Chapter 145

Chapter 145:

Claire finally understood Eric's hostile attitude a little. Eric thought she was supporting the second prince?

"Many people are waiting to see which prince the Hill clan will support."

Claire let out a sigh. "It doesn't matter. As long as no one harms my mother. Otherwise, I will not let the matter go."

"Your mother is now the head lady in waiting of princess Maurice. Be careful." Leng Lingyun reminded solemnly.

"Yes, I will be careful. Thank you. I should leave now." Claire stood up.

"Yes." Leng Lingyun nodded. His gaze followed Claire's retreating figure. When her figure disappeared into the night, he finally retracted his gaze. He gazed up towards the endless night sky. It was the first time he had spoken to someone for so long, the first time he had felt such a sense of relief. He couldn't understand what had happened, couldn't understand why he had been so frustrated when he was not able to explain to Claire.

Claire arrived at Hill manor. Jean still had not moved from his original position, waiting.

Once White Emperor and Black Feather saw Claire had returned, they hopped onto her shoulders and started nuzzling her affectionately.

"Jean, why are you not resting?" Jean was still standing still in the middle of the colonnade.

"If Miss is not back, I will not rest," Jean replied seriously.

"Well, now I'm back. I'm going to go rest after visiting Lashia. You should also go rest," Claire said softly, seeing Jean's resolute expression.

"Yes, Miss." Jean turned around and left quietly.

After she gave Lashia an interspatial storage ring, Lashia was as ecstatic as Claire had expected, almost kissing Claire.

The next morning, Hill manor. Duke Gordan had an ugly expression -

because of two visitors in the main hall.

Claire had just returned, but before Duke Gordan even had enough time to present her to the emperor, the Divine Prince Leng Lingyun and Divine Princess Liu Xueqing of the Temple of Light had come knocking on the door, stating straightforwardly they were here for Reverend Claire for business at Snowfall city.

"Big sis, you're so coveted, haha. The Temple comes seeking for you even though Grandfather was planning on bringing you to the palace," Lashia giggled.

Claire remained silent. She appeared at the hall with Jean.

"Claire, you've come." Liu Xiuqing stood up to welcome Claire, her graceful actions so pleasing to the eye. Nobody could see anything wrong with her attitude towards Claire.

"Divine Princess, Divine Prince," Claire greeted indifferently.

The winter winds blew, icy and piercing, feeling like needles on their skin.

White Emperor and Black Feather hid away in Claire's mantle, staring out.

The sleigh left a long trail in the snow as it journeyed to the valley.

Along the way, the atmosphere was strange: silent. Other than silence, there was silence still.

"Chirp chirp!" White Emperor climbed to Claire's bosom, then scratched Claire with his claws.

Claire looked down and smiled gently. Out appeared a tiny, tiny chocolate cake from her storage ring. She dropped it into white emperor's claws. Seeing this, White Emperor hopped down and lunged for the cake. The two little things started fighting in Claire's bosom while Claire tilted her head and watched the two fight with interest. Jean watched Claire's wicked pastime, a little speechless. She was fully capable of getting out another cake, but she purposefully didn't. She simply loved watching the two little things fight.

"Claire, are those two your pets? How cute." Liu Xueqing tried to initiate a conversation.

"Yes." Claire replied lightly. She didn't bother to say anything past that.

"However, what kinds of magic beasts are those two? I've never seen anything like them." Liu Xueqing smiled warmly and reached out at Black Feather.

Jean looked away, his lip twitching.

Such enough, what he expected happened next.

Black Feather viciously clawed at the back of Liu Xueqing, instantly leaving behind three bloody streaks. The three red streaks were especially conspicuous on Liu Xueqing's fair skin.

"Ah!" Liu Xueqing exclaimed in a low voice, quickly drawing back her hand painfully.

Claire immediately grabbed Black Feather and said apologetically, "Divine Princess, I am truly sorry." Although it had existed for merely a split second, Claire noticed a faint flash of malice in her eyes.

"It was nothing." Liu Xueqing said softly. She smiled warmly, stroking the hand that had been scratched. It stung a little. Then, she looked towards Leng Lingyun. There was no doubt Leng Lingyun was aware of what had happened, but he didn't even look back, not to mention offering to treat Liu Xueqing's wound.

Liue Xueqing's beautiful face ashened, and her hatred towards Claire grew stronger.

At this time, the sleigh had already entered the ravine. Each side was lined with steep cliffs with scarce trees. The animals had either gone south or were hibernating.

Suddenly, Liu Xueqing frowned and exclaimed quietly, "Lingyun! There's a Dark aura!"

Claire looked up started scanning the vicinity, but saw nothing unusual. Jean frowned, his hand on his hilt. Leng Lingyun became alert, because Liu Xueqing was very sensitive to Dark aura, even more than he.

"Where?" Leng Lingyun's expression turned serious. They could not see anything out of the ordinary, but Liu Xueqing had sensed something. Their opponents were concealed very skillfully.

She stood up, looking around nervously. "Close by, over there, wait, no! Over there too! It's everywhere!" Liu Xueqing started to become frantic.

What?

"Roar...." The snow beasts were suddenly restless, stamping their feet. Then, they started to charge forward without any sense of direction. The sleigh was about to ram straight into a huge boulder. The four immediately lept off the sleight agiley right before the sleigh crashed into the boulder, then smashed into a thousand pieces. The snow beasts stampeded away, soon completely out of sight.