novelraw Chapter 74
Chapter 74
74~ Princess~
"Don't be afraid. Royal Sister just has important matters to tell Royal Brother. It's just not convenient for outsiders to hear..."
"Royal Sister, calm down! I know you're very angry right now, but don't be angry first. Listen to my explanation..."
While speaking, the little Princess had already approached him and sent the short blade over.
"Why? Why!? Why why why why!? Why..."
The little Princess constantly swung her slender arms, swinging the short blade. He could only keep extending his hands to block. As for making a move, he truly didn't dare. The Empress on the side had already released partial magic power and was staring tightly at him, like a snake hunting, staring tightly at its prey. As long as he made a move, the next second she would pounce and bite.
With the little Princess's small frame swinging the short blade, it couldn't cause a fatal injury. At most it would just be a light wound. But the problem was the current little Princess had already lost her rationality, only thinking about cutting him. Not fatal, but it couldn't withstand the large quantity! Being cut, sooner or later he'd die from excessive blood loss.
Not daring to fight back and not daring to snatch the short blade away, he could only constantly block while retreating backward.
"Royal Sister..."
Calling definitely had no response. Moreover, with each call, the movements that had originally slowed due to insufficient stamina accelerated again...
Not good... being forced to the corner. Continuing like this, he would really die! Being slowly killed by these cuts one by one! He had to think of a way!
Magic Scroll... right! Magic Scroll! Father the King had given him a Magic Scroll for saving his life that could perform mid-range teleportation!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly pulled out the scroll.
The instant he got it in his hand, the scroll was ignited without warning. After being burned, he painfully threw away the burning scroll.
"Royal Sister! Calm down! Don't be impulsive! I'm your Royal Brother! Did you forget!? When you were little, I even held you!"
Squelch.
White blade goes in, red blade comes out. The first one successfully stabbed into his abdomen, causing this Royal Brother to lose his footing. Seeing this, the little Princess accelerated the movements in her hands, just stabbing down like this one blade at a time, until he could no longer hold on and fell down.
"..."
Not knowing exactly how much time had passed, the little Princess slowly stood up, exhaled a long breath, and wiped the bloodstains on the short blade clean.
It was resolved by forcing him outside the bedchamber, so there was no need to transfer her Father the King to a clean room...
...
On the other side, all the soldiers who still didn't know the situation inside the Imperial Palace tensed their nerves and stared tightly at the Scarlet Phoenix Nation army outside, afraid the other side would pounce up the next second and break through the city gate to submerge them.
"Why do you think Her Highness the Princess brought Scarlet Phoenix Nation's army over? Could it be true as His Highness the First Prince said, that Her Highness the Princess has already betrayed Glaze Nation and defected to an enemy nation?"
"Don't talk nonsense! How could Her Highness the Princess possibly defect to an enemy nation!? Think about why Scarlet Phoenix Nation didn't continue pressing the advantage to break through Glaze City after taking down South Palace City before? Maybe this is all Her Highness the Princess's merit!"
"But..."
"Then what do you think Her Highness the Princess pushed reforms so hard for before, solving food and clothing problems for so many common people?"
Anyway, he didn't believe the nonsense the First Prince said...
Moreover, it wasn't just him alone who didn't believe. Actually, throughout the entire nation, there were also many people who didn't believe their Her Highness the Princess would do this kind of thing. It was just that because of the First Prince's "Acting King" identity and the power he possessed, they didn't dare express opinions.
"This... alright."
The other soldier thought about it and discovered there was nothing to refute, because even he himself didn't believe Her Highness the Princess would defect to an enemy nation...
Moreover, Scarlet Phoenix Nation's sudden withdrawal was indeed true. And now she walked out from Scarlet Phoenix Nation army's encirclement.
...
After an unknown amount of time passed, a person suddenly ran over from the distance.
"This is terrible! His Highness the Prince is dead! Killed by Her Highness the Princess's own hands!!!"
What the... His Highness the Prince was killed by Her Highness the Princess's own hands???
For a moment, the crowd that hadn't yet reacted suddenly heard someone shouting at them:
"The assassin who assassinated His Majesty the King has been executed by Her Highness the Princess! And His Majesty the King has been saved. Now Princess Mo temporarily takes over the Acting King position!"
Everything happened too quickly, so fast they hadn't yet reacted to what exactly happened...
Her Highness the Princess killed His Highness the Prince, then the assassin who assassinated His Majesty the King was executed by Her Highness the Princess. So that assassin was actually His Highness the Prince???
If it was really like this, didn't that mean this so-called assassination was actually internal power struggle between royal family members?
His Highness the Second Prince and His Majesty the King being attacked at the same time was already full of suspicious points. Now everything that happened seemed to be corroborating this suspicious point...
Although Her Highness the Princess's account seemed somewhat similar to His Highness the First Prince's, the persuasiveness was completely different. At least they were more willing to believe Her Highness the Princess.
On Scarlet Phoenix Nation army's side, the little loli maid and all the generals had already completely exploded.
Their Princess Mo, the rumored Empress's younger sister, was actually that First Princess of Glaze Nation!? What the hell kind of divine development was this? Why would Glaze Nation's First Princess come to their Scarlet Phoenix Nation? And be so close to Her Majesty the Empress, so intimate?
Well then, the younger sister protected by the Empress, the Scarlet Phoenix Nation royal family member they had always thought she was, was actually Glaze Nation's First Princess. This time they really ate the melon all the way to their own home!
However, thinking back, whether it was Her Majesty the Empress or Princess Mo, neither seemed to have ever explained the relationship and identity between the two of them. Things like the Empress's younger sister and such were all their own speculation, never confirmed.
"Why is Princess Mo Glaze Nation's princess!? Lady Ling!"
Facing the little loli maid's questioning, the Maid Ling directly chose to act as if she didn't hear, even when her body was being shaken back and forth by the little loli maid, she didn't answer.
"Lady Ling knew all along, right? Why didn't you tell me!?"
The little loli maid felt like only she alone was kept in the dark. When she asked Red Leaf before, she was also vague. Asking other maids in the Scarlet Maid Corps also felt like they were brushing her off...
So actually among all the maids, she was the only one who didn't know?
The little loli maid immediately had a feeling of having her feelings toyed with.
So hateful! As Princess Mo's personal maid, she actually had no knowledge of this. Only after just learning about what happened in Glaze City did she react!
Others were the same, feeling like their feelings had been deceived. The Princess Mo they had been calling for three months was actually Glaze Nation's First Princess...
General Qin understood. No wonder Her Majesty the Empress redirected the army to Glaze Nation's side. So that was it!
He had a great awakening.
With Her Majesty the Empress and Princess Mo's usual intimate relationship and interactions, doting on Princess Mo so much, then redirecting the army to Glaze Nation's side made sense...