Chapter 252 - ONLY SHE CAN DO

He told them, "Then she has to create the diversion herself."

Darius was confused. "I know she is a troublemaker but how is she going to do it?"

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Later that night, in the Saint Palace, Veronica gathered all kinds of clothes she could collect. Aside from curtains, she took bed covers, bed sheets, pillows, and dresses from the wardrobe. 

She gathered everything in the middle of the room. Afterward, she brought the oil lamp forward. 

After extinguishing the fire, she damped the corner of the pile of clothes with the oil. 

Later, she changed into a black dress and then cut it short so that it would be easy to move.

Afterward, she used the candlelight fire to burn the pile of clothes. With the help of the oil, the fire spread quickly.

Veronica hurriedly moved away as the heat touched her skin. 

'Distraction is done. I need to move out.'

Before the fire could spread, she went to the balcony and crossed the railing. 

The wind blew and caressed her cheeks. A few strands of her hair danced and tickled her neck.

Her heart was beating crazily. She was so nervous that her palms started sweating. 

As she blindly and quickly tried to move, her left leg slipped and caused her a huge accident.

In the meantime, the fire spread fast and the whole room was on fire. In the late-night, the huge fire in the palace was too conspicuous. 

It was easily noticed by the guards outside the palace. 

"Hey! There is a fire!"

The one who noticed first, shouted. Others followed his gaze and then ran toward the palace.

At the same time, as the smoke rose, it sipped through the door. The dark smoke was noticeable in the bright corridor.

The guards immediately noticed and nervously banged the door.

"Miss Veronica, are you there? Are you okay?"

They heard no reply and it made them fearful of something happening to her. After all, she had many enemies.

With their leader's signal, they opened the door and were welcomed by a huge fire. The fire already reached the door.

They instantly stepped backward so that they wouldn't be engulfed by the fiery fire. 

The leader shouted at his team, "What are you doing? You serve your land by fearing the fire?! How shameful! Go inside and come out with Miss Veronica. We mustn't let her die."

The soldiers were ashamed after being scolded and rushed inside the room. 

The fire was too much. Their skin burned and yet they didn't stop looking for Veronica.

During that time, their leader instructed others to bring water to extinguish the fire. The fire spread so much that it threatened to burn down the whole palace.

The soldiers from the outside brought buckets of water to dampen the fire.

They were all so busy snuffing out the fire that they forgot about Veronica.

The guards from the inside came out and reported, "Sir, we don't see Miss Veronica inside."

Their leader's expression changed. "What did you say? Where could she have gone?"

The healers were called since some guards got injured in the process of looking for Veronica.

Their leader commanded another soldier to ring the bell. When the bell rang, the whole palace ground was in chaos. The soldiers realized that their captive blessed child was missing.

Prince Gerald just went to his bedroom with a heavy heart after being heavily scolded by his father, King Graham the fourth. 

He was grounded because he violated the rules and regulations when he went to the forbidden library with his soldiers.

Without changing his uniform, he was just going to lie down on the bed when he heard the bell ringing. 

Cursing in his mind, he abruptly stood up. He sprinted out of his room. He headed to the Saint's Palace.

By the time he reached there, most of the soldiers were mobilized to control the fire. 

The fire already reached the closest rooms and floors. The wind was assisting the fire to spread even further.

"Why is there so much fire? What the hell is going on?" Prince Gerald asked the nearest soldier. 

The soldier flinched as he met Prince Gerald. He didn't expect the prince to be here.

He answered, "Your Highness, somehow the fire broke out and we are trying to extinguish it. Also, the blessed child disappeared. Some of us are already searching for her."

Prince Gerald heard the story and gritted his teeth in anger. 

He barked at the soldier, "What do you mean by 'somehow'? It's obvious that the scheming bitch created this mess. I'll go look for her! Lead the way!"

"Y-yes!"

While the whole palace was in chaos, Veronica was trembling. She almost slipped and fell down.

Her eyes swept over the dark ground where her left shoe had vanished and her heart shuddered. If she fell like her shoe did, she would die for sure.

Veronica bit down her lower lip hard so that she couldn't yell and give away her position. 

She could taste something metallic and realized that she bit down on her lower lip too hard. 

Her hands were having a hard time as they grabbed onto the railing with all her might.

'I mustn't fall. I can't fall now. I can't give up!.'

Giving herself some courage, she looked for a place to keep her left foot on. The place to keep her right foot was too cramped.

The moment her unsteady legs stepped away from the balcony, the commotion was created in her room.

Although the palace sun sheds were wider than the normal houses, she was still on the fourth floor. 

Fortunately, this part was covered with trees. The soldiers from the outside couldn't see her even if they wanted to.

She did her best to go to the corner. There were kitchen and washroom pipes. She could climb down using them.

All of a sudden, her barefoot touched something sharp and it cut through her skin.

"Nng!" Veronica nearly cried out in pain. 

Biting her wounded lip, she tried to endure the pain. Her foot was in so much pain. 

With a bleeding foot, how could she climb down the pipes?

"Veronica."

At that moment, she heard a soft voice.

Her body momentarily froze.. She slowly turned around to see who it was.