Chapitre 4: Won’t You Play With Me?

While the little brown sparrow enjoyed the show, the second prince, Chen Yun Ming's face was black due to anger. He had enemies in the royal family, yes, but who would have the guts to set his treasure house on fire!?

'Could it be Prince Wei?' Chen Yun Ming immediately erased that idea. He did not want to think about it anymore. That bastard prince didn't even have the right to the throne.

Other parts of his manor were also burned but the damage was not much compared to the treasure house that had almost been burnt down to the ground. The protection array was not even triggered. It seemed as if the fire had started from within the treasure house itself.

'Was this an accident?' Chen Yun Ming thought of the possibility.

"Hehehe! Did you enjoy our gift, Your highness?" Chen Yun Ming suddenly heard a child's voice. It sounded like it came from a young girl around five or six. The voice was eerie as it echoed around him like it came from the bottom of a well.

He finally realized that the fire was not an accident! "Who are you?!" Chen Yun Ming shouted furiously. He was so mad that his face turned red. "You dare burn my treasure house?! If you are not a coward then show yourself!"

While shouting those words, he made a hand gesture signaling one of the experts in the manor to sense where the voice was coming from.

"Well, I am a coward so you should not try to catch me. You will forgive me, yeah? I just want to play with you, Your Highness. Won't you play with me? They said you are very kind." The child started to rant while trying to sound pitiful, like a spoiled child who was ready to cry anytime.

Chen Yun Ming didn't know what to say. Who would teach a child to burn a treasure house just to play? "Alright, first tell me who asked you to do this," he asked.

"Oh, that's also a part of the game! Hehe! Do not worry there would be a huge reward!" The childish voice happily said. Then she added, "I will tell you the rules, Your Highness. Would you like that?"

"Alright," he replied with an evil grin on his face. The child might be strong but it was still too naïve. Chen Yun Ming was confident that if he had the chance to prepare, they would be able to catch this damned kid.

"Hehe," the child giggled. "Your Highness, here are the rules. You have forty-seven lands, stores, and houses in the entire Shizi empire. I will burn any one of those each day. If you are able to save more than half of it, you win! If not, I win!"

"What?!" Chen Yun Ming is furious. This damned brat. How did this child know the total number of properties he owns? Some are even hidden carefully while the others are publicly owned by his subordinates!

"Now you know the rules, Your Highness. How is it? Isn't it exciting? I will see you tomorrow! Hehe!" as she said that, the child's voice gradually faded into the distance.

"Wait!" Chen Yun Ming called out impatiently.

'What fun are you talking about?! You're going to burn my resources! I want to burn you alive!' The second prince complained to himself furiously.

"Prepare the carriage! I will go to father for help! You are all useless! No one was even able to learn where that voice came from!" Chen Yun Ming left his manor and went to the palace in frustration. The cultivators serving the prince were sure that they did what had to be done.

Most of the guards in the manor were fifth-degree cultivators. There were some that were in the seventh degree but even they were not able to find any trace of the intruder.

That meant that either the child owned a concealing treasure or the child's cultivation base was stronger than theirs. It was easier to believe the latter. Either way, it's a shame for all of them to be bested by a very young cultivator regardless of the case.

In the servants' hearts, they were worried. Who had the second prince offended to the extent of burning all his possessions? Were they going to be burned next?