Chapter 20

Throughout the day, I didn't set my eyes on Sage, and that got me worried. Is there anything wrong with her? Is she sick or something? Because she is supposed to be the one serving me.

"Why is Sage not here?" I asked the maid, brushing my hair.

"She is no longer your handmaid, my queen. The King made her a kitchen maid because she challenged queen Zinnia," the maid said, keeping me shocked.

How could he do such a thing? Sage can't challenge Zinnia; she doesn't have a bad character for sure, so what is this maid saying?

Sage is the only maid that knows what I want and would treat me well, and now the king took her away from me!?

"So, who is my handmaid?" I asked, hoping she wasn't the one because I didn't like her.

"My queen, you do not have a handmaid for now," she replied as I bit my lips in anger.

And he kept me without a maid! Now I know the reason he threw me into the dungeon.

"Just leave at once," I said as the maid bowed and left, I stared at my already red eyes in the mi