"You can sit in this chair." David casually pointed to one of the chairs inside the luxurious apartment

Seraphina nodded and sat quietly, her eyes following her father, who was reading the letter she had conveyed to him

She doesn't understand exactly what happened

Suddenly Elizabeth came to her and handed her a letter

"Alexander asked me to give you this letter."

That's what Elizabeth told her

"Is this letter for me?"

"No, he told me that this letter should reach your father." That was the last thing Elizabeth said before she left

Seraphina was surprised for a moment, because she had only heard of her father's presence inside the academy a few hours ago

But it seems that Alexander has known this for some time

In the end, she went directly to her father's apartment, suppressing her curiosity that was pushing her to open the envelope and read the contents of the letter.

Walter entered the room and closed the balcony door behind him, still talking on the phone. "Okay, don't investigate further, it seems he covered everything up and left no evidence behind."

Walter hung up the phone, his mind was still occupied with many things, and he did not notice Seraphina's presence until late. "Little Sera, what are you doing here so late?"

"Uncle Walter…" Seraphina got up and greeted Old Walter with a slight bow. "I delivered a message to my father."

Walter turned his eyes to David questioningly

"It's from Alexander..." David placed the letter on a nearby table. "He wants to negotiate with us."

"Oh…" Walter sat on a nearby chair without leaving his eyes on David, waiting for David to finish speaking

"He will give us the recipe, but he wants something in return."

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"What does he want?" Walter asked a little cautiously

He was happy that they were able to obtain the recipe without resorting to methods that might cause some problems with the Ford family

But at the same time he was worried about Alexander's requests

This boy was more cunning than he seemed, and from the reaction that Frederic and the Emperor showed at the meeting, Walter could tell that these two had dealt with Alexander before and knew his personality well.

"He wants a private meeting with the Imperial Council." David replied

" What?." Walter did not understand why Alexander made this request

"He wants to get guarantees from the Imperial Council, because..." David hesitated to complete his sentence

" Because he?." Walter pressed him

"Because he doesn't trust us." David gave in under pressure

"…" This boy is rudely honest

Walter was speechless

"I will go to talk to him in the morning, there is no need to hold a meeting with the council."

"No…" A deep look appeared in Walter's eyes. "We will have this meeting with Alexander."

"This would be an exaggeration. Do you want us to gather the ministers and request the Emperor's presence in person for such a matter?" David didn't understand why Walter accepted this request

"I was making a phone call with Macron, because I asked him to follow up on Alexander's purchases since his arrival at the academy. I was hoping that we would know what materials he uses to make the secret ingredient. Do you know what we found?"

"Were you able to find the required materials?"

"No, that boy has bought hundreds of materials since he arrived at the academy, in large quantities. They are all different materials and there is almost no connection between them. We could not know anything..." Walter's tone became darker. "I feel like he did this to prevent anyone from tracking his purchases and finding out what materials he used."

David shook his head and rubbed his temples lightly

This mission was more complicated than he imagined

"But do you know why this boy wants to meet the council?"

"..." David remained silent

"This means that he intends to ask for something that none of us can fulfill."

"So...we'll have this meeting?"

"We have no other choice." Walter smiled bitterly. "He is in a better negotiating position than us. He has the recipe we want and we are forced to fulfill his wishes, no matter how ridiculous they are."

"..." Seraphina sat silently listening to this conversation

But she couldn't keep up with them at all

At first she was astonished that Alexander wanted to meet with members of the Supreme Council

He is just a teenager who does not have real influence or fighting power that qualifies him to make an appointment with the most powerful leaders of the empire

So why would he make such a stupid request?

But she was shocked when Walter agreed to his request so easily, and after listening more she began to realize that Alexander had something that the empire desperately needed.

It seems that Alexander intends to blackmail them or something like that

"Seraphina…" Walter looked at Seraphina and seemed to think of something, but in the end he shook his head self-deprecatingly. "No...sending her to put pressure on Alexander would be a bad move."

"You better go back to your room..." David urged her to get out of this place before Walter thought of something that might implicate his daughter in this case.

After David escorted her to the door, Seraphina turned to him anxiously. "Father, if there is something I can help you with—"

"Sera, I don't want you to get involved in any of this." David flatly refused. "Go back to your room, and don't wander around so late. You have school tomorrow."

Seraphina nodded and left without opposing her father

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Alexander returned to his room and closed the door behind him, sighing tiredly

There was no trace of panic on his face and all that remained was annoyance at having to do extra work

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"I thought he was a policeman or an intelligence investigator. I didn't think he was such an important person..." Alexander lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling. "A secret organization?..."

Considering that Walter had personally come to obtain the recipe, it meant that the organization they were trying to find was not just an ordinary criminal organization

He did not hear any news on television or social media about the existence of such an organization

This means it is a secret organization

The more he thought about it, the more disturbed he became. He had a dark history with secret organizations

Because some of these organizations have caused disasters due to their selfish actions

"Everything will be fine..." Alexander closed his eyes and stopped thinking