Villain Princess.

Aurora followed the maids.

She watched everything Queen Ella wanted her to watch. The gory scene in front of her didn’t seem to be able to shake Aurora as she only saw everything with impassive expression.

It seemed as if nothing could affect her in the slightest bit.

Even if it looked somewhat terrifying to a certain degree, Aurora could remain calm. She knew that Queen Ella wanted to see her fear, but Aurora couldn’t show it at all.

This much...

It was nothing compared to the scene when she saw the knights dying in her hands or those bandits whom she killed.

...

After one round, Aurora was brought back to see Queen Ella.

At this time, Queen Ella could clearly see that Aurora was still calm and composed. It seemed that whatever she had just seen would not affect her in the slightest bit. Seeing this, Queen Ella’s eyes narrowed.

Is she bluffing or she was truly not afraid of what she had seen before?

If it was the former, then Aurora would be a person who was truly hard to deal with and Queen Ella didn’t really like such a person.

"Have you seen everything, Lady Aurora?" Queen Ella asked, her tone contained some suspicion.

Aurora raised her head and her eyes looked straight to Queen Ella in front of her. She knew very well that Queen Ella was testing her. It was mostly because Queen Ella was worried that she couldn’t control her.

To be honest, the sight that she had seen was not exactly pleasant.

Blood splattered and there were also some other marks that was hard to see.

But Aurora felt nothing.

She could still remember not long ago, she used her own hands to kill some people who wanted to take her life. At that time, Aurora was looking straight in their eyes. She could see that her action had caused them to lose their lives.

Watching their lives slowly lost from their eyes...

It was far more terrifying than seeing these maids who were disobedient to Queen Ella be punished.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Aurora replied, her tone remained calm.

"What do you think of my method, Lady Aurora?" Queen Ella asked with a bright smile on her face.

Aurora was staring straight in Queen Ella’s direction. There was no waves within her eyes as she replied, "It’s not very good. They wouldn’t be able to work well with their injuries."

"Whether they could work or not is their business." Queen Ella snorted. "I only want the result."

"I see." Aurora nodded.

She knew that Queen Ella was warning her through these maids.

But...

Aurora really couldn’t feel anything when she saw these. She knew very well that these maids who chose to serve to the Royal Family should know what they might face. If the person whom they served is cruel like Queen Ella, then they have to be prepared for the possibility of losing their lives at any moment.

Of course, if they served a master who was kinder, then it was possible for their lives to be more comfortable.

After all, these maids came from various places.

Moreover, the maids in waiting for the Queen were all noble daughters from various families. They all chose to serve Queen Ella for the sake of their family behind them.

If they really couldn’t stand it, then they could go back to their homes.

But it was estimated that their lives would be worse.

There were many women who were treated as nothing more than political marriage tool by their parents. Aurora was also the same, so she understood somewhat. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Perhaps, the difference was that Aurora was only asked to read and study.

While these girls from lower nobility might even asked to work like real maid in their home.

So becoming a maid in waiting or even lower ranked maid in the royal palace was already a good position for them.

"I hope you can do your best in your study, Lady Aurora." Queen Ella narrowed her eyes.

If Aurora’s result was bad, then Queen Ella could use that to threaten Aurora and scare her, making her think that it was not that easy to be the crown princess. But Aurora’s result was already at the very top in the Capital Academy.

So talking about her intelligence and result would not work for Aurora.

Queen Ella thought of another way and simply showed this matter to Aurora, but the response she got was really lacking.

This made Queen Ella felt that Aurora was really troublesome to deal with.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Aurora replied.

She looked at Queen Ella and thought whether she should pretend to be weak instead.

But...

There was truly no place for her to be weak.

Aurora knew very well that if she were to show any weakness, she would only be taken advantage of.

Tears had never worked.

Not for her.

Perhaps, it worked for other people and other women who were weaker and was used to show their weakness. They could take advantage of others who took pity on compassion because of their appearance.

But Aurora couldn’t.

She had so many people who wanted to see her fall that all she could do was to stand up and acted strong.

Even if she was feeling unwell, feeling uncomfortable, feeling sad, or anything else, she still has to show the same calm appearance on the surface.

Because only in this way... could she possibly survive in this world.

Right now, Aurora knew that if she showed that she was weak in front of Queen Ella, Queen Ella would definitely use it to pressure her or to give her various orders. And Aurora couldn’t guarantee that these things wouldn’t cross her own bottom limit.

Besides...

Aurora hated it.

She didn’t want to be given orders by others for her entire life. What kind of life would she has if she has to follow other people’s words all the time?

She’s not a doll.