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Chapter 9 - Chapter 9 - Keep the Diamond

"I'm going to eat the leaf again, so she won't know my plan?"

"But you already ate it, it will be a long time before it can be repeated," said the queen.

"What am I going to do with this huge diamond?"

"Hide that first," said the queen.

"Maybe the new queen will know that I will keep it?"

"Don't worry, she won't know, her necklace won't shine even if you keep it," the queen assured her.

"But why?"

"Because the new queen knew that treasure is not important to the mannequins who live in this land, its useless,"

"Why its useless?"

"Its useless for mannequins, but its valuable for a queen like me,"

"But why its useless for mannequin and its valuable for a queen?" Melania asked in wonder.

"Because, even the mannequins find gold or diamonds, the mannequins can't use it, because they are not allowed to use it on their own, such as to decorate their clothes with it or to their houses, and they are not allowed to go to Albany to exchange it for tree seeds. So even if they have a gold or diamonds, they can keep it but they can't use it. So they offer it to the queen instead, just to make her smile. So that's the reason why her necklace will not shine even if you keep a gold or diamonds in your hand. But if somebody goes to Albany land without her permission, that is forbidden as well, her necklace will suddenly shine, so she will punish them instantly," stated by the former queen.

"So no one was allowed to go to Albany land?"

"Yes, so the treasure here in Bolanaire is useless for the mannequins, except for the queen, aside for using it for decoration to her dress, she can use it to buy tree seeds from Albany land just for herself, that's why I put a secret garden, I planted the seeds there, I'm the only one who can eat fresh and delicious food," said the queen feeling regretful.

"Its so sad that you didn't share it with the mannequins," Melania sadly said.

"I admit my mistake, I've been very greedy, I am a wicked queen, I want to be different from all the mannequins, I want to be the finest of all! And I am so regretful!" The queen cried feeling regretful for being so greedy before.

"But why do Albanians want gold or diamonds?"

"Because there is no such treasure in their area, they want it because its precious for them."

"Hmm, now I know, so they trade their seeds for treasure from Bolanaire land?"

"Yes, Albanians are very rich in trees and plants, the source of their delicious food, while the Bolanaire land has a lot of trees and plants, but it cannot turn into food, the trees and plants here are just plain, we can't eat those,"

"I can see that, but there still few trees here that bare fruits?" Melania wondered.

"Yes, but only a few and its not healthy and not delicious either, unlike the trees in Albany land very very rich," The queen said. Suddenly, the queen cried, as she remembered all her wickedness before. "I am so wicked! If only I can turn back the time!" The queen cried.

"Don't cry my queen, at least you admit all your sins, you are now a good queen,"

Melania said as she comforts her.

"But not anymore,"

"The new queen will not succeed, don't lost hope my queen,"

"I realized all my sins when I met you, when all of this happened, its a punishment for me," The queen softly said.

Melania gazed at the huge diamond that she was holding, she thought it was useless in Bolanaire land, so its not forbidden even if she keep it.

If she will give it to Misty, only her will benefit it.

"So I will keep it?" Melania asked the former queen.

"Just keep it, in our situation like this, maybe you can you use it in other way or another," said the queen.

Melania hid the huge diamond inside her long dress.

She thought that she might take advantage of it one day.

They were sent back to their room.

Exhausted, they immediately fell asleep, but later the new queen's army suddenly burst in and forced them out of the room.

"Get out!" The army said violently.

"Where are you taking us?" The former queen asked in astonishment. The army did not answer them, but dragged them out of the palace to the outside.

They were pushed to be with the hungry mannequins.

The highest official spoke.

"The new queen has ordered that you, Melania and former queen will now stay outside the palace from now on, along with the other mannequins!" Said the high official.

The former queen rolled her eyes and saw her fellow mannequins who were look so miserable and hungry. "Help us dear queen!" The mannequins whispered, but the former queen could do nothing.

Later, Misty arrived. And she saw Melania and the former queen.

"All of you will suffer together! That's what you are up to, and you Melania, you will see how I can be the queen of the world! And all of you, that's all you can do, a filthy mannequin hahaha!" Laughing Misty said.

Melania could do nothing but look at her, she want to slap her but she can't..

Soon after, suddenly there were armies who approached the former queen.

And they picked it up.

"Where are you taking me?" The former queen said as she was struggling.

"Dear queen!" Melania said and she tried to help her, but the new queen's army pushed her.

And she saw that they dragged the former queen into the palace. She looked at misty, she saw her laughing.

"What are you going to do with her?" Melania asked Misty.

"I'm going to erase her memory, that what she deserves!" Misty laughed.

"Don't!" Melania cried.