Tangled By Fate

Arthur heard what happened and knew that it was Veronica's plan to save the kidnapped people.

There was no way his men would make her the bait to catch the human traffickers.

However, one question remained.

He questioned Sebastian, "They slaughtered everyone and left you two alone? Why is that?"

"…" Sebastian, Merlin, Darius, and Ironin exchanged glances.

He noticed their unusual behavior and asked, "Did something happen that you forgot to mention?"

Ovior agreed with Arthur. "True. They killed all the abducted people not to leave a trace. Would it make sense if they let you live?"

Sebastian hesitated before telling him, "Umm… we met a guy who was directly involved with human trafficking. He personally chose people from men and women performers. I broke his legs when he tried to kill the Mistress. Your protection barrier saved her. We tied him up and made sure he wouldn't cause trouble.

"But despite my disapproval, Mistress healed his legs saying 'he had reason to try to hurt her but she didn't need a reason to heal his legs'. I couldn't force her to do otherwise."

Arthur coldly uttered, "They were ruthless enough to harm children. They let you live just because my wife healed their man. Does it make sense?"

  Others became quiet. They could feel the pressure build in the silent room. The temperature seemed to drop to the point they felt chills down their spine.

Ovior stated the obvious, "It couldn't be that the man had fallen for Veronica, the Mistress of the Magic Tower, could it?"

  'Is he for real?!?!'

Sebastian, Merlin, Darius, and Ironin's thoughts were easy to tell from their expressions.

Zinnia smirked. "It wouldn't be bad if a man came to ask for her hand in marriage. Just imagine what will be his expression when he finds out that the girl he gave his heart to is married."

Ovior rubbed his head and remarked, "It might not be something good. Moreover, she healed him. He found out that there is a silver-haired woman with emerald eyes who can heal people. This happens when Felix just helped us to get rid of the suspicion of the blessed child's death."

He exhaled aloud and added, "If this continues, the whole world will find out that she is the blessed child. Felix's hard work will be in vain."

Sebastian gulped and mentioned, "There is another thing. The guy had the same silver ring with a basilisk creature curved on it. There was a guy named Dastan who tried to abduct her, wasn't he? I think they are connected."

"You are stating the obvious. Argh! I'm going to die with a headache." Ovior was annoyed. "Arthur, I'm telling you. Keep your wife in control. Maybe we should lock her up for some months until everything quiets down."

"Or, we can just annihilate those bastards and they will never speak of Veronica, the blessed child."

It was a proposal from Darius.

Ovior's cold eyes swept at him. "We are so not looking for a war. Don't add fuel to the fire, Darius."

Darius shrugged.

"Even if we want to end his group, we have no idea who they are," Ironin reminded them.

"Basilisk curved in the silver ring… have you ever heard of it?" Zinnia looked at Ovior.

"I did read about mythical creatures, but for a clan having a symbol like that, I have no recollection of it." Ovior's answer was negative.

Darius declared, "The Crown Prince and royal guards already captured the duke and his followers who were involved with the human trafficking. They won't be able to get away from it since we already collected the documents. Now, that the case is over, we can focus on looking for the silver ring with a basilisk. It's no good that we have an enemy who we don't know of."

"Is that what you wish?" Ovior glanced at Arthur who hadn't talked for a while.

Arthur finally opened his mouth and said, "They will come after her. We have to stop them before they spread the news that the blessed child is still alive."

With his permission, Darius stood up and distributed the work, "Then, I'll go to the bars. Zinnia can go to the red light district. Ironin can visit black markets. Merlin will go to the royal library and try to find if anything is mentioning a clan with basilisk symbol."

"Fine by me," Zinnia agreed.

Ironin gave a slight nod.

Only Merlin had a problem. "I wish I can get an assistant."

He had to visit the largest library in the kingdom. If he had more helping hands, he would be able to finish his work sooner.

Arthur said, "Veronica will help you. I'm sure she wants to punish those assassins."

"She will surely want to finish what she started. This will keep her occupied." Ovior liked this idea. "Merlin, give her a hair color-changing potion. Red hair is common here. Red would be best. I'll get a pass for her. She won't have a problem with entering the royal library."

Merlin replied, "I have a hair color changing potion ready. I'll give it to her before we leave."

Arthur stared at Sebastian and said, "You know what you have to do, right?"

Sebastian flinched and then nodded. "Yes."

After everyone left, Ovior turned to Arthur. "How's she holding up?"

Arthur replied in a grave tone, "She cried a lot and got tired. I made sure she was sleeping and then came here."

"It must be hard on her," Ovior sympathized.

"She thinks it's her fault."

"It is her fault." After getting a hard glare from Arthur, Ovior added, "If that guy didn't find out that they took the documents, he wouldn't have ordered his men to kill everyone. I wonder how he did that. I'm glad that they found out the culprits but this mass murder… How is the Crown prince going to handle it?"

Arthur frowned as he recalled something terrible. "I already had an unpleasant meeting with the bitchy Queen. I don't want to go to the palace anytime soon."

While they were talking, someone knocked on the door. Ovior used his magic to open it.

It was a messenger.

"I have news. It's about Lord Alexander of Utahill. He…"