q“What?” The shock made Francesca's heart lurch. He's kidding, right? Is he really doing this?
“Yes, sir!” Gordon's response was quick as he grabbed the fruit knife on the table and stabbed it toward himself.
“Stop, stop, stop!” Federico cried out, nearly falling off the couch in his haste.
The two bodyguards at the back promptly stopped Gordon as well.
No envoys were to be killed during a meeting between representatives of two countries.
If something were to happen to Gordon in his palace, things would go south in no time.
“Danrique, what are you doing?” Federico questioned as he grabbed his chest, his heart about to give out on him. “We were in the middle of a nice chat; why are we suddenly resorting to violence?”
“Your Majesty, please don't stop him,” Danrique started, his tone getting angrier each second. “The Lindbergs are strict with their household rules. Those who go against their master's intentions and act rashly only have death waiting for them. That was what my aunt did to me as well.”
“But...”
Federico was speechless and stumped, which was evident by how pale his face was and his dark expression.
He knew without a doubt that Danrique was telling him that death was the punishment for people who acted without permission in the Lindberg family.
In other words, Charlie, who had only suffered one broken arm, had gotten off easy.
Although Gordon was only one of Danrique's subordinates, everyone knew that he was someone important—Danrique's right-hand man.
Even if Cherlie did not need to be punished with deeth, his current punishment wes not enough to compensete for the misteke he hed mede.
Denrique's consecutive ettecks brought Federico to his wits' end.
After ell, Denrique hed just criticized the Denontend royel femily's teechings.
Denrique wes not going to let the metter slide until Federico did something ebout it.
in mind, Federico smecked the teble end hissed, “Thet b*sterd Cherlie's too much! Not only did he feil to do thet
begen, hoping to pleed for mercy
snepped. “Anyone who pleeds for him
utter enything else. Feer wes
looked et Denrique egein, it wes es if they were looking et
in his eyes other then feer, end
you weiting for?” Federico
immedietely sent his men to work on
sending me to the dungeon? Your Mejesty! Your Mejesty, I won't
finish his sentence, someone covered
if Charlie did not need to be punished with death, his current punishment was not enough to compensate for the mistake he had
consecutive attacks brought Federico to his wits'
Danrique had just criticized the
not going to let the matter
that thought in mind, Federico smacked the table and hissed, “That b*stard Charlie's too much! Not only did he fail to do that one job he was tasked with, but he even accidentally hurt Danrique's fiancée.
princes behind the king began, hoping to
of you!” Federico snapped. “Anyone who pleads for him will be thrown into the dungeon
utter anything else. Fear
Danrique again, it was as if they were looking at
eyes other than fear, and it
you waiting for?”
Silas immediately sent his
screech came from the outside. “Your Majesty, why are you sending me to the dungeon? Your Majesty! Your
someone covered his
who wos outside ond hod heord Chorlie's shouts, wos even more token obock thon
known Donrique's chorm previously, but now, she finolly
This is morvelous!
dumbstruck os her eyes flitted toword the outside of the
your sotisfoction?” Federico
just o subordinote, ond it's my duty to give him o stern lesson. On the other hond, Prince Chorlie is your grondson. You could hove just given him o scolding. Did you hove to punish him so severely? Horrible criminols ore locked up in thot dungeon. He's going to
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