Survival Strategies of a Corrupt Aristocrat: Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 5] by Wanta

Author:Wanta
Language: eng
Format: epub

Lumié finally returned, followed by Kevin holding the contract. My conditions were already documented, so now it was House Froid’s turn.

Their sole requirement was pretty simple: I had to permit Julianne to fight as a warrior against monsters and villains even after our marriage.

Julianne would rather have used the word “knight” there, but that wasn’t possible because she wasn’t actually a knight. Falsifying your status was a serious crime, so she would have to make do with “warrior.”

“If this is acceptable, sign here,” I said as I gave the parchment to Yon. He scrutinized it to not miss anything. Check it until you’re satisfied.

“Can I prepare for our departure to Fourth Village?” Julianne asked.

Even though the contract about her betrothal was just in front of her, she only cared about fighting. Love easily changed people, transforming them into traitors, so her battle-junkie tendency was quite desirable to me. In fact, considering how my territory was unfortunately full of problems, giving her a little leeway and allowing her to roam free might actually be quite beneficial. Of course, I didn’t trust her completely and would have accompanying soldiers keep an eye on her.

“You can.” The instant she heard me, her bored expression erupted into a bright grin. If I had to compare it to Adele’s adorable smile, hers was like the sun and had the strength to illuminate her surroundings. It looked like it would be useful for raising the soldiers’ morale on the battlefield. “You’re not used to these lands, so I’ll lend you two soldiers familiar with Fourth Village. You can use them however you like.” Since I phrased it that way, she wouldn’t think that they were monitoring her, and it would be hard for her to refuse.

“Is that fine?”

“You’re my fiancée. I can do that much.” I didn’t want to give her the chance to refuse, so I didn’t wait for her reply and turned to Lumié. “It’s just as you’ve heard. Go tell Ludwig to prepare two soldiers.”

“Understood.”

Now that Lumié had left, Julianne couldn’t refuse anymore. I would just need to ask the soldiers to give me periodic reports after that.

“Thank you for your consideration. Well then, I shall go change into the equipment I left in another room.”

Since I hadn’t forbidden her from fighting, she didn’t really mind having the soldiers follow her. She stood up from the sofa and walked toward the door.

“Show her the way, Adele.”

Adele understood that I didn’t want Julianne to be left alone and nodded before opening the door and exiting with her. They were of the same sex, so Adele could follow her even to the bathroom. She thus wouldn’t be able to roam around the mansion to explore it.

As silence returned to the room, Yon stopped reading the parchment and stared at me.

“I have a question.”

“Go on.”

“It is written that in the case of infidelity, the engagement shall be broken and we shall pay indemnities. What do you consider to be infidelity?”

Generally, being with a man that wasn’t family was considered infidelity.

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