Toxic Empress

Death Brushed

A slave sign in the shape of a black sun symbol was imprinted behind their backs. The sign that led them to their many years of deep suffering, the sign that gave them nightmares every day, was indeed the pain that Xena had felt. When Xena touched the sign, a sense of heat radiated into her hand, the slave's mark was made using extremely hot coals. Even 10-year-old Xena almost died when the hot embers were placed on the surface of her skin.

“Maybe this will hurt a little, can you hold it?” xena asked a boy.

With a terrified expression on the young man's face, with all the courage left of his body, he forced himself to nod. Xena immediately carried out the removal of the slave mark on the young man's body. As Xena's hands began to cast white magic, painful and painful moans slowly came. The process of removing the slave marks lasted for five minutes, but the pain was still evident.

Furthermore, Xena continued to do the same thing several times, until finally dawn, all the slaves she managed to handle perfectly. All the slaves had escaped the entanglement of bad luck, they were free to do anything from now on. Not to forget also Xena gave them a new identity so that they can more freely do what they want to do.

Some of them decided to stay and serve Xena, of course Xena did not refuse their request. Starting today, Xena ordered her subordinates to teach them martial arts as well as how to use weapons. With this, Xena's subordinates' numbers grew even more.

Then after all his affairs were done, Xena bailed back to Charise before the palace realized she had disappeared from the room. Xena's flying density was beyond reason, she could arrive at Charise in just thirty minutes. Anyone also knows that the number one killer woman in higanbana has the ability to fly beyond others. Fortunately, Xena arrived on time in Charise, a few minutes after, the palace came to check Xena into her room.

“Jeez, Miss, my heart is almost dislodged because you did not show up,” Gia said.

“Sorry to trouble you, I had a lot of work in the base. So, I couldn't go back sooner,” said Xena.

Mimic Gia's face flexed slowly, as if there was something she had kept and made herself feel sad. Xena looked at Gia's nanar, no matter what Gia was harboring at the time.

“What's up? Why is your expression like that?” ask Xena.

Gia immediately put away any form of self-soothing, slowly she forcefully pulled the corner of her lips to smile.

“I'm fine, Miss.” Obviously Gia was lying hiding the worry of her heart.

“No need to lie to me, just tell me honestly.”

Gia squeezed her fingers, she ventured to look towards Xena.

“Actually I feel sad because your Empress status was revealed to be a concubine, I can't bear to hear people scorn you. Even the servants and knights are now looking down on you, even though your position as Empress was still looked down upon yesterday. Especially now that it has come down to being a concubine, I am sad that your existence in this palace is considered a joke,” said Gia.

“That's what you're worried about? I don't care about the Empress' status or not because my purpose here isn't to fight for that useless position. Being Empress is boring, I think my movements will be more free if in the position of concubine.”

Xena answered him lightly, it made Gia's feelings much better than before. The feelings of sadness and concern expressed by Gia became futile because Xena did not need that kind of attention.

“You see, I have plenty of sense to drop them all one by one.”

Two hours passed after that, the frenetic Charise again sounded, that the clattering of feet from the knights colored the silence of the palace. Xena was just standing in her room enjoying the excitement that was engulfing the empire. A triumphant smile was etched in Xena's thin lips, not knowing what else Xena had done to destroy Charise.

“Nona! I have news!” Gia rushed into the room, the rhythm of her breathing was stingy because she could not wait to tell the big news she got at that time.

“What's up, Gia?” xena asked as she closed the book she was reading.

“All the nobles who judged and cursed you in the throne room yesterday were found lifeless in their respective residences. Their bodies were filled with black liquid, even the shape of their faces could not be recognized anymore.”

Xena gave a small laugh in response to the report from the news obtained by Gia.

“Nona, do-don't—”

“True, I'm the one who made them like that. Do you think I didn't do anything after getting out of the throne room? It's a shame that I let them go without being taught a valuable lesson. I also did not expect my poison to work faster, maybe they are currently tormented in hell,” said Xena.

In fact, Xena had sprinkled poison into the bodies of each of the nobles she had marked. With Xena's unforgiving nature, she must have prepared the best hell for all of them. Gia did not expect apparently behind Xena's calm nature, all plans have been arranged neatly.

‘Looks like I don't have to worry about Miss, in the end my worries are meaningless. Miss is really a formidable opponent,’ Inner Gia.

At the same time, Xander in his residence was laughing out loud after hearing news of the death of the nobleman who yesterday issued various curse words for Xena. Garvin was stunned when he watched Xander laugh, all this time he had never seen Xander laugh so loud.

“That's the result if they dare to go against my wife, I didn't expect them to end so soon. Too bad my brother, he must be dizzy because the dead are all influential nobles in Charise. I don't care, the important thing is they managed to get into the hell of torture.”

Garvin shook his head when he heard Xander talking alone with his various insanities. But, in this way Garvin can be more relaxed because Xander's condition seems much improved than before.

‘It looks like Charise will soon be crushed in the hands of both of them,’ Garvin murmured inwardly.

The people again raged about the death of the nobles who were unnatural, they judged that the death of the nobility was like a curse. Deaths that occur in a row are not common, one by one of them gave the opinion that the death is a premeditated murder that does not leave a single piece of definitive evidence.