Chapter 75: End Him or Make Use of Him? (2)
“It is a little different from a goal… but there is something I would like to ask from you, Your Majesty.”
Charles de Aquicurl bowed his head reverently in response to my question.
“I would like to ask you to spare the lives of a steward and maid, who are still in custody at one of my residences, and an assurance that they will not be regarded as a member of Duke Aquicurl’s House since they serve me and keep their distance from Duke Aquicurl’s House.”
His words came as a bit of a surprise. I had expected him to ask me to spare his life or the life of his wife.
“You have a wife, do you not? You don’t care about what happens to her?”
“I would never let someone with the blood of the Aquicurl House live if I were in your position. You would not let my wife live since you do not know if she is carrying my child or not.”
… I felt somewhat uncomfortable. It was as if he had concluded that I would kill her.
Charles de Aquicurl continued, perhaps sensing this.
“Of course, I do not know what you are going to do, Your Majesty. But that Lord Vedett is by your side.”