The Web of Knightspur-Chapter 111

Crown prince Richard smiled as he looked at the secretary. His eyes were smiling but it was darkened. The emotions were filled with unsettlement and rage.

The Crown Prince hated when people questioned him. At times like this, he truly wanted to punish the Emperor’s secretary but he knew that the position he was in was strong and unshakable.

"You know that one of the Princesses will be following the Grand Duke to the Beaumont’s mansion?" The Crown Prince’s voice was low as he took his gaze back. He looked down at the lights coming from the banquet hall. "I had seen one of the Princesses who is liked by the members of the Beaumont household. They even allowed Doctor Raul to treat her in the family residence. What do you think this means?"

The secretary was silent. He himself had heard it and knew that it was true. The emperor was not happy seeing this change.

"I heard the Grand Duke felt responsible that his escorts could not help the princess." the secretary sighed as he continued, "Everyone knows how much the Grand Duke put importance on such things. Duke Christopher feels like it is important to find a way to rectify the mistake done by his knights."

The Crown Prince’s eyes shook as he bit his lips in annoyance. "The Grand Duke is known to punish the people who had caused such a mistake not to rectify them."

The Crown Prince could hear the harness in the secretaries’ breathing. He looked at the side as he smiled, "I will tell you what I feel like. I feel like the Grand Duke is planning something."

The secretary tilted his head in confusion. He could not understand what the Crown Prince was saying. His eyes looked at the man whose face looked like a devil at night. The moonlight was glowing on his face along with the dim light from the banquet hall. The Crown Prince’s face was glowing like the afterglow. His lips looked red and a smile made him look like a devil. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The secretary could not help himself but laugh at the situation he was seeing. He could not believe that his mind was working in such a weird way. He thought the Crown Prince was a Devil but he could not help it. He really felt like that.

Especially now, the secretary felt like laughing. They were in the promise of the temple and yet... he sighed as bit his words down.

The secretary was well aware of the fact that no matter how hard he tried he could not make the crown prince understand anything. The man was beyond anyone’s prediction.

"What might the Grand Duke plan?" The secretary smiled. "He had long given up on the throne. The Crown prince also knows that he feels like this is a burden that he does not want to take up. He is a wild man who hates being controlled by people around him."

"Yes and that is what makes me envious of the man." The Crown Prince said as he swallowed hard. "He is known as the mad dog, the devil, and what not. He is the one who brought glory and victory back to the Empire. The one who does not stop at anything till he reaches his goal. But whatever he is known for does not give him any right. He does not have any right to take what is mine."

The secretary could not understand what the Crown Prince was saying. But he could sense that something was truly wrong. Something was bothering him and he could not find out what.

The secretary could not figure out what the Crown Prince wanted to say. Was there something that the Grand Duke was planning to take from the Crown Prince? Even if it was, then there would have been rumors going wild in the Empire. Everyone knew that there was an unspeakable rivalry going on between the Royal Family and the Grand Duke’s family. After all, both had an equal right to the throne.

The Crown Prince did not know what was going on in the secretary’s mind. All he could think about was the flower in the Angevin’s Kingdom’s Princess’s hair. ’What was her name again?’ Crown Prince Richard thought as he tilted his head a little. ’Yes, Princess Eleanor.’

The Crown prince did not understand why but he felt like the rose in her hair was the same that the Grand Duke Christopher had taken from the garden. The same flower that he wanted to possess.

The Crown prince shook his head as he wanted to remove all the thoughts that were coming to his mind. But no matter how hard he tried he could not move ahead from the through.

The Crown Prince’s mind was overlapping the rose in Grand Duke’s hands with the one on Princess Eleanor. His eyes turned sharp and a weird feeling started spreading in his body. His chest felt like burning.

"What is the Grand Duke planning to take," The secretary asked. His tone showed the confusion in his mind. No matter how hard he tried, he could not understand what was the meaning behind the Crown Prince’s words.

"What is the Grand Duke planning to take from me?" The Crown Prince’s words sounded as if he was in a daze.

The secretary looked up at the man only to realize that he was smiling without looking happy. It was a little scary but he knew that this was the real Crown Prince. The one who was ruthless under the mask of kindness.

The Crown Prince laughed sarcastically as he curled his lips up. "He is taking my flower. The man that should have been in my garden."

The secretary’s mind was getting messy. He just could not understand anything that the Crown prince was saying.

"I want you to do something." The Crown Prince said with determination, "Send someone loyal to house Beaumont as Princess Eleanor’s escort. I want to know everything that the Princess does there."