Gaile knocks at the private door of the duke.

“It’s me father, Zenniah.”

When the duke heard her.

“Come in,” he said.

Gaile and Girly open the door for her. When she came inside, she looked directly into the duke’s eyes.

“You have something to tell me, my love.”

“Yes, father,” her response. “I want to tell you about this yesterday, but it was so late at night, we don’t have enough time,” she added.

“Then go ahead, tell me.”

Before she responds to the duke, she turned around.

“The three of you, please wait for me outside and make sure no one is listening to our conversation.”

“As you wish, my lady,” the three replied.

When the three went outside, they made sure the door was close properly. When she’s sure that only the two of them are in the duke's private office. She faces the duke and walks towards his table; she stops when she’s ten steps away from it.

“Father, give me full authority in this house. I know my mother has the authority over it, but still, you’re the one who made the final decision.” She looks straight into his eyes.

“...”

“As I said before, I know that some people betray you and not being loyal to you even inside your own mansion. Let me start to hunt them down one by one.” She continues speaking to him without stopping. “I can’t promise I can catch them all but at least I can assure you, inside of this house, I will make sure that only loyal to our family will be remained!” she added.

The duke also looks at her straight in her eyes while thinking about how to respond to her. It took a couple of minutes before the duke spoke.

“Then, tell me, how you will start it?” he asks.

“I will take a loyal knight and I will start today if you allow me,” she answered.

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“The rest, it’s up to me. I mean I have my own plan so please just wait for the results,” she added while smiling at him.

“...” the duke doesn’t know what to say back at her.

“I hope you trust the new Me, Father,” she made sure she used the right tone for the last two words she said.

She saw the duke thinking and sighing deeply. The duke stands up and turns around to look out in the window with his hands on his back.

“I know, you knew it was not an accident, of what happened on the day your daughter fell down in the pond.” She continues, “I just felt that you just scared of the truth behind. The truth of your daughter’s suffering,” she added.

She saw the duke grip his hands.

“Bullseye,” she thought.

The duke turns to face her with sadness in his eyes.

“I am worthless as a father, am I right?” He gave a sad smile to her.

“No... No, you are not a worthless father. It was just you love each other too much and that love made a wrong turn,” she said.

“I felt it within me, your daughter loves her family, she loves you and respected you too much. But because of that she doesn’t want to give you a problem, which you already have.”

The duke almost going to cry, but he breathed it out.

“The worthless people are those who betray you and your family. Those people who disrespect and mock the status of this family have been given, because the reason is your ‘too kind and soft-hearted’ not only you but even your daughter was too kind to her enemies.” She continued.

“To be honest, I really don’t know what to do. Since I was born, my generation known as the wealthiest in this empire, not even our king can compare to our richness. Even though my father and mother are not blinded by power, both of my parents never forget to give their love to me,” he said.

“I tried, I’m trying to give back that richness and never forget to give love to my family. But I’m starting to feel the road that I’m walking in is crumbling, slowly,” he added.

Zenniah felt the difficulties that the duke was facing on his own. It was showing on his face.

“Maybe the reason of God of soul chooses me, choose me to help you, father,” she said it with a fierce face.

The duke looks at her and walks towards his table. He opens one of the drawers on his right side. He took something in the drawer, and he give something to her. She took it in the duke’s hand, and when she saw what it is, she smiles at him.

“The seal, it's called here ‘yehtirou’ seal of authority,” she gives him a smile of assurement. “I promise you’re not going to regret this, Father,” she added.

Yehtirou is a magic ring, a simple circle red ruby ring that will change the size of who will wear it. Not only that, but it will also sip a little blood off your finger to make sure you’re the bloodline of the owner. It will break on its own if it’s put on the wrong finger. That’s the reason yehtirou can’t be stolen.

“I already have a lot of regrets,” the duke responds. “But when I talked to you, I knew I will not,” he said to her.