novelraw Chapter 118
Chapter 118
118~ Returning Home~
"Hmm? What's happening outside?"
The little Princess rubbed her eyes and asked.
She had just woken up a moment ago, and discovered she was hearing sounds of fighting outside?
The sounds of clashing blades and magic being cast continuously rang out. Looked like they'd finally encountered trouble?
But that made sense. How could they not encounter some trouble the entire journey? You had to know that on her journey from Glaze Nation to Scarlet Phoenix, she'd encountered several battles. However, because the guard team was extremely elite, those battles were all resolved by the guard team without lasting very long.
"Miss, please don't stick your head out. It's very dangerous. If you were accidentally injured..." Nina pulled on the little Princess's clothes.
"Okay, okay, I won't look, I won't look."
The little Princess, whose hand had originally been eager to move, pulled it back again. She had just wanted to lift the curtain a bit to watch the battle, mainly to roughly evaluate the strength of the White Wolf Adventurer Team members.
However, since Nina had already reminded her it was dangerous, she'd better not stick her head out.
The sounds of fighting outside gradually weakened. After two or three minutes, the carriage door was pulled open by the White Wolf Adventurer Team's captain.
"Miss Nina, the battle has already ended. We can continue on our way."
"Mm, understood. Thank you to all the White Wolf members for helping us drive away the danger."
"What are you saying? We take people's money and eliminate their disasters. We still have this basic professionalism."
After all, if they couldn't even complete an escort mission, if word of this got out, who would still dare to hire their White Wolf Team?
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"Miss Nina? Miss Ainomi? And... uh, this young miss?"
Not knowing how long it had been since she'd last experienced this feeling of being forcibly booted up, the little Princess, experiencing the feeling of being forcibly booted up again, only felt a fire burning in her heart.
"Our destination for this journey has arrived."
The fire in the little Princess's heart immediately stopped burning. She hurriedly jumped down from the carriage and looked around at her surroundings.
This architectural style, this building layout, and that iconic tall tower, it was Glaze Nation, no mistake!
After several months, she'd finally returned to Glaze Nation once again. Unlike last time when she was brought back by the Empress, this time she came back on her own. As long as the Empress didn't come looking for her, then she could stay here until she died of old age!
"Miss? Miss?"
Nina gently patted the little Princess's back.
"Mm? Hmm? What is it?"
"You spaced out again..."
"Mm..."
She couldn't wait to quickly return to the palace.
Last time when she was brought back by that hentai Empress, from the time she arrived until she left Glaze Nation and went with that hentai Empress to Scarlet Phoenix Nation, she hadn't been able to see Xiao Xi at all. This time returning, Xiao Xi should be by Father the King's side, right?
Arriving at the city gate for the routine inspection, the little Princess didn't rush to have Ainomi remove her disguise. She didn't want news of her return to Glaze Nation to spread so quickly.
Having returned to Glaze Nation, she could clearly feel that the White Wolf Team members were eager to get the remaining 800 Gold Coins. However, they still had to wait for her to return to the palace to retrieve them.
"Everyone, please don't be anxious. Since I promised the reward was 1,000 Gold Coins, naturally I won't go back on my word. Could I ask everyone to wait a little while until I go retrieve the money?"
The White Wolf Team captain thought for a moment, then agreed to the little Princess's request. However, he requested that the little Princess leave two people here to avoid her just running off and abandoning them in a moment. After all, this was the reward agreed upon from the start.
It wasn't that he didn't trust the little Princess's character, but this 1,000 Gold Coins was truly too much. He had to be careful and cautious. Whatever amount of reward was agreed upon at the start, that's what must be received in the end. This was what was agreed upon from the beginning. He couldn't possibly let the little Princess back out at the last minute.
Anyway, she'd previously casually thrown out 200 Gold Coins to them without feeling the slightest bit distressed, so taking out these 1,000 Gold Coins shouldn't be difficult, right?
Walking slowly toward the palace, the little Princess's heart was extremely excited.
Arriving before the palace gates, the little Princess controlled the magic power on her face used for disguise to dissipate, revealing her original true appearance.
"Your Highness!?"
"Shh..."
The little Princess made a shushing gesture toward the guards, indicating they shouldn't make too big a commotion.
"Yes..."
The guards hurriedly covered their mouths.
"Princess, please. His Majesty will definitely be very happy to see you!"
Of course that cheap Father the King would be happy that she'd returned. After all, this cheap Father the King was still something of a daughter doting fool.
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After a short while, when she was still changing clothes in her bedchamber, a certain cheap Father the King hurriedly rushed over and knocked on her bedchamber door.
"Mo? You... you've returned?"
"Mm, I've returned."
The little Princess responded.
"Wait until I've finished changing clothes, then I'll come out and chat with you."
Gong, who'd had a bellyful of words held back from the moment he rushed over, could only wait a bit longer before spitting them out.
Not long after, the little Princess, having changed her clothes, opened the bedchamber door, reached out and pulled her cheap Father the King into the bedchamber, then quickly locked the door.
"Father the King, if there's anything to say, let's talk here."
"Gulp~"
To be honest, although he hadn't come to his precious daughter's bedchamber in a long while, a faint fragrant scent assaulted his nostrils. That was the scent unique to the little Princess's body.
"I heard you escaped from the Empress of Scarlet Phoenix Nation's side?"
"Right."
She did indeed escape. But this was most likely also with the Empress's authorization. If it hadn't been the Empress's authorization, when leaving Scarlet City's gates she would have already been caught and brought back by Red Leaf, rather than being here explaining to her cheap Father the King.
"..."
After asking a few questions, Gong fell into contemplation.
He didn't know whether he should tell his precious daughter that the Empress would be visiting before long. He was afraid his precious daughter would directly explode upon hearing this news. Not telling her, he was worried that when the Empress visited, she'd run into his precious daughter face-to-face.
He knew the Empress had forcibly signed a contract with his precious daughter. That she could run back this time was most likely because the Empress hadn't bothered with her, right?
The little cabbage he'd painstakingly raised had been stolen, and moreover, the one who stole his little cabbage was another cabbage. It was just that this cabbage was particularly big, so big that even he himself didn't dare easily try to stop it...
"Father the King, by the way, where's Xiao Xi?"
She wanted to go find Xiao Xi. Since they'd separated in Scarlet Phoenix Nation, it had already been a long time since she'd seen her again.
"Xiao Xi? She's in the garden watering the flowers."
"Flowers?"
The little Princess thought for a moment.
Oh right, previously those flowers, plants, and animals she'd planted and raised in the garden had all been transferred away. They should have been transferred back by now.
Leaving the bedchamber, she followed her memory toward the garden's direction, gradually approaching the garden in her memory...