Chapter 626 - Six Hundred And Twenty-Six : His Parents Were Cryptic (2/2)

Judy knowing that the boy had tried ”behaving” tonight, simply nodded and his son took off.

There were guards at almost every corner of the castle and unless one wanted a taste of death, they wouldn't dare to infiltrate.

As soon as Akim returned to his room, he switched back on his laptop and began to study the blueprint. There was nothing that showed of a hidden passageway even in the design, but that couldn't be unless his father intentionally didn't include it here least it falls in the wrong hands.

Akim put himself in his father's shoes and began to think where he would keep an entrance to the secret way. For someone as paranoid as him for their safety, his, father would surely include one.... in his room in case of another invasion so he could escape easily.

Shit, that was it. His father, the king, would surely find a way to keep him safe.

Invigorated, Akim began to search for any abnormality in his room. How could he live in ignorance all this while? Thinking about the fact that there could be a way to escape all this while made his heart ache greatly. He was so dumb!

Akim pulled all the books on his shelf; looked under his study desk for a secret button; checked the walls, and pulled his portrait on the wall; he came up with nothing. Did he think wrong? He wondered and was about to think of beyond his room when his eyes fell on the Lion head sculpture on his wall.

Why didn't he think of that?

He at once felt the golden sculpture and pulled at the metal ring around the lion's nose yet it didn't budge.

His brows furrowed, was it not this? But then, the sculpture stood out in his room and didn't make sense - he hadn't even thought of it as a hiding place until now. Maybe, there was a hidden mechanism?

At once, he began to search the sculpture and in the lion's mane, discovered a little circular hole, it was almost like a missing puzzle and the missing space seemed familiar to the... necklace his father gave him.

Akim at once looked at his chest and pulled up the necklace his father had bestowed on him on his fifteenth birthday. His majesty, the king, said, it would be his safe haven when he needed one.

Holy God, how could his parents be this cryptic?

---------

Bless this shameless author with your golden ticket