The Dragon Queen and her mates.
Chapter 168: Soul transmission success: the vile being is back!

Chapter 168: Soul transmission success: the vile being is back!

Harley stood up from the boulder and threw the bowl inside the wooden tub before standing up, her fingers clenched by her sides as she looked at Bree and Yakov. She was the one who stole everything from her!

Bree raised her head as if sensing the gaze that was locked on her—— stormy greys stared back at her, the envy, hatred and anger bursting through them were visible to naked eyes. For two seconds, Bree was a bit surprised, was this really the leading lady? The Harley in the book was kind and generous, she was willing to stay next to the consorts and heal their broken hearts with her comforting persona...so why was she looking at her like that?

" What are you looking at your majesty?" Yakov sensed that instead of listening to what he was saying Bree was looking somewhere else, a bit surprised he turned to look in the same direction as Bree and wasn’t surprised when he saw Harley staring at his mate. He knew that the girl was aiming for the throne and now that her dreams were shattered, her hating Bree was bound to happen.

Though he understood it, he wasn’t willing to let go of the matter that easily... he shifted slightly before glaring at Harley making sure that she could see the warning in his eyes, a second later her gaze caught his eyes and she bowed her head timidly before walking away in haste.

" Your sweetheart doesn’t seem like she is happy with me," mused Bree as she turned her gaze away from Harley’s back and once again started to walk towards her tent. " She looks quite upset to me."

Yakov chuckled softly while walking a step behind Bree as he said, " You surely know how to jest your majesty, I am telling you that I have no intention of getting close to that maid and as for someone being my sweetheart, isn’t that only you?"

Bree only lightly glanced at Yakov in response to his flirtatious remarks and then turned her head away with a deadpanned expression. " Just take care of Duke Cilantro and if possible bring me less trouble in the future, that way we can still act sweetly with each other."

Seriously, just go and get hold of your leading lady and leave her alone!

After she finished speaking, she pushed the flap of the tent and walked inside leaving a stern-looking Yakov behind, he turned his head to look at Harley who was storming away and rubbed his forefinger with his thumb while his eyes flickered sharply. " Aileen, make sure that there is no mistake tonight, my sweetheart asked me to bring her less trouble. So, of course, I have to listen to her wishes," he turned his gaze away and raised his hand to pull the flap of the tent and calmly dictated. " Take care of that trouble once and for all."

Aileen bowed with a low hum of agreement before vanishing from the spot.

" System, what should I do? The Empress is still alive and well... she managed to snap out of the drugs that were slipped into her food, what should we do now?"

Months ago, the elders of the palace came up with the plan of drugging the Empress making sure that the control of the palace would end up in their hands. Yakov was the first consort but in the end, he was still in the position of a royal consort, the elders didn’t respect him and wouldn’t let him take over the matter of the court. What’s more, the Dragon Queen too didn’t have much trust in Yakov, she was worried that if she handed the power of the Empire to Yakov then surely he would take advantage of his position and suppress her.

Which was why she allowed the elders to take over the court and reign on the country as they wanted... those narrow-minded old men only cared about evading taxes and using the Empress’s trust to fill their own bellies, that was why they never cared about the opinion of the public nor the consorts who were tired of seeing such a tyranny taking place in the palace.

Back then Harley had used the system to gain momentum by intensifying the effects of drugs, hoping that the Empress would fall into ruins as soon as she could but ——

She escaped the rebellion and she also escaped the mountain golem, from the looks of it she was even regaining her strength back! If this goes on then what was she going to do?

" Data loading, thread selected... troubleshooting will begin now" as soon as Harley questioned the system, a mechanical voice rang out inside her head before a sharp pain shot through her head. Harley stumbled as she staggered on the ground while clutching her head feeling as if thousands of needles were poking in her head at the same time—- " What...What’s happening? Why do I fe... feel so dizzy, sys——-?"

She didn’t get a chance to finish what she was saying before long she slumped to the ground with a loud thump.

Under the moonlight, the silvery hair shone like milky threads of spider web, and the long delicate fingers wriggled as the woman on the ground pushed herself off and stood up straight.

Eyes red as rubies, she cracked her neck before rolling her shoulders.

Harley glanced down at her frail hands and sniggered, " You sure were annoying, I felt like throwing up every time you opened your mouth, crying about the smallest thing."

Clasping her jaw, she moved her head left and right making sure that the transmission was done properly before curling her lips in a sly smirk. " Ah, if only I could have found another body... this one is too weak but it’s still good enough to take care of that rat hiding in the trees."

Turning her head to look at the pine tree behind her, Harley raised her hand and shot a bright red beam that snapped right of her hands like a claw and came descending at the hiding Aileen.