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Chapter 507
chapter 374 part 1
Chapter 371: Meeting Princess Renner. Station a Dragon Lord?
The more he thought, the more complicated it became.
Zanac felt a sharp pain near his stomach. He reached back to smooth his neat formal attire, suddenly feeling that he was overthinking things.
He wasn't the one who truly needed to worry—it was his older brother.
"Ha."
A nearly inaudible laugh escaped Zanac's lips. He looked at the rows of attendants bowing on either side of the corridor and continued on, his expression blank.
Speaking of which, he hadn't seen the commoner named Climb by his sister's side this time. Perhaps calling him a "commoner" was a compliment for someone who had been picked up off the streets.
For a time, his sister and Climb had been practically inseparable, but recently, she had grown much closer to Leinas.
This was far more normal.
Inside the palace room, after Zanac's departure, Princess Renner returned to the comfortable, soft, brownish-blue sofa, quietly lost in thought.
The maids in the great hall seemed accustomed to this. They whispered amongst themselves that Princess Renner was likely experiencing some girlish moods.
Like the summer weather in the Royal Capital, no one knew what Her Highness was thinking.
Suddenly, Princess Renner looked up, smiling at the maids in the great hall. "Thank you for your hard work, everyone."
The maids bowed and, as usual, withdrew quietly from the great hall. Aside from the personnel left on duty, the rest of the maids departed one after another.
Princess Renner's deep blue pupils stared at the empty sofa directly opposite her, where a slight indentation could be seen on the soft cushion.
The next moment, Tang Zheng's figure materialized on the sofa as if he had been sitting there all along.
Ninjutsu: Concealment.
It was a ninja skill. As long as Tang Zheng didn't wish it, no one in the entire Royal Capital had the ability to discover him.
Princess Renner's eyes widened, and a flash of pleasant surprise crossed her calm face. She sat up straight with perfect etiquette. "Lord Tang."
"It's been a while, Your Highness."
Tang Zheng looked at Princess Renner, whose golden hair shimmered beautifully under the lights, and said with a smile, "As radiant as ever."
"You flatter me."
Princess Renner lowered her head, her golden hair falling past her earlobes. The corners of her mouth curved upward before she quickly composed herself and looked up again.
"What would you like to drink, Lord Tang? How about some black tea?"
"A few days ago, I managed to procure some special black tea from my father, the King. It's a specialty from the territory of the Urovana Border Count."
Tang Zheng shook his head. "Drinking tea so late will cause sleeplessness."
"Then how about some juice?" Princess Renner immediately offered.
"I'm not very fond of sweet things. Your Highness need not prepare anything."
Tang Zheng waved his hand, indicating it wasn't necessary.
Princess Renner nodded with a slightly serious expression, as if committing Tang Zheng's preferences to memory.
"You had Leinas send messages repeatedly, saying you wished to see me. Is something the matter?" Tang Zheng asked calmly, his wide, white sleeves draping loosely as he rested one arm on his lap and the other on the sofa.
"Congratulations on your adventurer squad's promotion to Adamantite Rank, Lord Tang." Princess Renner offered her congratulations, her tone tinged with a hint of dejection. "I'm very sorry, but I do not have enough money to purchase a celebratory gift."
Tang Zheng's gaze flickered.
She had said "Lord Tang's adventurer squad" instead of simply "Free Will," which showed that Renner clearly understood the adventurer team was merely a tool to him and not important.
This woman was truly…
However, Tang Zheng noticed that his interaction with Princess Renner this time was different from the last. She seemed less disingenuous and formal.
"Your Highness is too kind," Tang Zheng said with a smile, unconcerned about the gift and more curious about Renner's true objective.
"Mm..."
Princess Renner didn't seem to think so. Her beautiful eyes gazed at the mysterious young man with black hair and brown pupils sitting opposite her, a man entirely different from ordinary people.
"Lord Tang, you should be aware of my situation."
"As a princess... to be precise, the third princess, I am a spare of spares for the royal family. The only outcome is to be married off to a noble, bringing a royal bloodline to their house."
Princess Renner stated this with utter calmness, as if the ending that had been decided for her from the moment of her birth was not her own.
There was no complaint, nor was there any anger.
It was as if she were talking about someone else's affairs.
"If my brother, who will become the new king, can remember me in the future," Princess Renner said with a brilliant smile, her voice soft and delicate, "and grant me a piece of remote, barren land as my territory to live out my life, then I would have to thank him profusely."
"That would already be the best possible ending."
To any ordinary person, a princess should live in a fairy-tale world, wearing vibrant dresses and living freely, but reality and imagination are two different things.
If anyone else had heard these words, they would have felt deep empathy and pity, filled with indignation or sorrow for Princess Renner's predetermined fate.
But—
Tang Zheng leaned back against the sofa out of boredom, his expression indifferent. He knew exactly what kind of "monster" was sitting across from him. "So?"
"I think... I might be able to help you, Lord Tang."
Princess Renner raised her delicate, fair hands and clasped them before her chest. Her pure, azure eyes were filled with anticipation as she spoke.
She looked just like a pure and innocent young girl, making it difficult to refuse her.
However!
"When did you decide this?" Tang Zheng's voice remained indifferent. "Was it because of the Abelion Hills incident? What did you discover?"
"According to the rumors, the Slane Theocracy and the Sacred Kingdom contributed the most during the Abelion Hills incident. This is what most people believe and what normal reasoning would suggest."
"After all, the power of a nation is far greater than that of adventurers and individuals. The only one who stood out was a young girl in an adventurer team named Enri."
"But I don't see it that way."
Princess Renner raised a finger and touched it to her rosy lips. Though she had a cute, innocent appearance, the words that came from her mouth were filled with a profound depth of thought.
"I, on the other hand, believe that you played the key role, Lord Tang. A role so crucial that both the Slane Theocracy and the Sacred Kingdom went to great lengths to conceal it."
A hint of curiosity flashed through Renner's pupils.
Faced with these words, Tang Zheng's expression remained unchanged. It wasn't surprising that Princess Renner could guess this much; after all, she knew that his strength wasn't limited to what he showed on the surface.
However, her next words sent a wave of astonishment even through Tang Zheng's heart.
"Furthermore," Princess Renner said, pressing her slender finger against her lips, her gentle smile widening slightly, "your arrangements began the moment you made the Warrior King, Gagaran, leave the Baharuth Empire, didn't they, Lord Tang?"
"In fact, I believe you even have your people within the evil secret society, Zuranon. The Abelion Hills incident, perhaps..."
Chapter 371: Meeting Princess Renner. Station a Dragon Lord?
The more he thought, the more complicated it became.
Zanac felt a sharp pain near his stomach. He reached back to smooth his neat formal attire, suddenly feeling that he was overthinking things.
He wasn't the one who truly needed to worry—it was his older brother.
"Ha."
A nearly inaudible laugh escaped Zanac's lips. He looked at the rows of attendants bowing on either side of the corridor and continued on, his expression blank.
Speaking of which, he hadn't seen the commoner named Climb by his sister's side this time. Perhaps calling him a "commoner" was a compliment for someone who had been picked up off the streets.
For a time, his sister and Climb had been practically inseparable, but recently, she had grown much closer to Leinas.
This was far more normal.
Inside the palace room, after Zanac's departure, Princess Renner returned to the comfortable, soft, brownish-blue sofa, quietly lost in thought.
The maids in the great hall seemed accustomed to this. They whispered amongst themselves that Princess Renner was likely experiencing some girlish moods.
Like the summer weather in the Royal Capital, no one knew what Her Highness was thinking.
Suddenly, Princess Renner looked up, smiling at the maids in the great hall. "Thank you for your hard work, everyone."
The maids bowed and, as usual, withdrew quietly from the great hall. Aside from the personnel left on duty, the rest of the maids departed one after another.
Princess Renner's deep blue pupils stared at the empty sofa directly opposite her, where a slight indentation could be seen on the soft cushion.
The next moment, Tang Zheng's figure materialized on the sofa as if he had been sitting there all along.
Ninjutsu: Concealment.
It was a ninja skill. As long as Tang Zheng didn't wish it, no one in the entire Royal Capital had the ability to discover him.
Princess Renner's eyes widened, and a flash of pleasant surprise crossed her calm face. She sat up straight with perfect etiquette. "Lord Tang."
"It's been a while, Your Highness."
Tang Zheng looked at Princess Renner, whose golden hair shimmered beautifully under the lights, and said with a smile, "As radiant as ever."
"You flatter me."
Princess Renner lowered her head, her golden hair falling past her earlobes. The corners of her mouth curved upward before she quickly composed herself and looked up again.
"What would you like to drink, Lord Tang? How about some black tea?"
"A few days ago, I managed to procure some special black tea from my father, the King. It's a specialty from the territory of the Urovana Border Count."
Tang Zheng shook his head. "Drinking tea so late will cause sleeplessness."
"Then how about some juice?" Princess Renner immediately offered.
"I'm not very fond of sweet things. Your Highness need not prepare anything."
Tang Zheng waved his hand, indicating it wasn't necessary.
Princess Renner nodded with a slightly serious expression, as if committing Tang Zheng's preferences to memory.
"You had Leinas send messages repeatedly, saying you wished to see me. Is something the matter?" Tang Zheng asked calmly, his wide, white sleeves draping loosely as he rested one arm on his lap and the other on the sofa.
"Congratulations on your adventurer squad's promotion to Adamantite Rank, Lord Tang." Princess Renner offered her congratulations, her tone tinged with a hint of dejection. "I'm very sorry, but I do not have enough money to purchase a celebratory gift."
Tang Zheng's gaze flickered.
She had said "Lord Tang's adventurer squad" instead of simply "Free Will," which showed that Renner clearly understood the adventurer team was merely a tool to him and not important.
This woman was truly…
However, Tang Zheng noticed that his interaction with Princess Renner this time was different from the last. She seemed less disingenuous and formal.
"Your Highness is too kind," Tang Zheng said with a smile, unconcerned about the gift and more curious about Renner's true objective.
"Mm..."
Princess Renner didn't seem to think so. Her beautiful eyes gazed at the mysterious young man with black hair and brown pupils sitting opposite her, a man entirely different from ordinary people.
"Lord Tang, you should be aware of my situation."
"As a princess... to be precise, the third princess, I am a spare of spares for the royal family. The only outcome is to be married off to a noble, bringing a royal bloodline to their house."
Princess Renner stated this with utter calmness, as if the ending that had been decided for her from the moment of her birth was not her own.
There was no complaint, nor was there any anger.
It was as if she were talking about someone else's affairs.
"If my brother, who will become the new king, can remember me in the future," Princess Renner said with a brilliant smile, her voice soft and delicate, "and grant me a piece of remote, barren land as my territory to live out my life, then I would have to thank him profusely."
"That would already be the best possible ending."
To any ordinary person, a princess should live in a fairy-tale world, wearing vibrant dresses and living freely, but reality and imagination are two different things.
If anyone else had heard these words, they would have felt deep empathy and pity, filled with indignation or sorrow for Princess Renner's predetermined fate.
But—
Tang Zheng leaned back against the sofa out of boredom, his expression indifferent. He knew exactly what kind of "monster" was sitting across from him. "So?"
"I think... I might be able to help you, Lord Tang."
Princess Renner raised her delicate, fair hands and clasped them before her chest. Her pure, azure eyes were filled with anticipation as she spoke.
She looked just like a pure and innocent young girl, making it difficult to refuse her.
However!
"When did you decide this?" Tang Zheng's voice remained indifferent. "Was it because of the Abelion Hills incident? What did you discover?"
"According to the rumors, the Slane Theocracy and the Sacred Kingdom contributed the most during the Abelion Hills incident. This is what most people believe and what normal reasoning would suggest."
"After all, the power of a nation is far greater than that of adventurers and individuals. The only one who stood out was a young girl in an adventurer team named Enri."
"But I don't see it that way."
Princess Renner raised a finger and touched it to her rosy lips. Though she had a cute, innocent appearance, the words that came from her mouth were filled with a profound depth of thought.
"I, on the other hand, believe that you played the key role, Lord Tang. A role so crucial that both the Slane Theocracy and the Sacred Kingdom went to great lengths to conceal it."
A hint of curiosity flashed through Renner's pupils.
Faced with these words, Tang Zheng's expression remained unchanged. It wasn't surprising that Princess Renner could guess this much; after all, she knew that his strength wasn't limited to what he showed on the surface.
However, her next words sent a wave of astonishment even through Tang Zheng's heart.
"Furthermore," Princess Renner said, pressing her slender finger against her lips, her gentle smile widening slightly, "your arrangements began the moment you made the Warrior King, Gagaran, leave the Baharuth Empire, didn't they, Lord Tang?"
"In fact, I believe you even have your people within the evil secret society, Zuranon. The Abelion Hills incident, perhaps..."
