Chapter 338

[T/W: Depiction of violence, death]

She wouldn’t have thought much of it normally, but her heart was bothered by what had happened to the Maureen couple yesterday.

“The other one… where did she go?”

Even though there was no answer to her question, Rieta didn’t miss the horror that bloomed on the maid’s face for a moment.

Oh my God.

Rieta closed her eyes in a terrible feeling. The next hostage was being held by the king again.

If Rieta made a wrong choice, he will drop the sweet maid from the castle wall next.

“Pri, princess!”

The maid quickly turned Rieta’s attention to something else.

“Your, your eyes. Your eyes are swollen!”

She hurriedly scrambled and fetched a cold towel.

“A lady going to get married shouldn’t have swollen eyes like this. No matter how sad it is.”

A cold towel came up to Rieta’s eyes.

The moment her vision was blacked out, a deep sigh came from the maid. It seems that she was really troubled by Rieta’s question.

My question is putting you in trouble.

With that thought in mind, she couldn’t even speak to the kind maid recklessly.

Reluctantly, Rieta had to close her lips as she felt the cold towel.

There was nothing good about increasing the number of victims.

Was the maid a bit sorry for staying silent?

“Thank you… Princess.”

The words of thanks were conveyed in a somewhat choked voice.

“Everyone is talking about how it would be better after money is sent by Euplana.”

“…”

“Everyone is grateful to the Princess. Truly.”

Soon, the towel fell from Rieta’s eyes.

Very slowly.

“So, I hope you’ll be happy there too.”

While thinking about what to answer, Rieta heard her father’s warning from yesterday.

[It looks like you’ve been enlightened, so I won’t have to kill anyone more from now on. It’s a pity for the Maureen couple, but it can’t be helped.]

Rieta’s stubbornness killed someone.

Maybe it was obvious that it was a lie, but it didn’t matter.

“Yes, thank you.”

The maid said she needed to hurry to get Rieta ready to leave.

After a while she took out one of the several dresses from Euplana.

Euplana had sent Rieta clothes and a carriage to use to the border, all of which were fancy.

However, for Rieta, who was hurt, the heavy and fancy dress was no different from putting her in shackles so that she could not move properly.

Still, she changed her clothes without complaining.

The maid seemed a little apologetic, but that didn’t change anything.

Occasionally other servants came to visit Rieta and report on the preparations.

They didn’t even ask Rieta anything, only claiming that last night had been a ‘peaceful night.’

Perhaps it was her father’s orders, to pretend nothing had happened.

Rieta knew for sure how her father had managed to run the country in this form. Because she was well aware of the effectiveness of fear.

And Rieta didn’t even dare to ask recklessly for fear that her words and actions might kill someone.

In fact, she had so many questions, her head felt like it was going to explode.

“Princess.”

With the maid’s call, Rieta looked behind for a moment.

The servants, who had just finished talking, bowed their heads and retreated.

“What’s going on this time?”

“A mercenary in charge of escorting you has come. Would you like to meet?”

“…!“

Hearing the word mercenary, Rieta widened her eyes.

Agnes Lang naturally came to mind.

Even when she turned into a red mass of blood, she struggled desperately. Besides, for some reason, the tip of her sword was pointed at the king and his followers.

What the hell happened to her? She would never betray her King…

With many doubts in mind, Rieta approached the tightly closed door again.

She knew, of course, that the person standing on the other side of the door wasn’t Agnes.

But somehow… she couldn’t stop the hopeless expectations from arising.

One in a million. Was there really no chance that Agnes was still alive?

Her hand on the doorknob became strangely sweaty, even though she knew it couldn’t be.

Finally the door opened.

Rieta raised her head to confirm the other person. And to her surprise, an acquaintance stood there.

“….”

… It was, of course, someone she knew, but she was not very happy with it.

Rieta looked blatantly disappointed. Seeing that, the other person’s face wrinkled a little.

“I didn’t expect a welcome, but I didn’t expect it to be this bad.”

The man spoke in the Imperial language, scratching his head.

He was one of the mercenaries of the Empire who brought Rieta here. The person who pretended to be amiable in the garden the other day.

“Why are you here?”

Rieta asked in an annoyed tone, which surprised even herself.

She spoke in the Imperial language, of course.

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