Chapter 203 - 203 Prince Javier’s fate (part 1)

203 Prince Javier’s fate (part 1)

“Where are we going right now?” Justice was asking his father inside the carriage.

King Edward was yawning and leaning on his seat. “We are going to the northern side of the port, just like the intel has told us.”

Not impressed by how his father was reacting, Justice, approach him and asked him again, “Father, he is your true son. Aren’t you worried about him?”

“Alright, that’s it.” King Edward slap into his leg and pointed at his red hair son, “I was this calm because I knew he was alright, in fact, he was the one who sent me the information, that’s why I trusted Xavier’s words last night!”

Justice drops himself back to his seat. “So Javier is alive and well. Huh… That *sshole.”

“Wow, language my son, but then, he is actually the *sshole of the family.” Said king Edward, while the four gentlemen tried so hard not to laugh at the very honest remark.

Anne just couldn’t even contain her laughter. She was giggling, and the other looks at her as soon as they could hear the cutest sound that was coming from her. This is, of course, the mind of the four gentlemen, and as their eyes always look at her, Xavier who is sitting directly in front of her, grabs her hand and smirks.

“Oh, was it that funny to hear it directly from the king himself, huh?” He teased her endlessly, making Anne blush and gruntled.

The four of them were awfully cheery today. Since last night’s confession, they finally can put a word over the feelings that they shared for a while. King Edward observes everything from his seat, how they seem to be enjoying their time with her, and how she looks more relaxed around them.

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“So, I guess you’re going to have a serious conversation with your mother soon, Justice?” Said, Edward. This time, he tried to be the one who teased his son.

With a confident smile on his face, Justice smirked and said, “Yes, of course, soon, but not too soon. We still need to go to Gendry town, right?”

“Yes, you’re right…” He was a bit taken aback that the teasing was backfired. He saw it himself how serious Justice and his three best friends were toward Anne. “I think Valorian will have four future kings now.” Muttered Edward. He was smiling widely when his eyes looked at the morning light from the carriage window.

After three hours on the road, the carriage stops in the small town in the north, Edward and Justice get out of the carriage, the crown prince borrowing Vale’s cloak and wearing it hastily, Justice’s appearance with red eyes and red hair will be too conspicuous.

“Wait for us here. We don’t want to alert many people if we go inside in a big group.” Said Justice to the others inside the carriage.

Anne touch his face and said, “Be careful.”

He chuckles and his hand grabs into her and he kissed her, savoring her taste and even licking her lips for the aftertaste. A smirk came from his beautiful face. “You should never tease us like that again, now that you’re officially ours.” He whispered to her, and close the carriage, not before he winked at the other three.

Anne touch her lips and giggled. Somehow, she felt the happiness engulfing her in a warm blanket. The other three, however, cursed and felt so aghast by the crown prince’s action.

“Seriously, he stole yet another kiss!” Complained Xavier, he turn his attention to Anne. “I need you to count our kisses from now on, so we could have an equal amount of kisses from you.”

“I… I am not going to do that. Are you mad?!” Anne was flabbergasted by his silly request.

“Yeah, Xavier, why do we need to count something that is so simple,” Said Henry with a scoff, his icy blue eyes then looking into Anne, “We need to count something more than a kiss.” Anne could see the desire who is build up inside his icy blue eyes.

“Shut up, Henry!” Shouted Vale. He took Anne’s hand and smiled. “Don’t listen to them, they just playing around.” He gave a peck to her hand, making Xavier and Henry livid.

She chuckles and loves their interaction. She looks at the three of them and took a deep breath, stand up from the carriage and gave each of them a kiss on the cheek. They look so at Anne like she was an impostor. Anne just shrugged her shoulder.

“It seems you guys need some kisses, so I just go for it. Oh, and I am still not going to count anything.” She said to them with a warning at the end. They touched their cheek and surprisingly all of them liked it. Anne was surprised by it. “Wait, why do the three of you seem to like it that much?”

Henry took out of himself to tell her the truth. “Because this is the first time for all of us that you initiated something intimate like this.”

She was blushing and gave all of them a smile. At least our heroine could be more truthful to her feeling than before.

Meanwhile, Justice and king Edward were going inside a small house right up in the alley. The house was in the style of a cottage with a thatched roof and two small windows; the door was from a plank of wood that is creaky when they open it up. Edward and Justice go inside, expecting to see prince Javier. Instead, what they found is an empty room with no pieces of furniture.

“This is odd. Are you sure this is the address?” Asked Justice to his father.

King Edward nods his head, “Yes, pretty sure this is the one.”

“Father, there’s no one here!” Justice raised his arm to make a point of his father.

“Strange though, why is it this empty…” Muttered king Edward, but as soon as he spoke, a knife shoot from somewhere in the room, he dodge it and even catch the knife in midair. As a knight rank for the empress, king Edward knew what happen right now, “Justice, prepare yourself. This is a trap!”