Chapter 51 - Return

The autumn leaves were gradually falling, and in the blink of an eye, another season had passed. In just two months, the influence brought about by Princess Oliman's return had gradually dissipated. The whole Kutu City seemed to gradually return to its previous appearance and became much calmer. Except for a few people, Princess Oliman's return didn't affect the lives of more people. For many people, whether it was Princess Oliman or others, it had nothing to do with them. All they needed to do was struggle to live each day. Of course, this was only for most people. For people like Chen Heng, figures like Princess Oliman were the ones worthy of the most attention. Therefore, on weekdays, he paid special attention to every move and action of Princess Oliman, carefully thinking about the current situation in Kutu City. However, it was beyond his expectation. Princess Oliman's return didn't bring about too many changes. What the whole Kutu City looked like before was what it still looked like now. Everything seemed unchanged, as if Princess Oliman's return this time was just to visit her relatives. But Chen Heng thought that things shouldn't be that simple. The apparent calm didn't mean it was really so. It was just that there was a lot of information that he couldn't detect at the moment, so he couldn't know at all how many undercurrents were lurking beneath this calm. However, at this moment, Chen Heng didn't care about these things for the time being. At this moment, he had already sensed something bad. "Kailin, are you really leaving?" Outside the manor, looking at Chen Heng in front of him, Kurudo had a bit of surprise on his face: "The weather has turned cold now. It's not a good time to travel." "There's no other way." Standing in front of Kurudo, Chen Heng had a faint smile on his face, looking as usual: "In my hometown, my father is still waiting for me." "I promised him to go back to visit, and I don't want to break my promise." "I see..." Kurudo then seemed to understand and said with some regret: "It's a pity. After you leave, I won't be able to find a suitable sparring partner." "You can go to Carey and the others." Chen Heng said, "Although Carey isn't a knight, his swordsmanship is quite good. After I leave, you can try to find him." "He won't pay any attention to me, a country bumpkin." Kurudo showed a bit of sarcasm on his face: "Besides, I'm not interested in that kind of soft guy either." "You two..." Looking at Kurudo, Chen Heng shook his head, feeling a bit helpless about this. "When are you leaving?" Kurudo asked seriously, looking at Chen Heng: "Then, I'll see you off." "That would be just right." Chen Heng smiled: "Winter is coming, and there will probably be more thieves outside." "With your escort, it's just right." Hearing this, Kurudo couldn't help but smile: "Who would dare to rob a knight?" "Not necessarily..." They chatted for a while here and then left separately. After a while, standing there, Chen Heng watched Kurudo's leaving figure and, recalling the letter sent by Carey's people before, couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Since Princess Oliman's return, he had been paying attention to the situation in Kutu City during this period of time. Although it wasn't obvious on the surface, in Chen Heng's view, since Princess Oliman's return, the situation in the whole Kutu City had actually been gradually becoming tense. This tension was caused by both Princess Oliman's return and the fact that the King of Kutu had fallen into a coma again and was said to be unconscious. And recently, there was even a rumor that the second prince, His Highness Gries, also seemed to have the intention of returning to Kutu soon. These successive pieces of news immediately made Chen Heng become vigilant in his heart. It seemed that as time passed, the situation in Kutu City would become even more tense. By then, the current calm situation might not be able to continue. Feeling this, Chen Heng already had the intention to retreat in his heart. If he were one of those top figures, in the current situation, he might still be able to try to seek benefits from the current situation and obtain more things. But he had nothing now except for his martial strength. He didn't have the conditions or qualifications to seek profits from it at all. The current situation posed more potential dangers than opportunities for him. Just at this time, his old friend Carey also sent a letter. The content of this letter was very ordinary, just subtly reminding Chen Heng to pay attention to his safety recently. It was precisely this letter that made Chen Heng make up his mind and decide to leave Kutu City directly and return to his own family. Coincidentally, he still had some unfinished business with Baron Kaison, and he could just take this opportunity to deal with it together. After simply packing his things, Chen Heng instructed the servants to pack the things he would take away later, and then took advantage of this time to leave for a while. The place he went to was none other than the manor where Carey was. "Isn't anyone here?" Walking outside Carey's manor and hearing the reply from the old butler in front of him, Chen Heng couldn't help frowning secretly. He came here, on the one hand, to say goodbye to Carey, and on the other hand, to meet Vinal. During the two months, he had come here several times to visit Vinal. Before, Vinal would often live in this manor, but unexpectedly, she wasn't here this time. "Please give these things to Miss Vinal." He turned around, looked at the old butler in front of him, and smiled very politely: "I'm going to leave for a while. I hope we can meet again when I come back." "This is the letter I left for her. Please hand it over on my behalf." He was very polite and handed the letter in his hand to the other party. The old butler accepted it very respectfully and said that he would definitely hand it over. Chen Heng then left. He walked along the long and narrow path and came to the outside road. Ahead, his carriage was still waiting there, looking as if it was still waiting for him to return. Standing there, Chen Heng was alone, with a tall and straight figure, and he looked particularly heroic. Subconsciously, his eyes looked aside, in one direction, for a long, long time. "Sir, what's the matter?" Ahead, the coachman in charge of driving the carriage was a bit puzzled. "Nothing." Chen Heng's face was calm. He silently withdrew his gaze and then directly got into the carriage. They left quickly and thus left this place. In the original place, it wasn't until after they left that some movements began to appear in the direction that Chen Heng had been looking at before. Several people wearing black leather armor walked out from the corner, gasping for breath heavily, and the sweat on their bodies almost soaked their whole bodies. "Damn it, damn it." Looking at the carriage leaving in the distance, several people were a bit frightened: "He must have noticed us." "Such a sensitive perception is simply unreasonable." "What should we do now?" Someone asked: "Should we chase after it?" "Are you crazy?" The man in the lead had a gloomy face: "Report the news of his visit truthfully, and the rest has nothing to do with us." "There's no content about making an enemy of a prospective knight in our task list..." ... "Those people just now..." Sitting upright in the carriage, Chen Heng was lost in thought, thinking at this moment: "Were they Princess Oliman's people?" This possibility had just arisen and was immediately rejected by him. Those people had shown hostility towards him just now. If they were Princess Oliman's people, they shouldn't have been like this. After all, at this moment, he didn't have any conflicts with Princess Oliman. Even if Knight Maidel didn't like him, he wouldn't have found such a group of people to lurk and watch him. Then, were they people from other forces? Who were they targeting? Carey, Vinal, or him? Chen Heng was thinking about this. At this moment, he became more and more certain that his decision to leave was a very correct choice. However, as time passed, no one knew what the situation in Kutu City would become. Time passed slowly. In the next few days, Chen Heng visited his friends in Kutu City one after another and informed them of his itinerary. In Kutu City, he didn't have many friends, but it still took some time to visit them one by one. It wasn't until a few days later that he set off on his journey.