[IHTTMBW] Chapter 17

As he approached her, Ante shivered in fear. Ante closed her eyes. The guards forced her to kneel.

“Your crime of stealing the royal family’s property…”

A cold voice came from his lips. He pointed his fingers at two guards, who stood right behind Ante.

“The crime of deceiving the royal family for your greed…”

The guards pressed Ante down on the ground as he spoke each word. As she was starting to face down, she bit her lip. Tears were falling from her face.

“And lastly…”

There’s still something left.

She did commit many crimes. I was wiping my sweat on my hands on the ground. I trusted Euphil would get back all of my money.

“The crime of harming a member of the royal family.”

The last crime.

Since I was just a one-year-old baby, she beat me, hated me, insulted me, and deceived me. This upset feeling was overwhelming when I heard the last thing he said.

I could endure the pain.

Now, someone was punishing her for causing me pain. He came close to me and rubbed my belly as if I were someone special. He looked as if he was regretting something.

At that time, Ante raised her head and glared at us.

“I’ve never tried to hurt her. She isn’t even a member of the royal family. She was abandoned.”

“Shut up!”

The guard behind her, who was pressing her neck, shouted.

How dare she protest!

The guards were astonished as her words could have any one of them beheaded if they were to say that.

Euphil smiled coldly. His smile was frightening.

“Does that include me?”

He was right. He was also abandoned.

He had the right to execute everyone. Only then did Ante know she had made a mistake.

“Lock her in the basement prison in the North.”

The North Prison. It was built like a maze; no one cared about that prison. Ante turned pale as she heard the order.

“Just kill me instead!”

“If you have watched your language, I would have. Take her.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

As the guards took Ante away, she kept screaming. She only became quiet after the guard hit her in the neck. I also remained silent.

In the novel, many nobles die in the basement prison in the North after Euphil launches a coup d’etat.

Like how the Minotaur was locked in the maze, the palace had a similar dark prison. It was the basement prison in the North of the castle.

It was originally made as an escape route for the royal family, but no one knew the way out after a noble who tried to escape died in the maze.

Corpses of those who died would disappear in the prison. Someone says it’s because they were eaten by the people locked in there.

I shivered.

Euphil was too kind to me. He even hugged me.

“Other maids and guards are to be fired. All of you shall pay the twice the amount you have stolen from the royal family.”

“Your Highness!”

“You should be thankful.”

“Th…Thank you. Thank you.”

Paying twice the money they stole wasn’t a light punishment. Some tried to complain but had to shut their mouths when they heard what Euphil announced.

They knew they should pay for their sins. He sent a guard to bring one of his people from his palace.

“The Chief Guard Valk should take care of the Princess Palace. Next time, I won’t forgive you.”

I was astonished to hear his last words.

‘I thought he wouldn’t forgive him!’

As I grabbed his hands tight, he held my hands without looking at me. It was a small revolution in my palace when I was about six.

Until then, I didn’t know what Euphil exactly did to punish all my guards and maids. He used the entire budget in his palace to repair mine.

“Wow!”

I was bouncing on top of the new bed. The new maids, who were from Euphil’s palace, were grinning while seeing me jump.

“Hmm, do I have to seduce the maids?’

At first, I thought it was like this, but I soon knew it was useless. The maids ran toward me and hugged me the moment they saw me.

“Oh my god! How could they do this to such an adorable princess?”

They must have heard of the affair. As I tilted my head, the maids were moved by my charm and hugged me even harder.

“Hello, Princess Myrthi. I am you maid, Orzette.”

Orzette, the maid from the Princess’s palace? Maybe I’d seen her name in the book or somewhere, but I was wrong.

In other words, I knew nothing about her. But it wasn’t bad.

In the original story, Myrthi was hated by all the maids in the palace, but the future seemed to have changed a bit.