But she did.
And Prince Lester will always remember Aurora’s kindness.
But for other people in his life, even his own blood related parents... Prince Lester had to say that he didn’t care for them.
He knew that his mother had passed away not long after his own departure.
And when Prince Lester heard that, he didn’t feel anything.
It was as if the one who died was someone unrelated to him and the news was only met with indifference.
"No," Prince Lester replied.
"I see." Aurora nodded and took another sip of water.
She was not surprised by Prince Lester’s indifference towards his own parent’s life and death. Because if Aurora had to say, she herself would not care whether Duke White and Duchess Isabella were alive or dead.
Even if the two of them were to die and the news were delivered to her, Aurora would not think too much and only nodded at the news.
Because in her opinion, there was no need to care about these two.
She enjoyed reading about their misery from the arrangement that she had made. But whether they would last until the end or not was another question. And Aurora would only watch them with indifference.
Have they ever treated her as their daughter?
Or it was a mere tool to succeed the White Dukedom?
Or a tool to earn money?
Aurora didn’t know and didn’t want to care about it.
"After reaching the Red Kingdom, try to stay low and don’t wander around," Aurora reminded. "There are still spies from the Ice Kingdom there."
No matter what, Aurora didn’t want Prince Lester to lose his life when they entered the Red Kingdom.
The war between the Red Kingdom and the Ice Kingdom had only ended not long ago. There were still many remnants of the Ice Kingdom spies who lurked in the Red Kingdom to watch over the situation.
In case the Red Kingdom wanted to change their minds midway, they had to be prepared for another war.
These two kingdoms were indeed mortal enemies.
They had fought against each other for so many years and there had never been any conclusion. It seemed that the battle between the two kingdoms might even last until next generations or even the one afterwards.
Unless they could reach some kind of conclusion.
But based on the fact that the Ice Kingdom was still adamant on fighting, they should covet the resources that existed in the Red Kingdom. After all, war was mostly because of resources more than any other thing.
"Yes, Miss," Prince Lester replied in a low voice.
He also didn’t want to be found by those people from the Ice Kingdom. If they were to know that he was living well as Aurora’s knight, Prince Lester was sure that they would come and disturb him.
He couldn’t let that happen.
Aurora held the jug in her hand and slowly stood up. "Let’s go back. The horse should have enough rest. Call William and Les to go."
"Yes, Miss."
This was just a short break and Aurora was able to think about other things.
Since she planned to stay in the Red Kingdom next, Aurora had to remember and understand the relationship between the Red Kingdom with the other kingdoms nearby.
The Ice Kingdom had a lot of conflicts with the Red Kingdom.
Hoping for a stable and long lasting cooperation with the people there would be close to impossible. Aurora also wouldn’t think that her existence can change any of that, so this matter was an immediate pass.
She would rather think about other methods.
The Mountain Kingdom...
It has been a secluded kingdom for so many years and Aurora didn’t think that they would want to open up their kingdom for trades. She could try to send some people for inquiry and also investigation but she shouldn’t expect too much.
’As expected, the stable ones are only these four kingdoms.’
Aurora shook her head, not too surprised by this matter.
She knew better than anyone that the treaty between the four kingdoms would definitely last for a long time and it was the Red Kingdom who had the advantage. After all, that lake was in their territory but the river flowed to the other three kingdoms.
So the control was in the Red Kingdom.
If not because of the war with the Ice Kingdom, it was estimated that Aurora would not be able to make that profitable deal back then. At most, she could only ask for a bit more for the Yellow Kingdom.
Then again, she would no longer represent the Yellow Kingdom.
As for the fate of the Yellow Kingdom next?
Aurora felt that they would be fine as long as Crown Prince Edward didn’t sit on the throne in the end. That stupid prince might not even know that 1 plus 1 is two much less many other things.
After interacting with him, Aurora had lost hope in him.
And Adela?
Expecting her somewhat naive sister to help Crown Prince Edward was nothing more than a pipe dream. It was more like the two of them would fool around together rather than doing anything that would benefit the kingdom.
Besides...
Aurora doubted that Crown Prince Edward would be able to keep his position.
Even though the news she got was that the Yellow Kingdom wavered and wanted to test Crown Prince Edward, Aurora was sure that Crown Prince Edward would never be able to pass the test.
There was no need for her to do anything.
That man was basically digging his own grave.
Aurora was sure that if Crown Prince Edward has been born in any other family who didn’t pamper him so much, he would have to work hard to do whatever he wanted. At the very least, it was clear that Crown Prince Edward would not be able to stay still and wasted his time every day like he did in the past.
But there was no if.