I Won't Accept Your Regrets

Chapter 63

"But if you get stuck on anything, tell me right away."

"By all means."

"Would you like a cup of tea?"

I followed my father from the table and to the sofa. Shortly thereafter, the butler placed the cups in front of us.

My father spoke again as the delicate scent of herbs tickled the tip of my nose.

"What did His Majesty want from you?"

"Oh, he summoned me to discuss the further affairs of my father after the outcome of the trial."

"What did he say?"

"First of all, he noted that by tomorrow he would free all the frozen property. He will also make an official statement on behalf of the royal family. "

"Are you saying he will personally declare my innocence?"

The father grimaced.

"To know, and so tired of the emperor, but such a statement will be..." anxiously muttered the father.

I think he's anxious to get up now and pay Raymond a visit.

"His Majesty has already made a decision. You yourself know. He will never change his mind if he once decided something. "

My father knew Raymond's tenacity as well as I did.

"Ha, if you have already decided... Then I wash my hands. Besides this, is there anything else?"

"In his statement, he also wanted to mention how I donated money to the Empire. If this happens, your prestige will quickly rise to its rightful place."

"Understand..."

It was good news that the duke would return to his well-deserved fame, but my father was not too worried, because there was nothing in it that would benefit the emperor.

I felt uncomfortable myself.

"In fact, I do not understand his steps. Our family is important to him, but this is not a reason to stick your own neck."

"It is truth too."

"Is there a sudden change in mood?"

"I do not know. Perhaps it's not a matter of mood, but the preservation of my power will be beneficial to him."

My father was not wrong about that.

Since Croft is a family that is called the right hand of the emperor, the imperial power did not hesitate only when his father was on horseback.

And when they told me that the emperor was postponing the trial of my father, at first I thought that he had found a way not to cut off his own right hand. And this was clearly not done out of a sense of affection.

But the scene I saw today ...

"Of course, that would be more useful if the faithful Duke Croft was waiting at hand, but... This is all so far from the manner of His Majesty."

My father did not answer, and I continued to reason.

"I thought that in return for helping us, he would want a lucrative deal with Phoenix. But he only asked me about my relationship with Lumon, and there was not a word about work. "

"He helped, expecting nothing in return. But Raymond is not a sentimental type. "

The same Raymond, who climbed to the throne through parricide, and did not hesitate to purge among the nobles.

Even if they are loyal, if they sin once, their end will come quickly.

And if he remained the person I knew for a long time, he would return his father to work as soon as possible, and unfreeze his property in accordance with the entire procedure.