Chapter 257: The Royal Manor

Sylvia’s POV
Maya pointed in the direction of the suburb.
At this time, there was almost no one along the road. And everywhere I went, there were mess and
bloodstains. I followed these traces and quickly arrived at the gate of the city. The soldiers guarding the
gate had disappeared.
So I was even more certain that Rufus went out of the city.I no longer hesitated. I turned into a wolf and
rushed to the suburb at the fastest speed.

Yana suddenly exclaimed excitedly, “Moon grass! Oh, I love it the most!” Yana was excited, but she didn’t
slow down.
“We’ll come back to get you some moon grass after finding Rufus.” The forest in the suburb was vast.
We passed by here when Rufus took me to see Lena last time. But now that I was here again, my mood
was totally different.
Yana quickly passed through the forest, then there was a fork in the road, each leading to a different
place. One of them would lead us straight out of the imperial capital. She stopped, wanting to find some
clues before making a choice. “Choose the road with moon grass. Trust me, Yana. I have a gut feeling
that’s the one,” I said to Yana with certainty. “Okay, if you say so.” Yana ran directly into the road with
moon grass. But as she ran, I felt that something was wrong.
“How come there is so much moon grass here?” Yana also noticed it.
She slowed down and carefully observed the row of moon grass planted on the roadside. Although moon
grass was not something precious, one could rarely see it in daily life. However, this road had
inexplicably grown so much of it conspicuously. Logically speaking, this road was not a sparsely
populated trail. And since werewolves liked moon grass so much, they should have uprooted the plants
here.
“This is definitely not a coincidence,” I said to Yana. Everything seemed to be carefully arranged. Was it
to deliberately guide Rufus in this direction? “Sylvia, I know what you’re thinking. I also think that Rufus
took this path because he was attracted to the moon grass. If I lose my mind and only rely on my instinct,



I might also be lured in this direction by the smell of the moon grass. After all, it’s normal for werewolves
to be attracted to moon grass.” Yana was rarely serious. Then she changed her tone and shouted
angrily, “It must be that bastard Richard who played this trick! What the hell does he want to do?”
I thought for a while and finally realized what was going on. “It’s Lucy! It was written on the note that
Richard wanted Rufus to kill Lucy personally. This road must lead to where Lucy is. Hurry! We need to
find Rufus as soon as possible.”
“Yes! We can’t let that bastard succeed. Let’s go!”
This time, Yana quickened her pace. And to have evidence, she picked a moon grass and brought it with
her. She also used my phone to record the scene along the way until she passed through a dense forest
and arrived at the gate of a magnificent manor. 1 I became extremely vigilant, observing the
surroundings. I remembered that Rufus mentioned to me one time that there was a manor in the suburb
for the royal members as their summer retreat. He even said that he would take me there in the summer.
I guessed this was the manor he was talking about. Logically speaking, there should be guards and
servants guarding and cleaning the royal manor all year round.
But at this moment, the gate was locked, and no one was around, not even a guard. This was very
unusual


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