His Sweet Little Mate

Mirella not only explained what happened after the attack, she also relayed whatever she learned about the attack from Alan to Abby.

"Alan wanted to hide the fact that you got injured, but news spread. People heard about the attack, and found out you were wounded pretty badly."

Abby couldn't help but frown when she thought she had also let news of her previous attack be made public. The only difference was; last time she didn't get hurt, but she almost lost her life this time.

However, Mirella's cold face told her there was more to it, so she listened patiently. "A weird rumor spread by the end of the day, saying the attack happened only because you are a half witch."

Even though it wasn't news to people that Abby was a half witch, it was still an easily exploitable point, which seemed to be smartly made use of by her opponent.

They said the attack was directed by her own kind, and if she wasn't a half witch, any misfortune wouldn't have befallen the capital city.

Witches and Mages were really rare in this kingdom, and also people that were irrationally despised on this land. So when the people were fed lies that pushed Abby's origin into the limelight, people started talking and it wasn't with positive intention.

It quickly snowballed until a few people opposed the very idea of having her as their queen. "They claim that you are unfit to rule, because you brought the enemy to the doorstep."

The fact that there was an attack right in the capital city, which was supposed to be the most protected area in a kingdom, rubbed the civilians the wrong way. And then there was more explosive news.

"They say you could have caused the prince's death, because of your enmity with a magic user."

Rumors changed what was supposed to be Abby getting hurt by court politics to something she brought upon herself, while also implicating the kingdom, until even her own child was dragged into the fray.

Coupled with the fact Calpin wreaking havoc across the kingdom with his dark magic, also attacking the capital on the day of her ceremony, people were skeptical again.

All the progress she made for the past six or so months was easily overshadowed by these rumors.

Abby couldn't help but note that her opponent really gave it his all, to be able to come up with such a reasonable explanation, that had both cleared his own name and also plunged Abby deeper into this mess, he was really clever.

"So much has happened in just two days." Abby said thoughtfully, but then she recalled something else. "You said something about planning to come back earlier, is it because..?" She trailed off, not wanting to let hopes soar unnecessarily. "Of course, it's because I have something important to discuss with you and the others but Alan and Dax are quite busy now."

Abby felt her breath stutter when she heard her answer. "There is a lead?"

"Sort of..."

Mirella took her time revealing her findings to Abby. After searching for nearly three months, they had finally found out something really useful.

"I seriously believe we are close to tracking down Calpin." Mirella looked confident enough. "Just two days before you went into labor, I managed to trace one of his followers."

Mirella went back to the place of the attack with a bunch of trackers, and from there they started the hunt. Even though she hadn't been really optimistic about her attempt, she put in everything she had.

After all, there was no way for normal trackers to get hands on any information on a dark mage as cunning as Calpin. So she was back to using magic tracing to help search for leads.

That had led them to several places in the past few months, always missing the target by a few hours or something, it left them frustrated but they persisted.

And eventually, when they were about to reach the border of the kingdom in the west, they managed to capture one of the followers of Calpin.

"So, did you interrogate him?" Abby was holding her breath now, but she was left disappointed by the witch's

answer.

"We couldn't get to that part yet."

Mirella first rushed the warriors with her to capture that follower, and then immediately made preparations to return to the capital city, thinking Calpin might realize one of his henchmen was missing.

If he did, he might do something to retaliate, and Mirella knew her limits. Moreover, back in the capital, they would have more time to break their captive.

"Why?" Abby asked.

"I told you, Alan and Dax are busy."

"Because of the attack?"

"That and the court has been a literal shit show."Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

"What happened?" Abby didn't have a good feeling about this.

"Saying that you fell unconscious, Sir Arthur reclaimed the throne and Alan went there to reason with him." Mirella's tone was full of disgust.

Hearing this, Abby was dumbfounded for a moment. 'Woah, that old geezer really couldn't wait to reveal his true colors, huh?' Couldn't he wait a few more days to avoid making it look so obvious? It was really an eye-opener to her. But there was no way she would let him have his way. Now that there was a lead to possibly track down Calpin, she couldn't let him get in her way all the time.

After giving it a thought, Abby asked for Deion to come inside.

"My Queen!" Deion bowed to her, but before he could catch his breath, Abby had an order for him.

"Deion, send someone to inform Alan that I'm on my way to the great hall."

"What are you going to do?" Mirella asked Abby, as the woman let her maids help her dress for her to leave to the

court.

However, Abby didn't say anything to the witch about her plans, instead she asked. "Where is that follower?"

"In the dungeon."

"Send people to watch him closely." After that Abby turned to Deion again. "Let's march to the great hall."