I was surprised, but I couldn’t help heaving a sigh of relief. I knew that he was still rational. He was not crazy. He might regain his reasoning, and he would return to normal when Sylvia arrived.
Right! Sylvia was the only person who could calm Prince Rufus down. When I mentioned her name, I saw a trace of hesitation in his ferocious eyes, and the cruelty his body exuded dispelled a little.
But at this time, a bad egg suddenly hit Prince Rufus in the face. The smelly, sticky liquid slid down his chin and dripped on his dark suit.
Everyone fell into silence.
I slowly turned my head and looked in the direction where the egg came from. It turned out to be the innocent little boy who presented the bouquet of flowers at the ceremony. While eating the candy in his hand, his other hand pointed at Prince Rufus and cursed in a childish voice, “Monster!”
Upon hearing this, the soldiers around suddenly became nervous. They all raised their weapons and aimed at Prince Rufus. I felt like a fierce fight was about to break out.
“Run, kid! He’s a monster!” shouted someone in the crowd.
The little boy burst into tears. I wasn’t sure if he was frightened by the sudden shout or by the word “monster.”
His cry seemed to stir up the crowd. Everyone began to panic again. Some of them even followed what the boy did. They started throwing whatever was in their hands at Prince Rufus.
I was so anxious that I immediately stood in front of Prince Rufus to shield him. Then I shouted. “Everyone, please calm down! Prince Rufus is not crazy. Don’t attack him.”
“You’re telling us that he’s not crazy after him hurting so many people? You must be kidding!”
“Look at his eyes. They’re bloodshot! He must be a monster!”
“Oh my God! The future heir to the throne is actually a terrifying monster.”
“This is the guidance from the Moon Goddess. We finally know that he is a monster. He doesn’t deserve to be our prince.”
Everyone was discussing and cursing Prince Rufus with the most vicious words.
I was so angry that I was going crazy. “Shut up! Have you all forgotten who led the werewolf army to win countless battles? Who stood up to protect all of us when we were in danger? If you have forgotten, then you are nothing but a bunch of ungrateful bastards! You’re the real monsters here!”
There was a moment of silence in the crowd. It was as if they were shocked by my words. I could see the trace of indecision and shame on their faces.
I breathed a sigh of relief. Then I continued to persuade them in a soft tone, “Prince Rufus must have been framed up, so he becomes like this. Please, don’t…”
“Don’t listen to her! She connives with Prince Rufus.” Someone in the crowd interrupted me. Then one of the soldiers suddenly shouted, “Protect the civilians! Let’s take Prince Rufus down!”
This sentence was like a bomb that instantly broke the short tranquility.
Almost at the same time, all the soldiers raised their weapons and attacked Prince Rufus aggressively.
Sylvia’s POV
The second I found out their exact location, I rushed to that place without daring to stop.
But I was too late. I arrived at the scene and it was already chaotic. All the soldiers were writhing on the ground and wailing in agony. The giant statue that had stood proudly for over hundreds of years had fallen down. The guardrails that were supposed to maintain order were bent out of shape and deformed. To my horror, the grass was covered in pools of blood.
Seeing this chaos, my heart skipped a beat. I ran to the crowd to inquire about the situation. Fortunately, we didn’t suffer any casualties. However, it wasn’t just soldiers that got injured from the stampede. Many civilians were trampled on as well.
But from what I could see, there was no damage or injury that was irreparable.
I breathed a sigh of relief and proceeded to look for Rufus. However, no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t find him-not even Maya.
“Was Rufus arrested? If he gets caught, he’s doomed. Richard won’t let this opportunity to torture Rufus slide!” Yana voiced out her anxieties in my head, pacing back in forth restlessly.
“I don’t think he was captured. Rufus is strong; I doubt ordinary soldiers would be able to defeat him. Besides, look at all those people on the ground. I think Rufus took advantage of the chaos and got away.”
“But he’s outnumbered! What if they all worked together to hurt him badly?”
“Don’t say that. I know he’s going to be fine. Yana, you have to calm down or else I won’t be able to think straight. I’m already scared enough as it is.”
Yana sighed but didn’t say anything more. She seemed to realize that I was in a bad mood, so she just quietly accompanied me in my search for Rufus.
In a fit of panic, I helped up a soldier who still seemed to be aware of the situation. “What happened? Where is Prince Rufus?”
To my horror, the soldier’s arm was broken. He cradled his injured arm, wincing in pain, and said in a frightened tone, “Prince Rufus attacked us all of a sudden. It was terrible!”
“Where is he now?” I asked again, feeling more and more uneasy as the seconds ticked by.
“He’s a monster! An absolute monster possessed by the devil himself! You… You can’t imagine how horrible he was! He killed so many people!” The soldier ignored my question and just babbled away, too stunned and shell-shocked to think straight.
My heart sank to the bottom of my stomach. Rufus had been cursed and suffered for years. He had kept this a secret from the world and carried the burden by himself. In the end, he was drugged and lost control of himself, exposing his ugly side to the people he loved the most. Richard’s ploy was truly vicious.
“Just tell me where Prince Rufus is! At the very least, can you tell me if he’s okay?” I lost my patience and tried to knock some sense into him.
All the color had drained from the soldier’s face and he shook his head like a madman. “I don’t know. I don’t know! He ran away. We couldn’t stop him…”
Hearing that Rufus was fine, I felt a little relieved. When I asked which direction Rufus went, the soldier didn’t answer me anymore. He stared blankly into space, begging the skies for mercy.
Seeing that I wouldn’t be able to get anything more out of him, I left him alone and continued looking for Maya. Maybe she knew where Rufus was.
I ran past the chaotic road and crossed over to the main square. Just then, the church bells started to ring loudly, jolting the white doves in the square. Amidst the flurry of feathers, I finally found the person I was looking for.
But the sight in front of me broke my heart.
Maya, who had always been elegant and well-dressed, was now crawling on the ground with disheveled hair and dirt on her face.
Her red and swollen fingers clawed at the ground as she used every ounce of her strength to crawl. Her nails had been torn, bleeding and staining the ground with her blood. The shoes on her feet were nowhere to be found. Her originally slender and beautiful right leg had been twisted badly, barely supporting her body. She seemed to be crawling aimlessly like a mad woman.
Sylvia’s POV
I rushed over to Maya and hugged her, but she didn’t seem to recognize me. She struggled violently, mumbling something in a very hoarse voice.
“Maya, I’m Sylvia. Look at me!” I tried everything I could to calm her down.
But Maya just ignored me. She still struggled desperately. She wanted to get away from me and continue crawling forward.
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