A Beautiful But Useless Flower

Princess Yara stared at her brother's suspicious look for a while and finally smiled. "I don't cross the line, Malon. I never broke my promise to you."

"Then what did you do?"

Yara Amiel gave a quick thought and rose from her seat. Then she picked up the ledger from her desk and handed it to her brother and took a seat again. "I sent my men to fetch that from the Duke's secret chamber. You know, my men spent a few days spying on him and it's not hard for them to know his secret. After all, I trained them to be the best."

King Malon opened the ledger and only a few seconds were needed for his face to turn dark. "It seems like I judge the Duke wrong," he uttered with rage.

"Calm down, Malon," Yara Amiel said to her brother in a calm voice.

"Did he agree so that he could cover this?" the King asked his sister, slightly raising the book.