The Villainess Wants To Go Home novel Chapter 85

"An intruder you say?" Lykos cocked his head to side, crossing his hands against his chest. The wind slightly blowing away the hair that hung down his forehead. Lykos didn't buy the words of the assassin since Neil already predicted about the Black Spades possibly coming to Ventus to seek of the Duchess daughter, Diana however Neil didn't have all the evidence to prove this and only told him the minor details.

The duke or the crown prince might have tasked these spades to do the job for them.

But there was also something Neil had said that brought uneasiness to the Drakon prince.

"If you would have come all the way from your homeland with high noble background to cure a prince from a different nation, would you disguise yourself and fake an identity to do so?" Neil's sharp stern eyes had glanced towards the blank expression of Lykos.

Lykos examined Neil's face, reading what was going through his mind. Something about Neil's mind sometimes makes Lykos a little uncomfortable to be around not because his terrified but what his mind contains makes Lykos question who Neil really is under all that introvert personality of his.

"Not if I was running away, I wouldn't" Lykos answered bluntly, his red eyes still on the thinking best friend.

The silver haired prince was sitting on a nearby sofa, his upper half leaning forward and arms resting upon his legs as his hands clutched together. Neil looked away from Lykos into the closed entrance of the room in deep thought.

Lykos just entertained himself by watching Neil suffer in thinking deeply into the situation that didn't really concern them as much even if the identity of Ben's healer was not an old lady from Isvand but the so called brutally arrogant and spoilt daughter of the duke who was rumoured to be dim witted and naïve princess.

Which Lykos obviously doesn't believe these rumours since he saw what Diana was really like just yesterday. He also found it funny seeing the pale face of Bedelia when she spoke of her in a terrified manner but got a disappointed look from his godmother, Arabella, for being rude and half hearted towards his younger sister.

"That's what I believe Diana did just to cure Ben" Neil stood up from his sitting position. Lykos eyes followed his every move, watching him pick up one of Lykos' dragon blades that lay on the table freely for anyone to pick up "I predict Diana had done something punishable that resulted her in running away and to disguise herself, in fear we would expose her to the Duke of Aureum" Neil's soft silver eyes examined the red metal, melted to carve out a dragon's wing.

"Or she might have had enough of Aureum's Duke's horrible treatment and decided to leave" Lykos suggested as he poured more black tea into his empty cup, watching in satisfaction of the maroon colour liquid drizzle down, filling up the once empty cup.

"No, I don't assume that's it" Neil shook his head then to pinch his chin in deep thoughts "If she had wanted to leave, she would have done so ages ago especially with the way the people in the estate treated her even her own blood father. Being the arrogant and cocky princess of the duke with ounce of money and the fiancée of Aureum's crown prince I doubt she would throw all that away to live among the commoners with nothing"

"That's reasonable to believe" Lykos said, his red eyes on his tea while he took a sip. "She probably did something stupid which resulted someone getting hurt and now she's on the run" He said with a scoff and a light chuckle.

Neil gave him a dead panned expression "Lykos, I wouldn't call her stupid. You too also did something stupid that nearly got your father killed resulting you to be on the run and taking shelter in my own room for 6 months until everything was settled in Lasair"

A smirk crossed his lips and began to snicker behind his cup at that certain memory that came rushing back to him.

The day he sat upon a tree trunk so high up near his father's bedroom, aiming a crossbow at the open window of his bastard of father's chamber and shot a flaming arrow when he was making love with a woman, scaring the two love making scums both to think they were getting assassinated.

He was only 11 too.

"I know you despise your father but If you hadn't missed, you father would be 6 feet underground and so will you"

"For your information air head, I didn't miss. My intention wasn't to kill him but to scare him half to death and went according to plan as well. Got him half assed too" those red eyes of his lit up with a mischievous glint that made Neil think why he was best friends with him again.

Neil rolled his eyes, Lykos was such a hot-headed prankster when he was little. He remembers he would get pulled by Lykos into these messy pranks, of anything really.

Putting dozens of frogs in the maids chambers then to watch them run out squealing, changing the all the sugar to salt, pouring itching powder in the knights armours.

A few times Neil was pulled into spiking the Aristocrats drinks at any event and then watch them run to the bathroom with the lamest excuse they could give to leave the social circle they were in to take a shit.

They were once caught by Arthur and were punished with 6 hours of extreme training each day if they were going to get away with the prank they pulled, and it was always Arthur that pulled them out of these before they got into deep shit with anyone.

What times they were.

"I would do it again too"

"I'm not surprised if you did" Neil sighed, rubbing his temples in frustration not even fazed with Lykos stupid remarks.

"Forgot about what I did 9 years ago, what are you going to do with Diana?" Lykos asked placing his hands in his pocket. The red haired was curious on what this silver hair was going to proceed on this matter and what his plan was.

Neil was in deep thought for a moment when the corner of his lips lifted into a corner smile. "I never thought the person I threatened to punish for over shoulder throwing me down on the ground so hard would be the person I will be protecting" Lykos heard him speak softly under his breath.

This caught Lykos off guard for a second, standing their baffled and staring blankly at Neil who didn't seem to notice.

"What?" Lykos blinked.

"Nothing" Neil quickly brought his fist to his mouth and cleared his throat. Lykos hearing Neil was beaten miserably by a person especially a woman would be the last person he would want Lykos to know. Lykos wouldn't leave him alone for that.

"Oh, I heard what you just said. I was caught off guard for a second there"

"Nothing happened at Damon's banquet Lykos." Neil grumbled turning away his face away, so Lykos doesn't start laughing at his embarrassed expression.

Lykos smirked "I never stated it was at Damon's banquet." The Drakon prince approached the nervous Ventus prince who quickly stood up to get away from the approaching prince. "Oi, what are you hiding from me?"

Neil walked behind the sofa turning his body away from Lykos so he wouldn't see his nervous face "Nothing" Neil resisted tracing his soft silver hair with his hand.

"Sure it's nothing. I know your not going to tell me but don't worry I always find my way around" Lykos flopped on the sofa that Neil was sitting on before and crossed his leg over his other leg, his hands spread wide on the sofa frame.

"So, tell me about your plan" Lykos cocked his head back to look over at Neil, his figure was shown upside as his red hair hovered down.

Neil slowly glanced back, those silver eyes had a glint of sincerity in them "Diana is going to be under the protection of the Ventus empire whether she is a criminal or not. No hands would be laid upon her unless they are wishing death upon themselves" Neil tone went serious that it made a Lykos raise an eyebrow in wonder.

The red-haired prince lifted his head up and ruffled the side of his head "So you're going to chase after her like a knight in shining armour, tell her you would stay be her side forever and protect her from danger or anyone who have ill intentions towards her and then kiss, kiss, fall in love, have a grand wedding and have mini-Neil and Diana running around the castle in a few years" he mocked as sarcasm slipped through his mouth casually

Neil gave him a sweat drop expression as a red throb appeared on his temple. That idea is just weird and stupid not going to say cringe even if it was "No." he replied bluntly with a straightforward answer, pinching the bridge of his nose so he could calm himself before he blasted an air magic at Lykos and out the window.

"Aww what a shame. I would have enjoyed watching you try to woo her with those horrible flirting skills you have" Lykos tone sounded a mocking disappointment, shaking his head and shrugging his shoulders up. "And humiliate yourself while your at it. I could just imagine her shoving a cake at your face"

"Remind me to never consult to you about my love life" Neil eye twitched with huff of annoyance.

"No, I'm just there to watch it all happen"

A long distressful sigh escaped Neil's mouth and he dropped the talk about him and Diana with the change of subject.

"Get word out." Neil told Lykos resulting the Drakon prince to cock his head back to look at the Ventus prince's way. "Not a soul shall lay the hands of Ben's saviour while the Empire is still thriving"

"You know you should train your dogs to never utter a lie to a prince" Lykos hissed with a flare of flame erupting his fingers.

"I know who you are looking for. Spades of Aureum"

There was complete silence of the assassins when suddenly the person who spoke ill towards Lykos stepped forward. The coat behind the mysterious masked man gently flew behind him, and a few strands of silver hair was seen flowing past the white mask.

Lykos didn't show any expression when caught eyes of the silver hair. Examining deeply, he could see the silver blob on the forehead of the mask was actually the air symbol of an air magician.

The person must be Vensist even if isn't born in Ventus.

'So, each of these marks have a symbol to represent the users abilities' Lykos thought eyeing each mask yet there was none that had water or ice abilities and it didn't surprise him. Isvandy's are reserved people who only work for their own empire and no one else's.

'Except for that one' red eyes laid back at the figure who stood in the front without a single marking on the mask. 'Must be to keep your identity hidden as the leader. Smart'

"His royal highness of Drakon knows who we are seeking?" the Vensist masked man spoke, his hands out to gesture his words.

Lykos lips twitched, something about the way he spoke of him sounded taunting. "If we hadn't then there was no reason to double the guards and knights in the district of Taivas" Lykos crossed his hands, rising an eyebrow that pulled his expression into a smug look.

An aura of resentment came from the leader who seeming felt like he was going to pounce on the red-haired prince and kill him.

"What do imply of we?"

"He means of me"

The sudden defence of these Assassin resulted them to turn around with all of them having their hands out in an open palm ready to activate their magic.

Neil had appeared from thin air behind the assassin with a few elite knights and the captain of the rear guards, Dante beside him glaring daggers at the intruders who dared to step into Taivas with killing intentions towards the saviour of their young prince.

The Black spades were completely surrounded by a dozen of these elite knights, two skilled princes' and a rumoured terrifying captain. They could not escape unless they go under or over.

Neil didn't seem he liked these assassins one bit by the look on his face that screamed 'get out'.

"So, you must be the Spades of Aureum in search of the runaway Lady Glacies of Aureum"

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Authors Note: 

Hello my dear Mangatoon readers, hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I loved writing this one.

I actually did enjoy this chapter because well I just thought it was funny writing the flashback with Lykos and Neil discussing.

Anyway this chapter is to all my Neil X Artemis/Diana shippers. Hope you liked it, don't worry I will write some nice romance scene with these two in the near future. Do not fret, I'm only getting started.

So now Artemis is under protection of the Ventus Empire and no one can do anything about it. I'm talking to you too Damon and Edmond.

Anyway sorry for the wait by the way.

That's it for now. Stay tuned and stay safe lovely readers, from yours truly Yuki.

Bye bye

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