The Royal Deal

of tears.

“Father, please kill me rather than have me live in this state of shame.”

“What are you talking about!” Veolense had never heard his daughter talk like this before.

“I’d rather die than bring such shame to my family.
Please, end it all now.” Viyan was in hysterics.

“I asked you to explain this state that you are in,” Veolense repeated.

“The slave, that came here a few weeks ago, he tried to rape me!”

“What?!” Veolense was on his feet in an instant.
He didn’t know how to react, as he could tell that his daughter’s tears were fake.
He knew she had a tendency to make playthings of the servants.
Normally he would let it slide, but this was a slave they were talking about.
That changed everything.
If a rumour went around about a noble’s daughter and a slave fooling around, it would cause not only shame on her, but on his entire family.
He had to resolve it now.

“How dare he! Trying to ruin our family’s name!” Veolense was furious.

It has always been said that taking on a slave can ruin a family.
Every noble household was reluctant to take on a slave, and Veolense was no different.
He had no intention of taking a slave to begin with, but it was hard to refuse anything from the high-ranking Roden family.
This was why he had shoved the slave into the mines, instead of working in the mansion where he could be seen.

He didn’t know when his daughter took an interest in the slave, but it was now time for that slave to disappear.
It wouldn’t be hard.
No one would be surprised with a slave disappearing.
So many of them ended up becoming God’s Guardians very quickly.
Many of them couldn’t handle the shame of becoming a slave, since they were once nobles, and ended up taking their own lives.
Even if they didn’t, most died from the extreme labour and beating they were given.

“I will kill him right now!” Veolense stated with authority.

“Pardon?!” Viyan had not thought he would go to such extremes.
She thought that the slave, at most, would get further beatings.
She didn’t want him killed.
She started thinking of the past servants that she had taken as lovers.
She had always assumed they had been kicked out but now, seeing her father’s rage, she wondered if they had been killed as well

“How dare a slave try to rape my daughter,” Veolense continued raving.
 “I will wash this shame off our family by making him a God’s Guardian.”

“Wait.
I don’t think…” Viyan tried to interject.

“No.
Our family’s reputation depends on this, like you said!” Veolense was insistent.
He needed to solve the problem by eliminating the source.
What if the slave somehow turned his daughter’s heart and ran off with her? He couldn’t even think about it.