The Alpha's Regret Return Of The Betrayed Luna (Addison) novel Chapter 494

Chapter 494: Chapter 494 Delving Into The Events

Fortunately, his mate caught his arm and forced him back down before his outburst could interrupt their daughter. Even so, the single word was enough to make both their hearts seize with fear and unease.

"Sweetheart," the Queen said softly, her voice steady despite the tension in her eyes, "please... explain."

"First," Addison began, her voice steady but tight, "when we were about to head west, we were forced to pass through the Forbidden Forest. Whether the enemy meant to send us to our deaths or intended for us to break the seal and release the dark fairies trapped there, maybe even both, we still don’t know."

"Fortunately, we didn’t give them the chance to exploit that situation. We brought the fairies with us, but that was only the beginning."

"Then, while we were stationed at the Golden Hue Pack preparing to evacuate the pack members, the enemy launched a full-scale night assault. The pack suffered heavy casualties. Worse, the attackers staged it as an attempt to breach the barrier and release the locust swarm, deliberately drawing all our attention to the containment and extermination of the locust swarm."

Her fingers curled into the bedding as her hand fisted.

"We didn’t realize until it was almost too late that the ’locusts’ weren’t ordinary pests at all. They were demon insects called the ’Red Devourers’. And the biochemical agent we prepared to use..."

She clenched her teeth, fury flashing through her eyes. "...would have acted as a catalyst for them to get stronger, not a suppressant or a pesticide to kill them."

"But that wasn’t the worst part," Addison continued, her voice low and tight. "The worst part is that they let us use the biochemical agent infused with demonic energy. They guided us into believing it was the only way to resolve the situation, cornered us, and pressured us until we had no other options."

Her eyes burned with anger as the memories replayed in her mind. "They were clever and sinister. We were played like fools for far too long. Worse, they nearly turned us into the knife meant to stab ourselves."

The humiliation gnawed at her. It was a wicked strategy, one designed not just to win, but to shatter their morale and confidence. If their enemy’s plan had succeeded, it wouldn’t only have destroyed the kingdom’s faith in its monarch, it would have crushed the monarch’s own resolve to lead. They would have been reduced to mere pieces on someone else’s chessboard.

"And in the end," Addison said bitterly, "all the blame would have fallen on me."

She clenched her fists. As the one who led the western mission, her failure to contain the situation, her role in making it worse, would place her position as heir apparent in jeopardy. She would be branded incompetent, a stain she might never be able to erase. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Such a label would shatter the people’s trust in her overnight. And the opposing factions backing Mila would never let an opportunity like this slip by; they would seize it and press relentlessly to push Addison out of the succession.

After all, Addison’s claim to the throne was legitimate and formidable. Directly challenging it was difficult, if not impossible. So the only viable path was to destroy her image in the eyes of the citizens, to make them doubt her judgment and question her capability to lead.

Once that doubt took root, the opposing faction could elevate their own carefully vetted candidate, sidelining Addison entirely. And with the political undercurrents constantly shifting within the Royal Capital, such an outcome was not only possible it was also frighteningly likely to happen.

"What?!"

Even Archmage Elric was hearing this for the first time. The revelation hit him hard, and a cold chill ran down his spine as he grasped what could have happened had the enemy’s plan unfolded exactly as intended.

At the same time, he remembered something else.

The biochemical agent had contained demonic energy. By all logic, that energy should have acted as a catalyst, something that would strengthen the demonic insects and allow them to wreak even greater havoc across the Western Kingdom.

And yet...

He had seen it with his own eyes.

The guards had loaded those very biochemical agents into the hot air balloons and dropped them like bombs inside the barrier. The mist had swallowed the locust swarm, and the insects had fallen from the sky in droves. They had watched the swarm collapse and die.

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