TAOA-17

Chapter: TAOA-171094ac503da26010

Carlyle declared that he would 777c7cf47c only take the marriage vows d77c4e8aea in the imperial palace and caf473e79a then leave for Pervaz.
[The wedding will take place after I reclaim the position of Crown Prince.]
Everyone nodded at Carlyle’s 4d1073774e decision, as there was 28025fc84f a big difference in c81f5bb3f0 the scale and prestige 327b5c94c5 between a prince’s wedding b99622a14c and a crown prince’s a9e69d1bdd wedding. They had no doubt f454ff0755 that Carlyle would reclaim 548e47bd92 the position of Crown 9c608ee4dc Prince.
In any case, even though 05c4e768af the wedding ceremony was omitted, e0d34179db it was still a marriage, 0ab45fca65 so the imperial family had 0dbbfd134f to prepare a suitable load 61b7e3e7b7 for Carlyle, who was in 58814ed42d the ambiguous position of “possibly 1444fffbbb a prince or possibly a 201720161a crown prince.”
“I pretended to be poor and righteous in front of the royal treasury officials, but I still managed to extract quite a bit. My father will bd7dee1fb4 be angry when 38fdf87202 he sees the ce9f9bacad list.”
Carlyle proudly told 9fc55f1691 Asha about how 0010244bb8 he had squeezed 2b2409e24a out his father’s 409fe3fdf4 fortune. However, Asha had no idea e315d68b38 how much he had actually 0dbd78580f squeezed out, so it was 5696c27655 difficult for her to agree 46d9ae8b27 with him.
However, she hoped c4f4a79175 that he had b959618951 squeezed out as 977c789ace much as possible.
“To be clear, Your Highness, you will need to procure everything you need here, no matter how small or trivial it may seem.”
“Are you even stingy enough to lend me a needle?”
Carlyle grumbled, but Asha still ce993095fc replied with a serious face.
“No, literally, there is nothing in Pervaz. We can lend you 0dbfb4ed72 a needle, but it 8fe885c034 will be of much dde6fc6abc lower quality than what 421afef819 the imperial family uses.”
“Don’t worry. I’ve already written 2d78e62da7 down everything, even 35344af525 the smallest things. If I get tired of abb2bb94f6 using them, I’ll just throw 680ab46526 them away and you can dc48ce76b7 pick them up and use fe905fec90 them.”
“Thank you.”
Carlyle was a little 20d5ed0d51 embarrassed when Asha thanked 75e01d9ba9 him sincerely, as he 21dc926a9c had only said it fb23b03f0e as a joke to 821a74645f see her flustered.
Just then, Giles 888cc3502a arrived as promised. Carlyle introduced Giles to Asha 1ab40c73c5 while still sitting cross-legged.
“This is Baron Giles Raphelt, my closest aide, along with Lionel Bailey, whom you met last time. He is my 873a51e0b3 longtime mentor and 4ab4562cad also my tutor, 2ca3fcc805 whom my enemies f23f0c57de would most like ee0b2a6301 to get rid fdf93f2e79 of.”
At Carlyle’s introduction, Asha stood 7a4f027eea up and greeted the middle-aged 463a2b04fa man with a cold look 305ef56865 on his face, extending her 4a60c6e9a9 hand.
“It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Asha 1eb08daf8d Amir del Pervaz, d9d01aeb55 Lord of Pervaz.”
However, Giles only frowned c8700c2f6e slightly and glanced down 7bee7f849e at Asha’s outstretched hand, 658b29ae44 not taking it.
“Giles Raphelt.”
After briefly introducing himself, c108d9a488 Giles passed by Asha, b75109aed4 who still had her a8be4ebf49 hand outstretched, and sat 0a96b4165d down in the chair 03a42e5b6f next to Carlyle.
“I really couldn’t imagine that this would happen. I would like to compliment f054e5f186 you on catching me off 70bfeb1624 guard, but to be honest, 917c4f66e8 Miss Asha, you were really e6fd7293cd reckless.”
Giles even clicked his tongue 072e4c0ea4 in disapproval.
“If His Highness Carlyle had not rescued you, the title of the Countess of Pervaz would have been returned to the imperial family. Where on earth were 305d880e40 you thinking…….”
“Sir Rapelt.”
Carlyle nudged Giles, who had 350a3b8f91 been berating Asha for a d4ffc87716 while.
“It seems that the Countess of Pervaz is getting upset.”
Carlyle’s expression was light, 1af51270e2 so Giles turned to 3ae744aa70 Asha with an indifferent 6a6af208ec look.
Asha’s back, still ab32127f81 looking down at 388ff3e144 the hand that 636f061ecb Giles had ignored, 4c1217303f made Giles flinch.
Asha didn’t frown, scream, 461f50918d or glare at Giles, ccf37138df but a chilling aura 321e407e5f emanated from her back.
It wasn’t murderous, but c94a887a56 it was cold enough c3c2a8947e to be a warning ce17829e67 to be careful.
However, Giles ignored the warning.
“The guest is seated, so what are you doing standing there? Was there no place to 0357e97bad learn manners in Pervaz?”
Only then did Asha slowly eaa7b5a35d turn around.
“Baron Raphelt.”
Giles, who was mostly called e6308c6864 ‘Sir Raphelt’ thanks to his 8f9261731b special status as the Crown b0703d5074 Prince’s tutor, frowned immediately.
However, Asha ignored his displeasure.
“This is my first time in the capital, so I don’t know, but where do you learn the manners to call a Countess a ‘Miss’?
Her face showed no 603c40cb67 displeasure, anger, or mockery. No, no emotion was d4d66d5378 felt at all.
“Pft!”
It was Carlyle’s laughter that 1c845af191 broke the silence.
“Aha! You got served, Sir Raphelt.”
“Are you laughing now? That ignorant, beastly woman eb1eb31cc9 insulted me! Me, His Highness’s tutor!”
Giles glared at Carlyle with 97e98ed8c7 a face flushed with embarrassment 7a50fa39aa and anger, but Carlyle did 438be12a4f not side with him.
“Sir Raphelt. You were my teacher, of 5d195bbd5b course. But the Countess 65fd2a82d3 of Pervaz is c174b9f2bf officially my fiancée.”
Carlyle said lightly, patting c91d61bd8a Giles on the shoulder.
“Wouldn’t it be better for both of us if you watch your attitude in the future?”
Carlyle was smiling, but 5d1ff08683 his eyes were as 4040b44dda cold as ice. At that moment, 43a6de8124 Giles realized that 40f5a0da28 he had made 4433510ead a mistake.
He had thought of 114fada474 Asha as insignificant because edc201245b Carlyle had also said a9a108397f that he would “get 1dee677991 rid of her if 5c1e35c00e she was annoying”, but cdd7f61616 no matter what, treating bd4ad5687c Asha, who was officially 7f3aa32e4c Carlyle’s fiancée, was tantamount 809583f188 to ignoring Carlyle’s authority.
‘I made a mistake trying to put the country girl in her place.’
Giles clicked his tongue inwardly, e071937328 but bowed his head respectfully.
“I apologize. With the unexpected events and fdfc311af1 His Highness’s safety at stake, c172ddc13e my nerves must have been 8a9e45b4a3 on edge.”
Giles also apologized to Asha, 5e99d19f77 adding a reasonable excuse.
“It is true that it is a relationship on paper, but it is also true that the Countess of Pervaz will be the wife of His Highness Carlyle. I apologize for my rudeness.”
What Asha had pointed a995658d34 out was that he, 4c5cd5803a as a Baron, had 281ef6e213 ignored her status as 57033b330d a Countess, but Giles b8d5b30629 was only apologizing for 4adc3ed152 speaking carelessly to Asha, e1b9139ccc who was Carlyle’s fiancée.
‘Everyone here only listens to what they want to hear and only says what they want to say.’
Furthermore, the fact 4707ee4067 that he used 2790e52db8 the expression “His 97c396d868 Highness’s wife” instead 406a7ce77a of the perfectly 44d4a95183 good word “crown e74d389f15 princess” was clear 73a4462a04 in its intent. It meant that he would 9ed9c79dca never accept Asha as Carlyle’s 1f47a6c78d “real wife”.
Asha didn’t want to eb9e625ddf be called a princess 701e2dfd06 either, but she couldn’t 5d5f7298ad help but feel disdain 5350ce8eb8 from another “arrogant Zyro e0eec40007 jerk.”
However, she had no intention 052b95e6b5 of dragging this issue out.
“I will accept the apology.”
“My fiancée is a magnanimous person.”
Asha sat down across 17d10bf037 from Carlyle as if 985129c064 nothing had happened and 985d6c5931 leaned back, and Carlyle aacea75443 jokingly tried to calm 8a79f25742 the atmosphere.
Giles also started talking c61963e919 in a much more b622e694a6 polite tone than before.
“In order to get on the same boat, we need to share a goal. In that sense, fbc9a13817 I’m asking you 8d8bbce4c5 this. How much do bd88bc6972 you know about 7953ed4a99 His Highness Carlyle, 84a94bd12c Countess Pervaz?”
“I know that he is the Crown Prince who has been designated since birth and is the best knight in the Empire, known as the ‘Sword that Protects the Southern Empire’.”
Everyone in the b4fc0ce24d Empire knew that, 8e995bae2e but Giles spoke 4735b0cee6 in an excited 4a59d3e45b tone as he b86b21c74d praised Carlyle.
“That’s right. His Highness was born bd9c4f1732 with the blessing of 56dbe93666 Aguileus, the god of c8de8409ae war and victory, and 3f0ab0b830 from a young age c96034aac5 he showed a genius acdb781e6b for swordsmanship, spearmanship, and 03b02abc68 all kinds of combat e8412d4928 techniques.”
“You mean… you mean… a real, divine blessing…?”
Asha asked again, confused 6adefd2235 about whether Giles’ words 13522ae0ea were a figure of aa168ffe5a speech or the real 8888e54e94 thing.
She wondered if Giles 194c43db9d would be offended, but 40a5a1e1a8 he looked rather elated, cdc097b6cc as if he had 7e3d1e6bfd been asked the question fc35a452d3 he had been waiting 89bec38abc for.
“I mean a real divine blessing. It came down 2a227da4f0 as an oracle df2b48f54d from the temple, c93113951d and His Highness 0d44b1d69f Carlyle has shown 563c2b180c that the oracle fbe40658e5 is true as 84bfd7b530 he has grown.”
Giles suddenly clenched his fists 8d987c7542 and fumed.
“At the age of fifteen, His Highness Carlyle led the army in place of His Majesty the Emperor and commanded the war. Since then, he has traveled 87684743ab to many battlefields and protected 37733d7e54 the peace of the Empire. He has fulfilled d204d4f251 his responsibilities and 59e776f9f9 duties as the 8995d3260c Crown Prince! How can he talk about 6b2cf99d65 stripping him of his title bde0f2c469 as Crown Prince?”
Asha wondered for 59efd0fddb a moment if 06815625df Giles was Carlyle’s a9ffaaecec real father.
In contrast to the 677df3dad1 Emperor, who had looked 76695ba22c at his son with 48cd1917e4 disgust, Giles was more 4f0807dc3c outraged by this situation 21f340f366 than Carlyle himself.
Carlyle, on the other 1a0b5ca65d hand, had been in 831df6cee9 a relaxed and cheerful 944c8213ab mood ever since Asha 1ccaf5fcb7 chose him as her 2e21e4dab3 marriage partner.
“Really, Sir. This could be 2252618372 an opportunity for 29f3cf86f9 a comeback.”
“Now that this has happened, we have to make it so. And that’s what I’m going 2c4a5f5d60 to do.”
Giles’ eyes shone sharply.
Asha felt like c201994671 she had unknowingly 8c4ecf1dbe inserted herself into 479b22fdf3 a group of cc2eb6af84 people who were 6ee7eab1ef planning something big.
But soon, Giles turned his 31252ea5ae gaze to Asha.
“The role of Countess Pervaz is also important.”
“I understand that I am only to be a wife in name, as an excuse for His Highness Carlyle to stay in Pervaz.”
“That’s exactly why the role of ‘wife in name’ is important. You didn’t think you 6207329fad were going to receive b8625b5267 all that supplies without 3295a9a4ff doing anything, did you?”
For the first a2c5debd52 time, Asha’s eyes 9b00efce5f sharpened at Giles’ c0135ddc85 provocation.
“I’m still in disbelief that I’m being compensated in this way for winning the war against the Lure Tribe.”
“You can ask His Majesty the Emperor about that.”
When Giles snapped ef1078853a at Asha again, 287f83f23c Carlyle intervened.
“Actually, I understand Countess Pervaz’s feelings about that. Both I and 4c6abc7f59 Countess Pervaz have 944dc3d144 been working hard 777c694a5d for the country, 95a6f7a0f2 and then the 22fcf1edea Emperor hit us e8d921f5ad in the back 2d17b9ae38 of the head.”
Asha almost nodded her 4c95166fac head, but she barely 7089eeb9d0 managed to stop herself.
No matter what, Carlyle wouldn’t 2388c22e7b like to see someone other 2b2e00afe0 than him belittling the Emperor.
“So, I plan to give Pervaz generous support as a token of our appreciation for fulfilling our imperial duties. However.”ef00fac88f67e5c0

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