108. Emilio and Cornell

King Emilio was in his study at that time when someone came in a hurry to tell him the news he had dreaded the most.

“Your Majesty, an intruder has entered and taken Duchess Alison away!”

Ignoring everything else, King Emilio immediately ran to return to his royal palace right then and there. Emilio thought Ariana would be safe in her castle since she assigned almost half the royal knights to guard just that place. Ariana has also been very well-behaved lately. The girl even allowed Emilio to spend the night in her room, then smiled a little on various occasions. Emilio thought they could get back to where he wanted to be right away. The happiness he longed for was right in front of his eyes when Ariana started to open her heart again.

But the sight that the man had when he returned to his palace, had crushed all of Emilio's hopes. The man could only see dozens of wounded or dead royal knights, while Ariana herself was nowhere to be found. The only reason Emilio's sanity was gone, leav