Be Spoiled After Rebirth (Selena and Osvaldo) novel Chapter 1711

Chapter 1711: She won't be happy.

Selena clenched the note, closing her eyes slightly. In an instant, her entire demeanor underwent a drastic change. All remnants of innocence and indulgence vanished as she became composed and reserved, cold as ice.

After what seemed like an eternity, Selena opened her eyes again. They now held not only the deep majesty of a queen but also the dark and ruthless experience of someone who had seen it all.

She removed her crown and left something on the table before turning around to leave the palace.

As soon as Selena left, a figure slipped silently through the window into her room.

The man stood in the empty space, taking in his surroundings. It was a girl's room - luxurious yet elegantly simple with more books than anything else. The air still carried a faint fragrance that indicated its owner had just left.

The man walked slowly towards one wall where he looked up at a huge portrait of Selena - young and almost innocent with white skin that tried to convey both majesty and coldness but also revealed traces of playfulness typical for young girls.

His slender hand reached out instinctively to touch her face in the painting.

His sharp and cold gaze, which had always been so piercing, seemed to be entranced as he stared at the person in the painting.

With powerful fingertips, he gently and firmly stroked the face of the person in the painting.

The eyes that were so cold they seemed devoid of any life flickered with a soft light that was impossible to describe as either icy or scorching. It was as if they wanted to penetrate through the frame of the painting and fuse with every fiber of that person's being.

Countless black-and-white images flashed before his eyes like scenes from a movie as he caressed the figure in the painting.

For a long time, there was silence. Suddenly, with a loud crackle, his slender fingers clenched into a fist. "Selena..."

...

Half an hour later, news of Queen Selena's disappearance reached those within her court.

The Grand Steward's face turned ice-cold as he grasped his scepter tightly and immediately ordered troops to search for her. "No matter what it takes," he declared fiercely. "We must find our queen before her wedding begins!"

...

When Madam Samantha received word from her maid about Selena's disappearance while sitting at her desk inside her small building, she remained silent for some time before finally smiling faintly through tears in her eyes. "Go with Selena," she said softly.

Her daughter had sacrificed too much for this empire throughout half of her life already; she deserved this one moment where she could be selfish instead. As a mother herself, how could Madam Samantha not make sure that happened?

Perhaps it had been destined since Osvaldo first fell in love with Selena: this wedding would never come to fruition...

When news reached the throne room, there was no sound coming out for a long time.

The messenger looked anxious as he turned to Horace, who was standing guard outside the door. "Your Majesty has disappeared on the eve of his wedding. The High Priest is furious and has ordered that Your Majesty be found before the wedding begins. But Your Majesty left without telling anyone... shouldn't we start looking for him?"

Horace sighed softly in his heart as he looked at the closed doors. His voice didn't betray any hint of concern as he replied, "Perhaps Your Majesty just needed some time alone and went out for a walk. He'll be back soon enough, don't worry too much."

The messenger grew more frantic at this response. "But this is no small matter! The entire city knows that Your Majesty is getting married today. If we can't find him by then, it will bring shame upon our empire and discredit our rulership! The officials won't let us live it down..."

Horace's expression turned cold at this point. "Then why don't you go look for him? Who says that His Majesty left on his own accord? Perhaps he was kidnapped!"