Chapter 23 The Secret Alliance
After Parul was dragged away by royal guards, the hall fell into a strange silence.
The smugness on Evelyn's face could no longer be contained. As the eldest miss of Woking's household, she had never suffered a loss since childhood.
She was not even once scolded by her doting parents during her noble upbringing. So how could she eat the shame of being slapped and robbed?
When she learned that the guild master was out of town, she quickly decided to arrest Parul and take her away without wasting much time.
She was afraid that if she waited more, the guild master would return and Parul would use his power to hide the stuff she stole and deter any potential arrests.
And, when she learned that Leon, her childhood crush was going to be there, she decided that she will just run into his arms in case things go south.
After her successful capture of Parul, she walked in long strides toward Leon.
"Leon!, it's so nice to see you here".
"I heard you were so heroic in the battle against goblins."
"This is fate…that we always end up together shortly after our partings, don't you also feel our union is written by Heavens itself."
Seeing Leon not showing any reaction, she had a playful smile and spoke slowly,
"After you left, Princess summoned me to deliver something very important to aid you in your mission, but on my way I was chased by assassins and finally robbed by Parul."
"It's so sad the Princess even personally wrote a letter for you but it was taken away by her."
"Really?"
"Princess personally wrote a letter?", he spoke excitedly.
He knew he was making progress with Princess Lena and was counting on her to increase his rank and fame.
After hearing the first half of the words spoken by Evelyn he finally felt that his daily dose of flattering and licking was not in waste
But, when he heard the other half that the things sent to him were stolen by Parul, he immediately got enraged.
He could already imagine the worried face of the Princess as she wrote a letter for him tenderly.
'So what if you are someone from the strongest guild?'
'Dare to take away my things, ready to face your doom! he roared in his mind.'
The already burning jealousy from Parul's public affection for David and anger from his things being taken away forced him to unconditionally trust Evelyn's words.
Suddenly he remembered something very important and his face changed.
"I am sorry but the Princess has said that she may send something important from the royal treasure in case things get difficult in battle, I am afraid that it was the same thing that Parul stole."
As a result, he hurriedly bid farewell to all before leaving along with Evelyn.
Suddenly, Eve faced David and also spoke abruptly, "I too will go with my sister to make sure no bad things happen to Parul while in prison. I will try my best to find out if the charges pressed against are true or not", saying she too chased after them.
Seeing this exchange, the Jasmine stood quietly along David.
She was shocked by sudden arrest of Parul and got lost in her thoughts ….thinking of the day she first met Parul.
....Jasmine's pov...(during the time the party got silver badge)....
It was a good day, we managed to get our silver-ranked badges and with my unannounced alliance with Eve, we finally managed to push Aushima to the greatest despair, completely forcing her out of the competition to get David's heart.
I knew Elandor had not much use other than providing assists in our arguments, given how ordinary he is, so I never felt the need to get close to him more than necessary.
But I knew Eve was different, I knew she will soon use her family power to do something with Elandor, I remembered how all the girls who had a liking for David in school disappeared one after another.
I also realised that she can directly kill Elandor and put blame on me by planting false evidence.
She was also much stronger than me and I knew that if I battled her in 1v1, I will definitely lose.
When I think back, I felt it was too suspicious for Aushima to lose her mana during our battle with spider monsters.
I am pretty sure that it was Eve who did something to her behind the back.
I got scared seeing how sneaky and careful her actions are.
Therefore, I was forced into a desperate situation but then I saw this young lady called Parul, whose beauty was on par with mine. I could see David had an interest in her mature body.
She too favourably welcomed his advances.
So after the night she drank with us, I cornered her in the street the other day and found the perfect chance to directly speak alone.
I told her that I, as a fiance of David, can give her my approval as long as she is willing to stand by my side and push Eve out.
I told her about how clever Eve was at playing tricks and it needed the two of us to work together to defeat her.
It was the perfect combination, my cute Lolli body and Parul with her oversized busty figure.
We will trap David with our beauty and charm so he can no longer have time to admire others.
I even promised her that I will help her get the title of the second wife as soon as we are successful.
Although she hesitated a bit, in the end, I managed to form a successful alliance with her.
But today she got arrested?
Is this another trick of Eve that she pulled out with her sister Evelyn's help?
They also now seems to pull Leon into their camp.
Hmmmmph....
These pairs of foul sisters are too good at deceiving others.
Eve seems to be getting too aggressive with her approach.
I know that once Parul is taken care of, I will be her next target.
Thus, I must use all my family connections to get Parul out.
Also, I'm quite sure that all the charges against her are false. I just hope she can hold on until I and David manage to do something.