Volume 5 Chapter 30
by Need_More_SleepVolume 5 + Chapter 30: Toyed In Her Hands
“Your Highness! Save me!!”
Terrified and trembling all over, Elly collapsed onto the cold stone floor of the prison, crying out for help.
However, the people who had come were not Xia Yi, but the prison guards of the Dragon Kingdom.
“Time’s up, Miss Elly.” The guards approached her cell and opened the door.
“Time… what time?” Elly’s voice shook.
“What other time could it be? It’s time for your execution, of course.”
“Th-this can’t be!! Didn’t they say it would be after autumn?”
“Miss Elly, you see, originally your execution was scheduled for autumn,” the guard explained. “But recently, the Dragon Palace has been promoting thrift. You’ve been in the prison all this time, doing nothing, just eating every day, it’s a waste of food. You’re going to die anyway, sooner or later, it makes little difference. Dying earlier even saves the palace a mouth to feed, right?”
“Just for that reason, you’re going to chop off my head?!”
“No, Miss Elly. The real reason you’re being executed is that you committed an unforgivable crime. Honestly, I can’t understand what was going through your mind to dare set your sights on the Dragon Treasury…”
“Can’t you just let me go? I’ve served at the Dragon Palace. I may have no achievements, but I’ve worked hard, if not hard work, at least I’m tired!”
“I’m just a prison guard. I really can’t decide anything. If you have grievances, you can shout them before the commoners.”
“Commoners?”
“Yes,” the guard nodded. “Next, we’ll bring you out of the prison, escort you onto the prisoner’s cart, parade you through the capital for public display, and finally, at the marketplace, the blade will fall, ”
“Ahhhhh!!”
Elly clutched her head and screamed in despair.
Just imagining the scene, her mind was already collapsing.
She imagined being pelted with vegetables on the cart, and when her head was chopped off, a crowd of onlookers cheered.
After eating her last meal, she would be left with an eternal reputation of disgrace…
“Not that! I don’t want that!!”
“Too late, Miss Elly. If you had known, why did it come to this?”
The guard stepped forward, fastening her in shackles, and led her out of the prison.
As soon as she stepped into the sunlight, it dazzled her. After so long in darkness, her eyes could hardly adjust.
Suddenly, the green dragon apprentice thought of her relatives far away in Vog Village.
Father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, eldest uncle, second uncle, eldest aunt, second aunt, cousins…
I’m sorry. I haven’t achieved anything in life, but now… my head will be taken.
“Waaaahhhh!!”
Elly wept uncontrollably, her once pretty face now streaked and blotchy.
Just as the guards were about to push her onto the prisoner’s cart, a voice stopped them.
“Stop!”
Everyone turned and saw a silver-haired dragon girl standing there.
“Your Highness!!!”
Elly, whose eyes had already lost all light, almost leapt up in joy upon seeing Xia Yi.
“Your Highness, what is the meaning of this?”
The guards looked confused.
“Release Elly.”
Xia Yi stepped in front of the guards, blocking them, ensuring Elly would not be pushed onto the cart.
“Your Highness, please do not trouble us. This is the decree from above, we are just following regulations. Today is Miss Elly’s execution day.”
“As long as I’m here, not a single hair on Elly will be harmed!” Xia Yi’s voice rang out with authority.
“But… we haven’t received any orders…”
“Hmph, you won’t listen no matter what? Step aside!!”
Xia Yi shoved the guards aside, grabbed the shackles on Elly, and with a strong pull, snapped them in front of everyone.
The other guards exchanged glances, none daring to act against the young princess.
“Your Highness, w-what… you came to save me?!” Elly’s tears streamed down her face.
“Yes, Elly,” Xia Yi replied. “Don’t worry, I won’t let your head be taken.”
“Your Highness…”
Elly was momentarily speechless. In her eyes, Xia Yi now shone like a divine being, radiating brilliance.
“I’ll personally speak with Xia Lulu about this matter. Any issues you have, follow the rules and report them.”
After saying this to the guards, Xia Yi took Elly with her and departed, elegant and resolute.
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Xia Yi led Elly through the Dragon Palace, all the way to the rear garden.
At that moment, Xia Lulu was having afternoon tea.
“Xia Lulu, good afternoon!”
Xia Yi approached, bowed, and then pointed at Elly, speaking directly.
“I’m taking Elly to Fox Hill.”
“Your Majesty…”
Elly quickly bowed to Xia Lulu, too intimidated to breathe, her head bowed low, trembling.
“You’re taking Elly there?” Xia Lulu looked puzzled. “But she is a criminal…”
“Elly is indispensable to me, an irreplaceable tool… cough, maid!” Xia Yi said. “She cannot die like this. If anyone must be punished, let it be me too! Take me to the marketplace alongside Elly, and chop off my head with hers!!”
“Your Highness, no!!” Elly panicked. “You can’t just say that!”
“Enough, Xia Yi.”
“I’m serious! Come on, take me to the marketplace too! Chop me as well!” Xia Yi said in a heroic, sacrificial tone.
“…Fine, do as you wish.” Xia Lulu saw her daughter’s determination and knew she could not act against it.
“Hehe, Elly, you’re safe now!”
Xia Yi smiled at Elly, taking her away.
Elly was utterly bewildered, only realizing after leaving the palace’s rear garden.
“I… don’t have to die… for now?”
“You don’t have to be beheaded, Elly.” Xia Yi smiled.
“Your Highness, w-what a relief! You saved my life!!”
In Elly’s eyes, Xia Yi had become her savior.
Especially when she heard Xia Yi say she would be executed alongside her, Elly was overwhelmed with gratitude.
“Your Highness, to repay your great kindness, I will follow you through fire and water, through blades and flames, to die for you without hesitation!!”
“Mm-hmm, Elly, you’d better work hard from now on.” Xia Yi patted her shoulder.
Elly seemed to have completely forgotten who had gotten her imprisoned in the first place.
Poor little green dragon maid, once again, she had been completely toyed with by the little princess.
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