My Engagement was Cancelled so I will stop Pretending to be a Fool

The sun was about to set.

Olivia who has returned to the inn in Beymar after her trip to the excavation site is now enjoying tea together with Cyrus and Alan to kill time until dinner.

It appears that Princess Florencia hasn’t felt better yet as she’s still resting in her room.

When Olivia was sharing her excitement about their trip today with the group inside the cafe on the first floor of the inn, Colin, Cyrus’s escort, rushed to their side with a pale face.

“What’s wrong?”

Since Colin along with the other escorts has accompanied them all day, they are supposed to be resting and having their meal at this time. They also said that they will be eating out so he and the other escorts left the inn just a while ago.

Colin is breathing heavily, perhaps he ran all the way back here in a hurry.

“Just now, one of the soldiers in charge of watching the prisoners working at the excavation site contacted us that one of the prisoners has escaped, Your Highness……!”

“Eh!?”

Alan’s eyes opened wide.

The prisoners in charge of the excavation work were those that are guilty of mild to moderate crime so the chance that they will try to escape is low. Furthermore, since a good work attitude can lead to a reduction in their sentence, many of them do take the work seriously. Therefore, unlike a regular prison, the place was not surrounded by a high fence but there were still guards and soldiers monitoring them. The excavation site itself is also located far away from the town and with walls at the border, the escapee would be found immediately even if they managed to leave the site.

“The person who escaped, what kind of person are they?”

If a prisoner escaped from the excavation site then it’s highly likely that they might be lurking around this area. When Alan hurriedly stood up to arrange a manhunt, Colin’s expression immediately turned complicated.

“About that……”

He’s being strangely evasive.

Seeing Colin like that, Olivia cocked her head to the side in puzzlement while Alan visibly frowned.

“Is it someone problematic?”

Colin’s shoulders dropped down at Cyrus’s question.

“She’s certainly problematic but we can also say that she’s not at the same time though.”

“Just make it clear already!”

When Alan raised his voice in frustration, Colin answered while holding down his temples.

“It’s the former lady Lemone, Your Highness.”

“Ha?”

“Eh?”

“What did you say!?”

“As I said……it’s Your Highness Alan’s former fiancee, former lady Lemone, sir.”

Olivia and the others immediately looked at each other.

Olivia wasn’t even aware that Tiana was working at the excavation site. After all, she can’t even imagine that Tiana would just obediently do that kind of hard labor.

On the other hand, Alan turned silent with a bitter expression on his face while Cyrus simply shrugged.

“I knew that Tiana was sent here but……..she escaped huh.”

“This is no time to be impressed, Your Highness.”

“Right, Colin. Quickly notify the town guards. Also, can you ask the Zackfil house to let us borrow their soldiers too? She shouldn’t be able to cross the border but if things get out of hand then this might become a headache later.”

“Certainly, sir.”

“I want to hear what happened in detail so I will head to the ruins after this. What about you, Aniue?”

“…….I will too, obviously.”

“I will go too.”

When Olivia said that, Cyrus slowly shook his head.

“It’s already dark so you can’t, Olivia. We will be back as soon as we know what happened over there, you can come with us in the morning.”

Although they can use a carriage to get there, traveling at night is still dangerous. That’s why Cyrus refused to let her come with them with no intention to back down.

Olivia reluctantly gave up and returned to her room after seeing Alan and Cyrus off.

When she arrived at her room and told Taylor what happened, she was stunned.

“……that person always does whatever she wants after all. Rather, she always causes problems wherever she goes doesn’t she.”

Olivia could only smile bitterly at her words.

TLN: just 13 more chapters and we would catch up