Villain Princess.

Drap! Drap! Drap!

The bandits rushed into the forest, one of them carrying Aurora on his shoulder.

"It’s successful!" One of them laughed out happily.

"Too many people died." The second bandit snorted. "After this, we’ll get the money and then left quickly."

"Yes!"

There has always been risk taken when they accepted the mission, but they were almost annihilated this time. It seemed that they underestimated the ability of the knights.

"But for being the duke’s knight, their abilities are really bad," The one who carried Aurora spoke out. "Their protection circle is far from perfect and we can enter through the other side."

The other laughed when they heard the man’s words.

"Go into the hut for now. They’ll come here soon enough."

"Yes!"

There were a total of four bandits who brought Aurora away this time. The rest of the bandits have died in the hands of the knights before.

They agilely moved through the forest until they reached a hut.

"Place her in."

"Yes."

Aurora was put into the hut and after tying up her hands and legs, the third bandit came out of the hut. They have no intention to watch over a sleeping noble lady at all time.

Besides, they only needed to hand her over for the mission to be done.

Bang!

The door was slammed shut.

And Aurora, who was inside the hut, opened her eyes. She was indeed dizzy and lost her consciousness for a moment when they struck the back of her head.

But her training in swordsmanship had enhanced her ability far above ordinary people. It only took her a few seconds to regain consciousness, but she remained still when these bandits carried her.

’For a hit man, they sure fare badly.’

Aurora sat up and then pulled her skirt up. There was a knife strapped on her knee, which was her hidden weapon that she had arranged to carry at all times. After all, her status as the duke’s daughter and the prince’s fiancée would put her in various dangers.

It was just that Aurora didn’t expect she would use them so soon.

She’s only 13 years old and had to face these kind of things.

It was somewhat frustrating.

Slash!

The knife cut off the rope on Aurora’s hand and after that, she cut off the rope on her legs. Standing up, Aurora scanned the room around her.

The room was a standard hunter hut or something like that. There was a table, chair, fireplace, and a bed. However, Aurora was thrown on the floor when she was put into the hut instead of on the bed.

Thankfully, there was furry carpet on the ground.

She was not sure what kind of animal it came from though.

Aurora looked at the window in the opposite side of the door and then moved towards the table. The table was quite big, but it was not that heavy.

However, Aurora had to do everything quietly.

She pushed the table towards the door slowly but surely, making sure she didn’t make any noise when she did that. As she reached the door, she could hear the conversation of the two bandits outside.

"Do you think they’ll pay the money?"

"Why not? They had asked us to caught the duke daughter and our action had already offended a lot of people. They wouldn’t benefit anything from crossing us, right?"

"Who knows?"

These people’s way of talking was definitely very crude. After all, they were bandits and were not used to follow the law of the kingdoms.

While the kingdoms have their territory and there were also people who lived inside who were managed by them, there were also many people who lived outside the kingdoms. These people were not categorized to be part of any kingdom and would not receive protection from them.

Normally, they could be found in the forest or in the outskirt around the border.

This was the main reason why the border has always been very dangerous.

If these people were not managed properly, they might come to attack the people who passed not far from them.

Or it was like this group of people.

They were paid to do so.

Aurora listened to their words, her expression was calm. As early as these people came to the carriage and attacked, she had guessed that there should be someone behind them. Someone who either work with them or paid them to do things.

Now, the answer was clear.

But who it is, she didn’t know.

’There are too many people I have offended recently.’

Thinking of the negotiation that was finished not long ago, Aurora felt a faint headache. Queen Rachel was not very pleased with her rejection, but would it be too much for her to make such a trouble to her?

Then again, the person who think for Queen Rachel was that old maid beside her.

If she gave some suggestion to Queen Rachel to eliminate her first or to threaten her and blackmail her, then it was possible for them to do that.

After all, these bandits didn’t seem to have any intention of harming her.

But this is only speculation.

There was also Prime Minister Jake from the Sand Kingdom. After being defeated by Aurora several times and suffered greatly, it was unknown whether he would take a drastic measure by arranging an attack.

After all, if something happened to Aurora, it was unlikely for her to be able to do the next negotiation well.

The problem is...

The next negotiation would be a few years from now since the agreement they made this time could last three to four years depending on the war situation on the Red Kingdom’s side.

And then there were also the people from the Ice Kingdom who might want Prince Lester to die and thus chose to attack Aurora here.

Even if the distance was a bit far and it was unlikely for them to come here, there might be some spies lurking around. Because of that, this was still a possibility to think of.