Villain Princess.

Drap! Drap! Drap!

Behind William, Prince Lester followed him without hesitation. Even if he was weak, he knew very well that he had to do something.

Thud!

Mr. Wren fell to the ground and sighed deeply.

For decades, the kingdoms’ situation has been peaceful and Mr. Wren had never truly experienced the baptism of war. He felt really scared in the battle just now and struggled a lot.

After it was over, Mr. Wren didn’t really want them to take any risk again.

Even if he wanted to save Aurora, he had to think about their current situation. They were not that far from the nearest city of White Family’s territory, so they could ask for help there.

At that time, their chance of winning should be higher.

But if they were to retreat first, then there would be a possibility for Aurora to be hurt in the middle. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

It wouldn’t be good.

No matter which decision to make, there would be risk. The difference was which risk they wanted to take, risking Aurora or the knights’ life?

Mr. Wren sighed deeply.

When he first brought Aurora to see William, he hoped that William would be able to reach a high rank by following Aurora. After all, Mr. Wren knew that he himself would never have that chance in his entire life.

He was destined to be tied with the White Dukedom for the rest of his life.

And his real lord has always been Duke White.

The main reason why he followed Aurora here was because he’s Aurora’s teacher and also instructed by Duke White to help Aurora if it was necessary. But at the end of the day, Mr. Wren is still William’s father.

He hoped for his son to be safe.

But he also knew that for knights, they have to fulfill the duty they have until the very end. It was their oath and also their responsibility.

From the moment they took the sword and decided to serve a master, they had to follow and protect that person until the very end.

’Is this really the right choice?’

Mr. Wren looked at the sky.

When he first asked William to learn how to wield the sword, William was very interested. Later on, he wanted to become a knight, a knight who served at the border and might be in the dangerous situation.

At that time, Mr. Wren thought of figuring out a way for William.

Before he could truly make his plan, Aurora had shown her interest to recruit William to be her personal knight.

Mr. Wren was happy.

Because it meant that William didn’t have to go to the border, the frontline, to fight against other knights and all. His safety could be guaranteed to a certain degree and there was no need for Mr. Wren to worry about his son.

But Aurora went out of the kingdom quite often.

William also had to follow her.

There didn’t seem to be anything wrong with this arrangement because Mr. Wren understood that it was Aurora’s duty.

But now...

He realized that the danger of following Aurora would not be less than sending his own son to the border and fought for the Yellow Kingdom.

Mr. Wren knew his son well.

William would definitely fight on the frontline and didn’t retreat unless it was the order or when it was necessary. Because his goal when he go to the frontline was to become a noble on his own through gaining merit as a knight.

In this way, William would definitely put his life on the line.

Mr. Wren sighed deeply.

"Mr. Wren," Les called out. "They’ll return safely..."

Her voice chocked with her tears and it was clear that Les herself might not believe her words. But she would rather say it out loud in hope that it would come true and also to convince herself.

Because life without any hope was really bitter.

"I hope so." Mr. Wren took a deep breath and looked at the remaining three knights. None of these knights were able to sit straight anymore.

His eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Has the standard for the White Family’s knights been so low?

...

Drap! Drap! Drap!

"Can you keep up?" William asked without turning around. He knew that Prince Lester was following behind him.

Even if he didn’t really know the reason why Prince Lester decided to help Aurora when the two people barely knew each other, William chose not to pry too much. He only needed to make sure that his speed was not too fast for Prince Lester.

As much as he wanted to find Aurora at the fastest speed possible, he also needed to recover his energy while finding tracks.

This will undoubtedly halt his speed.

"I can," Prince Lester replied curtly.

He was panting slightly, but he continued to keep up with William.

The past few days of training had given Prince Lester better physique. Moreover, he was also eating enough, allowing him to become healthier.

Even if it was only a bit.

"Are you sure you want to follow?" William asked.

"I’m Miss’s guard," Prince Lester replied.

From a prince to be a mere guard or even a dog like what Aurora said to him, Prince Lester’s status could be said to have fallen from the sky to the earth. The treatment for these two titles were very different and couldn’t be compared.

William arched his eyebrows.

From Prince Lester’s words, he could tell that Prince Lester had truly assumed himself as Aurora’s guard.

This prince is really...

Interesting.

"Prepare for combat." William raised his head and saw a clearing at the front. Upon seeing the two bandits there, his eyes narrowed.

There might be a few other bandits around, but there was no time for them to check the surroundings clearly.

"Wait, we have to..."

Swish! Slash!

Prince Lester’s lips twitched when he saw William charged towards the nearest bandit and killed him in one strike. He wanted to tell them that they should survey the area first, but William moved too fast.

Or perhaps... he simply didn’t think?