Chapter 323: Taking the Crown Prince for a Chat
"K-King Albert! How did you suddenly appear here!?"
As soon as I opened a portal, just like everyone else who saw it for the first time, the Crown Prince of Arturo reacted the same way as the others.
"This voice… you"re really Crown Prince Fabio? If not for Roy, I won"t believe that it"s you. Your disguise is quite good." Albert said as he enters the room. I guess that means I don"t need to maintain the portal anymore, so I closed it. I thought Albert would just talk through the portal, and not coming here.
Well, as long as I don"t use portal too many times, I can allow it.
"Yeah, but one man found out about me." Prince Fabio said as he looked at me.
"He"s not normal." Albert said.
Like usual, the reason why I brought him here is to see if this guy can be trusted or not. Meeting the real Crown Prince just as soon as we entered the gate is already a huge achievement.
"By the way, you"re really Fabio, right? Not a fake?"
Albert asked with the intention to see if Fabio is the real Crown Prince.
"I am. I"m hiding myself by pretending to be a guard. Though by some chances, I get promoted and become the captain. Now, I"m responsible for examining those who want to enter or leave the capital." Prince Fabio said.
"And you"re not doing a good job at all. the gatekeeper even tried to molest Celestine even when I said she"s my wife." I said.
"…sorry." The Crown Prince apologized, then he continued, "So, how did you ended up here? You just appear out of nowhere." He asked Albert this time.
"That doesn"t matter at the moment. We"re in a hurry or your kingdom will fall to the cult." Albert said.
"…how much do you know?" Prince Fabio asked.
"The Harold that we met a few months ago, was a fake. He"s not the real Harold. That"s why we suspected that Arturo has fallen."
"…and?"
"Even Varadis was almost fallen as well. The one old man Henry about to appoint as his successor was member of the cult. If not for Roy going there before coming here, we will never know. Now, it"s your turn. Tell us everything that you know."
"Not here, not now. I can"t even trust my own siblings. Let"s talk more later tonight. It might take a while, but luckily, tomorrow I"m free. We can chat as long as we want." Prince Fabio said.
I guess he doesn"t even trust this office. Even if I told him that no voice can leak, he also can"t trust something he never sees.
"Alright. Later tonight. As for the location, we will arrange it. Roy, bring me back." Albert said.
Then, I opened a portal again back to his palace. It"s dark over there. Must be that time difference.
"Just what is that? Magic tool?" Prince Fabio asked.
"We"ll tell you later. For now, you can continue with your job. I"ll meet you later." I said.
We were about to leave, but he stopped us.
"Wait! I want to ask you a favor." Prince Fabio said.
"What is it?"
"My sister. Although I don"t know if I can trust my other siblings, my youngest sister is just seven. I want you to take her away from this kingdom. Take her to somewhere safe." Prince Fabio begged.
"That"s easy. Just stay with her tonight. I"ll find you two later."
Albert said the we will arrange the location. I can guess that it"s probably in Albert"s palace. That mean prince Fabio"s sister will be safe in Tatrama. Or even better, in my own house.
After that, we leave that place. We ignored the guard who tried to molest Celestine, and find an inn. That guard tried to follow us to see where we"re staying, but we managed to escape his sight.
I look around to see any inn located close to the castle so I can see clearly the situation in the castle. If the fake king is still acting, he needs to learn all that the real king knows. That mean he must be imprisoned somewhere nearby.
The inn we choose was quite expensive, but that"s no problem to the rich me. We asked for a big room for both of us. The receptionist said that the security in this inn is the best, but I doubt it if the cult is already here.
So far, no one thinks that we are suspicious. But we also haven"t met any expert level mage. From What Fabio said, there were some that he suspected to be expert level mage. He saw them killing him in one second. Or maybe he only noticed their killing intent in that one second? We can talk later tonight about his ability.
The room we"re staying is facing away from the castle, but that"s no problem to me. Since this place has its own bathroom, we can finally take a bath after a few days. And I said to myself that I need to focus on the castle, not the bathroom many times…
Though the castle is still too far from my sight. I can only barely see the entrance. I need to get closer, but that will be suspicious. I should just have Spot camouflage me so I turn invisible, but the danger of expert level mages was still there. I guess I should do it tomorrow.
For today, we need to act like a loving couple and go on a gourmet tour around the capital. I doubt they will erase local delicacies just because they take control of the kingdom. Right?
So far, I haven"t found anywhere where the real king is located. So, we returned back to the inn, put some Blobbies in our room as disguise in case an expert level mage is nearby, and look where Crown Prince Fabio is at.
He"s at a small house near the gate, with his sister. Only two of them living together.
The place is also safe since I don"t see anyone suspicious. In fact, we"re the most suspicious group here.
I knocked on the door, and entered the house after he let us in.
"She"s your sister?" I asked as I looked at the little girl who is only one year younger than Daniel. She"s holding prince Fabio"s hand and had no intention of letting go.
"Yes. Her name is Luna. And… she"s just like me. She can see the future. But her power seems to be much stronger as she can see few second ahead of me. We never told anyone about our power other than to our father." Prince Fabio said.
"I don"t want to leave Fabio!"
"Don"t worry, Luna. You are safe with him. Isn"t that right?" Prince Fabio asked me.
"That"s right. And there are many other kids you can play with." I said.
"Umm… where will you take her to?" The prince asked.
"My home. Don"t worry, it"s the safest place I can think of. Even Albert"s children stay there. She can get along with them. Though they are just three years old." I replied.
"If King Albert can trust you with his children, then I can do the same. Are we going there?"
"Yes. Let"s go now. Celestine will stay here just in case." I said as I opened a portal.
When I told Sonia that we will bring Prince Fabio"s sister, Albert told me to have a discussion at my place. This is also the first time I will return home. But I need to focus on the mission first.
I had told Sonia to tell the other back home that I will return temporarily. I will of course return back here to Arturo since I haven"t found the king yet.
We entered the portal, and greeted by Shirley who hurried here together with Angela. If they just return back to the palace, I could bring them along with Albert.
"Fabio, it"s been a while. Luna too." Shirley greeted Prince Fabio and Luna.
"Shirley!" Luna let go of Prince Fabio"s hand, and run toward Shirley and hugged her. I guess they know each other. They are both royalties after all.
"Even Shirley is here. Seems like King Albert trust you with his life." Prince Fabio commented.
"Wait for a while. Have you had dinner? You can also have a second or even third dinner here. Seems like my maid prepared quite a feast."
I let Shirley introduce everyone. Then, I closed the portal, and opened three new ones. Each portal connected to each leader of a country.
"King Albert! Empress Lynn! Even King Henry!" Prince Fabio was shocked to see that not only I brought Albert over, but also the other king and empress. Even Marie and Claudia joined us. and through the portal to Varadis, I can see Princess Julia waving at us.
"No need to be so formal. Just call me old man like usual." Old man Henry said.
"In this continent, this is probably the safest location from the cult. There are two former cult members live here, but they have betrayed the cult and joined our cause, so they are not a problem." Albert said.
"Before I tell you anything, I have many things to ask." Crown Prince Fabio said.
The we decided to tell him what we know first before he explains to us what happened to the kingdom.