Chapter 347 Returning Home

Familiar corridors, familiar gardens.

Eileen opened her eyes wide and looked at everything familiar. After being away from home for more than a year and a half, there were basically no changes in the palace.

She took Liya and hurried through the corridors, rushing towards the queen's palace.

"Your Highness the Princess?", "Your Highness Irene?", "Thank you Heavenly Father!"...

The palace servants they met along the way showed expressions of surprise. The little princess suddenly disappeared. It was publicly stated that she went to live with Gabeira's relatives. She didn't come back for more than a year. Anyone could guess. Something is definitely wrong. Eileen usually treats her servants very gently and kindly. Naturally, they don't want anything bad to happen to the little princess. Now that she has reappeared in the palace safely, everyone who meets her feels happy from the bottom of their hearts. Breathe a sigh of relief.

Eileen smiled at every servant who saluted her, but her pace did not slow down at all.

Finally, she came to the palace that made her dream, and a woman's figure appeared at the door.

"Mother!" Irene cried and threw herself into the arms of Queen Phyllis.

The queen hugged the princess tightly and could not say a word. The two lines of clear tears on her cheeks showed her inner excitement. The surrounding female officials and servants also wiped away their tears.

After Velos landed ashore, he sent people to rush to Jingyao day and night to report, so Queen Felice already knew the news that Irene had returned. However, in order to avoid any complications, no one told the queen and her group about the pirates' encounter.

"Irene...my baby...why are you so cruel..."

"I'm sorry, mother, I should come back earlier."

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried for a long time before they separated under the persuasion of people around them.

The female guard Liya suddenly knelt down on one knee to the queen and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please punish me for the sins I have committed."

Queen Phyllis stared at her for a long time, shook her head and said: "No, you are not guilty. Liya, Irene is the master you serve, and it was her decision to run away from home, not you - although I don't want to see it To such a thing. And you... faithfully fulfilled the obligations of a knight."

"Your Majesty the Queen..." Liya still didn't raise her head, her voice was choked.

Queen Felice supported the female knight with both hands, "Get up, loyal knight, and see who is coming to see you."

Liya looked past the queen, and a pair of figures caught her eye.

"Father! Mother!"

She was so surprised that she shouted out.

"Liya!" "My daughter!"

The family of three hugged each other tightly.

…

In the side hall of the palace, King Rodney was discussing the specific matters of the Northwest Fleet with the Abbotts.

"Your Majesty, the Northwest Fleet is equipped with powerful weapons, and they have rich experience in dealing with pirates. When I first arrived in the Northwest Gulf, it was also ravaged by pirates, but it was wiped out within half a year. Ah... of course , This time, of course, we still have to rely on the regular army of the Kingdom under His Majesty’s command, and those people from the northwest will surely bow to His Majesty’s power.”

Hansel was talking eloquently, and it seemed that as long as the two armies worked together, the pirates' defeat would be certain.

"Well, I also know something about how Count Grayman destroyed the pirates."

The king thought thoughtfully, "Ah, although he is young, he is indeed a capable lord. By the way... Hansel, it is said that Count Grayman invented a weapon that can breathe fire, and the effect is outstanding. What do you think? Do you understand?"

"Uh... this... Your Majesty, the official names should actually be artillery and muskets, one big and one small. It's just... it's just..."

Hansel said hesitantly: "Earl Greyman is very strict about keeping secrets. If you are not from Alda's army, it is difficult to know the specific situation."

"Um...Okay." Rodney did not pursue the question. Which of the older nobles did not have their own secrets? There were some things that even the king could not force the other party to reveal.

At this time, an attendant hurried over and whispered a few words into Rodney's ear.

Hansel clearly felt that the king who was so majestic just now was suddenly no longer calm. His facial expression became excited. It could be seen that most of it was happiness, but there was also a bit of... anger? This is a bit confusing.

"cough……"

King Rodney cleared his throat and regained his previous dignity and composure.

He said to Hansel's father: "Sir Abbott, please come here today. Your son has done a good job."

Old Abbott quickly stood up and said humbly, "Your Majesty is so complimentary."

The king turned to Hansel and said: "I will give you a written order tomorrow. You can take it to Kiel Port to find the local administrator. He will cooperate with you to deal with the repair and supply of the northwest fleet."

"Yes, Your Majesty the King!" Hansel replied respectfully.

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"Then, you should go back and rest first."

The king stood up and ended the interview. The Abbotts and his son watched Rodney leave the side hall through the side door.

As soon as King Rodney was out of sight of the Abbotts, he walked faster, and his bodyguards hurriedly followed him.

He didn't stop until he reached the queen's bedroom, adjusted his clothes slightly, and then walked in unhurriedly.

Entering the living room of the palace, he finally saw the person he wanted to see - Irene cuddled next to her mother, and the mother and daughter were talking to each other.

"Your Majesty, you are here." The parents of the female knight Leah noticed the king coming in and immediately came forward to greet him.

Irene then noticed her father coming in. She stood up in a hurry, but she didn't dare to look directly at Rodney. She was at a loss, a bit like a child who had done something wrong - in a sense, she did do something wrong.

Queen Phyllis hurried to her husband, glared at him, and whispered "warning": "Don't scare the child."

The king muttered: "I know."

He came to Irene, looked at his daughter who was anxiously lowering her head, stretched out his hand and gently stroked her little head, and said in a tone of blame and guilt: "You silly child, why did you run away without saying a word? Do you know how worried your mother has been these days?"

"Father." The king's touch made Irene put down all the grudges in her heart. She rushed into her father's arms, and the long-lost warmth returned to her body.

"I was scared." Irene choked with tears and said, "I was scared. I was really scared at that time."

"That kind of fear is not the fear of being punished by you for doing something wrong, but a kind of fear that cannot be described."

"I know... I know..." The king repeated slowly, and his guilt became stronger.

"I will never again..." He was about to say this, but he didn't say it out loud. When the interests of the country and the happiness of his daughter were once again weighed in front of him, what choice would he make?

"Father in heaven! Punish me." Rodney said silently in his heart.