"!!!" Christina widened her eyes in shock. She was surprised at first, but she imdiately cald down to think about the implication. She glared at Noel and said with a cold tone. "Your words are not light, Noel Ardagan."
"Of course. If Countess Christina can support , I don't have any problems removing those two nobles."
"It seems that my support is crucial… If I say that I don't have any interest and use this information to alarm the Count and the Marquis, I can gain so stability for a while. Don't you think so? After all, they are more worried about the remnants of the Ardagan Family instead of ."
As expected from a woman that could succeed a noble house, she still managed to threaten Noel back.
Noel seed to have prepared for this. He still looked at her calmly while saying his pieces. "Unfortunately, you can't do that."
"Hoh?" Christina narrowed her eyes. "It seems that you have underestimated , Noel Ardagan. I thought you were as sharp as your father, but I guess, the rumor about you was true."
"I should be the one to say that. It seems that because I'm still this young, you underestimate , Countess Christina." Noel pointed down. "I'm watched by the Third Prince right now since I'm extrely important to him right now. Hence, the news of visiting you would have reached the Third Prince's ears as well.
"Although the Third Prince has been weakened after the throne war, you should know that his force is still sothing to be reckoned with, right? If you're trying to betray , then you should be ready to face the consequences." Noel smirked evilly as if everything had gone according to the plan.
"!!!" Christina was not the only one who was shocked by that statent. Rose also felt chills down her spine.
Noel actually took advantage of the Third Prince surveillance to threaten Christina. There was no proof of it, but if this was right, Christina would face a huge backlash, one that might destroy her family. So, if she didn't cooperate with Noel this ti, she would be implicating her family, the one thing that she didn't want to do the most.
Christina gritted her teeth. "It seems that I've truly underestimated you. I guess a tiger's son is also a tiger."
As a noble, she obviously knew about what happened during the throne war and the fact that the Ardagan Family lost everything after that war.
But looking at Noel's current strength and his influence, it seed that Noel still retained a lot of power the Ardagan Family had hidden.
And the connection to the Third Prince was crucial.
"You're trying to blackmail , you know that…" Christina looked at Noel coldly.
"Of course. Though, I'm doing the sa thing as you…" Noel shrugged.
Christina gritted her teeth. The fact that the Third Prince was going to be involved in this matter, ant she couldn't escape from this problem.
And if they succeeded, the annoying nobles would disappear. So, Christina accepted with great difficulty.
"It seems that we're going to work together for a while."
"Great choice." Noel smiled.
Christina took a deep breath, never expecting soone who had just reached adulthood to be able to pressure her like this.
She called the butler for tea before asking, "Alright. It seems that we're going to have a long discussion. Tell about your plan."
Noel nodded. He imdiately took out the rune book he had written.
In that instant, Christina widened her eyes. She was still one of the leading Spirit Magicians in this kingdom. She even almost succeeded the Fire Lord's position.
So, when Noel showed her the rune book, she instantly recognized the symbol.
"This is… Spirit Enchantnt? But how… This is more complete than the version I've seen… Will this even work? But the symbols look perfect unlike the Spirit Enchantnt…"
Christina gasped.
"I want you to help distribute this book."
"Huh? If the knowledge contained in this book is true, then you should know the imnse power this book has, right?" Christina gritted her teeth. As expected, even Christina was influenced by greed. She wanted to study it and took advantage of the power of this book.
However, Noel shook his head. "This book holds too much power. I… No, even if the entire kingdom has it, this book's power is still beyond that. I've judged that it's better to spread the knowledge instead.
"The details will be decided by . As for you, I think you should be able to make a connection between this book, the nobles, and the Third Prince, right?"
"!!!" Christina's body shook as she couldn't believe what she had just heard. "What? Are you serious?"
Noel nodded.
"You want them to think that these books are in their possession. And by taking advantage of that situation, I can spread the knowledge under their nas. So, I can satisfy your condition while using that information to deal with those annoying nobles.
"But the fact that you ntioned the Third Prince bothered … It seems that the Third Prince knows about this book. Are you sure you're not using as a scapegoat as well?"
Noel smiled. "Of course not. I know that you still considered my father your ally, and I'm not planning to harm an ally.
"And as one of the leading Spirit Magicians as well as one of the few allies of the Ardagan Family, I think everyone can understand why I ask you to help with this book, right?"
"Well, it's true that the ones who can apply the Spirit Enchantnt are mostly blacksmiths, but the ones who can put more theories and research about them are Spirit Magicians like . It won't be strange to leave that book to …" Christina looked down. She could understand what Noel wanted and how he planned to do it.
And the fact that Noel, who just beca an adult, made this plan and managed to 'threaten' her to beco an accomplice showed what kind of political figure he could beco in the future.
That thought couldn't help but make her shudder.
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