Be a matchmaker in an otome game

Chapter 40 Ten Years
"Your Highness's move is very risky." Safi's brows furrowed deeply, and she could see that she was very worried. "I will definitely oppose His Highness's policy. Have you asked His Majesty the King what he thinks? He agrees." Do you do that?"

Teaching magic to the common people fundamentally touches the interests of the nobles. If the common people can use magic, how can the nobles guarantee that they will not be replaced by the common people at any time?

In front of Safi, Fred did not know when to start telling the truth about everything. Not long ago, he was a man of self-denial and courtesy. I am happy, but I was taught by Felisa and Ulysses that it is useless to do so.Now he is beginning to learn to speak freely, without any scruples, and tell everything about him frankly: "I did hesitate to do this, maybe it would be better to wait and prepare for a while, but someone told me that I was always afraid If you’re scared, you can’t do anything.”

When Fred said this, he looked directly at Safi, as if saying that not only in political matters, but in personal matters as well.

Safi was stunned for a while, avoiding Fred's gaze, eyes drooping slightly: "It's good that His Highness has a plan in mind, I will... I will, I will leave."

She was in a panic and only wanted to escape as soon as possible. Fred like this made her feel strange and afraid from the bottom of her heart.

She is not afraid of being indifferent to her, but afraid of being approached by others. When others are enthusiastic about her and frequently express their kindness, she will fall into deep self-loathing.

Why is she such a person, why can't she have the confidence to embrace this kind of tenderness, why should she... come close to her, a person who has been drowned in mud.

Let cloud to cloud, mud to mud, okay?
"Wait!" Fred immediately got up and held Safi who was about to leave in a hurry, with sincere eyes. "I have other things to say."

Safi looked at Fred with distrust. Fred's attitude towards her these days was too weird, which always caught her off guard to face Fred's most frank emotions.

Seeing Safi looking at him with guarded and cautious eyes like a frightened little animal, Fred smiled: "There is really something wrong."

Safi walked back hesitantly, but deliberately went to sit opposite Fred, obviously wanting to draw a line.

Fred remembered Ulysses' teaching: Don't push too hard, and a proper relaxation can make them let down their guard.

So Fred and Safi talked about the business: "Safi seems to know the guild very well."

The royal family has always known little about the abandoned avenue and the slums, because the slums have established their own rules, and the nobles want to spy on and break them, but they always return in vain, so they can only wander in the bronze avenue.

So how did Safi know this? Fred can only think of the incident of her disappearance back then. No one asked Safi carefully about what happened back then, nor did Safi take the initiative to mention it to anyone. By default, let this matter pass by quietly, as if nothing had happened, thinking that as long as everyone treats Safi well enough, she can continue to live without caring about anything, become the crown princess, and then become the queen, with Fred hand in hand for life.

But Fred only realized today that for Safi, the events of those years have never passed, and she still remembers them deeply, otherwise how can she explain how she learned about the "guild"? clear.

If Felisa was here, she would definitely sigh. She was not surprised by this kind of thing at all, and it could even be said that it was very normal.

Safi had already figured out how to deal with Fred's question, and since she asked it in front of Fred, she made up her mind to answer: "I have my own investigation channels, Your Highness, please forgive me for not being able to tell you."

In Safi's understanding, getting along with Fred is like a spring breeze. As long as she says so, even if she doubts Fred, she won't ask any more questions, leaving her enough space and privacy. Such is Fred's tenderness.

Fred didn't believe the nonsense that was said, but the royal family also had channels for investigation, and they must be no less than the channels of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the royal family did not get such detailed information.

The guild is known, but how the guild operates, as well as the specific location, personnel composition, these many details, are not known.

Fred didn't think that Safi could know more about the abandoned avenue than he did just by collecting information, so the only remaining explanation was that Safi had seen the guild with her own eyes, so she could know such details.

Fred knew that he couldn't directly ask Safi the question "Have you ever seen the guild with your own eyes?" He thought about Ulysses' teaching, and Ulysses told him that if he accidentally asked about the girl's When you are sad, you have to change the subject, tell your own story, and resonate with yourself and the girl.

What resonated between him and Safi should be the topic of the abandoned avenue.

"I have been thinking about how to solve the problem of slums since ten years ago."

Sure enough, Safi was attracted by Fred's words, and was quite shocked: "Your Highness was only ten years old at that time, did you have any plans at that time?"

Because I don't want to see you in trouble again.Fred will always remember that day, the prime minister walked into the palace with a face full of exhaustion and despair. The always shrewd and capable prime minister was like a wandering ghost, and he said to the king: "Your Highness, please cancel the marriage between Safi and Fred. marriage contract."

Before the king could react, Fred, who was standing beside the king, blurted out: "No!"

Both the prime minister and the king looked at him. Although Fred was still young at the time, he was also a crown prince trained by the royal family. He calmly asked, "Why did you want to resolve the marriage contract? As the person involved, I want to know the reason."

At that time, he didn't know what happened to Safi. The Prime Minister's Office said that Safi went to the prime minister's wife's natal domain to accompany his grandfather and grandmother. No one knew that Safi had been missing for a whole month.

The prime minister knew that he couldn't lie about this matter, so he said it embarrassingly. After he finished speaking, the prime minister swayed suddenly, as if he was about to fall over, but he finally stood up slowly.

"So, Your Majesty, please dissolve the engagement between the two of you." The prime minister begged again, even though he felt sorry for his daughter, but the reality is the reality. Instead of waiting for the royal family to divorce the princess who abandoned the avenue, it is better for them to take the initiative and try their best to minimize the loss.

The king looked at Fred: "What do you think?" The king gave his son the right to choose, because it was his own business and he could only choose it himself.

Fred remembered him back then, and replied without hesitation: "I won't let go! As a man, he even despises his own wife, how can he take responsibility!"

This was the beginning of their nearly ten-year entanglement.

　There is one more after 0 o'clock, everyone, don't wait [You wake up and no one is watching you]

　　
　
(End of this chapter)