"No, I don't want to do that," Jasper dodged and walked away from Valerie.
At that time Valerie took the time to visit Lapella. Jasper didn't want to reply to her letter and that made her impatient.
She had obtained approval from the Florentia general council and now they were only waiting for Duke Dubois' approval.
"You have to do it so that people believe that all the killings you did were to protect them," said Valerie.
"Oh come on! No one will believe it. I've suspected this for a long time. When this is all exposed they will hate us!" Jasper rejected Florentia's offer.
"What happened? There's no way you seriously want to join Avalon? Mother and Father won't agree with you! Are you abusing your power, Jasper? Do I have to remind you that you are only temporarily a Duke? When father gets back to good health, you'll—"
"I will continue to be Duke," Jasper said firmly.
"What?"
