Imperial Capital, Bigusler Residence.
On this sleepless night for many, Rockto sat in his study, at his desk, silently staring at a letter.
Tilly stood before him.
The letter in Rockto’s hand was brought to him by Tilly.
More accurately, it was given to Shien by Harvis to deliver to Rockto. After returning, Shien, finding it troublesome, simply went back to his room to sleep with Lilith, leaving the letter to Tilly to deliver.
Now, Rockto was reading the letter Harvis wrote to him.
His eyes changed several times as he read the contents.
First, tension.
Then, relief.
Followed by a gasp.
Finally, Rockto fell silent.
Tilly witnessed the entire process of Rockto’s changing expressions, feeling both nervous and curious about what Harvis had instructed him to do.
But Rockto didn’t say anything. Instead, after closing his eyes and remaining silent for a long time, he crumpled the letter in his hand and threw it into the fireplace, where it turned to ashes.
Seeing this, Tilly opened her mouth to ask something.
But before she could, Rockto spoke first.
And his words were earth-shattering.
“From now on, our Bigusler family will fully cooperate with that person’s actions to deal with Imperial Consort Mara.”
Rockto said these shocking words to Tilly.
“Fully cooperate?”
Tilly was stunned.
“That’s right.” Rockto said impassively, “Cooperate without any objections, understand?”
Tilly also fell silent.
She really wanted to ask why.
But since her father had no intention of explaining, it meant that this wasn’t something she could know yet.
So, even if she asked, her father wouldn’t answer, right?
Tilly knew her father very well.
“Then what about tonight’s incident?”
Tilly changed the question.
She was naturally referring to the annihilation of the Raifurut family.
Because of this incident, the entire noble district, even the entire Imperial Capital, seemed to have become a sleepless city. Whether nobles or commoners, they were all stunned by this sudden event, so even in the middle of the night, there was still commotion outside.
Presumably, the news of the Raifurut family being annihilated by a mysterious expert was already spreading rapidly, right?
“He really annihilated the entire Raifurut family, and he did it so openly.” Tilly couldn’t help but say, “Many people noticed him, and many even witnessed him battling a strange and powerful monster.”
In other words, Shien’s existence had entered the sight of many people, even making many wary and apprehensive.
“Saliro Renitra will definitely connect tonight’s incident with what happened today, guessing that the mysterious expert who annihilated the Raifurut family is the one who appeared in the Bigusler residence today and helped us repel him.”
Tilly was still worried about this.
“He will definitely use this opportunity, along with the people in the Imperial Palace, to accuse us.”
Tilly could already imagine how they would slander them.
Even she had suspected Shien today, knowing that he was from the Kingdom, and had wavered on whether her father was truly colluding with the Kingdom. The Renitra family would definitely use this to suspect the Bigusler family, believing that they had indeed colluded with the Kingdom and gained the support of a powerful expert from the Kingdom to force back the Renitra family.
They could even blame the annihilation of the Raifurut family on the Bigusler family, accusing them of betraying the Empire for personal gain, cooperating with an enemy expert, and letting that expert attack an Imperial noble family.
With a series of accusations, they could definitely turn things around and make the Bigusler family look guilty.
Although Shien had said that even without the Raifurut family incident, the Renitra family and the Imperial Consort’s faction would still try to deal with them, at least before this, there was still room for maneuver.
Now, things were troublesome.
Anyway, Tilly was very worried.
Rockto, on the other hand, remained expressionless.
Because he saw further and thought more deeply than Tilly.
“Don’t worry.” Rockto said calmly, “In the short term, the Renitra family and the Imperial Consort’s faction shouldn’t dare to act against us.”
Hearing this, Tilly was stunned.
“Why?”
Clearly, Tilly didn’t understand.
“It’s simple.” Rockto glanced at Tilly as if reprimanding her, “You forget that in this world, people fear those with power more than schemes and plots.”