Mars finally just patted Gewen's shoulder and tried to refrain from choking his best friend. He still needed Gewen to win the war gas against his cousin in Southberry.
He could settle the score with this womanizer after they returned to Draec.
"Sotis I wonder how we are still friends," said Mars, shaking his head. He then finished the wine in his cup and stood up, about to call it a night and rest. "I want to sleep now."
"Heyy.. You haven't answered my question," said Gewen, holding Mars' hand tightly. His reddish face was adorned with a sullen expression.
"What kind of question is that?" asked Mars in annoyance. He didn't rember Gewen asking anything earlier.
"I asked you, why are you interested in Lord Aldrich but not in ?" asked Gewen. "I'm just curious."
Gosh ...
Mars massaged his forehead. Emlyn again accidentally put him in a tough spot by claiming to be the prince's boyfriend. He didn't know why the girl could do sothing like that to him.
If this was the case, what should he do? Should he just expose Emlyn's true identity and save himself from embarrassnt?
Could he trust Gewen and Edgar with that secret?
Ahh .. No, that's a bad idea. Gewen was very handso. All the girls in Draec were crazy about him.
If he found out that Lord Aldrich was actually a woman, this playboy might try to seduce her, and add her to the long list of won he conquered and fucked.
Mars was worried that if Gewen wanted to, he could seduce Emlyn.
Mars couldn't risk this womanizer snatching Emlyn from him.?There was no other way. He had to keep Lord Aldrich's identity a secret.
"I'm not interested in you because you are my friend," said Mars, finally. "I don't want to make our relationship awkward. Are you happy now??"
"Oh .." Gewen's face finally looked happy again. He nodded with satisfaction. "I guessed that's the reason. So, I'm right."
The man quickly added with a beaming smile. "Yes, I am happy now."
Edgar, who had been listening to their nonsense, suddenly slamd his wine cup on the table. He cleared his throat to get their attention.
The man then looked at Mars very seriously. "So, do you really like n? I really have no idea..."
Mars just shook his head and did not reply.
The man put down his wine cup and tapped his two friends on the shoulders, then retired to sleep.
He had to think of a way to solve this problem that Emlyn created after he woke up tomorrow.
By the way.. what was she doing now? Mars wanted to bite the naughty girl, to vent his frustration for damaging his reputation, but at the sa ti, he also wanted to hug her and kiss her... and laugh out loud. She was really sothing.
***
"This village is quite nice," comnted Emlyn as she took a walk accompanied by Roshan around the Bydell Village center.
She wore n's clothes to avoid being stared at by the villagers. If she wore her beautiful dress, like a princess, it would surely create a commotion.
Five bodyguards followed them secretly to protect Emlyn, as ordered by the crown prince. In the center of Bydell village, there was a small marketplace where farrs sold their farming products.
There were also so food vendors and traveling rchants selling various items of daily necessity.
"We're almost there, Your Highness..." said Roshan, pointing to a small wooden hut located at the end of the market.
"Sssh .. don't call 'Your Highness'," Emlyn said to Roshan. "Just call 'Sir'. We shouldn't arouse people's suspicions."
"Yes, Your High—" Roshan hurriedly revised his words. "Uhm... Yes, Sir."
"Okay, let's go there."
They walked towards the wooden hut and imdiately knocked on the door.
KNOCK
KNOCK
"Are you sure this is the witch's house?" asked Emlyn, turning her head towards Roshan. "The house looks too ordinary... and empty."
Roshan scratched his head. "I was told by my relatives that Mrs. Adler is indeed a witch. She studied witchcraft and dicine since she was young and now often helps people to have children."
"Hmm ..." Emlyn knocked on the door again. She didn't have high hopes for this witch. Even if Mrs. Adler couldn't help her bear twins or triplets, at least she would be happy that she could leave the castle to sightsee.
KNOCK
KNOCK
After knocking on the door several tis, still with no answer, Emlyn finally turned around and decided to leave. "Maybe she's not ho. We should just go."
The girl's steps halted when she saw an old woman walking towards them with a basket on her shoulder.
The woman appeared to be wearing simple clothes. Her hair was in a bun on top of her head and she wore a scarf on her head like an ordinary granny.
Was this the witch they were looking for?
"What do you want by coming here?" asked the old lady as she walked past Emlyn and Roshan. She opened the door and walked into the hut.
"Are you... Mrs. Adler?" asked Emlyn, to confirm.
The woman answered without turning her head, "Yes. Do you need my help, Miss?"
Emlyn was stunned by Mrs.Adler's words.
Did this old lady just call her 'Miss'?
Did she know that Emlyn was a woman? Could this witch really recognize her under her disguise?
Emlyn looked at her clothes and felt herself. She thought her disguise was good enough.
So far, no one was suspicious of her being a woman while disguised as a servant in the castle. She even managed to trick Prince Mars Strongmoor, Roshan the butler at the crown prince's castle, and the other servants for more than a month.
However, this old woman instantly knew that she was a girl?
Was Mrs. Adler really a very powerful witch? Emlyn's curiosity was piqued.
She wanted to know what Mrs. Adler could do. Emlyn had never t a witch in person before.
"You're right. I am looking for you, but I don't know if you can help ," Emlyn said, finally.
Mrs. Adler put her basket on the floor and then looked at Emlyn closely. The old lady then smiled mysteriously and nodded. "Okay."
For so reason, Emlyn felt Mrs. Adler's gaze pierce her soul. Was it true that all witches could read minds?
If it was true, then no wonder she could have known Emlyn's disguise, even though she played her part as a man very well.
Emlyn then signaled for Roshan to leave her alone with Mrs. Adler because she did not want the butler to know the content of her conversation with the old woman.
"Roshan, please wait outside with the others. I need to speak to Mrs. Adler," said Emlyn.
Roshan bowed respectfully and walked away from the hut. Emlyn made sure Roshan and her bodyguards were on guard outside the hut, far enough away from the door, so that they would not be able to hear her conversation with the witch.
Emlyn then closed the door and sat on the floor, near Mrs. Adler's basket. She saw that the basket contained various types of wild plants that she did not know their nas. Were these all dicinal plants?
Mrs. Adler took a basin filled with water, placed it in front of Emlyn, and then sat down across from the girl.
"How do you know I'm a girl?" Emlyn asked as Mrs. Adler sat on the floor with her.
Mrs. Adler stared at Emlyn for a long ti before finally answering,
"You are the cause of a great war in the future. As soon as I saw you .. I imdiately knew who you are. Your whole aura is covered in blood."
The witch's words made Emlyn feel as if she had been struck by lightning.
What did she say??? Emlyn would be the cause of a great war? War with whom?
Why could she be the cause of war? She didn't even have an army. Winterre and all of its troops had been annihilated, in the war last year.
What other war was this witch referring to?
"You must get the wrong person," said Emlyn in a choked voice. "I have no army. How can I go to war?"
Mrs. Adler shook her head. "I didn't say you will go to war. You will be the CAUSE of the war."
Instantly Emlyn felt the air around her disappear, and she couldn't breathe. She would be the cause of war? How was that possible?
She really hated war. She had seen firsthand the suffering wrought by war ...
"How could it happen? Tell how I can be the cause of war!" demanded Emlyn.
"I can't say," said Mrs. Adler. The woman stirred the water in the basin and then looked lost in thought. Several minutes later, she raised her face and stared at Emlyn with pity. "Your life is very hard."
Emlyn stared at the pair of gray eyes that looked at her with pity and suddenly the girl beca angry. She took out a knife from under her clothes to threaten the witch and grabbed her collar nacingly.
"Tell what will happen! Otherwise, you will feel this dagger pierce your body!" She demanded through gritted teeth.
Mrs. Adler didn't seem scared by Emlyn's threat. Instead, she chuckled. Then, with a single wave of her hand, the blade in Emlyn's hand had turned into a small, hissing snake.
"Aaahh !!!" As soon as she saw the snake in her hand, Emlyn spontaneously threw the snake into the corner of the room. Her body shuddered with horror.
Emlyn didn't expect this old lady could turn her knife into a snake!
"What are you doing?" exclaid the girl with a panting breath.
"You threatened to hurt . So, of course, I'm defending myself," sneered the witch with a wicked smile.
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