Chapter 14: The Engagement Ceremony (3)
"Lady Meredia, I’m speaking more seriously right now than I ever have before."
‘Has this man truly lost his mind?’
The moment before the engagement ceremony was about to begin, Whitney had just asked her to create a commotion in the ballroom. The Lady couldn’t hide her astonishment and was left with no choice but to think so inwardly.
"There’s no time, and I know you wouldn’t believe me anyway, so I can’t explain in detail—but if you don’t paralyze the ballroom, countless lives will be in danger."
“Hah.”
Despite the blatant disapproval written all over Meredia’s face, Whitney remained unrelenting.
"So please, just this once, pretend you’re being fooled and help me. I promise, you will not be accused of any wrongdoing."
Even more serious than the time she had nearly poisoned him at the tea party—or when he had cornered her in the Ringaarden garden a week later—Whitney’s intensity made Meredia’s previously suspicious gaze waver slightly.
"I’m pretty sure the condition was that I could make a wish."
"I didn’t want to use it right now either. I had something else I wanted from you, Lady Meredia."
But that flicker didn’t last. As she uneasily brought up the conditions of the wish, Whitney scratched his head and sighed before flashing a faint smile in response.
"But really, what’s more important than a human life?"