Chapter 58 Ophelia
The St. Karen Administrative District and the magnificent royal palace stand at the highest point of the city.
The palace was brightly lit, and maids were walking hurriedly through the exquisite corridors with sculptures and huge paintings.
Today is the day when Her Royal Highness the Fifth Princess returns after a long absence.
Her return also made this huge building complex, which usually seemed a bit deserted, a little more lively.
But compared to the hustle and bustle outside, the fifth princess's bedroom was very quiet.
"I told you not to be so ostentatious."
"Father, don't you think I have enough troubles?"
Even the taciturn Fifth Princess felt a little impatient with the complicated etiquette in the palace.
Ophelia frowned slightly and glanced at a corner of the room.
A black shadow appeared there in an instant and bowed respectfully to her.
Ophelia waved her hand gently, and in the bedroom, except for her trusted attendants, everyone else lowered their heads and left the room.
"Did you find out?"
The other party shook his head slightly and said in a low voice, "We have found no trace of the Third Prince purchasing magic crystals. Domestic mining records in recent years have been normal, and there have been no significant fluctuations in the energy market."
Seeing the princess looking at him expressionlessly, the shadow guard quickly said:
"Although there are no clues yet, we cannot rule out the possibility that the Third Prince is purchasing from abroad, or has discovered secret mineral deposits overseas. Your Highness, please give us more time."
A glint flickered in Ophelia's light blue eyes.
"He really does things flawlessly."
She softly instructed, "Continue your investigation into the Third Prince's affairs. Please step back."
The other party nodded immediately.
But just as he was about to leave the bedroom, he looked at the fifth princess hesitantly.
"explain."
The other party immediately reported: "It's about the information about that old house in the West District..."
Ophelia was stunned for a moment, and a change finally appeared on her cold face.
The shadow guard slowly walked forward and took out a photo.
Four years ago, this group of His Highness's trusted shadow guards were assigned a strange mission.
It is to monitor an old house on Riverside Road in the West District 24 hours a day. The ownership of the old house belongs to the Edellin family.
Over the past four years, people have occasionally gone to the old house, but none of them has found the target that His Highness wants to find, and the heir of the family, Rowe Edlin, has never appeared again.
But as time passed, Her Royal Highness's enthusiasm for this matter did not diminish in the slightest.
However, as she made various plans, the number of people responsible for surveillance and the time schedule were reduced.
However.
A week ago, one of their shadow guards was conducting a routine spot check and surveillance when he unexpectedly discovered something...
The shadow guard carefully handed the photo to Ophelia, and when Ophelia saw what was in the photo, her eyes suddenly changed.
A hint of deep dark red quickly appeared and disappeared immediately.
The shadow guard quickly lowered his head.
"Mr. Luo Wei has returned to the old house. We secretly investigated his life trajectory and discovered that he has resumed his student status at Karen University and is currently repeating his first year of the magic major. He subsequently had some contact with his old friend, East District Sheriff Lemons, and is currently implicated in the Karen University student disappearance case. When you returned today..."
The shadow guard whispered, "He was also dining at the Royal Bay Restaurant on Champagne Road in the East District."
"What?" Ophelia immediately raised her eyes from the photo.
"That explosion...he..."
The usually cold voice actually trembled a little.
The shadow guard quickly added, "Mr. Luo Wei is fine. He has already returned to the old house. Your Highness, don't worry..."
Ophelia took a deep breath.
Then, a hint of dissatisfaction appeared in his eyes.
"It's my fault... I should have explained it clearly in one go..." The shadow guard lowered his head even more respectfully.
Although he didn't show it on his face, Shadow Guard's heart was in turmoil at this moment.
Her Royal Highness, who has always been indifferent, as if she has no interest in anything and is as cold as ice and snow, when has she ever shown such emotions?
Is it because he learned that "Mr. Target" has returned that he lost his composure like this?
But what shocked the Shadow Guard even more was yet to come.
because.
Ophelia smiled.
Like the melting ice and snow in early spring, the most exquisite face in the empire, when it smiles, seems as if time has stopped.
The shadow guard didn't dare to look at him any longer, he immediately turned his head and glanced at his other confidants.
The maids had never seen such a scene before and were stunned for a moment, but when the shadow guards glared at them with deep meaning...
"Your Highness, please do not disturb us for now. We will take our leave..."
The shadow guard fled from the palace with them.
The magnificent door slowly closed.
Ophelia's eyes focused on the photo again.
Because it was a candid shot and the angle was very poor, this black and white photo only shows a blurry exterior wall of the old house and an open window.
But even so, it is enough to see clearly what is inside the window.
Luo Wei and a young woman slightly older than him were eating, both with faint smiles on their faces.
It seems like there is a faint sense of warmth between family or lovers.
The hand holding the photo began to tremble with excitement.
The ice-blue pupils were filled with a deep dark red light, and this time, it never faded.
He is back...
He is back!
Ophelia's gaze seemed to be fixed on the face of the handsome young man, and she just looked at him silently.
I watched it for a long, long time.
All kinds of indescribable emotions surged in my heart.
He hasn't changed at all...
It was as if everything had returned to that peaceful countryside, back to the afternoon when the mysterious boy took her out secretly.
That afternoon, there was a blue sky, spreading clouds, cows in the barn, and many new things she had never seen in her life...
She still remembered the taste of the pear she had stolen from the farmer's house.
It was hard, sour, and had a bug in it. I almost scared myself.
It also attracted the ridicule of the teenagers.
But since then, she has never eaten a pear that tastes like that again.
She will always remember that day.
She also knew what kind of blue sky a free bird should fly in.
"Luo Wei..."
Ophelia's white fingertips gently stroked the boy's face in the photo.
Suddenly I felt a little regretful.
We shouldn't let unimportant things distract us from the old house.
For countless days and nights, no one knew how much energy she had put in, all for a vague thought...
To this end, she even schemed to bankrupt a wealthy businessman who coveted the old house...
Because it is a place full of memories, all the beautiful things in her short life are there.
No blasphemy is allowed.
pity……
It was just a momentary oversight that I didn't notice his return immediately...
This is all the fault of the Third Prince, her so-called "brother".
Ophelia sneered.
One should not think about meaningless things, which will only add to one's troubles. She looked at the figure in the photo again.
only.
From beginning to end, his eyes never stayed on the strange woman for a moment.
Because she knew from the beginning that there was only one mistress in the old house.
It's yourself.
