Bruce had no contacts that were capable of resolving the trouble that Windsor family was facing. Instead he knew of a business oriented family that would be willing to do anything in the name of Zach. After all, Elizabeth family had almost become in-laws with his Luther family since Zach was already a part of his family by then. Even during their escape from Elizabeth city, the family had helped them out until the end.
Despite not being on the same level as Windsor family, Bruce believed that Elizabeth family would have some means to help out with the situation. They might be lacking in terms of capital but the Elizabeth family he knew of was more than capable of standing toe to toe with the top families of Byzantium city if they ever got the chance and the same amount of capital that the four families enjoyed. Therefore, he felt that asking the Elizabeth family for help was only the right thing to do.
Bruce handed over the letter with his unique wax seal to one of his servants and instructed him to make haste in delivering the letter to Elizabeth family as soon as possible.
…
The letter reached Elizabeth family in a matter of few days. Magic was truly a fantastical thing as even the distance that Zach and the rest had taken more than a month to cover was minimized to a few days journey.
The letter was akin to the royal announcement in the Elizabeth family household. The moment the news reached Christina's ears that a letter from the Luther family had been received, she rushed back home with the speed of the wind and ran straight to the study to see her father.
She had been out working on a new project and had gone to inspect the site for the construction of a new commercial district at the periphery of Elizabeth city. She had left everything in the middle to run back home when she received the news from her escort mage.
The relevant parties were all dumbfounded as they watched the ever competent and workaholic Christina leave everything behind to read her love letter.
…
George was sitting in the study waiting for his daughter who he could be sure was rushing back this very instant. He couldn't help but sigh that his daughter might be disappointed to find that this letter isn't meant for her.
He knew how much his daughter longed to be with Zach and couldn't bear to see her disappointment. He regretted telling the guard to go fetch Christina as soon as he received the letter.
Out of curiosity he had opened the letter and read through the details only to find that the letter was purely to ask his family for help.
"Haaah~ why is my daughter so pitiful? If only the wedding hadn't been stopped by the circumstances…"
Christina barged into the room before he could come out of his thoughts. George's whole body jerked towards the study door and looked at Christina with some surprise before letting out a deep breath to calm his racing nerves. He felt that one of these days his daughter would be the end of him if she didn't stop scaring him like that.
Christina stopped in front of him and put her hand forward as if demanding her father to hand something over without saying what it was.
"It's not what you are thinking. Don't get your hopes up." George handed her the letter that he had received a few hours ago. The letter had been carefully packed inside the envelope once again after George took a look at it.
George closed his eyes as if thinking that Christina wouldn't be able to read the letter if he did that. He was only acting in a moronic manner but his daughter was very precious to him and he wasn't willing to let her suffer the slightest of grievances.
Not too long after, Zach opened his eyes slightly to peak at Christina's face after she had presumably read the contents of the letter. But the expected sadness, resignation or disappointment was nowhere to be seen in her eyes. Instead her intelligent eyes were sparkling as if from the ambition hidden deep in her heart.
"What do you mean it isn't what I am thinking? Isn't it a letter from the Luther family?" asked Christina with a blissful smile on her face. She had been waiting for this day ever since Zach left her. Finally her wait had come to an end and she could go to visit Zach if she wanted to.
"It is but its contents might not be what you have been expecting."
"And what do you think I am expecting from this letter? Hmph…do you think I am a little girl who would wait for some childish love letter from him? I talk to him from time to time okay? I don't need to wait for a letter to know whether he is thinking of me."
Christina was in fact acting childish as she tried to flaunt her relationship with Zach to her father even though he was just worried about her.
George's mouth was sealed shut. He had never seen her daughter acting coquettishly. He only wondered how she would act in Zach's presence. Just the possibility of a letter from him had raised her spirits so much.
"Father I am leaving. Don't try to stop me."
What do you mean? Where do you want to go?" asked George as he tried to figure out her meaning. He truly couldn't understand how his daughter who always worked based on logic was suddenly acting so irrationally.
"Didn't you read the letter before me? Of course, I am going to see him. Since he needs our help with something, it is only right that I go there in order to show the sincerity of our Elizabeth family."
"Are you sure you are going there to show the sincerity of our family…or maybe just your own?"
The way her cool and calm visage almost fell to the ground and cracked allowed George to guess her true motives. Therefore he didn't try to stop her. He knew his daughter too well to understand that she wouldn't listen to anyone once she set her mind to do something.
Even though Zach had left the city and the transportation business behind, the transportation system based on trucks was still being operated by Elizabeth family under the guise of their new identity as a Marquis family. It was not only bringing in huge benefits but had also helped the Elizabeth family expand their network even more in far off places.
Business was thriving and the umbrella of the title of Macrae allowed them to operate the trucks without any problem. The little bit of training that the people of Elizabeth family had received from Luther family was coming in handy when they had to repair the leftover trucks. As a result of continuous experience gain, the employees of Elizabeth family looked more like the mechanics from Zach's previous life than anyone else.
Without the intervention of the government and the royal family after the bestowment of the Marquis title, the Elizabeth family could keep on operating the logistics system without any obstacle.
Therefore, Christina was planning on solving the problem of the Windsor family by taking a large number of trucks to Byzantium city to help transport their produce since no other family was willing to cooperate with Windsor family there.
George understood what his daughter wanted to do but couldn't stop her from being willful. He was worried that his daughter would refuse to marry anyone else once the time came. Therefore, he couldn't bring himself to forcibly stop her or confine her to her room.
Since the result was already inevitable, George felt like he should take advantage of the opportunity to fulfill the promise that he had made to the royal family.
He looked deep into Christina's eyes and solemnly uttered the words he had in mind.
"Since nothing I say is going to stop you; then you have to do something for me in exchange."
"You already know that I can't say no to anything you say now. What do you want me to do? Hurry up and tell me…I need to go pack my bags and prepare so many things."
Christina had already turned her body forty five degrees towards the door as if waiting for the words to leave George's mouth before rushing out of the study door.
George could see how excited his daughter was and didn't mean to hold her for long. But being a father he was still slightly worried about her.
"Take care of yourself along the way and make sure to write me back once you reach safely. Also, help me persuade Zach to reconcile with the royal family. They have already shown their sincerity and it is time he recognized their goodwill towards him and towards us. I hope you can do this for your father otherwise it will put me in a tough spot with the royals."
"Alright…alright; I will do what you want. Can I leave now?" Christina was in a hurry and barely gave him a response as she tripped over her words and mixed them up over and over again in her excited state.
George had no choice but to release all his pent up frustration in a long and highly audible sigh. He was obviously doing it to show his helplessness in front of his daughter.
"Daughters who marry out of the family really do stop thinking for their fathers…"
The 𝘮ost uptodat𝑒 novels are pub𝙡ished on fre(e)webno(v)el.𝒸𝑜𝘮