The sound of hooves was already at her ears. Lou Sha turned her head and saw an unbelievable scene. A horse had flung off the knight on its back and, surpassing the other horses, was the first to run beside them.
At this moment, Lou Sha couldn’t think about the reason behind this. She quickly flipped onto the horse and grabbed the reins.
"Tianmiao! Give me your hand!" Lou Sha shouted.
Tianmiao leaned sideways and placed her hand on Lou Sha’s arm. With a tug, Lou Sha pulled Tianmiao to sit in front of her.
"Let’s go!" Lou Sha urged the horse forward with a squeeze of her legs, and the black steed galloped away.
"Chase them! Don’t let these little bitches get away!" Andophin ran out, frantically blowing a whistle, the signal to mobilize the knights ambushed around. Every time a girl truly managed to escape the ancient castle, what awaited her was the chase of these surrounding knights.
In an instant, dozens of knights appeared from all directions, pursuing them.
Lou Sha frowned. That damn Andophin! Just as she thought, no girl has ever walked out of this castle, and even if she did, she was met not with Gold Coin and a commoner’s identity as a reward, but with death.
The knights were getting closer and closer. Just when Lou Sha was feeling desperate, she saw a horse and rider appear ahead, and the leading one was her lover, Ai Ke!
"Ai Ke!" Lou Sha called out loudly.
"Lou Sha!!!" Ai Ke drew the longsword at his waist and charged crazily towards them. At this moment, his heart was torn apart because several sharp longswords had already appeared behind Lou Sha. His lover, about to be...
The next moment, Ai Ke was astonished to see all those knights roll to the ground, in a pathetic state.
"Ai Ke!" Lou Sha and Ai Ke finally reunited.
The two dismounted and embraced each other tightly.
"Thank God, Lou Sha, I didn’t lose you." Ai Ke held Lou Sha tightly, nearly on the brink of tears.
"Ai Ke, you came, you came." Lou Sha happily hugged Ai Ke back.
"Kill these people," Ai Ke turned to the side and ordered.
"Yes." The knights Ai Ke brought began to slash at Andophin’s knights.
"Stop, what do you want to do? We are Duke Andophin’s knights."
"How dare you?"
"Ah—"
The screams rose and fell, yet Ai Ke showed no mercy.
He dared not imagine what kind of harm his precious would have suffered if he had been a step late. Since Lou Sha’s disappearance, he had been investigating, and finally found out that Lou Sha had been sold to Andophin and discovered the insane game Andophin was running behind the scenes. As for these knights who aided the tyrant, they completely violated the chivalric spirit and deserved to die.
"Darling, can you now tell me who you really are?" Lou Sha tilted her head and asked Ai Ke.
"My identity? If you want to be a Queen, I can try to make that happen." Ai Ke smiled.
"Okay, I really want to be one. So, when will it be possible?" At that moment, Lou Sha understood Ai Ke’s identity. The King’s only son, often at odds with the King’s governance, yet loved by the people—the Prince.
"Just hold on a little longer, it will be soon." Ai Ke kissed Lou Sha’s forehead.
Tianmiao watched the reunion of the lovers with a faint smile on her face.
"Who is this?" Ai Ke looked at Tianmiao and asked Lou Sha, puzzled.
"My savior, Tianmiao." Lou Sha smiled with her lips pursed.
"Thank you, Miss Tianmiao, for saving the most important person in my life." Ai Ke solemnly bowed.
(Tomorrow, we end this world and begin a new one.)