Villain Princess.
Chapter 198: Desperation

Chapter 198: Desperation

"Find Aurora..."

Duke White felt that he couldn’t stand this at all.

The only person who could possibly figure out a solution is his daughter. No matter how much Duke White wanted to refute this matter, he knew that his daughter is the smartest person around after his father.

He felt that the Heaven was truly not fair.

He didn’t inherit his father’s intelligence, but it was all poured to Aurora, his first daughter.

"Master, no one knew where Aurora is," the Head Butler answered.

They have already tried to find Aurora in the past few days but the result was futile. No one knew where Aurora went and even if they did have some clues, all of them always resulted in a dead end.

Aurora didn’t want others to find her.

So she made sure that everything was prepared and that no one would be able to find any clues about her. This was the only way it would be possible for her to escape in the end.

Those who tried to find her might notice those misleading clues that she had left behind.

But in the end, they couldn’t find her.

Moreover, the investigation and search that they had done were completely done secretly to prevent the Yellow Kingdom’s King from noticing. They knew very well that if the Yellow Kingdom’s King were to notice, Duke White could be brought to questioning.

For example, why did he want to find Aurora and so on.

Duke White couldn’t explain.

The progress of their search has been very slow.

Now that Duke White wanted to quicken this progress, it was not possible. He had to wait until the knights were able to find the real clues of where Aurora is.

Otherwise..

*sigh*

Duke White fell into silence.

It was true.

Thinking about Aurora who disappeared after the announcement from Crown Prince Edward, Duke White felt that he was truly facing a huge trouble. And this trouble had no way out in the slightest bit.

Because Duke White knew that if he wanted to find Aurora, he had to figure out what she has been doing in the past few years and so on.

But this kind of thing...

It was not easy to do.

Aurora was meticulous in her work and not everyone could know what she was planning. Moreover, Aurora has been staying in the White Family’s territory for a long time and it was naturally not under the direct supervision of Duke White nor the Head Butler.

Neither of the two knew what Aurora did there aside from the few things she reported to them.

As for other people who wanted to find out Aurora’s location?

They have been working hard for days and night without any result so far. Moreover, these people couldn’t possibly dedicate themselves to find Aurora at all times because they have other things to do.

Their reasons for wanting to find Aurora also varied and it was clear that they have their own intentions.

However, Duke White couldn’t care about them.

He just have to care about himself.

The problem in front of him...

He had to find someone to help him solve it.

He was incapable to do it.

But he had to!

"What to do now...?" Duke White felt distressed.

The Head Butler sighed.

When Aurora was there and managed many things, Duke White didn’t seem to care about Aurora that much. In fact, it could be said that Duke White and the others simply took Aurora’s presence for granted.

And when it was no longer necessary for her to be there, Duke White immediately agreed to Crown Prince Edward’s words to remove Aurora from the White Family.

Now...

Duke White was having a huge headache.

"I’ll go and see the Yellow Kingdom’s King first," Duke White finally said.

He wanted to hide the fact that he couldn’t come up with enough food for the war. But could he possibly hide it?

It was estimated that after a short period of time, other people will know about this matter and tell the Yellow Kingdom’s King.

At that time, it would only bring more trouble.

So Duke White could only come clean about this and hope that the Yellow Kingdom’s King would forgive him.

It was just...

Duke White was sure that things wouldn’t be so easy.

The Head Butler looked at Duke White and silently lit a candle for him.

...

In the Royal Palace, the Yellow Kingdom’s King was listening to the report from the messenger and also the few nobles who came to see him.

They were all without exception came to report that they were unable to meet his demands.

This made the Yellow Kingdom’s King felt really bad.

He had just asked Duke Yelan to be the main force for the war, responsible for the battle and so on. Duke Yelan himself had soldiers and some resources in his territory but the amount was not much.

So the Yellow Kingdom’s King had to ask for resources from other territories.

Of course, they would be paid in accordance to the amount of resources they brought up and these money would come out from Duke Yelan.

Duke Yelan also agreed with this method.

No way, he couldn’t possibly defeat the Sand Kingdom with only his original soldiers without the help of supplies from other territories.

His territory was not that rich.

But what if there was no resources?

Even if they have money, it would not be able to help the war.

"Do you want to say that Duke White also has no resources to help the war?" the Yellow Kingdom’s King asked in a cold tone when he saw Duke White coming to the Royal Palace.

In the past, he would still be wiling to give Duke White some face because of his position.

But right now, he wanted nothing more than to kick Duke White out of the Royal Palace.

The war was imminent because the negotiation had to lead to this point otherwise they would suffer more losses.