Chapter 1652 Bad News
Both Vivian and Matteo were dumbfounded.
What’s going on? Why is she ignoring me?
When Vivian turned toward Matteo, she saw him shrug his shoulders in response.
“Perhaps she can’t hear us?” Matteo speculated.
Glancing at Lucy, who was not far away, Vivian figured it was impossible that she did not hear her. Finally, she took Matteo’s advice and ran up to Lucy to stop her.
“Lucy,” Vivian called again in a crisp and delighted voice.
At that moment, Lucy was dressed up as a girl from the tribe. Instead of demonstrating any familiarity, she jumped back in fright.
“W-Who are you? How do you know my name?”
Hearing her question, Vivian was stunned.
When Matteo came up to them and saw what happened, he scanned Lucy from head to toe and smiled.
“Come on, it has only been two days. Why are you pretending not to know us?”
“What do you mean… pretending? I don’t know both of you at all. We should leave now and ignore them. The feast is about to start.”
Having barely said a word, Lucy wanted to lead the girls behind her away.
However, when Matteo noticed how desperate Vivian was, the smile on his face was gradually replaced by a grim expression.
“How dare you play dumb just after two days? Lucy, let me warn you. Before we run out of patience, you better tell us where Kurt is. Or else, once the matter escalates, no one will be able to save you.”
At that moment, no one had expected the most jovial out of the triplets to emanate a terrifying aura in place of his usual cheerfulness.
After all, something terrible would have to happen to cause a person who loved to smile to suddenly stop smiling.
Taken aback, Lucy finally stopped in her tracks.
“I… really don’t know either of you. Also, who’s Kurt? Just who the hell are you?”
She maintained her stand, even though her eyes began to redden after the scare Matteo gave her.
Matteo and Vivian were stumped again.
Finally, unable to control herself, Vivian caught up with Lucy, tears welling up in her eyes.
Having lost her temper, she grabbed Lucy and questioned, “How can you not know him? Why are you pretending not to know us when you’re the one who guided us the other day? Lucy, what are you planning? What’s the meaning of this?”
Vivian had lost her cool, as she could not accept such an outcome.
If Lucy had really done something to hide Kurt, she would definitely not let Lucy go.
Unexpectedly, the girls behind Lucy finally interrupted, “You guys, stop scaring her. She really doesn’t remember. When she was carried back two days ago, the witch doctor of the tribe noticed that she had been fed with worms.”
“Fed with worms? What kind of worms?” Matteo inquired immediately when he realized how important the information was.
The girls nodded. “The worms that belong to our tribe. After feeding them to someone, that person will lose their memory. Nevertheless, the tribe no longer has them, as we are forbidden to raise them now. Instead, it’s the wicked former high priest who is raising them on those baddies’ behalf.”
For a whole five seconds, the siblings stood there motionless.
Vivian, in particular, remembered the terror she felt back in the cave, as she was about to be fed with the same worms, too. Fortunately, SteelFort appeared in time to rescue her.
Otherwise, she could have ended up just like Lucy now.
In that case… Kurt! Will the same have happened to him?
Vivian suddenly felt a chill down her spine. After staring at the group of young girls for a long time, she finally asked in a trembling voice, “I-In that case, what about the youth that was with her? Did you see him?”
“What youth?”
Clenching her fists, Vivian finally uttered, “Kaiden.”
Just as she spoke, the girls covered their mouths and gasped with terrified expressions.
“W-Why do you know of Prince Kurt?”
“That’s right. How did she find out about him? Wasn’t he just recovered by our king?”
“My God! Has the news been leaked?”
Suddenly, Vivian felt her vision go black before she collapsed with a thud.
“Vivi!”
