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Chapter 393 – Queen’s Tears
Its all over, now it’s going to be troublesome!
Andre cried out incessantly.
The things that he and his brother were most worried about still happened Claire was more stubborn than a donkey! To put it nicely, she was brave and fearless, to put it not so nicely, she thought too highly of herself and was treating life like a game.
“Princess Claire, now isn’t the time for that, if we don’t run, there won’t be any more chances!”
Andre tried to persuade patiently while his brother had a serious expression waiting for her change of heart.
But if Claire were so easily persuaded, then she wouldn’t be the leopard queen.
“When I say no, I mean no! Get back there, all of you!”
“Hey, tomboy, are you crazy? My brother was clear enough, entering Yellowstone now is just asking to die! If you want to live, then you have to run!” Andrew couldn’t endure anymore and slammed his ax into the ground.
“Have to run? What a joke! I just don’t believe that those monsters are really that powerful! If we have to run every time we meet a strong enemy then I might as well just hand this kingdom over to them, and let them do as they please!”
“You!? Okay then, you’re not leaving, if you want to stay and die then do as you like
 don’t worry about her, let’s go!”
Andrew waved his hand and wanted to just force their way through but they were stopped by Claire again!
“You
 no one is allowed to leave!”
Last time she used her arms to stop them, but this time she used something else

Claire pulled out a pitch-black longbow and nocked an arrow. Since they were outside she naturally brought her weapon with her to prevent ambush, she never expected to use it on her own people.
“Composite bone bow? 
 Claire, what do you mean by that!?”
“Andrew, you’ve done well with your investigation and I originally should praise you
 but I won’t permit deserting!”
Claire raised her bow and aimed it directly at Andrew’s head, a pale blue aura covered the sharp arrowhead, as if she would readily pierce his skull if he took another step.
“Claire, so you’re forcing us to die?” Andrew squinted and suppressed his anger.
At the same time, the others all clenched their weapons. Of course, they didn’t want to fight Claire, but as their brother said, if Claire was going to force them to die, then they wouldn’t just sit around.
“Andrew, I don’t want you guys to die, and no one is forcing you to die! As long as we save Caesar and kill our way out, then we might survive!”
“Naive! Our opponents aren’t children, how could they let us leave alive so easily?”
“You don’t have to worry about that
”
Claire’s bow was still aimed at Andrew’s head while she earnestly promised them.
“As long as you follow me, even if we die, you will definitely die after me!”
“What? We’ll die after you? Haha! Hahahaha! 
 As expected of the leopard queen, gutsy! Courageous! I really did have my eyes on a good person! Claire, you really are a hero!”
Andrew laughed wildly and loosened his grip on his ax and took two steps forward. He opened his arms as if demonstrating his stance.
He was convinced Claire may be unreasonable, but she was no doubt an outstanding commander, if you can carry out a mission with her, what regrets would you have even if you die?
“Phew
 Andrew, trust me, we’ll definitely succeed!”
Claire relaxed when she saw that his attitude changed and also let her guard down.
“But Claire
 you are courageous no doubt, but having courage is not as good as living
 like I care if I die ahead of you or after you
 I just don’t want to fucking die!”
“W-what did you say? Andrew, you!?”
“Do it!”
“Aye!”
Andre immediately threw the weapon he was holding directly at Claire’s head!
“Bastard!”
Because she let her guard down and relaxed she couldn’t immediately re-aim her bow and with the sword flying at her, she could only dodge!
She turned her body and the sword flew by brushing past the tip of her nose and severing several strands of golden hair before it lodged itself in the tree behind her.
“Die!”
Before Claire could adjust herself after avoiding that fatal blow, she saw a speeding black shadow.
She instinctively raised her longbow to block and there was a clang and sparks flew as the piercing sound echoed through the forest.
That’s right, that was Andrew’s ax!
Even though Claire used her tough composite bone bow to block his attack, as a sixth-level warrior she wasn’t Andrew’s, a seventh-level warrior, opponent. Furthermore, she was an agile archer and she was completely overpowered.
“Pugh!”
Claire felt her hands go numb and she flew out like a sandbag crashing into the ground. She relied on sole willpower to hang on.
“Andrew
 you
 tricked me!”
“Princess I did no such thing, you’re just too foolish
 is there anything more important than living?”
“
 You cowardly little man!”
“Hehe, say whatever you like
 hey, what are you all waiting for, it will be too late if you don’t go!”
“Eh? Brother, aren’t you leaving with us?” Andre blinked and didn’t understand what his brother meant.
“Me?”
Andrew laughed and walked next to Claire and picked her up by her collar.
“I’m going to play with her for a bit, you guys go ahead!”
Andrew smiled lewdly as he kicked the bow that was almost bent in half aside.
“Oh, I get it
 then brother, let’s meet at the usual place. Just be quick about it, we’ll be leaving first!”
Andre nervously gulped, he knew what his brother wanted to do, so he left with the others as to not get in his brother’s way.
“Beloved leopard queen, now it’s just the two of us left, hehe.”
Slap.
He forcefully slapped Claire’s ass and left a large mark.
“Damn bastard
”
Claire clenched her teeth and had to endure to not let out any sounds. No matter how strong her will is, she couldn’t beat the weakness of her body. Her eyelids were getting heavy and she realized she couldn’t move her arms anymore, which in turn scared her to open her eyes and then she saw something terrifying!
Andrew was standing in front of her with a pleased smile while eagerly rubbing his hands. She sat on the floor while her legs spread wide open and her arms tied behind her. Not only was her skirt opened up, but her shirt was also scattered and she was forced into a humiliating position.
“Bastard, w-what do you want?”
Having never encountered anything like this before, Claire was finally panicking.
“Hehe, no matter what your personality is like, in the end, you’re still a woman.”
Andrew squatted down in front of her and looked at the beautiful scenery under her skirt.
“Sky blue? 
 Hehe, pretty.”
“Bastard, get away from me!”
Claire turned her head away in disgust and desperately kicked her legs to get away. All her usual dignity was nowhere to be seen, the only thing left in her eyes was fright.
Andrew smiled with even more satisfaction as he saw her desperately struggle and also shifted his body forward like he enjoyed Claire’s pitiful appearance.
“To be honest Claire, I didn’t want this either, but you forced me. I just don’t understand, you’re just a woman, why are you working so hard? Why are you willing to sacrifice your life just to save Caesar?”
“I-I’m not doing it for him.”
“Oh? Then who are you doing it for?”
“I’m doing it to save my country! If everything you said was true, then Caesar surely already has a key lead! As long as I bring him back we can get rid of this plague!”
“What? You’re really doing it to save Gotham Kingdom?”
“Yes
 because of the recent mess, my father was shocked and came down with an illness, if I can resolve it then that might help him recover
”
“Oh, so that’s why you’re so desperate, no wonder.”
Andrew finally understood when he heard her tearful pleading.
No wonder she was so unreasonable and conscientious, no wonder she was working so crazily, not because her personality was wicked, it’s because she had something she wanted to protect.
“So Andrew, please stop. Go get them back and help me save Caesar! As long as you stop now, I’ll pretend nothing ever happened and after this, I’ll give you whatever you want! Money, authority, status
 anything within my power!”
“Really?”
“Absolutely!”
“Sigh, okay then.”
Andrew shook his head and sighed, then spat to the side like he was giving up his lustful thoughts which made Claire misunderstand as she broke into a smile.
But his next words made her break down.
“Money, authority I don’t want any of that.”
Andrew raised his lips and pinched her chin.
“Claire, I
 just want you!”