Chapter 454
"... You plan to defend them even as you know they have wronged Marianne and your trust?" — Zeleskiaz growled in disbelief, accepting the threat by conveying his aura’s menace.
"Don’t mention my daughter’s name so casually." — Orland replied without losing a speck of confidence before the Crown Prince. — "Be confident... I’m surely not going to defend them... Therefore, do as I say while I still maintain my sword sheathed. Stay away from them, Crown Prince." — Holding each other’s threat for a while, it was Orland’s gaze that decided to end the encounter. Sighing as he placed the weight of his hand on the Prince’s shoulder to, in a seemingly amiable way, invite him to start the search again. — "Now it’s enough of this. Come. The sooner we resume the search the better. We have to decrease the possible places they might have taken Marianne. Along with the other search groups that move through the Empire it will be difficult for them to keep hiding... and Marianne’s surely waiting... she’s clever... I am sure shE wiLl-... ahem....."
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"She will not let herself be lowered by this."
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"Come now. Before it starts getting dark." — Acting indifferent to the stare the man gave him after his voice broke thinking about not solely the dear daughter but also the circumstances his family fell on, Orland, stepped ahead, listening to how Zeleskiaz instructed his right hand.
"Alright... Biel, we are heading out. Prepare."
"Yes, Your Highness. I will inform the others."
That afternoon would not be the last they would spend searching for the chosen child. Thankfully getting closer as the Crown Prince’s blood was cursed by Fenrir, the instincts of the deity linked to that around her wrist would dimly show a track to follow for those of the Empire looking for her.
Yet it would be days of search they would spend... the Crown Prince and the Father, as well as the remorseful Duke of Noverrne and the Empire’s people, would not cease their search... certain for as the child’s Father had told... our Ninth was clever...