Chapter 461 The duke’s visit (2)
The duke continued to say, "Thank you for taking care of her during this time. If it wasn't for you, who knows what kind of places she would have run off to."
Both Rose and I couldn't help looking at each other with confused looks before turning back to look at the duke.
Slowly, I said, "Duke Beauchamp, of course we would take care of her for you since she came here as your envoy. But are you sure that you're alright with all the things that she's been doing?"
The duke raised a brow before asking, "Why wouldn't I be alright with it?"
Both Rose and I couldn't help being surprised again when we heard this.
Why wouldn't he be alright?
Well, she had followed me to another kingdom and had even followed me to the capital to get involved in the succession war. If I was her father, I wouldn't be happy that my daughter was involved in all of this.
But it didn't seem like he was lying.
It seemed like he really was alright with what Veronica had been getting up to.
It was just that this was strange…
The duke saw the way that we looked at him and after a moment of silence, he said, "While it is hard to imagine interacting with the elves, I'm sure that she's doing fine. She is my daughter after all."
After saying this, he couldn't help raising his head as if he was showing pride in Veronica.
But when we heard this, we finally figured out what was going on.
He didn't know.
It was very simple, he didn't know about all the things that Veronica has been getting up to, which was why he didn't say anything about them.
It seemed that even though she had been sending her letters back, there were a few things that she had left out in those letters. Things that she didn't want her parents knowing since they would certainly disapprove of.
I could see that Rose also realized this and as we exchanged looks, we immediately came to an understanding.
Since Veronica didn't tell her parents about this, it wasn't up to us to tell them.
We would leave that to her when she met them again.
For now, we will just go to the next topic.
I gave a cough to adjust myself before changing my tone to say, "Duke Beauchamp, shall we move on and discuss some business?"
The duke was surprised by how sudden I had changed the topic, but he gave a nod and revealed a serious look as well.
The moment that he did, the aura around him completely changed.
It went from the friendly person that he had been acting just now to the aura that a duke should have.
This was a change that I hadn't seen since our time in Bright Water City.
It was during the undead crisis that I had seen this side of the duke.
It was without a doubt daunting facing the duke like this, but this just went to prove how powerful of a person he was. That made me even more assured in having him as our trade partner.
I nodded to Rose and she stood up to move to the side.
When she came back, she had a piece of paper in her hand that she placed on the coffee table in front of us. She made sure to place it on the side that the duke was sitting on, so that he would be able to take it.
The duke raised a brow when he saw this, but he still took that piece of paper.
Rose just sat down by my side again and we silently waited for the duke to read what was written.
After reading for a bit, the duke started to knit his brows.
It was clear that he had some thoughts about what was written on this piece of paper.
As for what that was, it was the list of ores that we had set aside to be sold to him and the price that we were selling it at.
The look on his face was quite ambiguous, so it was hard to judge what he was thinking.
But in this situation, when one revealed a look like this, it most likely meant that they were…unhappy with what they had been presented.
Still, we silently waited for the duke to finish reading and to respond.
After a long silence, the duke put the piece of paper down and looked up at us with that same look on his face. He just calmly looked at us, as if he was trying to gauge us.
After another long silence, he finally said, "Is everything written on this paper true?"
We couldn't help revealing frowns when we heard this, but I calmed myself down and gave a nod in response before saying, "Yes."
The duke just looked at me with narrowed eyes for a bit before suddenly giving a nod and saying, "Alright, I accept these terms."
I was completely taken aback when I heard this.
After all, none of us expected the duke to agree to this first offer.
Rose, Haley, and I had all expected the duke to make some kind of counter offer, so we had already prepared a bottom line that we would be willing to accept.
This offer that we made was just the negotiable first offer.
Yet the duke had accepted it so easily.
It was the same with the king…
They all accepted these things so easily, as if they weren't concerned by the numbers at all.
But that didn't make sense.
This was clearly not the best offer that they could get, so why would they accept so easily?
The duke just ignored the surprised look that I had and said, "Where's the contract for me to sign?"
I was even more taken aback when I heard this, but Rose reacted right away and pulled out a contract that had been written up. After filling in the details, she presented it to the duke to sign with some pen and ink.
The duke didn't hesitate to pick up the pen and sign the contract, sealing our deal as this.
I couldn't help feeling very strange at how smoothly everything had gone, but the duke had a look on his face like he thought that he had gotten a very good deal.
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