Chapter 50: Servant Cedric (16). Sibling Affection
After Cedric left—
The garden fell into a hellish silence.
The Marquess of Redvell stood still, immersed in thought.
The retainers, quietly exchanging glances while gauging his mood, finally had one bold enough to speak up.
“Milord... should that man not be punished for his insolence?”
The Marquess was one of the top three powers in the kingdom. Even princes treaded carefully around him.
And yet, what had that mere servant dared to say?
Even if one allowed for the noble virtue of tolerating the ignorance of the unrefined, Cedric had gone far beyond any tolerable line.
If not for the Marquess’s well-known hatred for subordinates who act on his behalf without orders, someone likely would’ve already stepped in and disciplined Cedric for him.
“Insolence, yes... he was quite outrageously cheeky.”
“Then, shall we—?”
“Forget it. Let him be.”