Chapter 461 The duke’s visit (2)
The duke continued to say, "Thank you for taking care of her during this time. If it wasn't for you, who knows what kind of places she would have run off to."
Both Rose and I couldn't help looking at each other with confused looks before turning back to look at the duke.
Slowly, I said, "Duke Beauchamp, of course we would take care of her for you since she came here as your envoy. But are you sure that you're alright with all the things that she's been doing?"
The duke raised a brow before asking, "Why wouldn't I be alright with it?"
Both Rose and I couldn't help being surprised again when we heard this.
Why wouldn't he be alright?
Well, she had followed me to another kingdom and had even followed me to the capital to get involved in the succession war. If I was her father, I wouldn't be happy that my daughter was involved in all of this.
But it didn't seem like he was lying.nOvE)lb.In
It seemed like he really was alright with what Veronica had been getting up to.
It was just that this was strange...
The duke saw the way that we looked at him and after a moment of silence, he said, "While it is hard to imagine interacting with the elves, I'm sure that she's doing fine. She is my daughter after all."
After saying this, he couldn't help raising his head as if he was showing pride in Veronica.
But when we heard this, we finally figured out what was going on.
He didn't know.
It was very simple, he didn't know about all the things that Veronica has been getting up to, which was why he didn't say anything about them.
It seemed that even though she had been sending her letters back, there were a few things that she had left out in those letters. Things that she didn't want her parents knowing since they would certainly disapprove of.
I could see that Rose also realized this and as we exchanged looks, we immediately came to an understanding.
Since Veronica didn't tell her parents about this, it wasn't up to us to tell them.
Still, we silently waited for the duke to finish reading and to respond.
After a long silence, the duke put the piece of paper down and looked up at us with that same look on his face. He just calmly looked at us, as if he was trying to gauge us.
After another long silence, he finally said, "Is everything written on this paper true?"
We couldn't help revealing frowns when we heard this, but I calmed myself down and gave a nod in response before saying, "Yes."
The duke just looked at me with narrowed eyes for a bit before suddenly giving a nod and saying, "Alright, I accept these terms."
I was completely taken aback when I heard this.
After all, none of us expected the duke to agree to this first offer.
Rose, Haley, and I had all expected the duke to make some kind of counter offer, so we had already prepared a bottom line that we would be willing to accept.
This offer that we made was just the negotiable first offer.
Yet the duke had accepted it so easily.
It was the same with the king...
They all accepted these things so easily, as if they weren't concerned by the numbers at all.
But that didn't make sense.
This was clearly not the best offer that they could get, so why would they accept so easily?
The duke just ignored the surprised look that I had and said, "Where's the contract for me to sign?"
I was even more taken aback when I heard this, but Rose reacted right away and pulled out a contract that had been written up. After filling in the details, she presented it to the duke to sign with some pen and ink.
The duke didn't hesitate to pick up the pen and sign the contract, sealing our deal as this.
I couldn't help feeling very strange at how smoothly everything had gone, but the duke had a look on his face like he thought that he had gotten a very good deal.
