
Leathina entered her father's room where she saw the first prince and the second prince in the room. Leathina was at a loss to choose her seat because the only seat that was empty was the one next to Prince Yardley.
“Please sit Leathina.” Winter stood up to greet Leathina and escorted her to her seat because she did not want Leathina to sit next to Prince Yardley or Prince Edward.
“Thanks Winter.” Leathina smiled in relief that she did not have to sit next to Prince Yardley.
“So everything has been gathered.” Duke Leonard then presided over the meeting they had.
“So What's true Leathina said, have you confirmed Duke?” Prince Yardley asked.
“My daughter Leathina has given us a contraband storage location she found but we haven't checked it yet because Leathina wants you as a royal representative to also come and see it live.”
“You sure Leathina? Aren't you wrong what if it turns out that what you reported is wrong and we didn't find anything there?” Prince Yardley asked in disbelief at what Leathina reported.
“I'm sorry Prince Yardley but you'd better say my name politely, I never allow you to mention my name directly have you not finished the lesson in manners?” Leathina's words suddenly made prince Yardley a little surprised.
“So what are you now planning Leathina, what are we going to do?” Prince Edward asked Leathina casually to show the first Prince that they were both very familiar.
“Since when they were all so familiar with this woman, am I now the only one who should speak politely to her like a business associate. It's very annoying because usually I talk casually to him.”
“We will go there now, I will get ready.”
Leathina got up from her seat asking for permission to immediately return and prepare. Leathina returned to her room asking Anne to prepare her robes and equipment and after finishing preparing Leathina immediately came out following the others who had been waiting for her outside.
“All right we leave.” Said Winter when she saw Leathina had finished preparing.
“Be careful Leathina.” Duke Leonard has let go of his daughter.
Duke Leonard could not get to the contraband storage site because of the important documents he had to finish immediately until only Leathina, Winter, Edward and Yardley left to check in person.
They all used ordinary clothes for disguises and used ordinary cars so as not to attract the attention of people.
Leathina proposed to use a horse-drawn carriage instead of riding a horse because their arrival to a small village with a riding troupe would be very attention-grabbing and would keep criminals on their guard.
“What are you two doing?” leathina asked as she realized Winter and Edward were pinning her down and she was in the middle of the two of them while Yardley cynically looked at her who was sitting alone in front of them.
“We're sitting.” Edward and Winter answered.
“There is an empty seat next to prince Yardley, why not sit there?”
“I like to sit here.” Edwar and Winter answered almost simultaneously.
“But I'm not comfortable with you guys, my place is narrow. One of you is sitting on the edge of Prince Yardley.
No one moves Edward and Winter still insists on sitting next to Leathina. The two of them now meet each other Edward asks Winter to move immediately while Winter also does the same until there is a fairly fierce competition between the two.
“Oh, Jeez how old are you now to fight over a seat like a child.” Leathina was upset with both of them and finally chose to give up and moved the seat next to Prince Yardley.
“Leathina” Call Edward and Winter almost simultaneously as Leathina now switches seats next to Prince Yardley.
“I don't like cramped places if you guys really like sitting there then take me who will budge, I'll sit here so don't you dare to bother me.” Leathina gives a warning to Winter and Edward.
Yardley suddenly smiled mockingly at Winter and Edward who looked a little disappointed but the smile on his lips suddenly changed when Winter and Edward picked it up intensely then they both almost simultaneously asked Yardley to seger moving away and not sitting next to Leathina but if Leathina saw the two of them they came back smiling as if nothing had happened and when Leathina turned her gaze they pointed at Yardley then pointed at the empty spot that was there was in the middle of them after it pointed to his neck threatening him to immediately move.
As Edward and Winter constantly force her to move in and sit down with them, Yardley has no choice but to move in.
“Why did you move Prince yardley?” leathina asked when she realized that Yardley had changed seats.
“I feel good sitting in a relationship with the two of them, Miss Leathina.” Yardley replied with a reason and glanced at Edward and Winter, but the glimpsed turned his face away pretending to know nothing.
“Maybe Prince Yardley hates me so much that he won't sit next to me. But do they like each other? Until willing to sit together like that imagine three handsome men yan.. ah what I was thinking maybe this imagination appeared because I had read the comic duh Forget, forget.” Leathina shook her head trying to dispel her strange wild imagination.
“Leathina what's wrong with you?” Ask Winter and Edward almost simultaneously.
“What's wrong with me?” Leathina asked not understanding.
“Then Prince Yardley moved seats with us you kept smiling strangely like that.” Winter replied investigating Leathina who suddenly rounded her eyes.
“Ah,” Leathina immediately stopped her strange smile “A-I'm fine.” Leathina replied again then glanced at those who were sitting in a rim and immediately turned her face out the window. “Did I get caught thinking of something weird?” Ask inwardly trying to clear his mind.
The three of them looked in the direction where Leathina looked before looking out the window, then realize their own position that does look strange to each other and even Yardley put his hand on Winter's thigh for trying to find a looser place.
“Eh wait” Said Edward aware of something.
“Do not you.” continued Yardley Again but did not continue his remarks and still did not believe what he saw then immediately raised his hand.
“Le-leathina actually..” Winter said, puzzled by his own situation.
“LEATHINA WHAT ARE YOU THINKING UNTIL SUCH A STRANGE SMILE!!!” The three of them shouted almost simultaneously.
Leathina did not want to turn her head to look at the expressions of the three of them with great difficulty she held herself back who was eager to see the strange faces of the three but she held back from not wanting to laugh in front of them.
“Waiting Leathina..”
“Leathina listen to me..”
“Leathina don't dare to think strangely..”.
“Tell me what you have in mind..”
“No, no don't say..”
The three of them interconnected and obstructed each other from wanting to be the first to hear by Leathina asking that Leathina explain the three of them and want to know what was really thought by Leathina to smile strangely like earlier.
“Hush! Quiet, Pttfff.” Leathina tried to get the three of them to shut up again but came back shocked and shut her mouth trying to hold her own laughter so as not to explode.
“Leathina?” asked the three of them almost simultaneously and was instantly confused as to why Leathina suddenly acted like that.
“Puahahah!!! what's with your position.” Leathina could not help but laugh anymore seeing how the three men sitting in front of her had their laughter burst out to let out a hint of clear liquid in the corner of her eyes from laughing too much.
Leathina looked back at them as she saw Edward holding Yardley's chest and Yardley's leg holding one of Winter's legs and Winter's hand holding Yardley's mouth to silence her but the three of them were strange in Leathina's eyes.
As soon as the three of them broke away Winter tried to sit as far as possible on the left side, Yardley shrunk herself down by curling up in the middle in shame, and Edward also occupied himself as far as possible on the right side as Winter did. But the actions of the three of them were in vain, they still sat close together because indeed the seat they were placed in was only enough for two people.
“I'm glad to finally see you laughing after that Leathina.” Edward's words suddenly made Leathina spontaneously close her mouth, while Winter only smiled when Leathina saw him while Yardley just kept quiet and then turned her face in the other direction so as not to meet Leathina.
“We're down here.” Leathina's expression suddenly turned serious when she realized that their train had passed through the cities and villages and began to enter the forest area before reaching the contraband storage hut.
Leathina put on her hood and jumped down first followed by the others who also immediately put on her robe and covered her head.
The four of them walked through the forest in long strides and in a hurry, and after nearly fifteen minutes of walking they finally saw a hut that was about twenty meters away in front of them.
“We get to.” Leathina muttered while observing the surroundings and not seeing anyone standing guard around the storage hut.
Carefully Leathina approached the hut following Winter, Edward and Yardley behind her with misgivings.
They followed Leathina who walked to the back area and stopped at the window that was at the very back.
Brakes
There was the sound of the window that Leathina opened.
“Hold this.” Leathina asks Edward to hold the window door for her to keep it from closing back then immediately jumps up trying to get inside.
“Cautious.”
“Ah, gosh forgive me.”
While jumping up Leathina's grasp slipped from the slick and swiftly Edward, Winter, and even Yardley held her back from falling forward.
Leathina finally managed to enter then stood in front of the window and alternately held the window door from the inside so as not to close.
“Thank you for helping me, well please come in.” Leathina said as she stared at the window door from inside.
Leathina immediately looked for the source of the sound she heard when the three colleagues had entered she walked around the cottage in which was only a room without a partition so Leathina could see all the contents without any distress.
“Aelfric !!!” Pekik Leathina when she wanted to find the source of usara who had called her.
“What happened to you?!” Leathina asked Aelfric one of the elven races that she met some time ago.
Aelfric's condition was quite sad when both hands were tied and his legs were paved while his entire body was covered with bruises even his face was beaten bonyok krena the only reason why Leathina could recognize him was because of color her hair and her ears are taper.
“What happened to him?” Leathina asked the other captives.
“Di-he keeps making the guards angry.” Answer them stammeringly because the condition is also no less terrible with Aelfric.
Unlike the Aelfric condition which was infested with wounds, the other captives were also weak because they were not fed and drank by the guards for several days.
“I understand why the guards hit and put Aelfric because of his rebellious, arrogant and temperament several times I myself was also upset about him but what about the other prisoners, why not feed?”
“View once.” Mumbled Leathina quietly.
“Srek”
“Trak”
Winter pulled out his sword and immediately cut off the rope that bound Aelfric's hands and destroyed the shackle that held back the movement of his legs.
“This really is an elf.” Yardley muttered and focused his attention on the Elf in front of him. “What's this all.” The connection again when circulating his view and seeing the condition of the other prisoners is not much better fate.
“You stay here to look after them, I will return to call for reinforcements and send some trains to take them all.” Leathina said as she rubbed Aelfric and placed one of Aelfric's hands on her shoulder while she held Aelfric's waist down to prevent falling.
“Leathina you finally came, you know I keep waiting for you.” Aelfric said softly because of the wounds on his body but could still smile at Leathina.
“Eh?” Leathina is confused when suddenly Winter and Edward simultaneously come to her and separate Aelfric who is with her.
“Let Edward help her Leathina.” Winter said while pulling and then pushed Aelfric's body violently towards Edward.
“Hei! Oi! Don't touch my body carelessly.” Aelfric snapped more like a cat who was just meowing to bluff but was unable to advance because of his weak body condition and no matter how hard Aelfric rebelled he still could not let go of Edward's grip.
“Ba-alright, then I'll be back with Edward.” Leathina tries to calm the situation as Edward and Winter's views continue to lead to Aelfric while Aelfric instead scares them.
“Come Edward we have to come back soon.” Leathina knocks Edward's body while Edward drags Aelfric.
“Don't drag me! I said don't drag me! I want Leathina to take me! How brave of a human being Argh!” Aelfric rebelled again when Edward dragged him around, infuriating Edward until a punch landed on his back neck and collapsed.
“Come Leathina, she won't bother anymore.” Edward took Aelfric's now self-conscious body and stuck it like a sack of rice on his back.
“I-iya let's go now, but Edward isn't supposed to treat him well I mean he's from the elves.”
"I've been so nice to her, let's go!"
The two of them then came out back from inside the hut and immediately walked towards the carriage they were in and after a long walk they finally got up to Edward first and laid Aelfric's body carelessly then immediately help Leathina get on the train.
“Leathina I read your letter you sent to headquarters, why don't you ask me directly?” Asked Edward who was sitting next to Leathina while the bench in front of her sat in the unconscious Aelfric.
“Ah, it's because I don't want people to know your identity so I sent it to headquarters.”
“But still haven't I told you that I..”.
“So how?” tanya Leathina tried to divert the conversation, “Did you find a hit man named Roland.”
“Ya, I found it.”
“Really? Did you manage to capture it for me?”
“She was one of my members but veered and worked alone without reporting it to Fiona.”
“Oh, gosh what a coincidence so where is he now?”
“He has died caught by Winter while doing a murder mission.”
“Ah, what a pity” said Leathina disappointed after hearing Edward's explanation, “And I wanted to use it to uncover a wolf who behaves like a sheep.” Then he thought again about something.
“Edward, can you do something for me?” Leathina asked as she remembered something important.
“Say, I'll do anything for you.”
“My welcome party that will be held in a few days you know right?”
“Iya I have received an invitation from the Duchess and will last two more days.”
“Someone will send a hit man there, you catch them for me there will be about five killers later.”
“Not five people, but Six people.”
“Where did you know?” leathina asked surprised, “ ah I forgot that you rule the dark world you must know everything so who is the sixth person?”
“Yasmine.”
“You know? I mean from where do you know about her I think everyone sees her as an angel so I can't catch her without proof so I thought I'd unmask her myself.”
“I know that he is just pretending well to attract sympathy, he often comes to ask us to kill someone for him.”
“Jeez, so not only am I the target?”
“seems so, he will kill everyone who became a pebble in his path.”
“So like that.”
“I'll catch them for you and bring them tomorrow, I won't bring them tonight.” Edward's words suddenly made Leathina just smile because it was Edward's nature to have decided something.
“No, not now.”
“So when?”
"Do that on the day of the party and take them on the banquet when everyone is gathered."
“Alright, I get it.”
“The story changes, is it because I changed it? It's like the main cast turned to liking me to a Villains in the novel and instead hating Yasmine the protagonist. It's easy to guess what's going to happen next that makes me wonder what would happen to Yasmine later if all the male leads hated her?”
“Leathina?” Call Edward to disperse Leathina's daydream, what do you think?”
“Ah, I'm thinking Edward.”
“What is it?”
“Edward should you hold Aelfrac like that?” Leathina asked as she pointed at Edward's feet which held Aelfric's body with one of his legs from rolling over and falling over.
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