Princess Alice's Diary

Chapter 10 Robbers appear?

"Honey! You gave Alice five hundred gold coins!? Oh! Damn it! I don't care about the five hundred gold coins, but do you know what you are doing? Alice is only twelve years old!! Twelve years old!! Even so! She is very smart, but can she use the money well!? Didn’t you blame her for borrowing money from Clifford to open a pastry shop without authorization some time ago? Why did you give her five hundred gold coins now? " After Donna learned that her husband had given Alice five hundred gold coins to found a newspaper she had never heard of without consulting her, she came to question him angrily.

"Quiet, quiet, my dear, please keep quiet!" Eberron looked at his somewhat impatient wife, waved his hand to signal her to calm down, and said softly.

Donna calmed down her chest, which had just risen a little, and took a deep breath.

"You have to give me an explanation, otherwise, even if Alice blames me as a mother, I will take back the five hundred gold coins."

Looking at Donna who had not lost her composure for many years, Eberron said with some laughter and tears: "Look at the little guy's mother, it seems that she has snatched away my beautiful wife..."

Looking at his wife who was glaring at him, Eberron stopped joking.

"Well, although our daughter is only twelve years old, she is very unique, isn't she?" Eberron took his wife's hand and continued.

"She often has some fantastic ideas. Although they seem ridiculous, the actual implementation will surprise people unexpectedly. She rarely worries people. She has her own opinions since she was very young. Although she is sometimes naughty. She is naughty, but will not go too far. She listens to us very much. She works very hard to complete the tasks we give her, and she does it very well. Think about it, as a daughter, Alice has always taught us about Her request was fulfilled meticulously, and this is the first time my daughter has asked me as a father for something. Can I not agree? We have to believe her."

After listening to her husband's words, Donna felt a little relieved, but deep down she was still worried. She remembered the situation in her daughter's room a few days ago. Alice lay in her arms and sobbed silently, feeling the loneliness of being abandoned by her friends...

"Okay, dear, I know what you are worried about. I didn't let Alice do this alone. I sent a special person to help her. Don't worry, I will always pay attention to Alice. It's silky. I won't let her get hurt at all, I promise." Eberron pulled Donna into his arms and hugged her gently.

a long time……

"Dear, Alice, did she really not do anything to worry us? She had a conflict with Doris some time ago. Although I tried to enlighten her, I could see that she was still very uncomfortable in her heart. Yes. And! Two years ago, she jumped into the river to save someone. Oh my God, if the guards hadn’t followed her or hadn’t had time to save her, the consequences would have been disastrous!"

Eberron looked at his wife who was excited again and shook his head helplessly.

"If Alice is hurt at all, I will forcefully stop the newspaper she founded!" Donna said forcefully, looking like a heroic mother who would do anything for her children.

"Okay, I agree with you." Eberron knew that this was his wife's bottom line, and he agreed to her.

Seeing his wife who had left the study, Eberron secretly encouraged Alice in his heart: "Little guy, you have to work hard."

"The weather is really good today..." Eberron looked out the window at the clear sky. The air in the Noah Plains seemed to be very good after the rain.

"Dong dong dong." There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

"Your Majesty, a letter from Earl Clayton of Mandela City." David, the butler, handed over a letter.

Eberron took it apart and looked at it.

"Mandrake City was attacked by a gang of bandits, but the bandits were not wiped out by the soldiers of Mandela City. They seemed to have fled to the northern part of the Noah Plains..." Eberron murmured, suddenly remembering something.

"Oops! Alice seems to have gone out of town to visit the Emerald River in the north today."

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It's a nice day today, it's finally stopped raining for two days. Alice also listened to Bella's advice and walked out of the castle, which she had not left for many days, and came to the Emerald River.

Ever since her father agreed to Alice's decision to start her own newspaper, Alice's dull mood has improved a little.

"Ah~~ I really wanted to go get out of the newspaper office today, but my father said that the Reunion Festival is coming soon, and we will wait until after the Reunion Festival." Alice said, sitting quietly on the tablecloth spread on the grass.

"Bella, have you ever thought about what you will do in the future?"

"Always follow Miss." Bella said calmly while placing the pastry on the tablecloth.

Looking at Bella who was busy, Alice felt that she had asked the wrong person this question.

Bella was an orphan and was adopted by the Eberrons. She was raised as Alice's shadow and playmate. The idea that Alice was everything to her, apart from the Eberrons, had been instilled in her since she was a child, and this idea was deeply ingrained. But Bella is a living person after all. Does she really not have anything she wants to do?

"Bella, you seem to seldom... No, you have never smiled in front of me at all. Don't you know how to smile?" Alice was recently troubled by Doris's affairs and left Bella aside. And temporarily forgot about the kiss.

Bella was silent.

After Alice looked at the nearby guards who were some distance away from them, she moved herself to Bella.

Bella looked at Alice strangely.

"That..." Alice took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind.

"That day...that kiss..."

Just when Alice was hesitating and unable to speak clearly, Bella interrupted her.

"Miss, it's just a kiss, it doesn't matter." Bella said lightly, but in her heart she was asking herself, "Does it really not matter?"

"Hehehe..." Alice scratched her head.

Alice watched the pastry Bella being carefully prepared, and suddenly felt a feeling that she didn't understand Bella at all.

Bella was brought to the castle when Alice was three years old, and Alice still remembers the scene at that time. At that time, Bella was thin, dirty, and looking around with uneasy eyes under her messy hair. At that time, Alice did not think she was dirty. Alice felt that she was very pitiful, especially the look in her eyes that did not trust everything around her touched Alice's heartstrings. Alice handed her a piece of cake and said to her in a milky voice: "My name is Alice, what's yours?"

This was their first meeting. Later, Bella was taken to an etiquette teacher to study for a long time, and finally returned to Alice as Alice's personal maid. Although Bella has been reticent and often cold-faced for so many years, Alice knows that she actually cares about her very much in her heart. But she only knew that Bella cared about her. Alice had no idea what Bella's inner world was like. Alice felt that she was a failure. A person who had been with her for almost ten years did not understand her. What you like and what you hate.

Bella saw Alice looking straight at her, and looked back at Alice with questioning eyes.

"Uh...well, Bella, I think it would look better if you let your hair hang over your shoulders."

Bella is very beautiful, she has long, silky brown hair, but she always wears her hair on her head. Bella's eyes were a cold-looking turquoise, her high eyebrows, straight nose, thin lips, and soft lines on her face gave her a cold and compelling feeling. But letting your hair down may alleviate this uncomfortable feeling.

"It will be very inconvenient for you to do business with your hair down, miss."

Seeing Bella say this, Alice had no choice but to give up, because Alice knew that Bella would not delay her work just to make herself a little more beautiful.

While Alice was eating pastries and looking blankly at the Emerald River, she thought of Doris again. A few days ago, Alice went to Doris' pastry shop to find Doris, but Uncle James told her that Doris and her mother had not been to the pastry shop for many days. So Alice went to Doris's house, but Doris refused to see her. Finally, Doris' mother Joanna told Alice not to come again.

"Hey..." Alice sighed. She didn't know what to do. Should she just cut off contact with Doris forever? Alice thought a little frustrated.

Suddenly, some figures appeared on the east side of the Emerald River. Alice looked at the people in the distance strangely.

"Is it a caravan?"

Bella heard the sound and looked up in the direction Alice was pointing.

"have no idea……"

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A well-equipped cavalry team of about two hundred people rushed out from the north gate of Noah's city.

"That's the Duke's Dragon-Slaying Cavalry Regiment!" said some civilians standing by the city gate looking at the leaving cavalry.

"What happened? Is there going to be a fight?"

"I don't know..."

"The whole army advanced towards the Emerald River at full speed, and then divided into two teams of one hundred people each. They began to search for the lady along the river. Once the lady was found, they were quickly escorted back to the city. If an unidentified group of people is found and the group carries a Use weapons or force to attack this group of people and kill them on the spot!" Kevin, the cavalry captain, shouted loudly.