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Chapter 135: My Cousin Did It (9)

After dinner, Gu Chang returned to the carriage.

"A Chang, the black witch has replied." Cedric handed the note to Gu Chang.

Gu Chang unfolded the note and said, "What's the name of that black witch?"

"Carlisna Gareth." Cedric held Gu Chang in his arms. He liked holding Gu Chang like this recently.

Gu Chang read out the contents of the note. "Your Highness, please allow me to greet you. The matter you are asking about was not done by me, but by my cousin. Please forgive me."

"Does she have a cousin?" Gu Chang looked at Cedric.

Cedric thought for a moment, then said, "As far as I know, she has no cousin."

"It seems that Kalisna lied to me." Cedric's voice turned cold.

Gu Chang put the note away and put it in his pocket. "Does she know you are coming to the royal city?"

"No one knows that I will come to the royal city, but even if Kalisna knows that I am coming, she won't dare to run away." Cedric took Gu Chang's left hand and looked at the ring on his ring finger. He felt happy.

Sure enough, this ring is very suitable for Gu Chang.

The luxurious carriage, surrounded by the royal knights in their knightly attire, attracted the attention of many townspeople, who were all discussing which noble might be sitting in the carriage.

As evening approached, they stopped at an inn in another town. They expected to reach the royal city by tomorrow afternoon.

Gu Chang knew that Cedric was about to leave at this time. He kissed Cedric's lips reluctantly and said, "See you in the royal city."

"Well, dear Achang, see you in the royal city." Cedric kissed Gu Chang and gently rubbed Gu Chang's earlobe with his fingertips.

Soon, the kiss ended.

"Don't go yet, I want to give you something." Cedric smiled slightly.

Gu Chang blinked, "What is it?"

Cedric opened his palm and saw a delicate and small sapphire earring.

After a while, Gu Chang got off the carriage.

Then Andrew drove away in the carriage, using the excuse that the horses needed to eat.

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Gu Chang stayed in the middle room on the second floor. He stood in the washroom and looked at himself in the mirror.

Cedric put a sapphire earring on his right ear that matched the ring.

Gu Chang touched the earrings and couldn't help laughing when he thought about how Cedric coaxed him to wear them.

It seems that the lover of this life likes to give him beautiful gems.

Inside the palace——

After washing up, Anna put on a soft nightgown and sat in front of the mirror, watching the maid take care of her flaxen long hair.

A white carrier pigeon suddenly landed in front of the window. The maid stopped what she was doing and asked in surprise: "What time is it now? Why is someone still delivering a letter?"

Anna stood up calmly and removed the note from the pigeon's leg. Her face, which had been slightly worried, suddenly changed, and she looked at the contents of the note in disbelief.

Anna couldn't help but raised her hand to cover her mouth and read the line of words over and over again.

She looked up at Karina, her personal maid who had been serving her, and cold tears rolled down her eyes.

"Princess, what's wrong? What happened?" Karina asked worriedly.

Anna grabbed Kalina's shoulders with both hands and laughed, "Kalina, he's still alive..."

"You mean... His Highness Helain?" Karina saw Anna crying and laughing, and took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears. "You shouldn't get too excited now."

Anna blinked, her amber eyes moist. "It's okay, Kalina. I'm just so happy." She folded the note carefully. "My child, Helain. I can finally see you again."

She thought she would never see her child again in this lifetime.

For more than two years, she has been living in self-blame and guilt. Even with the status of princess, she can't be happy.

Anna placed the folded note in her palm. She walked to the window, looked at the night sky, and clasped her palms together. "Thank God for letting my child return to me."

Karina was also very happy. Ever since the princess sent His Highness Helain away, she had lost interest in anything.

Now that His Highness Helain is coming back, the princess can smile again.

"Should we tell Her Majesty the Queen about this?" Karina asked.

Anna turned to look at her and pursed her lips, “No, don’t tell Queen Sylvia yet.”

Karina was a little puzzled. "Haven't you always had a good relationship with Queen Silvia? If you tell the Queen, we can also hold a banquet to welcome the Fifth Prince back."

"No, we can't do that, Karina. It's precisely because I have a good relationship with the queen that I can't tell her. I want to hold a ball myself so that everyone can see Helain appear beside me." Anna frowned slightly. For one thing, Lotus is the queen's child. If she told the queen, there was no guarantee that Lotus would know the news.

She must protect Helain and not let him be cursed again.

"Karina, you can't tell this to anyone else. Please swear." Anna turned around and stared at Karina solemnly.

Kalina knew Anna's worries. She looked serious and raised her hand to swear, "I swear, I will not tell anyone about the return of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, or I will let the God of Death take my life."

Anna smiled faintly. She picked up a box of pearls from the dressing table and placed it in Kalina's hand. "Kalina, it's not that I don't trust you, but Helain is coming back, and I have to ensure his safety. Please understand my concerns as a mother."

"I know, Princess. I have always been on your side." Karina did not accept the pearls Anna gave her.

After watching Karina leave, Anna walked to the desk and began to write a letter.

She had to contact the White Witch Galis and never let Helain be cursed again.

The next day, after breakfast, Gu Chang got back on the carriage.

The driver this time was Andrew again.

"Your Highness, my master asked me to tell you something. If Kalisna wants to curse you again, please hold on to the Silver Fall tightly." Andrew said in a low voice.

Gu Chang said calmly, "Okay, thank you very much."

After Gu Chang got on the carriage, Zefeier and his team members also rode their horses around the carriage.

Zephir wanted to chat with the driver, "Andrew, what did you do before?"

Andrew drove the carriage. His brown eyes glanced at Zephir, then he raised his hand to lower the brim of his hat. "Just a coachman."

Zephir didn't care. Andrew's ability to protect Gu Chang from the siege of horse thieves proved his extraordinary skills. Furthermore, the rough calluses on Andrew's hands showed that he must be an experienced hunter.

"Okay." Seeing that Andrew was unwilling to say more, Zephir had to give up asking.

If you can talk more with an experienced hunter like Andrew, you can learn more.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Chang asked Zefeier to take the heads of the horse thieves and leave. He didn't want to attract too much attention.

Zephir was tempted to say that the carriage built by His Royal Highness looked very wealthy. However, he also felt that Gu Chang was right. Their Royal Knights had always attracted attention.

So when they were still some distance away from the royal city, Zephir took his men and left first.

At the place where bounty prizes are collected, there is a tavern for knights to rest.

When Zephir appeared in the tavern with the bunch of heads, the other knights sitting in the tavern were shocked by his actions.

"Zephir, did you catch the horse thief?" Saminos, the captain of the first squadron of the Royal Knights, approached Zephir, holding a wine glass. He was handsome and tall, and although he was wearing the blue and white uniform of a knight, he still exuded a noble demeanor.

Zephir kept a friendly smile and said, "Let's talk later, Saminos. Excuse me for a moment."

Saminos stood there, he didn't move.

Zephir then shoulder-shoved him aside, walked to the front desk of the tavern, and said to Rhodes, who was wiping his wine glass, "Master, please confirm these seven heads."

Saminos frowned unhappily, clenching his fist around his wine glass. Seeing the man trying to come in, he glared at him, then turned back to his seat. Then, deflated, he crossed his long legs over the table.

Rhodes was the previous Knight Commander of the Second Squadron. Due to a leg injury, he was no longer fit to continue serving in the Knights, so he was assigned to work at this tavern. Zephir was his apprentice, whom he had personally promoted. He had always had high hopes for Zephir.

"Well done, boys, you have eliminated these cunning horse thieves. I think you have solved a big problem for His Majesty the King." Rhodes walked out from the front desk, looked at the seven severed heads, then walked to the bounty board and took down the portraits of the seven horse thieves.

After comparing them one by one, Rhodes asked Zephir to put all the heads into a wooden box. "They are all smelly. Put them in the box quickly. I will have someone dispose of these heads later."

Zefeier asked the team members to take a rest first. He put everything in his hands into the wooden box, then scooped a bowl of water from the bucket of clean water and washed his hands.

"Master, let me help you." Zephiel looked at the many unwashed cups on Rhodes's hand. He picked up the cloth for wiping the cups and wanted to help Rhodes.

Rhodes frowned and stuffed the bag of gold coins into Zephiel's hand. "I don't need your help. You've had enough trouble catching horse thieves."

"Master, actually it wasn't me who killed the horse thief. I was just helping someone collect the reward." Zephiel smiled.

Rhodes was stunned, "Not you?"

"Hahahahahaha! Zephir! I thought you were so powerful, but it turns out you didn't kill the horse thieves." Saminos drank the red wine in the glass. He tilted his head and mocked loudly.

The younger brothers around him all echoed, "Yeah, just because you have a few heads you think you are so powerful."

"I'm afraid he's trying to steal the credit for someone else's work and show off."

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha."

Zephir kept smiling. He turned and stared at Saminos. "I didn't say at the beginning that I was the one who killed the horse thief. Is this something you imagined?"

There were not only Saminos and his men in the tavern, but also knights from other teams.

Saminos snorted coldly, "Zephir, you should go and earn more bounties when you have time, otherwise you won't be able to hide your poor appearance."

His younger brothers burst into laughter and pointed at Zephir, calling him a poor boy.

"Saminos, I think you should go wash in the holy pool to get rid of the smell of money." Zephyr still kept smiling.

The members of the second team stared at Saminos with unfriendly expressions.

Everyone knew that Saminos was able to become the Knight Commander because his family had a wealthy Marquis father. His father gave a lot of money to the king, which made Saminos what he is today.

Most nobles believed that the title of knight signified that their sons were gilded with honors. When chatting with others, they would say that their sons were knights of the Royal Order.

As a result, more and more nobles sent their sons to join the Knights Templar.

Zephir felt that this group of people were just a bunch of shit pots with gold rims, but they were still filthy inside.

When Saminos heard Zephir say that, he kicked over the table and strode up to Zephir. "What did you say?! Poor boy!"