Chapter 591

Imperial City, Bigusle House.

On a night where many people couldn't sleep, Rockett was also in his study room, sitting in front of his desk and reading a letter in silence.

Tilly was standing in front of Rockett.

The letter in Rockett's hand was given to him by Tilly.

More precisely, it was Harvey who passed it to Shien and asked Shien to pass it to Rockett. When Shien came back, he found it troublesome, so he hugged Lilith and went back to their room to sleep. He then tossed the letter to Tilly and asked her to bring it to Rockett.

Now, the letter that Rockett was reading was the one that Harvey wrote to him.

Rockett's gaze changed many times when he read the contents of the letter.

At first, he was nervous.

Then, he relaxed.

Then, he took in a deep breath.

In the end, Rockett went silent just like that.

Tilly saw the whole process of Rockett's gaze and expression change with her own eyes. She was nervous and curious about what Harvey told Rockett.

However, Rockett didn't say anything. Instead, he closed his eyes and went silent for a while. He crushed the letter in his hand and even tossed it into the fireplace, allowing the fire to burn the letter into ashes.

Tilly opened her mouth as if she wanted to ask something.

But before she could, Rockett spoke first.

The moment he opened his mouth, it was earth-shattering.

"From today onwards, our Bigusle House will cooperate fully with that person's operation to deal with Molo Imperial Consort."

Lockett then told Tilly something that shocked her.

"Cooperate fully?"

Tilly was shocked.

"That's right." Rockett said without any emotions, "The kind of cooperation that doesn't allow for any objections, understand?"

Tilly went silent as well.

She really wanted to ask why.

But since her father didn't have the intention to explain, it proved that it wasn't something she could know at the moment.

So, even if she asked, her father wouldn't answer her right?

Tilly knew her father quite well.

"Then what about tonight's matter?"

Tilly changed her question.

She was obviously referring to the annihilation of Lefelut House.

Now, because of this incident, the entire noble district and even the entire imperial capital seemed to have turned into a city that never sleeps. Be it the nobles or the civilians, everyone was dumbfounded by the sudden huge incident. Even in the middle of the night, there were still noises outside from time to time.

Presumably, the news of the Lefferut family being destroyed by a mysterious powerhouse should have spread at the fastest speed, right?

"He really annihilated the entire Lefferut family, and he did it in such a swaggering manner." Tilly could not help but comment. "Many people have noticed him. Many even saw him fighting an inexplicably powerful monster with their own eyes."

In other words, Shien's existence had entered many people 'eyes. and even those who had intentions were wary of him.

"Saliro Renitra will definitely link tonight's events to what happened today. He will guess that the mysterious expert who destroyed the Lefferut family is the one who appeared at the Bigssler family's house today and helped us defeat him."

"Saliro Renitra will definitely link tonight's incident to what happened today. He'll guess that the mysterious powerhouse who annihilated Lefelut House is the one who appeared at Bigusler House today and helped us defeat him."

"He will definitely use this opportunity to denounce us together with the people in the palace."

Tilly could already imagine how Kieran would slander her and the others.

Even she doubted Shien today. Now that she knew Shien was a citizen of the kingdom, she began to doubt whether her father was really colluding with the kingdom. The Renitra House would be even more so. They would definitely suspect the Bigusler House, believing that the Bigusler House had indeed colluded with the kingdom and obtained the support of a powerhouse from the kingdom, which was why they were able to force the Renitra House to retreat.

They could even blame the Bigusler House for the annihilation of Lefelut House, accusing them of selling out the kingdom for glory and working with a powerhouse from the enemy kingdom, allowing the enemy powerhouse to attack the nobles of the imperial capital.

If a series of accusations were thrown at them, the Bigusler House would definitely be disoriented. Even white would turn black.

Although Shien had said that even without the incident with the Lefelut House, the Renitra House and the Imperial Concubine's faction would still think of ways to deal with them, at least before that, there was still room to turn the situation around.

Now they were in trouble.

Tilly was very worried.

On the other hand, Rockett was expressionless.

Because he could see further and think more than Tilly.

"Don't worry." Rockett said calmly, "For the time being, the Renitra House and the Imperial Concubine's faction won't dare to make a move on us."

Tilly was stunned when she heard that.

"Why?"

Obviously, Tilly did not understand.

"It's simple." Rockett glanced at Tilly as if he was scolding her. "You've forgotten that in this world, compared to schemes, people are more afraid of powerhouses with strength."

Tilly's expression shook as she understood Lockhart's meaning.

It was actually very simple.

"An existence that could easily force a legendary powerhouse like Saliro to retreat and annihilate the entire Lefelut House in a single night. Would those people dare to provoke him?"

Rockett spoke as if he was very disdainful of those people.

"Especially those with high positions of power and authority in the upper echelons of the empire. Would they dare to come looking for trouble without knowing the opponent's strength, the relationship between us and him, or any other details about him?"

He didn't even need to think about the answer to this question.

The higher one's position was, the smaller their courage and the more scruples they would have.

So, Rockett was sure.

"Before they get to the bottom of this, whether it is Saliro or the Imperial Concubine's faction, they won't dare to come looking for trouble," Rockett said with certainty, "Unless they report this matter to their superiors and ask the Moro Concubine to return."

But if that was the case, Shien's goal would be achieved.

What he wanted was for Mara to appear.

Therefore …

"That person might have calculated all of this before taking action. You still have much to learn, Tilly."

Lockett was a reminder to Tilly.

"This …"

Tilly was speechless.

If that was really the case, then her worries were indeed unnecessary.

What she could think of, others could naturally think of as well.

And since they had chosen to do so, there must be a reason.

She still had a lot of things to learn and see to be able to keep up with the pace of these events.

"Naive young lady."

Shien's teasing words echoed in Tilly's ears.

Tilly was not convinced, but she could not help but sigh helplessly.

It seemed that she was indeed a little naive.

Although she was talented, brave and decisive, and was one of the best among the younger generation, that was only in the aspect of being a knight.

She would not only be a knight in the future, but also the heir of the Bigusler House.

As someone who was destined to become the future head of the house, merely improving her strength was obviously not enough.

Even if the Empire respected martial prowess, and if the head of the house was powerful enough, he would be able to control everything, but controlling everything did not mean that the house could advance further.

Tilly, you still have much to learn.

"What about His Highness Harvey?" Tilly thought for a moment, then asked another question, "Does His Highness Harvey have any plans or actions?"

Tilly's words caused Rockett to shake his head.

"His Highness can't leave the palace, not even his bedroom. He has no way of contacting us, and can't move freely. Everything has to be done by us." Rockett said, "In short, His Highness wants us to unconditionally cooperate with that person, and leave the rest to that person."

This was indeed Harvey's instruction.

Harvey did not reveal much to Rockett. He only emphasized on Shien's importance, and told Rockett to unconditionally cooperate with Shien.

Of course, Harvey also revealed some information about his deal with Shien to Rockett.

It was these words that had caused Lockhart to suck in a breath of cold air.

To be honest, Rockett was a little opposed to Harvey's decision.

As a knight of the Empire, Rockett, who had been loyal to the Empire all his life, found the deal hard to accept.

Especially since Shien was a citizen of the Empire, and the fiancé of the Empire's most precious treasure, the future son-in-law of the Mithra Kingdom's royal family. If the deal was really completed, it would be too hard to accept.

Javis seemed to have expected this, and he mentioned it in a sincere and heartfelt tone in the letter.

"Without destruction, there can be no construction. The current situation is not something we can be picky about."

"I also have an agreement with him. This matter will not be exposed, and it will not affect the Empire's future too much."

"Moreover, strictly speaking, although he is a citizen of the Empire, he is inextricably linked to the Demons and the Protoss, and he even has the support of those two behind him. Reaching this deal is not necessarily a bad thing for the Empire."

"I hope you can prioritize the big picture."

Hearing these words, Rockett only made the decision to cooperate after a long period of silence.

He was mainly convinced by Harvey.

Shien's identity was indeed special, and he could not simply be treated as a citizen of the Empire.

Rockett only agreed after considering this point.

Tilly, of course, didn't know about all this.

However, when she heard Rockett wanted her to cooperate with Shien unconditionally, Tilly hesitated for a while and finally asked.

"Father," Tilly said carefully, "Is he really in his early twenties?"

As soon as the words came out, Rockett looked at Tilly.

Rockett went silent again when he saw the hesitation, doubt, probing, and curiosity in Tilly's eyes.

Then, Rockett opened his mouth and spat out a single word.

"Yes."

It was a single word that stunned Tilly completely.

Tilly was absent-minded.

"A 20-year-old Legend rank powerhouse …"

She knew very well how shocking it was.

It was a fact.

"He …"

Who exactly is he?

Tilly's heart was shaken, perplexed, and doubtful at the same time.

After this incident, Shien's position in Tilly's heart changed completely.

He became even more mysterious and unbelievable.