Chapter 149: Finally
"WOW!!!"
"I AM SO JEALOUS!!"
"SAME!!"
"THE ROYAL COUPLE ARE SO CUTE!!"
The crowd burst into another fit of cheers, throwing more flowers into the air.
Josephine finally separated from the kiss, smirked at Sunny, and lowered her gaze to Ellen.
"Thank Goodness both of you are back," she said, ruffling Ellen’s hair, then turned to the people.
"Thank you all for the warm welcome you gave your king! I am grateful, please enjoy yourselves!" she said.
"Yes!!" The people screamed in agreement.
"Ok everyone! Before the celebration, I want to let you all in on something," Sunny said, his voice reverberating all over the city. Those in their houses all stopped what they were doing, and listened.
"Tomorrow, we will be attacking the nation who attacked us... The three-eyed nation," Sunny revealed.
Silence...
"I will show those ignorant people we aren’t to be messed with! I will show them we aren’t the weakest nation!! Tomorrow, the three-eyed nation will fall under our flag! And our nation will rise to fifth place on the strongest nation ranking board, the three-eyed nation’s flag will be prematurely removed!" He yelled.
"We are with you!!!"
"Those fools attacked us first!!"
"They dared to injure the Queen!! If she wasn’t invincible, she would be— No!! Nothing will happen to our Queen!!"
"Yes!! We must get them back!!!"
Sunny nodded; getting the support of his people was all he needed.
"Thank you, everyone!!" He yelled.
{DING!!}
{Reminder Master.}
{Four Hell difficulty Quests are still incomplete.}
{Duration: 5 days left.}
Sunny exhaled. ’Who told you I forgot?!’
{........}
Sunny turned to Josephine, moving his gaze over her body, not seeing any signs of injury on her.
’Maybe the injury was not serious, because I didn’t feel anything.’ He thought.
"Come on, there are a lot of things I need to catch you up on." Josephine hooked her arm with his, and walked towards the carriage.
"Aunty Star, why does it feel like my dad is getting kidnapped?" Ellen asked, turning to Star.
Star blinked, and shook her head.
"That is not it... Your mom misses your dad, so I think she needs some alone time with him," Star whispered to her.
Ellen thought about her words and asked again, "So if I get married, I will miss my husband like this?" She asked with big innocent eyes.
"......?!!"
Star, Alexandra, and the soldiers closest to her were stunned.
"Um... Ellen, you are still young to understand those things," Star finally said after snapping out of her shock.
"First... First commander."
Star and the group turned their heads to a middle-aged woman, who walked towards them with a fake smile on her face.
She moved her gaze on the soldiers behind Star, and asked, "The King mentioned something about a gift... I want to ask if you can give me Nicole’s gift, I will help her keep it," she said, rubbing her hands together.
".....!"
Star, Alexandra, Mike, Mia, Joseph, the soldiers, and even Ellen frowned.
"Who are you to her?" Star asked, stepping towards the woman.
"I am her aunt," she said.
POW!!!
A straight punch collided on her nose, throwing her to the ground. Blood quickly flowed out.
"...?!!"
Alexandra turned to the King and Queen, who stood before the carriage, then at the people, who were still cheering... It was like they were invisible.
’Did she use an illusion skill?’ She thought, turning to Star.
"You!!"
Star crouched before the lady and held her collar. "You! You didn’t ask about her, or her well-being, instead, you ask for a gift!!" Star hissed at her.
"This... This?" The woman was speechless, horrified.
"Nicole gave her life for our safety!! She is dead! And you know what she told me?!" She asked coldly.
The woman was pale with fear, her tongue tied.
"She said I should give you a punch."
"...???"
"Now I know you deserve it."
"What... What are you going to do?!" The woman turned to the gathered people and screamed:
"Someone help me!!!"
"Shout as loud as you can, no one will hear you," Star said and stood back up.
"The best place for people like you is the dungeon." She snapped her fingers and the woman disappeared from the ground.
Ellen blinked, and asked, "Aunty Star, where is she?"
"Somewhere she deserves," Star said, and turned to her with a smile.
"Go now... Your parents are calling you," she added.
Ellen turned to Sunny and Josephine, seeing the two waiting for her.
"Ok, Aunty. I will be waiting for you in the castle," she said and rushed towards the two.
Star watched with a small smile as they entered the carriage, and it started, driving to the castle.
"Alexandra, pass on my order... I need all the troops under my command ready in the second wall at first light tomorrow."
"Yes!!"
Alexandra nodded and walked away with the rest of the group.
"Wait..." Star stopped her. "Where are Vancouver and David?"
"We dropped them on the planet the King mentioned..." she said.
"The planet which once belonged to the pirates," she added.
Star nodded in understanding, and moved her gaze on the people, who were celebrating.
’The soldiers who died in the Forbidden Zone are all orphans, except Nicole...’ She exhaled.
’Their death is on me... Wait a second. The ship? What about the missing ship?!’ she thought, her eyes widening in surprise.
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Sunny sat in the carriage, with Josephine on one side and Ellen on the other, resting her head on his lap.
"Love, I am sorry," Josephine whispered.
"Why are you apologizing?" Sunny turned to her with a confused expression.
"You know why I am apologizing... My lies and past actions..."
"Oh? Yeah, I know you were faking from the very start," Sunny said, lowering his gaze to Ellen.
"Are you still faking?" he asked.
"No!" Josephine said, maybe too quickly. "Wait... You know all along...?"
Sunny nodded without uttering a word.
Seeing him nod, Josephine only felt more ashamed of herself. "Sorry. I have come to understand that I was a fool. That is why I am apologizing," she said, lowering her gaze.
"I forgive you," Sunny said with a smile.
{DING!}
{Coordinates of the battleship found.}
’Finally!’ Sunny stared at the coordinates in shock.
’Wait... Why are there two Coordinates??!’