I, the Goblin Emperor, Rule the World - EP.203
However, just as Carmelitia was preparing to leave the room, at that moment, footsteps sounded outside her room.
Carmelitia’s heart immediately tensed, she picked up her weapon, ready at any moment to rush out from the window to attract the attention of whoever was outside.
“Lady Carmelitia.”
At this moment, a familiar girl’s voice came from outside the door.
Hearing the voice, Carmelitia breathed a sigh of relief and replied, “Yujina, what’s wrong?”
“Kamil has returned.”
Kamil?
Carmelitia’s gaze slightly narrowed. Kamil was one of the people she trusted the most, but she had suddenly disappeared without any explanation for the whole day today.
This inevitably made her feel a little uneasy. Could it be that Kamil, who seemed so simple, was hiding something from her?
Carmelitia tried to recall and remembered some strange behaviors that Kamil often exhibited.
She had some small secrets privately, often sneaking some strange books, using this as an excuse to hide away, and no one knew what she was doing.
At that time, they all thought Kamil had some strange hobbies.
Now thinking about it, it was just some vulgar novels. What was so secretive about that? Perhaps Kamil was using such a method to hide her true self beneath the facade of a naive and carefree girl.
Kamil might be more cunning than she had thought.
If Kamil was really involved in these power struggles, then she was at a disadvantage, and she absolutely couldn’t startle the snake.
Carmelitia stood up, opened the door of the room, and followed Yujina to her and Kamil’s room.
“Hmm hmm hmm hmm~~~”
Kamil hummed a tune happily, combing her damp long hair.
A youthful and lovely girl, dressed comfortably in casual clothes, sat on the edge of the bed, creating a picturesque scene.
It seemed she had just returned from taking a shower.
Carmelitia’s gaze slightly narrowed. Was Kamil afraid that someone would smell something on her or notice something?
She had clearly been looking for her, yet she seemed so anxious. She had just returned and immediately took a shower. This was unlike the obedient little follower who used to follow her around.
“Lady Carmelitia.”
Kamil greeted Carmelitia as she approached.
However, Carmelitia noticed something unusual again.
Kamil’s posture was somewhat off.
When she stood up, her feet were spread apart, and her feet seemed to be trembling slightly.
Her movements had clearly become much slower than before, and she was walking very cautiously, indicating that the battles she had experienced today had taken a toll on her.
“Ahahaha, today I was in the forest for training and only encountered a little goblin. It seemed easy to bully, so I couldn’t help but chase after it.
But it was actually quite strong and fast. I chased it for a long time, exhausted, but that dirty goblin still managed to escape right under my nose.
Before it ran away, it even gestured something dirty at me. I was so angry that I chased it for a long time.
In the end, I couldn’t keep up and had to come back. After walking all day, my feet are sore.”
Yujina looked at Kamil with some confusion and asked, “Then why does your voice sound hoarse? And why do you seem a bit weak in the throat?”
“Huh?” Kamil scratched her head and said embarrassedly, “When I was playing cat and mouse with that goblin, I shouted a bit loudly.
Haha, looking back now, luckily there were knights around, otherwise my foolish behavior might have ended up like those heroines in novels, captured by many goblins.”
“Well, you rest first. I’ll come find you later.”
Carmelitia nodded and then left with Yujina.
As Kamil watched their departing figures, a sweet smile slowly appeared on her lips.
…
After a long time.
Carmelitia and Yujina returned to Carmelitia’s room together, but now both of them fell silent.
Just before they returned, they had asked the knights whether Kamil had been in contact with them today, and the answer was negative.
In other words, Kamil had lied about going into the Misty Forest with the knights!
Why would she lie to them? The answer seemed obvious.
“Yujina, keep an eye on Kamil’s every move for me. She’s definitely planning something we don’t know about!”
Yujina felt a bit sad about this. After all, Kamil was their companion. She said, “Lady Carmelitia, could there be some misunderstanding in this?”
Carmelitia shook her head and said, “Suspicion and vigilance are choices we have to make. Yujina, now I can only trust you!”
Upon hearing these words, Yujina’s eyes also became firm, nodding earnestly. If the facts weren’t right in front of her, she wouldn’t have believed that Kamil could hide something from them.
“I have one more thing I need your help with.”
Carmelitia’s expression became extremely serious as she took out a rubber band, tied up her beautiful long hair, then took out a pen and a piece of paper to write a letter.
“Yujina, make a backup of this letter and secretly send it out through the adventurers in Tanleusnia City.
As long as this letter reaches the kingdom. If anything happens to me, the person who sees it will know that someone in our group is keeping an eye on me.
They may be people bribed by the dukes and the royal family to harm me and frame the blame on those non-humans, in order to absolve themselves.
As soon as my father sees this letter, he will definitely shift his focus away from those non-humans and turn to those who truly harm me, seeking revenge for me.”
Upon hearing Carmelitia’s words, Yujina’s face gradually showed some panic.
“Lady Carmelitia, isn’t it too early for things to come to this?”
“No, we can’t entrust our lives to others’ malice. This letter will be our confidence when dealing with those people!”
“I… I understand! I will definitely deliver this letter!”
Yujina nervously walked out of the room, stood outside the room, trying to make herself look calmer, and then left.
“Please, Yujina.” Carmelitia watched Yujina’s departing figure and stood up, leaving her own room as well.
She had to find other classmates to ensure her safety.
As Carmelitia left the room to find other classmates, a figure appeared again, quietly standing in the corner, watching Carmelitia’s unaware departure.
In the corner, a faint smile appeared on Yujina’s lips, and her pupils flickered with a hint of magical light.
“Lady Carmelitia, Kamil lied to you, but, that simple-minded fellow has no ill intentions towards us. She is the only one you can trust. After all, I am the one watching over you by your side.”
Yujina smirked mysteriously, retreating into the shadows, disappearing.
Sensing the disappearance of that eerie gaze, a hint of unease flickered in Carmelitia’s eyes.
Could it be you, Yujina?
Yujina, it’s not that I don’t trust you, but you haven’t given me the sense of security to trust you.
Carmelitia took a deep breath and quietly returned to the room where Yujina and Kamil were, looking at the innocent girl inside.
Although Kamil was hiding something, everything about her was too clear, too easy to be discovered, giving her a sense of security instead.
Kamil, who was more reserved than Yujina, was more reassuring.
And, from what she could see now, both Yujina and Kamil had secrets, and they weren’t together.
As the sole heir to the Grand Duchy, she had to be prepared for all possibilities.
“Lady Carmelitia?”
Kamil saw Carmelitia return again and greeted her hastily.
At this moment, Carmelitia handed another letter, already written, to Kamil.
“Kamil, Yujina has betrayed us. Now, I need you to help me secretly send this letter back to the kingdom, into the hands of my father.”
If Yujina’s letter didn’t get sent out, then Yujina might be associated with those noble families who wanted to harm her. And if it did get sent out, then she was likely associated with the Traffickers, because they feared unrest.
And the letter in Kamil’s hands was the same as the one in Yujina’s hands.
There were three possible factions for both of them: nobles, Traffickers, and allies.
This letter would be sent back by both sides, to either harm the noble faction, or to entangle the Traffickers.
This way, her goal would be achieved, which was to expose all those who truly harmed her, and force her father’s wrath upon them!
These people all had the purpose of harming her, but they would also scheme against each other.
This was the opportunity she had seized!
Kamil looked at the letter in her hand, glanced up at Miss Carmelitia in front of her, hesitated for a moment, then smiled and nodded, “Yes, I will definitely send this letter.”
Chapter 187: Send Your Daughter into the Goblin Lair, Friends. Traffickers Silver Orchid
“Carmelitia, remember, you are above others. You must always be clear that your position is different from others’. You stand on the shoulders of the citizens of the duchy and the kingdom. Those around you are the highest-ranking people in this land.”
“Your starting line is naturally farther than others’. Carmelitia, don’t look down, step on their heads, and ascend to your rightful place!”
“You should also go on this academy expedition.”
In the morning, Carmelitia woke up from the luxurious bed in the high-class inn, slowly sat up, and stroked the soft cotton blanket wrapped around her, gazing at the empty room, somewhat absent-minded.
In her mind were the words her mother had admonished her before she left.
“Mother, is this the trial you’ve given to your daughter?”
Carmelitia’s absent gaze gradually solidified, her hands tightly grasping the blanket wrapped around her.
“I won’t disappoint you, Mother.”
…
However, Carmelitia was unaware that, at this moment, in Tanleusnia City, several groups of people were gathering separately, and their discussions all inadvertently pointed to her.
In a deserted alley, the Traffickers who had followed the academy expedition team to Tanleusnia City, after several days of inquiry, also gathered together to exchange intelligence.
This emerging city had been visited by a batch of Traffickers earlier, and more manpower had been added subsequently. Now, they had quite a few informants, and it wasn’t difficult for them to obtain the necessary information from their accomplices here.
“The Grand Duchess is the right-hand man of King Dia. If we can capture her daughter, we can do a lot.”
“Hey, that’s secondary. Don’t forget about the ambiguous relationship between the Grand Duchess and King Dia. She might be the illegitimate daughter of the Grand Duchess and King Dia.
King Dia values the Grand Duchess so much for a reason.”
“If Carmelitia is indeed King Dia’s illegitimate daughter, then her value far exceeds what the boss had anticipated.”
“Hahaha, I heard that Princess Mohan Zhenlan has been missing and hasn’t returned yet, even Princess Roxy doesn’t know her whereabouts. Both of the most eligible princesses for the throne are missing, and those princes are all worthless. In such a situation, this King Dia’s illegitimate daughter probably stands a good chance. If we can capture her, hehe, we’ll truly taste the sweetness of King Dia’s future.”
“Some of the nobles have been contacted; some of them don’t want to see this happen. The Grand Duchess’s position isn’t very convincing to them either. This time, they hope we can make her daughter disappear and eliminate any future troubles.”
“Hehehe, not only is the Grand Duchess herself a great beauty, deeply loved by King Dia, even her daughter is as beautiful as an ice lotus, very exquisite. When the time comes, we’ll have to enjoy her properly.”
“Turning such a noble and beautiful young lady into a promiscuous woman in bed, that feeling, ah hahaha…”
…
In a hotel not far from the high-class inn where the students were staying in Tanleusnia, several self-important individuals gathered, with a slight glint of malice in their eyes.
“This mission is to completely eliminate the target; keeping her alive will only bring trouble. Understood?”
“Understood!”
Several assassins were planning how to kill the target and frame the people from the Traffickers organization for it.
However, all their plans were overheard by someone outside the tavern.
Outside the tavern, a middle-aged man stood with his arms crossed, seemingly nonchalantly leaning against the wall of the room where the assassins were secretly discussing. Using magic to subtly penetrate the barrier set up by the other party, he listened to their conversation.
If anyone could see him, they would surely exclaim in shock.
What was shocking was not that he was casually standing on the wall of the building several floors up, nor his plain appearance; it was the six-star gold-level honorary adventurer badge he wore on his chest.
In Tanleusnia City, and even in the entire Nas Duchy, the famous leader of the adventurer guild was only a three-star gold-level adventurer. The person appearing here was a six-star gold-level honorary adventurer.