The Medallion novel Chapter 1824

"What? Do you care to explain that further?" This time, Gilbert could not read Rocky's mind. He had no clue what the young man was planning.

"Well, let it be a secret in the meantime. I'm sure you will realize it soon," Rocky said, deliberately kept Gilbert guessing.

Although Gilbert still had some misgivings about it, he had no choice but to go with it since Princess Layla already agreed to Rocky's plans.

Then, as the two returned to the Ghost Fief, Gilbert began preparing for the wedding ceremony. At the same time, Rocky also started collecting more information about Zain and Enoch, Layla's biggest rivals in the selection for the next leader of the royal family.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

At this time, the date of Rocky and Valeria's wedding was finally set, and it would be held a week later.

Then, another two days passed. There were only five days before the wedding.

Rocky had just gotten out of the Ghost Palace when a delicate figure suddenly appeared in front of him. In a flash, a snow-white dagger was pressed against his neck, rendering him motionless.

"Gloria, what do you think you're doing? Put that dagger away from me! What if someone sees you?" Although the figure was hiding her face, Rocky could easily tell from her aura that it was none other than Gloria.

"Why should I do that? You are going to marry that woman behind my back! How dare you?! Do you think I'll just let this slide?" Gloria scolded angrily.

"We've already talked about this. You know that we are engaged, and we're bound to get married sooner or later," Rocky reminded her.

"Then, what about me? You're just going to toss me away?" Gloria's enchanting eyes widened as if she had already lost all logic.

"Have you forgotten? This marriage is just necessary for the alliance of our fiefs. It is not real. It's not like I will sleep with her afterward!" Rocky reasoned strongly, knowing that this was what Gloria was thinking.

"Ha! You're just saying that!" Indeed, Gloria was not actually worried about the marriage per se, but she was afraid that Rocky might have already fallen in love with Valeria.

"Fine! If you don't believe me, you can hide inside the bridal chamber after the ceremony. If you see that I will do something to Valeria, then you can go out and stop me at any time." At this point, Rocky said whatever Gloria wanted to hear just so she would calm down.

"I will do that even if you do not tell me!" Gloria gritted her teeth, still unsatisfied with Rocky's answers.

"What else do you want me to say? Just put away the dagger, and we will talk somewhere else," Rocky almost pleaded.

Eventually, Gloria put the dagger away, but she still glared at Rocky. After that, he took her hand and led her somewhere private.

Soon enough, the two of them arrived at the lakeside where Rocky usually did his cultivation.

"By the way, why did you leave all of a sudden after the Spiritual Emperor Contest? I searched for you everywhere, but I could not find you." Rocky was finally able to ask this.

"I had no choice. I got sudden news that someone tried to assassinate my father, so I had to come back in a hurry. I actually wanted to tell you first, but I also could not find you." Since Rocky was using Basil's identity at that time, there was really no way for her to find him.

"There was also an attempt to assassinate your father?" Of course, this news came as a surprise to Rocky. After all, he had been staying in the Ghost Fief for quite a while now, but no one told him about this.

"I heard that someone also tried to kill Leader Gilbert recently, right?" Gloria asked.

"Yes. Does that mean that your father is a supporter of Prince Enoch?" Based on the series of events, Rocky came to this conclusion.

"What makes you think so?" Gloria was actually surprised, but she did not directly admit it.

"Well, I just guessed it." It was actually a simple process of deduction for Rocky. Gilbert was targeted because he was a supporter of Layla. Since it did not seem that Adrian was on Zain's side, then he must be Enoch's supporter.

"Yes. My father and Prince Enoch are actually the best of friends. Of course, he is going to support the prince," Gloria finally revealed.

"So, it is highly possible that Prince Zain is the one who tried to eliminate your father and Leader Gilbert."

"That is also my theory, and that is why I'm here. I wanted to confirm if the one who tried to assassinate Leader Gilbert was sent by the same person who tried to kill my father." Gloria was indeed smart to have put up this speculation quickly.