Meanwhile, at Marcia's mansion of the Holy Dragon Empire, the henchman sent by Marcia two days
ago had just returned. In the study, he carefully handed over a small and delicate box that he brought
back from the Ji Clan to Marcia.
"You must be tired. Go and get some rest first," Marcia ordered in a concerned voice.
Right after she saw the henchman close the door behind him, she picked up the delicate box and
meticulously opened it slowly. As soon as she opened it, she took a closer look at what was inside. Out
of the blue, her body began to tremble upon recognizing what was inside. At that moment, all she could
show was a myriad of complex expressions. Soon after, a crystal tear suddenly fell from the corner of
her eyes.
"He's really not dead. I can't believe it... Really not dead..." Marcia murmured to herself in disbelief. At
that moment, all that gave her hope were Laney's words and the evidence in the box that she was
holding.
The object she was holding was exactly the Dragon Twined Wood to seal the evil power of the Holy
Dragon Bead in Rocky's body back then. Due to the close connection of the Dragon Twined Wood with
the evil power of the Holy Dragon Bead in Rocky's body, the Dragon Twined Wood would change no
matter how far away it was from Rocky as long as the evil power had any change. The opposite could
only happen if Rocky died.
However, at that moment, the crack on the Dragon Twined Wood inside the box appeared to be deeper
than before. This was an indication that Rocky had least removed the fourth layer of the seal in his
body. This also indicated that the evil power of the Holy Dragon Bead was still changing, which could
be positive proof that he was still alive.
In fact, Marcia had a chance to find out the truth before. But after learning that Rocky had already died,
Sabina put away the Dragon Twined Wood as a souvenir. She didn't ask Sabina for it, making her miss
the opportunity to find out the truth about Rocky's death.
But now that Marcia saw with her own eyes that the Dragon Twined Wood was still changing, she was
now sure that what Laney had said before was true—Rocky was not dead.
As a result, Marcia immediately ordered someone to call Laney to the study.
"General Marcia, it appears that you now have the proof. Now, you know that I was telling the truth
about Mr. Rookie being alive." As Laney entered the study, she saw Marcia's bright and beautiful face.
At that moment, she could tell that Marcia believed her now.
"I'm not sure yet, though. After all, Sabina saw Basil disappear in front of her. Did Alyssa trick us? In
fact, she had imprisoned Basil secretly. Then, she came to worship him at his death ceremony only to
check if we suspect that Basil is still alive. But if so, why did she send you to tell me the truth about
Basil?" Marcia asked seriously in an attempt to hide her excitement. Of course, she wanted to find out
the truth and make sure that Rocky was indeed alive. Moreover, what she couldn't really figure out was
that if Alyssa tried her best to hide the truth about Rocky, then why did she send Laney to tell her now?
"General Marcia, you are asking me too many questions. Give me some time to answer them all. Well,
let me start with what I know." At that moment, Laney seemed to have been prepared to answer the
questions beforehand. Without hesitation, she told the general what Rocky had experienced in the
Timber Deity Empire these days. Of course, she didn't spill any of the empire's secrets.
After hearing the whole story, Marcia immediately realized everything. She then asked, "So, does this
mean that you didn't know that he was still alive before, and you just found about that later?"
"Exactly. In fact, when the princess and Prince Woods knew that Mr. Rookie was still alive, they had the
exact same reaction as you. They also found it hard to believe..." Laney said with sincerity in her voice.
"Even if what you said is true, why isn't he returning to the Holy Dragon Empire? More importantly, why
is he staying in the Timber Deity Empire?" On second thought, Marcia found that instead of being
imprisoned by Alyssa, Rocky had been free to go anywhere he wanted to and even made a splash in
the Timber Deity Empire. Therefore, Marcia was also confused about why Rocky chose to stay in the
Timber Deity Empire than returning to the Holy Dragon Empire. Of course, she also suspected that
Laney might have been hiding pieces of information from her.
"That's the key. The reason why he didn't return to the Holy Dragon Empire was that he and Prince
Woods were attacked by a group of mysterious people. And I'm sure you didn't expect that the person
who attacked them was actually a member of your empire. A big shot, in fact..." Laney hinted. She
knew that with the general's intelligence, she should be able to guess who was responsible for the
attack.
"Did Alston do this?" Marcia didn't want to guess, but according to her investigation after Rocky's
death, she once suspected that his death might have something to do with Alston. Unfortunately, she
had no evidence to prove that. What Laney just said confirmed that her suspicion could be true.
"General Marcia, what you just said is true. Alston was behind this. The reason why Mr. Rookie didn't
come back was due to Alston. Back then, in order to deal with Mr. Rookie, Alston used a girl whom Mr.
Rookie regarded as his sister, to force him to kill Prince Woods. But Mr. Rookie didn't let Alston use
him, so he pretended to kill Prince Woods to save the prince. But in the end, Alston killed that girl. In
fact, Mr. Rookie was so angry that he almost died in a fierce battle with Alston. But afterwards, it was
like magic. Truth was that he didn't die, and nobody knew how it happened. Somehow, he even
appeared in the Timber Deity Empire..." Laney said with her eyes narrowed.
"Alston..." Marcia mumbled under her breath. She became so furious that she clenched her fists tightly.
If Alston hadn't gone to the Dragon Master Clan, then she might have rushed to the Palace City and
confronted him face to face at that moment.
Seeing that the general was so angry, Laney was also a little bit surprised. That was because, at that
moment, she saw how much Marcia cared about Rocky.
"But why did Alyssa help him? He is the prince of our empire. What good will it do to her to help an
enemy? Don't you find that odd?" Meanwhile, Marcia was puzzled. What Alyssa did was obviously
against common sense, and it was hard to believe that the princess of the Timber Deity Empire was
helping the prince of the Holy Dragon Empire and even helping him hide his identity. Spreading this
information would cause a great uproar in the two empires and even the entire Wild Spirit Land.
"I don't know about that. The princess said that even if Mr. Rookie returned to the Holy Dragon Empire,
and told his father that Alston framed him, there's a huge possibility that his father might not believe it.
After all, no one would believe that the emperor's successor would try every means to kill his brother.
And with Alston's brutal and sinister attitude, he would definitely never let Mr. Rookie off the hook once
his plots were all exposed. With Mr. Rookie's current power in the Holy Dragon Empire, it is obvious
that he is not strong enough to fight against Alston yet. Therefore, our princess hoped that you could
arrange everything for him before he returned to the Holy Dragon Empire. In her opinion, the only
person who could pose a threat to him now was his wife and their unborn child. Mr. Rookie would come
back at ease as long as the two can be handled well. And that is the reason why Princess Alyssa sent
me here." Laney relayed Alyssa's words to the general.
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