Maggie thought she would soon be scheduled to perform an exorcism, but perhaps because of Arlin, the emperor did not summon her until the sun was almost setting, when the head maid of the royal city took Maggie to her room to rest.
"The secretary instructed that Your Highness should give any requests you may have."
The head maid had served in the palace for many years and showed no awkwardness in front of Maggie.
"It's stuffy in the room, how about you take me for a walk in the garden?"
Maggie's gentle smile, coupled with her stunningly beautiful appearance, momentarily captivated the head maid, but she quickly regained her composure.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Maggie stood up, straightened her skirt, and then looked up at the maid, giving her a gentle smile.
"Okay, then I'll trouble you."
The royal city of the Kingdom of Arnold is planted with a large number of roses, even the maze walls are covered with roses. As dusk approaches, only the upper floors of the palace are faintly lit, making it look from a distance like a gloomy castle covered with thorny roses.
Maggie strolled leisurely through the back garden, the wind ruffling her hair and carrying a faint fragrance of flowers. The head maid followed silently behind her.
"Have we always planted roses here?"
Maggie gently lifted a rose, bent down slightly and brought it close to her nose as if to smell it, but her gaze was actually fixed on the soil that looked relatively fresh, indicating that someone had recently turned it over.
"No, although the Queen has been gone for many years, His Majesty and the Queen had a very deep affection for each other. The Queen loved roses, and recently it was the anniversary of the Queen's death, so he ordered us to replace all the flowers with roses."
As the head maid watched this beautiful scene, her gaze towards Maggie softened, and she couldn't help but say a few more words.
"His Majesty is indeed a man of great loyalty and righteousness."
As Maggie spoke, her gaze drifted to the flower wall in the distance, where the roses were lush and vibrant. If the head maid hadn't said that they were all newly planted, one would have thought that these roses had been growing for many years.
Of course, roses can also grow very quickly if they have enough nutrients.
Maggie slowly stood up, a knowing glint in her eyes. She roughly understood why the emperor was so tired and listless.
The parts that weren't described in the original plot were gradually filled in by her in her mind.
The Queen of the Kingdom of Arnold did indeed die long ago, while she was still young, and the relationship between the Emperor and the Queen was not as good as the head maid claimed; it was merely a noble marriage.
In the current storyline of the comic, a terrifying rumor is circulating in the palace: many maids claim to have seen the ghost of the Queen.
However, Maggie prefers to believe in another possibility rather than a ghost.
After all, vampires roam the Kingdom of Arnold far more rampantly than in the other two kingdoms.
"Yes, it's just a pity... His Majesty's health... Alas."
As the head maid was speaking, she suddenly sighed and fell silent.
"With me here, I believe His Majesty will recover soon."
Maggie wore a polite and appropriate smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes, and her tone was mysterious and unpredictable.
"I was just too worried about His Majesty the Emperor, which is why I spoke without thinking. No one dares to question the Holy Maiden's abilities."
The head maid immediately realized she had misspoke, and with a look of panic, she repeatedly bowed and apologized to Maggie.
"Don't be afraid, I don't care."
Maggie spoke softly, gently comforting the head maid, radiating a tender aura.
“Look, the pavilion over there looks perfect for having a cup of tea, don’t you think, Head Maid?”
She smiled and pointed to the pure white, openwork pavilion in the distance, and said softly.
"this...."
The head maid looked up, her expression hesitant.
There was indeed a flower pavilion in the back garden for ladies to have afternoon tea, but now it was getting close to evening and the night was getting darker, so the pavilion looked a bit cold and scary.
"If... it's inconvenient, that's fine, don't worry about it."
Maggie lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly, her expression tinged with hurt.
"No, no, no, I'll prepare it for you right away."
The head maid visibly panicked, waving her hands rapidly in front of her. After bowing respectfully, she turned and quickly walked into the palace, presumably to prepare afternoon tea for Maggie.
Maggie watched her figure disappear through the small gate of the palace, a smile playing on her lips.
"So easily fooled, she's not suited to be the head maid."
A gust of wind blew by, and Maggie's voice disappeared into the air. At that moment, there was no one left in the back garden.
...
Maggie appeared silently at the entrance to the passage between the palace and the Green Tower. The tunnel was deep and dark, as if some monster lurked inside.
"That's all there is to it."
Upon entering the palace, Maggie not only observed the palace environment with her own eyes, but also secretly asked Roy to fly up into the sky to overlook the entire layout of the palace from the air.
While in the reception room, Maggie had already formed a map of the palace in her mind, which is why her actions went so smoothly.
She needed to get back to the flower pavilion before the head maid finished preparing afternoon tea; time was extremely limited, and she had to race against the clock.
“Maggie, be careful, I smell a vampire.”
Roy appeared with a 'thump' in front of Maggie, his fluorescent little figure illuminating the dark passage, his tone tinged with worry.
"I know."
Maggie came here today specifically for 'him'. Besides the Demon Key, there is another terrifying top-level forbidden artifact in this green tower. All the magicians in the tower who come into contact with it will wear blindfolds or masks.
A single glance at it will bring a curse, leading to death.
Maggie entered the tower and descended the winding, bottomless staircase. In the Green Shade Tower, magicians usually stayed on the upper levels, only venturing to the lower magical experiment area when they came across forbidden objects or contaminated experiments.
That's Maggie's destination today; barring any unforeseen circumstances, she shouldn't run into any of the noble magicians.
Of course, Maggie must not meet anyone, otherwise she will be exposed.
Following the clues in the comic, Maggie walked up the stairs to her destination. When she came across the words "Blood of the Night," her eyes lit up instantly.
The doorplate is marked in bright red letters: 'Room 109, 6th basement level, code 09, danger level: extremely dangerous, 'Night Blood' of the progenitor of vampires.'
"arrive."
A flash of light appeared at Maggie's fingertips, and with a soft 'click,' the lock on the door opened.
"Fortunately, it's sealed inside."
She was confident enough to come down directly because the more top-tier the forbidden item, the simpler its storage method.
If someone is cursed, then conveniently, they become a test subject.
Within the Green Tower, the law of the dark jungle prevails: the strong prey on the weak, and only the fittest survive. To complete magical experiments and verify hypotheses, the noble magicians are even more ruthless than vampires.
Unfortunately, probably no one could have imagined that she came for the curse.
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