Chapter 207 - Identity: The Second Princess

"Your sister?"

"Yes, she is suffering right now and no matter how many doctors came to treat her, she was never healed.", Rex said.

"…"

'I see, all she wants is to cure her sister.'

'But I wonder, what does this have to do with the guards?', for now, Rex didn't seem that interested in the case.

Of course, healing her sister was something that he was going to do, but he was still not completely interested in the topic, at least not until the girl spoke again.

"For some reason, she cannot eat."

"It's as if her body is rejecting everything that she tries to eat.", she said and paused.

'Huh? Why does it sound as if I've heard this earlier?'

"…"

Rex was completely sure that he had heard this before.

'Didn't mother say the same thing earlier?'

'Wait, the sister that she mentioned…'

'Is it the princess?', Rex was completely shocked when he heard this.

The same was with Dan. He was too astonished to hear her say that because he thought that she was going to speak about her sister.

'Hmm, I think both of them have similar problems, but her sister might be someone else.'

'Yeah, she can't be a princess.'

'And this girl isn't one either, I think.'

'No way can a girl out here who has been so roughed up be a princess.'

He asked, "Ahem, so how many doctors have visited her till now?"

"I don't know exactly, but I think at least a hundred doctors came to see her.", she said.

'A hundred?'

"Wait, you had enough money to summon a hundred doctors?", Rex asked.

"Of course mister, my father is rich so obviously he would have a lot of money.", she said.

"…"

'This doesn't make any sense.'

'If her father is rich, then why is she in such a poor condition?', Rex asked himself.

"Then what happened? Where is your father? Why isn't he taking care of you?", Rex asked.

"My father…", the girl hesitated a bit again.

She probably didn't want to share details regarding this matter.

She continuously glanced at the ground and wondered if she had to say anything, but in reality, her heart was in pain.

Her ears were now low as contrast to their erect form. She was nervous for some reason as if some painful memories were being triggered.

Rex slowly moved his hand forward and placed it right on top of her head and patted her.

"It's alright, I won't ask you about anything related to your father.", Rex said.

This was the comfort of the girl and she really did calm down after this.

Rex then said, "But you know, sometimes, it is better to get rid of your thoughts and tell others. That way, your chest will feel light and your burden and pain will decrease significantly."

"Mister, you are a nice person, so I will tell you everything…"

She then continued, "Mother told me that my sister has been suffering and father is busy because of that."

"Once he gets free, he would come to get us.", she said.

"But my father never came."

"It was only a few days ago did I hear that my sister's condition got worse and I understood that my father was still busy."

"So, if you can cure my sister, then father will finally come and pick me up.", the girl said.

"…"

"Hmm, alright then."

"I will do my best to cure your sister. Take me to her.", Rex almost immediately replied.

The girl started smiling after hearing that. She said, "Thank you, mister!"

"You are the best!"

"…"

Rex smiled while thinking, 'Of course, I am the best.'

"Okay, lead the way.", Rex said.

The girl started walking and soon both of them were out of the palace. Rex didn't get to see the palace clearly but he had no intention of seeing it in the first place. If he wanted, he could just sneak in and see whenever he desired.

"Um, we need to take a wagon if we have to visit that place.", the girl said.

Rex nodded his head and then immediately went towards one of the many wagons that were standing in order to be hired by the tourists.

After hiring, he and the girl sat. Dan too sneakily sat in the wagon just near the girl.

The driver asked for the directions when the girl immediately said, "The new palace of the King."

And this was more than enough to shock both Rex and Dan.

All of a sudden, they instinctively knew about whom the girl had been mentioned since earlier.

"Wait a second, why are we going towards the palace?", Rex asked.

"Ah, mister, the current princess is my elder sister.", she said.

"…"

"Huh?", Dan unknowingly made the noise and shut his mouth tightly while sneakily looking at Rex if he heard anything.

"Ha!?", Rex made an even louder voice while trying to cover Dan's voice.

"Wait a minute, so the father that you had been mentioning is King Dan?", Rex asked.

The girl nodded her head and said, "Yes."

"…"

"Then your mother is the Queen?", he asked.

The girl kept quiet for a few seconds after which she shook her head.

"No."

"Mother told me that she was just a slave."

"When he was passing by near the palace, she fell in love with him."

"Father was also astonished by her looks and fell in love."

"But he then left the next day while saying that she would return when his daughter had been healed or send an envoy before that to get her."

"But father never came…", the little girl ended with this.

Rex was surprised to hear such a story.

Dan was too shocked to even make any noise because he realized that whatever the girl said was completely true.

'But when I sent an envoy…'

'He said that she was dead…'

'Then how…?', Dan was confused.

"Then what about your mother?", Rex asked.

This was precisely what Dan wanted to know and Rex asked the question at the right moment.

"She…"

"She died two years ago when I was four…"

"…"