Chapter 360: Receiving some benefits (1/2)
Chapter 360: Receiving some benefits
When Han Shuo and Helen returned to the army station, it was just as she had said—her family’s trusted aides were completely oblivious to Ferrodias’ actions. He’d obviously been acting in his interest, and Helen’s actions were written off as arresting and suitably punishing him.
Ferrodias’ original plan was to capture and bring Helen to Marquis Kekaru of Helon Duchy. After Helen, the pillar of her family’s army, disappeared, Kekaru would be able to defeat the Helon Duchy’s army and become the duke with Benedict Sackville’s backing.
After Han Shuo and Helen returned to the stationed army, they didn’t openly appear before the army. That was mostly because Han Shuo had plenty of methods to privately meet Helen.
After dealing with Ferrodias, Helen began traveling back to the nearby Helon Duchy. She had prepared her cover story of being attacked by assassins on her way back. Because no one except her people had survived, the news of the revolt hadn’t been divulged.
The next day, Han Shuo stealthily followed the army troops back to Helon Duchy. The Helon Duchy was as powerful as a province in Lancelot Empire. It too had five cities and more than ten different sized towns. Helon City acted as the capital city of Helon Duchy, located in the center of the duchy. The other four cities were each owned by the four marquises, although one was still reeling from their marquis’ death at Helen Tina’s hands during the previous civil unrest.
Marquis Kekaru was the lord of Seagate City, one of the four cities of Helon Duchy. Although he hadn’t revealed any intentions of revolting during the previous unrest, he’d suddenly decided to rebel this time. This person had apparently waited patiently for the perfect moment for a long while now.
Han Shou and Helen returned to the Helon Duchy together. Along the way, Helen gathered her private army, totaling thirty thousand troops, Helon Duchy’s most elite cavalry regiment, and all led by Helen’s most trusted family aides.
Seagate CIty was an unavoidable stop on the road back to Helon Duchy. After marching for two days, Helen’s army finally approached its gates.
Since Helen was a woman and a famous fire archmage, she had always stayed within a spacious and luxurious chariot pulled by four war-horses.
At this moment, apart from Helen, an additional person, Han Shuo, had appeared in the chariot as well. Within the spacious chariot was a soft rug that felt amazingly comfortable to step on. There was also some blush, powder, alongside some fresh fruits that sparkled on top of a small shelf.
Helen lazily leaned into her seat and looked at the relaxed Han Shuo before saying, “Seagate City is Kekaru’s territory. This cunning fox has always hidden his intentions in the past. Although I know he has done damnable things, I never could find an excuse to deal with him. Furthermore, he always has several experts protecting him. As long as he stays within Seagate City, it will not be easy for me to kill him.”
“How many city guards are in Seagate City right now? If you returned now, would he dare open the city gates and let you enter?” Han Shuo casually asked Helen while rudely plucking a bunch of grapes from the side. While looking at Han Shuo’s unperturbed attitude, Helen actually felt a comforting sense of security. It was as if she did not need to fear anything with this demon next to her.
“Although Seagate City has fifty thousand soldiers in total, only ten thousand of them are elite soldiers. The only way he can avoid outright battle is if he opens the city gates and welcomes me. Even though I can easily suppress him after entering Seagate City, I don’t have any evidence that Ferrodias’ revolt was secretly incited by him. If I act against him without any justifiable cause, I’m afraid the citizens and the nobles will raise a fuss.” Helen lightly wrinkled her eyebrows, annoyance seeping into her tone.
Only after Han Shuo plucked the last grape off the bunch and wiped his hands on the expensive rug did he reply, “Simple. As long as I kill Marquis Kekaru and all of his successors, you can use the excuse of finding the killer to take control of Seagate City.” Han Shuo continued, “Hehe, you are the duchess of Helon Duchy and you even have thirty thousand elite soldiers at your beck and call. As such, this is the logical move for you. Oh, by the way, you can also randomly arrange some people at the scene to falsely accuse your enemies of killing Kekaru. This will definitely hurt your enemies. Hm, in fact, I think Benedict Sackville of Narsen Duchy is a particularly viable candidate. What do you think?”
After being embroiled in Helon Duchy’s power struggle for all these years, Helen was well versed in scheming. Thus, after listening to Han Shuo’s suggestion, she smiled sweetly and nodded before replying, “Precisely my thoughts. As long as Kekaru and his heirs all die, I can justifiably allow my trusted aides to take control of Seagate City. Hehe, I already have the perfect candidate in mind. I already had this kind of a plan in motion during the previous civil unrest, it’s just that the assassins I sent were unable to complete their missions. But since you’re here this time, it will definitely be a success.
As expected from such a vicious woman. As soon as the discussion moved to this sort of topic, Han Shuo noticed a dazzling light shining from her eyes. Her mouth curved into a sweet smile that could seduce and arouse any man’s heart. Even Han Shuo felt a slight tug on his heart.
When this sort of woman hated a guy, they would try to bring about their death regardless of what cost they had to pay. However, when this sort of woman truly fell in love with a man, they would be willing to abandon everything just to be there for her man.
Han Shuo stared at Helen. Perhaps Helen didn’t hate him so much anymore, but he also knew that Helen was still not helping him wholeheartedly. Only when he thoroughly conquered her would she become a truly sharp weapon in his hands. Otherwise, he would only be harming himself.
To make such a person submit, both your body and mind was necessary to make her surrender. It was a long and hard battle for Han Shuo to have realized the importance of this. Only in this way could he influence her heart and slowly make her his vassal. One of the best examples of this was Emily.
Thinking about this, Han Shuo lightly laughed and moved his face close to Helen who was lazily leaned backwards. As Helen’s face paled in panic, Han Shuo suddenly pulled Helen on top of his thighs and rudely kissed her bright red lips, completely ignoring her will.