“My Queen, it’s too valuable, I can’t take it!” She stuffs it back to the Queen, that’s the first reason. For another, she is sort of scared of those Taoist members, too new for her, will they listen to her? The Queen puts the brand back to her hands, “I want you to be the new master of it! Besides, I have told them already. You have no choice Wendy, so you will lead them for me from today!” Wendy throws a helping glance to Sung, Sung ignores her this time. No one can deny this brand.
“Then thank you so much, my Queen!” She wants to please her, she is a goner maybe sooner or later.
“Call me Grandma, Wendy. You have the right now.”
“Grandma… Thank you.” Wendy calls out in shyness. This time is different as before, her identity is not present Yasmin anymore, it’s Wendy herself. The Queen nods in satisfied, “Good, good, I hope to see you guys marry before I die… I wish I can give you a little help.”
Sung sighs, “Grandma, you will love very long, Wendy is here she can make you better.” She nods and asks Sung to leave for a while, she must tell Wendy something deep and secret.
Wendy pours a tea for her, “Grandma, here.”
“Later my child, I must tell you something.”
“Go ahead, I’m listening.” Wendy sits nearby.
“I’m getting old Wendy, you know my condition well. Birth, age, illness and death. So no need to cure me, I want to follow my destiny from god this time.”
“Grandma, don’t say that…”
She sighs, tears in her eyes, her voice is jerking, “I never admit my husband, the previous King, was died of my son. But I just realized the truth one year ago, my son, the King of this country, murdered his own father for his position! I really want to end his life myself one day, then I found I’m old. He would kill me first maybe. The day we argued about your marriage with Sung, I noticed how cruel and heartless he was!” The tears run down from her wrinkled face, she has found someone today to listen to all her stories, that’s Wendy. Wendy takes out her handkerchief, wipes her tears off.
“As a mother, no one would end their son’s life. But he leaves me no choice, that’s why I have decided to end him by the Party’s help.” She holds Wendy’s hands tight, “When the day he becomes crazy, the day you can stand him anymore, just use that brand, do it for me okay??” Wendy shocks, she doesn’t think the King could be that bad… However, it is true.
“Well, grandma, I don’t think the King is that bad, I see how he cares about Sung and…”
The Queen sneers, “Wendy, you are so simple, he is nice to him mostly because he is danger yet. He will show the real of himself one day when he smells danger. That’s why I ask you to protect them, Sung and Zack. For Zack, he’s a good fighter, but my GOOD son gave that General brand to Sung, what do you say? That’s obviously he tries to put a fight between them! I know he feels bad even guilty about it, but he had no choice to get what he wants! He will become a beast sooner than later. You will see Wendy.”
The Queen looks towards the window, “The only problem of him is the Right, he cares about it too much than anything, even this big family. He listens to the mage of marrying you, it’s a big lie! The mage is not on his side at all.”
The Queen is old enough though, she knows every little thing! “Then which side the mage from?” Wendy asks.
“Of course from Jun! So Wendy, please, protect Sung and Zack no matter what! You must do it for me!” The Queen grabs her hands, staring into her eyes. Wendy is lost, she doesn’t even know how long she could stay this time, how she gonna make any promise then? Waiting for no response from her, the Queen calls her name again, “Wendy! I want you promise me now! Protect them!”
“Grandma… I”
“Kneel down! Promise me now!”
“Grandma, I, I can’t! I don’t know I could have courage or power to do that or not?”
“You can! Why did you think I choose you? Because I know who you are! So you must can!”
Wendy gets touched by her trust, she bites her lip, promising to her word by word, “I, Wendy, I promise to the Queen, to protect Prince Sung and Zack from now on no matter what! If I don’t, I will die without peace!”
The Queen nods constantly, getting her up, “Kid, please don’t blame me… I chose you cause I trust in you. I will leave first, and enjoy my life after…” She smiles at the blue sky outside the window.
“Grandma, please don’t say that. I promise you already, so don’t worry now.”
“Kid, I said already. I listen to my fate.”
Wendy cries in her arms, like a kid. She is such a good Queen, she doesn’t deserve this by the end of her life… The Queen rubs her head patiently, smiling.
“Sen!” The Queen calls out, a girl in green shows up. “Master!”
“Wendy will be your new master from today, you must protect her well! She dies, you die!” The Queen orders seriously. Sen nods, takes a bow to Wendy, “Master!” The Queen now feels safe, “When I die, you bring her to meet our members! You may leave now.”
October of the twenty-seventh, twenty eight year of Shin Dynasty, the Queen passes away. Also, that day becomes the national day of mourning to the Dear Queen.