"Your Highness! Your Highness! " Phyllis ran into the cave with an excited expression as she yelled, but the countless branches hanging down from the ceiling were still trying to impede her progress.
Irina turned around to look at Phyllis' chest, and asked with a serious expression, "Why are you so excited again, Little Bean Sprout? Even though your chest is bouncing up and down as you run, it's still very small."
"Your Highness! I'm still growing! "Phyllis said righteously, but she was obviously lacking in confidence.
"You're around the same level as me when I was 13 years old." Irina nodded in response.
"Your Highness, if you keep doing this, I'm going to cry …" Phyllis' expression crumbled as she spoke with an aggrieved expression.
"Sure, I'm quite bored today, so I'll watch you cry." Irina's eyes lit up as she nodded with a smile.
"…" Phyllis felt as if she had been dealt a heavy blow. As expected, it was impossible to communicate with the princess in a normal way.
"Tell me, why did you come here in such a hurry?" Irina asked with a smile.
"Snarr is back; do you want to see him now?" Phyllis hurriedly asked, and she almost forgot about the important matter at hand.
"Let him in." Irina immediately clenched her fists with undisguised excitement on her face.
"Alright." Phyllis turned and ran out of the cave. The tree of life seemed to have sensed Irina's emotions, and it parted to allow Phyllis to pass through.
Not long after that, Phyllis led a tall and thin golden-haired elf into the cave before quickly making his way over to Irina.
The tall and thin elf stopped two meters away from Irina before nodding with a hand on his chest. "Snarr pays his respects to Your Highness."
Irina looked at Snarr in silence for a moment before commenting, "You've lost weight, Scarab."
Phyllis almost burst into laughter upon hearing this, and she turned to look up into the sky at a forty-five-degree angle to calm herself down as quickly as possible.
"Your Highness, you've also lost weight." Snarl faltered slightly upon hearing this, and a peculiar look also appeared on his face. He had already gotten used to this nickname that had accompanied him for over a decade, but it was still a little strange for an elf to be referred to as a scarab. However, compared to being called a bean sprout, the princess had treated him quite well.
"Really? Looks like I've been losing weight well recently. You have good taste, Scarab. " Irina nodded, but the smile on her face quickly faded. She raised a hand, and a burst of golden light enshrouded the entire cave. She turned to Snarr, and asked, "Scarab, what did you find during your trip to Rodu? Is Alex and my baby still alive? Where are they now? "
"Your Highness, I did manage to find a lot of useful information during my trip to Rodu. After cross-referencing the information that I've found in the past, I can confirm that Master Alex and your child are still alive. The fire three years ago was a hoax, and no one died," Snarr quickly replied.
"That's great!" An excited look appeared on Phyllis's face.
"Where are they now?" Irina was also unable to contain her excitement as she took a step forward.
Snarr shook his head, and replied, "I don't know, either. No one in Rodu or our elven race should know where they are. However, if no one knows where they are, then they're safe."
"Josh also said that he hasn't found any traces of them." Irina clenched her fists to control her emotions. After a brief silence, she turned to Snarr, and asked, "Have you found out who was involved in the fire three years ago?"
"I've investigated many people in Rodu, and all of the clues point to the Magus Tower. Aside from those demons, the rest of the people who attacked Master Alex were most likely magic casters from the Magus Tower," Snarr replied.
Irina nodded, and said, "Josh told me that those were traitors who colluded with the demons to attack Alex. After that, the Magus Tower carried out a purge, and all of those traitors were executed."
Snarr shook his head with a grim expression, and said, "However, Your Highness, according to my investigation, none of the great magic casters who were involved in this incident were killed. They still hold lofty positions in the Magus Tower, and only a few 9th-tier magic casters were killed. If they were 9th-tier magic casters, they most likely wouldn't even be able to withstand a single sword strike from Master Alex."
"So you're saying … Josh is lying to me?" A cold look appeared in Irina's eyes as her brows furrowed tightly in contemplation. She then said in a cold voice, "Josh has quite a bit of influence in the Magus Tower, and the reason why he's competing with Sean for the throne is because of the Magus Tower. As such, there's no way that he wouldn't know who was involved in the attack three years ago. In our letters, all of those people have already been executed. Alex and the child are also dead, and their charred bodies have also been found."
Snarr hesitated momentarily before turning to Irina, and said, "Your Highness, there's something that I'm not sure if I should say."
"Go ahead." Irina nodded in response.
"With Master Alex's influence in the Roth Empire and the military, as well as his immense power, no one would dare to assassinate Master Alex on the streets of Rodu without a meticulous plan and absolute confidence. There's no way that the demons would be able to pull this off, and there's no way that our elven race would cooperate with the demons, either, so there's definitely a middleman. This middleman has to be powerful enough to mobilize the great magic casters in the Magus Tower, and at the same time, be able to repress the wrath of the royal palace and the military. There aren't many people like that in Rodu, "Snarr said with a serious expression.
"Aside from the king of the Roth Empire, only Josh Edward would be able to pull this off. Sean's influence is limited to the military, so he has no say in the Magus Tower. Alex had already resigned from all of his positions in the military five years ago, so he's no longer a threat to the king, so there's no way that he would be a target for the king. " Irina's expression darkened even further upon hearing this. She clenched her fists with a perplexed expression as she asked, "Why would he do that? Back in Rodu, he had been drinking and chatting with Alex and me, and he's never displayed any ill will toward us. "
"Master Alex was born in the military, and fought alongside the first prince for many years. Once the conflict between the first prince and the second prince escalates, it's not difficult to guess which side he'll side with. With Master Alex's power and influence, his decision could very well be a decisive one," Snarr replied.
"Alex never said that he would support Sean, so could it be that Josh planned this assassination just to eliminate one of the uncertainties in the upcoming conflict?" Irina murmured to herself as her long silver hair suddenly drifted backward, and the countless branches hanging from the Tree of Life also began to sway.
"Who among the elven race is involved in this?" Irina asked in a cold voice.
"The leader of the Krol Family, Master Schubert, personally escorted the young mistress to Rodu," Snarr replied in a firm voice.
Irina nodded before making her way toward the entrance of the cave. The branches of the Tree of Life parted to either side, as if it were bidding farewell to its queen.
"Where are you going, Your Highness?" Phyllis asked with a concerned expression.
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