Chapter 385 - Exasperated Jean
"Right this way your highness," Jean forced out a smile before leading the way.
He had set up a small banquet to welcome the Crown Prince, but unfortunately, the Crown Prince didn't even give him the chance and went straight to the point.
Gerald followed behind them confidently, he had already spoken to Grey before the Crown Prince arrived, and Grey had confirmed that he had already left the manor.
He didn't care how Grey left, all that mattered was that he was no longer there. He also asked him if he was sure the ladies were still kept in the cage, which Grey affirmed to.
Jean tried starting a conversation with the Crown Prince as he led them to the place, but after only getting a 'hmm' and a nod from him, he knew the Crown Prince didn't want to speak to him.
He felt angered by this, after all, it had been a long time since someone neglected him in this manner. Other than Gerald, no one else had neglected him in Frost City.
Even though he was angry, he still wore a fake smile on his face..
It didn't take long before they got to the back of the main building where the room was built.
"We made a wooden room just for this kid since he's an Earth Elementalist. There are eight Overlord Plane experts guarding this place, so that some people wouldn't come to rescue him," Jean spoke the last part of his statement while purposely looking at Gerald.
The Crown Prince saw how he was looking at Gerald, and turned to look at him.
Gerald didn't say anything, no one here had the right to question him. Even if the Emperor were here, he didn't have the right.
Jean smiled internally, when he saw how the Crown Prince looked at Gerald. He had never liked him.
"Open the door," He ordered as they got close.
His head held high thinking of the contribution he had made to the empire.
"Your... your highness, the boy should be inside," Jean stuttered a little, but managed to quickly compose himself. The thought of Grey escaping wasn't something he believed was happening.
He currently felt maybe Grey had hidden somewhere in the room. Yes, that was it, he hid in the room.
"Bring the boy, his highness is waiting," He ordered.
His voice scared the two guards to the extreme.
They managed to come out of the room. The first guard was the one who broke the news to Jean, "My lord, the... the... the boy is... gone,"
While speaking, none of the guards dared to look at the face of Jean, they only focused on the ground.
"What?!" Jean exclaimed with his eyes widened.
"Come out here now!" He ordered while looking around.
Six Early stages Overlord Plane experts flew down from the sky, while two Mid stage experts came from the ground.
"What's the meaning of this?" The Crown Prince asked with a blank expression.
No one knew what he was thinking.
"Your highness, I can explain. The boy was here this morning. I even checked a few hours ago." Jean quickly tried to explain, "Where did you people put him?"
After explaining to the Crown Prince, he turned to the experts. The Early stage experts were hired, but the Mid stage experts were part of the family, people he trusted with his life. He was a hundred percent certain that they wouldn't betray him given their relationship.
"Isn't he inside?" One of the Overlord Plane experts in the Mid stages asked, a little confused.
Both experts in the Mid stages were Earth Elementalists, this was why they were able to perfectly sink into the ground and out without any problems.
All Earth Elementalists could do this, but it's only after getting to the Overlord Plane before they could.
"This... this..." Jean was short of words, he wanted to try to explain, but he didn't know what to say.