The Queen and her National Treasure

Chapter 48

Third person's POV

'I want this.' Chaeyoung says while placing her hand under Mina's chin, gently lifts her face up, and then she places an adoring kiss on her wife's forehead. After that, in a swift movement, The Queen pulls Mina up and sits the girl down onto her lap, babying her Treasure in her warm embrace with so much love,

Nayeon and JiHyo finally can let out the breath that they have been nervously holding in because they were still so worried Mina would be caned. But seeing the Pure Consort is safely in the Queen's protection, they feel so relieved.

Meanwhile, being in Chaeyoung's loving arms instead of being punished for what she did, Mina certainly can feel the immeasurable amount of love and care the Queen is giving her. She curved her body into a ball, fitting perfectly in the Queen's embrace. Mina can't stop her tears while hiding her face so deep into the crook of Chaeyoung's neck, crying all the fear away,

The Queen has her hand on the back of her Treasure's head in such a protective manner. Chaeyoung certainly would risk everything for Mina, but at the same time, she wants her beloved wife to be aware that she's not happy with how the girl is recklessly putting herself in danger like what she did today, 'Your naughtiness and your recklessness are out of control, do you know that, Mina? We have to fix them somehow, but... how? What should we do? Huhm, you naughty girl?'

The Pure Consort stirs a little upon hearing the Queen just called her naughty. She doesn't want to be a naughty one in Chaeyoung's eyes, but given everything that she did, even she herself can't deny it. Mina leans her whole body into her Queen, continues to cry. She hides her face so deep as if she wants to hide all her naughtiness away,

Seeing her Treasure is now like a wet cat, Chaeyoung's heart has no chance to stay hard. She becomes so so soft that she might even forgo the scolding, 'Alright, alright, I won't scold you. Don't cry anymore, huhm?!' She soothes her girl by gently caressing her hair, 'Don't just hide your face like this. Look at me.' She tells Mina,

'Your... Your Majesty, can I... not look?' The Pure Consort asked between her sniffles,

'Why not?' Chaeyoung asks her right back,

'Because... because I'm scared.... I'm scared to see... the disappointment... in your eyes.' More than the fear of pain and punishment, Mina is more scared about what if she has made Chaeyoung disappointed,

The Queen squeezes Mina's body lovingly, 'Have a look for yourself. There won't be even a glimpse of disappointment.' She gently reassured,

The Pure Consort slowly gathered her courage to look up into The Queen's eyes, and certainly there's not a hint of disappointment. In those bright and expressive eyes, there's only worries and love, lots of love,

Chaeyoung continues to stare so deep into Mina's eyes, 'There's no disappointment because I understand why you did what you did.' She says while adoringly caressing Mina's cheek, 'You miss your sister so much, don't you? ...'

Mina nods her head with two beautiful diamond drops of tears escaped her eyes,

'You wanted to persuade her to surrender because I said only after she surrendered, you and her can be reunited, am I right?' Chaeyoung continues to ask in such a soft and caring voice,

Mina nods her head once more with tears continue to fall on her pretty face. There's no words to describe how touched she feels right now because of how much Chaeyoung understands her, from every of her actions to the very core reason of them all,

The Queen smiles warmly while wiping the tears away for her girl, 'My crybaby, I understand it all so don't worry, huhm? Oh God how much tears have you shedded today?' Chaeyoung adoringly says. But then her face suddenly turned serious as she just noticed something on her wife's face. The Queen quickly creases her brows while carefully checking Mina's left cheek, 'She dared to hurt you?' Chaeyoung asks with her gritted teeth,