Chapter 119 (1/2)

Chapter 119 Ransom (Part 1)

Petrov Hull sat in front of his desk Subconsciously, he was playing with a piece of parchment he held in his hands – it was the weekly delivery of the theater’s afternoon prograood dra an invitation to Aurelia

But he was unable to read even one word that was on the parchment

Today was the seventh day of the expedition, if everything had gone smoothly, his father should have already coside the retinue of the Duke Perhaps they were delayed during their journey, perhaps the horses had gotten tired and they’d had to rest, or they ht? He tried to co of uneasiness in his heart was slowly growning

The 4th Prince Roland Wimbledon had left a deep impression on hi prince, would have received such a terrible assessnorance and without having any learning or skills… any of these evaluations didn’t fit the Prince that he knew

Because of this, his anxiety only becaer

He feared that the Duke would lose against the Prince

“Master Petrov,” his housekeeper shouted, “there is a letter that has just arrived frohold”

A letter frohold?

“Bring it to me,” Petrov ordered

Even before he had opened the cover, he was already stunned by the identity of the sender

This letter had been written by the 4th Prince!

“Duke Osman Ryan used ’s rule, trying in vain to start a rebellion Furthermore, the Duke was already executed on the battlefield, and now the Longsong Stronghold is once dom”

Had the duke lost? His heart sank when he began to read further

“With exception of the die-hard uard, the ainst the royal fahness’ kindness, only the leader was put to death for his evil crimes, however the others still cannot be pardoned So the rest of the rebels will be handled in accordance with the war custoht The Longsong Stronghold’s castle will be used as exchange point, the following people on this list’s freedoht”

The document was extremely aard phrased It was not written with the diplomatic turn of phrase, but it was still able to express itsclearly – the Duke’s rebellion had failed, and if they wanted to free the prisoner they would have to offer e

When Petrov’s read the na list, he saw that his father’s name was impressively written in the first line

“Hedee!” He shouted the housekeeper’s naholds’ castle!”

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The territory of Count Honeysuckle laid to the east of the stronghold, so when Paul arrived at the castle area, it was already half an hour later The Lord’s castle was full of the members of the “ any shi+ny ar any cloaks or bands, instead they held a strange baton in their hands, with a kind of spear on the top They just stood there in two neat and tidy roith their heads high and their chests out, si manner

After he identified hiardens and he was then lead by a guard towards the castle’s Grand Hall

This was a place he had already visited many times before, but when he entered it today, it was like he was entering a co in the corridors were ones he had never seen before, no one sreeted theht before the entry door of the hall

“State your name”

“Petrov Hull,” Petrov answered slightly unhappily, he didn’t like the other one’s interrogatory tone, and so he emphasized, “For you, it’s Lord Hull”