"Alas! A man who had lost his position and influence may be subjected to so much humiliation. Now even a little fox can disgrace me."
When Patrick heard Lance say, "little fox", it was slightly offended. So it jumped to his face and sat on it for a long time. Lance was almost suffocated to death!
"You little thing, you've gone too far!"
Giving a contemptuous glare at Lance, Patrick stepped even harder on his face a few times before it finally staggered away. At that point, Lance was boiling with rage. 'Damn! How can a mere fox do that to me?'
When Patrick came out, it waved its claws, trying to describe what happened to Harper. She carefully watched it and then nodded afterward. "I see."
Fred stared at Harper in astonishment. 'Are you kidding me, Your Highness? Do you really understand what this little thing is talking about? I'm pretty sure it's just fooling us.'
"What did it say, Your Highness?"
"It said that Lance is still alive. He is very energetic and Patrick even played a prank on him. Moreover, it discovered that Lance had the venomous insect poison inside of his body. It must be Catherine who poisoned him in order to take control of the kingdom. Lance had led a life filled with honor. However, on his deathbed, he couldn't stay away from the tragedy of patricide and is being poisoned by his daughter. The relationship between members of the royal family is as thin as a sheet of paper."
Fred was completely dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Harper could understand the beast's language. No wonder she had tamed it. Fred thought that Harper was quite extraordinary for even knowing a language like that.
"Your Highness, what should we do now?"
"It seems a bit troublesome." Harper started to ponder on their next steps. But soon enough, a figure appeared in front of them. It was Catherine who was supposed to be outside the palace.
With a polite smile on her face, Harper said, "Your Grace, what a surprise! You're back so soon. I thought you'd stay and even refuse to leave when you met my husband. It seems like I've underestimated you."
Ignoring Harper's remark, Catherine exclaimed, "It never occurred to me that you would be able to come out of the Labyrinth Swamp alive!" Catherine was being overwhelmed with so much rage. She thought that Harper would never come back alive after entering the Labyrinth Swamp, but she was wrong. With this, there was a high probability that Diana might be alive as well.
"There is nowhere that I can't come back from. I don't think you know this but I've been to some places more terrible than the Labyrinth Swamp. The swamp is nothing to me," Harper said, a wide smile on her face.
The expression on Catherine's face became drearier. The Labyrinth Swamp was nothing? That was ironic. She couldn't even enter the swamp, while Harper thought it was nothing at all. This was the greatest humiliation for her.
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