Instead of responding to his question, Harper only turned to look at Francis. Then, she suddenly reached out her hand and touched his face. Francis was shocked, but he didn't move away. Rather, he looked at Harper with a soft and even doting look.

While Harper was touching Francis' face, she slowly said, "How I wish I could have a face like yours."

"Why?" Francis asked, with a plain smile on his face.

"If I did, I could do wicked things without any pressure. After all, no one will believe that I'm capable of doing so because I look so innocent and kind." Taking back her hand, Harper went downstairs. That was all she wanted to say. She didn't say another word or gave Francis the chance to respond. After all, she didn't care whether Francis understood her.

It took Francis a while before he got a hold of himself and looked at Harper who was slowly walking away. Then, the smile on his face faded away while his eyes narrowed at her. He i

was none other than Diana, daughter of Emperor Lance from the South Kingdom. "Your Highness, let's take this chance to go to the Imperial Palace and save Prince Hoffman," one of Diana's subordinates suggested.

For a few moments, Diana didn't move from where she was standing. She was reminded of an anomaly with Harper. When Diana secretly attacked Harper with the Venomous Insect King, it only bit her back. In fact, it almost killed her. Soon after that, the Venomous Insect King also died. Ever since then, Harper had been a huge threat to the people of the South Kingdom.

Then, Diana exclaimed, "Kill that woman! Don't use the venomous insect poison. It's useless for her. She is the greatest threat to the South Kingdom. Even the Venomous Insect King wasn't able to defeat her!"

"Is she the one who destroyed the Venomous Insect King?"

"Yes. We should take this opportunity to kill her in order to prevent more troubles in the future!"