Astral Apostle
chapter-222

Chapter 222 – Where’s My Big Bill?! (1)

The next day, early in the morning on the day of the wedding, the entire Golden Castle was bustling with life and activity.

The venue of the wedding banquet had long been set up. Servants were busy preparing the dishes for today’s banquet.

Actually, in the tribal era, marriage was very simple. There were no complicated rituals. The wedding ceremony of the royal family was only something that was invented later on.

King Becky woke up early and changed into his formal suit under the Queen’s service. He had a faint smile on his face the entire time, clearly in a good mood.

“Sigh, in the blink of an eye, Shuni is getting married. Time really flies. I feel like yesterday, she was still the child who hugged my calf and called me mother.”

The Queen adjusted Becky’s lower back as she spoke with emotion.

“That’s right. In the blink of an eye, I’m old too.”

Becky sighed, but quickly pulled himself together,

“The significance of this marriage is huge. A master who can change the ecology of the Mutant Blood Warriors already has the effect of a ‘legal system’ to a certain extent. Now that Master Bill is in-laws with the royal family, he can protect the royal family’s position for the next few decades. If he can continue to improve the Mutant Blood Potion, the Empire under the royal family will become stronger and stronger until no one can shake it.”

The Queen smiled in agreement, “Yesterday, I instructed Shuni to learn to hold a man’s heart and make Bill loyal.”

Becky snorted, “With your experience, you can only deal with young, ignorant kids like Bill.”

Hearing this, the Queen walked up to Becky and gave him a teasing look. Her fingers drew circles on Becky’s chest as she teased him.

“Is that so? Don’t say that you don’t like it ~”.

Although she was no longer young, she was still charming

Becky immediately had a reaction.

Recently, everything had been going smoothly and he was in a good mood, so he was full of energy every day. After being teased like this, a wave of heat rose in his abdomen.

Sensing Becky’s abnormality, the Queen smiled, winked, and reached out to gently pinch him.

“Stop fooling around. There’s a lot to do today.”

Becky suppressed his desire and slapped away the Queen’s mischievous hand.

“If not for the fact that we can’t delay the wedding banquet today, I would definitely have done it with you now…

Speaking of which, I’m getting old, and I’ve been a little out of my depth recently. After the wedding banquet today, I can get Bill to take a bottle of energy potion to nourish myself…” Becky thought to himself.

“By the way, is Bill awake?” Becky suddenly thought of this and called the guard to ask

“I don’t know. He should be awake.” The guard was uncertain.

“Go and urge him. It’s not good to be late for him to be late to his own wedding banquet. Invite Master Bill to see me while you’re at it. I have some instructions for him.”

Becky laughed.

Bill’s residence was also in the Golden Castle, so it was only a matter of going around a few floors to inform him.

The guard agreed and retreated to do his work.

Becky didn’t leave the room as he waited for Bill to visit.

Today was the day of the wedding banquet, and it was also the day to change his method of address. Later, he would no longer speak to Bill as the King. Instead, he would encourage his son-in-law in the tone of a father-in-law and further engage in casual conversation so that Bill would feel the change in them as family…

Becky was looking down at the busy wedding banquet venue, thinking about the words to say to Bill in a bit when…

“Bang!”

The door suddenly burst open!

Becky jumped and turned to see Hudd and Lake rushing into the house. They didn’t even knock, their faces anxious.

“Your Majesty, something has happened! Master Bill is missing!”

Becky was stunned. In the next second, his expression changed drastically. He rushed in front of the two of them and shouted angrily,

“What do you mean by missing!”

“Just now, His Majesty’s guards came to urge Master Bill to wake up, but after knocking for a long time, there was no response. When we opened the door, we realized that Master Bill was not in the room. There was only a corpse that had committed suicide with poison lying on the ground!”

The queen, who was dressing up, also stopped and turned around in shock. “What happened?!”

“Show me!”

Becky felt that something was wrong. Ignoring everything else, he pushed past the guards who were blocking his way and hurried to Bill’s room.

The guards quickly followed behind.

The group quickly arrived at Bill’s door. The room at this moment was in a mess. The guards had already searched every corner of the room.

The first thing Becky saw was the unfamiliar body lying on the bed. His face was purple, and his arms hung off the edge of the bed. An empty potion bottle was not far from the ground. He had obviously taken poison to commit suicide.

The black-spotted hyena and sword-tailed eagle that Bill had tamed were sleeping quietly in the corner.

Only Bill was missing.

Where’s my Bill? Where’s that big Bill?!

Becky’s face was ashen as he turned around, “Did you see Bill go out last night? When was the last time you saw him?”

Hudd and Lake were also nervous. They quickly explained what had happened last night.

“… The last time we saw him was when we first returned. He told us not to guard the door… So we’ve been in the room next door. We can only confirm that Master Bill didn’t go out all night.”

“If he doesn’t let you watch over him, are you really not going to watch over him? Why didn’t you inform me about his abnormal behavior!” Becky was furious.

It’s a little belated for you to say this now… Hearing Becky’s tirade, Hudd and Lake felt helpless.

At that time, it was already late at night. Who would disturb your sleep over such a small matter? Was it not because we didn’t know that such a thing would happen… Even if we told you, you would most likely reprimand us for not grasping the proper distance monitoring, causing Bill’s dissatisfaction and causing the marriage to go wrong. It would definitely be a different story despite what you said just now!

However, since the subject in question had run away, no matter how they tried to explain, it was all wrong. Hudd and Lake could only suffer the scolding, feeling rather regretful.

They should not have thought about not offending Bill last night and insisted on guarding his door…

No, even this was not safe enough. They should have gone into the house and stood by Bill’s bed all night to watch him sleep!

Becky pointed at the body on the bed and said angrily, “What’s with this unfamiliar corpse? Who entered his room last night!”

“I have an impression of this person. He should be the servant tailor who came to try on Bill’s wedding clothes last night!” Hudd hurriedly replied, “After Bill returned last night, only that group of tailor servants went in and out. Bill must have slipped out among them!”

“Then capture the servants from last night and the head servant who distributed the manpower for interrogation! Bring all the patrol guards from last night over for questioning. I want to know if anyone saw Bill! Even if Bill slipped away, he can’t have gone far! Seal the Golden Castle… No, seal the capital! No one is allowed to leave!”

Becky was furious, almost roaring those words out.

“Now, immediately, right away, find him!”

The guards were shocked and quickly dispersed.

Becky stood in the messy room, unable to restrain his anger. He swept everything off the table with his masterful table cleaning technique.

“This kid actually ran away! Why?! I treated him so well, what else is he dissatisfied with!”

Becky’s eyes turned red.

He had already given such generous conditions and even wanted to marry off his daughter. Why did Bill run away?! He had never mistreated him! Wasn’t it just a little restriction on freedom? However, what he received was a blessing that ordinary people would never be able to enjoy in their entire lives!

Without the Empire Workshop and the support of the King, could Bill have developed the new blood potion? Everything he had now was obtained with the production resources of the Empire. This was his reward. How dare he run away?!

He did not show any gratitude at all!

He did not have the slightest dedication and loyalty to the royal family!

If he had known, he would have locked Bill in the dungeon and imprisoned him.

To think he was so trusted and allowed to roam free. This person was an ingrate!

Images of Bill’s obedience over the past few months flashed through his mind…

Becky got more furious the more he thought about it. Suddenly, his heart ached and his vision darkened.

Plop!

“Your Majesty!”

In the last second before he fainted, he could only vaguely hear the cries of the guards beside him before he fell into complete darkness.

At this moment, at the wedding venue.

Many court officials and members of the royal family had already arrived and were chatting with each other. Everyone was smiling as they waited for the palace wedding banquet to begin today to send their blessings to Master Bill and Her Highness.

Roman stood in the crowd with a glass of wine in his hand. From time to time, he would say a few words. Every time he spoke, everyone would listen quietly. He was quite popular even amongst the officials.

Last night, he had planned Bill’s escape, but at this moment, he acted as if nothing had happened. He was all smiles as he interacted with the ministers.

“After today, Master Bill will be a royal in-law. How enviable.” A court minister’s tone was envious.

“Sigh, it’s really the blessing of the royal family and the Empire to be able to obtain such a talent.” Another person sighed.

“Hehe, then let’s toast to the long-term peace of the royal family and the prosperity of the Empire.” Roman raised his glass with a smile.

“I wish the royal family long peace and prosperity.”

Everyone repeated their words and clinked their glasses with a smile. Their pretentious style made them seem like actual nobility as well.

However, at this moment, a group of Golden Castle guards suddenly rushed into the banquet hall. Under everyone’s puzzled gazes, they quickly sealed the venue and angrily chased away the busy servants, taking them away.

“What… what’s going on?”

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Wasn’t today the palace’s wedding banquet today? What is going on now?

At this moment, the strong and burly deputy guard captain came to the group of court officials. His face was cold as he spoke in a deep voice.

“Everyone, Master Bill is missing and suspected to have escaped. All of you, follow me to be interrogated one by one!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of the court ministers and members of the royal family widened in shock.

What was going on? Bill had actually run away?!

He was courting death!

Roman looked surprised and let out a long sigh.

“That’s really… too regretful!”

On the other hand,

The residents of the capital walked onto the streets, preparing to participate in the celebration of Bill and the princess’ marriage. The entire city was filled with laughter.

However, when the citizens were waiting for the celebration to begin, the city guards stationed in the entire city came out in full force and directly announced the cancellation of the celebration today. They also sternly chased away the citizens who had originally planned to participate in the celebration. As long as anyone was slow, they would kick them without hesitation.

The crowded street immediately became chaotic. Many people quickly dodged after being kicked.

The sudden change confused the residents of the capital.

Everyone had been happy today, waiting to congratulate Master Bill. What was going on now?

Didn’t you agree to have fun with the citizens? Why, are they not even worthy of congratulating the newlyweds?

However, soon, the entire city was under martial law. No one was allowed to enter or leave.

As for the city guards and the royal guards, they searched the streets and alleys one by one. Only then did the residents of the capital realize that something was wrong.

From these searching guards, someone finally asked for the reason.

Bill, the Chief Apothecary of the Empire, was

gone!

He had become a runaway groom!

Such explosive news stunned the residents of the capital.

When most people heard this news, their first reaction was…

What had the royal family done to make Master Bill run away?!

And the second reaction was quite realistic.

– Can we still buy energy potions in the future?