Finish the target quickly before other influential noble arrive and get back to his work after the short vacation. The quicker he executed the plan, the less obstacles in it.
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At the same time, in the mansion of the Kerr family.
Qino, the elder who was humiliated and beaten up by Rae, was seated on the chair in his room, dissatisfaction and anger evident on his face.
When he happened to come back defeated after failing in trying to recruit Rae, he had to answer to the family head.
Qino, being a cousin of the family head, and being one of the powerful elders in the family, he had great authority too, increasing his accountability at the same time.
The head of the family did not humiliate him, only showed anger and slight disappointment in Qino. But that was not it, the family head had also ordered for the steep decrease in the resources allocated to him.
The fall in reputation was another thing but the lack of resources would be detrimental to his growth. He felt that he was really close to achieving the next level, and this setback would makes his progress years late.
'All because of that idiot nephew of mine!!" Qino sighed in anger as he thought, he said to the family head that he underestimated Rae because of misinformation.
But the family head instantly showed him the information sent by Xavier, not leaving him any way out of the punishment. It was his negligence and arrogance that caused this.
However, Qino could not let this go. Xavier, that guy had led him to that student and watched him being beaten up. He knew that he could have finished Rae if he had prepared and unleashed his full strength from the beginning.
Although he wished to discipline Xavier, Xavier's mom, Hina, had begged him to forgive her kid. Qino was persuaded successfully, how could he resist that mature woman with busty body?
He had been waiting for a few hours, deliberately moving around the form. But Rae did not exit his room at all. He was annoyed after waiting for so long without any results.
"Did he already decide to join the Arista family? That royal officer met him before this, and Earl Serena, the noble who is the only sponsor of Rae is that royal officer's wife." Xavier muttered in frustration.
If his guess were to be correct, then the probability to finish Rae would decrease. This mission would certainly get harder if a Count were to back Rae.
Xavier waited and kept waiting....
In the evening of the same day of his unending wait for Rae, an envoy from the Arista family came to the room and waited for Rae.
After waiting for a while, Rae did respond to the call at his door. But from the expression on the envoy's face, Xavier could tell that Rae had very bluntly rejected the Count's invitation.
He heaved a sigh of relief, happy that his mission would not have any variables at the moment. But still, he notifed elder Qino about the circumstances, and urged him to come sooner and take appropriate action.
Xavier was unaware if any other influential noble was going to come to meet with Rae, but he was smart enough to not take risks and urged his elder to take action.
"Do I have to wait till the next day? Is he not even going to come out for dinner??" Xavier muttered in frustration, unable to keep spying on the closed door.
It was beginning to feel awkward for him to remain moving around the stairs, hallways, and other areas, just to keep an eye on Rae, who did not even bother to eat.
Xavier was very hungry, but his future was dependent on his small mission, if he did good then he would be rewarded by the family head.
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