Once they had the formidable power to change the lord with the decision of the committee alone.
But there was always a gap somewhere. If one of them stood with Graham, the story would change completely.
“Noah.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Organize the Knights immediately. Divide it among all the Risonia committee families and send it to the council hall.”
“Then one of the Knights will have to move, and it might spread to a territorial war.”
“Change clothes. Then no one will know who.”
“Ah… I understand.”
As Noah went out to perform the command, Ines spoke again.
“It’s not accurate, but I guess today’s agenda is to absorb Randhill into Risonia.”
Carson understood Ines’s words quickly. He thought there must be some other way since it’s a mine that can’t be easily given up.
“How did Your Grace know? I heard that the conference agenda is kept strictly secret.”
“I guessed… I can guess to some extent.”
Carson nodded his head. It wasn’t a matter he considered easy to guess as she said, but now was not the time to argue about it.
He lost himself in thought for a moment.
“Swalden Duke has opposed integration all this time… the issue has been brought up again today.”
His murmuring continued in the silent reception room, where even the sound of swallowing could be heard.
“It was rejected before, so the issue would have been raised again, and then today’s issue will be rejected as well…”
Decisions made in the territory are immediately sent to the Imperial Palace. There had been no word from the Empress so far, but if the issue was raised in the Imperial Court, it was certain that a stop would be put on Swalden Duke’s allegiance to Randhill.
“Nothing… will happen, right?”
Hearing her anxious voice, Carson snapped out of his thoughts. Ines was nibbling on her lower lip. Carson squinted at her.
“It hurts.”
“What?”
Then he gently pressed her jaw to release her lower lip.
“You don’t know it now, but it will hurt more tomorrow.”
“Ah…”
As he, who had been worried, smiled comfortably, Ines’s heart became much more relaxed.
As Ines bit her lower lip again, he smiled more deeply. Somehow feeling strange, Ines turned her eyes away from him.
“I don’t know why Earl Graham is doing this.”
Carson already knew Graham’s intentions, but he refrained from speaking since the investigation into the mine was not yet conclusive.
Having sorted things out in his head, Carson leaned back from his forward leaning posture.
“It was a good thing you came to see me today.”
He seemed to realize that it must have taken a lot of courage for Ines to come to the Lord’s mansion.
“Please continue to do so.”
Ines nodded her head slightly.
“You will soon find out where the conference is being held. It won’t be too late to move after that.”
“But what if there’s a problem on the way?”
“No, there won’t be.”
From Graham’s point of view, the conference must be held today.
What if there was an accident to Swalden Duke on his way back after the conference ended?
The committee’s voting was all done in secret, as a matter of principle. Dead men tell no tales, so there would be no way to know if he had opposed or agreed.
If Earl Graham was to act, it would surely be after the conference was over.
“Do you trust me?”
Ines nodded her head firmly without a moment’s hesitation. At her action, Carson smirked.
“Then relax and wait. I know it’s urgent, but there’s nothing else we can do right now.”
“Yes.”
“And when the time comes, you have to move faster than anyone else. Think of it as saving energy for that now.”
After that, Carson closed his eyes and fell into thought again. It was his habit when going over his work from the beginning to make sure he hadn’t missed anything. Swalden Duke absolutely must not run into any trouble. He couldn’t bear to see Ines sad.
Ines sat quietly and looked at his face. Just by that, her heart slowly calmed down.
Soon, news came from Noah. He had found the location of the meeting.
“Let’s go.”
He suddenly rose, and Ines followed him hastily.
“I want to go, too.”
Carson looked at Ines for a moment. Naturally, it would have been right not to take her. But thinking about her shivering alone inside, somehow he couldn’t ignore her.
“Can you ride a horse?”
“Of course.”
“Then let’s go. Just follow the last knight’s back. I will be leading, so I won’t be able to look back at you.”
“Don’t worry about me.”
He nodded and then shouted.
“Noah, get ready quickly!”
“Yes, I understand.”
As they stepped in front of the mansion, five knights were standing, all riding black horses. At a glance, it was felt that they were Carson’s elite.
He really dashed out like a shot arrow. Ines, who had momentarily lost her mind at his appearance, also began to run after him.
As she set off, several knights surrounded her, in addition to those riding black horses. They soon overtook Ines, and just as Carson had said, she ran, seeing only the back of the last knight. Before long, the sun that had risen in the sky had tilted considerably.
How long had she run?
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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