Chapter 34: Mess Them Up

3rd Person POV

The moms listened to the conversation again, and it just kept getting weirder and weirder, it seems that one thing for sure is that Ruka isn't the one Perseus is dating, but her supposed sister.

But a sister of the rose guardian...must be another rose guardian, so they now have to prepare their hearts to house a future daughter in law of high status.

"So you didn't resolve the misunderstanding, and just let me take the blame, what is wrong with you?!" Ruka shouted at Perseus

"Hey, it's not like Leilah is actually going to kill you, her own sister." Perseus retorted with a huff "Don't you have any trust."

"I'll be sure to tell her that you just met some other woman just now, who was it and how were they even able to get into the room?"

"I don't know, she just appeared and disappeared, much more cuter than you though."

"What?! I'm the most beautiful rose, mind you."

"You sure are ugly and childish on the inside..."

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Perseus POV

When I showered and went out to eat breakfast, my parents just sat me and down and lectured me about romance, it was a really weird thing, it was along the lines of marriage meaning that you are giving your partner trust and happiness, and some other things. I think they may have heard Ruka's outburst and misunderstood.

"Moms, I'm not dating anyone, I don't know what you've heard, but I'm 8, what can I do? Anyway, I'm going to collect my money and deposit them in the bank while you 2 can stew in your unwanted fantasies that involved your 8 year old son, don't worry, I'll cover for you guys if you're arrested or in trial."

"If you word it like that, it sounds weird." Mom Rylee sighs

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"What the hell do you mean you're not giving me my money?"

They actually accused me of cheating and violating the contract when I came to get my money, I hate these guys already. Like yo, they were the one who's suggested the no rules to apparently make it easier for me to fight and instead are now demanding for damage compensation if I were to pursue the wealth that I'm demanding for.

Like did they expect me to use magic and my physical strength, 2 categories where that knight overpowered in everyway? Of course I'm gonna use everything in my arsenal.

I really want to kill them, but then, in no situation would I get money if that's the case. They asking me to bring a lawyer and deal with this in court if I want it, they're clearly just not following their own contract, they're openly going against the blue rose lord with the story of me abusing my authority to make them sign the contract in the first place.

Well, for now, I'll just let them leave, of course, their trip isn't going to be that smooth of course, they want damage compensation, well I'll get that money one way or another, through my business or this, I gotten their names down, once I get a lot of money and influence, I'll just shut them down.

But they're not gonna scam me that easily...

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"Ruka! Contact your sister please, I need some people terrified."

"Hmph, no, why would I do that? Go tell your girlfriend yourself." Ruka replied and look away

"We're not getting our money, those visitors would ask us for damage compensation at an absurd rate which is about 90% of our winnings, I'd take the money in any other case, but I like more money in this case."

"What?!"

"Alright, I'll just call your other cuter sister to curse them till I get my money."

She then pulled me back by the neck.

"That's an abuse of power, I'll help you mess them up if that's the case." Ruka said

"I'll just have you watch over me then, you're clearly quite soft."

I would love to use the token that Edward gave me and get the money, but that would enforce the idea of me abusing my authority even further, and for now, I don't want that image. I'll just mess them up on the way back, there are crippling methods that can't be healed with magic.

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3rd Person POV

Edward who was at his home at the duchy(dukedom) as he then got a called from the visiting group that one of Sheela's guard seems to be now mentally crippled after a suspicious fight with the lord of the blue rose.

He asked how everything went, the beginning from when Perseus rather tend to his own business than listen to their offers, his grandparents who were on the scene was secretly approached by them, but they said it's unfair for those who lined up and they were busy, it didn't give them a good impression.

Edward know this attitude, they expected to be treated like a noble of high status in a village where nobility doesn't exist, it just doesn't work that way unless you're going on an official mission on the behalf of the kingdom, your treatment is just slightly better than those of average status.

And Perseus couldn't care less what status you are if he can talk that way with a prince...well Edward can already tell that not honoring their contract is going to divide the relations and posssibility of ever involving the blue rose in their future war.

Now it's just up to whoever find the black rose and tilt the balance.

But as for how the fight went...he doesn't remember any of the rose having such abilities that can break someone's mind, cheating is an exaggeration, but it doesn't seem like Perseus will tell what he did or the knight will recover soon...until then, even the court would back his side until either he tell what he did and knew or simply have the knight recovered.

But that's still just loopholes and many other biases their court would take in order for their side to win.

"Perseus is not going to forget this..." he spoke up

"Sir, why do we even need to befriend these people?" His spy asked through their call crystal(they use a crystal to call each other in this world).

"It's because we want the cooperation of the blue rose, and it's not like we can just wage war and fight a war that will kill more than 90% of our people in order to win, give some money, enough to make him forget it."

"I apologize, but we're being attack-"