Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 262 I'm Willing

Princess Knaus the Seventeenth was very beautiful.

Even if having a dozen beautiful queens could improve King Knaus's ugly genes, not all princes and princesses could inherit the good parts.

But the seventeenth princess was truly lucky. She looked almost exactly like her biological mother.

She successfully snatched the title of the most beautiful woman in the royal family from her second sister.

As a princess, beauty is Seventeen's greatest asset besides power.

Therefore, unlike her sisters who were already married or in arranged marriages, she had been waiting for the perfect opportunity.

She sees herself as beautiful and intelligent, and capable of inheriting a fortune that would be considered astronomical by ordinary people, so her future husband could not possibly be an ordinary person.

In the eyes of the seventeenth princess, apart from the king and the grand duke, the rest were just ordinary men.

But she never imagined that the beautiful marriage she had longed for would end up being a marriage of convenience made out of compromise.

Although the marriage partner is a descendant of the Grand Duchess of Kema, she is just an ordinary person, and the possibility of her inheriting the Kema Duchy in the future is extremely slim.

Princess Seventeen still didn't understand that even though her brother Aruba had failed to advance to the second level of wizard, it wasn't like he had no chance.

There's no need to just bow down to the Principality of Kema like that.

The seventeenth princess, deeply disappointed, thus began her extravagant journey of marriage alliance.

For this reason, she even went so far as to include the court musician, who was recently favored by the First Queen (not her biological mother), in the marriage alliance.

Little did she know that she would be completely ensnared in this situation.

This charming and amorous princess could no longer look at anyone else and only wanted to stare at Victor every day.

"Victor, your name is so beautiful." At this moment, the seventeenth princess was resting her beautifully shaped chin on her hand, staring adoringly at the man in front of her.

"Just an ordinary name." Victor had little interest in communicating with the seventeenth princess, only occasionally lowering his head to pluck the strings of his harp, producing a few incoherent notes.

Even the chaotic musical notes brought a captivated smile to the Seventeenth Princess's face. "The journey must have been tiring, but don't worry, we'll be arriving in Mobei City soon. You'll stay in my room then, and if they dare to show the slightest disrespect, I'll tear down Mobei City!"

"Really? We're almost at Mobei City?" Victor suddenly looked a little lost, a few strands of silver hair hanging on his cheeks, making him look as fragile as a little white rabbit.

"Are you sad?" The seventeenth princess was so engrossed in watching that she forgot her promise to Victor and stood up to walk towards him without thinking.

She reached out, wanting to brush away the stray hair from Victor's head, and then wanted to hold the hair between her fingertips and gently twist it.

However, when her fingertips were still a few centimeters away from Victor, he suddenly turned his head and looked at her coldly, saying with disgust, "Don't touch me."

The seventeenth princess was startled and quickly took a step back.

But she wasn't angry; she just felt that Victor was in a bad mood.

"But why is Victor angry? Oh, right, going to Mobei City means my wedding celebration is getting closer and closer. He must be heartbroken."

Princess Seventeen suddenly realized that going to Mobei City wasn't such a good thing after all.

She put on a stern face, lifted the curtain of the carriage window, and said to the maid walking beside the carriage, "Tell the knight commander that I am not going to Mobei City."

The maid froze in place after hearing what the princess was saying.

But she didn't dare let the princess repeat herself, and hurriedly ran to the knight commander to report the situation.

The knight commander, who was still robust despite being over fifty, was dumbfounded upon hearing this and quickly came over to dissuade him.

However, this spoiled princess completely ignored the welcoming party waiting in Mobei City and insisted on staying in other towns.

The knight commander knew he couldn't confront the seventeenth princess head-on, so he summoned a local squire and asked in a low voice, "Are there any other towns nearby?"

The attendant thought for a moment and then respectfully said, "There are two fairly large towns nearby. The closest one should be Riding Sheep Town, and the other is Spinning Sail Town, which is a bit further away from here."

The knight commander immediately asked, "Which place is closer to Mobei City?"

"That's Mofan Town. If we ride at full speed, we can reach Mobei City in half a day."

What is the local custom like in Mofan Town?

"Although Mofan Town is closer to Mobei City, it is actually protected by the Wizard Tower, and the actual power is held by two first-level wandering wizard apprentices."

Upon hearing the first part of the sentence, the knight commander's heart tightened, but upon hearing the rest, he learned that there were only two first-level apprentices left in the town, so he let them go.

"A first-level apprentice? That's good. We have a third-level apprentice with us, so there's no need to worry. Let's go to Mofan Town, and then send two more people to Mobei City to deliver a message."

The knight commander thought to himself, "If it's the army of the Duchy of Kema that comes to pick them up, then it won't be me disobeying orders."

So, at the princess's insistence, the entire marriage procession deviated slightly from its original route and headed to an unknown town on the border.

As dusk approached, fortunately they arrived at a town not far from Mofan.

By the time we saw the highest rooftop in the town, the sun had already set behind the horizon, leaving only a faint red glow.

"oops!"

Just as the princess was trying her best to please Victor, she suddenly heard a maid outside the carriage window exclaim in surprise.

The atmosphere, which had just begun to heat up, was shattered. The princess struggled to suppress her anger. "What's wrong?"

"Princess, there are many earthen graves outside that town. And..."

"What?" The seventeenth princess looked out the car window, but only saw a few grave mounds, some of which had been dug up and were covered in blood.

She had only frowned slightly at first. Suddenly, glancing at Victor in the corner, she quickly clutched her forehead. "Oh dear, how terrible! Who's so wicked as to dig up someone's grave?"

Victor, who had been indifferent to the commotion outside, suddenly heard the grave being dug up. He gripped his harp and rushed to the car door to look out.

"Heh, interesting." He said "interesting" but his expression wasn't very good.

"Victor, don't be afraid. We'll leave here now and go to other towns."

"Silence!" Victor suddenly raised his right hand.

Before the carriage had even come to a complete stop, he nimbly jumped off and, to everyone's astonishment, walked a few steps to the edge of the field where neat rows of graves stood.

He stared intently at the dug-up graves, even sniffing them without batting an eye, before suddenly breaking into a smile.

Victor moved his lips and silently uttered two words.

When he turned back to the princess's carriage, he was all smiles and walking with ease.

This was the first time in so many days that the Seventeenth Princess had seen Victor smile like that, and she was momentarily stunned.

"Princess, it's quite common to bury graves in the countryside of a small town. The sun is setting, let's hurry into the city."

After saying that, he smiled, stepped onto the vehicle, and closed the door tightly, ignoring the complicated looks from the crowd.

"Aren't you angry?" The seventeenth princess, who had been thoroughly disciplined, asked Victor cautiously.

"Of course not, in fact, I'm very happy."

He was indeed very happy; even the last syllable of his voice was rising in pitch.

He rarely sat within a meter of the princess, and as he turned to the side, a ray of sunlight shone through the car window onto his face, giving his originally fair skin a warm hue.

The seventeenth princess was once again mesmerized.

"Victor, you're so handsome. If I had met you sooner, I would never have touched anyone else."

In the past, Victor would not have responded to such praise. But today, he smiled at the princess, then looked out the window at the sunset over the mountains.

By this time, the sun had mostly set behind the mountains, with only a sliver of red haze still struggling on the horizon.

But precisely because of this, against the backdrop of the dark blue sky, it appeared as red as fresh blood.

"Have you ever heard the phrase 'the setting sun is like blood'? Look how beautiful it is," Victor said softly.

"Not as good as you." The seventeenth princess had no interest in appreciating the scenery outside.

Victor was unusually nice to her, and she just wanted to seize the opportunity to take advantage of him tonight.

"I don't like a blood-red sunset, I like a sunset dripping with blood." Victor's smile widened, and he suddenly turned to the seventeenth princess and said, "Your Highness, let's take our relationship to the next level tonight."

Princess Seventeen was stunned; Victor had actually thought of the same thing as her!

"Really?"

"Are you willing?" Victor asked in return.

"I do, I do!" The princess showed no restraint whatsoever.

Victor's voice softened, "It's the kind where they take advantage of you completely, expose you, and then devour you."

The seventeenth princess suddenly felt her mouth go dry and couldn't help but lick her lips.

"I do."

(End of this chapter)