Chapter 230: She's Gone

A week later

Derin hurriedly made his way to the King chamber though it was still very early. Even the sun was only about to rise.

He knocked on the door and when he heard a response, he was surprised to know that the young King was already up.

Well, he rarely managed to sleep these days.

He walked inside the King's chamber and bowed. "Your Majesty, I apologize for coming this early. It's an emergency."

"Go ahead," Zaro Aventine said to his right-hand man. He was sitting on the couch next to the balcony and from the look on his face, it was obvious that he didn't sleep at all.

"Prince Orius was spotted on our border with Qalagon a few days ago. While the soldiers at the border tried to apprehend him, the Qalagon soldiers suddenly appeared and fight with our soldiers. As our soldiers were outnumbered by them, the Prince managed to enter Qalagon and it seemed like the Qalagon soldiers escorted him to their kingdom."