Reincarnated as an Energy with a System

Chapter 717: Punishment and Salvation

"Sick? Me? Because I killed that bastard that hurt me?" the Queen shouted at Ning. "You know nothing of the pain I went through. You have no idea what it feels like to sit there, helpless as your body wrecks with pain."

"I still have scars from the times he hit me because I dared to fight struggle. And you want to say I'm sick?" the queen asked.

"What you did to your husband is in fact commendable. Killing that piece of garbage was in fact an easy escape for him. If it were me, I would've tortured him far more than just that," Ning said.

The queen paused. "You… you agree with me? So you do understand my pain," she said.

"However," Ning continued. "Just because you've been hurt before does not give you the right to hurt others."

"You killed the king, I commend you. You killed the prince, you must be punished," Ning said.

"Heh! We'll see about that, you bastard," the queen said.

Ning walked up to her and grabbed the queen on her head.

"Master?" the queen's rageful eyes changed to that of a somber person that didn't understand what was happening.

"Sleep, I don't need you right now," Ning said. Suddenly the queen's eyes became unfocused before focusing back as she looked around in surprise.

"What's going on? Why am I back?" she looked around agitatedly. "What are you doing to me?"

"Something I wish someone was here to do for you a long time ago," Ning said as he closed his eyes.

"You've suffered a lot throughout your existence, but you've also done things that can't go unpunished."

"I hope what I'm going to do shall be both punishment and salvation for you," Ning spoke.

"What? What are you going to do to m—"

"Disappear!"

The queen's words never ended, and they never would.

"Master?" the real queen woke up with a confused look on her face. "What's going on?"

Going in and out of consciousness had her disoriented and it took a while before she was able to remember what was going on.

"My… my son." She looked up at Ning with eyes full of tears. "Did I… did… did I really… k-kill my son?"

"Ah!" Ning realized that the queen had no idea what had happened and now knew what her other self had done.

"No, you did not," Ning said as he asked the system to remove her memories. Not just hers, he removed everyone else's memories of the situation as well.

In the end, the only one that remembered what had happened was the captain. Ning didn't want the queen's pain and struggle to just disappear forever as it had never existed.

At least someone had to remember it. Even though it would probably hurt the captain, Ning couldn't see anyone else who would be a better fit to remember it all.

"Catch that Helerach guy. He is the main culprit of your prince's death," Ning told the captain who absentmindedly nodded.

Ning then turned toward the palace door and called someone. Janean appeared next to him.

"This is the other culprit. I will leave you to do what you see fit with her," Ning said.

"Master, you must be tired. Should I prepare a guest room for you to rest?" the queen asked.

Ning smiled. "You don't have to call me master anymore." With a wave of a hand, Ning's domination came undone and the queen regained her control over herself.

Even then, she didn't feel much change. After all, Ning hadn't really made her do anything that she wouldn't have done herself.

"Thank you, young man, for what you've done to our country," the captain respectfully saluted Ning.

"Keep up the good work. I will be leaving now," Ning said.

"Thank you for helping avenge my son's death," The queen bowed her head as well. "If you ever need anything, please come visit the palace."

"I don't really have anything I will want," Ning said. "But I might visit sometime. Have a proper funeral for your son and take care of yourself. Goodbye."

Ning teleported away.

The captain would then go on to capture both Janean and Helerach before bringing them to the execution stand where he was nearly hung.

To his surprise, no one would remember anything about the execution that had nearly happened, not even the queen.

Using the paper Ning provided as evidence, the captain would then hang both Janean and the servant Helerach, who was originally the one to suggest using the aid Shadow's Anarchy to the queen.

He had been using the queen's vulnerability to sow ideas into her head that might or might not have emerged on their own.

Once the two were dead, and the prince avenged, the queen would go back to ruling the country with a heavy heart.

There were no more heirs for her to raise, no more children. The family line of the Yorshan royal family would soon have to change.

Until then, for her son, her people, and herself, the queen would rule the nation with everything she had.

Ning returned back to the Arena cafeteria as he was incredibly hungry from having to do so many things over the last day.

He couldn't believe just how much happened in the span of a single day.

He took the princess and queen out on the turtle, saved the fishermen, and learned about the monster, which then turned out to be a spaceship that helped him learn about space stones.

Then he was stuck dealing with the murder of a prince in a nation he hadn't even heard of before.

As he sat down and ate with all the thoughts in his mind, someone sat on the chair in front of him.

"Where have you been?" the voice called and Ning looked up.

"Oh, hey Saph. I've been out," Ning said absentmindedly.

"Are they done?" she asked.

"Is what done?" Ning asked.

"My pearls. Are they done recharging?" she asked.

"Your pearls?" Ning remembered where they were. At the bottom of the sea. Ning sighed. "I'll go get them soon."