THE ANCIENT HUNT

DISQUALIFIED

Lebby called Morgan into the room and told her that they will have to deal with the contestants one after the other to eliminate them naturally

"You need to mess with their foods, I just need two gone at the first competition, do you think you know what you can do?" Lebby asked her crossing her legs

"I will put that in mind ma'am and make it possible for you" she replied

"This will make it the first official assignment you will be handling right?" Lebby asked looking at her with a smirk

"Yes My Queen and I will make sure not to disappoint you" she said with a slight bow

"You can go, I will put my trust in you and rest" Lebby stated and dismissed her

Morgan paced up and down in the room for some minutes thinking about what to do to carry out the task she has been given by Lebby and after thinking for a while, she arrived at a conclusion and snapped her fingers. She invited the assigned maids to each contestants which were her own people to help with the tasks

"You all will carry out a small assignment, find out whatever the person you are serving is allergic to before the first competition and report them back to me" she instructed and they bowed in submission

She began to receive the reports and saw that luckily two of the contestants had allergies with food ingredients also fortunately the same allergy. She marched to the kitchen on the competition day and told the chef cooking to see her for a minute

"What you are cooking today requires sauce right?" she asked standing in akimbo

"Yes ma, it includes sauces" the chef confirmed

"Make sure you replace the sauces with peanut sauces, I don't know if you will have to change the dishes or you will just use the sauces like that but just make sure it is prepared with peanut sauces" she ordered making the chef confused for a bit

"Why are you looking at me like that? the queen want to have peanut sauce all of a sudden and we have no choice" she said with a strong expression

"I will prepare it just like you have said ma'am" the chef finally gave in and Morgan smiled

"You can continue your work then, I hope you will make great delicacies as always" she said with a thin smile and disappeared from the kitchen

The chef complied and made the foods with peanut sauce which made his work easier and produced another greater flavor he didn't have in mind but the innocent chef didn't know that it was to be used as poison instead. The contestants settled on the table and ate their breakfast before going to prepare to meet the king

The two contestants continued to stool and stayed in their chambers as they could not step out due to the feeling to use the toilet in short time intervals, they continued to cry in the room as they had been automatically eliminated from the competition

*****

The contestants trooped into the hall with Lebby being the last on the queue and the fathers of the daughters caught in the web of Lebby were looking around to see where their daughters were which only made Lebby smirked. She signaled to Morgan and the door to the hall was locked signifying that the event was about to start

"Two down, I will make sure none of you is standing in front of me at the final stage of this contest, you all should just wait and see the power the maid you all ridiculed and laughed at possess and I will make sure to wield the sword to cut you all down" Lebby smirked as she stood where she was

The fathers of the missing contestants were distressed and stood up to express their concerns to the king

"My King, I want to know the reason why my daughter is not here, did something happen to her by chance? don't you think we should check on her safety first before proceeding with the competition?" the man complained and the King turned to the head maid

"Why are they not here yet? did something happen?" Argan asked and Morgan made her way to the front

"My king, they unfortunately didn't specify in their resume that they were allergic to peanuts and the dishes that were made this morning was made with peanuts to make them savory, the contestants all ate the same dishes and were fine but since both of them unfortunately didn't inform us earlier, they consumed it unknowingly and came down with serious stomach issues" Morgan solemnly explained

"But why cook this food with peanut sauce? it's not originally made with peanut sauce!" the father countered

"My Lord, the royal house has been running to the best of its abilities with the chefs given the freedom to be diverse in their food productions, if the misses had done the needful by highlighting that they were allergic to peanuts, the chefs would have taken this into consideration but unfortunately, they have failed to communicate this to the appropriate quarters" Morgan replied respectfully and the man was rendered speechless

"The position of the queen is a place where you have to be mindful of your health so you can be always available to rule over the people and oversee the affairs of the country, a queen that cannot take care of her body and mind is not deemed fit for one so I cannot allow that person to seat on the throne, I hereby disqualify them from the competition for being irresponsible with their bodies" Argan declared and murmurs stirred up in the room

"These contestants will move to the next stage after introducing themselves and their families, the date will be communicated and the competition will run quickly because I can' wait to have my real queen sitting beside me" he added and they all bowed in respect

The contestants stepped forward one by one and started to introduce themselves, their families and everything that was needed including Lebby

"I have no family, I have been a slave all my life but I have been diligent in everything that was expected of me so I believe I can care for this nation as its mother" she said before bowing and the room was filled with murmurs and jeers but she just kept a straight face throughout

The first round finished and they all went out of the hall, the other contestants ran to meet their friends having trouble with their stomachs and met them crying at the news of their disqualification

"Don't you think that witch is behind it? I mean it's weird the chefs decided to use peanut sauce and even today of all days" one of them raised a concern

"I also support you, it will be best to go confront her in groups, we can't let this continue" another supported and they all stood up to go confront Lebby in her chambers