The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 403: King Raff’s countermeasures.

Benjamin was glad to receive word from his father. No matter what he said, the agony of waiting was going to come to an end.

"I have tried to understand you, truly I have. And I have convinced myself that you lost your mind for a moment. I too have lost my mind for a woman and made mistakes a time or two.

But, no matter how much I try, I cannot bring myself to forget the look in your eyes when you turned away from me and decided that I should die while your lover lived.

You are the son that I have raised in my arms and cherished from the day you were born. Everyone knows that you are my favorite and I cannot deny it because it is true. So, I cannot bring myself to see your life end because of the choice you made.

This is why I am giving you a chance to live. Run son, run. Go somewhere far from here and start over. I have a house in Middleren city. Go there and take as much money as you think you will need. Take some servants too and a few knights. Move to Solandor. With your sister there, I believe that you will be protected. DO NOT RETURN.

This is the last protection I can offer as your father. I am sorry that I could not give you what you truly longed for."

Benjamin sunk into a chair, laughing like a crazy man. He had been hoping for forgiveness. If he was truly his father’s favorite child then he should have been forgiven. He would be punished but he would be forgiven. In the end, his father was asking him to leave, the same as his brother.

The letter dropped out of Benjamin’s hand and fell to the floor. A maid picked it up and quickly tossed a paper into the fire.

not trying to smuggle it out. Confident that it had been burned to ashes, he turned to Benjamin. "Your highness, the king says that you must leave tonight. I will escort you until you reach Middleren safely.

reached for a bottle of wine instead. He was determined not to be run out of Eldoria. If his father did not

the son of the king and he had made many achievements in the military. He was just as eligible to be the new Emperor as Roland was. What he wanted was

prince. He decided to follow the instructions that the king had

more knights that protected king Raff. It sped out of the city that

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Sigrid was dressing up the following morning, the letter that King Raff had sent Benjamin arrived. She sat down before the dressing mirror and read it, with

"The secret knights took him out of the city last night when everyone was celebrating the coronation and birthday of the Emperor. They traveled all the way

what he was going to say next. "Let me guess, they also abandoned the flying horses when they reached another city and switched to another mode of

on a Shadowmere ship that is taking them Middleren, if I have to guess. However according to to the information they filled in, they are heading to Chiefbern city in

men that have close appearances with Prince Benjamin left the city last night and they are heading to different

two are on ships, one is in a carriage that is traveling with a trading caravan and the last is still traveling by flying horse. All of them are

"Another counter measure. King Raff is going to great lengths to keep his son from my reach. Does he really think that

thing, your highness. Sir Veylin sent a message. He said that two mages are secretly following the prince, it looks like they are there for his protection. They met up with the secret knights in Starfell and then separated.