Chapter 103 Escape

The next day, early in the morning of the wedding day, the entire Gold Fort was bustling with activity.

The wedding banquet venue had been prepared long ago, and servants were bustling everywhere, preparing the meals for today's wedding banquet.

In fact, in tribal times, marriage was simple, without any complicated rituals. The royal wedding ceremony became elaborate only later.

King Becky got up early and, with the Queen's help, changed into formal attire, a faint smile always on his face, clearly in high spirits.

"Ah, in the blink of an eye, Shuni is about to marry. Time really flies. It feels like just yesterday she was the little girl hugging my leg and calling me 'Mama'."

The Queen tidied Becky's lower back, her voice full of emotion.

"Yes, in the blink of an eye, I'm old too."

Becky was a little sentimental, but quickly perked up:

"This marriage is of great significance. A master-level figure who can change the ecology of the Different-Blooded Warriors already possesses, to a certain extent, the role of 'legitimacy.' Master Bill's marriage to the royal family will ensure the stability of the royal family's position for the next few decades. If he can continue to promote the improvement of the Different-Blood potion, the empire under the rule of the royal family will become stronger and stronger, until no one can shake it."

The Queen smiled. "Yesterday, I already told Shuni to learn how to capture a man's heart and make Bill devoted to her."

Becky snorted. "Your set of experiences can only deal with children like Bill who are young and inexperienced."

Hearing this, the Queen walked in front of Becky, revealing a teasing look, drawing circles on Becky's chest with her finger, and jokingly said:

"Really? Don't say you don't like it~"

Although she was no longer young, she was still full of charm.

Becky immediately had a reaction, eager to move.

Recently, everything had been going smoothly, and he had been in a good mood, so he had been full of energy every day. Being teased like this, a fire rose in his lower abdomen.

Noticing Becky's abnormality, the Queen smiled, winked, and reached out to gently pinch him.

"Stop it, there's a lot to do today."

Becky suppressed his desire and slapped away the Queen's mischievous hand.

If it weren't for the wedding banquet today, I would have taken care of you right now...

Speaking of which, as he got older, he had been feeling a little inadequate recently. After today's wedding banquet, he would find Bill to get a bottle of energy potion to replenish himself... Becky thought to himself.

"By the way, is Bill awake?"

Becky suddenly remembered this and summoned a guard to ask.

"I don't know, he should be awake," the guard said uncertainly.

"Go and urge him. It wouldn't be good to be late for his own wedding banquet. Also, please ask Master Bill to come and see me. I have something to tell him."

Becky smiled.

Bill's residence was also in the main castle of Gold Fort, so notifying him would only take a few floors.

The guard acknowledged and retreated to do his work.

Becky did not leave the room, waiting for Bill to come.

Today's wedding banquet was also the day of changing the address. Later, he would no longer speak to Bill as the king, but encourage his son-in-law with the tone of a father-in-law, further building rapport and letting Bill feel the change in their relationship as family members...

Just as Becky was overlooking the busy wedding banquet venue, thinking about what to say later,

"Bang!"

The door was suddenly kicked open!

Becky was startled and turned back to see Hader and Leike rushing into the room, not even knocking, their faces full of anxiety.

"Your Majesty, something has happened! Master Bill is gone!"

Becky was stunned. The next second, his expression changed drastically, and he strode to the two men, angrily shouting:

"What do you mean by 'gone'!"

"Just now, His Majesty's guard came to urge Master Bill to get up, but we knocked on the door for a long time, and there was no response. We opened the door and found that Master Bill was not in the room. Only a body that had committed suicide by poison was lying on the ground!"

The Queen, who was putting on makeup, also stopped her movements and looked back in shock, "What's going on?!"

"Take me to see!"

Becky felt that something bad was going to happen and, not caring about anything else, pushed away the guards who were blocking his way and hurried toward Bill's room.

The guards quickly followed behind him.

A group of people quickly arrived at the door of Bill's room. The room was a mess. The guards had already searched every corner of the room.

Becky saw the unfamiliar corpse lying on the bed at first glance, his face cyanotic, his arms hanging on the edge of the bed, and an empty vial not far away on the ground, obviously a suicide by poison.

Bill's trained spotted hyena and sword-tailed hawk were quietly sleeping in the corner.

Only Bill was missing.

Where's my Bill? Where's such a big Bill?!

Becky's face was livid. He turned back suddenly. "Did you see Bill go out last night? When was the last time you saw him?"

Hader and Leike were also very nervous and quickly recounted what happened last night.

"...The last time we saw him was when we just came back. He told us not to guard the door... So we stayed in the next room and could only confirm that Master Bill did not go out all night."

"He told you not to guard him, and you really didn't guard him? Why didn't you notify me of his abnormal behavior!" Becky was furious.

You're wise after the event... Hader and Leike were helpless.

At that time, it was late at night. Who would bother you to sleep because of this little thing? It's not like we knew this would happen... Even if we told you, you would probably scold us for not grasping the distance of surveillance and causing Bill's dissatisfaction, leading to problems with the marriage. It would definitely be a different face from now.

But the person had run away, and no matter how they argued, they were wrong. Hader and Leike had no choice but to be scolded, and they were also quite remorseful.

Last night, they shouldn't have been thinking about not offending Bill and should have guarded in front of his door to the death...

No, that wouldn't be safe enough. They should have entered the room and stood by Bill's bed all night watching him sleep!

Becky pointed to the corpse on the bed and said angrily: "What's going on with this strange corpse? Who has been in his room last night!"

"I remember this person. He should be the servant tailor who came to try on the wedding clothes for Bill last night!" Hader replied quickly: "Last night, after Bill came back, only that group of tailors and servants went in and out. Bill must have slipped out among them!"

"Then arrest all the servants from last night, as well as the servant leader who assigned the manpower, and interrogate them! Bring all the patrol guards from last night over for questioning. I want to know if anyone saw Bill! Even if Bill slipped away, he won't go far! Seal off Gold Fort... No, seal off the royal capital! No one is allowed to leave!"

Becky was furious, almost roaring:

"Now, immediately, find him for me!"

The guards were awe-stricken and scattered in all directions, quickly taking action.

Becky stood in the messy room, furious, and swept all the things on the table away, possessing master-level table cleaning skills.

"This kid actually ran away! Why! I've been so good to him, what else is he dissatisfied with!"

Becky's eyes were red.

He had already given such generous conditions, and even planned to marry his daughter to him. Why would Bill run away! He had never treated him badly!

Wasn't it just a little restriction of freedom? But what he got was a blessing that ordinary people couldn't enjoy in a lifetime!

If there was no imperial workshop and no support from the king, could Bill have researched a new type of Different-Blood potion? Everything he has now was obtained using the empire's production resources. This was his blessing. Why did he dare to run away!

He didn't have a shred of gratitude and was full of disloyalty!

He didn't have a bit of dedication to the royal family!

If he had known, he should have locked Bill in the dungeon for imprisonment and discipline.

He had trusted him so much in vain. This person was an ungrateful wretch!

In the past few months, scenes of Bill's obsequiousness flashed through his mind...

Becky was so angry that he lost his mind. Suddenly, his heart ached, and his eyes went black.

Thump!

"Your Majesty!"

In the last second before passing out, he only vaguely heard the exclamation of the guards around him, and then he fell into complete darkness.

……

At this moment, the wedding banquet venue.

Many court ministers and royal family members had already arrived, chatting with each other, each of them smiling, waiting for the start of today's court wedding banquet, and sending blessings to Master Bill and Princess Shuni.

Roman stood in the crowd, holding a glass of wine, saying a few words from time to time. Every time he spoke, everyone would listen quietly. He had quite a good rapport with people.

He had planned Bill's escape last night, but now he was acting like nothing had happened, as if nothing had happened, smiling and socializing with the ministers.

"After today, Master Bill will be related to the royal family. It's really enviable," a court minister said enviously.

"Ah, it's really a blessing for the royal family and a blessing for the empire to be able to get such a talent," another person said with emotion.

"Hehe, then this cup, I wish the royal family long-lasting peace and the empire prosperity." Roman raised his glass with a smile to toast.

"I wish the royal family long-lasting peace and the empire prosperity."

Everyone repeated the sentence, smiled, clinked glasses, and drank, the style of pretending to be upper class.

However, at this moment, groups of Gold Fort guards suddenly rushed into the wedding banquet venue and, under the puzzled gazes of everyone, quickly sealed off the venue, angrily shouting and driving away the busy servants, taking away all the flustered servants.

"This... What's going on?"

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Wasn't today a court wedding banquet? What was going on now?

At this moment, the strong and burly vice-captain of the royal guard came to the group of court ministers with a cold face and said in a deep voice:

"Everyone, Master Bill is missing, suspected of running away. All of you come with me and be questioned one by one!"

As soon as the words fell, the many court ministers and royal family members present instantly widened their eyes, their faces full of shock.

What was going on? Bill actually ran away?!

He was courting death!

Roman looked surprised and let out a long sigh:

"That's really... a pity!"

……

On the other side.

The residents of the royal capital took to the streets to participate in today's city-wide celebration to congratulate Bill and the princess's marriage. The city was full of laughter and joy.

However, when the citizens were waiting for the celebration to begin, the city guards from all the garrison forts in the city came out in full force, directly announcing that today's celebration was canceled and sternly driving the people who had originally planned to participate in the carnival home with joy. As long as someone moved a little slower, they would unceremoniously kick them away.

The crowded streets suddenly became chaotic, and many people who were kicked quickly gave way.

The sudden change left the residents of the royal capital confused and dumbfounded.

They were supposed to be happy today, waiting to congratulate Master Bill. What was going on now?

Wasn't it said that the citizens would enjoy themselves together? Weren't they even worthy of congratulating the newlyweds?

But soon, the entire city was under martial law, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

The city guards and royal city guards searched door-to-door along the streets and alleys, and the residents of the royal capital realized that something was wrong.

From the mouths of these searching guards, someone finally asked the reason.

"Imperial Chief Alchemist" Bill was gone!

He slipped away!

Such explosive news made the residents of the royal capital no longer feel the pain in their butts, and they were all stunned.

The first reaction of most people when they heard this news was...

What kind of heaven-defying things did the royal family do to make Master Bill unbearable and run away directly?!

And the second reaction was quite realistic

——Will we still be able to buy energy potions in the future?