Chapter 36
CHAPTER 36
On the second day, Laslo obtained Alexandra’s invitation and handed it over to her.
“Here it is.”
“Thank you very much.”
Agnes smiled broadly and received the invitation.
Laslo was also ready to go out on the news that she left the mansion in a carriage.
“Master, should I follow you?”
“No need. It would seem strange to go to the palace with the knights hanging around.”
Laslo answered briefly and got on the carriage. It took about a dozen minutes to get to the royal palace.
The servant who received the call in advance, was waiting.
“Sir Duke.”
“Your Highness?”
“He’s in the greenhouse.”
The servant took the lead. Before entering the greenhouse, a royal knight demanded his sword.
“Sword?”
“Yes. Only your highness is in the greenhouse.”
Laslo gently loosened the sword in his waist and handed it over to the knight.
It was a glass greenhouse, so it was hot inside like midsummer. In the center, the king sat in a relaxed manner.
“Sit here. Duke”
As soon as Laslo saw Sebastian, he bowed lightly and sat on the chair opposite him.
“It’s been a long time since we’ve been alone together.”
“Yeah, the last time was when I was given the title Duke.”
“At that time, I never imagined that the Duke and I would become family.”
Sebastian smiled lightly.
Surprisingly, his face, which was cold like a snake, turned into a gentle impression.
“Because it’s something that people don’t know.”
“I see.”
“But there’s definitely something that doesn’t change.”
“What’s that?”
The king looked with an interesting face. Laslo put his back in a rack without any disruption.
“Do you remember the sword that the Arpad family dedicated to the royal family a long time ago.
“Oh. Of course.”
Sebastian recalled a colorful but old sword hanging in a gallery of the royal palace.
“Are you talking about the sword that the first Duke of Arpad offered in exchange for loyalty?”
“Yes.”
Laslo nodded briefly.
“There was only one promise that Arpad had kept for over 300 years.”
“Are you sick and tired of your loyalty to the royal family?”
Sebastian laughed, but Laslo did not.
“That’s all I’ve seen and learned since I was born and raised. Your Highness. I never dreamed or learned anything else.”
“…..”
The king stared at the duke. No blurring or falsehood was seen in his green eyes.
It looked so clear that it was like he was looking at a transparent lake of water.
“I know. How thick and firm the loyalty the Duke has.”
“The reason we offered a blunt sword that cannot cut is because it is also an oath that we will never point a sword at the royal family.”
As soon as Laslo finished speaking, he bowed his head deeply to the king.
“Please understand Arpad’s long-standing loyalty. Your Highness.”
“…….”
“All I want is a peaceful life with my wife.”
Sebastian looked at the top of his golden brown head for a long time.
Short thoughts passed through his mind. After a long time, the king said,
“Raise your head, Duke Arpad.”
“Yes.”
“I’ve never doubted the loyalty of the Duke. So don’t worry and go back.”
“Thank you, your highness.”
Laslo got up from his seat. As he turned his back and walked to the door, he heard Sebastian’s voice behind him.
“Well. Say hello to my sister. Tell her I’m always thinking of her and missing her.”
“………I’ll do that.”
* * *
“Mihai.”
“Who’s there?”
The man wearing a white mask crookedly passed the hallway with a quick step.
The subordinate he was walking with said with a difficult face.
“I’m the Duchess of Arpad”.
“Arpad? Princess Agnes?”
“Yes.”
“What the heck, I’m already busy. Did you check the invitation?”
“Yes, I checked.”
The hallway ended before I knew it. On both sides of the huge red door, there are servants waiting.
He trimmed his clothes once and nodded.
The door opened. In front of her, a space reminiscent of a splendid nobleman’s parlor unfolded.
“Welcome to Alexandra. Duchess.”
Mihai quickly erased the signs of annoyance and smiled around her mouth.
“I’m Mihai, general manager of Alexandra.”
“Won’t you take off your mask?”
Agnes took it easy and said, putting the teacup down.
“I’m sorry, Duchess. I have no choice but to take care of myself because I meet a lot of aristocrats. I ask for your understanding.”
“Really? Then it can’t be helped.”
Agnes did not force more.
“What information do you want?”
“Hmm. I want you to find out about the Kiske family.”
“Is there any information about the person you want?”
He picked up a pen and wrote Kiske on the paper.
“About Sir Milan Kiske. I want to know where he goes, who he meets, what he likes, and what he wants.”
“Yes, I see. Do you need anything else?”
“No. I think that’s enough.”
Agnes stood up without hesitation.
“I’ll walk you out. Duchess.”
He stood up from the chair smiling.
Agnes threw a word, wearing a crooked hat right away.
“I heard you’re studying literature these days. How far did I learn from Linggrant?”
“What?”
Mihai stopped packing the paper in front of him and looked at Agnes.
“What do you mean by that?”
“Did you read the grief? What about the end forest? Oh, you didn’t learn that much yet?”
Mihai paused for a moment. However, the time was so short that it was difficult for others to recognize it.
“Haha. I enjoy learning this and that, but I’m an outsider in literature.”
He was sly. Agnes smiled.
“You don’t know? That’s too bad. You must have studied in Leana for nothing. Your father must be very disappointed.”
The ordinary brown eyes were seen over the mask.
Mihai replied in silence.
It wasn’t until a long time that he called in a subordinate leaning against the wall.
“Yes.”
“Let’s get everyone out of this room.”
All the servants and several of his men left the room. Now, all the breathing sounds of the two are heard in the room.
“How much do you know?”
As soon as he heard that, Agnes felt joy inside.
Mihai took off the mask that was covering half of his face and threw it away.
Agnes stared at his bare face.
I looked closely, but I couldn’t see any traces of Roland’s face anywhere.
“How did you change your face?”
“Don’t you know that?”
When asked with curious eyes, he responded angrily. Agnes sat back down.
“I don’t know a lot of things. It’s just that you run Alexandra while avoiding Sebastian’s eyes and that you’re Roland Sandor.”
“Oh, my!”
Roland kicked in the air and poured out quite rough swear words.
“Why don’t you stop and sit down?”
Agnes spoke in a decent tone.
It took him a long time to calm down and sit down.
“What do you want? Princess.”
“Duchess.”
Agnes raised her chin.
“·····What do you want? Duchess.”
He changed her title while grinding his teeth.
“Have you always had this kind of personality”
She felt a sense of gap because he is so different from the Roland she knew, smiling and spitting out tactless words.
“Oh, my. I spent my childhood with Sebastian. Would my personality be okay?”
“Oh. That’s true.”
Agnes accepted his words at once.
“Come to think of it, Vivian was a mess, too. Sebastian has ruined many people.”
“Who else knows?”
“Your identity? There’s none.”
“How can I believe that?”
“I can’t force you to trust me.”
Agnes ate the snacks that the maid had given him with a calm face.
“Then I’ll do it here.”
Roland casually took a dagger out of his arms.
“It means that if I kill the duchess and throw you into the river, my identity will not be revealed and I will be safe.”
“Is this how you try to be safe?”
Agnes wasn’t scared at all. She looked straight at him without paying attention to the dagger.
“You could kill me and live with your stupid cousin Sebastian.”
Roland could not refute Agnes’ words for some reason.
“If your goal is to live with only your life.”
“……”
“But keep it in mind. Sebastian will kill you one day. He’ll lay all kinds of sins and hang your neck on the gate to make a mockery of you.”
Agnes said with confidence. Roland’s expression, who was listening to her, turned strange.
“Sebastian is crazy, but he’s not stupid enough to kill his maternal family.”
“The moment he finds out that you are the head of Alexandra, he will no longer treat you as a maternal family. You will remain a threat to the king.”
“However,..”
“Didn’t you create this organization because you didn’t trust Sebastian completely? If you trust him, you wouldn’t do this secretly.”
He smacked his lips as if he had something to say, but nothing actually came out.
“What do you want to say?”
“I’m going to kill Sebastian.”
“······.”
“And I intend to ascend to the throne.”
He was speechless at the moment. He doubted what he heard.
“Are you going to usurp his place now?”
Agnes nodded lightly.
On the second day, Laslo obtained Alexandra’s invitation and handed it over to her.
“Here it is.”
“Thank you very much.”
Agnes smiled broadly and received the invitation.
Laslo was also ready to go out on the news that she left the mansion in a carriage.
“Master, should I follow you?”
“No need. It would seem strange to go to the palace with the knights hanging around.”
Laslo answered briefly and got on the carriage. It took about a dozen minutes to get to the royal palace.
The servant who received the call in advance, was waiting.
“Sir Duke.”
“Your Highness?”
“He’s in the greenhouse.”
The servant took the lead. Before entering the greenhouse, a royal knight demanded his sword.
“Sword?”
“Yes. Only your highness is in the greenhouse.”
Laslo gently loosened the sword in his waist and handed it over to the knight.
It was a glass greenhouse, so it was hot inside like midsummer. In the center, the king sat in a relaxed manner.
“Sit here. Duke”
As soon as Laslo saw Sebastian, he bowed lightly and sat on the chair opposite him.
“It’s been a long time since we’ve been alone together.”
“Yeah, the last time was when I was given the title Duke.”
“At that time, I never imagined that the Duke and I would become family.”
Sebastian smiled lightly.
Surprisingly, his face, which was cold like a snake, turned into a gentle impression.
“Because it’s something that people don’t know.”
“I see.”
“But there’s definitely something that doesn’t change.”
“What’s that?”
The king looked with an interesting face. Laslo put his back in a rack without any disruption.
“Do you remember the sword that the Arpad family dedicated to the royal family a long time ago.
“Oh. Of course.”
Sebastian recalled a colorful but old sword hanging in a gallery of the royal palace.
“Are you talking about the sword that the first Duke of Arpad offered in exchange for loyalty?”
“Yes.”
Laslo nodded briefly.
“There was only one promise that Arpad had kept for over 300 years.”
“Are you sick and tired of your loyalty to the royal family?”
Sebastian laughed, but Laslo did not.
“That’s all I’ve seen and learned since I was born and raised. Your Highness. I never dreamed or learned anything else.”
“…..”
The king stared at the duke. No blurring or falsehood was seen in his green eyes.
It looked so clear that it was like he was looking at a transparent lake of water.
“I know. How thick and firm the loyalty the Duke has.”
“The reason we offered a blunt sword that cannot cut is because it is also an oath that we will never point a sword at the royal family.”
As soon as Laslo finished speaking, he bowed his head deeply to the king.
“Please understand Arpad’s long-standing loyalty. Your Highness.”
“…….”
“All I want is a peaceful life with my wife.”
Sebastian looked at the top of his golden brown head for a long time.
Short thoughts passed through his mind. After a long time, the king said,
“Raise your head, Duke Arpad.”
“Yes.”
“I’ve never doubted the loyalty of the Duke. So don’t worry and go back.”
“Thank you, your highness.”
Laslo got up from his seat. As he turned his back and walked to the door, he heard Sebastian’s voice behind him.
“Well. Say hello to my sister. Tell her I’m always thinking of her and missing her.”
“………I’ll do that.”
* * *
“Mihai.”
“Who’s there?”
The man wearing a white mask crookedly passed the hallway with a quick step.
The subordinate he was walking with said with a difficult face.
“I’m the Duchess of Arpad”.
“Arpad? Princess Agnes?”
“Yes.”
“What the heck, I’m already busy. Did you check the invitation?”
“Yes, I checked.”
The hallway ended before I knew it. On both sides of the huge red door, there are servants waiting.
He trimmed his clothes once and nodded.
The door opened. In front of her, a space reminiscent of a splendid nobleman’s parlor unfolded.
“Welcome to Alexandra. Duchess.”
Mihai quickly erased the signs of annoyance and smiled around her mouth.
“I’m Mihai, general manager of Alexandra.”
“Won’t you take off your mask?”
Agnes took it easy and said, putting the teacup down.
“I’m sorry, Duchess. I have no choice but to take care of myself because I meet a lot of aristocrats. I ask for your understanding.”
“Really? Then it can’t be helped.”
Agnes did not force more.
“What information do you want?”
“Hmm. I want you to find out about the Kiske family.”
“Is there any information about the person you want?”
He picked up a pen and wrote Kiske on the paper.
“About Sir Milan Kiske. I want to know where he goes, who he meets, what he likes, and what he wants.”
“Yes, I see. Do you need anything else?”
“No. I think that’s enough.”
Agnes stood up without hesitation.
“I’ll walk you out. Duchess.”
He stood up from the chair smiling.
Agnes threw a word, wearing a crooked hat right away.
“I heard you’re studying literature these days. How far did I learn from Linggrant?”
“What?”
Mihai stopped packing the paper in front of him and looked at Agnes.
“What do you mean by that?”
“Did you read the grief? What about the end forest? Oh, you didn’t learn that much yet?”
Mihai paused for a moment. However, the time was so short that it was difficult for others to recognize it.
“Haha. I enjoy learning this and that, but I’m an outsider in literature.”
He was sly. Agnes smiled.
“You don’t know? That’s too bad. You must have studied in Leana for nothing. Your father must be very disappointed.”
The ordinary brown eyes were seen over the mask.
Mihai replied in silence.
It wasn’t until a long time that he called in a subordinate leaning against the wall.
“Yes.”
“Let’s get everyone out of this room.”
All the servants and several of his men left the room. Now, all the breathing sounds of the two are heard in the room.
“How much do you know?”
As soon as he heard that, Agnes felt joy inside.
Mihai took off the mask that was covering half of his face and threw it away.
Agnes stared at his bare face.
I looked closely, but I couldn’t see any traces of Roland’s face anywhere.
“How did you change your face?”
“Don’t you know that?”
When asked with curious eyes, he responded angrily. Agnes sat back down.
“I don’t know a lot of things. It’s just that you run Alexandra while avoiding Sebastian’s eyes and that you’re Roland Sandor.”
“Oh, my!”
Roland kicked in the air and poured out quite rough swear words.
“Why don’t you stop and sit down?”
Agnes spoke in a decent tone.
It took him a long time to calm down and sit down.
“What do you want? Princess.”
“Duchess.”
Agnes raised her chin.
“·····What do you want? Duchess.”
He changed her title while grinding his teeth.
“Have you always had this kind of personality”
She felt a sense of gap because he is so different from the Roland she knew, smiling and spitting out tactless words.
“Oh, my. I spent my childhood with Sebastian. Would my personality be okay?”
“Oh. That’s true.”
Agnes accepted his words at once.
“Come to think of it, Vivian was a mess, too. Sebastian has ruined many people.”
“Who else knows?”
“Your identity? There’s none.”
“How can I believe that?”
“I can’t force you to trust me.”
Agnes ate the snacks that the maid had given him with a calm face.
“Then I’ll do it here.”
Roland casually took a dagger out of his arms.
“It means that if I kill the duchess and throw you into the river, my identity will not be revealed and I will be safe.”
“Is this how you try to be safe?”
Agnes wasn’t scared at all. She looked straight at him without paying attention to the dagger.
“You could kill me and live with your stupid cousin Sebastian.”
Roland could not refute Agnes’ words for some reason.
“If your goal is to live with only your life.”
“……”
“But keep it in mind. Sebastian will kill you one day. He’ll lay all kinds of sins and hang your neck on the gate to make a mockery of you.”
Agnes said with confidence. Roland’s expression, who was listening to her, turned strange.
“Sebastian is crazy, but he’s not stupid enough to kill his maternal family.”
“The moment he finds out that you are the head of Alexandra, he will no longer treat you as a maternal family. You will remain a threat to the king.”
“However,..”
“Didn’t you create this organization because you didn’t trust Sebastian completely? If you trust him, you wouldn’t do this secretly.”
He smacked his lips as if he had something to say, but nothing actually came out.
“What do you want to say?”
“I’m going to kill Sebastian.”
“······.”
“And I intend to ascend to the throne.”
He was speechless at the moment. He doubted what he heard.
“Are you going to usurp his place now?”
Agnes nodded lightly.
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