–the Kingdom of Megaris.

“I wonder if you are still there,” he mumbled as if he was remembering someone. “I hope you are doing well.”

“Sire?” Erlos said in a little raised tone.

Draven didn’t raise his head to look at him as if he had already expected such a reaction from his attendant and started rolling the map.

“Sire, did you know what happened?” By the tone of his question, it was easy to understand that Erlos was truly upset with the fox.

Draven stared at him, his red eyes emotionless as he nodded.

Erlos felt conflicted. “You know and yet you have no plans to intervene? Shouldn’t you–“

But Draven cut him off. “She needs to learn to deal with such things on her own.”

“On her own?” Erlos scoffed. “Miss doesn’t know much about people.”

“Then it’s time for her to get to know about people and this is a good start.”

“Must you truly do this, Sire?” Erlos sighed. He could not understand how his master’s mind works. “When Isa used to cause troubles for me, you ignore it, and now she’s making Miss upset, you are ignoring it as well. It seems that fox is more important to you than your mate, Sire.”

A normal person wouldn’t openly point out his master’s fault, but Erlos was never the type to mince his words.

Still, that didn’t mean Draven would let him question him like that.

“Erlos,” he started, his voice dignified, “when I left you to deal with your problems on your own, didn’t it help you to get strong? Didn’t it help hone your character? Didn’t you forget about the pain when you were busy fighting her?”

“Umm…” As Erlos thought about it and remembered those days, he could not deny it. “Well, that might be true but…”

“Ember is a good person, but kindness alone is not enough of quality for the future Queen of this kingdom. She is naive and reckless and trusts too easily. Moreover, she is a human and she will have to go through so much–hate and criticism being some of them–as she comes across more people.

“My mate can’t simply sit inside the palace all her life and be protected. If I stand by her side all the time, others won’t dare say a word as they fear me. I don’t want her to live in my shadows. She needs to hear all the criticism coming her way and deal with them on her own. She needs to gain the trust of others on her own and win the people who’ll stay on her side to support her on her own.

“What this kingdom needs is a queen who has the trust and support of her people.” _{freewebnøvel.com}