The Lost Heir: Battle Of Royalties - Chapter 153

Prince Leo had to go through a lot of trouble just to save her. He even consulted the king to get his permission just to get her out.

“Father, please help me. Save my friend just this once. She’s new in the palace and doesn’t know the rules yet. Besides, she’s too young to be imprisoned even for a day!” He pleaded.

The king sighed in disappointment. “Son, even if she’s new here, your chief attendant should have taught her everything the first day. You should replace your incompetent servants if they can’t even do such a simple task.” He nonchalantly replied while his eyes were on the documents he was reviewing.

“I’m at fault, your highness. I shall bear the responsibility of my servant’s shortcomings. But please spare my new maidservant just this once. She didn’t intend to break in the great herald’s room. It was a mistake. Please, your highness, have mercy on her.”

“I’ll make sure things like this will never happen again.” He furthered.

“Just this once, son. Just this once. If this happens again, then let the guards do what needs to be done. I won’t help you anymore since second time is never an accident but already an attempt.” The king replied and hand him a scroll. “Present this to the chief of the bureau of investigation.”

“Thank you, your highness!” He gratefully curtsied before taking the scroll and rush to the bureau of investigation.

When he arrived at the investigation area, he immediately presented the king’s verdict to let go of the young lady. Then one of the royal officers accompanied the prince to where she is.

She was trembling in fear when he saw her. Seeing how afraid she was, his heart ached a little.

“How many times do I have to tell you to wait for my cue? Are you that impatient to sabotage the plan? You will get us all in trouble” prince Leo continued to admonish the young lady inside his room. “I have said this before and I will say it again, life inside the palace is difficult since there are laws you need to abide to. You may have the freedom to do as you wished before but living inside the palace is a lot different from the outside world.”

Still, the lady couldn’t say word.

“I know you’re not used to be bound by some laws so I am giving you a chance to choose now. Make a decision if you want to leave the palace now. Once you made up your mind, come and see me anytime. I will surely respect your decision.”

He wanted to say more but he already made his point. He knew he was a bit harsh but the lady need to learn her lesson because he was not lying when he said living inside the palace was way different and difficult compared to living outside. If she wants to thrive in her current environment, she needs to adapt the lifestyle inside.

He immediately left the room. And as soon as he shut the door, he noticed Lemuel leaning on the doorway. He was expecting the young man to rebuke him for scolding the young lady but he was surprised that he didn’t say a word.

“Can I go in?” Lemuel asked his permission.

The prince nodded in response before leaving to who knows where he’s going. Lemuel could also see the trace of disappointment all over his face so he’s probably going to cool down a little.

Lemuel entered the room and found the lady standing still. She probably didn’t move an inch even when prince Leo left her. She was crying silently.

“Sarah…” Lemuel went near her.

Her sobbing didn’t stop. In fact, it grew louder. He heaved a heavy sigh.

“I hate to admit but prince Leo was right. If we want to survive, we need to learn the ways of this jungle.” He voiced. “It’s quite hard living with the royals but I am trying my best to learn silently because I want to stay beside you while you do your mission here. However, if you decide to leave this place then tell me anytime, I’ll go with you wherever you go.”

“I…I just want to find my grandmother’s book as soon as possible. I… I hate it here!” She whimpered. “I don’t like this place. I just want to be with miss Diana and the others.” Tears kept rolling from her eyes.

Lemuel hugged the woman and ċȧrėssed her back to comfort her. Indeed, life inside the palace was quite difficult. There’s a lot of don’ts than the do’s. Their actions were very limited too.

“Just tell me if you want to leave the palace now. We can always go back to where the others are.” He muttered.

“I want to… But I can’t.” She sniffled. “I have to find what my grandmother left me. I believe it contained a lot of important information. I can’t possibly let her handworks go in vain.”

“If that’s what you want then you should learn how to play the law of the jungle.”

The lady wiped her wet cheeks as soon as they broke the hug. With disbelieving eyes, she looked at the young man. “I thought you don’t trust the prince? What’s with the sudden change?”

“My suspicions about him still remains, however, this place is his playground for such a long time. And if someone knew the roundabouts of this certain place, that would be the prince. I’m not saying I trust him now, but following his lead shouldn’t harm both of us. He’s all we’ve got here so let’s follow him for now.”

The lady finally smiled. “You could have said that you trust him now rather than give a long explanation that will lead to the same answer.” She chuckled playfully.

“No, I don’t trust him!” He whɨnėd. “Or I guess I was just left with no other choice.” He looked away shyly.

Sarah laughed. “By the way, have you heard anything from the team?”

Lemuel sighed in defeat. “None yet. I sent them a message but I haven’t received any response from them. Now I’m thinking the possibility of the winged messenger to have been destroyed. something might have happened to the winged messenger.”

“Looks like they were very busy.” Sarah replied.

“Maybe. But I’ll find a way to inform them about our situation.”

“You should.” She replied. “Send my greetings to miss Diana too.”

**Unknown to them, someone was hiding at the balcony listening intently at their conversation.

MEANWHILE, AT PRINCE VEZIRON’S CHAMBER….

“What is he up to these days?” He asked the lady servant who just entered his room.

“Nothing unusual, my prince.” The lady replied while kneeling on the wooden floor. “Nowadays, he was spending more of his time training with his new armor bearer.”

“New armor bearer?” Prince Veziron furrowed his brows questioningly.

“Yes, my prince. Prince Leo arrived from his journey along with his two new servants. One male and one female.”

He was silent for a few seconds as he pondered on the lady spy’s report. Should he worry about his two new servants? But why should he? He might have just taken them somewhere while on his journey. New servants should not be a threat, right? He was trying to calm himself.

“How about messages from the outside? Did you see him receive one the past days?” He wanted to know if prince Leo and prince Zyrie were communicating in secret.

Knowing that prince Zyrie and prince Rohann found the princess of Armany, he couldn’t stop worrying that it might spread all over the palace. He should not worry since he’s already betrothed with the princess, however, whatever reason it may be, he couldn’t help but worry.

Why?

Maybe he was afraid that the other princes might do their best to win the princess’s heart.

“I haven’t seen any winged messenger lurking around him the past few days, my prince.” She voiced.

But unknown to her, prince Leo’s personal bodyguard had been receiving messages from prince Zyrie in secret. No one noticed the exchange of letter between prince Zyrie and prince Leo since prince Leo’s bodyguard had been receiving the messenger on the mountains a bit far from the palace.

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“Is that for real?” Prince Leo widened his eyes in disbelief upon hearing his bodyguard’s report. “They found the princess at that guesthouse?”

“Yes, my prince. However, the princess doesn’t want to leave yet until her friend recovers, so they have to stay there a little longer.”

Prince Leo was in deep thought for a few minutes. Is it possible that they also met Liam and the others? He was just thinking about it when his bodyguard spoke.

“By the way, Prince Zyrie also said that they encountered the shadow knights. Turned out that they were the one who saved the woman whom they thought is the princess.”

His eyes widened even more. The woman whom they thought as the princess? Could it be …. Her?

There’s only one way to know. He immediately took a pen and a paper and wrote something on it then hand it to his bodyguard.

“Make sure to send this letter as soon as possible!”