Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 563 - 378: It Turns Out That the Princess is not Free Either_2

Chapter 563: Chapter 378: It Turns Out That the Princess is not Free Either_2

The palace intrigue is intense.

"One of my good friends, who is also a princess, is two years older than me. She was betrothed to a prince by her family long ago."

I feel so confused; so many princes and princesses!

"My friend’s family is more open-minded. Her photos have been exposed on the Internet before, and she was praised as the most beautiful Arabic princess. We always thought that a gentle and generous person like her would have a good ending."

"However, unexpectedly, as soon as she got married, she was put under house arrest. She’s not allowed to go shopping freely, and she needs permission from her husband and legal wife to leave the palace – I assume you know that in our culture, a man can marry four wives."

That’s indeed miserable.

"Then every time she goes out, she has to wrap herself tightly, only showing her eyes. Her husband’s kindness to her before marriage was just a façade; less than two months after they got married, he hardly saw her anymore."

"And once a daughter is married, her family can’t interfere as it becomes someone else’s business. Without her husband’s permission, she can’t go back to her parents’ house. So within six months of her wedding, she developed severe depression—"

As she speaks, Aria’s tone is filled with fear.

Who could look forward to such a life?

Considering that she might have to live like this in the future, she would rather die.

Sean Knight listens quietly.

Such princesses are indeed miserable and different from how he imagined.

It seems that if these princesses knew how their marriages would turn out, they would prefer to live in common people’s homes, right?

However, each person has their own happiness and their own misery.

"I... I am also approaching the age of marriage." Aria’s voice trembled as she said this.

Sean genuinely feels sympathy for this girl.

He offers comfort:

"Perhaps your future husband may love you and treat you better..."

"No, no, no..." Aria’s voice carries a sobbing tone. "He is a playboy! Before me, he had four wives – two of them have already died, not even twenty years old, and he is already forty years old..."

What the hell!

Such a pervert!

From what has been said before, Sean can roughly imagine what Aria’s fiancé is like.

Okay, sympathy +1.

"Talk to your parents and find someone else," Sean suggests a way out.

"It’s impossible." Aria’s voice reveals a touch of despair. "The matter is already public, and it has been approved by the Elders Council..."

"Then why find me... I’m not a god; I can’t help."

"No, no, no, Mr. Knight, you can help." Aria speaks urgently, "It’s the painite. My fiancé, besides being a playboy, is also a crazy gemstone collector."

Sean begins to understand.

"You mean to give this stone to your fiancé and ask him to treat you better?"

"No, I want to use this gemstone to exchange for a promise from him—a promise of divorce. Though a divorce would not be good for my reputation, I would rather never get married in my lifetime than live in such a family..."

So that’s the plan.

If this is true, Sean might genuinely consider helping this young girl.

It’s clear that this little girl is no more than seventeen or eighteen years old—in China, she would be just a high school student.

"Is Aria your real name?" Sean suddenly asks.

"Yes... Mr. Knight, please make sure to keep it a secret." Aria realizes her slip-up a bit late.

"Don’t worry, I won’t gossip about this."

Sean then unlocks his mobile phone.

"I’m sorry, Mr. Knight, I just talked about my own problems." Aria regains her composure, then instructs Amina:

"Go and pour some tea for Mr. Knight."

Amina lowers her head with a slight bow and goes to brew tea for Sean.

Meanwhile, Sean starts searching on his phone.

He types in Princess Aliya and several results appear.

Indeed, there is a Princess Aliya in the Middle East, but in the few available photos, the princess herself is veiled, and her face is not visible at all.

It’s really hard to confirm.

Fortunately, Sean quickly finds a photo with an unveiled maid-servant—who is not Amina, but another young maid on this yacht.

It seems that Aliya is indeed a princess, no doubt about it.

However, there is no mention of her marriage situation.

He suddenly asks:

"Princess Aliya, who is your fiancé?"

"Farris Abdullah..."

Aliya didn’t hesitate to mention a name.

The suffix was very long.

As Sean searched, Amina brought some tea.

Sean guessed that there were no other maids present, to prevent others from overhearing.

And this Amina was a trustworthy person for Aliya.

"Mr. Knight, I hope we can reach an agreement on this deal as soon as possible—my time is really running out. You know, we don’t have much time to come out, and this time, I barely got the opportunity to travel just because I’m almost of age..."

Aliya was genuinely anxious.

"Have you been pursuing that red silicate...what stone?" Sean thanked Amina and put the teacup aside.

"Yes." Aliya didn’t hide anything, "All the known painite in the world are owned. My fiancé has always wanted to get one, but has never been able to."

"After learning about this, I’ve been inquiring, and recently learned that in the painite mine in Southeast Asia, a huge piece has appeared, even larger than the largest known one. I immediately wanted to go and buy it..."

Sean could hear the urgency in Aliya’s voice.

"It’s just...unfortunately, I went too late and didn’t have the funds that Mr. Harrison did..."

This point, Sean was suspicious.

"Mr. Knight, I can imagine what you’re thinking right now. In fact, we aren’t as wealthy as you think—at least, we princesses don’t have that much funds to use."

Sean realized, according to Aliya, their side was famous for favoring men over women.

"So the gem was bought by Harrison. What I didn’t expect was...there were so many participants in the purchase, I even suspected one of the buyers was behind this."

Aliya had the idea of turning into a detective, but it was immediately interrupted by Amina’s light cough.

Sean thought, Aliya had finally stabilized her emotions and was able to talk about other things. Amina was a bit tactless.

Sure enough, Aliya instantly remembered the purpose of her visit and said:

"I’ve been trying to contact Mr. Harrison. After learning he was stopping nearby, I rushed over immediately.

Unexpectedly..."

"I also contacted Ms. Carla Smith, who said she would consider selling it to me if it was salvaged. But..."

From here, the rest doesn’t need to be said.

After all, everything else was clear.

Through the screen, Aliya cast her gaze towards Sean.

She knew Sean’s appearance, but she didn’t know if this young Chinese man she had been studying would be willing to help her.

Sean picked up the tea and took a sip, asking:

"Are you that certain the red silicate..."

"Painite."

"Right, the painite is in my hands?"

"That’s the only way I have left." There was a determined tone in Aliya’s voice.

So, it was a gamble!

Sean felt a bit relieved at this point.

After all, it wasn’t really that certain—if he was seen through by someone across the distance, he would be a little scared.

"Then make an offer." Sean thought about it, he wasn’t really interested in collecting this thing. Anyway, since he could do a good deed, he might as well do it.

He didn’t mind making a profit either.

"But don’t treat me like a sucker, the previous price is out of the question."

"Mr. Knight...is it really with you?"

Aliya’s voice trembled as she asked.

Amina looked incredulously at Sean, then back at Princess Aliya, then at Sean again...

Her expression was unbelievable!

They were actually just taking a desperate chance, trying to see if they were lucky enough to find Sean.

The reason they sounded so determined was to try to bluff him.

Now, Sean actually said that the item was in his hands.

My God, what a coincidence!

Or was it just luck?

Could this be true?