Today Rowena was gathering with Sir Damian, Sir Cedric and Prince Helios in his greenhouse. They were discussing the current state of the empire while drinking tea. Suddenly Cecille rushed into the greenhouse and faced Rowena.
"Your Majesty the Grand Duchess, outside the gates there are many horse-drawn carriages filled with all kinds of diamonds, pearls, gold, and dresses for you," Cecille said breathlessly.
Rowena who was sipping tea immediately put her cup on the table. "Who sent the carriage?"
Rowena looked intently at the three men sitting with her. "That horse carriage wasn't sent by you guys, right?"
The three men quickly shook their heads and said, "No, it's not us."
"From what I heard, the horse carriage was sent by His Highness Prince Diego. A servant asked me to convey a message from Prince Diego to you," Cecille said.
"Read what the message is," ordered Prince Helios.
Cecille opened the paper she had brought with her just now. "To my dear Rowena. I heard from one of the soldiers who fought with me that you are very fond of shiny things. Therefore I present you with Odelette's rare diamonds, gems and gold. Thank you also for accompanying me on the hunt yesterday. Thank you also for opening your heart to me. I will always be waiting for your arrival at Odelette. From your beloved Diego."
Rowena giggled at the contents of the letter. "Wasn't he exaggerating? I was just carried away by the atmosphere at the time."
Behind Rowena who was laughing, there were three men who were very angry. Prince Helios immediately patted the table hard, Sir Damian approached Cecille and snatched the letter from the woman's hand, and Sir Cedric could only grit his teeth in anger.
"What does that damn thing mean? Even though I warned him not to approach you," said Prince Helios who looked very angry.
"Helios, can you give me permission to send my troops to Prince Diego's palace? I don't know why now I want to destroy that man," said Sir Cedric with emphasis on every word.
"Hey, aren't you guys overreacting?" said Rowena.
After calming the three big babies, Rowena immediately went to her work space followed by Cecille from behind. Arriving in her work space, Rowena immediately sat in her soft chair and began to look through the reports on her desk that Cecille had prepared beforehand.
"Looks like you have something to report to me other than about Diego. Say it!" said Rowena who was still focused on the documents that had piled up on her desk.
"I want to report on the assignment you gave me a few days ago," Cecille answered.
"Has it shown a positive result?" asked Rowena whose focus turned to Cecille.
Cecile nodded her head. Rowena, who understood the meaning of the nod, smiled slyly.
"Then immediately order the servants to expel the three big babies in my greenhouse. After that, you will report everything from start to finish regarding the task I gave you earlier," answered Rowena.
"All right, Rowena." Cecille bowed halfway and went out of the room to chase Sir Damian, Sir Cedric, and Prince Helios from the Rowena residence.
It took Cecille half an hour to get rid of Rowena's three big babies. It's really tiring and troublesome. After finishing Cecille immediately returned to Rowena's study to report the things she wanted to report just now.
Rowena who heard the sound of the door hinge opening automatically turned towards the door. There she found Cecille with a sullen face. Rowena laughed out loud.
"Did you have such a hard time getting those three big babies out that it took you thirty minutes?" said Rowena who was still trying to stop laughing.
Cecille took a deep breath. "You're right Rowena. It's very difficult to drive them away because of their extraordinary status. Especially when I chased them away they really whine like babies. To think that the three cold and elegant grown men I've admired in the past have such traits that, ruined my expectations of them."
Rowena who heard that laughed louder. "Cold and elegant? Gosh, it's the opposite of them being with me."
"So what do you want to report to me about Marquess Doreta?" Rowena stopped laughing and her face began to turn serious.
"Our tea business is more successful than Marquess Doreta's coffee business so the Marquess lost a lot of money. I have placed several spies in her residence. He want borrow money from you. In my estimation, the old man will be here in an hour," Cecille reported carefully.
Rowena laughed loudly because she was satisfied to hear Cecille's report. "You did a very good job. What reward do you want, Cecille? I can give it all to you as a reward for completing the task I gave you so well. If you want treasure, you can take first the pearls and gold that Diego gave you just now. ."
Cecille shook her head and politely declined. "No, Rowena. Just being your subordinate makes me very happy. If you want to give me a gift, you can give me a sacred slave contract."
The sacred slave contract is a contract between master and subordinate. The contract was actually somewhat detrimental to the subordinate due to the strange content of the contact. The content of the sacred slave contract is that the subordinate will continue to be loyal to his master until the end of his life, if the master dies then the subordinate will also die, but if the subordinate dies then the master will still live. Due to its unfair and unreasonable contents, the sacred slave contract has not been used for a long time.
"If that's your wish, I'll deeply apologize that I can't grant it. The contents of the contract will be very detrimental to you in the future. After all, I'm the one that the other nobles seek for life the most. If I died at that time wouldn't you die in vain too. Besides that you also need to get married and take care of your family later," said Rowena firmly.
Cecille chuckled for a moment when she heard Rowena's firm refusal. "You really think about others more than yourself."
"Yes, that's what I am," Rowena replied.
About an hour later as Cecille expected, a horse carriage bearing the Doreta family crest was in front of the gates of Rowena's residence. The Marquess was directed to Rowena's study. The offer between the two humans began to occur.