Chapter 246: Let's Play Hide and Seek
Kailin felt that she might be going to die, and she could even remove the word maybe.
"It's seven o'clock and I haven't come back yet"
Looking at the second hand of the wall clock swaying back and forth, Kailin felt that every time it fell, it was about to cut off her head.
"You can't think it's four o'clock in the morning."
The female official looked blankly at the lights of thousands of homes outside the window, muttering that her premonition yesterday had really worked.
Yesterday she felt that today would definitely not be smooth out, and now it seems. A woman's sixth sense does have a saying.
However, although her intuition was good, it was far from being sharp, because she was completely unaware that the lobby of the hotel downstairs had been completely controlled by the guards in silver armor, and the captain of the guard team was looking through the list of residents.
Rofold Hostel is not a small hotel, although the specifications are certainly not as good as the Catalena Hotel, but it is a comfortable place to stay, a real place for travelers, and the outside world has a lot of praise and guests.
However, at this moment, the atmosphere in the lobby of this hotel, which should be full of people, is almost dripping.
"Whoaβ"
The palace guard, clad in bright silver armor, flipped through the pages of the roster in his hand, snapping in every line of textβhe was searching for some familiar names.
"Kaylin Murisha, hmm."
After comparing the names on the roster with the names he had in his mind that he had been forced to write down by the more senior captains, the squad leader closed the list of households and tossed them aside.
"Come a few people, follow me upstairs."
After calling a few attendants, the squad leader Cadilla found the temporary residence of "Kailin Mulisha" according to the list of residents.
"Bang
The knock on the door made the female officer who was sitting in the room look up suddenly.
Is His Highness back?
She delighted and opened the door.
Then, she saw the guards she saw every day, occasionally taunting "stupid people who only guard the door", the last thing she wanted to see now.
Without waiting for the attendants to ask questions and control her, Kailin consciously raised her hands and spoke quickly.
"I was forcibly asked by His Highness to take her out, I don't know what her purpose is, where she is going, and I don't know at what specific time she will come back, the only news is that she seems to have gone to a wedding, and that's all I know, please don't kill me!!"
This string of words without punctuation marks, speaking at a surprisingly fast speed and speaking clearly, made the attendants stunned.
How many times have you rehearsed this mentally to become so proficient?
β.β
Having his subordinates control the female officer, Cadilla reported the words spoken by the female officer to his superiors in a special way, and then he received a notice and an order.
[Go to the Grand Hotel Catalena and search, it is the only place where weddings are held today.] γ
After receiving the order, Cadilla prepared to take his subordinates to the target location, but he had to stop when he lifted the order to lock down the hotel and went out with his attendants.
Charlotte, who appeared at some point, calmly looked at Cadilla, who was walking in the forefront.
"Let go of Kaylin."
β.β
Cadilla was silent for a moment and ordered his subordinates to let go of the confinement of the female officer, and the female official immediately rushed to the little princess's side, eager to use both hands and feet.
Charlotte looked back at Kaylin, and then turned back after soothing her eyes: "Go back." β
Her voice was fluttering, and she didn't seem to care about her sneaking out at all, and since she didn't care, Cadilla, as an unrelated person, naturally wouldn't delve into it.
His task is only to bring the little princess back completely, and other things are not within his jurisdiction, right?
Unfortunately, after sending the order to his superiors that he had found the little princess, he received a new one.
"Your Highness." Cadilla turned her head and bowed slightly, "Forgive me for the next offense." β
"Please tell me where you have been and who you have met today."
β.β
Charlotte subconsciously grabbed the hem of her clothes.
Sure enough, I was still too naΓ―ve, thinking that by pretending that nothing happened, I could turn a big thing into a small one.
That's right, a princess who has always been obedient suddenly ran away, how could such an unusual incident not make people not pursue the truth?
Fortunately, Charlotte was prepared for her innocence to be exposed, and she tried her best to soften her voice from stiffness to maintain a constant tone.
"At seven o'clock in the morning, I left the palace under the pretext of transporting daily necessities by bribing the guard 'Sharich Lewan,' and arrived at the hotel at about seven forty o'clock. After resting for about two hours, we went to the Grand Hotel Catalena and arrived at about 10 o'clock and successfully attended the wedding as a fake 'guest'. β
"After the wedding, rent a carriage and leave Catalena and head to Lake Falling Star, where you will stay for the rest of the day until you return to the city."
After clearly describing the time and place, Charlotte took a deep breath and told what was probably the first lie of her life.
"The whole time, I was the only one."
β.β
Cadilla truthfully jotted down every word she said.
In fact, if he was more careful, he would definitely be able to find the girl's erratic eyes, the back of the hand that was scratching the green tendons on the female officer's arm, and the female officer with a painful face but did not dare to speak out.
These details can almost show that the girl is lying.
But what does this have to do with his little squire?
Cadilla didn't want to find out whether Charlotte's words were true or fake, all he had to do was report everything the little princess said and pray that there would be no more orders from above.
He wanted to go home early, because he hadn't eaten dinner until now!
Unfortunately, Murphy's Law is so famous because it sometimes works.
After accompanying Charlotte to the royal carriage and putting her on board, he was given new instructions.
[Go, arrest someone.] γ
[Demand, half dead, get alive.] γ
When Lynn drove the carriage into the city, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.
The search out of the city has become stricter.
Catalena is an inland city that is second to none in the surrounding area, both inside and outside the city.
Good law and order, so that most of the city guards will not be too strict when checking pedestrians entering and leaving the city.
But now, it's different.
All those who leave the city must undergo a second-level detection magic array inspection - when they come out, it is only a first-order.
If you want to block the first-order reconnaissance magic, there are 10,000 ways, and even as long as you stuff some gold coins into the guards, you don't have to go there, but the second-order magic array is different.
The use of the second-order magic array represents an upgrade in vigilance, no matter how many gold coins are stuffed, the guards do not dare to risk their lives to release people, and if they want to block the second-order magic array, they must need at least second-order strength.
However, Catalena expressly forbade people with non-guard and military forces of second order strength or higher to use magic in places other than the arena of competition in Catalena, and once the reconnaissance magic hidden in various corners of the city detected that a strange magic force affected the surrounding magic, the city guards and knights would immediately dispatch to arrest and kill them.
As for why the second order is explicitly forbidden instead of the first order, or because the destructive power of people with first-order strength is not strong, and as the capital of Catalena, there are countless people with first-order strength, but if anyone destroys it, someone will definitely come forward to stop it - if you catch these people, you will get a huge amount of gold coins that are enough for ordinary people to live comfortably for a lifetime.
After noticing the anomaly, Lynn immediately began to think about how to deal with it, but this reflection did not last long, because he found that entering the city did not need to go through tedious censorship.
At first he wondered why, but when he got into Catalena and drove the carriage some distance, he knew why.
In the streets and alleys of the city, there were many people who were watching passers-by, and when Lynn, who was driving the carriage, came into their sight, he was immediately locked by some of them.
Obviously, they knew him, or at least who he was.
This made Lynn press the idea of abandoning the car and quietly leaving.
He knew that once he behaved abnormally, or even just drove the carriage to stop in a corner, countless people would be blocked at the exit in the next second.
Lynn, at least continuing to remain composed, drove the carriage slowly toward the street where the inn Charlotte had described.
The closer he got, the more people he watched, and even the palace guards appeared.
It can't go any further.
Lynn thought to herself.
My current situation is already bad, and I can't continue to get involved in these troubles.
He had to get out of here before they found out.
As long as he can successfully leave, Charlotte will be able to settle them - as long as Charlotte bites her to death, she is traveling alone, and the most serious consequence will be grounding, and the royal family will not be too embarrassed by a princess who has a certain status and can bring benefits to the royal family, after all, she has not caused any harmful behavior.
But if you find out, the interest will be completely different.
The other party definitely has 10,000 ways to clean himself up.
Therefore, Lynn must leave now, even if his face is seen, it doesn't matter, he must not be caught red-handed by the guards anyway.
If he hadn't been caught, there would have been a lot more ways to quibble, and if he could successfully return home, the royal family would not have been able to forcibly accuse him of a crime - he was a member of the nobility after all, even if all the nobles didn't want to recognize Blazer, even if most of the nobles hated Blazer, but he still had a real title of nobility on his head.
Having the same title means that they have the same interests on a certain line, and if the royal family wants to forcibly arrest him, it will definitely attract the protests of most of the nobles.
If you can arrest him today without evidence, will you arrest us tomorrow?
All in all, criminals without evidence cannot be convicted, and what Lynn has to do now is erase the traces of his crimes.
He didn't care much about what he would be targeted afterward, because it was something that would come sooner or later.
After taking a deep breath and describing the current situation to Charlotte in short words, Lynn didn't wait for Charlotte to speak, and disappeared into the carriage.
His movements obviously caught the attention of the people who were watching around him, but Charlotte, who got out of the carriage and took the reins, stopped them from the chase with a word.
"I don't know how to drive a carriage, you guys, you have to come and help me."
"Whoosh-"
The sound of the breaking wind swept up the fallen leaves on the stone pavement, and the figure of the young man flickered in the shadows, and it was difficult to find a trace.
Soon, however, a silver glow easily pierced the faint shadow, and with a fierce thump of the ground, the spear stabbed out like a silver serpent.
"Boom-"
The walls of the alley were shattered by spears, and the smoke and dust obscured Lynn's figure, and he hid in the corner, his face not good.
Although he dodged this blow with his agility beyond himself, he still judged that the person who was chasing him was definitely more than a little stronger than him.
He is one of the palace guards, not only has the strength of the second order, but also has the qualifications to be able to use the strength of the second order.
In addition, he also clearly knows that he is definitely not the only one who is chasing him, and maybe they are laying a net on the road he must go through in the future.
Now this scene is an absolute disadvantage for Lynn.
"It's terrible."
Lynn sighed slightly while running.
In fact, before he came, he thought that Charlotte's willfulness might bring him trouble, but since people helped him, how could he not give him something in return?
Talking to profit-seekers and interceding with emotional people is what Lynn has always been the standard for returns, so even if he does it all over again, he will still choose to invite Charlotte out, even if the current situation is a bit crisis.
"However, there is no solution."
Lynn looked back at the silver-armored knight who was rapidly closing the distance between him and herself, and looked at his movements, and suddenly shook her head: "I made a fool. β
During this chase, he had already discovered that the Silver Knight was actually consciously controlling his power and causing it to hit Lynn, because in the process of Lynn's escape, he chose small streets and alleys, and people generally lived around such streets.
I don't know if it was the order from above or his emotions that made him not want to hurt the public, in short, he provided a way for Lynn - to hide in the crowd.
"So, where are the most people now?"
Lynn looked up at the brightly lit building in the distance, with its name written from top to bottom in a special material - the Grand Hotel Catalena.
Lynn vaguely remembers that in order to show his atmosphere, the big businessman directly chartered the entire hotel, and explained that after the wedding, everyone could go in and dine.
And the time will last until 12 o'clock in the evening, a full 12 hours.
It's seven o'clock in the evening, and many people's dinner is about this time.
Lynn picked up speed, a chuckle tugging at the corner of her lips.
"Now, let's play hide and seek."
(End of chapter)