The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

As the girl drew closer to safety, the number of gazes directed at her increased. However, precisely because there were quite a few people observing them, none of the parties chose to make any rash moves, at least not yet.

Taking advantage of this, Maginus sped up his reconnaissance. He approached the safe point with a panicked and cautious expression, and did what they expected: he jumped over the roof of the house where the safe point was located.

Maginus is now a thief, and it's only natural for her to do so after confirming that no one lives in the house. In fact, many thieves have visited the safe zone, and Maginus is not the only one.

Entering the empty, dilapidated house, Maginus looked around, feigning resentment as she circled the area. Her gaze then fell upon the entrance to the safe zone. Confirming there were no markings, she decisively climbed out of the window and headed towards a distant alley.

"Want to follow?"

A group of monitors were exchanging glances and gestures, but in the end they decided to hold back; it was still too unbelievable that this thief had once been a princess.

Assassins and scouts were waiting there when, as dawn broke, a shocking message arrived: the person was most likely Maginus!

/Ling-Dream/-Mark-

However, when they tried to search for her again, Maginus was already gone...

Rewind time and focus on Maginot, who has explored a safe location.

Will I be discovered? Even if I am not discovered, there is a high probability that someone will come to arrest me, right?

The pessimistic girl thought there was a high probability that some paranoid, suicidal person would deal with her. The key to her success was to exploit the information gap, so she had to search all the safe spots at once.

Staying obediently in the slums might allow her to escape for a while, but she was unwilling to do so. This twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, with no experience whatsoever, had already tried her best to think of every possible possibility.

Marching quickly through the alleys, Maginus explored many safe spots, but did not revisit any of them. Some were guarded, just like the first location, while others went unnoticed, and his third brother did not send anyone to watch over them.

The sense of urgency in her heart increased as time went on. No one followed her at the first safe point, but just as she had expected, after passing the fourth safe point, she began to be constantly watched from behind.

No matter how much Maginos wanted to shake off that gaze, the feeling of being spied on clung tightly to her back.

Similarly, as she passed through more and more safe points, the observers began to have doubts. Why was this person going to all the places that had been marked as safe points? Could she really be one of Walker/Insell/Whitney/someone else's...?

They still didn't immediately suspect that the "boy" in front of them was the princess. Instead, they guessed that "he" was a spy from some faction. Meanwhile, the more powerful scouts also noticed the other onlookers following the thief, which made them even more suspicious.

However, precisely because of this, with their mutual checks and balances, Maginus's actions were much safer.

……

The time is almost up.

Maginus calculated that it was almost dawn, around 4 a.m.

After a whole night of searching, she still couldn't find any trace of her brother Wang on the streets she passed.

Feeling the numerous gazes behind her, the girl looked towards the final stop of her mission: a sewer entrance. The intricate sewers always helped her evade many pursuers, especially since she knew of the existence of some secret passages.

Having spotted the location of the sewer entrance, the girl pretended to walk towards another alley, but suddenly rushed towards the sewer entrance and disappeared completely into the darkness.

Some of the hidden individuals were slightly taken aback, but regardless of whether they were exposed or not, they appeared directly in front of the other hidden individuals and rushed into the sewers immediately.

Those who were slow to react rushed toward the entrance, only to realize that Maginus had somehow brought a large group of watchers with him.

Could this be a scheme to secretly switch the beams and pillars, or a covert operation?

Some people had doubts, but they still followed the crowd and did not engage in any fighting among themselves.

Maginos ran frantically in the darkness. She could barely see and could only grope her way forward. Suddenly, she saw some light ahead and, surprised, used her frail body to hide in a narrow crack in the wall.

Do they even have people working in the sewers?

The girl's expression was gloomy. What she didn't know was that there wouldn't be many people in the sewers under normal circumstances, but her brother, Walker, was also preparing to forcibly evacuate from the sewers, and he wasn't too far from her.

The siblings' perfectly synchronized actions led to an unexpected situation in the sewers.

A motley crew of various factions have gathered together, and they are about to collide as they are unaware of each other's identities.

Chapter 32 Reunion of Relatives

Maginus hid in a crevice that no normal adult human could possibly fit into, curling up into a ball to get as close to the inside as possible, while one figure after another passed through the crevice.

They didn't have time to stop and check because other unidentified people were constantly coming from behind, so they missed the gap entirely.

Just over ten seconds later, Maginus heard various sounds coming from outside.

"Who are you!?" "Wait, we are..." "Watch out, prepare for battle!"

A commotion arose as people coming from and entering the sewers clashed. Upon seeing the continuous stream of stealth-type professionals entering the sewers, the soldiers searching for Walker's trail immediately assumed they were there to help him.

"Wait, it's just a misunderstanding! I'm Baron El's subordinate!" "I'm Viscount Kersil's subordinate..."

boom!

The hidden ones were explaining, and some were taking out their identification when a sudden tremor and explosion interrupted them. Maginus, who was huddled in the crevice, swayed with the wall, but the narrow gap prevented her from seeing what was happening outside.

An explosion, seemingly from nowhere, jolted everyone on edge. Soldiers raised their weapons, and the captain, signaling to the unidentified men, warned them not to move: "Don't move, or I'll make my move."

Before he could finish speaking, the thieves belonging to Walker among the Hidden Ones made their move, drawing their crossbows and rapidly firing at the soldiers.

They immediately realized they had to stir up trouble, otherwise it would be difficult to leave. At the same time, the fact that these soldiers might be looking for Prince Walkry further strengthened their determination to create chaos.

As the sound of crossbow bolts piercing the air rang out, soldiers on the opposite side were struck, and chaos immediately ensued. The squad leader blocked the arrows aimed at him, refusing to listen to explanations, and roared, "Kill them!"

The stealth attackers rarely come in groups. If they come in groups, it's obvious they're from the same faction. He decisively treats the attack as a collective action and immediately chooses to launch a counterattack.

"Damn it! We're allies, except there's a member of the Imperius royal family hiding among us!"

The many hidden warriors panicked, cursing the group of brutes opposite them. At the same time, for their own safety, they did not choose to give up the fight, but instead blocked the attack and launched a counterattack.

Once the battle began, no one had the time to pay attention to the red-haired thief who had been the first to enter the sewers.

Lorenno carefully stayed inside without moving. His uncomfortable body leaned back, but instead of leaning against the wall, he lay down directly.

Looking back, the red-haired girl used her hands to support herself on the ground and crawled backwards using both hands and feet. She quickly reached the other side of the gap. She carefully peeked out and found that she had reached the other side of the thick wall. At the same time, this side was not connected to the sewer from before.

With an almost three-dimensional map of the sewers in her mind, Maginos, having confirmed her location, decisively crawled out of the gap, dusted off her clothes, and continued walking through the sewers, running towards another exit.

I wonder if Brother Wang is in the sewer.

Recalling the previous situation, Maginus was skeptical about the soldiers gathering in the sewers. Looking towards the only safe spot in the sewers, the girl hesitated for a moment before cautiously trying to find her way there.

After circling around several corners, she suddenly stopped at the turn. Ahead, just like when she encountered the squad of soldiers before, a fire was lit, and the light was rapidly growing stronger, indicating that she was about to meet a group from some unknown faction.

Maginus squinted and scanned his surroundings, finally fixing his gaze on the top of the sewer. He reached out and grabbed a cracked brick to climb up, then grabbed an extended iron bar and hung there.

A small squad ran past her below, their objective clearly to reach the battle position. Maginus, crouching atop the arched structure, concealed herself in a blind spot and remained undetected.

Once they had all run past, she immediately jumped down and continued towards the safe point. When she got close to the safe point, she counted the bricks and reached out to push them forcefully into the wall.

With her hands braced against the bricks and her whole body exerting force, the hidden chamber slowly opened, revealing a staircase. There were also two marks on the wall next to the staircase, indicating that someone had been here but had already left!

Brother Wang, have you indeed been here before?

Maginus suddenly felt like crying again. The bricks were slowly returning to their original positions, and the door closed again. She suppressed her emotions and looked to the left and right, unsure which way to go to meet up with Walker. She could only guess.

Brother Wang should be looking for a safe location to take command of the remaining personnel. The closer to the central street, the better, as it will allow intelligence agents to make contact more quickly.

There are a total of five streets that can be considered as candidates. Of these five bustling streets, three can be eliminated because one of them has Inser's mansion, and the other two are connecting hubs that will definitely be guarded by a large number of soldiers.

Maginus felt that it was too dangerous for her brother, who was outnumbered and outmatched, and that he would not choose it given his personality. So only the last two options remained, which happened to be located on the left and right sides.

With a 50/50 chance, if you choose correctly you'll meet her, if you choose incorrectly you won't. The girl hesitated, but then a flash of fire suddenly appeared at the spot where she had come from, helping her make a decision.

She immediately groped her way to the left where there was no firelight, and even when she realized that the group was not heading in her direction, she did not change her plan and quickened her pace toward the designated street.

On the way forward, Maginus did not encounter any other search teams and was soon about to reach the exit in the bustling street. It was at this moment that the girl heard the sounds of fighting coming from near the exit.

boom!

A slight tremor reached this place, and hope rose in my heart at the same time. I gripped my dagger and rushed to the scene of the battle. I first saw several corpses lying on the road, and the crisp sound of weapons clashing was almost within reach.

She peered out from the firelight toward the corner; the sky was gradually brightening at the exit, where a group of people were locked in a fierce battle that was nearing its end.

Someone in the center of the battlefield seemed to sense something, swung his sword through the enemy's heart, looked up and met Maginus's eyes, his face showing the same surprise as hers.

Walker Imperis stared at the "strange woman" with a cloth covering her face, short red hair, and her body wrapped in bandages, and recognized her at a glance as her sister, Maginus Imperis.

“Maggie!”

Walker shouted, and the speed of his longsword increased instantly as his emotions surged.

Chapter 33 Dependent on Each Other

With a fierce effort, he chopped off the last person's head. Ignoring the bloodstains still on his body, Walkry rushed to Maginus at the corner and hugged her tightly. Touching the girl's emaciated body, he realized that "resurrection" might really be true.

"Brother King... Brother King!!"

Feeling her brother's warm embrace, Maginot burst into tears, all the grievances and sorrow she had suppressed in her heart erupting at this moment, as if she had turned back into that weak princess.

They must have suffered a lot.

Walker didn't ask the question aloud; now was not the time for reminiscing. He turned and walked toward the exit with Maginus in his arms, but stopped before leaving, a plan forming in his mind to make the girl safer.

Suppressing the pain of separation once again, he put aside his most cherished family and forced himself to become heartless. His gaze swept over the girl's clothes, and he instructed one of the spellcasters who accompanied him to clean up the bloodstains.

"Maggie, can you protect yourself by yourself? How many people noticed you when you came over?"

With a hand on Maginus's shoulder, Vokri, who had only been with her for a few minutes, was about to send Maginus away again. Although she didn't know what her brother meant, Maginus nodded vigorously.

"I can protect myself. Many people have spotted me. Here's what happened: I've been..."

"Write the address in my hand and listen to me. Since someone saw you enter the sewers, I'm going to have someone impersonate you and leave with me, but you will continue to live in your original place."

"I will definitely come to you within a month, and then we will leave the capital together."

The boy reached out his hand, gesturing for his sister to write down his location. He trusted the loyalty of his men, but he didn't believe they could keep a secret once they were captured.

The deceased can be detected through conversation, and there are many spells that can extract information, which is why he frequently travels to different places. His ability to meet his sister was entirely due to luck and the guidance of his bloodline.

"...Okay, I'll wait for you to come find me."

After hearing her brother's idea, Maginos, who had written her location on her palm, was reluctant but immediately agreed. She knew that Walker was doing this to protect her, so she did not hesitate at all.

"Fort, first cast an illusion on Mars that the princess looks like this, then send Her Highness into the alley."

"Yes."

The mage and assassin who were called upon stepped forward. The mage cast an illusion on the assassin, making him look exactly like Maginus, even in the same clothes.

This was just an illusion, meaning that none of them knew what Maginus actually looked like, not even Vokri, who had some guesses.

Once the spell was complete, Walker touched the dimensional bag on his body, somewhat regretting that he hadn't brought an extra one. He took out a money bag full of gold coins from the dimensional bag and handed it to the girl.

Maginos took the bag and looked at her brother with reluctance. She pursed her lips and asked the question she hadn't wanted to ask before: "Brother, what if no one contacts me after a month?"

Walker paused for a moment, then looked at his sister with gentle eyes: "If it really comes to that, you'll have to find a way to leave the capital on your own."

The mage was ready to cast his spell. His gaze fell on a small alley that was just visible from the exit. Before leaving, the girl gave her brother a tight hug and disappeared into the silver smoke before him.

"let's go."

Walker picked up the assassin disguised as "Magnus" and rushed out of the sewers with everyone else, leaving the watchers with the image of him holding a redhead.

……

In the other alley, Maginos appeared at the edge using the Mysterious Step technique, immediately tumbling into the alleyway. The girl, relieved to find no one watching her, breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at her brother, who had emerged from the sewers, and "herself."

The siblings had only been reunited for a few minutes, but those few minutes of meeting and hugging were enough to help them recover from the overwhelming pressure that had been suffocating them.

The girl's heart seemed to come alive again. With tears of joy streaming down her face, she murmured to herself, "There are still so many things I haven't told my brother. When we meet again and I leave the capital, I will definitely tell him about my experiences these past few days."

Deep within the alley, Maginot wiped away her tears and looked up at the sky, feeling as if the previously gloomy world had brightened a little. She placed her hand on her heart and silently murmured:

Father, Mother, Consort... everyone, please bless us so that we can live a good life.

"A large group of Hidden Ones chased the red-haired beggar into the sewers..."

"The soldiers and the stealth fighters started fighting..."

"Walker was indeed in the sewers, and he killed an entire squad..."

"Finally, Walker carried the red-haired beggar out of the sewers..."

Detailed information was laid out before Inser. Her expression was gloomy and uncertain, but a slight smile appeared on her face: "Do you have a portrait of that red-haired beggar?"

"Yes, these are portraits they drew from memory."

Looking at the portrait in front of her, Inser reached out and stroked the girl whose face was covered by coarse cloth. She felt a little sorry for her, but her expression showed that the young lady was already overjoyed.

"Finally news, Maggie~, it's so good that you're still alive~."

"Now that she has joined forces with Walker, your men should work together with Miss Susan's men."

A weak voice came through, and Inser frowned, her smile vanishing. She secretly made a vomiting face, but when she turned to look at her father, she had returned to normal.

“Alright, I’ll keep an eye on those people and make sure they don’t kill Maggie. Father, how’s your tomb tour going?”

"There is a maze below the tomb, which most likely contains treasure or something else."