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"Because you"re my little maid," Aurum answered while looking at the set of beautiful hairpins in front of her.

Today was the hairpin ceremony of the seventh princess. Aurum already took a bath. She was even wearing the new clothes that she bought with Madame Lin yesterday. It was a traditional Xing dress. The design of the dress was very simple - a white jacket paired with a pink skirt with simple but intricate embroidery. Madame Lin wanted to buy her a more beautifully designed dress but she refused. She didn"t want to wear something extravagant. Because if she did, then she would certainly overshadow the star of the ceremony. 

She"s not that hungry for attention that she would purposedly attract the attention of people. Going there with her ident.i.ty was enough to be the center of gossip. Making herself more beautiful than she already was would just dim the existence of other girls attending the ceremony. Aurum would just be a target for envy and hate. The last thing she wanted was to be entangled in any palace drama because some girl couldn"t accept that there were people in this world much more beautiful than them.

Aurum sighed helplessly. Who told her to be so beautiful?

"But Black is only playing to be your maid. Black isn"t really your maid," Black argued but still continued to brush Aurum"s hair.

Before she could reply, her sPhone rang. She picked it up from the dressing table. When she saw the name of her brother, she excitedly accepted the video call. In a second, her brother"s beautiful face appeared on the screen. "You finally called!"

"Sorry. I plan to call you last night but it was already late. You"re probably already asleep by then," her brother said apologetically.

Black didn"t forget to brush his existence. "Master! Black miss you very much! When will you come back? Black doesn"t want to be with Aurum anymore."

"The feeling is mutual," Aurum said pus.h.i.+ng Black"s face away. Then she looked back at her brother. She studied Argent"s face. "Did something happen?"

Although her brother looked like she didn"t suffer any injury, she still couldn"t put down the worry in her heart.

"There was something. But it"s already over." 

Aurum narrowed her eyes at Argent. "What exactly was this "something"? And don"t even try to dodge the question, Brother."

Argent looked at her sister"s expression. She knew she wouldn"t get away with just a simple "it"s nothing". In the end, she still decided to tell her everything. From the code left by their mother, to finding about the legend surrounding the sacred artifacts, to confirming that their mother was in the hands of the Pope of the Temple of Gaia, and finally, to Argent getting the sword of the dragon king. 

When she was done she saw that her sister"s expression was dark. 

"You should have told me about this! At least about mother"s code and that ridiculous legend. I know I"m not reliable enough. But at least I could share your worries. I"m also a Blackbourne, this just doesn"t include you. It includes me as well," Aurum said, the corners of her eyes a bit red, a sign that she was preventing herself from crying.

Argent felt distressed looking at her sister like this. In this situation, she was clearly in the wrong. "I know. I"m sorry. At that time, I was just overwhelmed by anger and all I could think of was to get back at those Apostles. I"m sorry for not thinking about how you would feel."

"Don"t keep me in the dark again," Aurum said, her voice still with a bit of grievance. 

"I won"t. I promise. Am I forgiven?"

"Hmp! As if I could stay angry with you," Aurum said sulkily. "So, will you really give that sword to that Pope?"

With that question, the image of the Pope during that speech suddenly flashed inside Aurum"s mind. She sneered inside. The man looked so bright and kind but he was actually hiding a very rotten heart. He"s no doubt a much better actor than she was. Not hesitating to kidnap and blackmail just so he could get what he wanted. And according to what her brother said, the Pope even created a group that would do all his dirty works. Just thinking about what those people possibly did to her mother already made her blood boil.

Argent showed a sinister grin. "How could I possibly make it that easy?"

Aurum also gave off an equally sinister smile. "We"ll make them pay, right?"

"We definitely will."

In this aspect, the Blackbourne twins were truly two peas in a pod.

The haze inside Aurum"s heart was finally lifted. "Good."

"Black will help too!" Black didn"t forget to add.

Argent only smiled at the two. That"s when she only noticed that her sister was wearing a traditional Xing dress. "Are you going somewhere today?"

"I"m going to the palace with Madame Lin. Remember, the Empress invited me to attend the seventh princess" hairpin ceremony. That"s today," Aurum answered. "Do you want me to search the Empress" memory in case she has more information about those Apostles?"

"No. That place will be filled with people. I don"t want you to take any risk. And with all things considered, those Apostles were probably only using the Empress. So we would look in their direction. They wouldn"t give her more information than what was needed. Now that she served her purpose, they wouldn"t bother with her anymore." 

And based on Aurum"s description of the Empress, the woman was probably the type that only cared about her son being the next Emperor. She wouldn"t care about the Apostles purpose in reaching out to her as long as she could have their guarantee that they would help her son sit on the Emperor"s throne.

"Would they really do it, support the crown prince so he could be the next emperor?"

"Who knows," Argent shrugged. Maybe it"s just a part of another much bigger plan. An elaborate plan that included those three sacred artifacts. And maybe it also included them - the Blackbourne twins. But this was not the time to think about that. One step at a time - that"s what she said she would do. 

"When will you be back at the capital? Or would you wait until another Apostle contact you?" Aurum asked.

"I"ll stay at Hangzhou Village for a few more days. See if they would contact me or visit me personally."

"Be careful, Brother. And don"t forget to call me."

"I know. And you, try not to get into trouble," she reminded her sister.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

"Who, me? I"m always at my best behaviour. But if trouble comes finding me, then that wouldn"t be my fault, would it?"

Argent just only helplessly shook her head.