220 I WILL TAKE CARE OF MY LADY

"Who's in there?" A royal guard shouted as he threw the door open and pointed his sword to anyone who could have been helping the prisoner escape. 

But before his hands were even laid on the wooden door, Erin managed to squeeze in behind the barrels that Azra was leaning in to.

She clutched her chest as the loud beating of her heart at that time might alarm the guard that there were two people inside.

"It is only I." Azra answered him with a calm demeanor. 

His hands were on his back, making it look like they were still tied. He attempted to stand so that he could shield Erin more, aside from the barrels that were keeping her in full view.

They can hurt him all they want but they can never touch Erin!

"Stay where you are!" 

The royal guard pointed his sword at Azra to make sure that he would not move an inch as he stepped further towards him. 

Azra gulped as he did not have his sword with him at that moment. 

On the other hand, Erin was getting sneezy as the back of the barrels were dusty and full of cobwebs. She covered her nose but her reflexes were more dominant. 

"Achoo!" 

Azra made the same sneezing reaction to cover up Erin's but it seemed that the royal guards didn't buy it.

He continued his way to the back of the barrel. But before he could even get past Azra, Azra immediately swung his feet, making the royal guard trip. 

His sword flew into the air which was caught by Azra. Azra then pointed the sword at him.

But at a fraction of a second, the royal guard's arm flew and caught Azra's feet, flinging him to the ground. 

And since he was too weak to fight, he could not easily stand up.

"Can you not wait for your execution anymore?"

The royal guard effortlessly picked up his own sword and was about to strike Azra with it when Erin came out of the barrels and screamed. 

"Stop!"

The royal guard was dumbfounded as he wasn't expecting a lady to appear in the Royal Investigation Area.

As Azra saw an opening, he tried to stand up so he could grab the royal guard but the royal guard kicked him and pushed him down to the ground. 

At a quick move, he bolted towards Erin's back and grabbed her, putting the sword in front of her neck. 

"Dare to move and this lady will go first to heaven than you." 

Azra shuddered at the sight that he was beholding that his knees fell to the ground with his head lowered down.

"I apologize, my lord." He prostrated himself, hoping he would calm down and let Erin go. 

This is the reason why he claimed ownership of the baking of the cupcakes. He doesn't want any hand of the royal guard to touch her.

And now it's happening right in front of his eyes.

"It is my fault. I shouldn't have allowed her - "

He was about to continue when Erin stopped him mid sentence.

"No. It was my intention to go here. Please punish me."

She uttered in defiance as she stopped the royal guard from hurting Azra more. He has received a great punishment for a crime he did not commit already.

"Do you really want me to punish you now, milady?"

A snigger escaped from the royal guards' lips as she pressed Erin closer to him with his sword on her throat. 

Azra's eyes widened in both shock and anger at what the royal guard was doing to Erin. A supernatural strength flowed within him that made him stronger above what his physical body actually was.

His teeth gritted in rage as his hand slowly picked up a piece of wood beside him and used his strength to throw it at the barrels at their side.

"Who's there?" 

At a flash of lightning, the royal guard removed his sword away from Erin and pointed it at the barrels, thinking that there was someone else aside from them.

The moment he pulled himself away from Erin, Azra took his chances and bolted towards him and pushed Erin away.

"Run!"

Erin nodded and scurried away from the hut and dashed towards their carriage in the way of how they entered the Royal Investigation Area secretly.

At the same time, Azra wrestled with the royal guard until he pinned him to the ground.

"Gua-"

The royal guard was about to shout for help but Azra was able to gag him with rags nearby and tied him up with some of it. 

Then he put on his old clothes and put a mask before his gagged mouth and made him look like he was him and was just sleeping with a blanket above him.

He had no intentions to escape but he realized that he cannot protect Erin with his hands tied up like that. Or if he would be beheaded or in the dungeons either.

He rushed outside and searched where Erin was. 

With his hawk eyes, he immediately sees a carriage nearby. Judging that it must be where she and Zoe traveled from, he immediately dashed towards it and opened it.

To his joy, Erin was inside. Her hands flew to her jaw that dropped out as she blurted out.

"What are you doing here?"

"I am saving a special someone." His lips curled up with a determined gaze on her.

Erin was speechless but a thrilling feeling swept through her at a sweet and bold gesture from him.

"Let's go, sir!" He called on the coachman who was only waiting for orders.

"Wait! Zoe's not here yet." Erin stopped the coachman but glanced at Azra.

Azra shook his head. "The Crown Prince will take care of her. And I will take care of my lady. Let's go, sir!"

He repeated to the coachman, who obeyed him in a flash.

"Hiyaa!"

Erin gulped as she gazed at his sudden transformation. But she likes it. 

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