Book 19: Chapter 17
Since they had reached the pier, it was a simple task for the girls to board the ship. The guards didn’t say anything when they saw the sisters. As Princesses, it was normal for them to visit the pier. The guards never received any order to stop them from boarding the ship.
The four sisters and the youngster soon found the ship their father prepared for his two guards. The ship was disguised as a passenger ship. While it didn’t have cannons and weapons equipped, the sturdy body of the ship and bow could easily smash any ships ahead. The people aboard weren’t tourists. At least, they weren’t planning to be tourists in an unknown land. The passengers were guards.
The four sisters went and found Ying. They couldn’t hide on the ship anyway. After what happened last time, Vera realised that Ying might actually be easily persuaded. Furthermore, Nona, who went up to her and brashly put on the winsome act, seemed to be Ying’s Achilles heel. Ying was surprised to see the four sisters, but she didn’t say anything. Instead, she ordered her subordinates to organise rooms for them.
Ying didn’t show any animosity toward the youngster. Her gaze rarely showed any emotion. He was with the four sisters and her King had spared him. As such, she no longer treated him hostilely.
Tanya, on the other hand, still treated him hostilely to an extent. It had been many years since she joined Troy. In the past, she wasn’t respected due to her age but a pretty woman at this point. Her brown cloak and ponytail undulated in the wind. Her suave and gallant demeanour was similar to Nier back then. It was hard to blame Troy for not holding her in high regard since he saw Nier from back then in her. Troy actually still liked Nier’s gallant look as a bodyguard back then. Nier wore long dresses these days. She still looked pretty, and Troy had no complaints, but perhaps he missed her original look. Tanya was Nier’s copy – except that their status was completely different.
Tanya and Ying wore different brown cloaks, indicating that Tanya wasn’t a bodyguard within the Imperial Palace but outside it. Tanya was no longer a personal bodyguard. She was the general of Troy’s military outside.
Honestly, Tanya was a little unhappy about being sent out to sea for the mission since she wanted to see Empress Elizabeth at Troy City. She viewed Elizabeth as her mentor. Though it was delivered in fragments, Tanya had her fair share of achievements with the fragmented knowledge. The team she led defeated all the rebels during the suppression of the rebellion in the Northwest.
Truthfully, the rebel army weren’t stationed at the best of places. The nomads thought the military in the mountains in the Northwest wouldn’t be able to catch them if they made infantry their mainstay. Unfortunately, the dragons could survey them from overhead at any moment.
Once the four sisters boarded the ship, they exhaled relieving breaths. Their rooms were together, while the youngster stayed in the cabin. The guards aboard the ship were all elites. They weren’t the ordinary guards put in charge of watching over the youngster, but the group that started with Troy during his earliest days. They were the strongest warriors in the North. If the youngster tried to escape, he’d more than likely be diced and sprinkled into the ocean.