Loving The Cursed Werewolf King-Chapter 248: Where Is Sasha?
Ronan entered the inn. Immediately everyone stood up and bowed. The man ignored them. Johan, the owner of the inn, went straight to a meeting room on the second floor.
"Is there anything you would like to eat, Your Majesty?"
"Hm... seafood," Ronan replied curtly.
"I will prepare immediately, Your Majesty."
After Johan left, Ronan came into a medium-sized room. Inside there were already Kael, William, and Lazarus, who were sitting on the window frame, watching the crowds of people outside.
"Oh, you’ve arrived? Too bad Princess Arielle just left," William said as he poured himself a glass of whiskey.
"I know," Ronan replied. He took off his coat and the black cloth wrapped around his face. He could not attract the attention of the locals with his conspicuous mask. And he didn’t want to be recognized by the scar on his face either.
"You met Princess Arielle? I thought you’d lose control and take her to a quiet place to be alone a little longer," Lazarus replied at length, to which Ronan didn’t respond at all.
"What’s with today? Everyone ignores me like the wind!" Lazarus protested loudly, deliberately insinuating Ronan to see him there.
William laughed loudly at Lazarus’ pouting expression. Kael and Ronan didn’t have time to join their banter. Kael opened the map of Nieverdell and conveyed the possible change of command they were about to make.
The two of them were so focused on discussing new tactics that they let Lazarus and William talk about a beautiful woman passing by. They were on the second floor, so they could freely talk about women’s body parts without anyone hearing them.
"William, Lazarus," called Ronan, who was getting annoyed because the longer their conversation was getting more and more annoying.
"I’m going to slam your heads into that alcohol rack if you guys keep getting drunk."
William shook his head. "I’m not drunk, Ronan. Just enjoying some free time after work without taking a break, just for a while."
Lazarus nodded in agreement with William’s words. Ronan glared at William making the man slowly put away the glass and whiskey bottle in his hand.
"Lazarus! We don’t have any free time until it’s all settled! Put down that alcohol bottle!" William scolded his best friend, who kept pouring the alcoholic drink into his own glass.
William quickly wiped his face and put on a serious face. "So... these are some of the tactics we talked about."
Ronan stopped staring at William and focused on the map in front of him. He needed a diversion. Earlier when he was passing through the square, he accidentally met Arielle. And as usual, the girl looked so beautiful that Ronan couldn’t help but stand watching from a distance.
His hands clenched tightly as he saw Arielle holding the hand of her brother, Archie. Even though Archie was her brother, Archie was still a man and Ronan hated seeing Arielle holding another man’s hand.
Ronan could not announce his presence in person. Arielle was the princess of the kingdom of Nieverdell. Even though the people there didn’t seem to recognize Arielle, Ronan didn’t want any spies who were watching Arielle to see him.
He saw the opportunity when Arielle was left alone in front of the glass display case looking at the rows of seafood on display. He slipped into the crowd, making himself blend in like the locals. As the crowd grew larger, Ronan used the opportunity to tease Arielle and then continued walking.
He turned his head for a moment to see Arielle’s reaction. The girl stood still. Her eyes widened and her lips parted. With a satisfied smile, Ronan disappeared and immediately entered the inn.
***
Arielle had entered the palace first. Archie said the two shouldn’t be seen together. The girl immediately slipped into the back gate of the palace. She greeted a different gatekeeper from this afternoon.
The night wind blew hard, bringing bad air. She didn’t see any maids or cooks in the kitchen. She passed by effortlessly, but her hunch said something had happened. The atmosphere of the palace was too peaceful.
According to what Archie had reported, most of the guards and soldiers had been summoned to leave the palace, but Arielle didn’t see anyone there. She opened the door to her room and saw Tania sitting alone.
"Good evening Tania. I brought you food. Where’s Sasha?" asked Arielle while greeting the woman.
Tania turned to her and Arielle was surprised to see the woman’s puffy face. "Tania? Have you been crying? W-what happened?"
Tania took out a black box from behind her back. It was Arielle’s jewelry box where the girl kept the jewelry Ronan had given her. Why did Tania take it out?
"Tania?"
"T-this afternoon, Sasha and I came home from the market to find your room in a very messy state, Your Highness. When I tidy up your room again, I saw this box lying on the floor. When I checked, the contents are not there. Sasha immediately went to find the culprit. And so far, he hasn’t come back."
"Sasha hasn’t come back yet?"
Arielle let go of Tania’s hand and left her room. She had to find Sasha as soon as possible. The girl ran between the empty hallways and across the palace where her family lived.
Her body hit a guard who was on duty.
"Did you see a little girl? She’s about this tall." Arielle showed a modest estimate of Sasha’s height.
The guard shook his head. "Sorry, Your Highness."
Arielle ran back and asked anyone she met. From maids to bodyguards. She heard a commotion from the palace dinner hall. She opened the door and saw the rest of his family gathered for a small party.
Arielle, who looked disheveled and messy from running here and there made Andrea knit her eyebrows. Immediately getting the attention of many people made Arielle nervous. The girl wanted to run away from the room, but she had to find Sasha’s whereabouts.
Duke Pellington, who saw Arielle’s presence stood up and walked over. Arielle stepped back in fear, but she slapped her cheek several times to be brave.
