I don’t know what he’s doing here, so just in case, I’d better not go over there yet. Werther stood at the top of the stairs, intending to watch them quietly first.
"Even though your master is a prince, he doesn't even have a title, and I am an earl, and my status is far above your master. Isn't it okay to come in and look for a thief?" Earl Marton held the hilt of his sword in one hand.
Holding the scabbard in one hand, he gestured as if he was about to draw the sword, and glared at Tom and Wile angrily.
Werther looked at him in surprise at the stairs, thinking, this man is really rude. Even if I don't have a title, I am still a prince. How could he say such arrogant words? Besides, how could there be a thief in my castle?
? He can't be talking about me... Werther was confused, so he hid at the entrance of the stairs and continued to eavesdrop.
Tom said: "Your Highness, the gate of this castle was always closed in the early morning. It was not until half an hour ago that Wile went out to sweep the floor. No one came in during this period, let alone a thief."
Wile also said: "The side and back doors of the castle are also tightly closed, so it is impossible for anyone to come in."
Count Madonle held the hilt of the sword hard, pulled out the sword slightly to the length of half of his fingers, and said in a more ferocious tone: "But I saw with my own eyes that the thief who stole the crystal ring entered this castle, and all my guards also saw it.
, you said that no outsiders entered the castle, either you were careless and did not notice, or you deliberately hid the thief."
"Your Majesty, don't spit blood. Why would we hide a thief? Doing so will be punished in Notland."
"Ah, I understand! This thief is not a servant of this castle, right? After all, your lord cannot reward you with a ring made of crystal. After you saw my ring, you wanted to take it for yourself."
"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. We will not do such a thing."
Tom and Wile tried their best to block it, and Earl Marton became more and more angry. His face gradually turned red, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.
Werther secretly watched them. At this moment, he knew very well that Earl Marton should have discovered that the things in the cabin had been taken away, and also suspected him, so he broke into this place under the pretext of looking for the thief who stole the ring.
In the castle, he actually wanted to find Khalil, as well as the hairpin and diary.
Werther was a little panicked now. He had still found out, and she couldn't let him succeed. But even if he used magic, he could only prevent the hairpin and diary from being discovered. As for Khalil, if he used magic to move him to another place,
, then he will also learn about his magic skills, which will be more dangerous and may cause more harm than gain.
There is no other choice but to let Khalil run away. It is best to hide in the castle of the Earl of Rock City. The Earl and Countess of Rock City have already planned to deal with Duke Dark with them, so they will definitely take him in.
It's too late to write a letter now, so I have to ask him to bring his own token, and the emerald can be used as a token. In addition, in order to make the second uncle believe in Khalil's words more, I still have to ask him to bring the diary with him.
OK.
Now we must first take out the emerald, and then go to Tom's room to find Khalil. In order to avoid Madonna's sight, we can only use magic now.
He returned to the bedroom, got a diary and a map, quickly gathered strength, and used teleportation magic to move himself to the box. After opening it, he quickly found the emerald wrapped in soft cloth. He used teleportation magic again.
Using teleportation magic, he arrived outside Tom's room door and took advantage of others not paying attention.
The door opened and he saw a panicked Khalil in the corner.
"Your Highness, it seems that they are coming and may kill me. What should I do?" Khalil asked in a low voice.
Werther closed the door carefully and walked over in a hurry.
"Don't panic, take the diary, emerald and map, follow the map, go to the castle of Xishi City, show the emerald and diary to the Earl of Xishi City, this emerald is my token, and the diary is
Duke Dark is looking for evidence of the dragon clan. The Earl of Xishicheng is my second uncle, and he is on my side. After seeing this, he will take you in and keep you safe."
"But Your Highness, there is another hairpin. Do I need to take that one with me?"
"I have another use for that hairpin, and the hairpin is small and easy to hide. I won't let Earl Marton find it. Now I will take you out through the side door. After opening the door, you will run as fast as you can to the north. Also, you will
Take this money with you and you can buy food or ride on a carriage."
Werther took out the money bag from his pocket and put it into Khalil's hand. Then he walked to the door, opened the door gently, and looked around. From here to the side door, he could avoid Earl Macdonald's sight, so
He then took Khalil to the side door with confidence.
"You run now!"
"Yes, Your Highness, I will definitely meet the Earl of Xishicheng."
Khalil ran out with all his strength. Looking at his figure, Werther breathed a sigh of relief. He used teleportation magic to hide the hairpin in the bushes by the river.
At this time, Madun'er's roar came from the hall again: "Don't stop me anymore, I will lead people to search your castle now!"
Even if Khalil and those two things were hidden, Werther didn't want them to search his castle.
He clenched his fists hard and used teleportation magic to reach the stairs. Then he pretended to be coming down from the stairs and slowly walked to Earl Marton.
"Are you His Highness Earl Macdonald?" Witte asked as respectfully as he could.
"Huh, it's His Highness the Great Prince. It's not like we haven't seen each other for a long time, but you have even forgotten what I look like." Seeing Werther coming out, Earl Marton put his sword away with an extremely arrogant look and eyes.
Sinister, with his head slightly lowered and his eyes rolled upward, he seemed to dislike Werther very much.
Sure enough, his expression was almost exactly the same as the last time we met in the palace. He actually hates me so much, Werther thought, I don't know why.
"You used to look so weak that I hated you. I wanted to trample you on the ground like an ant. But for some reason, you look stronger now. I don't know if it was my imagination or you have really changed."
." Earl Macdonal's expression looked like a hungry wolf about to attack him, "But don't be careless, even so, I still hate you."
"Whether you hate me or not, I just want to tell you that there are no thieves in my castle. If you want to be a guest, you can sit down and I will let my servant bring you coffee and desserts. Of course, if you don't have breakfast
, I will let the chef make breakfast for you. But if you don’t want to see me, just go back to your own castle." Werther's expression was very dull.
"Hmph, you said there is no thief here, but I don't believe it. Do you want my guards to come and check?" Earl Macdonald had a treacherous expression on his face and smiled softly at the corner of his mouth.
He smiled and said: "Your Highness, you said that a crystal ring was stolen from you. I am very curious. There are many guards and servants around you. In this case,
, how can a ring that is firmly worn on the hand be easily stolen by a thief? This is really unreasonable."
When Marton heard his words, his face became ugly. He gasped hard and raised his head with hatred in his eyes. It was obvious that his lie was seen through by Werther, so his anger doubled.
"Okay, you, a down-and-out prince who doesn't even have a title, dare to doubt what I said, then I will explain it to you clearly. My ring is not strong, and it fell off my finger when I was walking on the road.
It fell and before I noticed it, it was picked up by a thief."
"But, there are many guards around you, can't they catch up with the person who took your ring?"
"This..." Earl Marton rolled his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "The person who stole the ring ran too fast, faster than ordinary people, so they couldn't catch up."
"I have another question. You live in Nightstone Town, why did you suddenly appear in Daybreak Town?"
"Can't I hang out here?"
When Werther was thinking about how to retort, Earl Macdonald suddenly pulled out his sword and pointed it at Werther. Tom and Wile tried to stop them, but they were caught by the guards brought by Earl Macdonald.
"You are going too far!" Werther shouted, staring hard at him, "Let them go, and take back the sword, or I will be rude to you."
Earl Marton sneered and said: "The reason why my guards arrested them is because they have stopped me from looking for thieves in the castle from now on. I know that His Royal Highness the Prince is very powerful now, and I am afraid that these guards I brought will
I may not be able to beat you, but don’t rush to do it yet, just take a look at this first.”
He took off his cloak, revealing the ruby inside, and waved it in front of Werther.
"What do you mean?" Werther asked.
"His Royal Highness, you must know the shape and color of this kind of ruby. This is the style only used by the royal family. Humph, this cloak was given to me by the king. He favored the Duke of Dark, so he also favored me. He said that as long as
I take out this cloak, and a lowly lord like you cannot stop me, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the king." At this time, Earl Macdonald was very proud.
Werther also recognized the appearance of this ruby, which was exactly the same as the ruby on his sword, which proved that the cloak was indeed a royal thing.
"But, even so, you can't just look for people in my castle casually. It's not fair to me. I am also a lord after all." Werther continued.
"Ah, I forgot to tell you, that crystal ring was also given to me by the king. If you stop me from looking for the things sent by the king and the person who stole them, you will be blamed by the king." Earl Marton looked more serious at this moment.
It's proud.
Since he has the royal cloak and is still looking for the crystal ring given by his father, then others cannot stop him. If the servants stop him, he can indeed arrest people. If I hurt his people in this situation
, it is very likely that the king will blame me, so I have to swallow this breath first. Anyway, the person and thing he is really looking for are not in the castle.
Werther was very unhappy about his excessive behavior, but there was nothing he could do about it.
"I understand, Your Highness the Earl. I will take my servants to find the thief you mentioned. Please let my two servants go first."
Earl Macdonal sneered: "Of course there is no problem. Now I will ask them to let your servant go, but I want my guards to look for it to prevent you from doing anything."