Be a matchmaker in an otome game

Chapter 64 Old friends meet but don’t recognize each other

"What do you want?" Fred frowned. "Autonomy? Impossible."

For the royal family, it is absolutely impossible to delegate power, and it must be under overall control by the royal family or a person designated by the royal family.

However, Old Rhodes and the others could not trust the nobles, so they naturally refused to back down. The two sides were in a stalemate here.

Fred was vaguely frustrated. This was different from his experience since he was a child. His prestige as the crown prince could not be conveyed to these people. No matter how much he guaranteed or how much he promised, they could not let go.

In the eyes of the common people, the promises made by the nobles are not worth mentioning, because the nobles have the confidence and strength to tear up their promises at any time, especially since the nobles control the existence of magic. Under the premise that both parties are inherently unequal, the possibility of cooperation is too small.

, if you want to achieve cooperation, Fred's side must cede most of its rights, so that both parties can be on the same level.

But excluding this, Fred's plan is feasible. It's just that Fred's smooth life for many years has made him forget that his identity accounts for a large part of the reason why he can succeed in many things.

For some reason, the nobles had to worry about Fred's identity.

But there are always people who don't buy his account. Like these commoners, the identity of the crown prince is of no use to them.

"Your Highness will be a very good monarch," Old Rhodes said calmly, "But this is only for the bright side of the kingdom. As for the shadow part of the kingdom under the sun, Your Highness should stay away. You know this world well.

Still too little.”

Fred was silent. He was unwilling to give in. The plan collapsed before it could be implemented. All the preparations he had made for the plan came to nothing in one day.

After all, this reform was mixed with some of his selfish motives. He regarded it more as revenge, revenge carried out on Safi's behalf.

Fred has his position after all, and there are some concessions that he cannot make. If the cooperation cannot be successfully negotiated this time, there is no telling when it will be possible to catch Old Rhodes and the others and communicate again next time.

Perhaps, he can use force to force people to stay?

He raised his eyes, but Safi understood his intention in an instant and put a hand on the back of Fred's hand to stop his behavior.

"We can put aside other things for the time being. I just want to ask, Martin, what are you going to do? There are many other children, do you just plan to let them live in such a world? Their dignity has been trampled on, and they will not see the light of their lives.

." Safi asked, her voice soft, but her question was very realistic.

Martin is now accustomed to ridicules and insults. Obviously these words are a daily routine for him, but this is not what it should be. If he was born under the light, how could he suffer these humiliations?

"Martin is being hunted, isn't it because of you?" Old Rhodes sneered and said sarcastically, "If you really treated Martin as an equal, how could you put him in such a situation?"

This is an irrefutable fact, but it is also a moral kidnapping. For aristocrats like Fred and Safi, what they need to protect is the interests of the majority of people. Even if they sacrifice a small number of people, there is no way.

There is no reform without sacrifice, but the person who sacrificed is Martin.

"Means are necessary. I believe you know this better than us," Safi said, her eyes falling on old Rhodes' lap, "Isn't it?"

Safi had something to say, and Old Rhodes's mouth tightened slightly, and he subconsciously glanced at his stump of the leg.

This leg was caused by stepping into a trap during a robbery. In order to escape, he cruelly cut off one of his own legs before escaping.

But why would the little girl in front of me know?

Old Rhodes looked at Safi carefully for a few times, and suddenly his pupils shrank. His strange appearance lasted too short, and no one noticed it.

"Martin's matter will be resolved soon," Old Rhodes shook his head and stopped looking at Safi, "I have already talked to them, and they will not pose any danger to Martin again."

"But……"

"But Miss is right about one thing," Old Rhodes sighed, stroking the top of Martin's head with his rough hands, "These children should have the right to choose."

They should have to choose for themselves whether to walk in the sun or lurk in the dark.

But now he can't provide these children with any choice, and can only lead these children to sink into the darkness.

Fred understood it instantly and promised: "I can provide teachers for children to teach and a place to live."

Old Rhodes' attitude changed so quickly, Safi guessed that he might have remembered something.

She was a child ten years ago. How could she escape from the guild by herself? After all, she was helped by others.

And the person who helped her back then was Rhodes.

Rhodes' broken leg was so iconic that she recognized it almost the moment she looked at his face.

Back then, Rhodes saw that she was from a noble family and tried his best to get her out of the abandoned road, otherwise how could she escape home so easily.

Over the years, she had been grateful to Old Rhodes in her heart, but she could not show any of it. After returning home, she never mentioned her experience of being lost. No one knew what happened to her, and no one knew what happened to her.

Know what she has been through.

The hands that were now comforting Martin had patted her to coax her to sleep, and the eyes that were now looking at Martin lovingly had also given her strength.

She wanted to say thank you to Rhodes in person, but she couldn't.

She had exposed enough flaws in front of Fred, but His Highness did not show any expression, whether it was because of trust or for some other reason... Safi no longer dared to guess.

"Grandpa Rhodes doesn't want me anymore?" Martin listened to their conversation. Although he seemed to understand a little, he vaguely realized that Rhodes seemed to have reached some kind of agreement with Safi and had something to do with him.

"No," Old Rhodes shook his head, "Grandpa will always be your family."

Martin responded, still looking confused, and Safi waved to him: "Come here."

Martin moved forward step by step, his expression still reluctant: "What are you doing?"

Safi couldn't make a friendly expression. She looked at Martin as seriously as a teacher in class: "I heard from Ms. Anna that you are not paying attention in class."

"I don't want to learn those things," Martin muttered, "I just want to learn magic! There's no point in learning those things!"

Fred did promise to teach him magic, but he first hired a teacher to teach him how to read. And learning magic must be done after learning how to read. After all, Elvish is much more difficult and obscure. You must first learn how to read.

Learn magic.

Want to run before you learn to walk? Of course, it is difficult for children to understand these principles.

Safi recited the incantation softly. It was a language like singing, with ups and downs, ups and downs, but to her ears it was like listening to a sacred book, and she couldn't even imitate the pronunciation.

(End of chapter)