When his sister told him they were invited to the Imperial Palace, Augustus ca prepared to defend against any ambushes, however, it didn't go as expected. As soon as he sat down, a fluffy thing bounced at him and clung around his waist like a monkey. Later, there were no suspicious moves, but the fluffy thing kept stuffing him with food.
It seems that he was brought here to babysit a cutie-pie...
Just when he was about to let down his gourd, a bone-chilling screech sounded from outside. Augustus abruptly stood, His wariness shot to the max. Teneale and Mimori both were alerted but they were calr than Augustus. At that mont, Everly jumped from his lap, happily exclaiming.
" Chan-Chan is here! Chan-Chan is here! "
As she reached the terrace, a huge black monoester's head covered the view outside. Chan-Chan grabbed Everly from the back of her collar and threw her into the air. While Lennox stayed indifferent, the other three panicked. Augustus imdiately Ran to the terrace only to see Everly happily giggling as Chan-Chan tossed her between his horns and tail.
Augustus: "....."
That's a wyvern right??
Almost every beast with wings are extrely arrogant, they would rather die than have their freedom restrained, Which gave the tars a hard ti taking a hold of them. Each species differ in their stubbornness, And wyverns are on the top of 'I fucking hate other species' list. Forget about taming one, wyverns are even rarely seen, they usually live in inhabited mountains or deserts and seldom interact with other beings unless it was a prey.
But there is one right in front of him?!!
Augustus stood in his place petrified. Only snapped out of it when Lennox indifferently said to either to Everly or Chan-Chan.
" You may go now. Be sure to return before dark "
With Lennox's permission Everly quickly pointed at Augustus while saying to Chan-Chan:" Chan-Chan, grab Augy too, let's go to the sky "
' ....sky '
Augustus was tempted. For so reason, he had always like high places, frequently climbing on the towers and high buildings' roofs. But now, you are saying they will take him to the sky?!
In his daze, Augustus subconsciously took a step forward. Seeing the huge wyvern open its mouth and grabbed him, Mimori angrily shouted.
" Prince Lennox, what's the aning of this!! "
" There is no aning. Children should go play, we have sothing to discuss here"
As if understanding what they were saying, Chan-Chan snorted, swung its wings and flew up with Augustus and Everly's excited laughs. From beginning to end Lennox was more interested in that chocolate cake in front of him. After swallowing the last bite, he raised his head and saw Teneale singling to Mimori to not act rashly.
" Princess Teneale, what have you decided regarding our deal? "
Lennox said as he took a sniff from his tea. Everly left and her overpowering Jasmin scent faded as well, now he can sll the tea fragrance like a normal person. Teneale on the other hand was anxious, what Lennox requested in exchange for solving their issue was rather easy yet suspicious. If they agree now, but years later they discovered it to be a ticking bomb, they would only have themselves to bla.
" Your highness, it is not that we doubt you, however, without a detailed statute we can not guarantee our uncle's agreent "
" hm..."
To Mimori, Lennox's short response sounded creepy. he could not understand why a Prince from another country would want to interfere with his country's tax regulations and add a few of his(Lnx) terms to the regulation list. It will, for sure, not be beneficial to him in any way, forget about political gains, even a single golden coin could not be scrubbed from this plan! All taxes' money goes to their kingdom, Lennox refused to take a share whatsoever.
As if knowing his thoughts, Lennox glanced at Mimori aningfully. after taking a sip of his tea, he calmly looked at Teneale. It doesn't matter if they agreed or not, there is no need to rush. Either way, Lennox's plan was to unify the entire continent under his rule and Tatly kingdom is no exception.
' *sigh, I have Always detested human wars, but now I am going to lead one. Tsk, tsk, life is really unpredictable '
seeing Lennox keeping his silence, Teneale quickly added:" of course, we still need your highness's aid, So if there is anything else we could do in exchange- "
" There is no need "
Lennox indifferent voice rang in the study. From the start, this was to test a few ideas on an average kingdom to see if it will work. Although it didn't pass through the king, Lennox managed to find sothing (soone) amusing in the way. He wouldn't be losing if he could pull Augustus to his side.
' He is cute~ I have never seen soone blushes like that '
Good thing he had a face paralyze, otherwise Lennox would have looked like a fool with that funny expression. after the short pause, he continued.
" I don't really want anything in particular. Just leave it as a favour to pay later.....Or find a wife"
"...." 2
Is he serious? He seems to be....WHY DO YOU NEED A WIFE WHEN YOU HAVEN'T EVEN GROWN HAIR DOWN THERE!!!
Mimori was about to pour all his complaints when soone knocked on the door. A delicate boy's voice ca from the other side of the door, it sounded to be deliberately roughened as if trying to look mature.
" Your Grace, it's Edgar "
" co in "
with Lennox's permission, Edgar walked into the study with a suppressed smile. He was startled to see soone else inside but quickly composed himself and handed a letter to Lennox.
" This is from broth- I an the duke, he said it's urgent "
" hm, call him brother, why formalities "
Lennox took the letter and leisurely read it. anwhile, the other three felt awkward as they kept making eye contact but not saying anything. Once he finished reading, Lennox burned the letter and said with a bit of seriousness.
" Tell him to clear the scene, for now, I will inspect it personally to latter tonight "
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