‘Did that work?’

Milton couldn't let his guard down just yet.

From Princess Leila’s perspective, Milton did have a point. She hesitated as she knew there could be no benefit to be had once she was in the public’s eye.

Milton’s next words were the decisive blow.

“All things considered, if you silenced me here, then you would have no way of knowing where your identify was leaked,Your Highness. Does that still sit well with you?”

Princess Leila sighed and restrained her knights.

“Taylor, Richard, both of you stand down.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

The two knights unquestionably obeyed and returned to the back. This time, it was Milton’s turn to breathe a sigh of relief as any immediate danger to his life disappeared.

‘That was real close.’

It was like crossing a single-log bridge between two sheer cliffs. Princess Leila questioned Milton.

“How much do you know?”

“I know of your identity, Your Highness.”

“And?”

“And that you sowed discord between the First and Second Princes in the capital from the shadows. That is the full extent of my knowledge.”

Truth be told, this last part was his personal inference, a hypothesis he made from what he knew of the capital’s state of affairs once he discovered the lady’s identity – only, there was no way for Princess Leila to know of this.

“Astounding. How were you able to get your hands on such information, from these Southern outskirts so far removed from the capital?”

“I’m afraid I cannot answer that....