Chapter 46: Concerns And Curiosity

Chapter 46: Concerns And Curiosity

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As the sun shone its brightest inside the kingdom of Inizio, inside the castle at the office of the king's adviser, Herbert Conroy.

He was currently standing while looking out from the glass window beside his office chair when someone knocked on the door.

After a few seconds, clad with full-body armor, the knight captain, Callan Adelaide emerged from the door.

Herbert briefly veered his eyes on him and returned outside of the glass window. "Have any of them decided to talk yet?"

Callan shook his head. "I did everything I could, to the point that I offered them a huge amount of reward and assurance of protection, but none of them even considered my offer. Some of them decided to go home without saying a word."

"103 escaped slaves and not a single one of them decided to talk? How's that possible?"

"Even I can't believe what's happening, most of them are from middle to high-class nobility from another kingdom and boast such uncomparable pride before they get abducted. I didn't expect them to not hesitate to refuse the opportunity of getting revenge on those who enslaved them."

Herbert stared at Callan. "They're too afraid to talk, they have seen something worth fearing their life for." He sat on his chair and put his hand on the table. "It doesn't matter, we already have an idea of where they came from. However, the only thing that bothers me is, why did they decide to release them? Releasing a slave is the riskiest thing to do, especially when the slave came from a noble family. If you did, you should prepare for a war-level retaliation. But 103? Is their ruler trying to say something?"

Callan paused for a second and nodded. "That's exactly what I'm thinking."

Herbert put his hand on his chin. "Besides the fact that we have a decent relationship with that place, you know that the only thing stopping us from taking back the slaves from that place since their abducting operations started 3 years ago is because we don't want the wrath of the shadow fairy to get unleashed to us. She's extremely dangerous, however, for a reason that I couldn't comprehend, our king himself somehow respects her so much." He narrowed his eyes. "What is she trying to do?"

"What do you think we should do, Sir Herbert?"

"It's a dangerous place for you to go, Prince Dieter." Callan proclaimed.

Prince Dieter veered his eyes on him and chuckled. "Oh, look who's here. I didn't notice that you were there until you decided to speak." He tapped Callan's armored shoulder. "My old friend, Callan. By the way, I heard the sad story. You have my condolences for the death of your cousin. What's his name again? The one who disdained demi-humans so much he ironically died while chasing one?"

"Miguel, and he is not my cousin, he's just an acquaintance of mine."

He repeatedly nodded. "Really? I thought you were close relatives, that's why you helped him easily climb up to his rank. Too bad he died because of it. What a stroke of bad luck isn't it?"

Callan didn't reply and just closed his eyes.

"Good. Now leave everything to me. I'll go investigate that little town on my own, and who knows, maybe I could manage to put them on a leash and set them under our grip. I'm sick of hearing news about them doing whatever they want with my father not doing anything about it."

Herbert stood up. "That place is dangerous, Prince Dieter."

"I'll take some knights with me and don't ever send another party to follow me. Or else, you already know what will happen."

Prince Dieter walked out of the room, leaving the 2 just shaking their heads.

Herbert exhaled and massaged his forehead. "We can't stop him now. Follow the prince and ensure his safety."

Callan nodded. "I understand."

"The lawless town of Agrona is never a good place for a proud prince to go to."