The Lost Heir: Battle Of Royalties - Chapter 142

The pirates dragged Diana outside the mansion and put her in a human size wooden cage. Now she’s thinking were they will be going next.

Should she just expect the worst?

She heaved a sigh trying to calm her mind. She needs to think for herself.

And yes, she needed to escape from the pirates at all cost.

They were on their way out to the mansion gates when Diana decided to looked back and accidentally saw a figure who immediately hid himself behind the bars on the terrace at one of the rooms upstairs.

His figure seemed familiar to her but she didn’t spend much time thinking about the guy, rather, her mind went back to planning her escape.

Xu was about to leave the mansion as well when someone suddenly blocked his way. It was the young lad serving Shadrach.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Xu shivered as soon as he heard the threatening voice of the old man.

He didn’t response since it was prince Veziron’s stern warning never to let Shadrach know about his mission.

“I know my grandson must have told you to follow the princess. And as a faithful and loyal servant, you won’t tell me even at the cost of your life.”

Still, Xu has no answer. Shadrach laughed mockingly.

“Okay. Since you’re playing hard to get then I’ll let you leave.” He smirked. “I will let you do what the prince told you to do. However, if you messed up with my plans, I will never spare your head…. As well as your father’s household.”

Xu shuddered but he didn’t let Shadrach see through his fears. That would only give him the upper hand.

“You choose.” The old man smirked evilly before he let the man go.

“Master, do you want me to follow him?” The young lad asked.

“No need. That man knew what’s most important to him. Just tell the prince to get ready. We shall set out in a few minutes.”

“Yes, Master.”

MEANWHILE, Prince Zyrie couldn’t understand why he was itching to go and accompany Ehud at the forest early morning. He just can’t stay still so he notified prince Rohann about it and went back to the entrance of the forest.

They were hiding at one of the trees when they noticed some movements coming out.

The sounds of the horses’ neighs!

They positioned themselves at one of the trees where they can get a full view of the people coming out the forest. To their surprise, the pirates come out first!

And wait! Who could that woman be? Prince Zyrie widened his eyes when he realized it could be the princess of Armany.

Right! It should be the princess judging at her beautiful appearance and the expensive dress she was wearing. But why did they put her in a cage? He wanted to think of reasons but he’s out of time. They might lose them so they need to follow them now.

Prince Zyrie motioned his personal bodyguard to follow the group. He also did the same as soon as Ehud left moving from tree to tree. As for him, he went to where his horse was and took another route to avoid getting noticed by the pirates.

They aren’t just pirates… They were also accompanied by some uniformed guards. They are not royal soldiers either so probably, they are working under Shadrach.

They reached the rocky road and the two horses pulling the cart faltered. The horse at the left side grave hurt its other foot. The pirate captain then cursed beneath his breath and decided to leave the other horse behind.

“What will we do to her?” The petite man came near the pirate captain as his eyes looked at the princess. “Shall we just let her ride the other horse?”

“No, we can’t do that.” The captain muttered as he walked away from the gang. He was thinking what to do next. “The client wants us to torture the woman a little so letting her ride the horse would destroy our mission.”

“Then what will we do? Tie her up and let her walk the rocky road? The sun is scorching hot! She might die!”

The captain immediately looked at his petite companion. His face was glowing as if he just heard a bright idea.

“I’m not liking that smirk on your face.” He added as soon as he saw his captain’s evil smirk.

“That’s exactly what the client wants!” The captain chuckled mischievously and motioned the other pirates to get the woman out of the cage and tie her up. “Let’s just end this show as soon as possible. Next time, we won’t be working with those retarded royals any longer.”

“I don’t like them either.” The petite man made a face before going back to where the gang was.

They continued their journey while Diana walked bȧrėfoot. She stumbled many times due to the rocky road. There were slopes too and the blazing heat supped all her strength. She doesn’t have the energy to continue walking anymore.

AT A FAR DISTANCE, Prince Zyrie was feeling sorry for the woman. He wanted to rescue her at once but he needs reinforcements. Attacking the gang with just him and his bodyguards was totally not a good idea. There are a lot of them!

“Dang it!” Prince Zyrie cursed beneath his breath. If they continue to torture the princess, something bad might really happened to her and they will be in trouble if that happens.

“How dare you Veziron for doing such a cruel thing to the princess! You’ll soon regret your actions!” Prince Zyrie muttered as he continued following the gang.

He already sent a message to prince Rohann to meet them at the valley of Kiron. He can’t be wrong, they’re surely heading to the valley of Kiron.

“C-can we rest for a few minutes?” Diana requested. She was panting as she speaks.

The pirate captain and the others glanced at the exhausted woman. Some of the soldiers were looking at her with pity but the pirate seemed unmoved at her sufferings.

“I believe the client said to torture her a little not to kill her.” The petite man looked at the captain.

“I didn’t know you were such a soft-hearted guy.” He hissed before he looked at the others. Tiredness was evident on their faces too.

“Keep moving. We can rest as soon as we reach the top hill.” His eyes landed at the high slope ahead of them.

She’s panting heavily as she forced her numbing feet to climb the slope.

“You’re almost there, Diana, almost there.” She mumbled softly.

She fell on her knees as soon as they reached the top hill. The men scattered themselves as they looked for a comfortable place to sit on.

As for prince Zyrie and his bodyguard, they had to stop down the hill away from the men. And while waiting at one of the trees, Prince Zyrie noticed a moving object nearing the team. Oh wait, it’s not an animal… that guy… It’s prince Veziron’s personal bodyguard!

MEANWHILE, the petite man threw his water bottle near the woman. Diana weakly looked at the man with pleading eyes!

“T-thank you, mister.” She muttered, almost a whisper. “C-can I ask a little favor?”

“What is it?”

“C-can you untie me? I really need to pee.” She pleaded. “I hope you are not thinking that I could escape with my current situation.”

Make sense. The petite man thought. She’s too weak to run away. Besides, with their number, they can always chase her wherever she goes. Therefore, the petite man removed the rope that tied her up.

“T-thank you.” She smiled as she slowly picked up the water bottle and drink a lot.

“What do you think you’re doing?” The pirate captain came to where they are. “Who told you to set her free?” Now he was mad.

“She said she needs to pee.” The man replied. ��Let’s just untie her, she can’t escape from us anyway.”

“Tsk!” The captain hissed in annoyance. “And if she escapes, you’ll take the responsibility alone!” The man left as he walked back to where his resting place was.

“T-thank you.” Diana slowly stood up and with two escorts, they walked a little farther from the group. “Are you going to watch me pee?” She raised her brow against the two mansion guards. They felt a bit embarrassed as they looked at each other. “Please give me a little privacy.”

Filled with hesitation, the two guards slowly turned their backs on her.

“I’m moving a little farther from you guys, I think it’s not just a pee, I think I’m going to poop too.” She said acting embarrassed when the two guys faced her for a second.

Seeing how she blushed in embarrassment, they immediately turned away from her.

“J-just do what you need to do, miss.” One of the guards voiced.

Diana smirked sarcastically as she moved a bit far from them.

“Do you think you won’t be able to smell something from here?” Diana called out. The two men looked at her location.

“Don’t you think you went a bit far, miss?” One of the guards answered.

“Sorry.” She apologized deeply. “I don’t think I can live once I’m put to shame. You know what I mean, right?”

The men looked at each other. “Then please be in a hurry then.”

Diana was letting out a sound as if she was having a hard time releasing just to misled the boys of what she was doing.

She looked around her and observed her surroundings. If she follows the road before her, the men could easily catch her but if she run to the side, she’ll reach the edge. On the other side, she could hear the sound of waterfalls but jumping off from there wouldn’t guarantee her safety. Though they can always chase her wherever she goes.

She closed her eyes and looked up for a second. The falls!

She then tore her long dress up to her knee and spread it over the plants making look like a human figured covered with cloth, then she cautiously run to the other side.

One of the guards took a quick glance and saw the cloth. It ȧssured him that the woman is still in her place. However, few minutes later, the head captain came to where the guards were. His face hints annoyance. Maybe due to waiting long.

“What’s taking you so long?!” He glared at them.

“T-the lady isn’t done yet.” The other stammered and pointed at the cloth’s direction. The head captain looked at the dress but he immediately knew something was wrong. So he rushed to that location.

“Damn it! You let her escaped!” He bawled in anger and ordered all the men to searched for the woman. “Bring her back at once!” He roared.

“She’s over there!” One of the men saw a figure running on the other side.

“To the waterfalls!” The captain ordered and each men started chasing the woman.

‘Fudge!’ She muttered within as soon as she spotted a lot of men chasing her.

She needs to run faster!