Wife of The Demon Prince
Chapter 277: Scheme

Chapter 277: Scheme

Hamon’s red eyes blazed murderously, "Gather all the forces of Findara, we shall go in search of that bastard Cornell, if we don’t find him...I will kill every single one of his family members in Zari until I find my wife!"

Oliver was taken aback by Hamon’s command, "Your majesty, we still have no exact evidence that Lord Cornell is behind the kidnapping of her majesty. Invading his place would be a crime if we can’t prove him guilty."

Hamon scoffed, he might not have any evidence that could prove Cornell’s guilt, but he was sure the man was behind this. More importantly, the incident took place close to the borders, it would be impossible for any simple person to leave Findara’s border with so many unknown men, without raising suspicions from the soldiers guarding the borders, unless that person had some connections with the royal family.

He had known from the start that Cornell was behind the kidnapping, but he restrained himself from invading Cornell’s place for the fear of threatening Ara’s safety if he started a war. But now, there was no reason to wait anymore after confirming she was no longer in Findara.

"I don’t need any damn evidence to prove his involvement, if anyone tries to object to my orders...kill them regardless of who they are."

"Y-your majesty..." Oliver’s eyes widened in disbelief. Doing this could cause Hamon to be dethroned by force, they could not just go and invade the small kingdom and attack Cornell’s family without any solid proof that he was behind the kidnapping. But it seemed like Hamon did not care less as long as he got the result he wanted.

Hamon, who had been drooping slightly since the moment he heard about Ara’s pregnancy, finally squared up, the look in his eyes showing the strong authority of a monarch, this demand he just made might seem tyrannical to the officials who would be worried he’d incite a war upon their kingdom with his actions, however no one would dare question his authority. "I will go to Zari myself, to look for my wife...If I don’t find her there, then we will scour the whole damn kingdoms in the continent until I find her!"

Oliver wanted to reason with him, perhaps it was his fury speaking not caring about the consequences, but still kept his lips tightly pressed together. Since It looked as if Hamon no longer cared whether he drowned the entire continent with blood in his search to find his wife. Oliver said instead, "Your majesty, you have to calm down before we start the search_"

"I am more calm than you think, Oliver." He said calmly, but rigidly. His expression looking blank, with no signs of the earlier anger. All that was left was a stone cold Hamon.

Nevertheless, his indifferent expression only made a shiver run down Oliver’s spine.

Hamon looked down at his long sharp claws, he then said, "I need to save her, and to do that, I have to be calm to think clearly." That was the only reason why he hadn’t gone on a killing rampage yet or drowned Cornell’s entire household in a bloodbath. He still instinctively knew that his wife was still alive somewhere, and as long as she was alive, he would bring her back home soon.

But if Cornell by any chance hurt her...

For a moment, Hamon’s right hand blazed with fire and a murderous glint flashed in his cold red eyes, "I just hope there won’t be a situation where I have to go to each one of the kingdoms and burn them down..."

At this point, even Oliver really hoped Ara should be found unharmed and alive, or else there was no telling what every kingdom would have to face. If Hamon exploded...The flames would be huge.

Hamon simply picked up his black coat on the floor, which he’d earlier flung away together with the items and causally wore it back, "Has Merek returned with his search team yet?" He asked as he buttoned up the coat with an indifferent expression.

Oliver anxiously shook his head, "No, he hasn’t returned yet."

"Then go and gather the forces, and also...inquire if there is any news from Henry’s search team."

"Yes, your majesty. I will go and start preparing the troops to invade Lord Cornell’s place." Oliver bowed.

Hamon nodded, then made to leave the scattered study room while murmuring to himself, "I will show him what happens when someone dares touch what belongs to me."

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Cornell sat in a private meeting with the king of Dumbarton, Evan, who was Merona’s elder brother. They were having a heated conversation at the moment,

Evan’s forehead was deeply creased, "What do you mean he defamed her?" He asked Cornell in slight disbelief. And Cornell continued to speak,

"My nephew had always wanted the throne for himself right from the start. He was the one who killed the late king and blamed it on your sister, not just that...He killed your brother Edwin along with your niece and nephew Eadlin and Cassius." Cornell paused to see if his words were having the desired effect on Evan which would further push his plans forward if he succeeded, and to his delight, he noticed the deep angry frown formed on Evan’s brows, he added, "And not just that, I heard he is preparing his soldiers to conquer the other kingdoms, including Dumbarton."

Evan slammed his fist on the table, "The hell! He wiped out all my relatives in Findara, and now he is going to conquer my kingdom! I will kill him before he even succeeds! He’s messed with the wrong person...I will conquer Findara instead." He rebuked, angry veins bulging on his forehead. All these years, he’d had his eyes on Findara, but hadn’t made any attempt to conquer the kingdom because of the marriage alliance of his sister and the late king. But now that none of his blood relations were left in the kingdom, and the new king dared to challenge him...He would kill him and conquer the land instead.

Cornell frowned upon hearing what Evan said, "Your majesty, that is not why I came to inform you about my nephew’s plans. I won’t draw this conversation since I guess we’re already running out of time with that monster in action, I will go straight to the point...I want you and I to join hands and bring him down from the throne, so I can take my rightful place. We can then rebuild Findara together."

Evan scoffed, "And why should I agree to join hands with you when I can easily conquer Findara without your help?" He raised a displeased brow.

Cornell responded seriously, "It’s simple, we are both aiming for the same goal, to conquer the kingdom. And if we work together, it will be easier to defeat my nephew...If we succeed, and I become king, I am willing to share half of Findara with you."

Evan eyes glimmered as he heard that he would own half of Findara. Cornell was right, if they worked together it would be much easier to kill Hamon and take the land. And also he had heard some rumors about how intelligent Cornell was, at least the man was smarter than his sister who let herself get easily killed.

Evan did not need to think too deep about it, he accepted, "Fine, let’s not waste time on useless talks, as long as we have a deal here, then I will lend you all my military powers. You will have command over all of them."

A small smile spread across Cornell’s face. This was exactly what he had planned, while Hamon would be too distracted looking for his wife’s whereabouts, he would attack and rebel.

The fact that he made the deal with Evan to give half of Findara was also part of his plan. Now, Evan was stupid enough to give him command over all the Dumbarton army, because of his greed to have more lands. But Cornell wasn’t that stupid to make such a deal, after he was done rebelling against Findara, he would conquer Dumbarton as well, by using his new powers, Evan was just as stupid and easy to fool as his sister Merona, he would never see it coming by the time he would have completely lost Dumbarton.

But for now, he had to play along with Evan. Then after he was done here, he would go and finish up that woman in his dungeon, Arabella. Her time was up, she had already served her propose to him.

Cornell’s smile widened, he then slightly bowed to Evan, "I look forward to working with you, Your majesty."

Evan nodded firmly and proudly, no words could describe his joy of using Cornell’s intelligence to finally own half of Findara. "We shall bring the monster down, then we can conquer the gracious lands of Findara."

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