Chapter 144: Sixteenth Episode: Chapter 8 (2/2)

”Sirs, not done yet?” Rolyn Kate, who was leaning on a chair after entering, sat down, she wearily rapped on her shoulders.

”Have you been waiting outside for long?” Rudolf Hoss looked at her majesty is disbelief. Rolyn Kate's isolation seems like, anything that could make her leave the Westberg Fort would be so refreshing.

”Not very long! An hour and a half!”

Rudolf immediately went down on one knee, ”Your Majesty! I apologize if I have gotten the notification...”

”Never mind!” Rolyn Kate waved, ”I know you were discussing official business, but you can also tell, I was becoming impatient, I am here for the palace guard about an urgent matter.”

The special service department official immediately stood aside, but the empress does not seem to be satisfied, Rudolf Hoss then realize, he glared at the seemingly unrelated palace chief, then walked out of the cell, and close the door of this tight and dark house.

”Okay!” Rolyn Kate's face became sinister the moment the door closed. ”Laston, you know I am as easy to dismiss as Rudolf! Talk! But you should be clear, that I only ask questions once! That woman's name!”

Laston does not seem to notice that he has bitten his lip till it bled, he was weighing the severity of the whole incident. Empress Rolyn really was not easily dismissed, looking back at previous experiences, this woman has a temper like a beast!

But if this name is exposed... The palace chief yelled ”No!” in his head Alfa III His Majesty will want his life! Laston knows the emperor too well, he can see that, Alfa III His Majesty favors this woman, it's definitely very different! Too bad not everyone will consider, this fifty-eight-year-old old man's last part of his life would welcome the craziest and deepest love!

Laston gnashed his teeth absentmindedly, he has to make a decision, this decision would expose the century's dirtiest, most disgraceful palace scandal of all!

”This woman is Ashfin Kristen! A Faran princess!” The Titan Empire's successor used the fan in his hand to point to the beautiful lady on the dance floor.

”Oh la...” Oscar shook his head helplessly, ”Lob, you should have introduced her like, this is your wife, and not simply call her as a Faran princess!”

”My wife?” Lobble Alfa Morisette frowned, ”So sorry! My dictionary still does not have the concept of a wife, maybe a little about a boyfriend!”

The prince poured a cup of grape wine for his university's old friend, he used the opportunity of his majesty's grumbling to survey the huge hall.

The Navona dance hall, this six hundred square meters rectangle of a hall is on the third floor of the Navona palace, it was always served as the Titan emperor's private entertainment hub.

The dance hall's layout and furnishings itself had nothing too outstanding, just a few decades old paintings and sculptures that was respectable. However, there were many moving stories circling the group of the capital's noble's about the Navano dance halls, in reality it's talking about a bunch of young men and women who fell for each other here, or some gigolo encountered a noble lady at the dance hall, or a noble gentleman meeting an exciting prostitute! The Dulin scholars' IQ seem to be similar, the stories they fabricated are more or less the same.

Feeling his old friend suddenly touching his arm, Oscar immediately came back to present time, but his view has been blocked by a graceful figure.

”Could you be... His Imperial Highness Prince O'Neil Andrew Morisette?” The successor's French wife said as she fell into a curtsy.

Oscar immediately jumped up from the sofa, he saluted the Faran princess and kissed the back of her hand.

”I am honored, my lady!”

”Ashfin Kristen blinked her amber eyes, she is very young, with the lightest makeup, her lip line is slightly raised, highlighting her sharp nose; eyebrows were detailed with a charcoal pen, with green eyeshadow that seemed to enhance her eyebrows even more.

The princess fiddled with her light brown hair, ”Aren't you very busy? If I remember correctly... You rejected the invitation to come to the Navona palace twice!”

”Oh la... I am only able ...”

”Oscar! Ignore her! I know you were busy, that's why I never invited you, she was assertive about it!” Lobble interrupted his old friend impatiently.

”Don't be like that!” The prince huffed softly.

”Really? It seems that I was the one who was assertive!” Ashfin only gave a little smile, it was as if her husband's disdain did not matter.

Lobble smelt a strong gardenia perfume smell after sitting next to his wife, he could not stand the Faran lady's pretending, and also the Faran's wig and Kristen Royal Family's old doctrines.

”Oscar, did you know? Faran women simply do not wash their hair for weeks at a time!” Lobble said as he pointed at his wife's complicated hairstyle, ”They use garbage and hair from a dead corpse to create those kinds of weirdly styled hairdo, and then wear it for months! My God of Light, it makes me want to throw up!”

Oscar looked at the Faran Princess sitting beside the Emperor, he admired the tolerance of this woman, Lobble's criticism of these ”Faran woman” are not general statements, instead, it was said to his wife deliberately.

”Should we be changing places?” Lobble was feeling extremely awkward and he could no longer take it, he was admirable of his wife's mind, most women would be enraged after being humiliated, but his wife was able to maintain the most serious face.

”Why are we changing places? This place is not bad!” Oscar rejected the Emperor's suggestion absentmindedly.

Lobble widened his eyes, pointed at the foreign princess, ”You want to sit with her here? Her barbaric ways will be passed on to you.

”You got it!” Oscar once again redetermined his own wish. He saw that the way Lubb looked at his wife like looking at a pile of feces! The prince suddenly pitied the Faran princess.

”Alright! As you wish!” Lobble stretches his arms and shrugged his shoulders. He quickly disappeared into another crowd.

Ashfin Kristen smiled, this reserved Faran lady did not answer, looks like she will never publicly criticize her husband.

Oscar suddenly extended his hand, Ashfin stared at him in shock, but she realized that the young Marshal is only reaching for a thread on her sleeve.

”Is it tough?”

”What?” The Faran princess was not sure, what is his majesty talking about?

”I am asking you, is it tough?”

Ashfin Kristen looked deeply into the prince's eyes, the music seemed uninteresting, everyone's gaze is just as cold, and her husband, the God of light! Her husband is definitely a special and rare living creature, he scorns all the women on earth, then is it tough to live in a cold prison like this? There is no need for an answer because to be alive is to be hated.

Princess Ashfin smiled again, she shook her head, ”It's not tough! Not even a little bit!”

Oscar looked at the Faran princess in shock, she definitely does not look older than twenty, but her gaze and body language was numb as an old woman who has endured half a century of storms

However... The young man knew this girl was tenacious! The fact that she was still able to smile and say ”It's not tough” has already proven that she was a strong girl who knew how to take care of herself.

” I heard... You want to go to the south?'

Oscar frowned, ”I do want to go to the south, but this is still a secret operation! Can you tell me where did you hear this?”

Princess Ashfin Kristen clapped her hands to her mouth, ”Oh! Forgive me! Have I said something wrong? So this is a secret! I thought... Did you know? It was the emperor who told me the day before yesterday when I was visiting Alfa III His Majesty, I thought I could confirm that with you!”

Oscar was doubtful, his majesty told her? What does the emperor think he's doing by telling her?

”I didn't bring you any inconvenience now, have I?” Princess Ashfin asked, she was already on the verge of tears, the princess was afraid that the Titans would accuse her of being Faran's spy, but she was so idiotic to ask Military Intelligence Bureau Chief about secret missions.

”It's nothing! If Alfa III His Majesty told you then it doesn't really matter!” Oscar waved his hand indifferently, but he already took notice, Alfa III His Majesty definitely will not bring this up with an unrelated person, he must have a hidden agenda!

”Have you not found the person who murdered Alfa III His Majesty?” Ashfin asked softly while a toast was being given.

Oscar's eyes twinkled, ”I found them!”

”Who is it?” The Faran lady suddenly yelped, but she immediately realized that she behaved inappropriately, a few of the young nobles nearby already started to look in her direction.

”Do you wish to know?” Oscar's smile does not seem to be the most sincere, this suspicious Military Intelligence Bureau Chief has a train of thought, to ask who will benefit from the death of Alfa III His Majesty? Isn't the princess in front of him one of them? If Lobble becomes emperor, then she will be the future Titan Empress.

But….. poisoning meant that there was sexual contact with Alfa III His Majesty! Oscar laughed to himself, this kind of laughter is layered with thoughtfulness, this is incident is eventful! The prince was silently applauding himself, if it was like how he imagined it, then it would be like the fairy tales, you will only know that the ladies at the Navona dance all is pure or not, at the end of the story.

”Okay! Can you say goodbye to His Elder highness on my behalf? I have to go!: Oscar suddenly rose from his seat but the Faran lady caught a hold of his arm.

”Your majesty, you have not told me who was plotting against the emperor, didn't you say that you already found the culprit?”

Oscar looked at Princess Ashfin Kristen and began to suspect again, is it because her performance is out of this world? Or is she really clueless about everything?

”If I told you that I was lying just now, will you be mad?

Ashfin froze, in the end, she forced a smile.

”What more can I do if you lied to me? This is Titan, I am only a foreign princess that married into the empire, I am no longer defensive or whiny!”

Oscar smiled, he surveyed the dance halls that was flashing red and green lights, he waved at the princess and then, went ahead to leave.

Princess Ashfin Kristen looked at the young man's back for a while, she did not know what she was worried about, but there seemed to be a bad feeling about this.

The sunset seemed to set the Dulin city on fire with its sunrays, the tall palace seemed to be covered with a layer of beautiful golden silk, Indus splashed rays of sunlight in between the small gaps of the leaves. Slanted sunlight, grey stone slabs that reflect the light's timeline, the sunset seems to be on the run, it seems to be carrying the last hours of the day running towards death.

There were tens of beautiful horse carriages in the hall square of the Navona palace, a few of the younger people were stepping out of the carriages and up the steps, then they disappear like ghosts through the huge palace door. The day has not ended yet, but the celebrations of youth seem to have started.

Lobble Alfa Morisette, apart from his extreme sexist views that do not differ from all the princes of the world, he enjoys lively banquets, enjoys sharing lonesome nights with his friends. The dancehall seems to be having the same performance every day, the only thing that changed was the shuttling plaything and the orchestra from all over the world.

Baron Messier De Quixote was waiting for the prince at the palace for a while now, when he saw a not too tall figure appear in the palace hall's lobby he went over gleefully.

”Your Highness! The VIP you've invited is already in the horse carriage!

Oscar let out a sly smile, ”How is Major Luke Citel doing?”

The Baron shrugged, ” To be honest I'm not too sure, Major Citel was always very mysterious, I don't know what he would do with our special combat brigade, I am only responsible for providing military needs and all his other requests.”

”What about funds?”

Messier embarrassingly pouted, We are able to maintain everything using your financial help, but with regards to future operations...”

”Then we will talk about it in the future, ” Oscar interrupted the baron's sentence gleefully, ” The south is a gold mine, we don't have to worry about resources.”

Snowstorm opened the horse carriage door for the prince, Oscar went int quickly, the carriage door was shut immediately, no one noticed the old soldier hidden in the shadows of the car.

General Beldom Alfonso looked at the youngster unhappily, dragging him on the horse carriage is one thing, the nerve to let a general like him wait for two whole hours.

General Beldom, really sorry, I've let you wait for long enough! His elder highness was more welcoming than I imagined!”

The minister of the combat department delightfully nod his head, he does not wish to entertain this outbreak.

”Your Highness, do you have any instructions?”

”Oh, it's like this!” Oscar took out a jewelry box from the hidden cabinet under the carriage seat, even though it was dark in the carriage, but the jewelry box let out a glittering glow after being opened.

A golden accessory with pearls, diamonds, and mosaic embedded gems, maybe some old coins from mythical times, General Beldom kept his eyes on the shiny thing in front of him, he seemed to be having trouble swallowing, but he quickly put on a face that seemed indifferent.

”You highness, do you plan to...?”

”Bribery?” Oscar finished the general's sentence, ”I'm afraid you are mistaken! This is only a gift, I have much admiration for you!

”Your Highness, I am in no position to accept your gift, please keep it!”

Oscar shrugged, and really put away the jewelry box.

”I only wish to have a talk with you, you are too sensitive!”

”What do you wish to talk about?”

Oscar smiled, ”I wish to talk to you about the Northern army's problem, and... Marshal Alan's whereabouts! You are the second man for the Imperial Guard Commander In Chief, it's impossible that you don't know something?”

”Ha ha!” Beldom laughed coldly, he looked at the young man mockingly, he thought a jewelry box is all that it takes to bribe a general?

”Your Highness, if you wish to talk about this, then I am unable to help you, I don't know where to begin about this!”

Oscar ignored the old general's contempt, he shrugged.

”Then... Let us change the subject, how is your son? Shouldn't he be graduating from the Imperial Military Academy this year? Found a suitable post yet?

Beldom looked at the prince warily, ”Thank you for your concern, he is doing very well!”

Oscar shook his head, ”I think... It's not like how you said it was right? You son seemed to have killed someone in an illegal duel, didn't you go to the Ministry of Justice a few times because of this? In the end, it was Marshal Alan himself that vouched for your son and helped him avoid court case after court case.”

Beldom frowned, he was speechless, but his face gave him away.

”General, I am also a youngster, sometimes I will also do silly things. As long as no one gets hurt in these things then we can let it be, if another person's life was in danger then it wouldn't be ideal! Don't you think so?”

”You... What do you want?”

”He He!” Oscar smiled happily, ”Actually it's nothing, I just want General Beldom Alfonso to be a millionaire, and that his family is safe and sound.

Oscar gave him the jewelry box once again, Beldom thought about it, but he realized that he does not seem to have any say in this. One side is a betrayal, the other side is the fate of his family. The old general finally accepted the prince's treasure, the small box in his hand felt as heavy as his connotation.

”Right! I have given the gift! What more do you wish to say?”

”Marshal Alan left the Northern Army Command when he heard the news of you going to the south, I believe he is secretly rushing back to Dulin!”

Oscar nodded, it was similar to what he suspected, that mischievous old fox is coming back soon!