Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 225: Aria’s New Old Maid (I)

"Why do you need this corpse, Aria?" Anastasia asked as she told her servant to put the corpse in the corner of Aria’s room. "It’s rare for you to request—"

"An old woman instead of a child?" Aria completed that sentence. She shrugged and sipped her tea, "I have my reasons, Mom. Just wait and see, I will win in the end."

Anastasia sighed.

She truly didn’t understand what was on Aria’s head right now. It had been almost a week since they moved to their new home. It was a small and rundown mansion, but it still had everything the pair of mother and daughter needed to live comfortably.

Honestly, Anastasia also didn’t know what she wanted right now.

After she abdicated from her position as the Queen of Holy Achate, she felt that she had lost all purpose in life. All she did every day was handle small matters in her small domain and spend her time in peace.

She found peace and solitude, and gradually lost her ambition to return as the Queen of Holy Achate again.

She stared at her daughter, who was still busy with her Necronomicon. Aria truly lost all of her witchcraft, but she said that she could regain her power and get in contact with the Great Witch once more as long as she got enough sacrifices.

Unfortunately, their new land was quite empty, as it was on the outskirts of Holy Achate, so there weren’t many people who lived in this place.

"Aria... do you still want to go with your plan?" Anastasia asked.

"Of course," Aria replied confidently, but her eyes remained glued on the book. "I told you that I will be the winner in the end. That crippled bitch will not win against me again!"

Aria gritted her teeth as the burning fury was gnawing her heart. Yet, when she saw the pitiful face her mother made, she peered at her and asked, "Why are you making that face, Mom? Don’t tell me that you don’t think the same."

...

"I just think that maybe we should just let go and enjoy our lives here," Anastasia said. "We’re facing the Beast King and also a Saintess. It’s impossible to win, Aria. If you want to get married, I can introduce you to the son of fellow local lord."

Aria’s eyes slightly widened at her mother. She suddenly smiled and said, "Then this conversation is over. You can get out now."

"Aria, I just want the best for you..."

"GET OUT!"

Anastasia bit her lower lip and finally turned around and left. She closed the door to give Aria some time alone.

*

Aria took a deep breath as she snapped at her mother just now. She didn’t care if her mother was on this or not because she would be sacrificed in the end anyway.

She was just a little worried that her mother’s change of heart and ambition would affect her soul’s quality.

’What if she turns out to be a peaceful soul in the end? Would it be good enough for Madam Harsetti?’ Aria pondered. Unfortunately, she got no answer and decided to focus on what she could do.

Aria continued lounging in her room after kicking her mother out, reading her Necronomicon while checking the corpse of an old widow she just killed yesterday. The corpse was still in good condition, but she picked this certain corpse because she wanted to make sure the new soul who’d soon live in it wouldn’t be able to fight back or run since the old widow was weak and sickly before Aria killed her.

She kept waiting until the corpse’s fingers suddenly twitched, and her eyes were wide open.

The old woman was miraculously resurrected, but her pupils were empty. She looked like a living corpse, a zombie whose flesh would eventually rot.

The old woman stared at Aria in disbelief. She opened her mouth slowly and asked, "P-Princess Aria?"

Aria closed her Necronomicon and grinned, "Welcome back, Lady Jade."

Lady Jade didn’t know what just happened.

She was certain she had died after Gale used his eyes to make her heartbeat stop in ten seconds. Everything turned dark after that, and she suddenly felt like she was sucked into a long pipe, and woke up in this new body.

Jade kept on staring at Aria who grinned at her and asked, "Where... am I?"

"In my room, of course," Aria replied snappily. "You just died, right? Tell me, who killed you, is it Gale?"

Jade nodded weakly, as it was difficult to move with her new body.

"Hm~ As expected, that bunny maid is really useful," Aria giggled. "Do you want to know how you ended up here, Milady?"

Jade nodded again.

"That bunny maid named Alice told me that she colluded with you to kill Swan with a poison. So I told her a failsafe plan, in case she got discovered, and that is by sacrificing you as the only mastermind, and acting like she has been forced by you," Aria said lightly, as if it was just a bit of unimportant information.

Jade’s eyes widened. She was wondering how that bunny maid could suddenly stab her in the back. Turns out, there was another woman who wanted her dead!

"YOU—!"

Jade tried to get up and attack Aria, but right after she could get up on her knees, Aria kicked her in the stomach, and Jade fell backward once more.

"Pfft—HAHAHAHA!" Aria laughed hysterically. "Oh my, it’s so hilarious! I remember how arrogant you were to me back in the Holy Achate Palace. You should take a good look at yourself right now, Lady Jade."

Aria pointed at the full-body mirror on their left, and Jade turned her head.

She gasped when she saw the face of an old woman, probably in her seventies. Sagging, old, ugly, and hunched, like a real witch.

"W-What is happening?! What have you done to me!?" Jade yelled as she got hysterical as well.