38 Chapter 38: Rock Escaped
38 Chapter 38: Rock Escaped
“WHAT?!”
Swan woke up when she was startled by Gale’s loud voice. She opened her eyes and turned toward the door, where Gale was standing tall in front of the catmaids.
They looked frightened as they delivered the news, but they had to as it was important.
“Y–yes, Your Majesty. Rock Silverfang escaped from the dungeon,” Maya said.
“How is that possible?! Where are the guards!”
“T–they are outside of the dungeon, but they saw nobody coming out of the door,” Myra replied. “T–the dungeon only has one exit, so nobody knows how Rock escaped…”
“USELESS!”
Maya and Myra’s bodies started trembling, and Gale spared no effort to suppress his aura. It was after Swan called his name that he quickly suppressed it so as not to harm
her.
“Gale…”
Gale turned around and closed the door behind him. He walked towards the bed and
sat at the edge, “Did you hear what they said just now?”
Swan nodded.
Gale stared at her with a suspicious gaze. Of course, he didn’t suspect her to help Rock to escape. Despite their fight last night, Gale knew that he was hugging her body the whole time, even her warmth lingered as he fell into a deep sleep.
However, there were so many strange things happening since last night that he couldn’t help to ask, “Since you already know that Rock has escaped, do you know something about his method of escaping?”
Swan shook her head, but she clutched the blanket as her heartbeat was racing. She had a very strange dream last night, where she met with a mysterious woman who claimed herself to be Swan’s mother, and then helped her to come and rescue Rock in the dungeon.
She dropped him off at the lake and then returned to Gale’s embrace. It was all the content of her sleep, so she thought it was all just a dream.
What if it’s actually real? But how? I don’t have any magical power, nor do I ever le
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how to use one, Swan had that question lingering in her head.
The priests and priestesses in Holy Achate were said to have magical powers, though she had never seen any of the magical feats in real life. She just heard it through old
tales.
Usually, Gale could tell when someone was lying, but Swan was a different case because she was naturally timid and fidgety, he couldn’t sense anything wrong with her.
Or maybe he was just too lenient with her.
Nevertheless, he believed her and said, “Thought so. Don’t worry, I will handle everything as usual. You should get yourself ready as we’ll be handling kingdom
matters now that Rock and Jade are out of commission.”
“Lady Jade? What happened to her?” Swan asked.
Gale knew that Swan was oblivious to what Jade did and intended to keep her in the dark, as he also had no intention of letting Jade stay in the kingdom anymore.
Jade should’ve just travelled across the land as she had exceptional negotiation and trading skills, which would be far more useful than being a bitter woman.
“She will travel to the east for kingdom matters. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure you familiarize yourself with our kingdom,” Gale said as he got up from the bed and walked out of the room to handle the chaos indirectly caused by Swan.
Myra and Maya entered the bedroom after that, and then asked, “Princess, are you alright?”
“Um? I’m alright…” Swan replied. “Why do you ask? D- Did something happen to you
two?”
The catmaids dropped to their knees in front of her and apologized, “We’re sorry for what happened, Princess. We didn’t know that Rock would…”
Swan wanted to defend Rock again since she truly believed that the young beta did nothing wrong. But they would probably try to argue back, just like what Gale did last night,
Thus, she simply asked, “About Rock… did he actually escape? Did no one see him leaving?”
“Yes, he escaped, but nobody knows how. It’s almost like magic!” Maya replied.
“I heard from a guard that he suspected Rock must’ve been colluding with a witch,
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since there’s no logical explanation about this, Princess!” Myra added.
Swan gulped.
She knew she was the ‘witch‘ that Rock colluded with, and truthfully, she didn’t regret helping him escape.
She was just worried about what Gale would do once he found out that Swan was the one who betrayed him.
‘Ah, I shouldn’t think about it. Nobody will know, since Rock already escaped, right?” Swan tried to convince herself despite her nervousness.
**
Meanwhile, Gale stood in front of Jade, who was about to enter her carriage. They stared at each other with enmity in their eyes, which was strange for everyone present, because they thought their King and Lady Jade had a strong bond with each other.
Gale crossed his arms as he brushed up on the important topic, “Did you know about
Rock?”
“I heard it just now from my aide,” Jade replied. “He escaped, right?”
Gale had been trying to find a logical answer about Rock’s escape, and though he couldn’t make sense of it, the only one who could do so was Jade, with her authority and mastery of herbs, she could help Rock.
“Let me guess, do you suspect me of breaking him out as well?” Jade sneered. “You have me under house arrest for the entire night, Gale. Do you think I won’t notice the eagle beastman you put in the tree in front of my balcony?”
“You are the only one capable of helping him,” Gale said.
Jade shrugged and replied, “It’s not me, though I wish I could, so I can give you more headache. Why don’t you ask your cute little mate about it? Maybe she’s the one helping him escape.”
“She was in my embrace the whole night,” Gale said, and Jade’s grin vanished instantly.
“Well, who knows? Maybe she’s a witch who has been hiding her identity the whole time,” Jade said. “Or else, there’s no way she can stay unscathed when Rock attacked her last night at the lake.”
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