The Atrocious Duke'S Wife
{Season 2} Old Strategies
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The blue-sliced man was able to stare in the brown bead of the girl's eyes. Until soon after, a question loathed from her lips was enough to leave Cassandra stunned.
"When we go to the festival, what do you mean by saying that I might choke and die silly like you?"
...~ The Atrocious Duke's Wife...
...Chapters...
...(39)...
The brown barley girl was silent for a moment. He had no idea that Arlen still remembered about it. Though he had also forgotten that the man had not reminded him just now.
But, not long after that, Cassandra chuckled small. Then the girl said. "That's an old story. And I don't want to talk about it right now, I'm sleepy."
"You should tell me. Because I want to know everything about you," Arlen replied forcefully.
"Alright, then I want to sleep. Are you gonna settle down?" asked the girl to lay her body slowly helped by her lover.
Arlen also pulled a blanket to wrap the slender body so as not to get cold. "I won't settle down. Because there's still a lot of work to do."
Hearing her lover's reply, somehow Cassandra felt a little disappointed. Yes, however, he must also not hinder a Duke from carrying out his duties.
"Alright, then be careful. And also, you must be prepared for the plan that I have told you. The time is near, "remember the girl with the garnet while holding her lover's hand gently.
"Yes, I know," said Arlen then bowed and brought his face closer to the lover. The man dropped a kiss on his girl's forehead. "Good night, my love."
Before long, the sound of the door creaking became the opening of the engulfing silence. Cassandra tightened her blanket and was drowning in her daydream.
Somehow, when with Arlen, he felt that time passed very quickly. As if he was never satisfied with all the seconds he went through with his girlfriend.
However, he also did not want to overindulge his longing first. There are still many things he has to do to achieve happiness in his life.
After everything has been completed, then he will enjoy all the seconds of time that will be filled with happiness and calmness that throngs.
Yes, until then, he must not be light. Because his life problems don't get here.
Long enough his mind thought of all the possibilities that happened, the girl finally fell asleep to enjoy the flowers.
A place where a feeling is real, but everything is just a falsehood.
...~•~...
The long-awaited meeting finally arrived. After a day of rest yesterday, Cassandra was already feeling better. Currently, he is being helped by his servant wearing clothes to attend the meeting.
When she was done, she took one of her wide green hats, in rhythm with the color of her dress.
Not forgetting the gloves that always wrapped his hands, the girl was finally ready.
When he faced the large window that was along the hallway of his residence, his manic accidentally caught the presence of an unexpected figure.
Quickly, Cassandra ran with her hand pulling a little skirt of her dress so she wouldn't stumble.
After descending some stairs, the girl ran back to the main entrance of the residence and without any cues opened it.
A towering figure, with his neat suit of clothes dominated by black, and thousands of well-arranged strands of his blonde.
The man exuded his Duke aura, which made him even more charismatic.
"What brings you here?" tanya Cassandra tried to ignore the fact that her lover really has a face that can take all her breath.
"I'm more expecting good morning from my lover" replied Arlen.
Then, Cassandra chuckled. Before long, the girl also linked her hands behind her back while leaning her body forward.
Not to forget his sweet ignorant face, and the indentation of a carefree smile that he has rarely shown to anyone in recent years. "Good morning, my love. How are you today?"
As if there was an arrow of love piercing right in Arlen's heart, the man immediately turned his face to avoid the sudden attack.
"We'd better get going, because I don't want us to be late" Arlen said, pulling his girlfriend's wrist to follow her into his carriage.
Cassandra again chuckled in silence, it was so fun to judge someone you loved like this.
...~•~...
"I agree with Countess la Devoline's plan. We will hasten the selection for the prince entitled to the throne, and start a war with the Nephorine Kingdom."
The king's decision was absolute, but of course there were still nobles who did not approve it.
"But, Your Highness...! Isn't that rash?! Just because of the matter of the magician that there is no certainty of this, we have to incur a huge cost and deploy a large army?! Please consider it!"
"I think His Majesty's decision is correct. Because somehow, as the Countess said before, this is all for the sake of the tranquility of this land, we don't want witches to wantlessly destroy our dwellings."
"But still having a war all of a sudden is a rethink! What if we lose the war? We'll lose, and the witch won't die either!"
Mumbles and considerations floated and mingled in the air, his final opinion making everything again confused.
Again, a new opinion makes people again hit by a sense of doubt that hit. If this continues, then how will they take the decision that feels is really right?
On the one hand, want to hold fast to their opinions. On the other hand, there are those who continue to be distraught because the fear of death ruffles all his senses.
"Ekhem!" Deheman's sudden voice made the atmosphere become silent from the endless debate, all the attention was now on the girl whose brown strands were covered by her wide hat imprinted on the tip of her head.
Not to forget, the girl clenched her palms in front of her lips acting as gracefully as possible with her eyelids closed for a moment.
It didn't take long, Cassandra placed both her hands on the long table located in the middle of the debate room. Then the girl said. "It seems there are still many doubts and flaws in my opinion in the previous meeting, I'm really sorry about that."
Prince Yari who was in the room just stared intently at Cassandra, because the girl was really a threat to the plan she had been making carefully all this time to seize the throne.
"Therefore, I would like to give a strategy to complement and strengthen my opinion."
After saying this, Cassandra took a roll of paper from a small bag that she had brought, then pulled the two rolls of paper until the contents were clearly displayed.
The nobles and the king of Hamilton were a little surprised to see the picture on the yellowish paper, not least the dumbfounded prince Yari.
It was a map of the territory of the Nephorine kingdom, complete with scribbles of plans that the young Countess had made.
"I've been planning this for a long time. To begin with, we must have a large army to defeat the Nephorine army," Cassandra's lizard kept the entire room quiet.
Feeling welcome, the girl resumed her explanation that had been cut off.
"I've also investigated that Nephorine forces only master attack techniques. Their equipment was even just a weapon to attack, there was no shield to take cover," the girl explained smoothly.
"I'm sorry if I interrupt, Countess. But, how do you know that Nephorine troops have no protection and can only attack?" asked Prince Yari to try to corner.
However, Cassandra was undaunted. Instead the girl just smiled sweetly, while with her closed eyelids and her head that she tilted right. "I only know from certain sources."
Prince Yari just stared coldly at the smiling girl. It seemed like the Countess' presence really had to be on the lookout. He wouldn't let the smelly girl ruin his whole plan.
"Your Majesty. How many troops can you provide for this war?" ask Cassandra to make sure.
"For the time being, I only have 300,000 thousand troops" replied the king of Hamilton.
Cassandra nodded in understanding. That means, everything is still the same as before. If the Erosphire kingdom still had 300,000 troops, it meant that the Nephorine kingdom also still had 800,000 troops.
"Duke Floniouse's. If I could ask, what team do you have now?" ask the brown girl.
The Duke who was being asked a question still showed his flat face, but soon after he replied. " I only have 100,000 troops."
Again, the girl with the title of Countess just nodded. Actually, he had figured out exactly how many troops Arlen belonged to.
Even he was telling Arlen all this time to gather as many troops so that when their main plan had been launched, so that the man did not need to risk his life like the war that occurred in their previous lives.
"Then, My Lord. Can you lead your team in the front row? That way, we can divide 300,000 troops to protect the Erosphire region" said Cassandra.
The other nobles looked surprised, some were amazed, and envied the whole plan that the girl was trying to convey.
"And one more thing, I have a request, Your Majesty," the girl asked the garnet move.
"What is it, Countess?" ask the king.
"Can I... request 20,000 of your 300,000 teams?" cassandra asked carefully.
"May I know what the 20,000 men you're gonna ask for are for?"
Cassandra also sat back on her bench while tidying up the layout of her wide hat that had tilted.
"I'd like... 20,000 men to become archers," said the girl made everyone again stunned.
Why make soldiers as archers in such large numbers? In fact, if indeed the Countess asked 20,000 troops to become archers, then the army would be reduced to 280,000.
How to divide his army in small numbers to protect their vast empire?
"Isn't that too much for archers? After all, an archer is one who attacks far away. How to fight a strong enemy in close combat?" sela Baron Preste's.
Cassandra had expected, but she was undaunted and did not want to give up on the plan she had carefully arranged.
"Since in the territory of the Nephorine kingdom has many plateaus, we can fool the enemy," clearly the girl was unceasingly speaking to reassure everyone present at the meeting.
"Fool the enemy?" confused prince Yari.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Since the enemy has absolutely no protection, we can produce a rain of arrows to the enemy. Therefore, I want Duke Floniouse to lead the army just ahead to break through the main defenses of the Nephorine kingdom" the girl explained.
"Of course, we will give a warning to Duke Floniouse's troops so that they can take shelter at the right time" he added with a smile.
The atmosphere was silent for a moment, but before long an arch of a smile was imprinted on the face of the king of Hamilton who began to wrinkle. "It's decided. We're going to have a selection for both heirs to the throne, and use the Countess's strategy to attack Nephorine. Anyone else want to make a rebuttal?"
The lips of all the nobles in the room were clenched. But before long, the statement agreed many dearest.
"The Countess' plan is awesome!"
"I agree with the Countess!"
"I have no objection, Your Majesty."
"So do I, Your Majesty."
Although Prince Yari considered Cassandra his enemy, the man smiled in a slant.
If it was like this, it would be very easy to carry out his evil plan. After all, he would indeed let the Erosphire kingdom lose.
The man had conspired with the prince of the Nephorine kingdom. He will act as a hero when the kingdom of Erosphire has been on edge.
That way, he could be the next king. And rule the whole world.
Prince Yari will inform Cassandra of all the plans she gave to Prince Naelson of the Nephorine kingdom.
After that Nephorine forces will defeat Erosphire, and he will ask Prince Naelson to pretend defeat and himself to be a hero who brings victory.
The reply he gave to Prince Naelson was partly the wealth owned by the Erosphire kingdom, because the prince of the Nephorine kingdom was in bankruptcy due to the large population.
After the absolute decision of the king, they again planned another plan to protect the Erosphire kingdom.
Prince Yari could only smile triumphantly thinking that he was really in a pleasant situation.
But the man did not know that Cassandra had a plan that he did not tell the meeting.
The girl could only smile sweetly in silence, looking at Prince Yari who seemed to be completely engulfed in pride and a sense of victory.
Cassandra had passed the second stage in her plan, and the third stage, she only had to wait for the date of the play.
Without prince Yari realizing, that defeat had been waiting for him in plain sight.
Cassandra could only say inwardly while smiling in silence.
"Basas on the stupid prince."
...~•~...
"Cassandra!" yelled Anastasia when she saw Cassandra and Arlen who had been waiting for her presence.
"Let's! What are you doing here?" cassandra asked a little confused as to why the girl had suddenly visited her.
Indeed Anastasia had visited him when he was still not feeling well yesterday, but Cassandra really did not expect the presence of her best friend today.
"I want to take you both to my house. Now," Anastasia said undeniably as she drew the hands of her two best friends.
"Eh, but Ana! What is it that we have to visit your house now?" cassandra was still confused by everything.
Anastasia did not budge and still faithfully pulled Arlen and Cassandra's hand to follow him into the car that the girl had been carrying gold to drive them to her residence.
Cassandra asked Arlen beside her. "Hey, do you know why Ana suddenly invited us to come to her house?"
Arlen just put his shoulder around pretending not to know. But the man certainly knew what Anastasia was planning.
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After arriving, it turned out that in the dining room there had been a few people waiting for their presence.
Cassandra stared awkwardly at everything at the dinner table. However, in an instant he turned his back to catch a figure he was very familiar with.
"Dad?!"
After realizing that there was the presence of the Duke and Duchess Floniouse, along with the Count and Countess Emerald, the girl immediately regained her senses and sat down on the chair that had been prepared for her.
"Cassandra, I heard you got injured yesterday because of Anastasia. Please forgive him for acting rashly" Countess Emerald told Cassandra.
The Countess Emerald had heard all the confessions of her daughter. At first he wanted to punish his daughter, but seeing his daughter who was so sorry, he became heartless and only gave warning and advice.
When hearing Countess Emerald apologise sincerely like that, it made Cassandra uneasy.
"No need, Countess. After all it was just an accident that has passed, you don't have to worry," replied Cassandra was not happy.
"thank you. You're so nice that Anastasia told me."
Cassandra could only smile hearing such praise. But not long after, Countess Emerald let out a voice.
"Anastasias. You said you wanted to say something important, even to the point of bringing the Duke and Duchess Floniouse and Viscount la Devoline here. What do you want to say?" ask the Count.
Anastasia also seemed to take a deep breath in her sitting. But in an instant, the girl immediately stood up making everything in the room a little surprised.
The gaze of the jewel-green girl looked solemn, until she finally said something capable of making everyone flabbergasted except Arlen.
"I want to cancel my engagement to Arlen."
...18.03.2021...