Chapter 125: Chapter 33. Re-agreement

The duke’s eldest son could not fully understand at what point his life began to resemble a complete mess.

From the moment he was forced to go on the run to escape from the Crown Princess’s army to now, everything seemed to be a kind of continuous madness. And at the moment when Euphil de Walt thought that he had already experienced and seen absolutely everything in this life, there was still something that could completely shake him.

And this shocking circumstance was once again connected with his worthless younger sister.

Ever since they opened this inconspicuous flower shop, in order to live in the shade and peace, all this very peace has been destroyed in the very near future. The Knights of the Dark Host, who came out of nowhere, suddenly got a job here. Among other things, for some reason, there was also a knight of the Imperial Army, whom Yufil accidentally recognized. While at a banquet in the imperial palace, Yufil had once seen this man next to the second princess, and so he involuntarily remembered it now.

In other words, for a person who can interpret at least a little with his brain, such a disguise would definitely not work. If it could even be called a disguise, of course...

In any case, since the duke’s heir had to deal with this, his life has been filled with a series of endless stress.

In the end, in order to save his life, the guy also pretended not to recognize the three of them. Continuing to squint at the «fool», Yufil tried once again not to shine and not to catch the eye of his former colleagues and the knight of the imperial army. Still not knowing about the true motives of these people and for what reason they even got a job in this place, hiding their identities, the guy hoped that in this way he could at least briefly delay his deplorable demise.

However, not everything went as he expected anyway.

«Brother, could you handle this?»

Yufil frowned when his younger sister suddenly addressed him.

«What are you talking about?» he asked.

— Uhm... Isn’t it obvious?

Camille pointed to the large bags of trash that stood in the corner, and clearly needed to be taken out. Yufil arched an eyebrow involuntarily at the sight of this.

«You... Are you asking me to take out the trash?!» he asked indignantly.

— Well, yes... What’s the big deal?

As Camille continued to look at him with an innocent expression on her face, the guy became increasingly angry.

— How dare you!

— ...

Camille looked at him with a puzzled expression.

«How dare someone like you tell me what to do?» Yufil declared, «Moreover, how dare you ask me for something like this?!

It was simply unthinkable for him, the former successor of a noble family, to do something like this. Nevertheless, despite his outpouring of indignation, the Duke’s youngest daughter just frowned and folded her arms.

«It’s just garbage,» the girl said, «What’s so difficult about taking it out?» Besides, you don’t do much else anyway, so can’t you at least do that?

«I’m not doing anything?» Yufil asked indignantly.

«Isn’t that so? Jeremy and I do almost all the work in the store, and our staff also helps us. You hardly leave your room. This is the first time I’ve asked you to help with something...»

«I won’t do it!» was exactly the remark that was about to come out of the mouth of the duke’s heir. However...

At that moment, he encountered a menacing aura behind his younger sister. Despite the fact that Frank and Judo were currently busy planting seedlings in pots and looked immersed in this activity, but in fact they continued to observe what was happening. And at that moment, when Yufil raised his voice to his sister, he clearly felt two pairs of bloodthirsty eyes glaring at him.

The guy involuntarily swallowed, as if he had fallen into an animal trap.

After a moment of silence, he finally squeezed out:

— OK... I will do it.

In the end, having come to terms with this state of affairs, Yufilu had to take several large bags of garbage and go out with them. Reaching the nearest trash can, the guy threw the bags there with undisguised disgust. And, looking at the trash can in front of him, the duke’s eldest son seemed unable to realize that everything that was happening now was really his reality.

A life once full of glory and luxury as the successor to a noble family has been left behind forever. And now...

The guy chuckled involuntarily.

«Damn it. And how did I get to this point?»

Despite the fact that quite a lot of time had passed, Yufil still could not come to terms with this and seemed to hope that one day he would just wake up from this terrible nightmare.

At the same time, while the young man was just staring into space in front of him for a while, not with the best thoughts, he suddenly heard a subtle movement behind him. These were the footsteps that indicated that this person was right behind him.

For some reason, Yufil felt a surge of excitement in his throat and turned around abruptly. And then his expression froze.

— Lord de Walt, it’s been a long time.

In front of him stood a man in a dark robe and mask, whose identity Yufil knew very well.

«Damn it! Those freaks found me after all...!!!»

The assassin from the secret mercenary organization, who was the Empress’ loyal subordinate, was right in front of him. Looking back, where there were only trash cans and a brick wall, the guy was well aware that he had nowhere to run in such a situation. Besides, he certainly didn’t even hope to defeat a professional assassin in hand-to-hand combat.

So...

Resigned to his sad fate, Euphil de Walt only smiled bitterly.

«If you really came to kill me... I guess I won’t be able to do anything about it anyway.»

However, at the moment when the heir to the dukedom was already preparing for his death, the mercenary in front of him suddenly opened his mouth and said:

— No, that’s not why I came to you.

For a moment, the guy even thought he’d misheard.

«What...?» asked Yufil.

The mercenary continued:

«Lord de Walt, Her Majesty wishes to renegotiate with you.»

— what? An agreement?

Hearing something like that, Euphil de Walt couldn’t stand it and burst out laughing.

«Does everyone in this world think I’m such an idiot?»

— Do you really think I’m going to fall for the same bait twice? — the guy exclaimed, — Instead, you could look for another idiot instead of me!

But the mercenary shook his head.

— This time, in order to prove to you the sincerity of her intentions, Her Majesty is ready to seal her words with the imperial seal.

— .....

— You do understand what that means, don’t you? Having sealed her promise with the imperial seal, Her Majesty will no longer be able to refuse it, even if she wants to.

At that moment, the mercenary carefully pulled out a document from the breast pocket of his clothes and presented it in front of him. It was indeed an official agreement for a cooperation agreement between the Duke de Walt’s eldest son and the Empress. In addition to the Empress’ own signature, the family seal of the imperial family was also on this document.

«....»

Yufil just stared at her openly for a while, as if he couldn’t believe his eyes.

The Imperial seal was indeed a very important symbol that was used only on the most important documents signed by the emperor himself. However, since the Empress was temporarily acting as regent and managing state affairs at the moment, this seal also fell into her hands.

The power of the imperial seal was considered unshakeable. To be more precise, the document bearing such a seal had an undeniable influence that even members of the imperial family could not go against.

And Yufil couldn’t believe that this agreement really had a state symbol of such power. Meanwhile, while the guy continued to remain silent for a while, the servant of the Empress turned to him again.

«Lord de Walt,» the mercenary’s hoarse voice came to him, «so what is your response to this proposal?»

«...»

Silently looking at the document in front of him, Yufil swallowed, as if his throat had gone dry.

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