Dangerous Fiancee

Chapter 10

Marianne smiled at his reply with a satisfied look. She looked like a woman who had heard the answer she had been waiting for.

"I see how loyal you are. How about you, Hugo?"

When asked unexpectedly, Hugo was bewildered for a moment before he said, "Well, I am ready to."

"Are you sure? I thought you would."

Her gaze darted between Hugo and Iric.

"I know you are loyal and trustworthy, so I want you to help me."

The butler devoted to the Kling family, and the knight who owed what he was to the duke. Marianne's request for their help was not unfamiliar to them. In fact, they already had experience with taking care of her requests or orders ranging from small chores to her personal matters.

"I will help you as best I can."

"What can I do for you?"

Without any doubt, Iric and Hugo replied in the positive respectively.

"I would like to visit the capital secretly. Right now. Tonight."

Naturally, she had no idea how to say these fearful words.

They didn't expect she would something terrible like this at all.

"..."

"..."

The room was silent. Doubting what he just heard, Hugo was looking at her blankly while Iric was also staring at her with his suspicions.

"Why don't you reply? You guys told me you would do anything for me and my father, right?"

She shrugged her shoulders with a brazen expression. While Iric, who was more confused by her conceited attitude, was standing blankly, Hugo, who was dumbfounded for a moment, barely opened his mouth.

"Lady, you just mentioned the capital..."

"Yes, the capital city."

"Are you talking about a salon that recently opened under the name of 'Capital' in Lennox, or a shop, or..."

"What are you talking about? Don't you know what the capital means? Milan! The capital city where the Lucio Imperial Palace is located, now under the direct control of the Frey imperial family. Please don't feign ignorance when you already understand my point."

Hugo, who was usually calm, was really embarrassed when she named the city by specifically mentioning the imperial family and the imperial palace. Even Iric, whose mouth was closed all along, had a serious look on his face.

"When you said you wanted to go there secretly, you don't want to inform your father about it?"

With her sparkling eyes, she nodded instead of answering.

"I have to leave for the capital as soon as possible. I'm not going to tell my father about it at all, but I'll tell him later. Do you understand what I mean?"

"But..."

"I will not go there alone. That's why I called Iric. I'm going to take a maid with me. Well, I'm thinking of Cordelli. While I'm away, please make some plausible excuses for me, Hugo. I don't I'll stay long there. One week at most. You can keep the people here in the dark about my visit to the capital, can't you? I'm going to write a letter to my father in advance. If he ever finds out I left for the capital, just give the letter to him so you won't be hurt, Hugo. Can you promise me?"

She pushed everything onto him without giving him any chance to refuse. Hugo was anxious to protest whenever she added a new request, but waited until she was done.