The Queen and her National Treasure

Chapter 21

Third person's POV

The Queen is left sitting there stunned because the story eventhough anonymous, but anyone could easily tell that it is all about Mina and the Queen herself. Chaeyoung is not sure if she should be impressed at how accurate Mina summed up their love story in such a short amount of time, or she should be angry because the girl just fearlessly called all of her very supportive government members "a bunch of Wolves". But most importantly, right in front of her face and this defiant Princess outright criticised her and called her "clueless", which to this proud Queen, it is unacceptable on so many different levels. 

Slowly swallowing the bitterness in her mouth, the Queen then decided to do both, praise first, scold right after,

Firstly, being the Queen of this Kingdom, Chaeyoung has to keep her word, 'I have to admit that it is a good story. I'm quite impressed at how you came up with it so quickly, therefore Mina, you can come with me in next year hunting trip.'

'Yessss!!!' Mina celebrates with two subtle fist pumps,

Chaeyoung then continues, 'But... how insolent of you! Mina, this time I can't forgo your disrespectful behaviour.' The Queen tells Mina while tapping on the girl's forehead, scolding her, 'So you are the innocent little Penguin, and I'm the clueless Tiger? Huhm?' She has to address Mina's insolent words,

Mina blinks her eyes at every tap that The Queen made, she pouts her lips sadly because she herself knows she went a little too far with the choice of her words. Mina has already regretted right after she finished her story, and she was just hoping that Chaeyoung didn't notice it, 'Your Majesty, it... just came out of my mouth without me even realising it, so please... can you pretend not to hear that bit?' She bargained. The Queen's immeasurable amount of adoration for Mina has made the girl feels so comfortable, too comfortable that she sometimes forgets that it's The powerful Queen in front of her, and because of that she just used the word without much thinking,

'Pretend not to hear it? How could I? Mina, it was so obvious! You called me "clueless" not just once, but twice, the first one might be accidental, but the second one is definitely intentional.' The Queen continues to scold,

Mina sadly looks down at her lap, 'How about the other parts where I called you strong, smart, powerful and capable? Why didn't you notice those?' She complained with a real sad face,

'Well, the "clueless" part stands out the most.' Chaeyoung is feeling quite bitter because of the fact that this is the first time ever anyone dares to call her like that. She continues to tell the girl, 'You are clearly a daredevil who is scared of nothing. Mina, this time... I can't let you off the hook this time.' The Queen strictly pressed.

Mina starts to fidget with her fingers nervously, she knows she has been so lucky given how Chaeyoung would always be so forgiving with her. But this time, Mina is very sure that she has used all of her luck for today. So right now, she can't do anything but to obediently sit there so still and wait for her punishment. After all, Mina believes that Chaeyoung loves her too much to punish her with anything harsh,

And Mina is absolutely right, The Queen has been furiously thinking of a punishment for the girl she loves. She adores Mina too much to hurt her, so what Chaeyoung wants is a punishment that doesn't hurt Mina at all but at the same time, will be enough so the girl will have to learn and remember it. It's actually not easy to find that type of punishment, but with her mind working with full capacity, not long after, the Queen decided, 'Mina, for daring enough to call the Queen of this Kingdom "clueless", I will punish you to write this paragraph, "Your Dearest Majesty, I, Myoui Mina will never use disrespectful words towards you ever again. And from now on, everytime I get to go on the hunting trip with you, I won't ever step out of the safe zone and put myself in danger again. Also, I promise to never ever try to take punishment for others."