Looking at the picture of Baston, the girl at Madam Talina's pavilion back then pondered about their conversation. Even though it was a short one, she could make a summary what the fat boy looked like. In her first
impression, Baston was indeed lazy and without any ambition at all. Despite the
gloomy fate, the fat boy still insisted to serve Luke. She didn't know whether he was ignorant or just stupid enough to believe the words from a noble. She already offered a chance to develop more, yet he threw it away.
Baston must be a fool but somehow, her intuition as a girl told her that he knew what he was doing before. His expression was calm when he heard about the offer and when he rejected her. At least, she wanted to see when he got excited to hear a lot of money would pour into him. Too bad Baston
didn't show anything except his expressionless reply. He gave a smile before, but she felt this smile was empty without any feeling. She took a deep breath
before grabbing a pillow to cover her face.
Right at the moment, she was in luxurious bedroom. There were many priceless treasures around her. So many diamonds and jewels on the wall, adorning the atmosphere to welcome her visit into the room. Beside the bed, there was a special letter at the top of the cabinet. The girl looked at it and opened to find it was just a heartfelt welcome letter. The owner of the building welcomed her as the royalty and beside that, there were many VIP entrance tickets to many places around Luminos City. She scoffed it and just put it down before laying down again.
"Princess Riquel… Once they know my name, everything is done perfectly to the smallest thing. It seems they want to curry favor with the royalty…" she thought.
The girl then woke up and walked to the mirror. She undid the disguise magic she usually used and the beautiful face was displayed in a sudden. If any boy looked into her eyes, they would be bedazzled as soon as possible. The soft face and silky hair would make any man to struggle just to
have a chance to know her. Her beauty even was greater than Alicia. Unfortunately, no boy could interest her since she looked into mature man. Inside her heart, she felt the boys around her age were still childish and there was no need to entangle with them.
Nevertheless, she sometimes used her beauty to entice many boys so they would fall into her. She did it like this in order to gather many talented people below her. Of course, she didn't dare to use her real face
because it would spell a trouble. She usually disguised herself with magic to get closer into her target. Despite not too much beautiful like her real face, it was enough to interest someone around her age. She thought Baston would be easily falling into her temptation, yet who knew he rejected the offer. Dumbfounded, she could only ponder what went wrong.
"Although he wasn't interested on changing jobs, he should be interested on me. Even though the disguise decreased my beauty, but still, he couldn't resist the special perfume I wore. With just a whiff from it, he
should be enamored. Unfortunately, the reaction I expected was clearly wrong…"
Princess Riquel didn't know the fat boy she was talking before was just a puppet. That was why she became interested on this fat boy. It was very rare to resist the enticing effect of her perfume unless the boy had
much greater quality on him. Baston should be just a poor fat boy so having a girl to suddenly make a move should make him flustered. She predicted him to be like that but the fat boy went ahead, leaving her in many questions.
She also happened to hear a rumor that Baston and Alicia had a relationship, but she couldn't believe it. The girl from Xavierius family was aloof and one thing she knew from her was that Alicia didn't like a fat boy at
all. She had her own preference, but being a fat boy was the same as having zero success when courting her. Just like Alicia, she also disliked a fat one because she thought they would be greedy and pervert. Everyone would dare to kill if she went into a relationship with fat man. There might be many complains from the nobles plus the members of royal family would also object
it. Since everyone was born as the royalty, their partner must also be a hero and having a great strength. Typically, there seemed to be no fat man being a hero from the early years until now.
"By the way, it's too bad he didn't take the stone. If he did, I can know his location…"
The pink stone from before apparently had a function as transmitter. By always bringing it, she could know the person's location. She
thought she could fool Baston to accept it, but the fat boy knew the future implication so he rejected her. The girl acted cute and kind but once Baston knew the royalty was involved here, it would spell a deep trouble. Nobles had many hidden dark secrets so the royalty as the top of nobles surely had the
darkest one. He still cherished his life so it was better to stay far away.
There was nothing to do, so Princess Riquel called for one of her men. Her calling instrument was different from what the nobles used. There were many hidden functions for the one used by royalty. The scope of area was also much further, giving the best coverage at anywhere. She waited for a few seconds before there was a reply sound.
"Princess, is there anything I can help you?"
"What is the fat boy doing right now?"
"He's just accompanying his lord everywhere from morning to afternoon. It seems there is not much to do after the job is done. He is just eating and sleeping after that."
"Ha… ha… ha… The fat boy is really lazy. No wonder he rejected the offer. Beside him, is there anything interesting?"
"We also come to another group when we investigated the fat boy before. It seems they are lurking around the inn just to monitor Luke's movement."
"Luke?" Princess Riquel started thinking before getting the answer, "Oh, I see. It should be the fat boy's noble lord, right?"
"Yes, it is. There is a rumor that Luke and his uncle are ready to finish everything here. It seems they will meet at Paradise Resort to
settle the matter."
"I heard the rumor too, but it looks like the opponent is very confident. The man even waits inside, thinking that Luke will surely come. Well, if you think it thoroughly, he must be coming for sure. I wonder what the fat boy will do once there is a conflict between the nobles."
The voice from other side stopped because he clearly didn't know the answer. Princess Riquel looked kind and mild from the outside, but only a handful people knew the young girl was quite cunning. When there was a conflict between nobles, she often monitored their fights in order to see what
was the result. She believed in every opposition, there was an opportunity to
look for. Mostly, some servants or butlers would lose their jobs once their served lord lose the battle. By then, they were forced to move out and that would be the right time to come out and picked the leeks. Sometimes, she found a talent among them so she was already used to pick her own people like this.
For people with nothing, her offer would be like a timely rescue for their lives. They would be very thankful and Princess Riquel would only need to maintain her people by then.
Princess Riquel didn't mind that Baston rejected the offer because once Luke lost the battle, he would die terribly. According to the
investigation, the man already took a chance to kill Luke many times. Based on the strength and connection between the participants, she was sure the defeated one would be Luke. At that time, Baston would also meet the same fate. Before he got killed, her people would then come and rescue him. She believed he would have no choice but to accept the offer of working under her. Gaining another wizard with ice element was quite entertaining and she didn't want to miss it. Although the first meeting didn't get the best result she wanted, there would be other opportunities and that would be the time when she acted.
"Alright, there's no need to follow the fat boy anymore. Your job is focusing on Luke right now. Make sure you monitor any movement from him. Once he steps at Paradise Resort, tell the other groups to act…"
"Yes, Princess!"
"I'm hanging up…"
After cutting the connection, Princess Riquel was humming while wondering the next course. It seemed the event went like her prediction. In her happiness, she then took the bath and came out after spending one hour in there. Looking at the mirror, there was a pure and sexy girl. If any boy looked at her, they surely would soon gather around to introduce themselves. After all this time, many nobles tried to court her but failed terribly. They always seek an opportunity to bring this up in any conversation, but it was too bad that she wasn't interested on childish boys. Anyway, she was still young and there would be many chances to look for a perfect man once she was older.
On the other hand, Baston wondered whether he wanted to tell Luke about his exclusive news or not. The Paradise Resort must be a trap, but once he told the truth, Luke would go to the real location of his uncle and settled everything. Still, the fat boy also thought there would be many guards
at Carpel Inn. The best he could think of was making this event became a surprise attack. By going to Paradise Resort, the target would drop his own guard and that would be the best time to strike.
Baston wondered if he could cope with it. There would be many traps and guards to handle. He must always change his focus between Luke and the target himself. Considering the skill of knight, there was no way to let his attention went somewhere else. For this case, he was determined to
mobilize 2 puppets in different places. While the puppet at Paradise Resort must guard Luke at any cost, another puppet at Carpel Inn must cope with the target himself. He didn't have confidence to guard against many guards at the same time in different places. It was better to finish one job first before focusing back at another puppet. As long as Luke was safe, he could then take
all his attention to his killing target.
"I better investigate those 2 places before I make any movement. At least, I have to know where the target will be hiding…" Baston thought.
He decided to go into Paradise Resort and Carpel Inn first to judge the situation. To increase the success of the quest, it seemed there was a need to spend much money. There was only 200,000 pounds left so he hoped it would be enough for his expenditure. If not, he would need to transfer a sum of money for a second time. This was the first time that the quest needed a lot of money before completion. His wallet was bleeding and his heart felt uncomfortable. Money could solve the problem but because his money was limited, the problem itself would pop out once the money was gone. If only there was a way to make a big money with simple job, he would not have to worry again. At least, if he encountered a situation like this, just simply spending the money
while waiting would make an acceptable result.