Chapter 23

After finding out that the Queen Mother’s birthday was only one week away on the next Saturday, Lyra used every minute of free time she could scrape up to think of a suitable performance. It was a short time frame, but she was determined to formulate something. She did not want to let the opportunity go to waste, and even if she was not successful, she would know that she at least tried. Fortunately, she did not have to come up with something alone. Zero always joined her whenever she had the time to go exploring in the forest around the palace. The kind of performances presented to the Queen Mother ranged from combat skills to magic tricks and everything in between. So, even if Lyra was an Omega, she had a chance. All she had to do was find something that could amuse the Queen Mother. During the day, she worked as diligently as she could. She turned a deaf ear to the other maids’ insults and took care to not get into any trouble. The last thing she wanted was to get thrown into the du