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Chapter 772 Try Murdering Her Own Sister (Part Two)
"Guest?" Diana moved her eyes vengefully on Harper from head to toe and sneered at her. "What kindof a guest would destroy the host's palace in this way?"
Harper remained unmoved by Diana's disrespectful remark. Rather, she refuted, "In fact, it is me whoshould be asking this to you. I was invited to attend the Worship Ceremony in your country. However,during the ceremony, I was framed to assassinate Prince Kile of the Wonder Kingdom. Later somehowI got locked up in the library where I was almost about to lose consciousness out of starvation. As ifthat was not enough, even the library collapsed. Had it not been for my luck being by my side, I wouldhave died and crushed under your palace. Don't you think the South Kingdom should explaineverything that I have suffered to me?" Harper reasoned with the two eminent ladies. She had alwaysbeen very smart in proving her point. Since neither side had any evidence of what really had happened,she could very conveniently narrate her version of the story.
Catherine took a step forward and said, "Lady Harper, please give the Holy Article of our country backto me."
Looking straight at Catherine with meaningful eyes, Harper said, "Your Grace, haven't you used theHoly Article of the South Kingdom as a gift? Look, I haven't received any gift from you. Why are youexpecting to take the Holy Article back from me?"
"Lady Harper, please stop beating around the bush. If you hadn't touched the Holy Article of the SouthKingdom, the library would not have collapsed in the first place," Catherine said, narrowing her eyes onHarper. Her face hardened and her eyes exuded a lethal stillness. For the first time, she was soexasperated to see how shameless Harper could be.
"Your Grace, could you please tell me how the Holy Article looks like."novelbin
"It's a jade pendant," Catherine answered calmly, staring at Harper. "Lady Harper, please give the jadependant back to me now."
Harper gave an impish smile at Catherine and took out several jade pendants from her clothes. Thenshe went on introducing the jade pendants to Catherine and Diana one by one. "This is the jadependant I was given by the royal family on my wedding day. This one is a gift from my husband whenhe was in a good mood one day. This is the one that my mother left to me. This one, I bought from astore. Which one do you want, please?"
Catherine narrowed her eyes and replied in a colder voice, "Lady Harper, I don't want to fight with you."
Seemingly helplessly, Harper put away all the jade pendants and looked at Catherine with a ratherbemused expression. "Your Grace, you're too unreasonable. I was accidentally sucked into the libraryin your South Kingdom for some unknown reason. Then the library collapsed, which almost killed me. Ihad a hard time getting back my life, but you're questioning me about something that I have absolutelyno clue about. Don't you think you're going too far?"
"Going too far?" Diana opened her mouth at this point. "I don't think so!"
Taking a step forward, Diana warned, "Harper, get one thing very straight and clear. Today, if you don'tgive the Holy Article back to us, you will not be able to step out of the Starry Palace!"
Harper's eyes flickered for once. At a lightning speed, she made a swift move and grabbed Diana'sneck. Then she pricked Diana at her acupuncture point with a needle. Immediately, Diana could notmove her limbs. She just stared at Harper in utter disbelief.
"Princess Diana, don't move. I know you are deft at using poisons on others. Pardon me for using thislittle trick on you. Your Grace, could you please tell your people to step aside?" Harper said, seizingDiana as a hostage. "Otherwise, your beloved younger sister might have to lose her life."
Catherine froze at the spot. She shifted her gaze from Harper to Diana. Diana never looked so helplessin her entire life. She seemed unwilling to give in. Her eyes welled up. She could never imagine thatshe would fall into Harper's hands in this way without any ability to fight back.
"Cut the crap, Harper. You can kill me if you want to, but you can't threaten... Ouch..." Diana's facewinced in pain.
Harper tightened her grip on Diana and narrowed her eyes as she glanced at the soldiers around her. Asly smile lurked at the corner of her lips as she said in a sardonic tone, "Princess Diana, you might be aprincess in the South Kingdom, but for me, you're not even as significant as an ant. Even if I kill you,Lance would not be able to do anything to me, because I have the entire Bright Dynasty, the threehundred thousand troops of the Black Flag Army, and Matthew as my support. You see, I won't get hurteven if I kill you right here, right now. So, dare not provoke me. You may be useful for now. But if youmake me angry, I will definitely disable you for the rest of your life."
Diana's face changed into a ghastly expression. She felt ashamed and angry at the same time becauseHarper had spoken about the exact thoughts that were there in her mind at the moment. She hadplanned to threaten Harper with her identity as the princess of the South Kingdom. But she hadforgotten that Harper had a more powerful background than her. If Harper used her power on Diana,she would be nowhere.
"Harper Chu, just give the Holy Article back to me and release her. I promise I will let you go after that,"Catherine said slowly in an assuring tone. Although she didn't want to save Diana, yet she wasconscious about having so many people around them. If Lance got to know that she did nothing to saveDiana, it would leave a bad impact on her position.
Harper let out a smile and shook her head, saying, "Your Grace, ask your people to get out of the way.Don't try my patience."
"Just give me the Holy Article!" Catherine insisted.
"Okay. If you insist on being obstinate, then I don't have much of a choice here." Harper's eyes glintedangrily as she shook her head. Then she called out, "Twelve secret guards, make the way for me to
leave!"
"Yes." Twelve shadows jumped out of the dark in the blink of an eye and brandished their swordstowards the soldiers of the South Kingdom. With just one sway of their swords, they beheaded thesoldiers of the South Kingdom. In the meanwhile, Harper walked outwards holding Diana in her tightstranglehold. The ordinary soldiers of the South Kingdom were no match for the secret guards at all. Inthe blink of an eye, their heavy siege fell apart and Harper took Diana out of the siege circle. Catherinemade a swift move and quickly blocked the way in front of Harper. However, much to Harper's surprise,this time Catherine hurled a fierce five-finger attack on Diana, who was under Harper's grip.
Diana looked at Catherine with helplessness and disbelief in her eyes. What was her elder sister up to?Was she going to kill her?
Harper was completely taken aback by this unprecedented action on Catherine's behalf. Yet she wasprompt enough to move Diana to dodge the attack from her critical position. As a result, Catherine'sfive fingers landed on Diana's shoulder instead of her chest. Diana screamed out in pain. Catherinepulled out her hand and hurled the attack to kill Diana once again. Just in time, a figure flew out fromthe dark and kicked Catherine. As she defended herself from the figure, Harper found a chance toescape.
"Hurry up!"
The moment Harper saw it was Howard, she was overjoyed. She held Diana tightly and escaped withHoward covering her retreat. The twelve secret guards retreated one by one and caught up withHarper.
"Stop them! Don't let them climb down the mountain!" Catherine shouted. Her voice trailed off asHarper flew out with all her might. Moving out of the Starry Palace, Harper felt something was movingin the dark. Furthermore, they were met with heavy blockage all the way down the mountain. Trying to
make way forcibly would bring about great losses for them. However, through all these obstacles, onething that kept lingering in Harper's mind was why Catherine wanted to killDiana.