Chương 224: Ivy Song [5] - Punishment

Silas heard the words of the contract and slowly nodded his head.

When Ivy finally finished reciting the words, she sighed and asked, "Can you let go of me now? This is quite uncomforable." 

She slowly looked down at the foot that was pressing on her chest. There was a pained expression on her face, but that was it.

Yet, she knew anyone else in her place would have been screaming painfully.

Due to her biology as a dryad, her body was not made out of the same soft tissue as that of humans. Instead, not only was she closer to a plant since she was quite literally birthed out of their almighty tree the same way all the other dryads with royal genes did.

Her mother wasn't actually her mother. In human terms, she was closer to a sister. However, within their society, the queen of the dryad was her mother for a very particular reason.