Chapter 482 The duke’s visit (23)
Moon came back the very next day to everyone's surprise.
When she came back, we once again gathered in the secret room to hear her report.
But we were surprised by the report that she made.
"They left?" I couldn't help asking in a shocked voice.
Moon just gave a simple nod in response to this.
But that just shocked us even more.
After all, no one would have expected them to leave just like this.
We had all been certain that the elves from the capital would do something after their comrades had been wiped out like this. However, they didn't do a single thing as they just left the elven village as if they didn't even know about their comrades being wiped out like this.
I looked at her with a confused look and asked, "Why?"
But all that I received in return was a confused look just like mine as Moon shook her head to show that she didn't know either.
After they had left, Moon had told the green haired elder about everything and she had sent people to watch over them as they left.
They found that the elves from the capital didn't create any fuss at all and just left their forest. Then after following them for a bit, it seemed like they were heading back to the capital without doing anything.
Even now, the green haired elder was still receiving reports from the scouts that she sent after them that they were leaving this kingdom.
This didn't seem like something that those arrogant elves would have done.
After her answer, a silence fell over the room.
None of us knew what was happening, so it wasn't as if we would be able to force out an answer even if we wanted to.
I thought about asking Shaka to move Shadow Garden forces for this matter, but then I thought better of it.
The moment that the Shadow Garden was involved, this would no longer be a matter between us and those elves, but a matter between a human kingdom and the elven kingdom.
If that were to start a war, that would be the worst case scenario.
So I couldn't bring Shadow Garden in no matter what.
After a long period of silence, I finally said with a sigh, "Then let's drop this matter."
Everyone looked at me with strange looks and there was a bit of hesitation in their eyes, but they agreed with me in the end.
They knew that there was indeed nothing else that we would be able to do without causing too much of a mess, so we had no choice but to give up on this matter.
Once that was decided, the meeting was over.
Moon still looked anxious, like she wanted to do something, but she didn't know what she could do.
However, what she seemed like the most was regretful that elves like her had caused this mess. It made her feel that she was related to this in some indirect way…though it could be considered that since she was the one that was related to Apollo.
I wanted to say something to Moon, but Rose cut me off and said, "Let me handle it. You can handle the other problem."
I revealed a bitter smile when I heard this, but she was already gone.
The other problem that she mentioned was the duke…
After all, we had gotten him caught up in this dangerous situation, so we had to give an explanation to him.
So I went to go meet with the duke.
When I arrived at their residence, I found that they were already packing up and I couldn't help panicking.
If the duke was leaving in a hurry like this…did that mean that he was offended because we had gotten him caught up in all of this?
If the duke was offended and we lost his backing…it would be bad for us.
So I quickly asked one of the servants where the duke was and went to find him.
When I found the duke, I saw that he was in the parlour just having some tea with Veronica and the duchess.
The duke waved his hand at me with a smile on his face, as if he was telling me to come over.
When I came into the room, the first thing that I did was bow my head and say, "I'm sorry about everything that happened."
There was a silence that hung in the air which made me feel awkward.
So I slowly and tentatively looked up at the duke.
I found that he along with Veronica and the duchess were looking at me with strange expressions on their faces.
After a while, the duke finally said, "What are you doing?"
I quickly said, "I got you involved in that dangerous matter, it was all my fault. I hope that you'll…"
Before I could apologize again, the duke suddenly gave a sigh and said, "Oh, it's that. It's not a problem at all."
I was caught off guard when I heard this before quickly saying, "But you're already packing up to leave. If I offended you in some way…"
Once again, the duke cut me off by saying, "It's not that at all. We know that you didn't mean for that to happen and you're the victim in this matter. So we're just getting out of your hair so you can properly deal with this situation. You don't have to worry, we're not offended at all."'
I couldn't help being taken aback again when I heard this.
I slowly raised my head and looked at the duke's expression. I could tell that he wasn't lying about this, it seemed that he really did understand this and he wasn't angry about this.
But that didn't make any sense at all.
I was about to apologize again, but the duke saw this and cut me off once more, "I know that things like this happen, it comes with working with any large group. The elves aren't represented by only the ones that we met in this town, so there must be others with differing opinions among the elves. It's inevitable that something like this happens."
This time, it was my turn to look at the duke with a strange look.
Perhaps it was because I had gotten used to seeing how he acted around Veronica that I had the wrong perception of him. But the duke was one of the most important people in this kingdom, so it wasn't strange that he had this grand mentality.
Perhaps it was only someone like him that could understand something like this so easily.
Being too persistent was also annoying…so I just said, "Thank you for understanding."
The duke gave a nod with a smile on his face before saying, "Don't worry about it. I'm still expecting great things from our cooperation."
I also revealed a relieved smile when I heard this as I said, "Yes, I'm looking forward to working with you."
It seemed that the duke wasn't planning on terminating our relationship which was the best thing for me.
But the duke then added, "I'll also count on you to look after Veronica for me."
I couldn't help revealing a secret bitter smile when I heard this.
It seemed like I still couldn't get rid of this willful young miss…
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