A rich, refreshing fragrance wafted to the Queen's nose.
She had never seen such a strange flower before.
At first glance, the smiling face on the flower's core is incredibly eerie, sending chills down one's spine.
But if you look at it for a while, the corners of your mouth will involuntarily turn up.
The empress raised her hand to touch the flower, but it was too far away, and her hand remained suspended in mid-air, unable to reach it.
Seeing this, she was filled with astonishment; her arms had suddenly regained their strength.
Not only that, the Queen also felt that the boils on her body were no longer so itchy.
"This flower..."
She quickly looked towards the door, but the maid had already left.
As her strength gradually returned, the Queen was able to sit up with her back against the headboard.
The large and small pustules on his body were rapidly drying up and disappearing. In just a few seconds, not a trace could be seen on his fair and smooth skin.
The Queen couldn't help but exclaim in amazement; it was simply a miracle.
She turned her head again to look at the eerie smiling flower on the bedside table; it was clearly the flower's doing.
"And that maid."
Only her personal maids were allowed into her bedchamber.
Unfortunately, her attention had been completely drawn to the strange flowers, and she hadn't noticed the maid's appearance.
The Queen took the vase; the fragrance of the flowers had become very faint.
Just as she was about to get closer to examine it, the flower quickly withered and rotted, leaving only a layer of rotten soil at the bottom of the vase.
"There are words."
The queen leaned close to the mouth of the vase and saw two large characters written on the inside, "Playing Dead".
"Those strangers... they've returned!"
The Empress's furrowed brows relaxed.
These days, the gloom that had been building up in my heart has been swept away.
Although she didn't know exactly what had happened, as someone in a position of power, she could clearly sense that a major problem had recently arisen in the capital.
When the Captain and his crew left, the Queen tried her best to persuade them to stay.
Even so, the Captain left without saying goodbye the next day.
At that time, the Queen had a bad feeling, until the large-scale outbreak of the plague.
Bang--
With a slight exertion of her right hand, the Empress reduced the vase to dust, leaving nothing behind.
"The stranger has a cure for the plague, but he won't show himself, and even asked me to fake my death."
"This means they haven't yet discovered the culprits, or rather, they don't currently have the ability to confront the instigators head-on."
"But the fact that they made me fake my death proves they've already initiated the corresponding plan."
"I need to die to lure the snake out of its hole... Could the source of the plague be within the royal family?!"
The Empress thought of many things in an instant.
However, she found that, regardless of the circumstances or the outcome, all she could do now was cooperate.
A deep sense of powerlessness lingered in my heart.
"Sigh~"
The Queen sighed silently.
But it doesn't matter, she's already used to it anyway.
Ever since those strangers came into this world, she has been carried along by them.
The Queen didn't have any complicated thoughts at this moment; she just hoped that she could win effortlessly again, as always.
A moment later, she took out a communication card and contacted her chief bodyguard.
In fact, the captain and his Captain brought these communication cards, which greatly facilitated long-distance communication between people.
The Empress had to admit that the changes the strangers had brought to the Sea of Glaze were far too great.
" Gwenni, come to my bedchamber."
"Just stay by yourself, and don't let anyone know."
thump thump thump--
Less than ten minutes later, with a soft knock on the door, the dashing female cavalry captain Gwenni pushed open the door and entered.
"Your Majesty, you..."
When Gwenni saw the Queen leaning against the headboard, her body now free of any pustules, she was so surprised that she couldn't utter a complete sentence.
To prevent the spread of the epidemic, no one except the physicians was allowed to enter the Queen's bedchamber. She had just sneaked in by sending the knights away from outside the door.
When Gwenni last met the Queen, the Queen's body was almost entirely covered in sores.
Having been summoned by Her Majesty the Queen, she had already prepared herself for the worst.
The Queen beckoned, Gwenni, suppressing her shock, stood by the bedside.
"It's those strangers; they've returned."
The Queen's voice was somewhat hoarse due to not drinking water for a long time.
When Gwenni heard that it was the work of a stranger, she immediately thought it made perfect sense.
The Queen continued, "Just as I suspected, an even more powerful force has infiltrated the Sea of Glaze, forcing those foreigners to temporarily retreat."
"But now it seems they haven't given up on us."
Gwenni asked in a low voice, "What... are they planning to do?"
The queen replied, "Let me fake my death."
Gwenni immediately realized. "Luring the snake out of its hole?"
The Empress nodded. "Now, you're the only one I can trust. Bring me a pen and paper; I will draft a will. That's the reason you've come here today."
"You are in charge of organizing the funeral. On the grounds that my body is completely decomposing, no one is allowed to approach me..."
The Queen calmly and methodically finished explaining her "final arrangements."
An hour later, the death knell tolled from the palace.
The people of the city took to the streets, looking incredulously toward the palace, many weeping bitterly.
The current empress's achievements can be considered the greatest in the history of the Sea of Glaze.
Such an untimely death is unacceptable to many.
Qin Ze was enjoying local delicacies in a hotel room.
Compared to the Maka Race, the Sea of Glaze have practically maxed out their cooking skills.
Due to its small land area, the Sea of Glaze produces relatively few crops, but its fishing industry is extremely developed.
There were more than twenty kinds of fish displayed in front of Qin Ze, which dazzled him.
The Captain, who remained steadfastly guarding the Abyss, eagerly asked, "How's the situation on your end? Are you ready to make a move?"
After Qin Ze arrived in the capital, the Captain asked the question on average every twenty minutes.
Qin Ze put down his knife and picked up a handkerchief to wipe his mouth.
"Look, you're in a hurry again."
"I know you're in a hurry, but Capricorn are even more anxious than you."
"They have KPIs to meet, they won't be staying in this world for long."
"It's just time; we have plenty of it."
The Captain cursed, "I'm so annoyed to see them defecating and urinating so brazenly on my turf!"
Qin Ze said calmly, "Hold it in."
At that Thousand Faces, a message came through. "As you requested, A Bing's pollen has been delivered to the Empress."
"She has fully recovered and has summoned the female cavalry captain."
Another voice rang out from the Local Area Network: "Call me the Light Prayer!"
Everything was as Qin Ze had predicted.
Gwenni recently broke through to level six, making her the strongest in the Sea of Glaze.
Her preaching skills haven't reached her level yet, and she also has a certain degree of resistance and immunity to Disease Spores.
She is still "clean" and trustworthy.
Qin Ze stood up and stretched. "Since they're so eager to control the royal family's upper echelons, I'll help them out."
"Now that the throne is vacant, I wonder if they intend to let a puppet take the throne, or to sit in it themselves?"
Outside the window, white cloths have already been hung up along the streets.
The Queen's funeral is about to begin.