CHAPTER 48

Matthew was able to prove the evidence against him was false now, but hadn’t used that yet, and kept getting people on his side to just make his time here longer, through either demanding more evidence against him or making the public declare his innocence.

When he was finally going to get out…He had too much work to do!

To a certain degree, Matthew wasn’t looking forward to what he had to do when he got out of prison!

His cultivation seemed to have slowed down considerably, since he was locked up to one place. Still able to meditate upon two meditations, it wasn’t put to a complete stop, but his goal had not been reached…

“Yes, Your Highness.” Band One replied.

After so long…Matthew had lost a bit of hope in finding the la.s.s. His spiritual essence had disappeared from her a few months ago now.

“…She’s better off being away from here…Wherever she is…” The Second Prince sighed.

Band One was at a loss, he had spent so much time watching this girl and then to find this girl…Now that he had found her…

“Your Highness?”

The Second Prince interrupted him, “I can’t handle disappointment at the moment.”

As it was, he hadn’t found his mother and sister yet either…If he got recent news of still being unable to find the la.s.s as well…

“…I found her…Your Highness.”

Unable to see his master at such a loss, Band One let his words out, in hope that his master would become happier again. Having followed him since he was still a child and he being in a leader among many ‘Bands’ now, he knew that their master and subordinate relations.h.i.+p was quite close…And seeing him this way…

Silence entered the prison cell and the Second Prince looked at his closest subordinate. Having heard those words, Matthew felt his heartbeat…He felt himself breathing, in and then out, feeling air going through his lungs.

Life and excitement was now seen in his eyes and Matthew found himself refreshed.

After a full minute, the Prince finally smiled, then laughed heartily. “Then it is time! Send the signal, this Prince is getting out of prison!”

Strangely enough, the Second Prince left both the prison and the capital of Green Haven, disappearing without a clue!

Matthew only left behind evidence that the reason he was in jail was not relevant anymore. And with this information, the Emperor was silently relieved, he didn’t want to become a ruler that didn’t follow laws and evidence. He had tried to help the Second Prince, in delaying any kind of conclusion to the investigation, but…He had run out of ideas a long time ago to help his son. What he hadn’t expected, was his disappearance…Did he perhaps leave, to never return?

Having only seen him once the entire time his son was in Prison, and now to have him gone…

What worried the Emperor, was how the evidence from the Second Prince was left. One note was in the prison cell, which claimed his innocence, but secretly, another note was sent to the Emperor himself.

What Matthew had written, with his evidence to the Emperor, is that he had left the evidence, exactly like the one he gave him, and that if nothing is said about it, then there are people not doing things properly inside of the prison. He wrote to have someone that the Emperor trusted, to watch and see what happens.

Taking the Second Prince’s words, feeling both trust, but also disbelief on the situation, he still sent someone to keep an eye on the ‘letter’, that was left behind in the prison cell.

Watching this ‘letter’, was only a prelude to something bigger upon Matthew’s return back to the capital. Wanting the Emperor to be somewhat prepared, Matthew had done this on purpose, so the Emperor would be personally involved…

Matthew hadn’t told the Emperor where he went, leaving only a quick last note of stating he will return and hopes that the Emperor stays well…

The Emperor knew that favouring a single Prince could cause ha.s.sles. Yet, he wished he could show more emotional support to the Second Prince, as he knew that the Crowned Prince had given him troubles. The Crowned Prince was the first-born male, he was older, and yet didn’t satisfy the Emperor’s conditions of becoming the monarch. What the Emperor hoped, was that the Second Prince may change his mind and become someone that would take the seat of the Emperor once again. The Crowned Prince had already been warned once, quite some years ago, about his position and how he must act. But, the Emperor has seen very little improvement since, and silently wishes for the Second Prince to disregard his publicized request of never taking the throne of Green Haven…