Demon Tribe (4)
“Hire two men who will be sacrificed as servants and come to me.”
The woman in the red veil said so to Marquis Wenson. When asked how the second empress in the palace could go back and forth from the imprisoned tower, it was an answer.
Does she know the secret passage through which the royal family sneaks?
It was possible because the Hassler family was originally a family branched off from the ducal family. Marquis Wenson summoned the butler and told him to bring a list of those with a bad past, as he needed to hire someone for his secret business.
“A person with a bad past?”
The butler, who asked back, saw the Marquis’s stiffening expression and declined to speak. The Marquis further instructed him to write down their pasts in detail on the list.
He ordered a background check on bullies and criminals who could be hired immediately.
The butler was worried about what the marquis was thinking but replied that he would. This was not the first time that he had done anything illegal under the direction of the Marquis.
Those who forsake the principles of humanity and those who forsake the principles of heaven…
It seemed that humanity could be called a relationship between humans, and heaven and earth could be called a relationship that was birth and death.
In fact, humanity and heavenly principles had similar meanings, but he decided to think that way to narrow the scope.
Marquis Wenson returned to his office and sat at his desk.
When he thought about it again, he wondered what he was doing, but… If it wasn’t for this madness, there seemed to be no way to take revenge on the crown prince or Rowena.
Even if I release the second queen, will my crown come?
The Marquis did not believe everything the woman in the red veil said. However, there was confidence that something would happen that would shake the royal family once the second imperial empress was released. People may call it a hunch.
I didn’t expect the day would come when I would trust my hunch.
But he needed luck now. The Marquis told it and put the dagger handed over by the red lady on the desk and looked at it.
The dagger with an S-shaped curved blade was an ominous object at a glance.
This had to stab the victim in the heart at once. So that the blood from the heart can soak up the chain that binds the second empress.
Can I do it?
Marquis Wenson looked down at his face reflected in the day. Then he remembered the face of the prince sitting obliquely on the throne and looking down at him as if laughing at him.
His trembling hand grasped the handle of the dagger.
He had to do the job whether he could or could not.
* * *
Theo and Catherine’s engagement has caused a stir in society. There was a widespread atmosphere that eventually happened, but the crown prince gave a mansion as an engagement gift.
When the count’s house caught fire, they weren’t allowed to stay at the imperial palace, nor were they given a mansion, so voices were saying that Count Adelia’s family had fallen apart.
In addition, society was once again excited by rumors that the princess would prepare for the engagement herself because there was no mistress in the Count family.
Although it was not a royal event, it was her first event held after becoming a princess, so it was rumored that they could see the skills of the princess.
…I don’t want the story to spread like that.
Rowena hid an embarrassing smile and put down the cup. In front of her were Marquis Rasmine and Lady Catherine. It was to prepare an engagement party.
The Marquis of Rasmine was ready to welcome her. In addition, it was an honor for the family to prepare an engagement ceremony.
However, since it was a one-time engagement, the preference of the person to be engaged was important. Rowena knew most of Theo’s tastes but knew nothing about the lady’s tastes.
She often wore dresses of this style and that kind of style, that’s it.
“It would be nice to have an engagement ceremony in the spring when the flowers are most abundant, but… That’s why the period until the engagement ceremony is too long.”
The Adelia family had to marry Theo quickly. It is because the position of hostess in the count’s family is vacant.
Previously, Rowena took over the role, but now the role was replaced by an agent recommended by Rowena. It was good for Theo to hasten the marriage for the sake of the family.
Fortunately, the Marquis of Rasmine seemed to have no objection. Probably because Catherine, Lady of Rasmine, is a delicate age.
In terms of aristocratic spirituality, she was at the age of being an old maid, but she didn’t seem to care much. It was the Marquis of Rasmine who cared.
His face was the brightest when he asked for a wedding in the coming spring.
“As expected, right? I saw a nice engagement dress in Madame’s salon…”
Marquis Rasmine was a light-hearted man who never went beyond the limits. With his moderate cheerfulness, many things about the engagement were easily arranged. Beside Rowena, the secretary assigned by Cecil was writing down the contents.
From the decorations to the number of guests, the location… There was a lot to decide, but most things went smoothly.
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