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| - Previous: A Door that Opens Part 11 Guard: Halt, where are you taking the prisoner? Cardknight: To chamber B. Guard: No, she is to be transported to the Z chambers. Cardknight: This is the Queen's command? Guard: Of course, she passed the order down herself. Bare her hence. Cardknight: To Chamber Z! Cardknight: Get out of there, prisoner! Remember, all of your rights are now up to the Queen herself! You will do nothing by means of trying to escape, or you will be killed outright! Dinner starts with a salad, and you will eat the whole salad before you have your choice of clam chowder or three-bean soup! Do not try to spit any of it out or you will NOT get dessert! Your shower will be in the bathroom beside your dungeon cell, DO NOT CLOG THE TOILET! Doing so will be very disorderly and be a hassle to fix. Bedtime stories will be read before your pillow is fluffed and you are tucked in! Are there any questions?! Usagi: Do you have any tea? Cardknight: Guard!! Guard: [Walked into the room] Sir! Cardknight: Get our green tea in here immediately. [Turned to Usagi] Carrot cake? Usagi: Please Cardknight: And carrot cake! Go! Guard: Sir! [Walked out with haste] Cardknight: Knock on your chamber door if you need anything else. Remember to not escape! [He closed the door with a loud thud. Then opened it again.] My apologies. [Then closed it softly] Queen: And she is in her chambers now? Cardknight: Yes, my Queen! Queen: And she gave no resistance? Cardknight: None, your highness. Queen: Make sure that she is well fed, and content until she is sent to the gallows. Cardknight: As you command, my Queen. Shall I double the guards at her execution? Queen: Quadruple them.Make sure there is no incident, and any intruders are dealt with swiftly. There will be no problems, understood. Cardknight: Absolutely, my Queen. I will see it done. [Bowed, and then left.] Queen: I was wondering when you would show your face, my dearest. Why won't you and your sister come and visit me in this big, lonely palace? Alys: We are not sisters, and why would I come across realms, searching for this world with such haste just to come and visit a made-up corpse? Alys: You look lovely. Alys: Listen, and listen well, oh great and powerful Queen. This day will not come as you expect, you will be dethroned, and you will be seen for what you really are. Mark my words, there will be at least two executions today, including the pink-haired girl. You will not see me coming, even when my blade is half way through your back, you will be so blind, you won't even see the nice, big smile on my face. But you may be able to hear the beautiful poem I prepared for such a beautiful moment, your highness. Queen: Come and get me, little girl. This made Alys laugh as she disappeared from the mirror. That was when the Queen saw the spider in her reflection. Queen: Get out of my sight...
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