Dragon Heart: Blood Will. LitRPG wuxia series: Book 3 by Kirill Klevanski

Author:Kirill Klevanski
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Published: 2020-10-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 223

“How much does she know?” Nero asked.

For the past few days, he and Hadjar had barely spoken. Nero had been busy organizing everything and trying to relieve the sudden tension. The former wasn’t that difficult, but the latter... How could there not be tension if the aristocrats had to look at their friend’s coffin every time they came to a halt?

As the multicolored roofs of the capital came into view, the need to keep everything under control weakened slightly. Along with that, the tension increased. The nobles, who understood that they could do nothing to the Princess, kept glancing at Hadjar menacingly.

Hadjar didn’t care. He was too busy meditating deeply. His body responded sluggishly to his attempts to speed up the tissue rejuvenation process. After Hadjar had gone overboard and used the fifth step of the ‘Ten Ravens’ Technique, he had inflicted a lot of damage to his body. It was unlikely that he would be able to use more than ninety percent of his maximum in the near future. It might seem like the difference wasn’t that significant, however, in a battle to the death, even the smallest of details could mean the difference between victory and death. Still, even if Hadjar could go back, he wouldn’t change a thing. Maybe he was just a bad person.

“I didn’t tell her anything if that’s what you mean,” Hadjar was ashamed for lying to his friend.

“It doesn’t matter,” Nero sighed. “Elaine isn’t stupid. Did you hear her say she wants a word with father? She’s definitely going to bring up the mine.”

Hadjar looked at his troubled friend. They’d lived through hundreds of battles together. They’d stood back to back, protecting each other. Nevertheless, Hadjar had never seen Nero so scared before.

“Why did you never tell her about it?” Hadjar asked finally.

He had to know the answer.

“You mean I should’ve told her that, somewhere in the Kingdom, hundreds of thousands of people are suffering so that millions can live a little better?” Nero smiled bitterly and filled his pipe with tobacco. “You know, in her childhood, when cats and dogs would wander into our garden, she’d take them to the Palace. She considered it her duty to feed, shelter, and save those animals. The maids got tired of sending them back out into the street.”

Hadjar looked at the Princess. She was talking to... a common soldier. The chefs and maids were also taking part in the conversation. Elaine was pointedly ignoring the aristocrats.

Hadjar could believe that his sister had taken stray animals home. She’d done so practically from the moment she could walk. Maybe that’s why she would make a worthy queen... or why she’d not rule for long.

“She also said that she’s never been let out of the Palace.”

“King’s orders,” Nero nodded, lighting Hadjar’s pipe. “I don’t remember it, as I wasn’t in the capital at the time, but she was attacked by assassins in her childhood. She still has the scars... So our father ordered that the Princess be placed under round-the-clock surveillance.

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