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Chapter 1127

The next day, when Zoey arrived with her son, Cedric Prince, in tow, she mentioned the annual salary she intended to offer Travis–three hundred silver coins.

Travis was fond of money, but even he knew he wasn’t worth that much. He immediately tried to refuse.

“No, that’s far too much. Sixty silver coins a year is already more than enough. Three hundred is too generous, and I wouldn’t feel right accepting it.”

No matter how Zoey insisted, he refused to take three hundred silver coins and stood firm on his demand for just sixty silver coins a year.

Zoey turned to Carissa, silently pleading for help in convincing him.

Carissa smiled warmly. “Sixty silver coins it is, then. Listen to Mr. Mullen. Whether it’s sixty or three hundred, the teaching will be the same. This way, he won’t have such a heavy burden on his conscience.”

Since Carissa had said so, Zoey could only express her deep gratitude. Whether it was for schooling or learning skills, Zoey had no objections to spending money–so long as it was within her means.

quite a lot. Many common folks didn’t

lessons. After all, Cedric was already in his teenage years. It was a bit late for him to start learning martial arts, so his progress

Mullen“. Cedric used Travis‘ surname as it wasn’t an official apprenticeship, and he also showed him the same respect one would expect of a

first day Cedric trained with

any real foundation. He had no illusions about the difficulty of learning martial arts, so he steeled himself for the hard work ahead. No matter how challenging Travis‘ training was, he gritted his

sat nearby, sipping on coffee

a slender build and the appearance of a frail scholar, with features resembling his

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couldn’t understand why Zoey had decided to send her son to endure such hardship. She had heard rumors about Oliver’s situation at the Southern Frontier and his involvement with Celeste. After all, Timothy, along with some others, were at the Southern Frontier. They had been under Hector’s command and were

what was happening with Celeste, it wouldn’t affect Zoey’s position as the rightful wife, nor would it touch Cedric’s position. Unless, of course, Oliver was planning to discard Zoey and

that case, there seemed to be no reason to send a promising

for martial arts,” Rafael remarked, stepping up beside her and watching

really understand why Madam Zoey would do this either,”

“Perhaps there’s nothing to it, but women often have some intuition or a sense of impending danger, especially when they know someone well. Madam Zoey is sharp, especially after the failed plot by Eleanor. She knows the mastermind is still out there. And what does a rebellion require? Soldiers. Marshal Prince

worst–case scenario was that even children wouldn’t be

Zoey. She was such a clever and compassionate

wasn’t plotting to rebel–he didn’t have the power to command the Hell Monarch Army or the Sinclair Army. But even without raising an army, a few well–placed moves could cause