Chapter 324 (1/2)
The Tournains
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The sound of the carriage wheels gradually faded away as Lorist stood by the sill of his roo at the dark alley nearby in silence
”Milord,” Tarkel's voice behind hi out
”How does it look?” asked Lorist without turning around
”Milord, it looks like that Count Chujway didn't tell the cootten word about our house from the Union and had seen the head pyramid at Hanayabarta for himself, hence his fear As for thedeployed at Frederika, he told us a half-truth His claihness should be true, but the reason they allied up with the Union was probably fake
”Milord, when I was standing behind him, I could quite clearly see that he would clutch his pants with his left hand under the table when he tensed up I saw hireement the four central duchies reached with the Union, and he clutched his pants when he gave his anshere you wouldn't see it
”He also did the sahthood tournament I feel it's rather weird for hih Perhaps he said that because he knows that you've coe and lied because he was afraid because he came for the same reason? Hehe, Milord, I see that you have quite a lot of rivals” Tarkel knew that his lord wasn't one to fuss over trivial things, so he didn't hold back his laughter
”Speaking of Princess Sylvia, do you knohy she left Windbury in a hurry to go back to the Fisablen do back
”I'uards of Duke Fisablen that when the princess left a week ago, she got into a fight with the duke It's said that it was sohthood tourna to do so The princess went to the queen weeping But it only ended in another confrontation between the tomen, so the princess hurried back to Eastith her escort and Bladeers in the last two days to have her co from any of them yet”
”Don't tellhappened at Eastwild? It can't be, if that were the case, the first one to worry would be that old fox hihthood tourna in Eastwild”
”I'm sorry, Milord We were unable to send our informants into Eastwild This is my mistake,” said Tarkel
”No, it's not your fault Eastwild is House Fisablen's doe city like Windbury over there It's no surprise they are able to restrict flow of people into and out of the province What you need to do is use the month of the tournament to see if you can bribe a few of the duke's to serve as our eyes and ears”
”Yes, Milord I will do my best”
”Also, investigate the nobles from the four central duchies I feel they didn't just co Princess Sylvia's hand in e”
”Understood, Milord”
”What did you say?!” exclaimed Lorist, shocked
”It's true, Milord The Little Prince and his bladeht They even left the four carriages' worth of gifts they had prepared as the princess' bride price Duke Fisablen said that since the princess wasn't wedded to any of theifts to you as compensation for your victory at the banquet yesterday They're going to send them over soon”
”We originally tried to start working our way through the little prince and the counts from Sabaj and Handra's servants and attendants,” Tarkel continued, standing in front of Lorist, ”but they are the quiet and alert types that don't frequent the tavern at all We weren't able to get any information from them
”The prince, on the other hand, brought an escort ofwhich
about a hundred were servants and attendants They were the easiest from which to extract information All we had to do was force feed the loose including how they peeped at theirwhen they were small But it's too bad that you scared them away yesterday Count Chujway ht of our house and caused theht”
”Ugh,” Lorist groaned, ”Whatever Since the tournaet to the servants of the two counts that stayed Perhaps so that we need and allow us to understand their reasons for co We'll leave it to fate”
At ten in the es over to Anna's Abode
When he saw Lorist, he laughed out and said, ”Lord Count, you really surprised ed to exterdom How impressive”
”You praise me too much, Your Grace It was but a pirate lair that called itself a kingdo it Everyone knows that had it not been for their attack on our dominion, ouldn't have bothered with them If it were Your Grace, you wouldn't need to deploy all your forces like we had to; you would only need to send a division to crush theolden creeks is the achievement truly worthy of awe and praise,” replied Lorist humbly
His words had obviously struck a good chord with the duke, for he s flower
”Haha, not bad, not bad” the duke chortled, ”I'h you're this young, you are not only quite calth is also worth reckoning with Very good”
After his generous praise, the duke recalled why he had come
”Oh, Lord Count”
”Your Grace, you have seniority Please just call me Locke Lord Count is a bit much,” interjected Lorist
”Alright, then I'll call you Locke Well, it's like this Since you won the duel yesterday, Little Prince Doke should've given you compensation for your victory However, I received word that he had to return to the Forund duchy urgently and had no choice but to depart during the night Before he left, he left the coize for his breach of etiquette on his behalf”
Lorist nodded as he listened to the duke spouting his nonsense like it hat really happened before he praised the duke's trustworthiness for keeping his word In actuality, both of theoods hich the little prince intended to propose to the princess He had not left them for Lorist, he was just in too
Lorist wondered why the duke bothered to cover up for the little prince According to Tarkel's report, he had left during the night without even saying farewell It was said that the duke only found out about the prince's departure in the uards The gifts packed in the four carriages must have been left behind intentionally as compensation for the duke's troubles, but Lorist was sure that the little prince hoped they would end up in Princess Sylvia's hands
So why is the duke giving ifts instead? He has no reason to stand up for the little prince and cozy up to ifts for himself and even spread the word that the cowardly prince didn't bother to compensate me for my victory It would ruin the little prince's reputation! Don't tellhe needs from Forund? It can't be, it should be the other way around
A smile could be seen on his face as Lorist racked his mind over the matter
”I didn't think Little Prince Doke would be that attentive to noble etiquette, as expected of a prince from Forund Actually, he could've sent a servant over to pass the e There was no need to have Your Grace come”