RISE OF EROS

Chapter 294: CHAPTER 293

Gaston and Erick were surprised to hear that all the food they had promised the marquis was in the Cannaris Palace since they still did not know the fact that Andrew had the ability to teleport. In fact, they always thought that Candice and the others had been taken out in the same way that Andrew and the others had left in the first place.

Despite their surprise, Andrew did not explain anything to them. It was not yet the time to explain his abilities and when they saw that Andrew did not want to explain, they were smart and did not ask.

Although they had reached the level of loyalty necessary to receive a guardian seal, this had occurred unconsciously, while living with Andrew and not knowing this seal, Gastón and Erick were ignorant of this issue, but remembering what Candice had told them, they thought they still hadn't gained the trust necessary for Andrew to reveal his secrets to them.

Not wanting to be intrusive, they remained silent and did not ask. Within a few minutes, they called several employees to bring the food to Candice's store and also notified the marquis using a messenger falcon.

They were checking the food when the falcon arrived at the marquis' mansion. Upon seeing the hawk, Donald wrinkled his eyebrows because he did not know what message this hawk could bring.

He even thought that Candice had sent him a message saying that she would not keep her promise since it was clear to him that she held a grudge against him for removing her from the empire's plan for the merchants and that worried him.

However, when he read the note, he was happy, because it was quite the opposite. Candice was not giving up on her promise, but rather she had completed it in less time than stipulated and that was good news.

He immediately organized a group of employees led by Richard, his trusted butler, to negotiate the purchase of the food, because although it had already been defined that this food was for the army of the empire, he did not want to take any risk, so he acted quickly.

However, when he was about to send his men, another hawk entered through the window. This surprised him because the falcon was from Raven who was guarding the Palace of Cannaris and since he already knew that that place was deserted, he was surprised that a message arrived because that meant that there was a change.

He immediately approached the falcon and took the message. When he finished reading it, his eyebrows were wrinkled as if he had bitten into a lemon, because the message said, "Gaston and Erick are in the Celestial Palace taking out a large amount of what looks like food."

This confused the Marquis since the information was very ambiguous and insufficient. This raised many questions, "Does Candice send these foods? When and how did they get to that place without being noticed? Why did they come to that place instead of Candice's store?"

All these questions made Donald's eyebrows knit closer and not wanting to be left with the intrigue, he called Richard. The butler arrived in a few seconds and with a slight bow asked, "Did you call me?"

"Yes, there is a situation and I need you to take charge," Donald said and began to explain the content of the two notes he received, as well as his doubts. Richard, being a smart person, understood what Donald wanted and immediately said, "Don't worry. I will immediately go to the Heavenly Palace and find out what is happening."

Richard finished speaking and the next second he had disappeared. This man's power was not something to take lightly. In fact, few know it, but below Arturios and Demon, no one in the empire was more powerful than Richard.

In a matter of seconds, the butler had arrived at the Heavenly Palace. There he could see Gastón and Erick coordinate several employees to load wooden boxes into various carriages. There were also some fully armed guards and even he could see Andrew.

After observing the situation for a few seconds he approached Gastón and with a cordial greeting said, "Good morning Mr. Gastón, may I ask if these are the promised foods?"

Gaston jumped slightly when he heard Richard speak to him since he had not seen him catching him off guard. Richard, noticing that he had approached too quietly, said, "I apologize for scaring you."

"Oh Mr. Richard, what a pity to show you my bad side, there is nothing to apologize for," Gaston responded recovering from the previous scare and added, "You are correct, these are the promised foods, but how did Mr. Richard know that I was here?".

Richard was about to make an excuse, when Andrew interrupted, saying, "That not a secret you know, after all the marquis has kept this place under surveillance for a long time."

Andrew's sudden interruption made Richard frown because this was not only criticism but an acknowledgment that Andrew knew he had been under surveillance for a long time.

That Andrew knew this didn't seem strange to Richard, but rather the fact that Andrew didn't act and let Raven and his team spy as if he wasn't afraid of his secrets being revealed was strange.

This made him very curious and since Andrew had already exposed it, Richard was not polite and asked, "If Mr. Andrew already knew about this, may I ask, why didn't you do anything about it?"

Andrew smiled at the question and answered with a bit of mockery, "Because there was no need. No matter how many spies you send, they will never be able to infiltrate this place."

Andrew's response made Richard confused. He looked at Andrew seriously, trying to see the reason for his confidence, but he found nothing, so he was bold and asked, "May I ask the reason?"

"Can the marquis reveal all his secrets?" Andrew responded with another question, without leaving his mocking tone. Richard knew that Andrew would not reveal his secrets, but he still had nothing to lose by asking, so, at Andrew's answer, he just shook his head and left the topic aside.

Seeing this, Andrew understood that Richard would not ask anything more and said, "Gaston, why don't you go back with Mr. Richard to the store and discuss the issue of food? Erick and I can take care of the transportation." Read exclusive adventures at m_v-l'-NovelBin.net

Gaston nodded and, looking at the butler, said politely, "Shall we?", to which Richard nodded and left in his company, but before leaving Richard took one last look at Andrew and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Andrew, can I ask you one last question?"

The butler's tone and attitude had changed. He now seemed very sincere and his aura said the same, so Andrew thought it would be interesting to listen to him so he modded, giving him the understanding that he could ask.

The butler bowed slightly as if thanking him for allowing his question and then spoke, "What is your objective?" The question stumped Andrew, as he never saw this question coming.

He remained silent for a few seconds in surprise, but then he recovered and with an honest smile said, "Turn the Heavenly Palace into the best pleasure house in the world."

These answers not only surprised Richard but Gastón and Erick who were nearby. This answer seemed like a joke, but these three were intelligent and very experienced people, so their instincts were telling them that Andrew's words were not a joke.

Even though it seemed like a foolish goal, none of them doubted the words said by Andrew. They were not clear about the reason, but they felt that the sincerity of that answer was the purest they had ever seen.

Although Andrew didn't know what they thought, he didn't stop to explain. He immediately turned and entered the Cannaris Palace to continue supervising the employees carrying the boxes.

It was only after he had left that the other three woke up from their shock and, somewhat dazed, went back to carrying out their operations. Erick continued to check that all the boxes were loaded onto the carriages, while Gaston and Richard left to discuss business.

The amount of food that Candice had bought was enormous, to the point that the 10 cargo carriages that Gaston and Erick had brought were not enough to carry everything, so they had to make several trips.

By the time the 4 trips of these 10 carriages brought all the food to Candice's store, Gaston and Richard had finished their negotiation and the latter had returned to the marquis' mansion to tell him what had happened.

Richard explained everything that had happened without adding or removing anything. Donald was frowning again, because he couldn't believe what his butler had told him and a little skeptically asked, "Do you believe his words? Not that it detracts from the goal Andrew said, but it seems a little… Silly?"

The butler understood Donald because he, now that had thought about it with a cool head, had a similar opinion, but remembering the aura that surrounded Andrew at the moment he said it made him say, "I'm not sure if we should believe him, But I can say that I had never seen such sincerity in a person in my life."

With those words, Donald couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in surprise, because those words from an expert like Richard were powerful. Experts are not called that only because of their great power, but because of their great instinct and ability to read people, so the fact that someone as powerful as Richard said that Andrew's words were the most sincere he had heard , made him think deeply.