Ascension of the Monster Queen
Chapter 60 - 60: Mines

The girl didn't say anything about the beasts following them because she knew she could handle them if they attacked, but they were behaving strangely, which she noticed.

When they arrived at the mines, Nessa stood there staring because she saw innocent people being enslaved and having their freedom taken away from them which she hated.

"What on earth is going on here?" Nessa asked.

"They are working so we can get money from what they find, the king used to hire workers, but that's a waste of money," Nasil responded as she and Mazen stared at him.

"You people are cruel; I'm not sure what's going on, but I doubt the king would do this," Mazen yelled as other slaves stared at him.

Nasil's men opened up the cage when the same girl Nessa had helped earlier fell down and one of Nasil's workers was about to hit her with a whip and Mazen grabbed onto the whip then punched the guy to the ground, Nessa looked at him then sighed.

The guy got back up in anger and punched Mazne into the carriage and the young girl gasped as she got up and was about to hold Mazen when the guy grabbed the whip, about to hit her and Nessa grabbed the whip.

"That's enough, I recommend you don't touch either of them," She said, and he looked at her and laughed.

"Don't get a big head because of your pet wolf, that can be killed," He replied and she sighed.

Nessa knew Akio's nerves would twitch after hearing that, so she smiled.

"You are going to regret saying that," She said then the guy scoffed.

He raised his hand to strike her when Akio appeared in front of her, jumped up in the air in his cute form, and placed his small paw of lightning against the guy's arm, allowing the current to run through his body, and Nasil left staring before Akio's lightning vanished and she caught him in her arm as the guy fell to the ground, shivering.

"You can't kill him, not even in your dreams," Nessa said to the guy before turning to face the girl, who smiled at her, and Nessa patted her on the shoulder before turning to face Mazen and sighed.

"There's never a dull day with you and your pet," Mazen said, to which she smiled.

"You understand young people well, you look my age and a little more mature, you know what I mean, how old are you?" Mazen inquired, and she smiled.

"I am nineteen," She responded and he smiled brightly.

"I am twenty, one year older than you, nice," He said and she chuckled then Nasil coughed.

"Enough of this nonsense, get to work," Nasil said, as the slave girl lowered her head and Nessa tapped her on the shoulder, then placed her mouth by the girl's air, whispering something to her, then raised up, and the girl began to smile before hurrying off to work with the others.

"What did you tell her?" Mazen asked.

"I'll tell you later, let's go back, and another thing, the prince must not know that I was here if he hears, you're going to die in your sleep, the wolf will do the job," Nessa said to Nasil and his entire body started trembling in fear as he looked at Akio who was growling at him.

"Got it, I promise, he won't know, no matter what, he won't, let's just go," He replied, then they got into the carriage and left, and Nessa turned back to look at the girl who waved at her, and she smiled before waving back.

'I wonder why they're not following us anymore, those beasts are strange,' Nessa thought while they were on their way back, realizing the tigers had stopped following them.

They arrived in the city after more than an hour of travel, and Nessa got out of the carriage. Nasil looked at her, and she smiled at him.

"Do you still remember our deal?" Mazen smiled as she asked.

"Yes, I remember our agreement; I won't even dream about telling the prince; however, it is almost night and we need to get going; I suggest you run along to the prince." He responded, and her eyes narrowed as she stared at him.

"It seems to me like you really want to die," She said, and he flinched while nervously smiling.

"No, I don't, Mazen, look after your dear friend, I'll see you tomorrow," Nasil replied as Mazen exited the carriage. Nasil then took off, and Mazen burst out laughing.

"Damn, you got him good," He said and she smiled.

"He's a monster," He replied and she sighed.

"That much I do know, so what are you going to do now?" He asked.

"I am going to get back to the castle, it's almost night so I have a few things to finish off," She responded and he smiled.

"Well, I am going now, take care of yourself," He said.

"You, too," She replied before he left and she returned to the castle, where she went to the king's room to check on him and found him looking through an album.

"Your highness," She said as she entered the room, and he smiled at her.

"Nessa, glad you returned, come, sit, I will show you my family members," he replied, then she smiled and turned away before sneezing, and he chuckled as she drew a chair and sat beside the bed, where he showed her his family photos within the album.

The king appeared happy in every photo, even with the prince, and she sighed, knowing that he trusted him and would not easily believe that he was bad.

"You have a lovely family, your highness," She said and he smiled at her.

"Yes, I am fortunate to have one as mine, they have all grown up and want different things, but they haven't changed that much, I am thankful for that because not everyone has that, Nessa," He replied when she remembered she had promised him she would try to contact his family and decided to do so before returning to the inn that night.