Chapter 337 The Empress is your mother
Miconia's body trembled violently with anger; however, the old butler sighed and said: "Duke Lathel is right; we have no way back anymore."
"Butler, you..." Miconia shouted, but when she saw his tired and depressed eyes, she could only silently bow her head.
Miconia's clenched hands slowly loosened, then, she let out a sigh and said: "Sorry for my attitude. I... really have no way back. Please help me."
Hearing that, Lathel's face did not change. He looked at Miconia, frowned, and said: "That still doesn't work."
Miconia was trembling now, and even though she bowed her head, Lathel knew she was crying.
However, for Alec's heroine, he didn't want to show too much pity.
If Alec hadn't confronted him or hadn't become his enemy, he probably wouldn't have done this to Miconia.
But now it is different.
Miconia is the female protagonist, and Alec is his enemy; that's why he wants to completely destroy her.
Even if he couldn't kill her, he wanted to make her lose the thought of resisting.
Besides... he was also starting to probe the limits of the system. He thought that... if he actively flirted with or harmed the female protagonist, the system would give him a warning and even punish him.
But what if the female protagonist takes the initiative?
Like Lilith, if she actively kissed him or approached him, the system would not give a warning.
The system itself has also confirmed that.
That means... This is a loophole, and he can use this loophole to defeat the male protagonist.
But... Lathel also wanted to probe where the limits of this flaw were.
Miconia stood up, then walked in front of him. Lathel saw her standing less than a metre away from him, but he was not worried at all.
Anyway, Akna was standing behind him, and she was with the gloves he gave her, so at this moment, he is extremely reassured.
Suddenly, Miconia knelt in front of him; her trembling voice rang out: "Please... help me..."
Lathel frowned seeing that. He was completely surprised to see her kneeling in front of him like this. New n0vel chapters are published at novelhall.com
"What the hell are you doing?" Lathel asked puzzledly. You must know that Miconia is a female protagonist; she will definitely never kneel before anyone except the male protagonist.
This time, she kneels before him, which proves that Miconia is truly cornered and her Auction Centre is the last thing she has.
Lathel saw her trembling and sighed: "Give me a reason. You are full of arrogance, but you dare to kneel in front of me like this. Surely that must be extremely terrible for you, right?"
Miconia shook her head: "I... if you don't agree to cooperate, I won't stand up."
"Are you threatening me?" Lathel frowned and said, Akna, standing behind him, also started putting on her gloves, getting ready to fight.
At this time, the old butler suddenly sighed and said: "Duke Lathel, although Lady Miconia is arrogant, she is not a bad person."
"Karol Auction Centre is her last line of defence."
"Hmm?!" Lathel glanced at the old butler and asked: "Speak clearly."
The old butler looked at the trembling Miconia, then looked back at Lathel and said: "In fact, Miss Miconia is burdened with a huge family debt."
"Her family lost a war over a mine of resources. During that war, the strongest fighters in her family were seriously injured."
20,000,000 gold coins a month."
"If you can increase this number to 50,000,000 gold coins a month for one year, I will definitely become your subordinate."
"I swear here by my own truth and belief... If I break my promise, I will be struck by lightning and die, turning into ashes."
Crack!
Suddenly, a magical chain appeared from above Miconia's head, pierced space, rushed inside her chest, and wrapped around her heart.
After that, the chain disappeared as if it had never appeared.
"What just happened?" Lathel asked, startled.
Akna then explained: "Young master, Miconia used the truth of magic and her beliefs to swear so her heart would be bound by a magic chain."
"If Miconia breaks her oath, her heart will be crushed by that chain."
Lathel frowned, he didn't think Miconia would actually make a decision so quickly.
He also thought that she would think about it for a few days before making a decision.
'However... that's good. This proves that what the old butler just said is true.'
'Miconia really has no way back anymore; she can only rely on me.'
"Okay, you go back first; wait for news from me."
Listening to Lathel, Miconia felt confused; she immediately asked: "So... Do we need to chase away all the criminals in the auction centre?"
"No need." Lathel shook her head: "If you do that now, it will cause even greater trouble."
"Those criminals have nowhere else to go, so they entered your territory."
"If you continue to chase them away, they won't go; on the contrary, they will resist even harder and cause more trouble."
"First, gather all your resources and money. Also temporarily suspend all main business activities of the auction centre."
"Including auction activities?" Miconia asked suspiciously.
"That's right, How many coins do you still have now?"
Miconia frowned and thought, then answered honestly: "About 170,000,000 gold coins."
"Why is it so little?"
"Because the amount of money needed to pay the staff and adventurers to protect the auction centre is very high." Miconia sighed and said.
Lathel frowned: "That amount of money is too little, not enough to carry out my plan."
"Okay, for now, just go back first and collect as many gold coins as possible. You can keep your employees."
"However, tell them the current situation. If they want to leave, don't hold them back."
Miconia nodded, then left with the old housekeeper.
Lathel now frowned and asked Akna: "Do you know how I can meet the queen?"
"Heh?! Young master, you want to meet the Queen?" Akna frowned, not knowing how to answer Lathel.
She also can't say that... The Empress is your mother, Ryne.