Since then, the king has treated Stuart's people coldly and has not received them again until now.
It’s no wonder that the new envoy wants to find another way. Franz has already been mentally prepared for this.
But in this kind of thing, it’s impossible not to let the other party learn a lesson.
So he didn't intend to accommodate the other party.
"No, no, no... I think the conditions we offer are very generous, and they must be enough for you to ignore the unpleasant things that happened before."
Simon smiled.
"Prince Raphael was so seriously injured, someone has to take responsibility, right?" He said very matter-of-factly.
Franz was stunned, "But those assassins haven't caught anyone alive yet..."
"Who said we have to find the real assassin?" Simon's deep voice was full of meaning, "As long as you can take responsibility, isn't it good?"
When he said this, Franz seemed to understand something.
"you mean--"
The envoy said "Ah!" and said as if he mentioned it casually: "Last time at the masquerade held by Lily Club, I met a very interesting and beautiful girl. Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to dance with her. song."
He seemed to regret this.
"Later I found out that she was actually the beloved daughter of Duke Elliot. What an unexpected beauty..."
Hearing this, Franz looked away from him and took out a handful of finely chopped coarse grains from the fish food cup in his hand.
He raised his right hand flat in front of his eyes and watched the particles falling into the water bit by bit from between his fingers.
…
"Click——"
A slight noise came from outside the window.
Beside the bed, Geli, who was already bored with waiting, suddenly looked up.
"Why are you moving so slowly?" She sounded dissatisfied, but still stood up and approached him.
Wayne turned in with an unhappy expression.
"This is for you." He took out a bouquet of flowers from behind his back.
"..."
Time seemed to stand still for a few seconds. Looking at the bouquet of flowers, the two of them were silent for a while.
"Ah, sorry! I didn't notice how it became like this. It was fine just now..."
Wayne was speechless.
Song Li shouldn't think that he was deliberately humiliating her, right?
Although he accidentally overheard Franz's secret conversation just now, he did not intend to vent his anger on Franz on Song Li.
In fact, it is normal for the Winche family and the Edgeworth family, who hate each other, to plot against each other.
——Even if I wanted to convince myself this way, my mood inevitably became bad.
After a long silence, Ge Li said: "... What you picked is a special variety that my father spent a lot of money to cultivate. It will wither as soon as it is picked."
Wayne was stunned.
How could there be such weird flowers in this world?
"Then... will it be discovered tomorrow?"
"Yes. Because there is a dedicated person responsible for taking care of it every morning and evening, and it is easy to spot a few dead plants." As he said this, Geli glared at him angrily, took the battered bouquet from his hand, and pretended to Into the flower pot next to the bedside table.
This is really self-defeating.
In this way, wouldn't Minister Franz soon find out that there were outsiders in the garden tonight?
"Then I'd better get rid of it," he said.
"No need." Ge Li rejected his proposal.
"Tomorrow I will say that I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and went for a walk in the garden and picked a few flowers."
...It doesn't seem impossible.
Wayne reacted and warned: "Then don't say it's this time. Just now I saw your dad having a private meeting with foreign guests in the garden. He didn't seem to want others to know."
Ge Li suddenly frowned.
"Is it a boy... or a girl?"
There was a faint murderous aura coming from her body.
"male."
The murderous aura disappeared.
As if she noticed Wayne's silence, Ge Li smiled sweetly and said, "I guess so. After all, my father is a man with a strong sense of family responsibility."
Um? This sounds like a mockery of my lack of family responsibility.
Wayne reluctantly threw his cloak onto the seat aside.
Then, he sat next to Song Li.
"I will be responsible." He put his arms around Ge Li and put his head on her shoulder and neck.
"I will always be good to you, as long as you don't leave me."
The warm fragrance envelopes you, as if you are enveloped in love.
Frankly speaking, being around Song Li made him feel very "safe".
Because I know I am loved.
Not out of identity or habit.
It's the kind of love that, once lost, may never be regained.
She gave sincerely and was seen by him, so he understood how precious this relationship was.
Song Li, who was held in his arms, blinked.
"As long as I don't leave you, you are willing to do anything?" she asked.
"Um."
He affirmed without hesitation.
However, he immediately realized that there was a major flaw in this sentence. "——Things that violate the bottom line are not allowed."
Song Li showed his disappointment without concealing it.
"If you make a promise, don't make it next time." She complained ruthlessly.
"..."
Wayne, who was still immersed in emotion just now, was suddenly hit hard.
What do you think I am?
He let go of her unhappily.
"Why do you say that?"
Although he made a very sincere oath, he was not taken seriously at all.
"Who knows what your bottom line is?" She said in a very calm voice, "Today you may not be able to kill people and set fires, but tomorrow you may be unable to lift your right foot first before entering the classroom door."
...Hey, can you have some confidence in my character? !
He was speechless.
"It doesn't matter if you don't believe it now, I will prove it with practical actions." He said seriously.
Song Li sighed, stood up and walked to the table.
"In that case, please do me a favor first." She held up several documents and waved her wrist in Wayne's sight.
…
In the cool night breeze, Wayne walked alone on the deserted street.
His back was sad and desolate, with only his shadow illuminated by the moonlight on one side.
After finally accepting the cruel reality, Wayne felt quite lonely at this time.
It turns out that Geli didn’t want to spend the night with him tonight.
Taking the document that Ge Li gave him, he sat down on a step with a sigh.
In the dim moonlight, the bright red words "Top Secret" on the cover were so dazzling.
Being qualified to know the secrets of the Edgeworth family, as Kaori's lover, she should have been happy, but why wasn't she happy at all now?
I called myself out in the middle of the night, full of expectations, but ended up using this kind of thing to kill myself.
He was very lost.
——Even the most handsome guy on the street is just a useful tool in her eyes.
