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Chapter 786 The Young Master Of Phoenix City (Part Two)
Darren didn't respond. Although he was with Harper for such a short time, he thought that they wereclose friends. The word "like" wasn't enough to express his feelings for her, but he wasn't sure if he hadfallen in love with her. It was rather complicated. He was eager to see her, but at the same time, hedidn't want to see her. So he didn't know what his exact feeling towards her was. He couldn'tunderstand himself. It was all too chaotic for him. Dealing with his emotions was in fact, a struggle.
"Maybe," he briefly replied. He wasn't lying. He wasn't sure whether he really liked her or not, whetherhe loved her or not. But it didn't matter at all. She was now another man's wife and it seemed like theyloved each other very much. He had no other choice but to silently bury his love in his heart.
Meanwhile, Harper had been silent since she and her companions left Phoenix City. Howardsuspiciously looked at her. He then briefly looked at Diana while he swallowed what he wanted to say.After leaving Phoenix City, the twelve secret guards hid themselves once again, leaving only Howardand Diana with Harper.
"Master, what's wrong? You're so quiet." As a very talkative person, Diana, who didn't look like theprincess of the South Kingdom at that time, kept on trying to start conversations at random while theywere on the way. But even though she had spoken so much, Harper wasn't responding at all.
After some time, Harper finally sighed and said, "Well, I should have at least visited him."
"Who? Who are you talking about?" Diana curiously asked, as if she was so eager to discover thehidden secret. Howard was also interested, but he wouldn't dare to ask Harper. Then, he kept onwondering who the man on the gate tower of the Phoenix City was.
Rubbing her face, Harper replied, "Let's go. We have to reach Birch Pass as soon as possible so wecan meet with Matthew. The reason that the Holy Maiden attacked you is that she wants to take overyour power. I'm afraid that she might have taken over the South Kingdom by now."
"That's impossible. The Holy Maiden can't participate in any official affairs," Diana stated while shakingher head.
"The Starry Palace already collapsed. There's no Holy Maiden in the South Kingdom anymore.Perhaps, the fall of the palace has given her a great opportunity to kill you. Otherwise, I just don'tunderstand why she wanted to kill you," Harper seriously said.
"What?" Diana didn't know how to respond to that. If Catherine wanted to kill her, there must be somereason. She had considered that Catherine was upset with her because she didn't appear at the HolyMaiden selection back then. But it seemed like it wasn't the reason. Catherine possibly had other plans.
"I thought that sisters going against each other only happens in the Bright Dynasty and the Great JadeKingdom. I didn't expect that it's also possible in the South Kingdom," Harper commented.
"If Catherine is aiming for the throne of the South Kingdom, what would you do?" Harper asked whiletilting her head.
After a moment of silence, Diana said, "It's not that easy to be the queen of the South Kingdom. If shecan handle the position, she can have it. I don't care about the title that much."
Upon hearing what Diana had to say, Harper had a completely new perspective about her. Harperdidn't expect that Diana would say that because she thought that Diana would simply say thatCatherine would never get the throne.
"Don't you want to be the queen of the South Kingdom?"
"What's so good about being a queen? You have a bunch of officials constantly telling you what youhave to do and what you can't do. As a queen, you have to sleep late at night and get up early tohandle numerous official affairs. It's like a constant cycle of a strict schedule every single day. But as a
princess, you can go to brothels, gamble, pick a fight, or pay a visit to other countries. Do you think aqueen can do all of this kind of fun stuff?" Diana sharply said.
With a smile, Harper responded, "No, I don't think so. I actually agree with you. Being a prince is morefun than being an emperor. It's a tough task to be an emperor. In fact, an emperor can't even marrywhoever he wants. He has to marry women from different kingdoms to forge strong alliances andestablish power." Harper actually despised the idea of being the king or queen of a kingdom.
"So, Prince Matthew doesn't want to be the emperor?" Diana asked.
Harper smiled but she didn't answer. She didn't know exactly why Matthew didn't want to be anemperor. But she understood that the responsibility of an emperor was too heavy, and she was the onlyone he wanted to take responsibility for.
Diana mumbled, "Men love the throne, don't they? A prince who doesn't want to be an emperor is not agood prince. The princes in the Bright Dynasty always fight with each other. Aren't you afraid that thecurrent emperor will soon take control of the entire kingdom and then get rid of Matthew and you?"
"We aren't afraid of him. If he thinks that our mere existence is a threat to him, we can simply handover the power to him," Harper nonchalantly stated. It was clear that she didn't care about power thatmuch. Meanwhile, Howard was surprised by her words. He thought, 'If Matthew were to give up hispower, who would maintain his tasks in the Bright Dynasty?'
"Without Prince Matthew, the Bright Dynasty will no longer be a threat to the other kingdoms.Consequently, the Great Jade Kingdom will become the most powerful one. I don't think Lucas will bethat stupid," Diana stated. At that moment, the world was divided into four parts. The South Kingdomand the Wonder Kingdom were in a weak position. The Great Jade Kingdom and the Bright Dynastywere racing against each other, bridle to bridle. The Great Jade Kingdom had Rolando while the Bright
Dynasty had Matthew. If the Great Jade Kingdom were to lose Rolando or the Bright Dynasty were tolose Matthew, the other kingdom would quickly become the most influential one.
"Is there someone you're forgetting who we can't underestimate either?" Howard suddenly asked.novelbin
"Who?"
"The young master of Phoenix City, Darren Feng!"