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Chapter 717 I want to solve this for you
Chapter 717 I want to solve this for you
Chapter 717 I want to solve this for you
Both the fourth prince and I were surprised to hear this.
The two of us just looked at the duke who had a calm look on his face with one brow raised.
Then the two of us looked at each other as if we were seeing what the other person thought.
But in the end, I said with a smile, "It seems like you aren't playing around."
The duke just returned the smile as he said, "I don't think that I have the room to play around. It's better to make things clear so we can handle things as quickly as possible."
There seemed to be a double meaning to the words that Duke Nergiante said.
That was not missed by the fourth prince and me as we both had looks of understanding in our eyes after he said this.
It seemed that Duke Nergiante was sharper than we gave him credit for.
This would certainly make things easier for us.
But still, I didn't answer the question right away as I calmly asked, "Can you tell me about what has been happening in that forest?"
"That forest?" Duke Nergiante repeated with a confused look at first before narrowing his eyes to slowly say, "Do you mean the Dark Forest on the edge of our land?"
I gave a nod in response before waiting for him to say something.
Duke Nergiante didn't say anything as he kept looking at me with his eyes narrowed.
But after a bit of silence, he said, "I'm sure that you've already heard all the rumours, is there anything that you still need me to say?"
The way that he said this, it was almost as if he was unwilling to show any signs of weakness in his land. So even if they were asking him about it, he wouldn't tell them a single thing.
Though it was also clear by the look in the eyes of Duke Nergiante that he was confused about being asked this question all of a sudden.
It certainly wasn't a question that he was expecting to be asked.
This might be a bit hard if I didn't already have a grasp of what kind of personality this Duke Nergiante had.
So I looked right into his questioning gaze and said, "I want to solve this matter for you."
"Huh?" It wasn't just the duke, but also the duchess had a confused look on her face when she heard this.
The two of them didn't say anything in response as they looked at me with doubtful looks.
It was clear that the two of them had no idea what I was planning when I said this, so they couldn't say anything since they were afraid of saying something wrong. But I also didn't say anything to clarify since I knew that this would be a bad move.
The duchess eventually looked at the duke as if she was leaving this decision to him.
The duke still didn't say a thing as he kept looking at me with the same look on his face.
But eventually he said, "Duke Zwein, you have to understand our hesitation if you say something like this. While we understand your sincerity, that doesn't mean that we can exactly trust it. So I hope that you will be able to give an explanation first before I respond."
I shook my head as soon as his voice fell and said, "This is a very simple matter. You can either agree to this or you can reject me."
Duke Nergiante deeply knitted his brows when he heard this, but it didn't look like he was upset or offended.
Rather, it seemed like he was completely taken aback by how firm my stance was.
At the same time, there was a small part of him that was intrigued because of it.
That was what my main plan was.
To act as mysterious as possible and it seemed to be working.
It only worked because of the reputation that I had.
There was no doubt that Duke Nergiante already knew about the things that I have done in the past, that was the bare minimum that he had to do as the ruler of this land.
Not to mention, I was even a person that had arrived on the back of wyverns.
It was hard not to portray a powerful image just based on that.
When people with powerful reputations presented a mysterious image, it gave off the feeling that one was capable since they didn't seem bothered at all by rejection. The calm feeling that this gave made them feel like this person had everything in the palm of his hands.
Which was why it made people trust them naturally.
So Duke Nergiante looked like he was really starting to be shaken because of this.
At this time, if I offered him a bit of bait…
"I won't tell you exactly what it is, but I'll give you a hint as to what you're dealing with." I suddenly said this while they were still debating on what to do.
Duke Nergiante was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard this and he immediately looked up at me with an expectant look.
In a calm and mysterious way, I said, "This is something that has to do with a former demon king."
"Demon king?!" The duke and duchess both repeated with a shocked voice.
The two of them looked at each other as if they were exchanging silent words, but the duke looked back at me as if he was asking me to say more.
I just remained silent and waited for the duke's response.
The duke looked like he was hesitating a bit more, but in the end…
With a sigh, the duke said, "Even if I wanted to stop you, I wouldn't be able to, right? Then I might as well be involved in this matter so I can make sure that it will go the way that I want."