71 Decorated Stone Room (1/2)

Aizu didn't know what to say as she didn't expect that outcome. If she had known that Durgan would offer his sister to Yale, she wouldn't have opened her mouth.

She immediately disliked Durgan, because she felt that he was selling her sister and made she remind how her own clan sold her. However, she had to admit that being sold to a genius like Yale was better than being sold to a lewd old man, but she was still against the forced marriages.

Seeing Aizu's strange face, Durgan added some more words.

”My sister's bloodline can't be cut off, her bloodline purity is something unheard in the clan, she needs to have descendants, that's a benefit for all the clan. She understands the reasons, and she had already accepted them before we started to look for a suitable partner for her.”

Durgan felt normal that commoner girls feel bad after seeing him giving his sister to someone he had just met. Thus, he tried to explain better the situation, even if it was by misunderstanding he didn't want anyone to think that he was offering his sister without her consent.

She had already said that would accept to see anyone his brother chose to her, but she could refuse all the candidates if she didn't like them. She wouldn't have a forced marriage, she could also look for someone herself, but no one felt that she would be able to do it with her personality.

It wasn't strange being engaged before turning ten in the noble clans, Serka and Kermu were a good example, although that might shock some commoners because their cultures were different.

Furthermore, those with better talents and bloodlines were the firsts in had an engagement to ensure that their bloodlines would be continued as soon as possible. The noble clans had proved that letting the kids be together since young was better than let them know after growing up.

”Oh, right. Yale, I forgot to tell you that my sister can refuse to marry you after you meet her, but don't worry in that case there a lot of pretty candidates for you. You should know that I don't give this chance to anyone, but as you are in the expert stage and Kermu is on good terms with you, I decided to give you a chance.”

Durgan looked again at Aizu, but she had the same face as before, showing that he wasn't selling his sister and that she still had the right to choose in the end who would she marry didn't seem enough to her.

Even if Aizu was only a commoner, Durgan's honor didn't let him pass that misunderstanding. The Larken Clan was very strict with their image, being misunderstood by someone who can gift his sister was something that could end with Durgan's death.

Durgan simply told the good part to Yale; he omitted that his sister had the right to refuse because he was trying to lure Yale into his clan.

However, he was really planning to give that chance to Yale, lying was forbidden in the Larken Clan, but omitting information for a benefit to the clan wasn't prohibited, and Yale could join the clan together with his master who was already someone the clan wanted to recruit.

As Yale was also with Kermu and seemed to be more outstanding than how Kermu described him, Durgan didn't have problems in giving him a chance.

Durgan decided to try another method to change Aizu's opinion.

”Yale, I also forgot to tell you that if you join us, you could take that disciple of yours as you maidservant, even if she doesn't become an official member, a maidservant from a noble clan had better status than commoners. If someday she manages to impress the clan I will help her to find some guy to marry and officially join the clan. A great opportunity, right?”

Durgan didn't mind about that condition; he thought that with that condition the girl would improve her previous impression of him and the clan. Moreover, Yale's chances to join would also increase as there was a chance that he held back due to don't want to leave his disciple alone.

Furthermore, he wasn't lying to Aizu as if she managed to impress the clan it was possible to find a guy to marry her and then she would really become a member of the clan.

Aizu was astonished by the offer, she didn't want that Yale married with Durgan's sister, but if she also joined the clan even if she only joined as a maidservant, she would avoid the marriage with the lewd old man.

That future wasn't the best she imagined, but it was better than the one her clan planned to her.

Aizu was confused, but at least she wasn't looking at Durgan like before, that made Durgan happy as he had solved the misunderstood about himself and his clan.

Yale was looking at the situation with a strange face; it seemed that Durgen didn't think about the possibility of he rejecting after all the things he promised.

At that moment, Yale understood very well why his master had left the Imperial City; it seemed complicated to say no to those nobles who almost started to plan a wedding after meeting him for a few minutes.