Suddenly Nobles

Promise at the Beginning of the Meeting

"Knight Nyx?"

Both Declan who was on his right side and General Nicholas who was sitting on his left side nodded in unison.

"Are you sure to use their services again? I know we will definitely get the western border back, but the money they asked for in return is also not small." Lucas sighed. "With such high pay, do they not intend to blackmail the kingdom?"

"The money they spend to train a lot of troops as professional as it is also not kidding, Your Highness. I think it's only natural that they want a fair result" replied General Nicholas, "well, in their work they also bet lives. It shouldn't matter, right, if it uses a bit of royal cash for them?"

Hearing the general's opinion, Prince Lucas nodded. "I understand. Then what do you think, Lord Lumiero?"

"As soon as the palace will hold your inauguration as Crown Prince, I don't think it's a problem to use the Nyx Knights. Not to spoil the palace soldiers, just for the important moment we have to suppress the death rate in Sasania as much as possible. In times like these, bloodshed should be avoided. But what can be done, right."

General Nicholas is ticking. "I thought you didn't know anything about the events in the palace lately, My Lord," he recalled Declan's previous attitude as if he did not know about Prince Lucas who would soon take over the crown prince's throne.

Declan shrugged. "Hearing the news so fussy it certainly made a shock happen, especially the 'senior' nobility'."

"Oh, so you know it from the Duke of Lumiere?"

"No. His Majesty himself told me."

General Nicholas raises his hand. Ok, he lost.

"Hah .. what can you do if you guys are that sure." Prince Lucas tapped his finger on the table. "But in exchange, I want something."

"What is it, Your Highness?"

"Find out who the leader of the Nyx Knights is." Prince Lucas enjoyed the expressions of his two subordinates who were speechless stiff. "Just consider the task times like a team task. So I want you two to be able to work together without dropping each other. Oh yes, and one more. It's a secret assignment. Underline, secret assignment. If you know anything, report it to me immediately. Make sure no one knows the information you have."

"Okay, Your Majesty!"

The prince smiled. For two ambitious men like The Lord of Lumiero and young General Nicholas, Prince Lucas is confident they will discover who the leader of the Nyx Knights is sooner or later.

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After spending all day having fun with her two stepsisters, Eve was finally able to lie down quietly. The night began late and of course there would be no disturbance at all because Eve had previously ordered the servants to stop following her and rest in their respective rooms. As an employer, Eve was pretty good, right? But behind all that, Eve covered something.

"There's no need to pretend to be hiding like that. You better get out now before I throw you off the balcony!" exclaimed Eve loudly with her eyes closed. Both hands were used as pillows, while half of his body fell on the mattress with his legs dangling.

"You have good instincts, Lady Lumiera." Prince Lucas came out of his hiding place while chuckling.

"If you forget, I used to live in the wild, Your Highness."

"By the way, why don't you scream? You should be afraid of a foreign man sneaking in and hiding in your room." Lucas flicked his shoulders, then watched the night sky through the balcony where the curtains were left open. "Otherwise at night. You should be more alert."

"That's because I trust you, Prince." Eve opened her eyes and changed her position to sit. "For a long time not to meet. How's the palace?"

Lucas breathed a tired breath. He decided to sit on a study table right next to the bed. "Nothing special. Well ... at most the incident of the Crown Prince running away a few days ago, that managed to make the palace a bit of an uproar. The rest as usual. Busy and boring."

Eve rounded her eyes. "Crown Prince? You mean Prince Felix?!"

Lucas nodded in agreement.

"But what made him dare to flee?" Eve humped. "Damn, what is the fate of his sons?!"

"They still lived in the palace and were not immediately expelled. So just calm down."

"How about his wife?"

"interviewees. Maybe one of them knows where the Crown Prince is going." Prince Lucas took an unpeeled apple on an iron tray and ate it. "Because of them it's actually just a waste of time. In any case, they must have been more in favor of the Crown Prince as her husband and chose silence. Had it not been for His Majesty the King I would obviously not have possibly ordered some people to interview them. As I said before, it's less effective."

Eve humped. "What if you're given a little threat? Maybe they want to be honest."

Lucas shakes. "As per rules. If the motive for the crime is not clear, members of the royal family have no right to be harmed."

"You're so worried about them, aren't you?"

"Eh?" Eve looked.

"What about me?"

"What's 'what about me'?"

"Are you not worried about me, too?"

"Why worry about yourself!" Eve grunts. Try your best to cover both of her flushed cheeks. "You're not sick, so there's nothing to worry about."

"I'm sick, you know." Prince Lucas cast a sparkling gaze like a puppy wanting attention.

"What pain?"

"It hurts because you forgot your promise" he replied with a ticklish grin.

"Promise?" echo para. He never promised anything. "What promise?"

"Do I need to remind you?"

Prince Lucas stood up. Slowly approached Eve who was sitting on the edge of the bed with a bad feeling. His feelings grew even more tense as the prince lowered his head, curling his small body inside Lucas' muscular arm lock that was clearly imprinted behind all-black clothing.

"What does this mean, prince?!"

"Your promise at our first meeting. Remember?"

With a blank stare back staring at the prince's gray net, Eve tried to recall the events of the past few days. Exactly a few weeks—or months ago.

"If you can meet me when the candle festival is held, then I'm willing to follow your request just now." Eve smiled obliquely. During the festival, Eve intends to languish inside the castle for a full day. There was no way this pitch-black unraveling man in front of him could break through the tight defenses of Lumiere castle. The challenge he gave was the same as impossible. "Goodbye. I hope we never see each other again."

"Wax festival!" the sentence just came out without Eve can prevent. Seeing Prince Lucas's smile widen, Eve became increasingly convinced that what she had just mentioned was right with the prince's intentions.

"Nice news, the candle festival is being held tonight" Prince Lucas said excitedly, "and I've met you, just like the deal. So come on, now we're going!"

"What-what? Wait up!" Eve couldn't digest all this. "Would it start tonight?!"

"of course. Well, come. No need to give any reason. As per the previous agreement, you're willing to come with me."

Lucas clasped Eve's hand tightly and almost took her away from Lumiere's castle.

"Wait a minute, Prince."

Lucas turned. "Huh, what?"

"I want to change my dress. Although only for sleeping, but this dress is too luxurious to go out there," said t while watching the dress again from top to bottom.

Prince Lucas ruffled his hair and said, "change it. But don't even think about running away from me once."

Eve clucked. "Ish, it won't. I promised anyway. As long as it can be kept I won't deny."

The prince's faint smile was re-engraved. True to guess, that Eve from the Lumiere family, as well as her cousin is really a special girl. First of all, he is a simple man. Not that Lucas wants a mediocre woman, but the nature of a person will be revealed from the way he chooses clothes. And secondly, Eve is typical of people who always keep their promises. Lucas deliberately forced him to know, how Eve's reaction to his invitation. And it proved that this girl kept the promise they had made long ago. About two months ago.

Hah ... If this is how could Lucas not love him? Even the man felt more and more falling and falling every day.

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