Beast King'S Crippled Mate

Chapter 207: Chapter 207: You need to eat

Long Xiurong was fiddling with her fingers as she sat inside her room. She anxiously waited for an answer from Princess Swan about having tea together.

The last day of the banquet was over, and she had no more reason to keep eating in the banquet and keep herself full for the entire day to avoid eating anything poisonous served by that bunny maid.

She had the mammoth tusk necklace in her pocket, and Rock's letter in another pocket as she was ready to tell Princess Swan about everything.

'Come on, Princess. Please accept my invitation. I need to get rid of that bunny maid as soon as possible, and I also need to eat!' Long Xiurong prayed as she got increasingly anxious.

The door was finally knocked from outside. Long Xiurong thought it was the cat maids, bringing her answer from Princess Swan.

To her disappointment, it turned out to be that bunny maid, Alice, who walked in with her fake smile while carrying a breakfast tray.

"Good morning, Milady. I'm here with your breakfast. Since there is no banquet anymore, I assume you would need to eat by now," Alice said with a mysterious grin. "It's very cold outside, so I've prepared a hearty meal for you, Milady."

Long Xiurong stared at the food on the table. It was all warm and the scent was inviting, but she knew damn well not to trust this bunny maid.

"Thanks," Long Xiurong said with zero enthusiasm. "You can leave now."

Alice maintained her smile as she stayed in the same position, standing right next to the table while looking at Long Xiurong.

Long Xiurong started to feel nervous, "Why are you still here? I told you to leave." "I'm sorry, Milady, but I cannot do that," Alice replied.

"And why not?"

"Because I want to make sure that you eat your breakfast, Milady. You've been eating nothing but a banquet feast for the past week. It's not good for your digestive system, so I prepare this meal to maintain your health," Alice replied. "So you could live long."

Long Xiurong realized what Alice was up to.

She must've suspected that Long Xiurong already knew about the poison, so she wanted to make sure that Long Xiurong would take a bite and fall ill.

Being stared down like this, it was hard for Long Xiurong to refuse or it would confirm Alice's suspicion that Long Xiurong already knew everything.

Long Xiurong bit her lip. She was nervous because one second felt like an eternity for her. She knew what was on Alice's mind, so she decided to do nothing while staring at the views from the window.

Alice's lips twitched as it seemed that Long Xiurong had no intention to touch her food at all.

"Milady, why aren't you eating anything? Is there something not to your liking?" Alice asked. She put up a sad face and added, "But I've prepared everything for you. I'm sorry if my cooking skill is not good enough for you, Milady."noveldrama

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"If you're aware that you're not good enough to cook for me, then you should never serve me anything never else. I get sick just by seeing it," Long urong responded with a frown, just to make sure that Alice wouldn't try to poison her with the food anymore.

"Then, should ask the cooks to make you something instead? I'm sure they can come up with something similar to what your country has," Alice said with a smile, and Long Xiurong realized that she had fallen into her trap. "I don't know why you hate me so much, Milady. Surely, you won't hate the cooks who will prepare your dishes, right? They work hard for it, and will get punished if you don't eat the food they served."

Long Xiurong gulped as her nervousness escalated. This bunny maid sure knew how to talk nicely.

'Should I tell her everything about the mammoth tusk? That way she will stop pestering me, since there is no use when I can just detect the poiso immediately,' Long Xiureng thought, but she quickly scrapped the idea. 'No, that's stupid. This gray mammoth tusk from Roek is my only weapon to protect myself from untimely death. It's not wise to show my trump card in front of an enemy like this bunny maid.'

Long Xiurong and Alice were stuck in this stalemate until the sound of knocking disrupted the silence, followed by the cat maids' appearance at the door.

They were surprised to see Alice in the room.

"Alice? Why are you still here?" Maya asked.

"I'm just waiting for Lady Long to eat her breakfast. She has been skipping her breakfast for a week. I'm a little worried," Alice replied.

"Then just let her eat in peace, no?" Myra asked with a frown. "Staring at Lady Long like that would only make her lose appetite."

"It's fine, I—"

Long Xiurong quickly grabbed her opportunity and agreed firmly, "They are right. You need to leave now."

"But—" Alice looked at Long Xiurong and the cat maids back and forth. She gritted her teeth as she realized that it was three against one, and then excused herself to leave the room.

Long Xiurong waited until Alice was out of the room. Once it was safe, she let out a relieved sigh, "You two don't know how much of a lifesaver you are."

Maya and Myra looked at each other in confusion but decided to just deliver the message from their Princess, "Milady, our Princess accepts your invitation. She asks you to come to her room for brunch."

"Great!" Long Xiurong almost jumped from her chair as she was glad that she had been saved. "Please tell Princess Swan I will come as soon as the brunch starts."

Long Xiurong couldn't wait to gorge herself on all kinds of snacks and assorted desserts. If she was lucky enough, Princess Swan might allow her to eat lunch there as well.

'The first thing to do is to show her the letter, and then get rid of that bunny maid!'