NOVEL NEXT Book 19: Chapter 66
“Liu Yue! Liu Yue! Liu Yue!”
Liu Yue opened her eyes in a bleary state. The painful sensation on the back of her head accompanied her awakening. She felt nauseous. Hurt, she shut her eyes again. Normally, Vera would be healing her. The thought of Vera brought back the memory of her being knocked out. Liu Yue bounced off the ground looked at the people around her: “Vera! Vera! Vera was kidnapped!! Hurry…”
Liu Yue was pulled back down to a warm pair of thighs before she could finish. Nona was the one who pulled her. Nona gently caressed Liu Yue’s head and softly said, “It’s okay. Miss Ying caught one and killed two. Vera was kidnapped, but she’ll be okay. She’ll be okay. Miss Ying is currently interrogating the person she captured to find out where Vera was taken. We’ll be able to save her. I’m sure of it…”
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Present time at a room on the ship.
“You only have two chances because you won’t have a chance to speak after your second one. You only get two chances as a man, after all…” threatened Ying. She grabbed a hammer and stepped one foot onto the man’s knee. She forced his legs open and then raised the iron hammer. She then grabbed his chin and interrogated, “Let’s get started, then. Now, tell me: where have you taken Princess Vera…?”
“I… I… I just…”
His face was already stained with blood, water and foul stuff. Ying might be a bodyguard on the surface, but all personal bodyguards were trained to interrogate others. After several rounds of interrogation, the man looked as if he was on the verge of death. His trembling eyes were hazy, and he just blithered.
“First chance.”
Ying raised the hammer and violently brought it down. Before it made contact, the man tightly shut his eyes. His hazy and lifeless gaze immediately vanished. He screamed then wriggled his body as he shouted, “Stop! Stop! Don’t do it!! I’ll talk! I’ll talk! They’ve taken her to Travest! The people from Travest asked for her! It has nothing to do with me! Don’t! Anywhere but there! No!”
“Travest?”
Travest was Ikana’s nation, which meant the kidnappers were men Ikana hired to kidnap Vera. Tanya was still there. That meant Ikana was challenging the law. Putting aside the meaning behind kidnapping Vera, it was a declaration of war against Troy. Given Troy’s personality, he was the type to react, “You had the gall to kidnap my daughter, so I’m going to level your Travest tomorrow.”
“Just what is Ikana thinking?” pondered Ying. She then brayed, “So you’re going to lie to me?!”
“No! No! She’s being taken to Travest! I didn’t lie! I swear I’m not lying! Travest gave us the order. Our boss received the order from Travest when he went there. I swear she’s being taken to Travest. The order came from their imperial palace. I’m telling the truth! I really am telling the truth!!”
“Is that right?”
The man wanted to let out a breath of relief, but before he could, Ying picked up the iron hammer and violently swung downward.
“Aaaahhhh!!!!!”
After two smashes, his life as a man ended. Ying poured water on him to wake him up when he was on the brink of passing out. It was also considered a way of healing an ordinary man’s wound and stopping the bleeding. Ying smiled sarcastically. She untied him and removed the iron chains. She then jibed, “Killing you would be too merciful on you. I’ll be sending you to Travest. Enjoy the remainder of your life.”
“No… Don’t… I…”
“You kidnapped our Princess. I’m not interested in taking your life. I want to destroy your entire life.”
Ying then commanded the two guards who entered, “Take good care of him. Don’t let him suicide. Take good
care of him. Now, we’re going to change direction, and head straight to Travest.”“Go to Travest?”
Ying strode out of the room: “Correct. We’re going to rescue our Princess. Prepare your weapons. I’ll slaughter my way from the port to their imperial palace if that’s what it takes to rescue Princess Vera!!”
“Roger!”
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Current time at Travest…
“We’ve shoved a stone into her mouth, so there’s no way she can utilise magic now. Travest has an enormous boulder that covers the entire radius of the city. The boulder nullifies magic. Therefore, we don’t need to worry about her using mana to escape. With that said, we lost a good number of men…”
One of the men inside the horse carriage, who was watching the cloth bag in the rear, knocked on his cigarette. With a snicker, he responded, “Isn’t that worth celebrating? The fewer men we have, the bigger our cut. Ikana may be ruthless, but she’s generous with money. We completed our job perfectly. We just need to deliver her to the imperial palace in one piece now.”
The carriage sped toward the imperial palace. When they ran over a puddle, the water splashed up over a metre high. Rain belted down onto the ceiling of the carriage. The palace’s guards didn’t question them when they arrived at the entrance.
“What’s the matter? I’ve already turned in. Tonight is my happy night with my husband. If there’s nothing important, my mood will turn foul,” warned Ikana, cold gaze on the man before her.
Ikana stood on the carpet, dressed in her enthralling purple undergarments. Despite looking luscious to the point that any man would want to commit a crime on her, the man didn’t dare to raise his head. Instead, he placed the cloth bag before her. In a quiet voice, he reported, “This is Vera. We have delivered her.”
“Really?”
Ikana walked over to the cloth bag and kicked it open. Her eyes showing her suspicion a moment ago instantly widened. Startled, she jumped a few steps back as if she was electrocuted. In disbelief, she yelled, “You imbecile! What have you done?!! She… She is Vera, yes, but she’s not that Vera! This child is King Troy’s daughter, Vera Galadriel Rosvenor!!”
“What…? She… She… Th-The other one wasn’t a body double?!”
“You imbecile! What have you done?!!!”