The girl sweatdropped at this revelation and knew that she had somehow willingly entered the dragon"s maw, quite literally.Jack didn"t know this, but seeing his guards so effortlessly taken down by one guard, he knew that the opposite party was someone that he couldn"t offend. It hadn"t been long in the empire for him so he was still relatively new to this. The girl, however, wasn"t. She knew that they had been found out.
Suddenly, she looked up and started looking round the room. If the crown price was here, then…
Her guess was spot on as she saw a lady sitting on a chair behind a dining table. She was just calmly staring at them as if watching a show. Though a veil also covered her face, one could tell she was extremely beautiful just by the way she carried herself. Her piercing silver eyes stabbed into the two, seeing what actions they would take now.
Before Jack could react, the girl immediately kneeled down while coming in front of Jack and shouted,
"This subject greet the empress and crown prince"
Upon saying this she immediately looked to the floor while not daring to look up. Jack, who heard this, immediately paled as he also kneeled down behind her. In front of the royal family he wouldn"t put on any airs. Yes, in the Huma.n.u.s kingdom, humans made themselves superior to other races and looked down on the others. But they never got a chance to look down on dragons. No matter if it was magic, strength or even wisdom they were far inferior.
Jack maybe an idiot but he was still smart enough to know why the royal family was here in an una.s.suming orphanage just when they wanted to secretly attack some people. Before they could think any further, a melodious voice sounded out
"What are you doing here, Amelia"
Amelia trembled at her name being called out as brought her head up, intent on replying. However, upon seeing those silver eyes, she immediately looked away and started stammering,
"I…I…I…"
"I what?"
"I…I…just came here to help the orphanage"
"This late"
Amelia felt the coldness in the voice but still ended up lying. There was also a chance that they never actually knew what they were up to. Thinking up to here, she started planning out various lies but a child like voice doused her with cold water.
"Mother, she"s lying, I don"t like her"
Amelia was shocked by the sudden voice but palpitated with fear upon hearing the last four words. To earn the disfavour of the royal family, her father would be furious upon hearing this. Plus, this was none other than the crown prince, so he"d most likely be extra furious.
Jack, behind her also turned pale from fright. He may be from another nation but he did know the consequences of such words from the future leader. If it was another nation and you had enough power, a rebellion would be better but not in the empire.
The royal family held absolute strength and power in the empire. None dared to go against it.
Suddenly, Lily started to cough violently and eventually collapsed. Amadeus was shocked when he saw this and was instantly worried.
"MOTHER!!!!"
With a scream he ran towards her and held her. Picking her up he ran towards the door sending a kick towards Jack as he was in the way. Jack was surprised by the speed shown by the four year old and was too late in reacting. A foot planted on his face as he was sent hurtling outside the orphanage.
"GUARDS!"
The blade member behind Amadeus instantly turned into a green dragon as he got in front of him.
"Calm down your highness, we must make haste to the Emerald Palace. Climb on top, we"ll fly towards it"
Amadeus quickly jumped on top as he looked at his mother"s pale face. He could care less that he was currently about to ride a dragon.
With a roar the dragon took off. The roar was a roar for an emergency and was heard throughout the capital. The gates into the capital were instantly shut as many dragons flew towards the blade member. The sky was filled with dragons as they moved to a protective formation around Amadeus.
All the citizens instantly returned home while guards patrolled the streets on high alert.
The Emerald Palace came into sight as the dragons dispersed around the palace walls and kept a look out.
Following this was pure serenity, no noise could be heard in the original bustling capital.
Suddenly, many joyful roars were heard around the empire. The citizen"s were oblivious to the reason but found out the next day.
The Queen was pregnant.