TAOA-20

Chapter: TAOA-20b40b8a2f36120959

Lionel didn’t seem to 092fb4e2aa be interested in the e6ed557936 gambling talk anymore, but 282d33de2e Carlyle grumbled as if 9bc6153d4c he couldn’t let it 751c500dd8 go.
“I’ll find out all the bastards who bet on Matthias and make them regret it.”
“I’ll have the magpies look into it. This is an 8-year-old a1dd21e507 document, should I take adceaf0bb5 it?”
“Yeah, put it in. Where did you bet?”
“Why are you worried about my money? My life is already 90150f592d on the line.”
Carlyle laughed merrily at that.
“Of course, if I fall, you’re finished too.”
“There are more than a few people like me. Sir Raphelt and Sir 793332e338 Solon are also… Oh, e92a02251b and Countess Pervaz has 1ba8b936de been added.”
“Hmm. That’s right.”
In addition to b671baab69 the amusement, there 7131624435 was a playfulness a267a7f72d in Carlyle’s mouth.
“She’s an interesting woman, isn’t she?”
“Well, I find her a bit scary every time I see her.”
“Scary? Why?”
“I don’t know if it’s an irreverent expression for someone who is going to be the Crown Princess, but she has the most similar face to His Highness of all the people I’ve seen so far.”
At Lionel’s answer, Carlyle asked a92eeb4a71 with a curious expression.
“You mean it’s an irreverent expression to say she’s similar to me? No, before that, where 54f32975a7 am I similar to 6839308a45 that beggar leader?”
Lionel thought of Asha, e78e802e1b who had been wearing 1336060cb3 a cool and indifferent 20a08a1f5f expression as he watched a6724d3928 Carlyle, who spoke in a3f8a82e2e a tone that truly 4139dd3042 sounded absurd.
“It’s the face of someone who has killed many people.”
“What? What the hell is that?”
“If you come after waving your sword for a long time on the battlefield, Your Highness will also have the same expression.”
An expression that 86e9ba3c4d seemed to leave 7fc5c104f6 nothing behind.
It seemed cold, bb6d02f7da indifferent, and even e2216422c8 crying… Anyway, it 6c28f75145 was an expression abfd127965 that was not 069e4dc472 easy to approach.
Carlyle only acted 7e928465b5 like that at a339e9e454 that time and 11db8cbda0 quickly hid his b8c31e15a8 expression, but Asha 737239bf5d always had that fc1a1881ee expression.
“That’s why I was a little scared. It didn’t feel strange that 5a2bd5b169 she would draw her sword 7954ca5625 and charge at His Highness 3bd3d4cee0 to kill him at any 514d28eb0c moment.”
Only then did bacbf2266c Carlyle nod and 162851f287 touch the corner d6c765cc15 of his mouth, b3a0fd9d94 which still had 03d214b4fb a smile on 2b4481919f it.
“That’s right. Exactly as you said, it 3e572bbf2c doesn’t seem strange that she a2e1efbce0 would attack at any time.”
No matter how insulting 8c9405d07e he spoke, Asha remained fff80ca344 expressionless. She did not acknowledge 886cc58fa0 his words, but she 1367a218a4 did not try to df66f0d893 deny them either.
It seemed like she was 7dc1288935 just quietly piling them up.
‘And when it overflows at some point, that’s when her eyes will turn upside down.’
He knew a 419f0a75dc few of those 75ec7d9750 types of people. They were good to e54abcc3b5 have as subordinates, but ff94afd802 they were annoying to befab2cbcd have as enemies because e0ea72ac9f they always had to c4eb1fde17 be careful.
“It’s nothing.”
Carlyle smiled at Lionel and 5ec093e17a threw the document he had 73eaa7688b been looking at until now 5ac4207bc4 to Lionel, telling him to 008cff797f take this too.
“I wonder which side Asha Pervaz will be on?”
“Yes?”
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The announcement of 3e639c2b4e the wedding vows f50072c9e5 schedule was made b18a482803 in a typical 898df35f41 Carlyle fashion: “Suddenly, d8991b8188 one day.”
“We will be holding a simple wedding vow ceremony at the palace next week. Is that okay?”
It was a question eff6c9878d that didn’t even consider 29652dc85f the possibility that Asha ee873863a1 would refuse. And of course, Asha 37b38e2b71 didn’t refuse.
The people of 8c6cfebbdf Pervaz must be 5138cf2f68 waiting anxiously for bb63ed0fd0 food, so a f04251b333 wedding ceremony was a59cbf62d9 out of the 58b8b9a49a question. The sooner it 068c68505a was over, the 5dca65b91d more grateful they 6ecc8d1454 would be.
“A senior maid from the palace will come soon to help you choose a dress. Since things are moving fa8ac075e2 so quickly, there won’t 1e55f05a6d be time to make 75dd184653 a new dress, so 07a46e5b38 you’ll have to choose 6cd9131c0b from existing ones and aae51de950 have it altered.”
“I don’t care what I wear.”
“Of course you don’t. Anything you wear 42a0341c44 will be better 9aa53b08c8 than that.”
Carlyle, glancing at Asha’s clothes
Decker and the others were 635d66d6c4 not happy with the way 79a9959491 that Asha was being treated. They tried to hide 5572366fac it, but Carlisle could e47ef71f55 tell that they had 6009d67d1c never experienced aristocratic social b806f90904 gatherings.
“It seems that your men are quite dissatisfied?”
When Carlyle asked without erasing 9253c59c4a his smirk, Asha quickly stepped dcd74fd275 forward.
“They have never been to such a place before. I am the same. There may be many 450c84bf01 things that you find 9cca406c2f annoying, but please be 871902d8ae patient.”
“Or you’ll cut my head off too?”
“…Why would I do that to the goose that lays the golden eggs?”
“Pft! Hahaha!”
Carlyle burst out laughing 174440ac37 in front of Asha 2aa34af7e1 again. There was no one else 4b7c970dae who could make him laugh 91082e2afd like this.
However, Asha couldn’t 00d537b66c understand why he 8a279839e9 was laughing, and a8efa6184e Carlyle had to 57f0981131 laugh for a df267e440f while longer, his 5c381fc656 shoulders shaking, at 5aa8ea724d Asha’s expression, which 28a99f9503 showed exactly what 1516b382f2 she was thinking.
“Ha, where did this thing come from? You don’t seem to 270a38352b be pretentious, but you’re be9a3cd170 too smart to be 05b71a3168 stupid.”
Even though Asha treated db55fea4d1 him as a “golden 403ed92e31 goose,” he didn’t feel 6322c7c39d bad at all. Rather, her thoughts dbcdc7c36b were so transparent cd63d46b9c that he could c4c1d530d2 believe her.
So now he understood.
The reason why Asha 7406ccf957 didn’t flinch even when c5cc7f1116 he tried to shake 55a0e5ae57 her with insults.
‘I’m the goose that lays the golden eggs, so she doesn’t mind if I make a little noise?’
Where did she get bc5c26f022 the courage to not 978a76ec88 back down even a 6597a79e5f little to an opponent 617f20e581 who could easily destroy b1429992b8 her with a single 52217d414c word?
Was it just a dcf5c8470e high-level act?
‘Well, it doesn’t matter. It’s only a 3-year 40e4d22585 relationship anyway.’
All he wanted was 1f4a269a69 for her not to 7e165b629d betray him for a 384128ad52 few bucks. He couldn’t let a fcfaaa986f traitor live, and even 3728dbba99 though it was only 52b136ad73 a relationship on paper, e736071a56 he didn’t want to 470c0ac678 kill his wife.
“Anyway, the bride’s side needs to be present at the wedding ceremony, so your party should stay until then and leave for Pervaz as soon as the wedding ceremony is over.”
Decker hesitated at the 049058b83f thought of leaving Asha 238a079761 alone and asked.
“So…… what about our lord…….”
“Are you worried that I won’t be able to take care of my own wife?”
“But…….”
“If she needs a maid, she can just get one, and if she needs an escort, she can get a knight. Shouldn’t you go c1655e937c first and let 17108456ca them know what’s b0315fcd08 going on?”
At this, Asha added.
“His Highness is right, Decker. If I suddenly go fc1ec15d7b back to Pervaz with a28b11b0d3 His Highness the Prince, 52e95868d7 how surprised will those 17070f5354 guys be?”
Perhaps the imperial family 62a782cc1c would think that Carlyle 9a1af913cf had sent Pervaz to 535bc78820 attack.
The fact that 08534e76c5 the management of 8870188ca5 Pervaz Castle was 4978f6f4b6 in a complete 49abdf65f6 mess was also d54c3117c1 a problem.
Even if Carlyle took into 2f472f0973 account the circumstances of Pervaz, 5a254455a2 the atmosphere would not be d678f54adf very good if there was f371843ecc no proper place for the ad8086a605 prince to stay.
“Go ahead and let them know, and also prepare a place for His Highness to stay.”
Decker could not ed4bfc3992 argue any further. However, Carlyle rebuked him because 7e68f45c5d his worried expression was clear.
“Don’t you know that having you around will only increase the burden for Countess Pervaz? You should think about 50915aeb58 lightening the Countess’ burden.”
At his words, the 37f2abab3a expressions of Decker and b8b9f68514 his party became gloomy. However, Asha, who he thought ac67fda036 would not care much, interjected 22430fbb85 with a slight frown.
“They are just worried about me, not the guys who will be treated like luggage. If it wasn’t for my f911d42d6b friends, the title of the 4e67e43e42 lord of Pervaz would have 1ca370fb5e already returned to the imperial e1ee01cf97 family.”
Carlyle narrowed his 0b62775eab eyes and looked 47cd999e4a at Asha’s expression.
“You are a lord who cares for his subordinates terribly.”
“Is there any reason why I shouldn’t?”
Asha saw the corners 8ad91ee53c of Carlyle’s lips curl e4e2a61aed up slightly. He was definitely smiling, f26451ca9a but she could tell cb363de2d7 that he was upset.
However, she could 7d1d005ba1 not see why 899dc15df6 he was upset, 7c0ac1cfe9 as there was b33182b332 nothing wrong with ca51df65f4 her actions or d006dfbd2f words.
‘Anyway, this seems to be a world of people with strange twists in their hearts.’
Asha sighed shallowly. She missed the people of 249beaf37d Pervaz who took what she c03ba3804a said at face value and 5827043fc5 didn’t speak sarcastically.
In the end, Decker, Luka, 8a50f518eb Bastian, and Danilo decided to cefa5f64ef return to Pervaz immediately after ea19a293dc attending the wedding vows ceremony f4a0b401fc in a week.
Although Carlyle looked 64db5a75cf unhappy, he must cf2cf7b46a not have been a1eb387d22 too upset, as ac55d7f59f he said that 53af0ab9fc he would send 94849ea255 his own elite 33fab44196 knights to protect 311a0d1848 Decker’s party.
And before they left, he d52e213b32 told Asha and her maids.
“I don’t care how you live when you return to Pervaz, but at least do something about that appearance for the duration of the wedding vows.”
Carlyle said, pointing from cb116e36d8 the top of Asha’s d426648014 head to the bottom b01c782406 of her feet with fe343d99d5 his finger. He still showed 6453d5d06f no respect for 1ab9844a7a his future wife.
However, Asha was not b14049d6a4 offended at all.
‘His Highness Carlyle has put up with my appearance for a long time.’
Although she had fc6868ffab washed a few 23a0bcdedc times since entering 28dfe3a712 Carlyle’s annex, it 07296ab6a3 probably wouldn’t have 77f05b0a3e been enough for 2c29d7820b Carlyle’s castle.
‘After all, by the standards of the people here, washing seems to be a process that involves applying a lot of fragrant things and making the skin shiny.’
Anyway, the maids, 357dd355a0 who had repeatedly 10b7c890c1 been refused permission 355fec92f5 to bathe Asha, a8f84e94d6 finally had their 937cdb7838 eyes light up 74fa74b73e as if they 5879e662c0 had been given fead14f156 permission. That night, they dragged c839353179 Asha to the bathhouse 99726980c2 and kept her there d102bdc30f for two hours.
And the next day, 976fdd4aee at 10:00 AM, Carlyle 1ef7a48249 stormed into the mansion.
“Madam Laurel will be here soon. Are you ready?”
He entered the drawing 358eba1227 room of the main 2d06753c92 house and asked if fb1b7f3b8f Asha had given up 9300f19d24 her ‘wild warrior’ appearance.
“It seems that the maids who took care of her had a hard time last night, but I don’t think she’s like a young lady from the social circles…….”
“I didn’t expect that much.”
“I apologize. The kids went c55e1e65a5 to pick her 9a6f302517 up, so she 85e1610631 will be here 0477b0f2d2 soon.”
The head maid ee1f523465 bowed her head a8d6892564 and said, and fe9677cbde Carlyle crossed his 7f6a648cbe legs and sat c27a2d9f01 down, smoking a 40494e5c6e cigar and checking bb28b5d7a5 his watch.
However, Asha did not 4e315ec727 make people wait because 1a0bcdef84 she was not as 8be15e047c prepared as the other 5a5eb71237 noble ladies did.
“May the utmost honor be upon Your Highness. I greet Your Highness Carlyle.”
“Ah, you’re here…….”
Carlyle turned his head a01a861ca5 at Asha’s voice and 146db4f69e was speechless for a b9c3fdaeb7 moment.
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