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Chapter 161: Noraya’s Anger...

Chapter 161: Noraya’s Anger...

We arrived at the duchy in no time.

Mildred was there when we arrived and she prepared us some food.

"His grace said he was being summoned to the palace," Mildred informed us when we finished eating our food.

"What is he doing here?" I asked as I looked at Mildred, who looked at Helion as she sighed.

"There’s a problem in the palace right now," Mildred said and I saw Helion stop moving.

"What happened?" He asked Mildred as he looked at her.

"The empress seems to be sick," Mildred answered, which made Helion stand up from his seat.

"What happened?" I asked when I saw Helion was uneasy, like he was walking back and forth as if he was thinking about going there or not.

I know he was doubting that maybe it was just some scheme that the empress made to get back at the palace.

"His grace didn’t say anything, but he received some letters from Lord Hernand," Mildred said as she looked at her with worries in her eyes.

I sighed as I looked at Helion, who was in the corner.

"Let’s go," I said as I looked at him while he was sighing deeply.

Helion looked at me while he was sighing.

"I don’t know if we should go or not, as I don’t know if this is just some of mother’s scheme to bring me back to the palace and force me to get married," He said as he sighed while he was looking at me like he was trying to say that he was torn between going there or not.

"The empress is still your mother, and I know you are dead worried about her right now. If you’re just hesitating because of me, then I’ll come with you," I said as I took his hand.

"We’re also coming with you, Your Highness," Jarnus said and Ernie nodded at him, and gone was the playfulness.

They all teleported to the castle without even having a proper rest.

They arrived at the entrance and everyone who was there bowed their head when they saw who she was with.

"Your Highness," they greeted as they greeted Helion, while there was some hesitation in their eyes when they saw her.

They all walked and everyone’s eyes were following them.

When they arrived at the empress’s palace, they saw that the people there were all busy and it seemed like they all had their own tasks that they were doing, but all their paces were much faster than usual.

"What happened to mother?" Helion asked one of the maids, who panickily put the things she was holding down while shakingly looking at Helion as she bowed.

"Y-Your Highness..." The maid said as she bowed down her head and looked at Helion, who was now clenching his jaw as he was suppressing his worries for his mother.

"What happened here?" he asked again to the maid.

"The empress collapsed three days ago," The maid said as she dared not to look at Helion.

Helion rushed upstairs, where the empress’s room is.

I just followed him with Jarnus and Ernie.

When we arrived there, Father was also there and was talking to the emperor and Hernand and they all looked worried and bothered about what was going on.

"It seems like the empress was in a quite serious state for the emperor looked like he was panicking.

I just listened to what he was saying as I looked at the room. why is the room rotting with dark energy?

"Father..." I said as I called my father’s attention, who seemed still oblivious on my presence.

"Aki..." He said when he saw me.

"Since when did—"

Didn’t they notice Helion, who just came in?

"You didn’t notice Helion when he got here?" I asked as I was voicing my thoughts at him.

"We didn’t notice him; we were talking here," her father said as he looked at her.

"When did you arrive?" He asked as he was looking at me like he was looking for any bruises or wounds that might be on me.

"We just arrived now," I said as I looked at him and looked at Hernand, who was looking at me.

"What happened?" I asked my father as I looked at the room.

"The empress collapsed two days ago and she has been acting a bit strangely since then; that’s why we made a barrier on her bed to prevent her from getting out if she freed herself from her chains on her bed," Father said as he sighed while he looked at his friend, who was now looking helpless.

"Lady Acantha, could we speak to you?" Hernand said as he looked at me and also the emperor was looking at me like his eyes were pleading.

Acantha nodded as she was feeling not good about the dark energy that was coming out from the empress’s bedroom.

"What was it?" I asked as I looked at him.

"There was something wrong with the empress; her body was not reacting to the holy water, and many high priests had been coming here over the past two days and yet, there was no progress," Hernand said as he looked at me.

"What do you mean?" I asked as I frowned at him.

"There’s something inside her body; there’s a demon," Hernand said and I looked at him.

Is this some kind of exorcism? Just like what I have seen from the films when I thought I was Lucille? I used to enjoy that kind of stuff back then, but grandpa used to ban me from watching those things, which, of course, I snuck out just to watch.

"Demon?" I asked as I looked at him.

"Yes, we didn’t know where she got that, but there is only one person who has a strong divine power and it was you..." He said as he looked at me.

"Please, I beg you to help my wife, Lady Acantha. I know that she has been bad to you, and I know you won’t forgive her but I beg you," the emperor said as he was teary-eyed.

That point Acantha saw how much he loved his wife, that despite her being so controlling, the emperor and her son still love her unconditionally.

"No worries, you don’t have to plead to me, Your Majesty. I will save the empress," I said as I was about to take another step when someone was shouting across the corridor.

"I am here; I could save the empress. What’s wrong with you? I am her future daughter-in-law." She heard someone was shouting and they all looked at where it came from and there they saw Jarnus and Ernie was trying to stop Noraya from coming where they were.

"We just can’t let you in there, my lady," she heard Jarnus say as she was walking near where they were.

"You, what are you doing here? Are you here to seduce my future husband?" she said as her eyes were widening when she looked at me angrily.

"Seducing? That’s a bold statement coming from you, Lady Noraya," I said as I crossed my hand over my chest as I raised my eyebrows at her.

"Yes, and what would you do? You are here and always seducing Helion; you can’t even help him in this situation," she said as she was spouting some nonsense while she was glaring at me.

"And why are you even here? You were not needed here," she said as she was pointing her fingers at me.

"If there’s someone you should take away from this place, it should be her, not me," she said as she glared at Jarnus and Ernie, who were blocking her way.

"We can’t let you enter this place, Lady Noraya," Jarnus said as he sighed, as he seemed to be losing his patience.

"And how many times do I have to tell you that you should let me enter? I can help the empress, and besides, Helion was probably waiting for me," Noraya said, which made Ernie chuckle, and she glared at him.

"What’s funny?" she asked as she turned to Ernie, who was about to burst out laughing.

"It’s because, my lady, you’re being delusional," Ernie said as he burst out laughing, which made Noraya glare at her while she was even clenching her fist.

Acantha doesn’t know but she was feeling something nauseous when she was looking at her, and it felt like there was a foul and odd energy that was coming out from her.

"Do you think I won’t dismiss you if I saw Helion? I will ask him to remove you!" she said angrily.

"What are you even doing here, Lady Noraya?" I asked as I looked at her, who was now glaring at me.

"I should be the one asking you that, you whore! You’re so jealous of me that you are trying to steal Helion from me," she said as she was looking at me like she was going to kill me.

There’s the nauseous feeling again; it feels like I know that energy but something was really not right with her.

I was about to turn my back on her, as it was nonsense talking to her when she only listens to her reason, when she suddenly grabbed my hair and I felt like something struck me.

Jarnus and Ernie removed her from me, but I looked at her in shock...

"You..." I said as I wasn’t blinking while pointing my fingers at her.