The Last Princess of the Kingdom of Verdant

26.

“Nanny quickly help me get dressed.” Anne was already excited from the morning, already impatient to continue the conversation with the others. They always thought of him as a child, what's wrong with sleeping late once in a while?

“Iya miss. Do not rush, later you can trip.” Nanny calls another waiter to help prepare Anne. Looks like he has to pick another waiter.

“Come Hans, take me down.” Anne raised both her hands, asking Hans to hold her.

“Any miss!” Hans lifted Anne up and carried her down to the dugout, where the others were waiting.

“Oh, Anne. I heard nanny told you last night.” Brother Chris greeted Anne, as they walked into the dugout.

“So, so what are we going to do? We have to save dad as soon as possible!” Anne patted Hans in the chest, asking to be taken down.

“Anne …. We will definitely save the duke, but now is not the right time. They detained the duke and the duchess' body at Verdant's palace and had already taken power in Verdant. It will be difficult to do both at the same time, moreover we do not have enough strength.”

Chris tried to explain, he understood Anne's feelings, but their current situation was very unfavorable to them. The Verdant Palace had already taken control, signifying that the entire royal family was dead. They moved the Wart government center there showing that the palace was already filled with Wart troops.

“Duke surely now is still very sad because of the duchess' departure, we have to make sure the duke does not do dangerous things, such as ...” Hans did not dare to continue his sentence, he did not want Anne to grieve back when there had just been a new hope.

“Like suicide? I've grown up Hans, no need to cover up.” Anne continued Hans's words.

“Sorry miss, I didn't mean ..”

“I've been thinking about it all night, and that's why we have to save dad! Moreover, the father is seriously injured, if not handled properly, this can be fatal.”

“From the message sent by Kent, it seems there is still hope that louis is still alive. We have to prioritize as well. He must have also been injured quite badly because of the war that occurred.” Chris felt better they found Louis first. Louis may be in a critical condition.

“Hmm ..., but I'm also very worried about my father's circumstances. At least we should give you a message that my brother and I are still alive. That way I will feel calmer. Is there a way to send a message? What about this magic paper?” Anne knew her father couldn't possibly do anything stupid, but telling her whereabouts would at least make her father try to survive.

“Can't Anne, to be able to send a message like this, we have to write down the name and location of the recipient correctly. The recipient of the message must also be ready with magic paper to be able to receive the message. Therefore, mail delivery must be scheduled in advance,” replied Chris explained.

“How about we send someone to infiltrate in and message directly?” Anne tried to give me an idea. If they could figure out where his father was in prison and where his mother's body was kept, it would benefit them greatly.

“Maybe only Kent can do well. If we get caught sending intruders, they can get information about the miss by force.” Hans knew Kent could be trusted and would not divulge their secrets and whereabouts.

“Alright, we'll tell Kent in two days. Before he leaves we have agreed to send a message every week and will be replied two days later.”

“What about their situation there, is it okay so far?” Anne was worried that they might get hurt when they met the Wart troops.

“They are trained knights and they are with Kent, so take it easy, miss. Although they are knights, they are also trained to survive and care for their own wounds.”

Hans believed they would not lose easily, as they were knights trained by dukes. Hans even sewed his own wounds in a war that took place a few years ago.

“Iya Kent also did not write anything, it seems there were no fatalities or seriously injured so far.” Chris reread the message from Kent quickly.

“Good then. Hopefully they can find Brother Louis soon.”

“Alright, we will talk about it again later, after breakfast.” Chris felt their conversation was long enough, and Anne still had no breakfast.

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“Yang noble, please be careful. You can fall.” Collin who greeted Hera walked quickly after Hera who had already run towards Anne's room.

Hera had never again waited for Anne to come down to greet her, she already felt like she was in her own home and wandering around freely. Hera had never again sent a notification that would come first.

“Anne where is Collin?” He asked Collin because Anne was not in his room. She knew Anne almost never left her castle.

“Nona is practicing dance with Hans in the emerald room, your highness.” Colin answered briefly. Collin could walk quickly after Hera and did not even look breathless. It seemed like he had good stamina even though he was not a knight.

“Dancing? Whoa! I want to see it! Take me there Collin.”

Hera did not know this because she had not visited for several days and Anne never mentioned it in her letter. After hearing Anne was better, the empress limited her visit. He could no longer skip classes on the grounds that he wanted to visit Anne.

Tok

“Excuse me miss, Princess Hera would like to meet you.”

“Log in Hera, Collin.”

“Waw, Hans you look different.” Hera was surprised to see Hans in formal clothes, instead of her uniform.

“Haha, of course I have to dress up if I want to dance with the beautiful lady.”

“Uhh.” Hera gave a goosebumps hearing Hans words.

“Hahaha.” Anne laughed when she heard them. He was glad that Hera was getting closer to Hans.

“Anne, since when did you learn to dance? You don't have to force yourself if you can't, because dancing isn't an obligation. I only ever danced once.”

Hera doesn't really like to go to the dance, and is usually just busy eating or taking a walk in the park throughout the party. He was very curious about the garden from the residence of the nobles. After all he did not want to dance with Parlo or Rein, who were usually the couple who accompanied him.

“Hehe, I just want to try to learn it. All this time I thought that I couldn't possibly dance because of my circumstances, but it wasn't.”

He was so happy that dancing was not as difficult as he imagined, especially if he had a partner like Kak Chris and Hans who were good at leading him to dance. Even when he forgets a few moves, his dance partner can take the lead, and no one will notice. He did not even have to worry about bumping into something, because there would be someone guarding him.

“Wah, good then. You're going to dance with Brother Chris over there?”

“Ah, em .. I still haven't specified a partner to go to the party ..”

“Hmm? Isn't it sure Chris? Is Brother Chris going to invite others?” Although it is not mandatory to come with a partner, one person can only bring one partner. That's his tradition.

“Ah, it's not so. I got some invitations to be a dance partner, and still haven't determined which one I should choose.”

“Wah!! How could? I thought you only got a request from Brother Chris? Who is Anne?”

“It ..., from Brother Chris, Kak Rein, and Kak Parlo ..” Anne said quietly, a little embarrassed to tell Hera. He got a letter from Rein and Parlo a few days ago,

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