The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 1389

"Father, let's go home first."

Tristan interrupted Arlo, exchanged a glance with Teagan, and left the palace.

"My lord, they have left."

Meanwhile, a maid came forward and reported to Laborn.

Laborn swept everything in front of him to the ground and said coldly, "That Tristan is too arrogant."

"Your Majesty, do you want me to send someone to teach him a lesson?"

Just then, a guard came out of the darkness.

Of course, Laborn wanted to deal with Tristan, but now the research still needed him. Thinking of this, he said angrily, "Not yet. Let him be for the time being. Have you brought back Bernard's body? Have you found anything?"

"We brought it back. The coroner examined it and said that he was shot by a sniper. Judging from the location of the scene, there should be two snipers, but one of them didn't have a clear shot. We have put Sir Bernard's body in the morgue and also sent someone to inform Prince Atlas. Prince

Atlas should be back soon."

Hearing the guard's report, Laborn frowned.

"Who says he can return? Right now, we haven't found Mango and Nathaniel yet. We don't know if there are any of their men in the palace. If Atlas returns now, he'll be in danger. Tell him not to come. I'll bury Bernard like my own son. Tell him to focus on raising more money. The recent research has been a huge burden. We can't hold on any longer."

"Yes, my lord."

The guard obeyed Laborn's order and left.

All these years, Atlas had been obeying Laborn without any complaints and protests, which caused Laborn to think that Atlas was willing to work for him. Now, even if Bernard, Atlas' only son, had died, all Laborn cared about was the money.

Laborn had always thought that treating Bernard like his own son was an act of kindness to Atlas, but he forgot that if Atlas had not sacrificed, Atlas could have been a carefree prince here and led a better life while Bernard had his own honor.

When Atlas heard Laborn's order, his expression darkened and he didn't say a word, but there was a trace of anger in his eyes.

His only son was dead, yet Laborn did not allow him to return.

His wife and son had died for their country, but as a husband and a father, he could not even hold an official identity.

This was the first time Atlas had felt so upset all these years.

Back then, he hadn't felt this way about Laney's death, as after all, she was just another woman. He had married her in order to get rid of Laborn's hostility towards him, and now, he had countless women at his disposal for many years and couldn't even remember what Laney had looked like. However, that woman gave birth to a son for him, so that he could continue his family line. Therefore, he gave her the title of a 'princess', and even if she died for the country, she was buried in the royal cemetary.

But Bernard was different.

He was his son! His only son! Atlas hadn't talked to him before, and he hadn't even met him personally. He didn't even know how he was all these years.

Bernard was his only concern and the person he cared about, and now that Bernard was dead, Laborn did not even allow him to attend the funeral.

Was it because Atlas had been in the shadows for too long to the extent that Laborn was used to using him? Was Atlas merely someone for Laborn to order around? A shadow?

No! He was a human!

He was the prince of Angolla!

Now that his son was dead, he had to return and take a look, even just one glance.

Then, Atlas packed up his things and said coldly, "We're returning to Angolla."

In fact, he was already near the border, but without Laborn's permission, he could not enter. But now, he didn't care anymore, and he just wanted to see his son.

Meanwhile, Atlas had just departed when Laborn received the news, and he was furious.

"He's rebelling! He's actually disobeying the king's orders. What is he trying to do? Create an uprising?"

Laborn was already very angry as Tristan had challenged him back there, and now, even his most obedient brother was resisting him. How could he stand it?

"Tell him to withdraw from the border immediately, otherwise, don't blame me."

Laborn smashed a glass in anger.

When Atlas heard the news, he was fuming too. He had already come home and was able to see

his son soon. Laborn was actually driving him away?

Just when Atlas didn't know what to do, Tristan appeared.

"Prince Atlas!"

Tristan stood in front of Atlas with a mask. Atlas was stunned at the mask that everyone was familiar with and the unique symbol of the Acker family.

"Sir Tristan?"

"It's me. Does Prince Atlas recognize me? It seems that Prince Atlas's heart is still in Angolla. I thought it was just like what the king said. Prince Atlas likes the outside world and has forgotten that he was a prince of Angolla."

Tristan's words made Atlas frown slightly as he felt very uncomfortable.