269 It Never Hurts to be More Pruden (1/2)

Roland found it absurd. ”This is the capital, and you are a princess. Yet you think your safety is not guaranteed here?”

While walking, Evelyn put on a bitter smile. ”The royal family is not as powerful as you think. My father is not a pope that controls everything. Essentially, we're just a bigger noble family. Many other grand nobles are as powerful as us, and too many forces in the capital are malicious.”

Evelyn was speaking the truth. It was true that the royal family did not have absolute power.

For example, the Association of Mages even dared to kidnap the queen.

So, it was not too unbelievable that someone poisoned a princess or set up an ambush against another one.

”Fine.” Roland turned on the quest menu after receiving the notification of a new quest.

He checked the quest, only to discover that it was a green one.

Quest received: Escort Princess Evelyn Hollevin to the royal palace.

There was indeed danger. Roland did not find more information from the introduction of the quest, which was basically the same as the title, but he somehow felt odd.

He turned off the quest menu and looked around. Everybody was fully in black, and Roland's bright green magic robe was quite unique.

”Do you have more black robes that I can use?” Roland asked Evelyn. ”Or it will be hard for me to hide among you.”

”Excellency Morahu, are there more?” asked Evelyn in a low voice.

A man in a black robe turned around. ”I'm sorry, princess, but we didn't bring additional clothes.”

The princess spoke to the man with an honorific?

Was the man not her subordinate but an outside helper?

Then, Roland realized that, as a princess soon to be married off, Evelyn was expected to spend her last days in Isnas in peace and did not really need a private troop.

Then, Roland retrieved a black magic robe from the system backpack.

It was a simple robe, not a piece of magic equipment. Vivian had prepared it for him, as well as magic robes in other colors in his system Backpack, except that some of the colors were too slutty, like white or pink.

While following them, Roland put another black magic robe on himself.

Though it was a different style from the others' clothes, their colors were at least the same. Since it was night, they looked similar at a distance.

None of the other guys stopped Roland from putting on the black robe. Actually, they probably hoped that he could do that.

After a while, the leader suddenly took a right turn.

Evelyn briefly stopped. It was not long, but Roland was right next to her, and he had much better senses than regular people as a Mage. So, he keenly perceived her pause.

Looking at the royal palace far away, then the road ahead of them, Roland asked casually, ”This is not the way to the royal palace, is it?”

That was a justifiable reason.

Evelyn seemed to be relaxed.

But Roland was not. There was nothing suspicious, but he simply thought that it would take much longer for them to reach the destination if they took a turn, and these guys seemed to be pressing forward without thinking.

They seemed reckless, even if they were in a rush. What if there was an ambush in this direction too?

Roland tossed two magic spiders down.

Magic waves would be caused whenever magic was used.

Although the waves when the magic powers were created were insignificant, they were still perceived since everybody was right next to each other.

The moment the magic spiders landed, Morahu, the leader of the team, turned around. His face was hidden behind a black mask, and his brown eyes glimmered in the darkness.