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Chapter 679 Set Off For The Marriage Alliance (Part Two)
Instead of responding to his question, Harper only turned to look at Francis. Then, she suddenlyreached out her hand and touched his face. Francis was shocked, but he didn't move away. Rather, helooked at Harper with a soft and even doting look.
While Harper was touching Francis' face, she slowly said, "How I wish I could have a face like yours."
"Why?" Francis asked, with a plain smile on his face.
"If I did, I could do wicked things without any pressure. After all, no one will believe that I'm capable ofdoing so because I look so innocent and kind." Taking back her hand, Harper went downstairs. Thatwas all she wanted to say. She didn't say another word or gave Francis the chance to respond. Afterall, she didn't care whether Francis understood her.
It took Francis a while before he got a hold of himself and looked at Harper who was slowly walkingaway. Then, the smile on his face faded away while his eyes narrowed at her. He involuntarily put hishand on his face and said to himself, "Do wicked things without any pressure? Are you reminding me ofsomething, Harper?"
As quickly as it came, Francis abandoned that thought. He then took the stairs to catch up with Harper."Aunt Harper, would you allow me to send you back home? I actually want to learn some Go skills fromyou while we're on the way."
Harper stopped walking but didn't answer. Francis had already stepped forward, got on the carriage,and stretched out a hand to her. "I haven't played Go with you for a long time. Would you play with me,please?"
Harper only stared at him for quite a long time. The smile on his face did not waver. With patience, helooked at her expectantly while waiting for her answer.
After a while, she finally reached out her hand and got on the carriage with him.
The first thing that Harper noticed was that a board was already placed inside the carriage. She satopposite of Francis. He then pushed the black stones in front of Harper and said, "You go first."
Harper immediately took them and put the stones on her side of the board. When Francis saw that, healso placed one white stone on the board. They didn't say anything. Francis raised his eyebrows andlooked at Harper several times, but he discovered that her eyes were fixed on the board. Not once didshe look at him. He couldn't help but feel a little bitterness in his heart.
"Distraction is a taboo in playing Go." Harper finally spoke. But it was only because Francis made a bigmistake due to some distractions. It made his side vulnerable so Harper took the chance and began toattack aggressively. Soon enough, Francis was about to lose.
"Aunt Harper," Francis mumbled while looking at the board. At that point, he knew that he had no wayto win. Harper was going to win that round for sure. He had lost and he knew it. "I have failed... Watchout!"
Francis suddenly dragged Harper to the ground while several arrows were shot into the carriage. Theseats where they were sitting just then were now full of arrows. Francis held Harper's waist with onehand and pulled out his sword on the side with the other hand. They quickly got out of the carriage andimmediately found out that they were surrounded. The coachman and the guards had already beenkilled with the rain of arrows earlier.
Those who were besieging Francis were surprised to see that there was another person inside thecarriage. But they did not waste any second. They surged forward to viciously attack Francis. Theirevery move was intense, determined to kill him without mercy.
Francis protected Harper with one hand and fought against the assassins with the other hand. It wasquite hard for him. Fortunately, the assassins were not attacking Harper, or he would be injured
inevitably.
"Let me go. You're the target. If you take me with you, I'll just be a burden to you." Harper made a quickjudgment. They didn't seem to have any intention of hurting her. It was becoming more obvious that itwas Francis who they wanted.
Francis also realized that. If he continued to take Harper with him, she might also become their targetand he would not be able to protect her. So in the first chance that he got, he pushed her away fromhim.
It so happened that Forsythia was rushing to the scene at that moment. When she saw that Franciswas under attack and Harper was pushed out, she quickly ran to protect her. The situation becamestrange to everyone. Harper and Forsythia stood there without being attacked, while Francis was undersiege by every assassin present. It actually looked like Harper was making her people kill Francis.
Soon enough, Forsythia took in the situation that they were in. She turned to Harper and asked, "YourHighness, what's going on?"
"Their target is Prince Francis. Find a way to contact the city garrison," Harper calmly stated.
Forsythia immediately shook her head before saying, "But I can't leave you alone." After Harperboarded Francis' carriage, it took her some time to catch up to them, only to find out that they werebeing assassinated. So at that point, she could not dare to leave Harper for half a step. If somethingwere to happen to her, she would die.
Meanwhile, the assassination was still going on when a pair of eyes in the dark fell on Harper. Theperson put on a wicked smile and said, "Harper, long time no see. Do you still remember me?"
The person was none other than Diana, daughter of Emperor Lance from the South Kingdom. "YourHighness, let's take this chance to go to the Imperial Palace and save Prince Hoffman," one of Diana'ssubordinates suggested.
For a few moments, Diana didn't move from where she was standing. She was reminded of ananomaly with Harper. When Diana secretly attacked Harper with the Venomous Insect King, it only bither back. In fact, it almost killed her. Soon after that, the Venomous Insect King also died. Ever sincethen, Harper had been a huge threat to the people of the South Kingdom.
Then, Diana exclaimed, "Kill that woman! Don't use the venomous insect poison. It's useless for her.She is the greatest threat to the South Kingdom. Even the Venomous Insect King wasn't able to defeather!"novelbin
"Is she the one who destroyed the Venomous Insect King?"
"Yes. We should take this opportunity to kill her in order to prevent more troubles in the future!"