I'm a dragon, I only want to steal princesses

Chapter 40 Princess Fred's Plan
Three days later, Lucio opened his eyes.

He woke up instantly and sat up immediately.

His memory stayed on when he and the remaining two knights rushed back to Longkou Fortress, and he fell into a coma on the spot as soon as he got off the back of the Wyvern.

And now he was in a well-decorated bedroom, lying on a soft bed, covered in bandages.

"You're awake, my lord." The elderly female medical officer has been guarding the bedside to take care of him. Seeing him get up, she immediately stood up and greeted him, "How do you feel?"

"Where am I?" Lucio said that.

"This is the annex of the royal palace. You have already returned to Longshou Castle." The female medical officer replied respectfully.

"How long have I been in a coma?" Lucio asked.

"It's been three days since you lost consciousness in Longkou Fortress, and today is the seventeenth day." The female medical officer replied.

"I have to see Your Highness!" Lucio immediately lifted the quilt and prepared to get out of bed.

"You can't get out of bed just yet..."

The female medical officer tried to stop him, but Lucio raised her arm to stop him: "Don't worry about me, I'm fine."

"Lie down and rest if you are injured. If there is any problem with your body, it will be a loss to the whole country." The voice from the corner made Lucio froze.

He turned his head and saw that Princess Frede was sitting on a chair in the corner with a book in her hands, and she was looking at him with a smile on her face.

"Your Highness!" Surprised that he didn't notice the other party's breath, Lucio hurriedly prepared to kneel down to salute.

"Are you going to defy me?" Princess Frede closed the book.

Lucio, who had just half-bent his knees, was taken aback for a moment, and then he came to his senses.

The order from Princess Frede just now was to let him lie down and rest.

"Don't dare." He gave up saluting and sat back on the bed.

Princess Frede didn't speak, but raised her eyebrows at him.

Lucio sighed and lay down again.

"That's right." The smile returned to Fred's face, and she turned to the female medical officer, "Check it out."

The female medical officer did a basic examination for Lucio, and then nodded to Princess Frederick.

"You go down first." Fred dismissed the female medical officer, got up and came to the bedside, and looked down at Lucio, "How do you feel? I have been thinking about you for the past two days."

"It's all right now." Lucio's face was gloomy. "I failed His Highness's expectations. Not only did I fail to complete the mission, but I also lost so many people. I fled from the battlefield shamelessly. I am not worthy of His Highness's concern. I should be punished."

"Do I care about my fiancé's problems?" Princess Frede laughed, "And you followed my instructions completely, so what's wrong?"

"I..." Lucio was about to speak when Princess Frede interrupted with a gesture.

"I have received a report on what happened. The tasks and personnel were assigned by me, and I made the judgment that you can easily complete them. You followed my instructions and carried out the task. There is no doubt that the responsibility lies with me."

Princess Frede said seriously, and then with a forgiving smile on her face, she put her hand on Lucio's shoulder, "And you did a good job, retreating in time to avoid the greatest loss. You must know how important you are to me and this country. I have made you suffer humiliation and escape from the battle for me, and I have wronged you."

Lucio remained silent for a while, before slowly opening his mouth: "Your Highness, please punish me, so that I feel better."

"If you are so guilty, then make up for it during the next expedition." Princess Frede leaned down, lowered her voice and said next to Lucio's ear, "Don't forget what we are going to do in two months, I believe you should have recovered from your injuries by then."

"I can hold the sword again at any time." Lucio said seriously.

"Now your task is to prepare for that day. Healing your injuries is part of the preparation. This is an order." Fred stared at Lucio and said, "Do you understand?"

Lucio was silent for a long time, then nodded: "I understand."

"That's right." Princess Frede put her hand off Lucio's shoulder, "I'm relieved to see you wake up, now I should go to work, and there are still many things that have not been dealt with."

"Wait a minute, Your Highness!" Lucio suddenly remembered something important, and hurriedly called Princess Frede to stop, "Your Highness Zhenna, she..."

About Zhenna, about the red dragon, about that tower... He still has a lot of things to report to Princess Frederick.

But Princess Frede stopped him with a quiet gesture to him.

"You need to rest now. When I come to you at night, please report to me carefully." Princess Frede said slowly, "As for Zhenna... I also never expected that my dear sister would be caught and brainwashed by the evil dragon. She became an accomplice of the evil dragon and even helped the evil dragon kill her own knight."

Lucio's eyes widened in surprise, but he quickly understood what Princess Frede meant.

After hearing about Zhenna and the red dragon fighting side by side, Princess Frede decided to use "Zenna was brainwashed by the dragon" as an external explanation for Princess Zhenna's disappearance.

Regardless of brainwashing, it is a fact that Princess Zhenna and the Red Dragon are on the same front, and it is probably true that they killed Heinrich who wanted to assassinate herself. If Zhenna cannot prove that Fred attempted to assassinate herself with strong evidence, she will only be unable to argue.

"Then how do you plan to deal with her from now on..." Lucio asked cautiously.

"There is no need to kill her. We have invested too much in this unimportant matter. If we continue, it will affect our more important plans." Princess Frede replied.

"But with all due respect, the ruins where the Red Dragon and His Royal Highness Zhenna are hiding may be weird, and I don't think we can just leave it alone." Lucio said.

That tower undoubtedly possessed some kind of inexplicable power. Rather than saying that he was defeated by the red dragon, it would be better to say that he was repelled by the power of that tower.

He had guessed that there was a certain legendary powerhouse hiding in that tower to help Princess Zhenna, but no such figure showed up from the beginning to the end of that battle.

Princess Zhenna and the red dragon have established a hostile relationship with them now, and the power in the ruins they obtained may turn into a threat to His Royal Highness Frederick.

"I think so too." Princess Frede nodded, "But even the best spies never returned, and you were repulsed. To capture it, we can only send an army of sufficient size. This will affect our more important plans in the future. When we obtain the land of Breeze Forest, it will be easier to use troops there, won't it?"

"Indeed." Lucio agreed.

Fred turned around, and whispered again as if talking to herself: "Also, there is really no need to do anything to Zhenna..."

Lucio was taken aback when he heard this, Princess Frede has already said this before, why should I emphasize it again here?
He had faintly felt earlier that Princess Frede's intention to kill Zhenna did not seem to be purely for political purposes.

Now she suddenly doesn't intend to kill Zhenna, is it simply because it is unnecessary, or because she gave up that hidden purpose?

Or, her goal has already been achieved?

"Oh, by the way, there is one more important thing that I must let you know." When he walked to the door, Fred suddenly turned his face, his expression became a little solemn, "Father, he passed away last night."

(End of this chapter)