Heir to the Kingdom of 1.4 billion people

Chapter 25 My Master is Waiting for You
At noon, the sunlight was like a blunt knife, barely penetrating the dense canopy of trees.

And below, a winding path passes through the dense forest and leads to the distance.

That is the only way to get to Fruit Basket Village.

A carriage was parked by the side of the road. Its body was carefully carved from the finest oak, as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the faint golden light of the setting sun.

The roof of the carriage was covered with soft purple velvet curtains, the edges of which were intricately embroidered with silver thread, and the carriage was pulled by two black horses with shiny fur.

Viscount Cullen Hughes was lying in the front room of the carriage, throwing the red fruits in his hand into the air out of boredom. He would catch them when they fell, and repeat this over and over again.

At this moment, he was wearing a well-tailored black suit and an exquisite silver tie. If it weren't for his overly broad shoulders and casual movements, he would have looked like a noble gentleman.

Near the carriage, there were several guards on horseback, who were vigilantly observing the surrounding environment to protect the viscount's safety.

Of course, they knew very well that this was just a pretense. After all, everyone knew that the lord was the strongest in the entire territory.

Tapping.

At this time, a burst of rapid horse neighing came from a distance. The guards immediately raised their spears vigilantly, and only let down their guard after seeing the identity of the visitor.

"My lord, Sir Knight Thorin has returned." The guard reported.

"Finally, I'm almost strangled to death by this tie!"

Karen was overjoyed when he heard this. He bit the red fruit in his hand into pieces and swallowed it without even spitting out the core.

"My Lord, the prince has agreed to your request for a meeting at sunset."

Knight Thorin, who had come riding on horseback, quickly jumped off his horse and said respectfully.

"You agreed so readily? It seems the probability is really going to increase a lot." Karen thought thoughtfully.

"Sunset is almost here. Get ready. We'll set off immediately."

Karen crossed his arms and stretched his waist vigorously, then jumped from the front room of the carriage to the ground.

This fancy carriage was not prepared for himself, but was part of the dowry that his wife Denise brought from Martha's family.

If the prince's identity was genuine, then this luxurious carriage was the simple vehicle used to take him from the village to Black Wolf Castle.

After all, it would be too unpleasant to let the heir of a superpower live in a dilapidated village in his own territory. Even he, who has never valued aristocratic etiquette, felt that he really should be expelled from the nobility.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that the other party is really the first person to return from the East Continent in hundreds of years, and his identity is most likely the heir to the super kingdom that rules the entire East Continent.

If it's fake... Karen's eyes gradually became dangerous, and a cold murderous intent burst out from him. The soldiers around him only felt a tingling sensation on their scalps.

Then he can only experience the pain of watching himself being eaten by a pack of wolves.

"Ow!"

Karen took a deep breath, and then a sound similar to a wolf howl came out of his mouth.

Hey!
A moment later, an extremely shrill wolf howl came from the distant dense forest on the right side of the road.

Bang bang bang!
Accompanied by a series of crisp sounds of branches breaking and the heavy breathing of some large creature, a huge monster slowly walked out of the dark forest and entered everyone's sight.

It was a ferocious black wolf with a shoulder height of more than two meters and a body length of five or six meters. The wolf leader that had pounced on Xia Mingyu in the past was less than half of its size.

Its body is covered with muscular muscles, and its dark fur glows coldly in the dim light. One can imagine how terrifying it must be when it shuttles through the dense forest to hunt.

In its fang-filled mouth, it was tightly biting the corpse of another gray wolf, and smelly blood was spilled all over the ground.

The wolf was noticeably larger than an ordinary wolf, yet it became nothing more than food for the giant wolf. For some reason, facing this ferocious beast, neither the guards nor Knight Thorin showed any signs of panic.

"Kurowei, didn't I tell you to just go to the jungle and relax and not hunt?" Karen frowned.

"We're going to meet an important person. If you offend him, I'll punish you severely!"

This giant beast was none other than his knight's mount—the overlord of the Howling Wolf Forest, the Black Abyss Wolf.

It was thanks to this magical beast mount that he was able to defeat many extraordinary knights alone and achieve great deeds, and earned the title of "Howling Wolf".

Hey!
Feeling the hostility in his master's tone, Heiwei bit the wolf's head into pieces with one bite, and then swallowed and chewed it in big mouthfuls.

Go, go, go.

Accompanied by a series of hair-raising chewing sounds, soon only a piece of dry skin remained of the wolf's corpse.

Then, Heiwei began to lick his fur like a house cat. Only when there was no more blood on his huge body did he come to Karen, wagging his tail and sticking out his tongue to please him.

"Hey, you're obviously a wolf, how can you act like a dog!"

Seeing his partner's fawning look, Karen's anger instantly disappeared and he shrugged helplessly.

Heiwei continued to wag his tail as if he didn't hear anything, and a hint of human contempt flashed in his dark green wolf eyes.

Is it good to be a wolf?
Being exposed to the wind and sun, and having no one to take care of you when you are sick, is nothing compared to being a "dog" and living in a castle every day with special servants to serve you.

"lets go."

Karen jumped up and jumped onto the back of the Black Abyss Wolf.

Afterwards, the group headed towards the Fruit Basket Village.
The sun sets.

The sunlight is no longer as scorching as at noon, but becomes softer.

The golden sunlight flowed down from the blue sky like melted honey, dyeing the fields golden. The emerald green orchard in the distance trembled slightly in the breeze, like a watercolor painting soaked in water.

Karen and his group arrived at the entrance of Guolan Village on time.

For nobles, being late is considered rude, but arriving early for a visit is also considered rude.

"Welcome, Viscount Hughes."

The girl in a blue dress lifted the hem of her skirt and bowed slightly.

"You are."

Looking at the beautiful girl in front of him who looked like a sculpture carefully carved by a god in the sunlight, Karen couldn't help but flash a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Although he was used to seeing beauties, even his wife Danielle was a famous beauty in the southern part of the kingdom.

But the girl in front of him did have a kind of otherworldly and stunning feeling, even Danielle was slightly inferior to her.

But soon Karen's eyes gradually calmed down.

If he had met such a beautiful girl at the age of 18, he might have pursued her and courted her at all costs, but now he is 32 years old and is afraid of paying his dues every day, so he only feels back pain.

"I am Anlia, your Highness's maid. My master is already waiting for you. Please go and meet him immediately."

The girl looked calm, as if the person in front of her was not the lord who held the power of life and death over all the people in the territory, but just an ordinary guest who came to visit.

(End of this chapter)