The Devil's Betrothed novel Chapter 210

Chapter 210: Silly Yet Brave Witch

In fright, she looked at the person behind her and found a silver-haired man standing inside the study, looking at her with amusement in his eyes.

"So brave of you, Oriana," the elf whispered.

"Lord Yorian! Why—"

He signaled her to stay quiet. "The Crown Prince is back. Want to get caught?"

Her eyes widened.

"B-Back?" she whispered. "Isn’t he in the conference?"

"He happens to be on his way back to this study," the elf whispered back.

Her mouth opened and closed, but no sound escaped her throat.

Seeing her frightened, Yorian laughed at her. This little witch was brave enough to play, but she was still too young and immature. She failed to take into consideration that most plans never come to fruition due to factors beyond anyone’s control.

A child with no contingency plan. It would be interesting to see how she would react to the consequences of her misadventure.

"....Yes, Your Highness. We gathered the statements of the witnesses, and it seems there was no intruder in the first place."

They heard the voice of the knight floating from the crack of the door, and it appeared that Cian was with him.

"You should escape, my lord. I will accept my punishment," Oriana told the elf, to which he only playfully smirked.

"Not when I am with you."

Even before Oriana could understand what he meant, he held her hand. "Follow me." He dragged her with him towards the large window of the study.

"A-Are we going to jump?" Oriana whispered in fright. The study was on the first floor, and this mansion had unusually high ceilings, making the distance between the first floor and the ground roughly the same as a second floor of an ordinary mansion. "My Lord..."

The next moment, Oriana found herself being lifted up by an unknown energy. Her body ’jumped out’ of the window on its own and landed on the ground below effortlessly.

She looked at the disguised elf standing next to her, her eyes sparkling. "Did you use your power, my lord?"

"Questions are for later. I think it’s time for us to run away."

As if to prove Yorian’s statement, the sounds of patrolling guards grew louder, as if their owners were approaching their location, and Oriana got back to her senses.

Hiding when unable to run was instinct. Without thinking twice, Oriana grabbed the elf’s hand and pulled him behind a large decorative bush.

She made a shushing gesture to the elf who was looking at her in shocked amusement.

The young witch was yet to realize the extent of her power, or his power, not understanding there was no need for them to hide like this.

Yorian was an ancient elf. The number of tricks he had learned throughout the years was hard to imagine. He could use illusionary magic to make himself look human, so of course, he could cast the same magic to turn himself and Oriana invisible. He could also easily take both of them out from the mansion without anyone noticing.

However, wouldn’t that be boring?

’Let’s escape her way,’ the elf thought. ’Her human way.’

He wanted to see what she would do next and decided to play along. After the patrolling guards passed their hiding spot, he asked softly, "Are you sure we can escape this way?"

"I am good at hiding and escaping, my lord," she said as she peeked from behind the bush. "Please trust me."

The elf smiled at her confidence and let her guide him. She continued to hold his hand and drag him along with her.

’Human cleverness sure is more thrilling than the convenience of powers.’

The elf allowed himself to be protected by a ’human’. It was a novel experience.