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Chapter 95
Archduke Wayne leaped to his feet, knocking his gold-headed cane onto the marble floor with a loud clatter. Color drained from his wrinkled face as he stared at the kneeling knight. "What did you just say about my daughter?!" Wayne screamed.The proud noble forgot his ruined fortune and lost lands, grabbing the knight's armor collar with shaking hands. "Viviana?!" Wayne choked out in blind terror. "She was smiling and drinking warm tea when I left home this morning! Speak clearly, soldier, or I will have your head!"The knight trembled in his wet armor, tears dripping down his scarred cheeks. "Grandmaster Kael gave Lady Viviana the third cup of the Western Longevity Tonic!" the knight stammered. "Her heart nearly stopped three minutes ago, and only an ice needle is keeping one faint beat alive!"Chancellor Matthew gasped in shock, dropping his scroll onto the desk. "The Western Pavilion's tonic is poisoning his own child?!" Matthew exclaimed. "Those traitors gave venom to the very man
Chapter 94
Eighty high dukes, royal judges, and rich merchants packed the Grand Council Hall at sunrise for the hearing on the Southern Mist valley. Princess Eleanor stood beside the golden throne, gripping her silver sword as angry whispers filled the room.Archduke Wayne sat at the head of the noble bench, smiling with smug pride as his clerks piled fake land papers onto the table. "Today we sweep street tricksters out of our capital," Wayne boasted loudly to the dukes beside him.Seraphina sat beside Lucas in a dark blue silk dress, her fingers gripping her frozen trade books until her knuckles turned white. "Do not worry about my trapped ships at the docks, Lucas," Seraphina whispered softly. "I have a sweet surprise waiting for him."Chancellor Matthew hurried down from the royal steps, whispering urgently beside Seraphina's chair. "Lady Seraphina, fifty of your grain ships are locked at the harbor!" Matthew warned softly. "With your capital bank accounts frozen, how will you fight Wayne's
Chapter 93
Four days of hard riding through heavy rain brought the royal carriage to the capital gates. Every market stall stood locked shut, and hungry people huddled under wet roofs. "The whole city feels choked by fear, Lucas," Seraphina said softly. "Nobody dares open their doors."Little Clara pressed her nose against the wet carriage window, tears filling her eyes as she saw a shivering child begging in the mud. "Why are the bread shops all closed, Brother?" Clara whispered sadly. "People are hungry in the rain.""Archduke Wayne locked the grain stores and closed the silver banks," Princess Eleanor answered, gripping her sword hilt. "As the richest landowner in the west, he took control of the Imperial Council of Coin while we were away.""He even joined hands with Prince Julian's old followers," Uncle Tie growled from the front seat. "They tell lies that you put an evil spell on the Emperor to steal royal land."Seraphina read a damp letter handed to her at the city gate, her golden eyes
Chapter 92
After Emperor Jeffrey rode back toward the capital with the chained Western prisoners, morning sunlight warmed the western mountain pass. Lucas held up the green jade keys, and thick white mist parted before them. "Look ahead through the parting mist, Clara," Lucas said with a smile. "After twenty long years away from these hills, we are finally home."Wild silver grass waved across the rolling green hills where Master Vane had once walked. Morning dew clung to thousands of untouched healing herbs, filling the breeze with fresh scent. "The whole valley smells just like Father's medicine chest!" Clara gasped with bright eyes. "I can feel the healing herbs waking up beneath our boots!"Clara walked beside Lucas with tears shining on her cheeks, reaching out with trembling fingers. She touched the rough bark of a tall pine tree planted before she was born. "Did Father really plant this tall pine tree for us before I was born, Lucas?" Clara asked in a choking voice. "It grew so high while
Chapter 91
The golden beam from Master Vane's worn journal shot straight into the western clouds. Every jagged peak behind Clearwater lit up with warm amber fire. "Look at the mountains waking up, Lucas!" Clara cried with joyful tears. "Our father's golden light is answering us!"High above the city, the floating skull fortress groaned like a wounded beast. "What is shaking the air?!" a royal knight shouted as deep earth veins awakened beneath the ship.Branch Patriarch Chu Hen stood atop the sharp bone horn, laughing with raspy scorn. "A dead clan's paper seal cannot shake a fifty-thousand-disciple sect fortress, boy!" Chu Hen mocked. "Your weak family turned to ash twenty years ago, and you will join them!"Chu Hen raised his bone staff into the cold wind as a hundred giant crossbows aimed at the city below. "Fire every bolt upon them!" Chu Hen roared. "Turn Clearwater into a burning graveyard and leave no child alive!""Raise your shields and guard the citizens!" Princess Eleanor screamed, dr
Chapter 90
The floating skull mountain swallowed the evening sun, casting a cold black shadow over the rooftops of Clearwater. Princess Eleanor pointed her silver blade toward the sky with wide eyes. "The daylight is completely gone, Father!" Eleanor cried in sudden dread. "A black shadow is eating the sky!""That is the flying castle of the Western Pavilion!" Emperor Jeffrey shouted in deep alarm, his royal crown shaking in the freezing wind. "It is the Soul-Devouring Citadel, the dark fortress of their southern border lords!"A terrifying, freezing weight dropped from the clouds like a giant iron hammer, cracking the stone walls of the city. "My chest feels like heavy stone!" a royal knight groaned, falling to his knees."Hold your ground, brave soldiers!" General Matthew shouted, drawing his broadsword as stones tumbled from the ramparts. "Do not let the fear take your hearts! Protect the citizens and guard the gates!"Emperor Jeffrey, Princess Eleanor, and Seraphina dashed across the arena s
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