Chapter 5: Prologue (His Bitter Past) – 4. I Will Risk My Life to Protect My Kingdom

1. Prologue (His Past) - 4. I Will Risk My Life to Protect My Kingdom

After three days of travel, Angel arrived at Springwell City at dusk. Springwell City was one of Asteria trading cities with beautiful natural scenery. It was located on Southwest Asteria near the Southern border.

Since it was close to the Kingdom of Zephyrus and the Kingdom of Euphorion, the city was usually very lively with so many foreign merchants and traders, even at night. But now, the city looked quiet, only some people were seen walking in a hurry to return to their homes.

Realized the situation was worse than he expected, he spurred his horse straight to the City Hall. Shortly, he saw a big mansion with iron fences surrounding it. He swung the reins around his hands to slow down as the mansion drew near.

In front of the mansion's gate, two guards approached him, blocking his way.
"Halt! The city hall is closed, you can come back tomorrow!"

"I'm Prince Angelus. The king sent me to deal with the monster," answered Angel.

The guards looked surprised and bowed.
"Please forgive our rudeness, Your Highness."

Because of his hair colour, some people often mistook his identity, but he was already used to this.
"It's fine, open the gate," he said nonchalantly.

They gave him a quick bow and rang the bell in front of the gate to inform his arrival. Then they opened the gate and stepped aside.

"Thank you," he said as he moved forward.

After he arrived at the entrance, he got off from his horse and gave the reins to a guard. A man in a white official uniform came out in a hurry to greet him. The official bowed.
"Good evening, Your Highness. I'm Gerald, the major's assistant. Welcome to Springwell City."

Angel nodded slightly to reply to his greeting.

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"I apologize for our unpreparedness. We only receive short notice about your arrival," added Gerald.

"I'll cut the chase, call the mayor and chief in charge to meet me in the meeting room."

Gerald gestured to a guard beside him to carry out Angel's order. The guard bowed and left.
"I'll accompany you to the meeting room," said Gerald as he gave Angel a gesture to enter.

Angel walked to the meeting room accompanied by Gerald and several guards.

They entered a large room with a long table with some chairs lined up on the sides.
"I'll call the servants to make you some tea. Is there anything else you need before I leave?" said Gerald.

He turned his gaze towards Gerald.
"Rather than tea, could you give me some information about the monster?"

"About that-" Before Gerald finished his sentence, a guard came in a rush.
"My apologize, Your Highness. The mayor and the chief can't meet you right now. The monster has attacked the South gate so they have already left to take care of it," he said breathlessly.

"What ?!" said Gerald in shock.

"Take me there!" said Angel. And he followed the guard.

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