The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

Several sharp gazes fell upon them after they squeezed through the crowd. Sensing this, the two turned slightly. Lenia lowered her head in alarm, while the girl remained expressionless.

The people who saw them were none other than the two teams that had come up nearby on horseback, at a height and distance just enough to see their faces clearly.

……

Watching the calm yet flustered beautiful girl run into the alley, Benedict subconsciously reached out and touched his cheek, his gaze fixed on the slightly blurry head of the purple-haired girl. For some reason, he just knew that there was a beautiful face behind the blurry one.

No one noticed that something had gleamed in Elliott Silvers' sleeve. He squinted and said to his men, "Did you see those two clearly? Go and bring them away."

Before he could finish speaking, Benedict interrupted, and the young man smiled: "Let those two beautiful ladies go. Judging from their running posture, they have nothing to do with this matter."

"Since you've said so, then I won't bring them back to their parents."

Elliott smiled, seemingly not recognizing at all that it was his daughter and the protector he had hired for her.

On the other side, Lenia was completely unaware of what had happened. Maginus suspected that this was not a chance encounter, but he really didn't know what the count wanted to do.

Was Lenya merely a random part of his plan, or an important part of it?

The young lady's life or death was none of her business, but it concerned whether she could get close to Benedict and obtain information about him and the Crystal Salt Kingdom, to see who had a certain degree of hatred towards her.

And then... naturally, it's kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!

A red light flashed in her eyes, and a slightly panicked voice came from beside her ear: "Mine, my father shouldn't have seen me, right?"

"There's still a blurry spell on your face."

"Yup!"

Patting her cheeks, she returned to the hotel and looked in the mirror. Relieved to see her face was still blurry, she heard the girl ask, "So, what about tomorrow? Are you planning to stay in the hotel or go out and have fun?"

"Hmm... underground boxing ring or casino, which do you think is more suitable?"

Lenya became excited again when she started talking about playing. She clenched her fists and swung them forward with a look of excitement on her face. Then she took out a gold coin from her dimensional bag and tossed it into the air, but she didn't catch it.

Maginos rolled her eyes at her: "I don't think any of them are suitable. Why does a rich girl like you have to go to something so exciting?"

She stopped mid-sentence, and Lenya saw her red-haired guard raise his hand and slap his forehead.

Well, Maginot must admit that when she was a princess, she also really wanted to go to places like casinos, black markets, and boxing rings, and it was precisely because she couldn't get in touch with them that she was so curious.

However, once she truly fell into depravity, she completely lost interest in those places.

“Alright,” Maginus agreed. “If you can find casinos and boxing rings, then we’ll go there. But I have to make it clear beforehand that you can’t participate in any of the activities; you can only watch, understand?”

It's not that I'm afraid Lenya will go astray; "watching without doing" is the behavior that minimizes the chances of something going wrong. The less you do, the fewer mistakes you make.

"I see~ So, are you the employer or not, Miss Mine~?"

Lenia readily agreed, but what she would do next was beyond Maginus's control.

Gazing at the purple-haired girl's lively expression, the girl felt a pang of sadness. Looking at her was like looking at her former self. If her own home were still intact, it would surely be just like hers.

Pressing her hand to her chest, Maginus turned to face the wall, choosing not to look at the young lady.

Lenya noticed her low spirits and cautiously leaned closer to ask, "What's wrong, Mine? If you really don't want me to go, we can go somewhere else."

She thought she had angered the servants by insisting on going to dangerous areas, so she decided to stay away from those places with a sense of disappointment.

"I just want to cultivate, I'm not angry with you," Maginus explained, and the young lady patted her chest in relief.

Looking at Lenya, who was slightly older but much more youthful than her, Maginus hesitated for a moment and said something the young lady wouldn't understand: "Lenya, cherish your life."

Chapter 114 Accident or Inevitability

"Have you found out which family that lady belongs to?"

"I'm sorry, sir, we haven't found her yet. After all, nobles usually keep things like a young lady running away from home very secret, and she's under special protection. The red-haired lady next to the purple-haired lady should be sending messages back home regularly."

Benedict Ted was sitting in a chair, and the person he was talking to was a spy he had sent to Gold and Silver City long ago.

He was currently in the mansion he had bought in his own name, his mind still reeling from the scene he had witnessed that morning; Lenia's figure and aura were deeply imprinted in his memory.

He wanted to make her face look ugly, but he couldn't imagine what she looked like.

Could it be that I've really fallen in love at first sight?

Benedict considered himself to have been with countless women, having tasted everything from maids and slaves to the beautiful dancers in upscale taverns.

The young ladies and ordinary girls in the capital also had feelings for him, but due to concerns about the impact, he did not engage in any one-night stands with commoners or young ladies.

"In that case, let's put aside the task of finding them for now and deal with the important matter first."

Setting aside his personal life, Benedict became serious: "Can you determine which faction attacked us this morning? All the nobles of Gold and Silver City? Or just a few individuals? Or perhaps our arch-enemies in the capital?"

The Ted family has many enemies, but Benedict has even more. As a rising star, he not only has to fight against enemies outside his family, but also against his own brothers and sisters.

Although no news of the two women was found, the secret agents had gathered a thorough investigation into intelligence concerning Benedict's safety.

He immediately took out the intelligence report and placed it on the table, saying with his head down, "According to the intelligence report, that group of people was not sent by Gold and Silver City, but by a group of adventurers who came from the direction of the capital a few days ago."

"The enemy of the capital... Do the nobles of Gold and Silver City have any objections to our takeover of Gold and Silver City?"

“There’s a lot of discontent; nobody wants to lose their wealth,” the agent frowned slightly. “It’s said that someone wants to embarrass you at the party, or even poison you, so that you’ll be too scared to care about anything else.”

"As expected, no one wants to kill me."

Upon hearing this news, Benedict actually breathed a sigh of relief. If someone wanted to kill him, they would have done so more discreetly. These reports from Gold and Silver City indicated that the city's nobles simply wanted him to stay out of the city's existing order.

The issue of profit distribution can be resolved through conversation and persuasion, without the need for murder. He only needs to respond to each move as it comes, which saves him a lot of trouble.

“Yes, but some of the nobles were immediately rejected,” the spy nodded. “The nobles want to protect their interests without bloodshed. If you die here, it will cause a lot of trouble for Gold and Silver City.”

“Hmph,” Benedict leaned back in his chair and chuckled. “That makes sense. I am, after all, a lord sent by the capital. If they really want to kill me, it would be no different from a rebellion. Although the capital may not necessarily avenge me, the rift between us will definitely widen.”

"So, should we keep a close eye on those assassins from now on? After all, they might be cooperating with the local nobles of Gold and Silver City who are unwilling to accept their fate."

When the spies inquired about their next move, Benedict, already planning something, looked at the list of local nobles who were dissatisfied with him in the intelligence report, and pointed to one of their names:

"Does he have any illegal facilities?"

"Yes, he owns a large casino in Gold and Silver City, where succubi and vampires seem to be present."

The agent replied that opening a casino was not the problem; the problem was keeping succubi and vampires as mistresses.

Upon hearing this news, Benedict stood up with a smile, a glint in his eyes: "Then let's, as the forces of justice, strike down those evil demons and undead creatures."

"Mine! Get up! I've decided, I'm going to the casino today!"

"I'm awake. Come to think of it, you haven't even gone out. How can you be so sure you can find the casino today? Do you know the location of a certain casino?"

Maginus looked up at the young lady, who appeared energetic but whose dark circles under her eyes proved she hadn't slept well the night before, and asked her the crucial question.

Lenia tilted her head and pretended to be innocent: "Oh dear~, didn't I tell you? A few days before I decided to run away, I overheard the servants talking. They seem to go to the casino often, and they said that the casino is very legitimate."

As soon as she finished speaking, the young lady revealed a proud smile. In Lenia's mind, it was very clever of her not to mention beforehand that she knew the location of the casino.

She felt that if Maginus had known about this beforehand, he wouldn't have agreed to go to the casino.

Without revealing that she knew, didn't she agree to it quite easily now?

It took Maginus a while to understand Lenia's thought process. She couldn't help but wonder if she sometimes overthought things like Lenia. After getting out of bed, she replied:

“I’ve thought about it a lot. Actually, whether you told me or not, I would agree to go to the casino with you if you asked.”

"Hey~~, I don't believe it."

As soon as she opened the hotel door, Lenia waved to the girl and ran out, with Maginus following closely behind.

……

"Is the casino you're talking about around here?"

The two walked down a bustling street. Maginus looked around but didn't see any casinos. Lenia looked puzzled and muttered to herself:

"Wait a minute, I heard it was about this area."

The young lady continued forward, still puzzled, when suddenly her eyes lit up and she pointed to an exceptionally luxurious house with many guards at the entrance: "That should be it!"

There was no sign outside the huge building, but people were constantly going in and out. Everyone who went in seemed a little nervous, and they all had some gold coins or gold vouchers from the Temple of Wealth in their hands.

Most of the people who came out looked unhappy, but a few carried large bags of gold coins or vouchers and walked out of the door with joy on their faces.

"Don't go to any weird or strange places."

As soon as the girl finished speaking, a naked man was thrown out. He crawled to the guard's feet with pleading eyes and howled, "I still have my own body to mortgage! I still have my soul to mortgage!"

"Damn idiot, get out of here! This isn't hell, what use is your soul?"

The guards chased away the people who were obstructing business, and the two were able to confirm that this was indeed a casino.

Chapter 115 Keep a close eye on it

The people thrown out frightened Lenia, but it also made her more curious about what the casino was like inside, so she quickly made up her mind and went over.

Maginus glanced at the gambler who had been chased away and noticed that he was about to leave the area in a daze when someone called out to him from the alley, and the gambler immediately followed him inside.

So... is he mortgaging his body or his soul?

She turned her gaze away and walked with Lenia to the guards. The guards glanced at the two women's fair bodies and soft skin, then looked away without looking at them again, showing no intention of stopping them.

Lenia walked through the door with unbelievable ease, and a magnificent hall appeared before their eyes, with an extremely large number of magical lamps installed everywhere, much like the mansions of nobles.

The transit station where they were staying did not have any gambling equipment on display. Instead, there were exchange windows for chips, and the men and women inside were all very handsome or beautiful, dressed very provocatively.

The men and women who came to spend money then walked to other gates. The casino seemed to have divided the gambling areas, apparently according to type.

"Oh, by the moon goddess, this...this is such a shameless outfit!"

Lenia wanted to raise her hand to cover her eyes, but she forced herself to hold it in. Not knowing where to put her eyes, Maginus maintained a calm expression: "In that case, let's leave as soon as possible?"

"No, I've never even been inside."

Lenia blushed and shook her head, then looked at the girl and said, "How come you're not blushing at all!"

The girl didn't answer. She had even been inside a succubus's lair, so what were these things compared to that?

Just as the two were about to enter the casino empty-handed, a handsome waiter and a beautiful young woman appeared in front of them and stopped them.

Lenia's face turned even redder, and she forced her gaze to shift to the woman rather than look at the male attendant. She even began to stammer, "W-can't we go in...can't we go in here?"

"Excuse me, dear ladies, you need to exchange your chips before you can enter."

The young woman chuckled unsteadily, while also observing the expressions and behaviors of Maginus and Lenia. Lenia was clearly a runaway heiress, while Maginus beside her appeared to be a bodyguard or protector.

Judging from the current situation, it's better for me to interact with them.

Having confirmed this, the woman gave the male waiter a suggestive look, and he smiled and stepped back. Lenya, who was gay, breathed a sigh of relief; the male waiter had given her, who was innocent, a much greater stimulation than the woman.

Just as she was about to ask where to exchange the chips, the silent Maginus glanced at the young lady and said, "My dear Lady Leahy, have you forgotten our agreement? You can only look, not play."

Lenia immediately pouted, but still intended to leave as originally agreed.

“May I say something?” the woman said with a smile just as they were about to leave. “You don’t need to spend any money; you can bring the chips back and exchange them for cash.”

"Really? That's great!"

The delighted young lady immediately ran to the exchange counter, fearing that Maginus would continue to persuade her.

The girl didn't speak again, her eyes brazenly scanning the woman's body, though this wasn't out of lust.

Putting aside the fact that her body wasn't fully mature in that area at thirteen, her current situation, her own emotions, and her recent experiences all meant that, for at least a long time, she would be unable to feel any lust or romantic attraction towards others.

Maginus was merely observing the muscles and joints beneath her skin, trying to find the best spots to make it easier to kill her.

This had almost become a habit for her; whenever she saw someone, the girl would imagine that person's body being dismembered.

The young woman's smile became somewhat forced. She realized that the girl's gaze was not out of any intention to "admire" her. Fortunately, Lenia quickly came over with a hundred chips, which eased the somewhat awkward atmosphere.

"100 chips represent 1 gold coin. Can we go in now?"

Lenia shook her money pouch, and the woman stepped aside, flashing a professional smile again: "Would you like me to show you both around?"

The young lady turned her gaze to Maginus beside her, who nodded in agreement. So Lenia said, "Okay, as long as it won't be too much trouble for you."

"Of course not, my job is to show you, such valuable guests, around the casino."

The woman's expression grew even more enthusiastic, and she pointed to a large door: "Let's go to the card and board game area first, which is a place that beginners often come to."

"Wow……"

Once inside, Lenya was immediately captivated by the dazzling world. She learned a lot from the lady's explanations, but the card and board games were still a bit difficult for her, as she had never played them before.

Although she was very interested, her desire to try it was somewhat diminished because she didn't know how to play.

However, the woman soon led the two through another door to the "easy-to-learn" dice cup area, introducing Lenia to some games that sounded very simple.

Yes, it's very simple, just hard to guess.