The Dragon's Flame Queen ✔

Chapter 92 - Everything but Nothing

Master Valentine froze at Prince Billard's words. He had certainly found out about the schemes of Zenith but he was planning to confront the princess personally without causing any ruckus. He didn't want Prince Billard to know that his wife was scheming to kill his brother and his wife. He knew Billard loved Zenith as much as he loved his brother but it would break him and Prince Billard might become a person that he never wished for.

"I... Pardon, Your Highness?"

"You did know that Zenith had been planning to kill my brother and Seraphina. She even contacted wizards."

"No your Highness... You are mis-"

"You have pledged your loyalty to our family, Master Valentine. Don't lie to me." Billard's voice became so deep and harsh that even Master Valentine felt the wrath in them.

He looked down. "It is true that she had been scheming to kill them but she didn't know that her men would be killed instead and the wizards would get through the castle."

Billard nodded, a dry smile playing on his lips as he muttered, "But it is true that she was trying to kill my brother."

The old advisor didn't say anything. He didn't know what to do at this moment. He had a hunch that the Crown Prince had his own men inside the castle but didn't know he would find out everything so quickly. He certainly wasn't a foolish or a naive Prince he thought.

Billard laughed. A villainous laugh echoed throughout the vicinity as he said, "My own wife is trying to kill my brother. How great of a life partner I have gotten myself."

Master Valentine only watched as the Crown Prince's demeanor changed into a completely different individual. And he wanted to avoid that.

Billard looked at him, his Highness's eyes were cold and murderous as he asked, "What is the punishment if anyone schems to kill a royal, Master Valentine?"

Master Valentine's graying brows knotted on his forehead. He wasn't planning to do that to his wife, would he?

"Death sentence." He answered.

Billard's lips curled up but it wasn't a gentle smile he used to have. It was the smile of a cruel person. He nodded, "Yes, death sentence."

"Ar- Your Highness, you aren't thinking of giving her death sentence, are you?"

Billard shook his head and said, "That would be too easy for her."

"What do you mean?"

"I just want to kill her whole family in front of her eyes." He hissed, "That would be the perfect punishment for her."

The old advisor's eyes popped out of their sockets as he tried to resonate, "Please don't do that. Besides, what does her family have to do with it?"

"The troops she had contacted were her father's men. It was unfortunate that they were killed by the wizards but let's not forget the men were his father's."

Master Valentine didn't know if he had to praise the crown prince for knowing that much in just a few days. Indeed the men she had hired were from her hometown but it was still undetermined if her father was involved in this too.

"Let's reconsider this fact, Your Highness. The men could not even reach their goal and even though Princess Zenith had schemed, the wizards had taken advantage of that." Master Valentine knew if the Salamander family killed her family who had a great influence on the west, it would be hard to maintain the peace with them and not to mention, Salamanders needed their trained soldiers as well. The dragon guards weren't enough to rule all over the dragon nation. If in future, there was war, the Salamanders needed enough man power to win.