Ascension of the Monster Queen

"Nessa, I've kept you up for too long, you won't be able to stay up much longer, come on, let's get you back to the inn," Maz said as he stood up, and she oped her eyes and stood up th wiped her eyes, which were hurting.

Nessa sighed and left with Maz to go to the inn. Upon arriving there, Nessa looked at Maz and th smiled.

"Many thanks for dinner, Maz," She said.

"You're welcome, and thank you for assisting me as well, Nessa. I'll say it again: if you need anything regarding that royal pain, you know where to find me," He replied, and she smiled.

"Thank you, and good night," She said.

"Good night," He replied th left.

After Maz left, Nessa wt to her room, locked her door, and th Akio appeared from the shadows, and she smiled at him before grabbing her clothes and heading to the bathroom to fresh up.

While Nessa bathed, Akio sat by the side of the bed, wagging his tail and waiting for her.

After some time had passed, she finished her bath, dressed, and exited.

"Do you want to know what they were talking about earlier, my lady? The royal pain for a prince and that guy that sold people?" Akio inquired, and she sighed as she looked at him.

"I forgot we had to talk about that, I am tired, but sure, shoot, what were they talking about?" She asked as she sat down on the bed and he looked at her.

"If the king does not die soon, he may be assassinated," He responded and her eye shook.

"Huh? Are you certain of that, Akio?" He exhaled deeply after she asked.

"I listed carefully, I didn't want to believe it either, I thought about it for a few hours now and I am on point, I am afraid things are going to get worse and you are in the middle of it," He responded and she sighed.

"I'm in the middle of it because of the king, but who mtioned killing him?" He looked away from her wh she asked.

He replied, "The prince himself," and she lowered her head.

"Did you hear why he wants his own uncle dead?" She asked.

"No, he didn't mtion why, but I know it has a lot to do with more money," He responded and she gnashed her teeth before holding onto her head.

'I understand why Kurson suggested this kingdom as a good ally, but for that to happ, the prince needs to be out of the picture, I don't care if Kurson was aware of this or not, I'm going to do what I think is right,' Nessa thought as she lay back on the bed and Akio looked at her.

"Are you going to be alright?" Akio asked.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, I'm just worried about what will happ now, to be more specific, what move should I take," She responded.

"Now it just got harder, you are building a nation of your own, if anyone can do this it's you, my lady," He said and she smiled.

"That's great to hear from you, Akio; I think I needed to hear that, thank you very much," she replied.

"You are welcome, my lady, it's getting late and you look really tired, try and get some sleep, I for one slept ough, good night," he said as she smiled and patted his head.

"Good night, Akio," She replied, th she laid back on the bed and covered herself with a blanket before falling asleep.

That night, Nessa was ev more concerned about what would happ, but she had already determined what she needed to do.

The following morning, after Nessa woke up and completed her normal morning routine. She and Akio ate their breakfast, as usual, th she wt to work at the castle in the hopes of getting the king better sooner.

She knew it would be difficult, but she needed to keep the king safe because the prince planned to have him killed if he didn't die on his own. After hearing that from Akio, Nessa's anger towards the prince grew, and she wanted to hurt him but couldn't.

"Good morning," Nessa said as she walked into the castle, and the other servants smiled.

"Good morning, Nessa; are you feeling better?" Tina inquired as she approached the young lady.

"Yeah, I'm feeling a lot better, how are you doing today?" Nessa asked.

"I am doing okay, just another day of work, now let's talk more," Tina said as they wt into the kitch th sat down and Tina sighed.

"I know I said we will talk more about the changes that have be happing lately, go on, I am listing," Nessa said and the girl smiled.

"I told you most of it, but lately people are starting to believe that the king is doing all of this for more money, they love him but after seeing the slaves, that's what they are starting to believe, the prince has be keeping us away from the king, he suddly said that the king was sick wh he was perfectly fine just a few months ago, everything started changing the minute he took over, yes, more money is coming into the treasury but this just doesn't feel right and I am afraid if it keeps up...." Tina replied.

"What?" Nessa asked.

"The people may turn against the king, and they may begin to act out," She responded and Nessa sighed.

"If that's the case, that's going to be a problem; the prince is no good; he has a goal and is willing to go to great lgths to achieve it; could you do me a favor every time you come here?" Nessa inquired.

"I suppose so, but what is it?" The girl asked.

"Can you keep an eye on the king wh you are a and I am not, he is not safe here, Tina?" Nessa asked th she sighed and smiled.

"He is our king, he has done a lot for us, this kingdom, so I am going to keep an eye on him, do whatever it is you are going to do," Tina responded as Nessa got up, smiling th began preparing breakfast for the king.