Chapter 121: A Foreign Prince
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"Come on, drink some hot tea first. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć With that, Fenrir walked out of the tent, leaving Avi in the tent.
Avi exchanged glances with the rest of the group, as there were two soldiers guarding the outside of the tent, and if they spoke loudly, they might be heard by the other party.
Fan whispered next to Avi's ear, "Are we caught?"
Avi couldn't answer him. From the exit of the secret passage, Fenrir was taken to this camp outside the city, and Fenrir did not tell them any information along the way, and the soldiers of the eldest prince Bradley had been vigilant against Avi and their escape, and now they did not know what fate awaited them.
Adie was already asleep, and Michelle was dozing off from sleepiness, and only Felistie was watching the exit of the tent with her sword in hand.
It was a moment before Fenrir returned to the tent from outside. Noticing that the two girls were asleep, he immediately pointed at Avi and told him to follow him out. Neither Van nor Felistie wanted to be left here, but Fenrir just took Avi with him.
"When you see the eldest prince, you can explain it to him yourself. Fenrir dropped a few words, and pushed Avi into the largest tent in the small camp, where the eldest prince Bradley was sitting upright behind his desk.
Bradley waved his hand, and Fenrir bowed and exited the tent, "Why did you end up in that secret passage?" the eldest prince asked directly.
When Avi walked out of the tent, he saw some gardeners of the White Orphanage being escorted by the Prince's own soldiers, could it be that the Eldest Prince had planned to investigate the underground structure of the White Orphanage this night?
"I... I wanted to rescue an orphan who had been brought into that grotto, which is why I was there. ā
"So you and your companion entered through the secret passage and rescued the orphan Adie, right?" Bradley's eyes lit up, he held a roll of paper in one hand, and placed the other hand on the table, tapping lightly on the table.
Avi nodded vigorously, "That's right, that's it. ā
Bradley glanced at the paper that was being held tightly, and then said, "Then how did you know that there was such a place under the White Orphanage, and how did you know that there was a secret passage in the cohabitation forest that connected to the underground caverns?"
Avi didn't dare to avoid the righteous eyes of the eldest prince Bradley, so he had to tell the eldest prince about the first time he climbed over the wall, and also told the other party about his plans for tonight. It's just that he didn't say what he and Felistie were for, but only claimed that it was to help another orphan, Michelle, and that tunnel was also discovered by Michelle.
Bradley was dressed in armor, like a general commanding a war, "Why are you helping Michelle?"
"Because she's a good friend of Phylistie, and Phylistie is my best classmate, I can't sit idly by and ignore the disappearance! Besides, the mysterious building under the White Orphanage made me very curious, didn't you say that the thin man who wanted my life had the token of the White Orphanage, so I sneaked into the secret passage to save Ah Die, and also to find out if there was a reason for coming at me!" Avi said his actions logically, and after finishing speaking, he went over what he said in his mind, and when he found that there was no flaw, he threw his thoughts aside and looked at the eldest prince with a serious expression.
Bradley and Avi looked at each other for ten seconds before he blinked and said, "Sit down." ā
Noticing the loosening of the eldest prince's tone, Avi immediately sat down on the wooden chair next to the eldest prince. Now Avi knows in his heart that as long as he bites to the death for the reason of rescuing the orphan Adie, the eldest prince, who has always been upright and wise, should not do anything to him. If the others didn't talk nonsense, Avi and they could even take that artificial life weapon for themselves!
"I believe you for the time being, but the place where you have appeared tonight is really suspicious, and I will investigate further before deciding whether or not to release you back to Mallot," the eldest prince tilted his head, his side face a little less resolute than the main face, but a little more cold, "Well, I should also tell me what I came for." When Fenrir told me that you were at that secret passage, I thought I would save you a third time, but what I didn't expect was that you had already turned the underground structure upside down, and my own soldiers had just entered the bottom of the White Orphanage and captured all the gardeners who had gathered together. As you can imagine, I sent troops to storm through the main entrance of the White Orphanage, and I also sent men to guard this secret entrance to the outside of the city to prevent the gardeners from escaping. ā
Avi nodded, indicating that he was listening intently. Bradley also told Avi that he didn't just visit after he was granted permission to search. In fact, he was preparing for tonight's operation, for he had already learned from other sources that there was an unknown cavern beneath the White Orphanage, and he was planning to dig the secret out of the ground tonight.
Although it is uncertain what secrets lie under the White Orphanage, the entire White Orphanage has been controlled by Bradley, including the beloved Dean Archibald. The elderly abbot was not imprisoned in the capital, but was brought to the barracks outside the city. The whole operation tonight did not alarm the officials in the capital, nor did King Byron know it, in order to keep the affairs of the White Orphanage under control without anyone to report it.
"As soon as I returned to the capital, I was attacked, and under my nose someone dared to pose as an officer or soldier. It's impossible to sit idly by, the citizens of Mallotte are my people, and even if it might anger some of the powerful, I'm not going to back down. Bradley's words made Avi stand in awe.
Avi thought for a moment and said, "That's right, I did see some terrible things down there, even the corpses of orphans..."
As Avi spoke, the curtain of the tent was pushed open! Commander Evan walked in angrily, and the prince's own soldiers behind him could not stop him, so he had to look at Bradley with an embarrassed expression.
"It's okay, you guys step down first. The eldest prince waved his hand, and the negligent guards closed the curtain.
Evan stared at Avi first, then walked quickly to the table and said to Bradley, "Prince, why was the orphanage invaded by force?!
Bradley immediately stood up, not avoiding the other party's sharp eyes in the slightest, "Commander Evan, is this the attitude that should be towards the prince of the Kingdom of Salins?!"
"I'm not right about people!"
"I am the same! If, as my intelligence suggests, Archibald and the other gardeners were involved in the murder of orphans, I would have enforced the law impartially, even if King Byron were standing before me. ā
Avi, a man with no authority, sat and watched the two kingdom leaders arguing, and he didn't know whether he should leave or stand up.
Evan took off his gloves and threw them on the ground, "First of all, I can clearly tell His Royal Highness the Great Prince, I also know about the underground research of the White Orphanage, and the current owner of Mallot, King Byron of the Kingdom of Salins, also knows about this, I hope His Royal Highness the Great Prince who has just returned to the capital knows this!"
Bradley left the table, stepped aside, picked up some firewood and threw it into the iron furnace, "It turns out that my father also knows this place, no wonder so many orphans have disappeared and no one cares, it seems that the dark clouds of Mallott are still blocking the sun." ā
"I can only say to Your Highness, the White Orphanage and its affiliated research institute do not have anything to be sorry for the Kingdom of Sahlins, whether it is adopting orphans, raising them to become pillars of the country, or conducting any research, everything done is to build the Kingdom of Sahlins stronger!"
"So that's the reason for taking Adie and Cynthia to the cave where the light of day is gone?!" Avi couldn't help but shout, he looked at Evan's back, and the other party didn't look back.
"At this time, the affairs of our kingdom of Salin have nothing to do with the escort of one of your imperial hostages, as for your infiltration into the orphanage, I will settle accounts with you in the future!" Evan's gloomy words calmed down the suddenly hot-headed Avi, who didn't know why he had the courage to stand up and accuse the infantry commander of a country. But when Evan gave his callous reason, Avi was very sad and angry - no matter what disability those orphans had, they should not be taken away from their organs and blood like pigs and dogs!
Fenrir came in from outside, walked up to the eldest prince Bradley, whispered a few words, and left the tent.
"Commander Evan, you left the team to greet Miss Christine without permission, this is not what a Kingdom Commander should do, I think you should hurry back to the escort team and take Miss Christine back to the palace first. ā
Evan pressed the weapon on his waist with one hand, and he said coldly: "I know that Abbot Archibald and the other gardeners are being held by you, and if you torture King Byron in private, I believe that His Royal Highness the Grand Prince will also be discredited." I will immediately report to King Byron about His Highness's rash entry into the White Orphanage, and I suggest that His Royal Highness the Prince should think twice. Evan turned and left the tent, and he glanced at Avi as he walked out of the tent, which made Avi begin to regret his rebuke to the other party.
The eldest prince Bradley sat back in his chair and was silent for a minute before he said to Avi, "Didn't you say that you were here to rescue Die? ā
Avi was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Why did you run away?"
"Even if there is evidence that the people in the orphanage have committed the law, I am not sure that they will be punished, after all, I am only a foreign prince, not the king of the kingdom. ā