Chapter 475.

Chapter 475: Allegiance 2
“This stumbling block …… I have already moved for you.”

Prince Antonio smiled and said to the old Marshal MacDonald.

After saying that he clapped his hands vigorously.

Just as MacDonald was still recalling what His Royal Highness meant, the courtesan who served His Highness – Ms. Carol – led a boy in.

“Grandpa Ima!”

The boy saw MacDonald and had a joyful expression on his face, which then turned into grief.

He broke away from Carol’s hand and rushed into MacDonald’s arms in a few steps.

“Grandpa Ima, I …… my …… my father and mother ……”

During this period of time, his life was subjected to a great change, and he was frightened all day long, and now that he finally saw a more familiar person, for a while all kinds of mixed emotions – grief, fear, longing, celebration, joy – were like a flood that broke the dike, and could no longer be could not be restrained from expressing themselves.

“Joanie, how are you doing, have you suffered any physical harm?”

MacDonald forced himself to hold back his great doubt and shock, and examined the boy all over.

“Grandpa Ima, I …… I didn’t suffer any harm, don’t you worry.”

The boy sobbed, “It’s just …… just my parents ……”

MacDonald felt a little sorry for the boy’s parents, a pair of kind civilians. Ten years ago, Jonny’s biological parents contracted a disease and died, this civilian couple adopted Jonny who was still in infancy. Jonny was the only bloodline of that highness that remained in the world, which was why MacDonald was so attached to it.

“Alas, good boy.” He stroked the boy’s hair with his large rough hand, “Don’t grieve too …… much for the tragedy that befell your parents, please receive my condolences. They were a kind pair, and their souls must be in heaven right now.”

MacDonald wasn’t very good at comforting people, but he did his best to comfort the boy in front of him who was so traumatized mentally.

“You must cheer up, I’m sure your parents wouldn’t want to see you so drained right now.”

“Grandpa Ima, you’re right, I can’t let my parents see me in this state.”

The boy steeled himself and held back from letting his tears continue to spill out.

After comforting the boy, MacDonald then turned to Antonio.

“Your Highness, you are ……”

For a moment, a thought surfaced in MacDonald’s mind – His Highness the Second Prince had snatched the hostage that could hold him hostage, just to do the same thing with the Diaz family in place of his brother and to get himself to throw himself to his side.

He was now in His Highness the Second Prince’s estate, surrounded by His Highness’s men, and there was no way to take the boy from here with just his no-longer-young body and the few guards waiting outside.

“Oh! Lord Macdonald!”

Antonio’s response was very easy.

“Please don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean anything else, and if it’s convenient for you, by all means take this lovely little fellow home.”

MacDonald’s eyes widened a bit. After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly knelt down on one knee towards Antonio – using the most solemn knightly etiquette of the Gabella Empire.

“Your honorable highness! I …… as well as my family, will deeply thank you for the great favor you have bestowed upon us, I will definitely not forget this favor, and I will definitely find a chance to repay you.”

Antonio smiled and reached out to take the old marshal’s arm and helped him up, then clasped the old marshal’s hand again.

“I just don’t want to see a meritorious man who has served the empire for half his life and has made great achievements get trapped by such an underhanded plot, I’m not flaunting my nobility but I will at least choose different tactics for different enemies, I don’t mind doing worse than the despicable people, but people like you should be dealt with in a dignified manner even as an enemy. ”

“Therefore, I want you to be unattached and carefree, with no kinks in your heart, even if we are in a position of mutual hostility in the future.”

Antonio’s words surprisingly made MacDonald a little moist, an emotion he hadn’t felt in years.

He touched the head of the boy beside him, “Jonny, you go ahead and stay with Ms. Carol for a while, I have some words to talk with this lord, grandpa will find you later …… Ms. Carol, please.”

Jonny nodded obediently, “Grandpa Ima” and the big brother who made people feel good at first glance just now said something a bit puzzling, he did not understand most of it, but when he heard the big brother say that “Grandpa Ima” could take him back, he felt But he was happy to hear the older brother say that “Grandpa Ima” could take him back.

Since Grandpa Ima had asked him to leave first, he shouldn’t stay here to interrupt the adults’ discussions, since his father didn’t like to have him around when he was talking about business in the past.

Joni followed Carol.

“Your Highness.” MacDonald looked at Antonio, “Why don’t you …… not get rid of Jonny, you know, in the long run, his birth is no less of a threat to you than your brother, and it’s not just my family that was loyal to that highness back then.”

“Your Excellency, believe it or not,” Antonio replied, “the throne does not appeal to me as much as the world thinks, and it is only because it is one of the most hassle-free shortcuts to my ultimate goal that I am doing my best to secure it. In the process, I want to try to avoid harming those who subjectively do not want to be my enemy. This child, he’s ignorant, he doesn’t know anything yet, he’s inexplicably caught up in the vortex of intrigue simply because of the bloodline he carries, and how innocent he is, why would I want to hurt him.”

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but MacDonald seemed to see an emotion called empathy in the Imperial Prince’s eyes.

“Your Highness, I am deeply impressed by your magnanimity.”

MacDonald said so from the bottom of his heart, even though he still couldn’t figure out what the [Final Goal] the prince was talking about.

“Then, what are your considerations for this child’s future?”

Antonio asked so.

MacDonald answered with some hesitation, “I want to take him with me. “

“Are you sure you are capable of sheltering this child? Have you not wondered how the Diaz family could learn this secret of yours that has been so closely guarded?”

“Uh ……” The old marshal hesitated even more, yes, his own side didn’t seem very safe either.

But …… Macdonald looked to Antonio.

It suddenly occurred to him that there was a safe place in front of him right now.

That was beside this Highness.

While the Grand Prince and the Diaz family were able to plunder Joannie away, His Highness the Second Prince was able to snatch Joannie back from their hands, wasn’t that a good proof?
What’s more, His Highness Antonio had no ill will towards Joannie yet, and was there a better place to place Joannie than here?

(End of chapter)