The Lost Heir: Battle Of Royalties - Chapter 130

The kingdom is doomed!

This is it. The real dilemma reached to the palace early morning.

The king of Armany sent a letter to king Edward asking about the ship that exploded the other day. Looked like the news has already gone abroad.

The king came up with a solution on how to explain the explosion once the neighboring kingdoms will ask him about it. However, his façade was shattered when he read the letter sent by king Melchizedek, the king of Armany.

Just like the other kings, they were asking about the merchant’s ship. However, when he finished the whole letter, he passed out!

“Call the royal physicians at once!” His personal ȧssistant commanded the chief maidservant to rushed to the physician’s headquarters.

Few minutes later, the royal physicians came and tended the king.

The palace was in chaos upon hearing that the king fainted at his chamber.

The queen heard about him too therefore she hurried into the king’s room. She was worried that his health might be at risk again.

“How is he, doctor?” The queen asked as soon as the royal doctor finished the check-up.

“My queen, the king is fine now.” He ȧssured the anxious queen.

“Will his health becomes a problem in the future?”

“The king is still in good health, my queen. It’s just a mild fatigue so a proper rest and proper diet will help his body recover fast.”

The queen heaved a sigh of relief as well as the king’s personal ȧssistant.

The princes were also waiting for the result outside the king’s room. Everyone was present except Prince Leo and Prince Veziron.

“What do you think happened to our father?” It was prince Rohann, the second son of the royal consort who spoke.

“Not sure either. Let’s just hope that it’s not a serious one.” Prince Zyrie replied.

The other princes were waiting for the physician in silence. A few minutes later, the physician came out and motioned the princes to go inside the king’s room.

The king is aawake!

“Father!” Prince Harry yelped as soon as he entered the room and saw his father rising up on his bed. Prince Harry was the youngest among the sixth princes. He was the son of the king’s second concubine, Lady Cassandra and was prince Leo’s full blood brother.

He was the sweetest and the gentlest prince among them all and also, the closest to the king. He doesn’t have any dėsɨrė to take the throne but his love to music instead of the sword distinct him among his brothers.

“Are you alright?” He worriedly asked the king who sat up on his bed.

“Father…” Prince William and the others entered together. “How are you feeling now?”

“I’m fine. Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious. I can still live to see my grandsons!” He chuckled jokingly.

“And now you can still throw jokes at a time like this.” The queen snorted annoyingly.

“Ha-ha-ha! But I’m truly fine!”

“Then how can you explain this incident, huh?!” The queen scolded the king who immediately paused for a minute when he remembered what took place before he passed out.

The king of Armany sent a totally disturbing message!

“Father… What is it?” It was prince Zyrie who asked when he saw how the king fell in daze.

“Prince Zyrie…” He looked at him. “I need you to do something for me.” His eyes tell him that it was an urgent task.

The room was filled with silence as they waited for the king to finish speaking.

“Can you search for the princess of Armany.”

“The king of the northern kingdom, king Melchizedek sent a letter saying that his daughter came to the country—alone. His daughter didn’t send him a letter for days now and when he heard about the explosion of the merchant’s ship, he demanded that his daughter must be found as soon as possible.”

“His daughter? But how can I search for a person I never saw before?” Prince Zyrie bellowed. “Is there a way I can determine it was her?”

“The jade signet ring on her left hand and the Emerald necklace with the north kingdom’s emblem carved in it will be your sign. I don’t think she was inside the ship when it exploded. Try searching for her in Patar.”

“Patar?” Prince Zyrie was in deep thought.

“I will go with you.” Prince Rohann volunteered. He was Prince Veziron’s full blood brother but they aren’t close. His mother and grandfather Shadrach only favors his brother Veziron, casting him aside.

“No. You should stay here and —-”

“Take him with you.” The king interrupted. “I can’t entrust this task to any other and make sure not to let other people know about this either.”

The king pleaded. Discussing secret tasks to his sons was not a problem to him since these princes get along with each other and that they knew how to keep secrets among themselves. He also knew that they were not in good terms with the first prince.

“Search for her and make sure to escort her safely in the palace. Take some of our royal guards with you too.” He added.

“Then we shall set out tonight then.” Prince Zyrie agreed.

“Yes. That’s a good idea. Make sure to keep her safe. You should know that we will be in great trouble if something bad happens to her. I’m sure some of the officials knew about her arrival therefore you must find her before they do.”

“Yes, father.” The two princes uttered in unison.

The two prince left the king’s chamber as soon as they received his orders.

Prince Zyrie knew that the search wouldn’t be easy but they must find the princess at all cost.

“Brother…” Prince William, his blood brother came into his room while the man was preparing his things for the journey tonight.

“William, what is it?” He asked, still making himself busy.

“Can I go with you?”

Prince Zyrie immediately stared at him. Seeing how serious he was, he stopped what he was doing and faced him.

“Prince William, I can’t bring you with me because this journey may be dangerous for you.”

“But I am a grown up man now! I’m not a kid anymore!” He made a face.

“I know you are a grown up man now. But mother needs you here.” He touched the man’s shoulder. “And I need you to stay here too.”

The man creased his brow confused? Eh?

Prince Zyrie smiled. “Yes. I need you here. I need you to be my eyes and ears here in the palace while I’m gone.”

“You mean…”

“Yes. I need you to report to me everything that’s happening here. Whether it’s big or small or even if you think it doesn’t matter, I still need to know.”

“Oh, okay.” He muttered softly.

“And I need you to watch over our mother. She will definitely cry the whole night when she hears about this task I am ȧssigned to work on.”

“I understand, brother.” He finally smiled.

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“We will be going now.” Liam kowtowed before the old man.

“Good luck boys.” Sargon smiled. “I will be waiting for your return then.”

“It’ll probably be after three days.” Liam notified the old man before they mounted their horses.

Liam and his team set out early to the Valley of Nambre where the Balzekar Tribe does their trading business. They were originally settling at the boarders at the City of Zoar but they started building up houses in the valley of Nambre to minimize the cost of travelling back and forth.

“Wait.” Gideon stopped the men when they were nearing an empty house along the road.

“What?” Leon raised his brows.

“I need to pee.” He grinned playfully and got off his horse then hid himself near an empty stable.

It took him at least a minute to freshen himself up before he went back to the others. “Thank you!”

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SUN’S BRIGHTNESS WOKE HER UP!

Omo, she woke up late.

She rose up and did a little stretching. Her body must have been too exhausted for the past few days.

Now that she can see her surroundings, she took the chance to wash her face at the stream near the side of the road. Even without a mirror, she can feel the dirt on her face.

She needs to look human despites her circumstances at least.

She then trekked the path that leads to the guesthouse on top of the hill. Too bad she couldn’t even afford to rent a horse so she has to walked by foot.

She reached a certain valley where she can see the guesthouse on top of a hill. Dang it! She might reach that residence in an hour or possibly more!

The thing is, she was never a fan of hiking!

Fudge! She cursed beneath her breath. She better finds those men when she reached that house!

On the other hand, Sargon and his lady spy prepared to leave the guesthouse. Spending a few days at his private residence to oversee the preparation of his men should be safe for now since Liam and his team will be back in three days. That’s more than enough for him to observe the development of his own taskforce.

They mounted their horses and trekked the only way down to the city of Zoar. However, they halted when they reached the gradient.

A lady was lying on the ground unconscious!

“Master, we should go, this might be one of the bandit’s tactic to get us.” The lady spy muttered softly.

Sargon was thinking for a second. “I don’t think so.” He finally uttered. “Go and check on her.”

The lady spy descended her horse and viciously walked near the lady. She was still breathing but very faint.

“Master, she’s alive!”

The old man got off his horse too and went to where they are. His lady spy was holding the weak lady in her arms and as soon as he got a glimpse of her, he staggered backwards.

Impossible!