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Chapter 266 The Decision That Should Be Made

"Your Highness," Vincent, who was standing by the door, said abruptly when the negotiation was at an impasse, "I have a request."

Fred looked at Vincent. The request he made at this time probably had nothing good to say, but he still let Vincent say it. After all, he also needed to give the stalemate a new level.

Vincent knelt down on one knee and saluted at the highest level.

This etiquette is generally not used, and even some people will never use such a big gift in their entire lives, because it means that the gift giver will give him everything, including property, dignity and even life.

This ancient ritual has not been used for hundreds of years. The common people will not know the existence of this ritual. For the nobles, it is also mentioned in the books as an expanded content.

But Fred, as the crown prince, has very high demands on himself, even this kind of knowledge, he knows it like the back of his hand.

"What are you doing?" Fred frowned and looked at Vincent, whether he stepped forward to pull Vincent up, "Get up, I don't need you to do this."

"I wanted to do this voluntarily," Vincent said in a low voice, "I am willing to dedicate everything to you, and I only hope that you will consider His Majesty the Demon King's proposal."

Kneeling, servile, abandoning the pride of the nobility, and putting himself in a situation where there is no redemption, just to ask him to think about agreeing to Asalez's terms?
The representative of the contribution and the final harvest are extremely unequal, which means that Vincent has some other purpose. Fred lowered his eyes, but after thinking for a moment, he guessed the reason.

"You want to save Kress?" Fred raised his eyebrows and asked calmly.

Vincent did not hide it. In front of the crown prince, the consequences of concealing it were more serious. He replied very honestly, with a more humble attitude: "Yes, I want to save her, please save her life."

Fred is not stupid, he is smarter than most people in this world, but he still doesn't understand why Vincent paid so much, if Kress is still valuable to Asalez, So why does Vincent have to save Kress?
This might be an answer he didn't want to hear.

"She has something against you?" Fred asked almost without any expectation, "If you encounter any trouble, you can say, I can help you solve it, and I will definitely help you."

Vincent shook his head silently. Kress had already fallen to this point, so how could he threaten him? He wanted to save Kress just because he wanted to.

Since it's not because of profit, it's out of pure emotion.

As if knowing what Fred was thinking, Vincent said: "Don't worry, I know that with my identity and what I have done, I am not qualified to ask you conditions. Whether you agree or not, my life I am willing to give it to you."

What Vincent did back then was a great crime of treason. If it really counted, he should have a share on the gallows. He really didn't have the position to plead for mercy.

"Okay, I agree." A voice came from a curtain behind Fred, and one hand lifted the curtain, and Safi came out from behind the curtain.

Neither Vincent nor Asalez showed surprise. They had already discovered that there were more than the three of them here, and the fourth person was either Safi or Ulysses.

Safi walked to Fred's side and looked at Vincent who was kneeling on the ground: "If this is what you want, of course I am willing to satisfy you. Kress' life can be saved, anyway, we are not at a loss."

"Safi!" Fred frowned, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Azarez stood up very consciously: "It seems that you still have some things to discuss, so Vincent and I will wait outside for the results of your discussions."

After the two of them went out, Fred reached out and held Safi's hand, looking at Safi with some reproach: "You shouldn't have agreed."

"I know what your Highness thinks," Safi nodded, "I am very clear about your persistence and principles, what you want is to punish the guilty according to the law, but Your Highness, if it is really according to your idea, I will not Should be sitting here."

Others don't know about her past, but Fred knows it all too well. Even if she didn't mean it back then, she can't hide the fact that she was a thief. No matter how good she is in the future, as long as there is such a stain In the body, it is not her turn. After all, the matter of the crown princess is not only a personal matter, but also a major event involving the entire country.

"How can you be like her?" Fred of course disagreed, retorting, "Don't compare yourself to her kind of person, I will be sad."

Safi obediently stopped talking. In fact, she had gradually put it down, but Fred was probably frightened by her original situation, so he was always nervous when she mentioned the past.

"Although people are different, the essence of things is the same." Although he didn't mention the past, Safi still wanted to make it clear, "When interests and principles conflict, His Highness may take a step back and think."

take a step back?Take a step back this time, so what about the next time, he will not take a step back, if you take a step back this time, should you take two steps back next time?Fred sat on the chair with an unattractive expression and did not speak.

"Think about it, Your Highness. The purpose of concealing and tampering with my past was to stabilize the chaotic situation at the time and also to save me," Safi persuaded patiently, "but letting go of Kress now may stabilize the border for a hundred years. Isn't it a good thing?"

"Then, what about the civilians who died because of Kress? Should they be sacrificed?" Fred's rhetorical question was resounding. "If I let Kress go this time, what face do I have to face the people of the whole country?" , I can’t even let the sinners get what they deserve.”

Fred's idea was not wrong, it was just too idealistic. A monarch could not be done well just by looking good, but Safi was also attracted by the light on him.

"So, I agreed to this matter," Safi said calmly, "It has nothing to do with His Highness, His Highness is just dragged down by me and has to agree."

Fred will do the bright things, and she will undertake the dark parts that cannot be seen.

Such a statement is totally untenable, he and Safi have been inseparable for a long time, Fred shook his head, how could he not know that reaching a cooperation with Azarez is beneficial and harmless, but what he still can't get through is his My own level.

"Even if I send a letter to my father, he will let me agree to cooperate with Asalez. After all, this is a business without money." Fred smiled wryly, "Old Rhodes once said that I can't control the abandoned road. I don't think so, but looking at it now, he was right."

The reason why the Abandoned Avenue was destroyed so quickly was that Vincent contributed to it. Not only the nobles, but also the Abandoned Avenue was his target of revenge. Without Vincent, Fred really couldn’t eat the Abandoned Avenue by himself.

(End of this chapter)