The Debt Of Fate
Chapter 167: Missing again.

Chapter 167: Missing again.

When the young man return to the house it was late in the afternoon. At that time Anastasia’s fever had reduced which greatly relieved Ernest.

"My Lord, " the young man sort to have a word with Ernest.

"What?" Ernest asked. He found himself just sitting and looking at Anastasia without wanting to leave the room.

"While I was searching for the prey, I overheard some people. They seem to be members of the royal Army and are looking for someone," the young man reported.

Ernest frown, he actually gad some selfish motive for choosen to bring Anastasia here instead of back to the camp. He wanted to spend a bit of time with her. He wanted her to know he was the one that saved her unlike the last time with the horse incident. Again, he also felt that getting back to the camp might take too much time, and was worried that Anastasia needed to be attended to immediately.

Now hearing that he had seen a few soilders seems to be looking for someone, he had a feeling it was Anastasia.

"Are you sure those men are members of the royal army?" He asked. After all, what if this men were the spies from Gube in disguise.

"Yes, there clothes and accent, moreover I heard it was the crown prince leading the search," the young man replied.

Ernest tapped his hand as he thought about the situation. The royal family had people looking for Anastasia since the kidnapping. He understood that even if they did not truly care about Anastasia they had to care about their reputation. So it was not impossible for them to have found a hint about Anastasia.

After thinking for a while, he made a decision, "I will leave with the prey, if someone comes to search later, after ensuring that he is from the royal army. Just say you saw her unconscious in the bush," Ernest instructed.

"Those people should also know what to say," Ernest said. He looked at Anastasia. He was really reluctant to leave but he knew it was the best decision.

The young man bowed watch Ernest leave. Everyone in the royal army knew Ernest liked to hunt when he had nothing else to do. It was best he returned to the camp after all, with the spies of Gube still hiding in Lowe, people might become suspicious of Erenst if they see him have dealing with a local Marchant.

Moreover, judging from Ernest behavior he could guess that the person those royal army were looking for should be the woman on the bed . ’but why would they look for her?’ the young man could not make sense of it at first.

After all, if she was a spy, the young man was confident that his master would never save a spy from Gube. As he thought about the recent happening, he suddenly remembered that the crown princess was said to have been kidnapped by the spies from Gube.

The crown prince was leading the search this time, he felt it was definitely related to the crown princess.

Thinking in this direction, he realized that nothing could go wrong.

After Ernest left, the woman also left, the young man repeatly warn her not to say anything about the other man she had met in his house. "I understand," the woman said. Although she did not find anything unusual about Ernest, she knew that a person that wanted to live long had to control their mouth.

"There is a search ongoing, I invited you here to treat this lady I found in the bush when I went hunting last night. You don’t need to mention anything about the other man who has been here," The young man warned the Physician who was resting by the side room.

The physician’s heart missed a bit, he thought that he had indeed fallen into the hands of the wrong person this time.

"You are just settling into Lowe for a few months, I have been here for a few years. If your speak without thinking later, I wonder who’s identity would be more suspicious," the young man said. His gaze was calm but the physician could tell that if search party really arrived later and he spoke nonsense, he might be in deep trouble. Moreover, the man was not asking him to lie

He was a physician invited to treat a patient. He also remembered the other good looking man had said, he was not sure when the lady was bitten by a snake. At his old age, he could easily guess a few things. The man, was not hiding the woman and his identity might have no problem. The really person he was hiding was the other man.

’who was he?’ the doctor was very curious but then, he knew better than to prey. After all, it did not concern him. He had no evidence to prove the presence of another in the house. After all, if he say everything, he would risk harming himself without helping.

"I understand," the old physician said.

Shortly after the conversation, four men wearing the uniforms of the royal army come to the house.

"Sirs, how many I be if help," the young man welcome the politely.

"We are here to search, someone reported spotting a spy," the one leading the group of four said.

"Then, you can come in an search... " The man looked like he wanted to say something but stopped.

"What?" The leader of the team asked.

He felt that there was something strange about the man’s reaction.

"Sir, I am a small Marchant and I usually go into the bush to hunt when the weather is go. Last night during my hunting I came across a woman who was unconscious, seeing this I took pity and brought her back. Now that you said there was a spy, I am just scared I have helped the wrong person," the young man said. He gaze showed fear.

"Woman," the four men echoef. If course they knew the crown prince seems to have gained some insight and was looking for his wife. Hearing that this man found an unconscious woman they were desperate to see her.

"Sir, the spy can not be a woman right? I thought only strong men could be spies?" The young man act fearful. Ernest had not told him the identity of the woman but he did not think that she was a spy.

"Just let the way to the woman," the leader said.

"Okay, she is still unconscious, I was thinking I will ask more about the woman when she was conscious," as he spoke they arrived at the room. Anyway, as long as Ernest was not mentioned, no body could harm him even if the woman was a spy. At most they would question him a little. Giving his identity well known in Lowe for so long he was not scared.

The men followed and soon as they entered the room, they saw a woman laying on the bed and the physician checking her condition. At that moment they could not see her face until the physician moved away. "She should be waking up soon," the physician said. He looked startled to see so many people in the room.

At that moment the four soilders had their gaze fixed on the woman on the bed. Since Anastasia just married the crown prince, giving their position they should be yet to know what she really looked like but this four were soilders that brought the supply. They had traveled with Anastasia for two days. So they recognized her the moment they could see her face.

The four men immediately draw there sword, one pointin to the physician, the second pointing at the young man while the other two men hurried Anastasia’s bed to protect her.

"Where did you find her?" The leader Asked.

"I said it already, it was in the bush, she can not really be a spy right?" The young man asked. His gaze looking genuinely scared and worried.

Thean turned his gaze and looked at the physician. "Who is he?" The man still felt some doubts.

Upon seeing her like this I was worried so I could only go inland higher a physician to treat her," the young man said.

"You two, do you know each other before now?" The leader’s question was now directed to the physician.

"Forgive me, but I just settled in Lowe. I am not very familiar with him as he is a Marchant. Often away, he invited me to treat a patient, so I came," the physician answer.

Hearing their statements match, the leader did not want to harm good people, so , he could only signal for one of their men to go report, while the three of them paid attention to the two men. "Remember to call the other teams here for back up," the leader said. Although this man’s statement was very logical. The team leader did not lower his guard. It was best to have the matter invisigate. Moreover, been careless would mean possible losing their life and the princess who that had just found might go missing again.