Chapter 174

174 Indifference

Selma Payne’s POV:

The silent treatment continued until we got on the plane.

Aldrich was still gentlemanly as he helped me carry my luggage and blocked the door, but he refused to say a word to me. He didn’t even look at me.

I kept praying that someone would give me a way out of this deadlock, but Dorothy, who had a high EQ, stayed in the Rocky Mountains. Master Hayley was also someone who was even more inarticulate than I was. The three of us remained in the sealed cabin without saying a word. It was so awkward that I wanted to open the door and jump out.

I thought I should say something to Aldrich like, ‘I was wrong. Let’s make up’. But Master Hayley was still around. I was a person who felt embarrassed for the male and female leads when they confessed and kissed in idol dramas. I was ashamed to reveal my feelings in front of others.

It was silent until the plane landed on the tarmac of the palace. We didn’t say a word.

The first person I saw was my mother, who was both shocked and angry. I thought she must have regretted letting me go to the Rocky Mountains because the first thing she said to me was, “My child, you are grounded!”

Moon Goddess was the witness. She hugged me tightly as she spoke as if she was afraid I would turn into a hydrogen balloon and float away the moment she let go. A woman’s heart was like a needle at the bottom of the ocean when she heard such cold words and the passionate hug.

Oh, I was being naughty again. It’s the two demons’ ‘fault’. They ‘led’ me astray.

My father was equally heartbroken and strict. His expression told me that there was no room for negotiation, especially after they found out that the curse left behind by Leviathan had been lifted with my rebirth. They were unwilling to send me to the Rocky Mountains for adventure.

What could I do? I could only pretend to admit my mistake while thinking of a way to sneak away.

Speaking of which, I’d never run away from home before. Although I knew this was an impulse brought about by negative emotions, I couldn’t deny that I didn’t want to hide in the palace until I was done.

Tracy gave me a check-up and used medical equipment I didn’t recognize to scan me repeatedly as if she was wrapping a mummy. After the passing of modern medicine and ancient sorcery had also been activated, a group of experts formed by five werewolf grandmasters conducted a monitoring consultation on me for three days. It was as if I was an ancient scroll that was hard to come by in a thousand years.

In the end, they couldn’t find anything. This was good news and bad news. The good news was that I didn’t have any visible pathological changes or injuries, while the bad news also meant that they were utterly clueless about me and my new abilities.

Master Hayley, the representative, explained to my parents tactfully, “At present, the situation is looking good. There are no adverse reactions from Her Highness, which means there won’t be any trouble in the short term. However, for the long term, we suggest that Her Highness undergo a long observation and treatment to determine her safety and prevent any side effects.”

Her words were sincere, but I was concerned about how she addressed me, ‘Her Highness’. That was right. My identity was no longer a secret to the panel of experts.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people in the outside world, this had already revealed enough decisive clues. After all, even if I was her niece, it was not to the extent that the most respected couple of the werewolf pack would personally care for her, no matter how big or small it was, right?

However, I no longer cared about my secret being exposed. On the one hand, I no longer felt as weak and powerless as I had been when I first met my family. On the other hand, it was also due to the influence of my negative emotions. My pride and carefreeness made me not care about any possible danger this could bring.

Things would work out when we got to the bridge, and there was no need to worry about problems that couldn’t be solved, right?

By the way, the team of experts even examined that I had isolated my connection with Maxine because of the mental block, but they naturally found nothing.

After all, according to what Maxine said, I was the one who gave myself the curse. Unless I woke up one day and discovered that I had a split personality, and this personality personally explained what happened to everyone, the team of experts would not be able to find out the cause, no matter how hard they tried.

During this time, I had become unprecedentedly lazy. In the past, I would have been on guard and worried about this great danger, but now, it didn’t matter anymore.

This included the silent treatment from Aldrich.

It had been three days since we returned to the palace, and we still hadn’t said a word. He went to work in the military camp as usual and completed the various tasks my father gave him. I became Tracy and the werewolf grandmasters ‘lab rat’ in the palace. Other than our daily training, we didn’t even meet once.

Even during training, there were only formal guidance and reprimands, as if tour relationship was just a simple teacher-student relationship.

Even my parents could tell that something was wrong with us. Following the principle of not missing out on every change in their precious daughter’s growth, they had a heart-to-heart talk with me.

According to tradition, my mother was the guide between my father and me when we had heart-to-heart talks.

“Sweetheart, how are you feeling recently? Are you under a lot of pressure? I think Tracy and the werewolf grandmasters are pushing you too hard. If you have any psychological pressure, don’t keep that to yourself. Let us know, okay?”