The Runaway Queen

Chapter 10: Andy of Allagi

"Andy....Andy" Violet playfully shook her sleeping friend. 

Andy groaned and tried to fan Violet away. She had a hard time sleeping the last few nights. Not only was the 'evaluation process' beginning tomorrow but it didn't help that she killed two men just a few days ago.

Rumors around the castle were circling and made Andy furious. They said that a knight, who was jealous of his boss, killed the two knights in the library that night. Every time she heard such conversion she sat perfectly still and with enormous restraint she folded her arms and said nothing.

The other virgins spoke about the event as a fairytale. They imagined it was some great handsome vigilantly who was going to kill off the knights one by one and rescue them from this reality. 'Such fluff-heads' thought Andy. Little did they know that their hero was sitting down right amongst them and she was angry that her fine murderous handiwork was being ascribed to a man, no matter how handsome he was imagined to be.

"Who do you think killed those two knights in the library?" asked Violet, still shaking the annoyed Andy.

"Who cares? The point is they are dead." Andy responded finally and relunctantly rising up to sit up on the side of the bed. "They probably deserved it anyway" Andy muttered and stretched. Soon Estabon would come to carry the virgins for their pre-breakfast etitiquette lesson.

"Shall we read the next chapter of a 'Fisherman's Tale'?" Violet eagerly asked.

"Violet you know Estabon will be here any moment" rebutted Andy.

"Oh come on. It wouldn't take that long and you know it" pleaded Violet. 

Andy smiled. She was really amazed that Violet had learned to read so quickly. Not that she had ever taught anybody before but she did enjoy teaching Violet to read using the stolen library books.

As she pulled out the book from under her pillow she worried if she should tell Violet what she read that night. That would only frighten her Andy thought. It would frighten all of the virgins. None of them had any grantee that the King would be pleased with them. Little did any of them know that by the end of the evaluation process 75% of them would be dead and 20% of them would be without childbearing ability, useful only to the King to fitful his sexual desire through soul-bearing. T

hey just assumed that if they weren't chosen to be the Queen of the King they would be allowed to return to their home Provindences. Which was the same thought the previous now deceased Queen Vasti had.

"What about the parade of insolence," asked Andy to the castle in the virgins one day.

"That parade is only for ill-behaved girls" responded one of them with a wishful giggle. 

They had no idea about t sexual balance or that the patriarch had no concern for the reaped virgins' wishes or demands to return home. To the church and the Patriarch, woman were walking sex dolls, soul bearers for pleasure and making babies.

"Are you listening to me?" asked Violet, breaking Andy out of her day-dream. Suddenly, the door of the dorm flew open.

"Good morning ladies!" Estabon shouted with hands thrown in the air. 

Andy grabbed the book from Violet's hand and stuffed it back under her pillow. Estabon modeled to the center of the room placed his hand on his hip and then smiled. He snapped his fingers twice and the virgins all huddled on the floor around his feet, including Violet and Andy reluctantly followed.

"Well ladies" Estabon began "The day has finally come. The first day of the King's evaluation"

The virgins squealed both in fright and excitement. Andy's eyebrows folded in. Did she hear correctly? Did he just say that the evaluation period was starting from today? Andy could have sworn she had counted the days correctly/

Estabon continued to explain that the process was going to last five days. "Four virgins per day would be allowed to enter the King's chamber, where you would get to 'impress' his Majesty" Estabon informed. Andy could feel her stomach grind. The thought of having to sleep with the King who was probably like a thousand years, made her want to throw up.

None of them had ever been with a man, how did they expect them to 'impress' the King with sexual prowess? When they had no experience in the matter?

"Myself, along with my assistant designers will dress you of course. To make sure you look your prettiest for his Majesty. But you are allowed to carry in one item of your choosing into his chamber" he explained. 

Andy's eyes rolled. The one item she would take would be a dagger. After reading what she did about her possible fate she still hadn't decided what she would do. After all, this was a very delicate situation and any bad or rushed decision could increase her odds of being more dead than alive. The goal was to be alive at the end of the evaluation, how will the revolution be successful if she was dead. Still, she hated being this indecisive. She could easily run away, after all, she did know this place inside out. But they were doing to notice one of the virgins missing.

She needed to come up with a plan very soon. Hopefully, she would have a day or two to think of one. "Listen up girlies!" Estabon grabbed the clipboard from one of his assistants, fixed his glasses on to his face and cleared his throat. "The first virgin up for evaluation is....Andy of Allagi". 

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