Villain Princess.
Chapter 177: Leaving

Chapter 177: Leaving

Leon glanced at Benny and shook his head. "No. I need to go back as quickly as possible to my father’s territory."

"Now?" Benny was confused.

He himself was still going to stay in the Capital City for a while longer. In any case, Adela is still here, so he didn’t plan to go back yet.

There were also some problems with the knights he sent some time ago and Benny’s family had to clean up the mess. Benny himself didn’t know the exact details and only knew that there was a fire in the city.

His family’s knights were near the areas.

There were some people who knew about this and reported it, so his father had to clean up the mess.

Benny had nothing to do, so he chose to stay in the Capital Academy.

"Yes." Leon sighed. "There’s some problems at the border. My family wishes that I can be there to help."

Or if he was not there, they hoped he could get married and enter the Brown Family instead.

Thinking about his father’s arrangement, Leon didn’t know what to say. It was not like he was against it because he knew that this was a shortcut for him to retain his nobility to a certain extent.

Otherwise, his father’s wealth was only enough for him to buy a title of a baron for him.

Yes, there were nobility who sold their title.

But those who sold their titles were only the lower ranked nobles such as baron. But even if it was the lowest ranked nobility, the price could be so high that it could make people want to vomit blood.

This title was usually chased by the merchants.

These merchants were rich and what they lacked the most was the nobility title.

"Ah, border." Benny nodded when he heard Leon’s explanation. "In that case, I’ll see you again in the future."

After that, Benny left without hesitation.

Seeing that, Leon only shook his head. He and Benny were usually only sparring on the field because they were the first and second rank respectively. Of course, this was only talking about their swordsmanship class and not the cultural class.

Leon looked at the carriage in front of him and then at the servants who were still busy moving things. It would take some time before they packed all of his belongings.

After all, he would not come back to the Capital Academy anymore.

"Sir Leon."

Leon heard his name being called and turned to the side. He saw Annelie walking in his direction and smiled politely. He bowed in accordance to etiquette and greeted, "Lady Annelie."

"I see that you’re ready to return." Annelie pointed at the carriage with her fan. "Are you so impatient?"

Leon smiled. "I have nothing else to do here, Lady Annelie."

Nothing else to do?

Thinking about Crown Prince Edward who was busy in the Royal Palace, Annelie shook her head. She knew very well that Leon was not completely telling the truth. It was not like he had nothing to do but he didn’t want to have anything to do here.

There was a big difference between these two.

The main difference was naturally the attitude.

It was clear to see that Leon was starting to alienate the people he used to be close with. It was not a very wise move for the nobility because they had to rely on their connections if they wished to survive.

"Are you sure you want to cut off everything?" Annelie asked.

"I’m not cutting it off." Leon shook his head. "I only took a short break and will come back sooner or later."

Right now, he knew that the current Yellow Kingdom’s Capital City was in turmoil. The mess that Aurora left behind had only started and Leon didn’t want to be dragged into this mess.

Just thinking about Crown Prince Edward and Louis’s expression when they left not long ago, Leon knew that Aurora’s revenge had only started.

As for her no longer having any nobility title?

For some reason, Leon didn’t think that this would be any problem for Aurora.

Anyway, he didn’t want to be here when it happened.

"I see." Annelie nodded. She looked at Leon for a moment and then asked again, "Will you regret it?"

Regret?

Leon looked at Annelie in front of him and then chuckled. "No."

Since he wanted to take this path, then he had to be prepared for everything that could possibly happen. If he was afraid, he should have never taken this path in the first place and avoided it at all cost.

So even if the ending might be bleak, Leon would not regret his decision.

Annelie smiled at Leon’s answer. She curtsied. "May the sun be with you."

After that, the two of them left. One returned to the Capital Academy while the other one left the Capital Academy.

Annelie would also go back to her family’s residence, but it was not the one in her territory. Instead, she would be going to the one in the Yellow Kingdom’s Capital City.

She still wanted to watch the commotions here.

....

Aurora’s side

While the people in the Yellow Kingdom’s Capital City started to find out the problems that Aurora left behind, Aurora herself was enjoying the scenery along the way as they left the Yellow Kingdom’s Capital City.

Over the years, Aurora had naturally prepared some things to make sure that she would be able to escape safely.

This naturally included a residence for her to stay.

But this residence was located a bit further away from the Yellow Kingdom’s Capital City, so it would take a few days of journey.

Moreover, this residence was not within White Family’s Territory.

It was further to the north.

It could be said that Aurora had calculated everything and made arrangement for herself. Of course, she would still contact the few people she left in other territories to help her earn her money back.