"Your majesty..... we have arrived."

"Lieutenant Beri, what exactly is going on here?"

"Sigh...Yes your majesty, here's a letter for you."

--A few minutes later--

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.

Right now, Beri and his crew had finally arrived in Ngum City as per their original plans.

They were to come on over, pick Landon up, and head on back to Baymard swiftly.

Of course at the same time, if the doctors assigned for research had come up with what they believed was a proper theory, hypothesis and solution for the Shinjep disease..... then he would go back with some of the doctors and produce effective drugs that had the right formula and elements for curing the disease.

For sure, Landon decided to leave the rest of the nurses, doctors and soldiers here..... since they needed to continue looking out for the citizens, as well as containing the disease while waiting for the cure to he sent back.

So with all that said, Landon did expect Beri to arrive at Ngum city within this time frame.

But what he didn't expect, was that apart from the Prisoners... Beri and his crew would also drag along 3 other captives as well.

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Of the bat, Landon could tell that these captives had somewhat special identities.

Because even though they were tied up and bounded, they were made to travel within regular wagons rather than prison wagons.

But funny enough even with their special identities, they were still gagged and tied up like common prisoners.

What had they done for them to be shipped to him in this manner?

Of course, he knew that Beri had the rest had probably left their mouths gagged for a good reason.

Looking at their arrogant and condescending stars, Landon was sure that if he removed what was in their mouths.... they would rain insults on him nonstop.

And one shouldn't forget that when travelling, to avoid large flocks of thrives or bandits, it was better to shut up.

So with these captives yapping and maybe even screaming all day long, why wouldn't they get gagged?

Sure, Beri and the rest might be able to deal with thieves and bandits.... but why take the risk?

Landon looked at them and sighed.

He could see their arrogance from a mile away.

And looking at their faces, he also had a guess as to who they really were.

But just to be sure, he decided to swiftly read the letter so as to confirm his suspicions on the matter.

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Opening the envelope, Landon quickly realized that 4 letters had been put into the envelope.

The first letter was from Santa.

Of course, trust Santa to write rubbish within the first few paragraphs.

He wrote about missing Landon, missing Landon's cooking and whatnot.

And at this point, Landon truly wondered when he had ever cooked for this brother of his.

For sure, there were other nonsensical things written in the note as well.

But the only thing that was worth mentioning in this sea of nonsense called a letter, was the fact that he and Penelope had decided to get married next summer.

With that, Landon placed the note away immediately and focused on the other 3 notes.

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The second was from Penelope and the third was from Carmelo.

These 2 letters focused on government affairs and health matters in Carona.

Of course, they also focused on talking about the overall state of the prisoners, as well as giving gratitude to the fact that Beri and the crew had left tips on how to properly manage their prison and prisoners.

They also thanked Landon for going out of his way to solve the Shinjep problem.

When Beri had previously told them how serious the situation was, they were utterly shocked by it all and were a little bit terrified too.

So from the letter, they would also gather and send some more people to Ngum city to help the Baymardian soldiers, doctors and nurses out immediately.

From the note, Carmelo would personally come down to take a look and help out in the matter.

And since he might be staying here for months, of course Carmelo couldn't follow Beri back at that time, as he had to plan out his stay in Ngum city..... as well as spend time with his family before leaving.

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"Lieutenant Beri...you and your team did well in guiding the Caronian prison guards on how to properly run their prison.

Keep up the good work!"

"Thank you, sir!" They responded in unison.

With that, Landon kept the letters from those 2 away..... and now focused on the final one.

This one was from Adrian... And sure enough, it detaily explained why they had bundled up and shipped these 3 captives to him.

Landon read the letter silently, before walking towards the captives calmly.

"Remove the cloth in their mouths."

"Yes, your majesty!" Answered a few soldiers standing close to the captives.

Now, the captives could speak freely.

"You bunch of insolent fools!

How dare you keep up tied up like this?

Do you know who we are?

No!.... Do you know who I AM?

How dare to keel this prince tied up?"

"As the second prince of Carona, I demand that you barbarians quickly take us back to the palace now and I might just forgive you all for doing all this."

"So you all think that you're so slick?

Aren't you the ones who convinced grandfather and father to send us here?

Do you think that I don't know what is going on?

I'm sure that you and that wicked sister of ours sent us here to die right?"

"What?

Brother is what you're saying true?"

"Of course it's TRUE!"

"Dammit!

So you all are working for that b**ch sister of ours?

Is she so threatened by us that she made you all do this?

Well, screw you then!

I'm immortal and cannot die now, so do your worst!!"

"_"

The surrounding soldiers looked at the captives and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Apart from insulting them, these captives would answer their own questions and come up with their own theories as to why they were here.

What sort of people had they been forced to kidnap?

Landon could almost imagine Carmelo and Adrian giving him a slight smile.

Curses!

He had been HAD.