Escape from the evil lady (GL)
Chapter 132 - 40. It’s not safe here anymore

Chapter 132: Chapter 40. It’s not safe here anymore

«Phew... phew...»

I kept running as fast as I could. The scene that had just happened was still in front of my eyes, and I couldn’t quite believe what had happened.

My heart continued to race with excitement.

Finally, when I got to our flower shop, I saw Jeremy standing right in the middle of the room with a strange expression on his face. However, at that moment, out of breath and barely catching my breath, I called out to him:

«Jeremy!»

As soon as the guy saw me, he seemed to come to his senses, and belatedly blinked.

«Eh, Camille? What happened to you?» he asked immediately.

— Hurry up...! Yufil is there! The Empress’s mercenary... them... — I was so worried that I just started listing everything in a row.

The baron’s youngest son frowned and came over to help me get up, as I was barely able to stand.

«What are you talking about? Speak more slowly, I don’t understand anything.»

In the end, when I calmed down a bit and was able to explain the whole situation to my friend, his expression looked dumbfounded at first, and then became serious. After hesitating for a while, considering my words, Jeremy soon said seriously:

— So, you and Yufil were attacked by the Empress’s mercenary?!

«Uh.»

I hesitated a bit, as the situation initially developed in a slightly different way, and in fact it was Yufil who initially lured me to this place. But in any case, that wasn’t the most important thing right now.

In the end, this guy put himself in harm’s way to help me escape, and he’s completely alone there right now. Thus, I couldn’t even begin to guess about his future fate. This thought kept making me pretty nervous.

And, as if reading this excitement on my face, Jeremy decided to put aside all other questions and only stated:

«In that case, we must hurry immediately!»

I nodded with a serious expression on my face.

My friend and I hurried to the place where, until recently, our encounter with the Empress’s servant had taken place. But as soon as we arrived at that dark alley, neither the mercenary himself nor my older brother was there anymore. In the end, all I saw on the ground were traces of fresh blood, which involuntarily made me even more alarmed.

— It looks like they’ve already managed to leave, — having studied the situation a little, Jeremy pronounced this verdict and sighed.

My heart involuntarily skipped a beat when at that moment a variety of bad thoughts began to come into my head.

«Don’t tell me...»

«You... You don’t really think they killed him, do you? I carefully voiced my secret fear aloud.»

Despite the fact that this was a situation that I hadn’t fully figured out myself yet, but one thing was obvious — I was the original target of the Empress, which means that the woman obviously won’t get away with the fact that they failed to capture me again due to Yufil’s intervention. In fact, now I could only wonder what the mother of the people of this empire could have done to my brother.

While I continued to be tormented by doubts and extreme anxiety, the baron’s youngest son just shook his head with a troubled expression on his face.

«I do not know,» he confessed, «but to be honest, if this mercenary really killed your brother, then shouldn’t there be more blood left here...? It is possible that they could also just kidnap him.

«...»

This suggestion from Jeremy was able to calm me down a bit. But, in any case, it didn’t make the whole situation any easier.

Thinking about all this, I pursed my lips.

— But what... What should we do now?» I asked, catching myself.

This situation, which happened all of a sudden, undoubtedly took us all by surprise.

The baron’s youngest son walked around for a while, as if trying to find some clues. But, having found nothing worthwhile, he returned to me and sighed heavily again.

«I’m sorry about what happened to your brother. But anyway... We’re going to have to wait a bit on this issue anyway.»

«What do you mean?»

«There are already too many people who shouldn’t have known about this, now they know about our location,» he continued gloomily, «which means this place can no longer be considered safe for us.

I asked with some confusion:

— what? Who else do you have in mind?

— It doesn’t matter, — in the end, the guy chose to dismiss this answer, — One way or another, before it gets too dangerous here, we have to get out of here as soon as possible.

«....»

When the baron’s youngest son seriously stated this, I was even speechless for a moment. After all, I could never have expected that the world that my friend and I had built together would be destroyed so soon.

How can you call it anything other than the evil fate of fate?

I could have sobbed with disappointment.

«Really... Is it really that hard for us to just live a calm and peaceful life?!»

***

Towards noon, Selman Hirsch finished delivering the orders of the flower shop, which he had been doing since the morning. Having finished with the last flower delivery for today, the man was going back with a sense of accomplishment.

However...

Unexpectedly, on his way back, he was about to witness an unusual sight. The square in front of the imperial palace looked much more lively than usual, and the knight tensed up even more as soon as he saw the group of knights in dark armor. The Knights of the Dark Host were here at this exact moment for some reason.

«What do these scoundrels want here?!..»

Suspecting something was wrong, Selman decided to turn to one of the passersby:

— I’m sorry... But do you happen to know what’s going on here?

The person he called out to looked surprised.

«Oh, haven’t you heard about it?» He asked, «They say that the crown Princess suddenly arrived at the palace today!»

— what?

— Does it seem a little strange to you too?» The passerby shook his head, «She hasn’t been here since His Majesty’s death. And suddenly she showed up right now... In addition, the princess arrived accompanied by her escort, when it is said that an important meeting should be taking place in the palace right now...

«.....»

When Selman heard something like this from a random passerby, he was so surprised that for a moment he was speechless. Now it became clear why such a crowd of onlookers had suddenly gathered in the main square. And yet...

When the second Princess’ assistant heard the sudden news that the Crown Princess had unexpectedly arrived at the Imperial palace, he could not remain calm. In fact, deep down, the knight unconsciously felt anxious that something like what happened on that fateful day of the coronation could happen again today.

For this reason, the knight was unable to think with a cool head, because the first thing he thought about was his mistress, who might need his support right now. The thought made Selman Hirsch clench his fists tightly.

«No, how can I just sit on the sidelines at a time like this...?!»

In the end, it was these emotions that got the better of him, and Selman came to the conclusion that he couldn’t just leave things as they were. Even if it meant violating Her Highness’ orders, but a knight couldn’t sit idly by when his mistress might be in danger at this moment.

«Should I really do this...?»

After thinking about all this, the man sighed heavily. Anyway, he made his choice.

«Your Highness, I am very sorry that I am violating your order in this way... But I really can’t do anything else right now.» — even if it meant possibly disappointing his mistress, but Selman was ready to take full responsibility.

Thus, the knight had to step away from his assignment and leave a guard over Lady de Walt in order to urgently head back to the imperial palace.

***

«Your Grace, you’ve finally returned!»

Butler Phillips was overjoyed when his mistress, who had been away for such a long time, finally returned to her residence.

All this time, the old man had to carry a heavy burden on his shoulders alone to keep order not only in the Edelweiss residence, but throughout the north, and therefore he was undoubtedly glad for the long-awaited return of the Duchess.

However...

When the butler greeted his mistress cordially, she just walked past him without even greeting him. The cold aura that emanated from her was hard to miss. For this reason, the butler couldn’t help but feel nervous.

— Your Grace... — He spoke carefully, — How was your trip?

They were walking along the corridor of the castle when the old man decided to ask this question. The Princess of the north was walking so fast that he could barely keep up with her footsteps.

— .....

However, Selina de Loon did not answer his question in any way.

Then Butler Phillips dared to ask clarifying questions.:

— But... May I know what you’ve been doing all this time? Did you manage to meet my lord?

After this question, a woman with a cold appearance and long silver hair suddenly stopped abruptly and looked at him coldly. From that look, the old man couldn’t help but feel his insides turn cold as well.

«Never again,» Selina said in a threatening tone, «never mention this man to me again!»

«.....»

Bam!

After these words, the Duchess went into her office and closed the door with a loud bang. For this reason, the butler remained standing outside, not having any chance to go inside. Even though the butler was very excited right now, he was also quite puzzled.

«I really can’t remember the last time I saw the lady in such a state...» he thought.

In fact, it was quite rare for the Duchess of the north to really lose her temper, and in most cases, even in emergency situations, she always maintained a cold indifference. And Phillips found it hard to believe that his mistress’s similar emotions could actually be caused by that pathetic guy from an insignificant noble family.

However, for this reason, this matter bothered him even more.

«What could have happened between Her Ladyship and My Lord...?» the butler wondered to himself.