Pampered by the Villainous Tyrant King

Chapter 29

An interesting play was at hand. There was only one person whom Christopher felt could have done a soul switching this powerful. But for that person to do so... Then, it was best to let the natural course of things flow than interrupt fate. It wasn't his place to interfere.

The king carefully lifted the queen up and carried her out the door as Christopher bowed them out, watching them leave the tavern from the window.

How many time loops had it been, Christopher thought. For the last twenty years, it felt like he was trapped in this loop over and over. He could be thinking of one thing, but his body would move in the direction that it did not. Words would come out of his mouth even if Christopher didn't want them to. It was as if he was a puppet orchestrated and manipulated by some unknown deity.

Over and over again, he was forced to fight and profess words he did not want to. When Alana died, he would find himself in the past again, reliving the same days without his will. Until one day, the loop appeared to have been broken.

All because of one small variable.

The older princess of Kiran, initially killed on route to Eldoris to her wedding, was alive this time around.

Finally, Christopher felt like he could breathe again, like his life was back in his control. He had carefully done his research in secrecy, hiding from the Kiran royals. In order not to get lost in the time loop again, he had to make sure that Queen Annabeth stayed alive and the one truly responsible behind this mess died.

**********************************

When Annabeth woke up, she was back in the king's bedroom. Hold on. It was just last night that she was at the tavern, meeting the third male lead of Clarisse's novel. Then she suddenly grew sleepy and felt her eyes start to close...

Annabeth suddenly sat straight up. What the hell, she thought. Did she faint?

"Are you awake?"

For once, the king was still at her side when she woke up. He looked worriedly over at her.

"Here, have this drink of water. Are you feeling okay?"

Annabeth was still slightly stunned that she obediently drank. "I'm feeling fine. What happened last night?"

There was a flash of anger in the king's face. "A miscalculation," he muttered under his breath. "You exerted yourself a little too much last night. It was my fault. I should not have taken you out to the capital until you were healthier."

Before the king could respond any more, a servant called for him saying that there was urgent business.

The king sighed. "Rest a little more if you feel sleepy. I'm glad that you're feeling better."

After the king left, Annabeth pondered for a moment. How had she gotten back here? Every thing last night was a blur. Don't tell her...did the king carry her all the way back to the palace?

"Lucy, come here please!" Annabeth summoned.

She quickly had Lucy delineate what happened last night, but Lucy didn't appear to know. The king had concealed their escapade from the palaces apparently.

"Your Majesty, we have an important guest who has requested a meeting with you." Lucy continued.

"Guest?" Annabeth frowned.

To her knowledge, there were no such important guests who had arrived at Eldoris palace.

"He arrived late last night when you were asleep, Your Majesty. His Majesty had the guest installed at one of the auxiliary palaces. He apparently has been given his own palace to conduct research for the benefit of Eldoris."