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Chapter 5 - Slave Darlene

Another man threw a lasso at Clara Diana. The girl was wrapped in a lasso like a cocoon

"Hahaha. Slave Darlene... finally... you are caught!" The assistant boss grinned happily.

"Slave Darlene!? Oh...!"_ Clara Diana remembered the body of a woman who had just been in her grave. "The woman's name is Darlene. Darlene... who is she?"_

Clara remained silent, not fighting back. She wanted to know more about these people. "I'll just follow their wishes!"_

Clara Diana pretended to lose, her mouth and eyes covered with a thick black cloth. then cruelly they threw Clara into the cart piled with straw and grass. Then the cart is covered with boards.

On the hill, a handsome man dressed in luxurious clothes watched the events below with a cold face.

He is prince Lexius, son of the prime minister of the Alexa kingdom. Prince Lexius was tasked by his father, Lord Gregory, to kill princess Darlene. But the man did not obey the order. He has his own plans. "Princess Darlene doesn't need to be killed. There are still benefits to keeping her alive!"_ Prince Lexius' men managed to capture Princess Darlene and sell her to a slave trader. The slave trader sells Clara to Madame Butterfly. Prince Lexius left the place.

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The group traveled along dusty roads.

In the cart, with herself. Actually she didn't want anything to do with these slave traders. It's just that she was curious about the man on the hill and also the woman in the carriage.

"Who are they? Is that the man who killed the woman named Darlene? Ugh. I'll think about it later! I want to sleep first!"_ Clara Diana decided to sleep, she had the opportunity to rest here. For the first time Clara Diana was exhausted after the strange battle at the bottom of the Lake. And for the first time, Clara Diana was overwhelmed against plants. She felt defeated.

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The group traveled along a dusty road.

In the stuffy cart, Clara Diana slept like a baby. As if he didn't care about the narrow and stuffy cart. As the second crown princess in the kingdom, Clara usually sleeps in the palace's beautiful and luxurious bedroom. 

However, as a strong soldier, Clara Diana was trained with heavy training and fighting on the battlefield, so Clara Diana was used to sleeping in the open, in the camp, in the forest, in the mountains, in the water. So she slept in a stuffy wagon like this problem

However, at this time Clara Diana is not really sleeping, this girl is activating her inner power. Clara checked her body condition. All the supernatural knowledge he had was lost. 

Now she is just an ordinary person.

But that doesn't mean she doesn't have skills. Even though she does not have extraordinary supernatural abilities, Clara Diana still has high martial arts abilities.

After finishing detecting her body condition, Clara Diana fell asleep. This girl doesn't use her inner senses to know the conditions around her, it's not important, now she just wants to sleep.

 ***

The group entered a village, they stopped there. The slave trader's men opened the cart, checking its contents.

"Did this slave faint or fall asleep?"

"Check put your hand on her nose, is he still breathing?" the assistant asked. The young man hesitated, afraid of contracting the disease. When he saw his senior's oppressive gaze, the young man couldn't help but bring his hand closer to Clara Diana's nostrils.

"She's breathing, she's alive!" he said relieved.

"Are you sure!" his assistant didn't believe him.

"Of course!" The answer is unequivocal. If the senior didn't believe it, he could check it himself. But his senior didn't do anything "Hah, it turns out he's cowardly, afraid of getting infected!"_ this young man sneered to himself.

The assistant goes to report to the boss.

After his assistant left, the young man supported both sides of Clara Diana's head with a towel. he also has a sense of humanity.

"Poor thing! Even though she is a slave, this girl is still human!" he muttered softly. This man closed the cart, then tied it tightly

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Two hours later the group continued their journey. They entered the smooth and slippery road, entering the capital of Constantine's kingdom.

Clara Diana woke up, she opened her inner eye, "This city is beautiful and busy. The residents of this city dress strangely, like desert people.

"Is this a country in the Middle East?"_ Clara Diana was confused.

This city is quite large, there are high-rise buildings, simple hotels, shops, restaurants, government offices, parks, entertainment venues. The people's houses are large and luxurious. This country is quite prosperous

"Is King Alves joking with me? Why did he send me here?" Clara Diana laughed bitterly.

"King Alves is too much!"_ cursed Clara Diana. She couldn't accept being treated like this. King Alves is unfair. But she couldn't do anything.

 ***

The group moved to the palace gates. Madame Butterfly pays slave traders handsomely to become mercenaries.

These people walked proudly on the streets of the capital.

"STOP!" snapped the palace gate guard.

 The mercenaries stopped suddenly. Their horses collided with each other.

The boss shook his head in shame at his careless subordinate. It was clear that his men were not real soldiers. The man got off his horse and handed over the travel documents with trembling hands.

 Previously, while in the village, this group of men replaced their shabby clothes with luxurious uniforms.

 The gatekeeper looked at them with a suspicious look. Although these slave traders wore luxurious uniforms, they were unable to hide their rude and uneducated nature.

The gatekeeper whispered to his friend, growing suspicious. The mercenaries broke out in cold sweat. These slave traders were a group of criminals who were feared and often caused riots. 

However, when faced with the palace gate guards, they were scared to death.

If they knew that they were entering a scary capital like this, they would rather rob, kidnap girls and boys to sell.

Two gate guards approached the cart, "What is that? Open it!"

The slave trader boss became increasingly nervous. The gatekeeper was suspicious.They forced the cart open.

The slave trader's boss was confused, he ordered his assistant to cut the rope holding the cart. His assistant held the knife with trembling hands. This action of the boss and his assistant aroused the gatekeeper's suspicions.

The mercenary members were confused. They couldn't possibly open the carts, they hid slaves there.

Madame Butterfly come out of the train. The beautiful woman dressed all in green smiled gracefully at the gate guard.

"I brought a gift for Mr. Gilbert!" Madame Butterfly said while smiling gracefully.

"Madame Butterfly!" 

The gate guards hurriedly bowed respectfully, they knew madame Butterfly, she was a business friend of Mr. Gilbert.

They heard that madame Butterfly was not only a dealer in luxury goods, she also often provided women to royal officials, either as concubines, mistresses.

"Madame Butterfly came with mercenaries, Maybe she was afraid of being robbed? Recently there has been frequent chaos at the border!"_

Clara Diana saw the incident with her mind's eye. "That

person!"_ she saw prince Lexius on the second floor of Constantine's palace.