Moric’s blood suddenly froze.
He turned his stiff neck slightly and sure enough saw the blonde girl.
His first reaction was that everything was completely over, he never thought that there was more than one mole.
But then he immediately remembered that this was the Crown Prince’s study, and ordinary people couldn’t enter.
The main door was still closed, and he didn’t hear any movement of the door opening.
In other words, the blonde girl came out of the secret room with the phantom wall.
And the authority to activate the phantom wall was only held by the Crown Prince.
After figuring out the situation, Moric hurriedly said:
“Miss Haggia, please help me. I admit that my attitude was bad before, but this matter is very important, I beg you…”
Moric was about to kneel down as he spoke.
He was afraid that the blonde girl would run out now and tell the old butler about it, then he wouldn’t even have a one-in-ten-thousand chance of rescuing his sister.
“That’s not what I meant.”
The blonde girl quickly helped him up, “But your method won’t work.”
Perhaps having abandoned enough prejudice, looking at this girl with a worried expression, Moric suddenly understood.
“I have made plans to sacrifice myself, please don’t worry about me——”
“But His Highness Ryan will worry about you!”
The blonde girl interrupted him, “Why don’t you tell His Highness about this?”
Moric lowered his head with a ashamed expression, but did not answer.
He knew that if he was a truly loyal subject, he would have reported it yesterday.
He also knew very well that even though he had a bad record, the Crown Prince would still worry about him and didn’t want him to die like this.
But precisely because of this—
“Idiot, do you know that doing this will only make things more complicated and difficult to solve!”
The blonde girl couldn’t help but scold.
“No matter what you say, things have come to this, there is only this one way.
If you don’t let me go back, I can only apologize with my death here.”
“That’s not necessary… This time you accidentally did a good job.” The blonde girl suddenly praised.
“Huh?”
Moric was stunned, he couldn’t keep up with the other party’s rhythm.
“You think that since the other party approached you, they must be closely watching your every move, that’s why you did this… right?”
“Yes, so please understand…”
“But have you ever thought that this might be a trap?”
Moric was stunned.
“Mr. Moric, I ask you… why don’t you betray His Highness?” the blonde girl asked again.
“That’s naturally…”
Moric heard this and was about to express his loyalty, but he wasn’t a fool and soon understood where the problem was.
“You said before that civilians are more easily tempted and bewitched because they are poor… but conversely, civilians are also more likely to be loyal and devoted to their masters because of a little reward and grace, right?”
The blonde girl said, “In the eyes of others, you are a person trusted by the Crown Prince.
Although you have the weakness of your sister, no matter how you look at it, the probability of you betraying is very low… Any normal person would not formulate a plan on the premise that you will definitely betray.”
“They guessed that I would pretend to betray…” Moric gradually understood and looked terrified,
“They even calculated that I would hand over the things to His Highness Ryan.”
“That’s right, if I didn’t guess wrong, this bottle should have a magic cast on it that will explode as soon as His Highness Ryan gets close, and the poison inside is very dangerous even if it touches the skin.”
Flora took out a box from the secret room and carefully put the bottle in it,
“As for how the magic can accurately determine the Crown Prince… According to my observation, Kena likes to take on washing work very much, and it is estimated that she has privately collected a lot of His Highness’s hair… As for now, she should have already run away, because she doesn’t need to wait for you to produce results at all.”
“But His Highness has already prepared, and as for Mr. Moric’s sister, we have also made arrangements, so please don’t worry.”
At this moment, Moric understood why the blonde girl said that he had accidentally done a good job just now.
If he hadn’t said that he needed time to consider yesterday, His Highness wouldn’t have had enough time to prepare, but if he had foolishly sent the bottle over, the situation would have been even worse…
So he couldn’t be happy no matter what——
“This is something to be thankful for, don’t doubt it.” The blonde girl saw his entanglement.
“But how can I still have the face to see His Highness, and what qualifications do I have to continue serving him…”
“How can there be none? Mr. Moric, you haven’t done anything to betray His Highness from beginning to end.
You suspected me out of concern, and the fact that you only started investigating yesterday also shows that you didn’t install anyone in the mansion before, right?”
There was no resentment on the blonde girl’s face.
“If you feel that you didn’t do well enough, then remember this lesson and analyze the situation more diligently and calmly next time, instead of being entangled here!”
The small amount of dissatisfaction was also the kind of feeling that she was disappointed that he didn’t live up to expectations.
“You want to show your loyalty, right? But the loyalty that His Highness needs is that you can always serve him and continue to create value for him! If you die, wouldn’t all of His Highness’s cultivation, investment, and input be wasted!”
Moric was speechless and could only nod silently.
But the blonde girl didn’t stop there.
“However, this matter is not all your fault. The root cause that leads to this situation is that you and His Highness lack communication.”
“You are actually a little afraid of His Highness, right?
After all, he has a straight face all day and doesn’t know how to smile, so you can’t guess whether he is happy or angry, so you are also under a lot of pressure and subconsciously don’t want to tell him your troubles.
This time is also the same, you think that he must be dissatisfied with you for the mistake a month ago… But you are wrong.”
“His Highness doesn’t care about the mistake you made at all!
Rather, His Highness is still complaining in his heart why you didn’t ask him for help when your family was in trouble…
It’s the same now, he has been waiting for you to discuss with him, until he thought that you didn’t treat him as His Highness.”
“Absolutely not!”
Moric hurriedly retorted, but then he advised, “No, even if His Highness is not here, you can’t say such things.”
“Who told both of you to be unwilling to actively communicate with each other… Ouch!”
A certain black-haired boy walked out of the secret room, picked up the blonde girl, and threw her out of the study.
Moric was stunned again, he never thought that the Crown Prince had been in the study all along.
Thinking of the blonde girl’s analysis and guesses just now, he became anxious:
“Your Highness Ryan, how can you do such a dangerous thing, what if that bottle explodes…”
“It’s okay, I have magic items for defense on my body.”
The black-haired boy said calmly.
Moric opened his mouth slightly, intending to say something more, but remembering his previous series of terrible performances, he could only lower his head in shame.
But the black-haired boy didn’t intend to reprimand him, and the two fell into silence.
After a long time, the black-haired boy turned sideways.
“Tell me next time… Don’t be afraid.”
Moric was slightly stunned, then knelt on the ground, and cried with tears streaming down his face, “Your Highness Ryan, I will follow you all my life, until death!”
“Also, don’t die.”
Perhaps remembering what someone said just now, the black-haired boy added before leaving the study.
Soon, the blonde girl came in.
“Mr. Moric, let’s go.”
“Where to?” Moric wiped the tears from his eyes and got up from the ground.
“Of course it’s to your home.”
Flora showed a bright smile like sunshine.
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