The Last Princess of the Kingdom of Verdant
13.
Anne's used to being alone now. Although there were servants who always accompanied him, they were very silent. If Lyre and Vena were here, they'd be scrambling to get Anne's hair done.
“Please braid only my hair neatly.”
“Good miss”
The dress she was wearing was too big. Is this Fricsia's dress?
“Please prepare also appropriate dresses and accessories to meet with the emperor tomorrow.”
“Does miss want a special color for her dress?”
“Red. I will stay here for a while, so please prepare some other dresses.”
“Well miss, I will take measurements to be able to order a dress that matches the size of miss.”
How could he forget something so important? Does your family still have assets? Anne suddenly realized the money that had to be spent to prepare the dresses.
“Please call Luke here.”
“Good miss.”
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Tok
“Excuse me miss, I'm Luke,” sound Luke's voice from outside.
“Please enter Luke.” Anne was sitting on her couch when Luke arrived.
“What's the miss looking for me?”
“Luke, where can you get funds for the care and salary of employees of this castle?”
“Duke always sends some money for the castle's running costs. When there are advantages I always save.”
“Do you know all the assets that the Voinn Family has in Terra?”
“I only know some of Vininn's assets, Chief Maid of Yunne Castle must know more about it.”
“Alright, please call him here now.”
“Good miss.”
“When can he get to?”
“He can arrive tomorrow morning when departing from dawn.”
“Good, send a message immediately for him.”
“Do misses need anything else?”
“Oh yes please take me to dad's workspace.”
Luke took out writing something down in the booklet and ripped it off.
“Have the bodyguards deliver this to Yunne Castle immediately.” Luke orders one of the servants to leave.
“Let my miss deliver,” says as Luke extends his hand for Anne to hold.
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“We've arrived miss.”
“Good thanks Luke, please call Brother Chris here. You can leave me alone here.”
“Good miss.” Luke leads Anne to sit on the couch and then goes to call Chris. Even though Luke was gone, Anne knew there were still guards standing guard outside this room.
Anne could smell the scent of wood throughout the room, it seemed like all the furniture in this room was made of wood. Although it has not been used for a long time, this room is still clean without any dust.
Anne could not see clearly, but it seemed like the painting in the middle of the room was a painting of her father and mother. People have always said that Duke was a romantic man, but Anne very rarely met her father. I hope you're okay, I want to get to know you better.
Anne sat still while training the energy in her body. After he calmed down more and rested, he could feel his energy returning. But what can he do with light magic? Even to be the light there was already a mana stone.
Tok
“What's Anne? You don't rest?”
“Ah Brother Chris. I have to ascertain the assets that the Voinn family still has. Especially after hearing about the employees who went.”
“Hmm well, it is good that we prepare it before meeting the emperor.”
“How about the search team sak, have you heard?”
“What do we need to prepare to meet the emperor tomorrow?”
“Plan to expel Wart troops from Verdant of course.”
“Help me also to collect important files in this room, and dad must have a safe in this room.”
“I'll look for the files, maybe there's something that can help us win against Wart.”
Chris began reading the contents of the files in the room. They also managed to find the safe, although they still did not know how to open it.
“This safe is very sturdy and does not use the code to open it. How to open it?”
They had already checked the entire side of the safe box, but there was nothing, not even the handle to open it was there. The curious Anne fumbled over the box.
“Aw!” Anne suddenly shouted.
“What's Anne? You okay?” Chris immediately saw Anne's bleeding hand and tried to stop the bleeding with his handkerchief.
“There's something sharp beside it.”
After finishing tying his handkerchief, Chris again noticed the place Anne was holding. He could see Anne's blood flowing and found a small hidden needle.
Clack
Suddenly as Chris was watching, the safe opened itself.
“Wah, it looks like this is a safe opened with your blood. Because you have the same DNA as Duke, so this safe is open.”
“What is kak?”
“Hmm there are several ownership letters of mines, ships, and castles. There are also several other buildings such as shops or restaurants.”
“Only that?”
“There are also several cooperation and trade letters .. and some gems.”
Hmm it seems that indeed father only kept a lot in this castle, especially since this is not the main castle in the Terra Kingdom. It was best for them to visit Yunne Castle in the Terra Capital first before meeting the emperor.
“It looks like we should go to Yunne Castle first before visiting emperor.”
”Alright, for now we have to rest first, because tomorrow will leave early. I'll have them deliver dinner and medicine to your room.”
“Good Brother Chris, thank you.”
“Let me take you to your room.”
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That night Anne thought about many things. Could he convince the emperor to help retake Verdant? He also definitely needed help from the other Verdant nobles. Are they safe? He had to send out another search team to search for other nobles. Does he still have enough servants and bodyguards in Terra?
Anne was very agitated and felt helpless. He doesn't even know anything about his family. What business is Dad running? He only knew his father was leading an elite army in the Kingdom of Verdant, he even found out that they had mines and businesses in Terra.
“Please take me to the balcony ...”
A servant approached Anne and led her to her balcony.
“Is this Brother Fricsia's room?”
“This is Miss Annette's room, which has indeed been prepared by the duke from lama.”
What kind of a man is his father? He only remembered his father's big, warm embrace. Dad rarely talked to Anne, if only together with Anne was the father just hugged her and watched her play with her dolls.
Where is your mother …? Anne looked at the vast sky above her. He could only see the moonlight. He could see the light flickering from the city. The city is still very crowded even though it is night, this city feels very alive, in contrast to this castle which is very quiet.
“Nona, the air is getting cooler, better miss rest inside only.”
“Yes, thank you. Take me to bed.”
Anne lay in her bed still unable to fall asleep. The light was turned off and he could see nothing more.
“You can come out, I'll go to bed soon. There are guards outside this room anyway.”
“Good miss, happy resting.”
The servants went out of the room, leaving Anne still pensively looking at the ceiling of her room. He raised both hands and tried to expel his energy.
It takes a few minutes to get all his energy into the hand, it seems like he needs to be able to focus more, so he can do it quickly. He could see the light start coming out of his hands. He deliberately took out little by little so as not to directly run out of energy like before.
Ah, this halo is only the size of a cup, and not too bright, just like a regular oil lamp light. Can I bring out another color? He tried to imagine other colors, but he couldn't.
Several balls of light began to disappear, and when he touched it, the light spread out and disappeared. At least this ball of light could last for a few seconds.
Hmm, it looks like my magic energy is exhausted. I better get to bed soon.
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