Chapter 139: Your Majesty, I’ll Let You Be Arrogant for Two Days First.

Chapter 139: Your Majesty, I’ll Let You Be Arrogant for Two Days First.

The hall seemed quite lively. Several big and sturdy Dragon Clan Mothers and Nuns were present, along with many noblewomen and young girls.

Most of those noblewomen looked quite old in their attire. Many were also very fat and not pretty at all, but a lot of them were actually princesses!

These people were Ign’s aunts, grandaunts, or things like that, or distant blood relatives, and maternal relatives from the sides of Frankischko and the Isolda Family.

Some were dressed in styles clearly from foreign lands or other duchies. They belonged to those foreign royal families that had intermarried with Isolda in the past, so their status was not low—they were old foreign princesses.

A few seemed to be Ign’s stepmothers. Ocris’s grandfather seemed to have married many Princess Consorts, but the Isolda Family had a hard time having descendants, so these Princess Consorts bore no fruit. Instead, Ign’s birth mother, a palace maid, gave the old King the illegitimate child Ign.

As for the young princesses, most were also foreign princesses, considered relatives of the Isolda Family. Others were collateral blood relatives of the kingdom’s royal family. Some were still considered princesses by law, while others were not anymore—their fathers were no longer considered Princes long ago, and could only be called Earls or even lower-ranking lords.

Kate, Lilith, and Helen were all there. Although Helen didn’t know the people of the Isolda Family, she was Frankischko’s niece and a legitimate princess of the duchy, so her status seemed quite high. She stood with the aunt and grandaunt princesses, and her position was very forward. The aunts and grandaunts were very careful around this little princess.

Right now, Helen was huddling in Kate’s arms, her face full of fear. The usually mischievous Lilith was exceptionally quiet today too, standing silently on Kate’s other side.

It seemed that because Ocris had returned today, all the relatives had come to join the commotion. Originally, everyone was having a tea party at home, but it seemed because of something, the originally harmonious scene had turned into this state.

The King was angrily scolding the Princess, or rather, the two were arguing. The voices of the ‘father’ and daughter grew louder and louder. Frankischko’s voice cracked several times, almost sounding like a woman’s voice. But by now, no one around was paying attention to that anymore; they were all trembling with fear. As for Delphinia, she just stood there with a poker face, watching coldly from the sidelines—quite the queenly demeanor.

During the argument, Ocris suddenly grabbed a large vase—that vase was huge, with flowers and water inside—but Ocris lifted it with one hand and smashed it violently at Delphinea’s feet. In an instant, the vase shattered into pieces, the water and flowers inside smashed to bits, splashing everywhere.

“How dare you!” This made the King so angry his whole body trembled. He had already stood up from his seat, pointing at Ocris and saying, “Delphinia, have the Mothers discipline your daughter properly!”

“She is not my mother! My mother died long ago because of you!”

This sentence seemed like a heavy hammer blow to Frankischko’s chest. Her face turned pale, and she waved her sleeve and left.

For a moment, everyone in the room seemed to have forgotten something.

“This… it seems the situation might not be exactly as Little O said.” Louis couldn’t help but stroke his chin. “How exactly did the King die? It seems the Wizards don’t know the King is dead. And now Frankischko has become completely opposed to the Wizards, turning rather extreme. Could it be partly to avenge the King?”

Before Louis could ponder more, only some female family members and the Dragonborn Nun Mothers remained in the room. Some of those Mothers seemed to have been Little O’s nannies when she was little, others were palace etiquette mistresses. Judging by the terrifying Mana and vigorous life force emanating from them, if you gave them an axe, they could probably chop a Fire Dragon in half.

Louis suspected these four Mothers might very well be the Witch Queen Frankischko’s true confidantes.

“Ocris! Your behavior today is utterly disgraceful! This is not how a Princess should act at all! Apologize to Her Majesty Delphinia immediately!” The Mothers were now angrily scolding Little O, like they were disciplining a daughter. But now Little O seemed to be throwing a royal tantrum, which naturally infuriated the Mothers. The Mother named Harthaway even had smoke coming out of her nose.

Del kept watching coldly, saying nothing. But seeing Little O’s royal tantrum, the Mothers’ patience seemed to have worn thin. Rolling up their sleeves, they pinned Ocris down on a long bench.

Helen seemed familiar with this kind of scene. Recalling her own memories of being spanked, she covered her face, scared almost to tears. Even Kate and Lilith covered their faces in fright—clearly, these three had also been disciplined by the Mothers in their own homes.

“This… what’s this for?” Louis blinked, not quite understanding what was about to happen.

Before Louis could guess further, he saw the Mothers press Ocris onto the table and lift her skirt—it looked like they were going to give her a spanking!

Louis’s eyes widened in disbelief. He never expected to see such a scene.

But it seemed when the royal family punished a Princess, they closed the doors and administered the spanking—for minor mistakes, they might find a scapegoat to take the beating, but today it looked like no scapegoat would be used.

Ocris’s strength was unexpectedly immense. Any one of those Dragon Clan Mothers could probably pin down a troll with one hand, yet when Ocris threw a fit, a whole group of them almost couldn’t hold her down. And the Princess’s strength seemed to be growing, sparks even shot from her nose, and two little horns gradually began to emerge from her head.

Right then, Delphinia, who had been observing coldly, silently recited an Incantation Text. Following that, the changes on Ocris’s body gradually subsided, and her strength diminished as well. Struggling, she was pressed down by the Mothers and started yelling loudly.

A Dragonborn Mother stuffed a towel into the Princess’s mouth. The Princess was left with only muffled angry shouts. But she still angrily looked back at her little stepmother.

Then Louis saw one of the big, sturdy Mothers take out a ruler, then lift Ocris’s skirt up to her back, pulled down the Princess’s tights in one go, down to the bend of her calves.

“???”

Snow-white, mountainous curves appeared before Louis’s eyes. Louis felt a sudden dizziness in his head. Wiping his nose, he found he was having a nosebleed.

“Li-little aunt, let’s go.” Helen said fearfully to Delphinia.

“Everyone stand right here and watch!” Delphinia said, then reached out and snatched the ruler from that Mother’s hand.

Then, she touched her Crown. There was a dirty, crushed flower petal on it.

After looking at it, the Witch Queen’s eyes blazed with fury. She raised the ruler and started spanking the Princess’s bottom hard.

Amidst the crisp papapa sounds, the gagged Ocris whimpered in pain, her high-heeled shoes flying off. But with her mouth blocked, she couldn’t yell out her curses.

However, both Louis and Delphinia could tell from the anger and stubbornness in Ocris’s eyes what she wanted to say—”I’ll kill you sooner or later!”

It seemed that in Ocris’s heart, her mother’s death was definitely related to Delphinia—otherwise, how could her mother have died?

Seeing that look in her eyes, a very complicated expression appeared in Delphinia’s gaze.

Louis scratched his face, feeling a bit awkward. He wondered if he should turn off the viewing—this was definitely not something he could interfere with. After all, it was their family matter, and the ones spanking her were her sister and nannies. “Ahem, Teacher Little O, it’s not that I’m disloyal. It would just be really awkward if I intervened now.”

“But Big Sister Delphinia seems to have taken the blame for many things over the years… she looks quite wronged too. But as long as Frankischko doesn’t intend to reveal her true nature, I’m afraid Del will have to keep taking the blame for her mother.”

After the spanking was over, Ocris was in so much pain that tears came out, but she didn’t complain at all. Delphinia, on the other hand, was sweating profusely.

Looking at the teary-eyed Ocris, who was still glaring at her viciously, Delphinia gave a cold laugh. She leaned close to Ocris’s ear and told her something very slyly.

“Your father and I already had a child long ago. Not long after you left, you gained a little brother—your father was afraid you’d be hurt, so he didn’t let you meet. I’ll show him to you in a bit. Be obedient, I’ve already arranged a marriage meeting for you. Your father agreed too. You won’t be staying home for long—Solerndor’s future has nothing to do with you. Don’t wade into this mess. Go stay quietly in Dragon Nest City.”

Ocris looked incredulous. She looked at her little stepmother and saw that she didn’t seem to be lying. Her mind suddenly buzzed chaotically, her psychological defenses completely shattered. She could no longer hold back the tears, which came streaming down.

‘Judging from Dai’s words, I have a vague feeling she wants to stir up a war. So on one hand, she hopes her sister stays away from here to avoid the turmoil; on the other hand, she hopes to use her sister to win over the Main Black Dragon?’

‘I don’t know whether to say you care about your sister or you’re setting her up… your sister doesn’t want to marry a dragon. She made a wish to the Book of Fate to be my little wife. No matter what kind of dragon, they definitely can’t take her away.’

Seeing Little O finally burst into tears, Delphinia finally felt avenged. She patted Ocris’s reddened bottom, lowered her skirt, and amidst Ocris’s crying and cursing, left with the Mothers and the little princesses who were already scared to tears, laughing heartily. Only echoes of wild laughter remained: “Hahahahahaha~~~”

‘Damn, Ocris deserved discipline for being naughty, but this little stepmother is really being a bit too arrogant.’

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