The Lost Heir: Battle Of Royalties - Chapter 148

“Well who knows. But if that’s the case, then explain how did you know about her being in a critical condition?” Still, Liam was wearing an accusing gaze.

Prince Zyrie paused for a few seconds while thinking of a way on how to explain everything without dragging the royalties on the princess’ case. Even though he dislikes prince Veziron, he will never put the integrity of the royal bloods on the line.

He sighed before looking into the eyes of the man who has an identical color to his.

“Few days ago, the king received a message from king Melchizedeck of the North kingdom asking to check on his daughter. The news about the explosion of the ship reached the king of the North and he is greatly worried about the princess who insisted to come to the kingdom of Allen without bringing any of her maidservants and guards. So we were tasked to search for her and bring her to the palace.”

“Nice cover but that didn’t answer my question.” Liam replied.

“We’ve been searching high and low for many days now. And just the other day, we overheard some pirates talking about a princess whom their peers abducted. We didn’t know it was her at first but it stirred our curiosity. That thought never crossed our minds while we were searching the city so we tried to follow them until we reached a private forest. We couldn’t enter the area so we decided to wait and observe the surroundings. Then just this morning, we saw those pirates holding a woman captive.”

“How did you know it was the princess then?”

“The dress that she was wearing… We don’t have that kind of linen here. It could only be found in the North. It was an expensive dress though so we concluded that she must be the princess of Armany. Therefore, we followed them.”

“You only followed them but you didn’t save her from those pirates?”

“We tried. But two against a crowd of fighters is not sufficient to save the princess. We might even put her life in danger so we tried to wait for reinforcement until an unanticipated attack happened.”

“Please continue your story.” Liam straightened up. No one knew what exactly happened to Diana but the prince said they were actually there so he might be able to extract information from him.

“The princess escaped. I could only help her from behind while Ehud, my personal bodyguard fought with the other pirates. As I have told you, we were outnumbered.” Prince Zyrie heaved a deep sigh when he recalled a specific event. Even prince Rohann whose been silent since they came to the guesthouse was listening intently since he didn’t know the whole story too.

“We could have save her if she didn’t jump off the waterfalls.” He added.

Liam jerked upon hearing the man but he saved his questions for later.

“She could have died due to her physical condition that time. And it’s indeed a miracle that she’s still breathing after the great fall.” He partly smiled. “They gave her a hard time… She could bȧrėly walk when they stopped on a hill to rest. That’s why it is surprising that she was still able to run away with her condition. She jumped off from a 120-meter waterfall. And if you follow the river, there will be another ridge. It was quite high so I’m sure she was injured when she fell from that too.”

Liam and the others lowered their head mournfully and felt so guilty upon hearing everything that prince Zyrie said. Diana underwent a horrible privations and that drove princess Laura to feel remorseful towards the woman who had to endure hardships that is not even intended for her to carry and experienced.

“I’m so sorry, miss Diana…” She mumbled regrettably.

“Do you know have any idea who’s behind the abduction?” Liam suddenly asked. His tone was kinda soft but they can feel the murderous sound intent on his tone.

Prince Zyrie unknowingly gulped while prince Rohann looked at his brother nervously.

“The only we are sure off is that, those pirates were just cronies working for someone. They won’t possibly abduct someone without a reason.” Liam added.

“I-I’m not sure either. If only one of them survives for us to interrogate, then that would be a lot easier. But unfortunately, no one was left to somehow tell the tale and that makes it more impossible for us to know their hidden objectives. Prince Zyrie replied. He was pretty amazed by how he manages to perfectly go with the conversation without giving a hint on who the real person behind the abduction.

“I can only agree to that. But you told me, you were there right? So didn’t you even bother to get a drift on who those men are or who that man is. Judging from the time interval of the shot arrows, there is only one shooter. Well, he’s quite competent to have killed all of the captives.

Prince Zyrie was not surprised at all. Prince Veziron and his cunning grandfather can do anything to hide what needs to be hidden and wash their hands from anything that could threaten Veziron’s reputation by hook or by crook. They may have swept all the possible evidences but unknowingly, they left three unknown witnesses.

“That would be great if only we saw but unluckily we didn’t, since he’s shooting far away from us and it is just so impossible to recognize the owner of that bow and arrows. Going back to why we personally came here. We are really thankful for you in risking your life to save our princess but we truly need you to surrender her to us and I ȧssure you, she’s safe inside the palace than to let her stay here. I’m also certain that the royal physicians would take good care of her.”

Liam looked at the man before standing up. “If you are telling the truth that it’s safer for her to stay in the palace than here then I’ll be giving you my approval but I think it’s best for you to talk to her regarding that.”

“What do you mean by that? Is she possibly conscious by now?”

“Well, she’s been well and conscious since the day she came here and I’m pretty sure she heard everything you say” The men froze in wonder. Liam saw how the news affect them so he voluntarily called out the attention of the woman behind the wall.

“It’s rude to eavesdrop to other people’s conversation, don’t you think Princess?” He smirked before looking at the people hiding in a corner. He motioned the princess to joined them.

Prince Zyrie and prince Rohann raised their brows as they followed the man’s gaze. Then lo and behold! A vigorous and unharmed young woman was walking towards them. However, her appearance greatly differs from the person they saw at the forest.

No! This is not the princess they saw in the forest. Are they possibly fooling them around?

The prince was about to lose his patience when the woman suddenly did a curtsy. ��Greetings, I’m Princess Laura from the kingdom of Armany. Please to meet you prince Zyrie, prince Rohann.” She greeted with an elegance and full of reverence.

“Princess Laura?” The man gave a questioning look. “I… I thought….”

“The woman you saw is miss Diana. If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t be here standing here safe and sound in front of you. Worst, I would’ve died in the hands of those pirates.” She replied which makes them lose face in front of the princess since, they cannot even protect her inside their own kingdom. But it’s too late to feel guilty.

“Then that means they took her and dressed her to look like you and presented her as the princess of Armany!” Prince Zyrie uttered in disbelief.

“Looks like it.” Cole heaved a heavy sigh. Prince Zyrie immediately bow before the princess which makes everyone surprise at his sudden move.

“Princess Laura, in behalf of the kingdom of allen, we’re sorry to have cause you inconvenience during your voyage. I beg for your forgiveness. We promise to protect you from now on.” He promised

“So what now? Are you going with them to the palace?” Cole interjected.

“I definitely have to go to the palace but not now. I wanted to wait for miss Diana to regain her consciousness so I can properly thank her for everything. It would be rude for me to leave my savior just like that. And for the record, it’s not me who deserves an apology from you since I’m not the one who is laying their unconsciously” She voiced looking at the prince.

“We will be waiting for you then, for us also to apologize for causing her great suffering” The prince replied. “Can we get a room for two here?” He faced the old man.

“O-of course.” The old man smiled and called for the lady host.

The princess raised her brows. “You sure? I might want to stay here for a week.”

“It doesn’t matter princess. If you want to stay for a month then, we will also stay and wait for you patiently. Your safety is our top priority right now.”

The princess smiled cutely. Prince Zyrie’s words suddenly sent a chill in her heart. She was about to response when the lady host was seen rushing to where they are.

“She’s awake!”