Sera looked at the culprit before her in shock.

Why was it her?

More than 15 men entered the room alongside the psycho.

And judging from the large number of men standing outside the hallway, Sera knew that she had been surrounded.

She couldn't help but feel a little bit irked at the fact that everyone now thought her to be an easy target this year.

Had she softened up throughout the years?

Or did they do this because of Alec's seemingly busy attitude?

She wasn't a fool!

If Alec had paid a lot of attention to her like he regularly did, then maybe this psycho wouldn't have been standing here today.

But who would've known that he would be travelling every minute instead?

And even when he was at the Capital, he spent more time with the royal blacksmiths, alchemists, and knights.

So his entire attention had been focused on some grand plan.

Hence he didn't leave many guards to protect her while he was away.

Typically... as Eli's mother, Alec had always taken precautions to keep her safe since this was a privilege that she was entitled to as the future Queen-mother.

Unfortunately, this time around, the bastard had allowed her to only use her own men for protection.

But this was a bit problematic because she had sent almost half of them to protect her daughter, Cary.

Because even though Cary had her own knights, Alec had withdrawn most of them for some grand ploy.

Well according to him, she didn't seem so need them since all she did was sit at home all day... (As if she had a choice)

Sera felt like this year had been the worse year of her life.

But what was more painful was that she didn't see tonight's attack coming.

She looked at the psycho before her in confusion, anger, and curiosity.

And who was the royal psycho before her?

Well, it was none other than the 3rd queen... Queen Argenia, who had lost both of her children, Janette and James.

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One should know that over the years, Argenia had lost most of her sanity, as she spent most of her days dazing around aimlessly.

Sera had even sent more men to confirm if this was all some sort of pretentious act or not.

But after close to 2 years, the woman was still the same as ever.

According to the reports, Argenia had never issued any commands to her guards, or even attempted to step out of her courtyard again.

In fact, the only times that she did so was when Alec dragged her out like a mad dog.

She had even heard that those who Alec had sent to fetch her always ended up with knife cuts and other injuries.

And it was precisely because of this that Alec was typically the only one who could drag her out.

Of course who could blame her?

Sera was sure that if both of her children were killed, she too might go crazy as well.

Just the fact that Cary had been crippled, as well as the fact that Eli had gone missing, had already made her go mad these few months.

So what more if they died?

She knew that she would never be able to recover in this life no matter what.

But now, seeing Argenia smile and walk up to get calmly, Sera knee that the b**ch had been planning it all along!

Dammit!

Did she know that she and her daughter had been responsible for killing Janette?

Or was she here for another reason altogether?

Wait!

Was the whore the cause of Eli's disappearance?

Immediately, Sera felt rage burn within her the more she thought about it.

She calmed herself down and decided not to jump to conclusions until she knew the real reason for today's attack.

Just how much did Argenia know?

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Argenia's red dress swayed seductively against her hips, and her every step showed poise and perfection.

Her beauty was even more profound tonight when compared to her normal haggard look.

And even her enemies couldn't help but admit that she was one hell of a woman.

After all, making all the total wives, she was the only one who kept her slim-curvy figure after all these years of marriage.

Argenia walked confidently towards Sera, and as she advanced, her men quickly subdued Sera's men who were shielding her.

Of course, some also hurried towards Sera to subdue her too.

"Unhand me!

How dare you all touch the wife of your king?

If any of you have some brains, I suggest that you unhand me now.

Because if you do, then I guarantee that I'll let this slide when his majesty returns.

Do you hear me?

Unhand me, Unhand me now!!!" Sera said, while struggling to free herself from their grip.

It was painful.

Their grip felt more like someone was crushing her bones instead.

They looked at these men as if trying to print their faces in her mind.

Because if she ever escaped from today's event, then she wouldn't let these men go!

She bared her teeth at them and tried as much as she could to bite them to pieces.

"Let me go on brutes!

Let me go!!!"

Looking at Sera's distorted expression, Argenia felt even more delighted than before.

"Sera, my good sister.

I've come to visit you, and this is the hospitality that you've shown me?

Look, you haven't even said a single word to your sister here.

So aren't you being a tad bit rude as a host?"

Sera glared at Argenia in fury when she saw her pitiful looking face.

Rude?

Did she look like she was in any mood to entertain any guests?

Her breathing became heavy and her body shuddered violently.

She tilted her head towards the floor for a bit, and by the time she lifted her face once more... The crazy expression on her face had now been replaced with an extremely calm one.

How could she show weakness now without getting answers yet?

She looked at Argenia coldly.

'Bring it on b**ch!'

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Argenia and her men looked at Sera and couldn't help but feel impressed.

"As expected of Arcadina's first queen.

Your ability to calm yourself in situations like these is truly amazing!" Argenia said gleefully with her hands clasped together.

"Thanks for the compliment little sister.

But while we are on the topic of who's being rude.

Don't you think that you are a little too much yourself?"

"Oh?

What do you mean?'

"It's simple really.

All this time, you haven't stated why you're here.

So, aren't you being rude yourself?"

"Your right.

I do apologize for my negligence.

So let's cut the crap and go straight to business shall we?"

"Agreed!

I would prefer it no other way." Sera said coldly.

No matter what, she couldn't die without finding out who had kidnapped her son and injured her daughter.

So she decided to calm herself and trick Argenia into keeping her as a hostage for the time being.

After all, she and Sera were sisters due to the fact that they had married the same man.

Additionally, they had lived together for decades now, so she knew all of Argenia's weaknesses.

Hence she had to find a way to stay alive for the time being, because death wasn't an option yet!