Queen's Darkness #Lebon ② [Wooly and the Black Beasts]

Although I was shaken that the hero who would save the Tarikii Kingdom was Wooly, seeing the names of Shiho and the others listed as his guards brought a cynical smile to my face as I thought, 'When did they get involved in this?'

Shiho, Zeri, and Oneta are workers at this state-run factory in Riken.
In other words, their employer is me, the Queen.

The Riken Kingdom utilizes its resources, water and volcanic ash soil, to earn significant profits through primary and secondary industries.

Pots fired from volcanic ash soil are also valued for their artistry and are traded at high prices through various routes.
And the water, not just as simple drinking water, is also widely exported abroad like the pots as 'Wave-DO Water,' which has been infused with specific frequencies.

...Well, if you only look at the outward flow of money, no one would realize that it is making that much profit.

At that 'Wave-DO Water' factory, Shiho and the others work in three shifts day and night, yet despite being regular employees, they have no intention of understanding what it is they are actually making.
Instead, they do nothing but complain, saying things like 'the pay is low,' 'the working conditions are terrible,' or 'they're skimming off the top.'

However, they are not the only ones who complain.
The people of Riken speak only of negative things from morning till night: grumbling, slander, complaints, dissatisfaction, and grievances.
It even sounds like they are competing to see who is the most miserable, with one-upmanship serving as their form of greeting.

Despite being held in such dissatisfaction by the people, this Riken Kingdom still does not collapse.

There are certainly not a few people who get fed up with this and leave.
But, like salmon returning to spawn, they always come back.

Perhaps it is because the people instinctively know that negative energy is actually comfortable.

Even if they yearn for bright, positive energy for a moment, they know that, one way or another, they cannot live in the material world with only a positive and lighthearted attitude.

Since Riken is a country that originally possesses the nature of darkness (yin), the people's grumbling and dissatisfaction become the country's energy.

That is why this country does not collapse.

I have known for a long time that Shiho and the others were dissatisfied, calling the factory a 'black company,' and that they were secretly working side jobs.
I was aware of everything.
I even know that the side-job stories Shiho tells at the tavern are enjoyed by the people as entertainment and have gained popularity.

It is amusing that such people as Shiho and the others, albeit unknowingly, applied to be the guards for my son, Wooly.

The life we were living happily was shattered by the messenger from Tarikii who visited that day.

Tarikii took not only my husband Acoon but also Wooly away from me.

When I realized that they had been taken by Tarikii's scheme, something that had been smoldering black inside me turned into a scarlet flame.

'Now that you know the abyss of anger and sorrow, you are fit to rule the darkness.'

Realizing that everything was Tarikii's scheme and lost in despair after losing my loved ones, my mother smiled coldly as I inherited the Inyo, the symbol of the throne.

I vowed to take revenge on Tariki and plotted the downfall of Akun, who had ascended to the throne.

Akun is a being born under the protection of the sun.
In other words, I figured that the only way to drain his energy was through Dissension, so I immediately put it into action.

Dissension is the act of blocking Akun's high vibrations and lowering his original frequency.

Why did those signs appear in the inguinal region?
Schmikt, the sage of Tariki who possesses the knowledge of Muladhara, should be noticing it by now...

I must also hasten the report from Gosho regarding the mystery of that fairy who gave me the seven orbs and the note on the day I lost Wooly.

≪To be continued... or is it?≫

Lebon's story ↓

Wooly has started to move ↓

Gosho! Follow them and wait for my report!

The intentions of King Akun and the sage Schmikt who brought him back ↓

The mysterious fairy who informed Lebon of Wooly's safety ↓

The delightful Hiyatlar. What kind of work will they do with Wooly? ↓

Notification to the sage Schmikt, whom I want to notice the Dissension ↓

Cheat sheet article for the story and correlation chart ↓