227 The Queen Isnt Really Worth Much (2/2)
When he looked up, he could see a beautiful woman sitting on the balcony on the second floor. She was wearing a thin silk dress, and under the moonlight, certain special parts of her were showing indistinctly.
Roland frowned, feeling that something was wrong.
Then an elderly steward came out from the doorway, bent forward slightly, and said, ”Please follow me, Mr. Mage.”
Since Roland was already here, he decided not to think too much. He took a slight breath and followed the old steward up to the second floor, then to the entrance of the balcony.
The old steward bowed and left without a word.
Roland walked onto the balcony and saw a beautiful woman with long brown hair sitting on a chair.
She was dressed scantily. Silk was a highly visible fabric; the better the silk, the higher the visibility.
And the silk clothes this beautiful woman was wearing should be of the highest grade, usually used for ceremonial outerwear.
For a moment, Roland felt like he had nowhere to rest his eyes, but finally, he had to look at the woman's face. He sat down across from her.
”May I ask if this is Her Majesty the Queen?”
The beauty who had been looking outside turned her head. She sized up Roland and was a little surprised. ”It's actually a young and promising Mage? I thought it was a fat-headed old thing. In that case, it's not much of a loss for me.”
Roland seemed to understand something.
”Before we begin, I want to know your name.” The queen's expression looked torn.
There was a kind of helplessness and fateful resignation emanating from her.
Roland shook his head slightly. ”I'm here to ask you something.”
”What? Just to ask me something, you used the very valuable atonement scroll?”
So the scroll that Husseret gave the guards is worth a lot of money?
The queen had been watching Roland's expression, and when she saw that he looked confused, she became rather curious. ”You didn't know what was going on before you came?”
”I didn't know, I really just wanted to come and ask you some questions.”
”Ask them. We'll both get to know each other a little better if we talk, and when we do things later, it might make my resistance a little less strong.”
The wind suddenly got a little stronger and blew out the candle.
In the moonlight, the queen's smooth face reflected a bright luster, and her expression held resentment that looked quite charming.
Roland took a deep breath, feeling this a little inconceivable. ”You're the queen, how did you end up in such a state?”
”The queen?” She laughed softly, her voice clear and weighed by bitterness. ”After tonight, I will no longer be a queen. How can a woman whose reputation is tarnished and who will have to sleep with other men qualify to be a queen again?”
Roland was getting more and more puzzled.
”You don't seem to know anything.” The queen looked at Roland again for a moment and asked, ”Who gave you the atonement scroll?”
”My good friend.”
”That's quite a sacrifice on his part.”
Roland's expression was rather strange. ”I still don't understand why the king would let you do such a… thing.”