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Hearing this, the Count became at ease... He leaned back in his chair, looked at his daughter Lopes, then at the young man, and spoke
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"As I said, this is my daughter Lois...because of her excellence in the academy, her beauty, and my position in the kingdom, she attracted the attention of many people, and there were many who wanted to propose to her...however, this time she attracted the attention of someone I do not love and do not want to marry my daughter to."
...After he finished, the count took out a picture from his desk and pointed to the knight who held it and handed it to the young man... In the picture is a young man with long yellow hair that reaches his shoulders, wearing luxurious royal clothes, carrying a sword in his hand. What distinguishes him most, despite his handsomeness, are his cold features and his eyes that exude arrogance...
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"This young man in the picture is called Kratos. He is the third prince of the queen and he is the person who wants to propose to my daughter..." After a short silence, he spoke.
"But he is just a cold-blooded, vile scoundrel...and he has no intention of marrying my daughter other than to raise his status..."
Looking at the young man's picture and hearing the Count's words, Young King replied
"As you said, he has not proposed to her yet. Can't you just reject him? Even if he has great political support, as I see it, you are not simple either."
Hearing the young man's words, the Count smiled helplessly and said…directly
"Here lies the problem... Aside from being the king's favorite child and having huge political support behind him, what makes me most unable to reject him is his second background..."
After a short silence, the Count continued...
"Just like you, he is a Qi cultivator. Although I don't know what your background is, he received support from the Crouching Dragon Sect after his talent was discovered by one of its wandering elders..."
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Hearing the Count's words, the young man was more attentive because he finally heard the name of the sect that the strange man wanted him to join...
He was also not surprised by the Count's fear of Qi cultivators. Given the information the strange man left in the book, although there are many types of races and many methods of power, the most transcendent path is to cultivate Qi...
Knowing this made Young Qing finally somewhat understand why the Count was looking for mercenaries first and asking for him second.. It had to do with both the mercenary leader and himself being Qi cultivators. ..
But he did not fully confirm his conclusion and waited for the Count to finish speaking...
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"This is the reason why I searched for the mercenaries, I learned that their leader is Cultivator Qi, and it is also the reason why I saved you and brought you here..."
Hearing the Count's serious words, the young man pretended to think and asked
"However, you should know that even though I am already a Qi cultivator, I still don't understand why you are looking for a Qi cultivator… As I see, you have a powerful knight next to you and I don't think you are any less powerful than him..."
The Count smiled bitterly upon hearing the young man's words...
"Maybe we are stronger...but the problem is that most Qi cultivators have an arrogant, revenge mentality...and although they fight and kill each other without mercy, they look at the rest of the users of other powers with contempt and do not tolerate the force of a non-cultivator killing cultivators..."
.. "As for the mission, you may have already concluded the matter.. I want you to deal with the Third Prince..."
Young King did not respond to the Count's words directly and remained silent for a few minutes while drinking the coffee that the maid brought…
The Count did not interrupt him and waited to think calmly.
Under the girl's worried gaze, the young man looked at the Count again and asked
"So how do you want me to deal with him!?"
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Upon hearing the young man's words, the Count was happy about that and replied...
"At first I wanted to hire mercenaries to join the border battlefield while pretending to fight for the side of the enemy kingdom and exploit the matter to kill their leader, the third prince, who is fighting and training within that battle..."
"However, we have to think of another plan."
The Count sighed helplessly and picked up his cup to drink coffee.
After a short silence, the young man suddenly spoke.
"You said he wanted to propose to your daughter, didn't you?"
When he heard that, the count looked at the young man and nodded his head...
Thus, the young man looked at the girl, Louis, then at the Count, smiled a sly smile, and said something that made everyone astonished.
"Why don't you propose your daughter to me then?"…
When he said that sentence, the atmosphere became silent and strange, and under their surprised looks, the young man was still smiling slyly. He took a sip of coffee, then continued his speech.
"Don't misunderstand me... I'm not saying that I will really marry Miss Lewis... all that is to say is that I will attract the prince's attention towards me... and according to your description of him, I am sure that he will cause a problem with me and I will deal with him directly then."
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The others' looks were still a little surprised and shocked, and as they began to calm down, the young man continued his words, making them feel a little frightened.
"Oh yeah, you can also invite him to the engagement party. It will save me the trouble of searching for him hehehe."
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When Young King finished his speech, the knight shouted, speaking for the first time since his arrival...
"Impossible. What are you saying, boy? Aside from public provocation of the royal family, which will cause us countless problems. The lady's engagement is not something we do just to provoke the prince. Aside from the fact that we know nothing about you."
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Hearing the knight's blatant words, the young man was a little upset...
"Damn it, don't scream next to my ear, you will make me deaf..."
He replied, making the knight grit his teeth, and when he wanted to speak again, the Count interrupted him
"Carlos, calm down."
Hearing the Count's words, the knight quickly calmed down... "Okay... I apologize, Count."
The Count ignored him, looked at the young man, and spoke
"I understand your attempt to solve the problem, even at the expense of putting yourself in the forefront... However, I do not want to announce my daughter's engagement in this way... You will not marry her after that, and since she is engaged to you in public, according to what you say, no one will propose to an engaged girl... Also, even if you did that and challenged the prince Are you sure you will defeat him...as you know, if you cannot defeat him, things will become completely out of control."
After listening to the Count's words, the young man relaxed completely on the sofa and spoke...
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"Don't worry about defeating him, that's my problem… As for the problems, I said that he has the support of the Crouching Dragon Sect Elder but he hasn't joined the sect yet… so by defeating him no one will bother you since I am a Qi cultivator and I might even get the Sect Elder's approval after defeating him..."
The young man stopped and sipped some coffee, then continued after looking at Louis for a while
"As for announcing my engagement to Miss Lewis... say that the date of marriage is not set and that she must finish graduating from the academy first and that I am still trying to wander around... and later after several years you can break off the engagement by announcing my death or something similar..."
At first the Count was ready to refuse again, but he opened his mouth and could not say anything.
When the knight saw the Count like this, he wanted to speak again and reject the proposal, but Louise spoke quickly first...
"Let's do it.. I agree to it."