The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 262

When the abandoned princess was around five years old, King Trevor passed away and Gregor took over the throne as the new King of Valor.

With the previous king's demise, the kingdom mourned, but no one within the royal family felt sincere grief. In fact, for the newly crowned Queen, what she felt was relief and hope. Shanel was now hopeful that Gregor would do something for his daughter. After the various affairs of the kingdom had been settled after King Trevor's death, Shanel talked to her husband.

"Gregor, your father has passed away, can we bring back Sephina's daughter to the palace?"

"There is no need," was all he said, as if he didn't care.

It shocked Shanel. She thought Gregor would be the first one to think about his daughter after his father's death as there were no more obstacles to bringing her back. Then why...?

"Gregor! Come to your senses!" Shanel felt enraged. "Your daughter is living so miserably on that haunted mountain! Don't you want to do something for her? Do you want her to continue living like an animal?"

"She is fine the way she is. The most important thing is that she is alive. Bringing her back means creating troubles for her and for everyone else."

"T-Then, not here! You do not have to bring her back to the palace but you can send her somewhere else. There are summer villas on the outskirts. You can even have her live as a foster daughter of some countryside noble. At least provide her with a good life!"

"No need to do that. Leave her be. As a Queen, you better know where your priorities lie and give attention to your royal duties."

"Gregor, you..."

"There won't be any more discussion about this," he replied coldly.

Shanel could not help but feel bitter at his attitude. "I thought you hated King Tredor's cruelty, but you are just like your father--maybe even more ruthless. You don't care about the innocent life that you people have abandoned to die. I thought I knew the man I married, but I guess I was wrong. "

"You are dismissed," Gregor said as he resumed his work.

Disappointed and infuriated at her husband's callousness, Shanel stormed out of the King's study. The heavy sullen silence that followed was only broken by the knock on his door.

It was his guardian knight, Taylor.

"Your Majesty, you were right. Given that you have just ascended the throne, the control of the royal family over the nobles of the kingdom is at its weakest. The royal court members led by the Duke of the North have started to gather evidence that shows you are going against your father's last will. It would be better for the time being if we don't have a connection with the princess's matter."

Gregor nodded. "As expected of those sly ministers. They want to use my daughter as an excuse to dethrone me and use that to put my easily controllable cousin to the throne. My father had handed them my weakness on his own so how can they not take advantage?"

"Watch that servant. You can kill her if there is a chance our enemies will discover her." _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}