"Do you know, the Karabiyan sisters who are close to you, the devil twins from the Vola leader, or rather, the singing and dancing twins?"
"Actually, I'm not familiar with them..." Thales defended in a low voice.
But Hilley ignored him and kept to himself:
"They are considered to be the best among the ladies from the famous families in the entire South Bank. They are noble, gorgeous, unbridled, flamboyant, deviant, and trend-setting. Many ladies want to get involved with them and enter their circle, but few people know:
The only friends of the devil sisters are each other."
Thales couldn't help but frown when he thought of Kasha and Qina.
"And I'm the only one who doesn't buy their fault," Heeley's eyes flashed when he said this. "In fact, I told them to stay away."
"Well done," Thales said helplessly, "I don't have the courage."
"No, it's not that you don't have such courage," Heilai looked at him with a sharp look in his eyes, "You don't have such a need. Your Highness, do you dare to yell at your nanny and guard captain and tell him to get away?"
Captain of the nanny guard?
Thales raised his head and looked at Mallos, who was standing not far away, and was suddenly speechless.
"Of course," Shilai turned her head, "When I was young, their favorite thing to do was to exclude me, make up bad things about me, and give me nicknames behind my back. Those silly girls with empty brains only knew how to giggle along with them.
We, haha..."
"But you are Kevin Deere, the Duke's daughter."
"So what?"
Hilley sarcastically said:
"Bloodline, surname, status, dowry, these things are all prepared for my future husband."
She was a little lost:
"That is a game that only you have the right to play, but it is not ours. Unless I become someone's wife, I can wave and cheer after you play this game, pretending that I am also playing, just like all the unmarried people in the world.
Just like my daughter."
Thales thought of Miranda and frowned:
"Maybe, well, not all."
Hilley narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, not everything," she approached him, her eyes threatening, "but is it important?"
Thales quickly shook his head:
"No, it's not important."
Hilley snorted coldly.
"So, what's the difference between being a Duke, an Earl, a Viscount, a Baron, a Lord, a knight, or the daughter of a merchant, farmer, and craftsman," Healey sneered. "In the end, it's not about changing it to someone else's surname, or at least letting it change to someone else's surname.
Children follow other people's surnames. In this era, the daughter of a farmer may rise to a high position, and the daughter of a duke may marry into a high family and a lowly family."
"Normally not." Thales felt unnatural all over, but he couldn't explain where this feeling came from, so he could only try to change the topic. "Every marriage between the Duke family must consider interests, and birth and reputation are also important."
A kind of benefit.”
Xi Lai glared at him:
"I'm not here for political lessons."
Thales bowed his head in embarrassment:
"Feel sorry."
On the stage, Origi finally closed his eyes in the arms of his lover, the chorus sounded, and the play gradually came to an end.
"The mothers told me that at banquets, one of the things ladies like to do most is to compare a woman's situation before she gets married and after she gets married. And the most popular topic of conversation, well, of course is that so-and-so becomes a lady.
At that time, you were very proud and proud, but in the end you married a useless man with no future. After marriage, you became a cheap wife and a poor wife. You borrowed jewelry and clothes on credit to attend banquets. They would flatter your husband and put him down based on his status, and they took pleasure in it.
.”
Hilley sarcastically said:
"If a duke's daughter, like me, marries an incompetent husband, oh, it would be even worse. They would be so happy that they would tell it to themselves on Queen's Day every year, telling it to themselves as a family heirloom.
My daughters-in-law, granddaughters, and grandsons-in-law listened to it, and even when they took it to the grave, they wrote it on the epitaph.”
For some reason, Thales suddenly remembered the story of "Shrewd Queen" Rosanna that Miranda had told him.
"So every woman wants to marry high," Shilai glanced at him. "It's best to marry a prince. In this way, when you become the talk of the dinner party, you will not only be envied by others, but at least you will not be laughed at."
"
Thales felt extremely embarrassed.
"But tell me, Your Highness," Hilley said coldly, "does it make any difference to me whether they talk about my marriage and husband with ridicule or envy?"
"In comparison, I would rather be talked about by them because I pretend to be a ghost and scare people. At least the props are made by me."
At that moment, Thales felt that Xi Lai's eyes were extremely sharp.
"I understand." He said with difficulty.
"you understand?"
Hilley smiled.
"I'm very doubtful, Thales Bright Star, when you came to the Emerald City with all the courtesy, claiming to come to the Emerald City for marriage and to marry me," Miss Kevin Dill shook her head, "You really
Do you understand me and the problems I face?"
Thales was silent for a while.
"No, not at all, maybe I will never understand," the prince sighed and shook his head, "but I hope I can understand."
Xi Lai looked at him deeply and stopped talking.
When the play came to an end and the curtain call began, the actors of "The Butterfly" stepped onto the stage one after another to accept the applause and cheers from the audience.
But at this moment, Thales looked down from above and noticed an acquaintance: he was responsible for his security (or surveillance). In the past few days, whenever Thales left the palace, he would never leave the prince's side.
Kaguire vigilance officer.
At this moment, in the dark theater, Caguire was hiding behind a curtain, talking to another well-dressed audience member. The latter was dancing, while Caguire looked back carefully from time to time, as if he was afraid of being discovered.
Similar.
Thales frowned. He stood up and leaned on the railing, pretending to see the actor's curtain call clearly, but in fact, he called the Sin of the Hell River and listened to Kaguire's movements.
"I don't understand, why do you have to say it now and here?" The voice of the Kaguire security officer was somewhat dissatisfied.
"I would rather say it elsewhere!"
The spectator's back was to Thales, but his voice was very familiar to the young man: "But look at you, Officer Kaguire, your rise to prominence is no longer what it used to be. How can you still have time to have a drink with your old friends?
Can’t I just come here to find you?”
"We've stopped talking to each other for a long time! I don't have any money to lend you to gamble," Caguire said in a cold tone, rejecting others. "I'm on official duty. No matter what happens, wait until I get off work or my shift."
The security officer turned around and left after speaking.
Just when Thales thought this was a show about a poor relative coming to borrow money, the audience member said a cold word, which made the prince's nerves rise:
"The Case of Diop."
Kaguire had a terrible meal.
In the hell sense, Thales heard the spectator take a deep breath: "In the trial hall, including the guard hall, they want me to be the defender of the deceased."
Caguire slowly turned around and spoke cautiously:
"Really? That's a coincidence."
Advocate...
Thales remembered something and instantly recognized the identity of the spectator.
"What a coincidence, they want me..." the audience groaned, "I read the files and checked the court records of the debtor Lord. Diop was not killed by him, let alone a burglary, right?
"
"So what? We all know what you are capable of, Manny. Isn't it the end of the world to convict that Lord? Isn't that why they are looking for you?"
The man called Manny sneered:
"Stop pretending, Caguire, others don't know, but we all know what Diop does! You must have received money from him, right?"
Caguire was stunned and became nervous:
"I, I don't know what you are talking about..."
Thales's brows furrowed even more tightly.
But Manny shook his head:
"Don't worry, I'm not here to supervise the integrity of the government. But listen, a few days ago, I went to the barber's people to buy information for a case, and I heard that the gangs are very restless and at war with each other recently..."
"Hey, what are you worrying about? The two gangs of gangsters, one red and one black, won't be at war with each other one day. As long as they keep their peace and are not stupid enough to fight on the streets and make enough friends."
"No! Listen to me!"
Manny paused and lowered his voice:
"Two guys from the Blood Bottle Gang died 'accidentally' very close to the time Diop died..."
The Kaguire security officer said doubtfully:
"Which two guys?"
Manny took a deep breath:
"I dare not say, I suspect I am just overthinking, I hope so, I hope it is just my occupational disease, but, but..."
Manny clasped Caguire's arm and pulled him an inch closer to the corner, as if this could protect them more tightly:
"For the sake of the fact that I helped you write reports to avoid trouble in the past, and also helped a few of your men who caused trouble to escape guilt, Caguire, you just need to tell me one sentence, one sentence to the letter: Who is the person who killed Diop?
no……"
The man known as Manny stretched out his hand nervously and pointed upward.
In the exploration of hell's senses, Kaguire's breathing became heavier.
After a few seconds, the security officer made a serious face:
"Listen, Manny, it's just for the sake of old friendship: don't even ask about things you shouldn't know, it won't matter."
Manny gasped:
"Is that true? Damn it, I knew it, I knew there was something wrong with this case..."
"Manny."
"It has something to do with the second prince, right? The Duke is on the same level as him..."
"Manny..."
"But why do they want to implicate us..."
"Manny!" Caguire scolded him, his voice was very serious.
Manny trembled.
"In this case, you go home, have a glass of wine, lie down, do something happy, and then get up and work as usual the next day," the warning officer's tone softened, and he patted Manny on the shoulder, "Think about it
Your son, your wife who is still in the country, and your parents..."
Manny trembled again.
He laughed reluctantly: "Yes, yes, yes, you are right, Kaguire, old man, I can't panic, I have to stay calm, I still have a job..."
Manny turned around tremblingly and merged into the crowd of spectators who stood up and applauded.
The Kaguire security officer had no expression on his face, watching his back go away.
On the second floor of the box, Thales held onto the railing in front of him and took back the Sin of the Prison River.
That man was in the trial court not long ago. What did Slimani, the defense attorney who defended him in front of Thales and Zhan, know about Diop's death?
Thinking together, the young man looked at the distracted Slimani in the crowd, and subconsciously turned to Mallos:
"Thor"
But before he finished speaking, Thales noticed: Waiya, Nexi, Morgan, Itariano, and the Star Lake Guards were all surrounded by people from the Emerald City, ranging from manpower from the Security Hall to guards from the Emerald Legion.
Not to mention that in the theater, there were guards standing tight on all sides.
Much stricter than before.
Thales was worried and had to close his mouth. He gave an apologetic smile to Mallos who looked at him inquiringly, indicating that nothing was wrong.
A face came to him:
"You weren't watching the curtain call."
Thales was startled and fell back into his seat: "Ah! Damn it! Shilai!"
The prince was startled and angrily asked Miss Cecilia, who had unknowingly come to the railing:
"Where did you come from?"
But Hilley narrowed his eyes and shook a palm-sized drawing board in his hand:
"What do you really care about, is the person who just spoke to Caguire?"
What?
The person who spoke to Caguire...
Thales looked at Slimani on the first floor and was amazed.
"you"
"How do I know?"
Hilley looked towards the first floor: "Although you were staring at the stage just now, you looked exactly like me when I was in class when I was a child. When you came back to your senses, the first thing you looked at was Caguire and his friends."
ah?
Thales blinked in surprise and didn't react yet.
Why is this guy's powers of observation so...so detailed?
But before he could think of how to defend himself, he was attracted by the drawing board in Heeley's hand:
On the drawing paper, a handsome young man leaned on the railing and looked ahead, but he seemed absent-minded and preoccupied.
"What is this?" Thales asked stupidly.
"Your profile sketch," Heeley shook the drawing board, and the handsome young man on it shook back and forth. "Look at it when you were just pretending to stare at the stage. Do you understand?"
Hmm, the painting looks quite similar?
Thales subconsciously reached out to pick it up, but Hilley quickly took back the drawing board, as if by magic:
"Sorry, it's not for you!"
Thales came back to his senses and frowned:
"How do you do this?"
Hilley shrugged.
"So, that guy who just spoke to Caguire? What's his problem?"
Damn it.
Thales had a headache.
"He is...should be the defense attorney in Diop's case."
Xi Lai rolled his eyes:
"And you just called your nanny first and then shut up in time, because you were worried, because no matter who you sent to chase that person, they might make the same mistake again and not be able to hide it from Zhan En's ears and eyes, and alert the snake?"
Damn, he hates smart people.
Thales sighed, but then he had an idea:
"You, Heeley, can you draw everyone's attention so that my people can bypass Zhan's eyes and ears and track him?"
Thales rubbed his hands together:
"You know about misdirection?"
Xi Lai looked around and had a panoramic view of the guards, whether they were from Star Lake Castle or Emerald City.
"No, no, don't even think about it."
Miss Cecilia's decisive decision frustrated Thales' hopes.
But just a second later, Shilay smiled:
"But, I have a better idea."
Looking at Miss Kevin Deere's smile, Thales suddenly had an ominous premonition.
"do you like me?"
"What?" Thales was surprised.
"Want to date me?"
"What?" Thales repeated with wide eyes.
Xi Lai narrowed his eyes: "Wrong answer, try again."
Again?
Dating?
At that second, Thales reacted instantly and was horrified:
"Oh no."
Xi Lai nodded, his smile unchanged:
"Oh yes."
The next moment, before Thales could react, Shilay stood up and waved to Mallos:
"Hey, babysitter!"
nanny?
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, I'm talking about you! The nanny! The one who's the cutest!"
After a few seconds, Mallos took a deep breath, kept his expression calm, and stepped forward under everyone's strange eyes.
"Your Highness, Miss?"
Thales was about to speak, but Hilley covered his mouth:
"Oh, I want to go on a date with His Highness Thales, two people, um, privately."
Hilley narrowed his eyes and raised his voice:
"You, you won't let anyone disturb you, will you?"
ah?
Huaiya and others all turned their heads with wonderful expressions.
Mallos looked strange and cast a questioning look at Thales.
Thales' eyes widened, he smiled awkwardly at Mallos, pulled Shilai aside, and lowered his voice:
"Well, if we leave the team and take action..."
"Zhan wouldn't have suspected that you were pulling some tricks, because it was me who dragged you out." Healy said plausibly.
"Yes, he will only be angry, very angry...wait, that's not the point!"
"Yes, the point is that we rush before everyone else to find your target and ask... whatever you want to ask."
"That's not the point!" Thales gritted his teeth, "I am the prince, and you are...Ms. Kevin Dill. What if we leave the brigade and something unexpected happens?"
I had an accident and my kingdom had no heir.
If something happened to you, Zhan would probably leave the kingdom without an heir.
"There are 'accidents' every day, and everyone will have an 'accident'," Heeley shook his head, not caring, "but often those who are afraid of accidents are most likely to have accidents."
"No, you don't understand..."
"Oh, are you scared?"
Thales was startled. He turned coldly and shook his finger:
"No, don't use such low-level provocateurs, I won't be fooled."
"Are you so afraid of going out on the street alone?"
"No, it's not a matter of whether I'm afraid or not..."
"Tsk, tsk, poor little prince, he doesn't dare to leave the house without a guard."
"I won't argue with you about this. We must have a better way than going into battle in person..."
"But you want to avoid Zhan's surveillance and avoid repeating the same mistakes as yesterday, right?"
"Yes, but..."
"Now, three lives have been lost, and there may be more, and we are still in the dark about the situation of the war," Hilley sighed, "You don't like this, do you?"
"That's right, those are my exact words!"
"My brother said, what do you like most about the truth?"
"I don't like it. Don't learn this from him!"
"Are you coming or not?"
"No, I, I am the heir to the kingdom, and this matter is very important..."
"Yes, it's too important. I guess the stars didn't exist before you were born, right?"
"No, there are so many people behind me. If something happens to me..."
"Forget it," Sheila snorted coldly, giving up persuading, "Just stay with your nannies forever, little Princess Thales."
Thales' expression changed.
Xi Lai turned around and left, shaking his head disdainfully:
"I go by my own."
Thales stretched out his hand, but did not stop her. He could only watch Sheila walk out of the box:
"No, wait..."
Thales sat back in his seat and rubbed his head painfully.
Damn it!
After a few seconds, he made up his mind, took a deep breath, and called Mallos over.
"Thor, do you still remember the five ways to get from the main hall to the Jackal Tower in Star Lake Castle?"
From the main hall to the Jackal Tower…
Mallos glanced at the direction Shilay left:
"yes?"
"Then do you remember the fifth move?"
Mallos was slightly startled.
"You mean, climb through the window and onto the roof?"
Thales smiled apologetically, and then said cautiously:
"Now, I might, might, probably, or, um, need a little... safety rope?"
"safety rope?"
Mallos understood something, and his expression instantly turned cold.
Thales looked at him guiltily and embarrassedly, rubbing his hands subconsciously. He felt that the guard captain in front of him was like a black cloud, "Um, you, do you have it?"
Mallos turned his head again, looked at the direction in which Xi Lai left, and then looked at Thales.
"If I had a choice, Your Highness," the watchman said expressionlessly, "I would say no."
Thales smiled carefully, his smile extremely ugly:
"Then you, hey, hey, do you have a choice?"
Mallos looked at him coldly, just like in Star Lake Castle, looking at the silly dog who always ran to chase birds and cats and never tired of it: