"Next time if you make a plan and want me to play a part in it, inform me in advance sir Oscar. It took me a moment to understand your intention." Seri shook her head as she whispered in the darkness. Afraid that someone might hear them.
"A plan?" Oscar tilted his head when Seri nodded and sighed.
"I must say your plan worked well. Mara had convinced them the dukedom is not a safe place anymore but your proposal swept them off their feet. And now, they all would hope that they might get a knight.
Not only would they not leave their jobs, they would work hard to get appreciation from her grace, thinking they would be noticed by another knight." she chuckled, her voice was sweet but it was not of happiness that he proposed.
It was because the disaster had ended.
"You think it was an act?" his eyes flicked with a dark ray of light, "what if it was not?"