บท 57: A spicy news

Where the duo of father and daughter thought that Queen Norma went to her chamber, she quietly sneaked out of the place instead. Concealed beneath her royal cloak and followed by her most trusted maiden-in hand, Queen Norma was walking on a deserted path which started a little far away from the premises of the palace and continued along the backside of the village. She kept stopping and looking behind her occasionally to make sure no one was following her but due to it being very dark, she couldn't quite confirm it. 

The path led her to the latter street of the black market and then dissolved into a blunt corner at the far end of it. There were several other pathways which were budding from that particular street but Queen Norma chose to take the one which led her to this certain blunt end from where there was no way ahead but only back.