After a long silence, Victor finally spoke: “I will keep it a secret.”
“What?”
“Everything is a secret”
“Didn't you just hear me?
I said the principal spoke because I threatened to kill you.”
“I heard”
“Wait…a secret from whom?
From the principal?”
Andrei asked in astonishment, but Victor, with a calm face, straightened his stance, put his watch back on and said, "I'll take care of the Royal Police.
As for you, resign and continue helping Scarlett in her shop."
Andrei, unable to understand, asked: “Why, exactly?”
“First, you learned that Scarlett was repairing the tram and did not inform the Royal Police.
If she had reported, the police would have taken her long ago and tried to link her to me in any way.”
“That means you're really loyal to Scarlett.”
Andrei sighed and muttered: “If you had seen the faces of the children of that family, you would not have been able to cut off their father’s livelihood.”
“If you weren't loyal, I wouldn't have a reason to keep you alive, would I?”
“It's a very strong loyalty.”
Andrei quickly changed his words.
Victor added: “Secondly, you were more useful to Scarlett’s security than the guards she appointed.”
“Why did you put all those guards in the first place?”
“Who do you think hates me more than the royal family?”
“Pirates”
“Unguarded, Scarlett will be torn apart in hours.”
Andrei felt his heart sink, as when he was found out.
“Moreover, you are an essential employee to help her rebuild her family.”
“So, you want me to stay by her side?”
“Scarlett should not know that I have guards, and it is difficult to find a guard with your skill.”
“And she should never know about this?”
Andrei guessed the reason for Victor's illogical words.
He was afraid that Scarlett would hate him if she knew the truth.
However, Andrei thought that Victor was more mean and obsessed with Scarlett than he expected.
Andrei asked: “When you take revenge on the Royal Police, you will use me, right?”
“Of course”
“Then, I will.”
Initially, this was not his goal.
Andrei realized that his plans for success in the Royal Police were shattered, but this did not bother him much.
After a while, Victor left, and shortly after, Andrei's cell door opened.
Evan Light summoned him: “Go to Miss.”
“Now?”
“She said bring it back immediately.
She said the store can’t function without you.”
“We will watch your every move,” Ivan said snarkily and put a gun to Andrei’s neck.
“I know”
Andrei raised his hands in surrender, and Ivan pushed him.
Andrei headed straight to Seventh Street.
When he entered the watch store, Scarlett, who was managing the store, looked at him.
Andrei stood awkwardly at the door and said, “It’s true that I was here to monitor you, but I’m really serious.
My desire to expand the store is sincere.”
“I will resign from the Royal Constabulary.
I understand if you do not employ me.
It will be difficult to find a useful employee like me on a low salary.”
“If I hire you, will you start working from today?”
Andrei paused, surprised by her calmness: “If that is possible.”
“It is possible”
Andrei did not expect her quick acceptance.
He said in astonishment: “If you had known what I did to you, you would not have said that.”
“I don’t remember.
If I remember, I will judge then.”
Scarlett laughed weakly and added, “I thought about it, and like I said, no one works that hard for a salary like that.
I was ridiculous.”
“The bad is the one who is deceived”
“No, I was being silly.
I thought you were at least here of your own free will.
I thought I made at least one person want to stay by my side.”
“I know this isn't true.
But I want to stay fooled.
So...”
Scarlett spoke more forcefully: "However, hearing that you are leaving the Royal Police makes me happy.
You chose this place over them, didn't you?"
“Yes, temporarily”
“That's enough”
His boss said Scarlett looked stupid.
To Andrei, who watched her cloy, it probably seemed like that.
She was smart, but her loneliness blinded her.
How much do you have to break to realize?
“Miss Scarlett”
Andrei scratched his neck embarrassed and looked at her: “People in the world are fish.”
"Don't love them.
They don't deserve it."
Scarlett stared at him for a moment, then laughed indifferently: “That's enough.”
“What?”
“You're saying they're not worthy.
At least, my love is something valuable, right?”
“It wasn't bad, was it?”
Then she laughed lively: “Well, that relieves me.”
“As I have always felt, you are not in your right mind.”
“I don’t want to hear this from you.
Besides, you helped me set up the store.
Without you, I would have closed it.”
“Oh, you admit it.
I thought you were secretly thinking about this.”
“By the way, how much does the Royal Police get paid?”
“The salary is the same, but the honor is different.”
“Then, you can work.
Get started, or I will look for you.”
“No work without pay”
“Should I take a pay cut for a year?”
“What's the difference between that and not paying?”
“There is a specific period”
“You are a secretly cruel employer.”
“That's enough, isn't it?”
“Yes, I agree.
One year.”
While talking, Andrei usually started with shop tasks.
Scarlett said as she looked at him: “By the way, the artisans that my uncle sent away… you were the one who found them, right?”
“Yes, that's why I was discovered as a spy.”
“And you didn't report the tram either.”
“As I said at Navy Headquarters, how do I prevent reform after seeing the faces of children?
They are in the growing stage.”
Scarlett laughed lively: “Thank you.”
“Ma’am”
“Yes?”
“Stop talking uessly and work.”
“Ha, you're back in one piece.
I can't say anything because I'm the one who kept you.”
Andrei laughed, but quickly got her into action again.
In the reception room, the royal family members discussed and concluded that Victor should be brought into the family now.
"He convinced a royal policeman, this is a big problem.
Don't you think he won't stay still?"
“Right, who knows when he will challenge the family...”
“If he doesn’t stay still, what will he do?
If he raises his sword, he will be against me,” Yulei Eren said, leaning on the sofa.
“Stop exaggerating.”
There was silence for a moment after the Crown Prince spoke.
While the discussions continued, King Albert of Irene, sick with a weak heart and lying in an easy chair, opened his eyes slightly.
He often expressed his longing for his daughter Marina due to his illness.
“I wish we had summoned Marina to the palace,” he said after thinking.
Everyone looked at him.
Albert added: “All Victor wanted was recognition from the family for his mother Marina, right?
Then, she should be invited to dinner.”
Adam responded irritably: "Dad, she's crazy.
Didn't you hear how she made a mess at Nina's party?"
Elena, Adam's daughter, said: "If we can host a crazy person for a day to win his favor, let's do it.
Victor is not someone who should be an enemy.
Have you forgotten this because he has been friendly with the family until now?"
Akin’s wife, her recently married sister, added: “And what if Aunt Marina causes trouble?”
"The problem is Marina?
We can't predict Victor's actions."
After long discussions, they agreed to invite Marina Domfelt with Victor as her guardian to convince him.
Once the decision was made, Adam Eren wrote an invitation to his nephew Victor, but he immediately responded with a letter:
[My mother is not in good health.
I will visit later]
It was a rejection.
Adam Eren frowned.
He never thought that Victor might refuse, they were just busy discussing whether summoning a madwoman to the palace was appropriate or not.
Adam looked at his son Yuli annoyed: “Victor’s mood is not easy.
You were harsh in confronting him.”
“I'm sorry”
“How are you going to fix what you caused?”
“I will solve it by any means,” Yuli said, suppressing his anger.
“Check it out”
Adam Eren, who had grown up flawless, was sometimes arrogant, showing his anger to his son openly.
This sometimes seemed childish, a common trait among members of Eren's family.