"You refused?!"

Charlotte Turin's expression looked so incredulous that she forgot her original reserve and arrogance, and forgot that she was in a place like the summer twilight courtyard.

She just stared at the black-haired wizard in front of her, as if she wanted to tear open that indifferent face and see the one hidden inside... Wrapping the kernel of ambition.

"Don't get me wrong... None of the promises that should be fulfilled will be diminished, and I will return to the Crimson Castle with you—but... That's all. ”

Loren calmly looked at the overly excited countess in front of him, his dark pupils flashing with a strange luster, and he shook his head, a little regretful.

Brandon shouldn't have been promised to come and explain to Charlotte Turin in person.

"You can rest assured... I will not marry you, and I do not intend to become the Count of the Red Blood Castle, let alone the leader of the House of Turin - my sole purpose with you is to ensure that the House of Turin does not betray Brandon de Salion for the time being. ”

Charlotte was still frowning, looking at the dark-haired wizard with a calm look and some impatience.

"That's all?"

"That's all. Loren opened his eyes and looked at the countess, "Let's keep things simple...... The reason for this farce is that His Royal Highness does not want to leave the imperial capital of Golovin, and at the same time you both need the support of the other, but you cannot trust each other. ”

"So I'm going to save you this trouble - we have only one request, and that is that the Turin family will not betray Brandon de Salion on their own initiative, and that you don't have to keep an eye on me any longer, or beware that I will have any wrong thoughts about you and the Red Blood Keep, for I had no interest in this regard in the first place. ”

"Then again, I really look like that... Ambitious guys?"

"No... Interested?"

As the words fell, the countess suddenly had a frosty face, and gritted her teeth in a word-by-word tone:

"The glory of Byrne, the glory of the Turin family, the glorious ...... of a thousand years"

"For you... Is it an interest?"

Belch... Am I saying the wrong thing?

"I—Please forgive me if I say something wrong, because ......"

"Forgiveness?" the cold-looking countess snorted, "Such a generous and forgiving proposal... Is there anything I need to forgive?!"

"No, you're mistaken, I'm just ......"

"Shut up!"

Charlotte, who was completely annoyed and angry, was completely furious: "Shut up, Loren Turin! You, I don't allow you to continue to humiliate me and the Turin family!"

Loren frowned slightly, he didn't expect Charlotte to be excited like this, he just wanted to explain something, but the countess didn't give him this opportunity at all.

"What do you think of me——!!!!"

Seeing the suddenly angry girl, Loren decisively chose to shut up.

"I am the leader of the Turin family, the only direct blood relative of the black duke Roland Turin, the countess of the Red Blood Castle, and no one in the entire empire dares to humiliate me like this! Do you think that as long as you please me a little and make a statement, I will stop thinking about it and forget your humiliation? Do you plan to break with the Turin family?!"

"Not interested, not wanted...... Who will believe your nonsense, I warn you, do not think that the current decline of the House of Turin will allow you and Brandon de Salion to be humiliated, we may be weakened, but we are not so lowly as to whisper to others!"

The girl's sharp voice was tinged with a hint of hysteria and tragedy, pouring out the anger in her heart, and the angry voice did not expect the black-haired wizard in front of her to hear it, and the fingers of the handkerchief turned white, which was a symptom of clenching the fist too hard.

In a sense, she guessed correctly, Loren didn't listen to what she was saying, but it wasn't that she couldn't understand why she was so excited that she was hysterical.

The Turin family, which has lost an entire two generations of the principality, and even wants a girl to become the head of the family, has reached the point of survival and extinction...... Otherwise, why did Charlotte Turin take the risk of coming to the imperial capital and marry Brandon de Salion at any cost?

For this once powerful but declining family, dignity has become as important as life, and it has also made the girl extremely sensitive...... She can't, let alone dare to show weakness a little, otherwise she will make the family behind her lose the last thing to be proud of.

She can accept an exchange of benefits, even an unfair treaty, but she can never accept the humiliation of superiority, so Charlotte becomes angry when the black-haired wizard says he has "no interest" in them.

Loren or Brandon...... In her mind, they were just tools for reviving the family, and she really couldn't imagine that these people would not be interested in wealth and power at all.

So he said this just to humiliate himself! to humiliate the Turin family, to seize the initiative!

The girl took a deep breath and shrugged her shoulders, calming her interest to the point where she could keep her sanity and not lose her dignity...... Today is already out of shape, and continuing like this will only make this shameless bastard look down on himself and the Turin family even more.

Slowly opening her eyes, Charlotte, whose face was like frost, stared at the black-haired wizard:

"Loren Turin... Tell me, what exactly do you want?!"

What do I want...... The dark pupils flickered slightly, and a strange smile floated from the corner of the black-haired wizard's mouth, and the gaze of the countess became much more subtle:

"Don't you already have an answer?"

"You?!"

The girl subconsciously wanted to refute him, but when she saw those eyes, there was a trace of fear in her heart for no reason.

Maybe... He wasn't deliberately humiliating himself?

"Glory, wealth, power, supreme authority...... You—You really don't crave that?"

How is this possible......

She opened her mouth, but Charlotte never said a word, as if for a moment, as if she could no longer see the black-haired wizard.

What exactly does he want... What exactly was he longing for?

People who yearn for glory... All they seek is the opportunity to prove themselves, the glory of being able to shine in front of others;

People who crave wealth... All they seek are the little crystal-clear coins, which can throw away even their lives and souls and sell the ropes that hang them to their enemies if they put them in front of them.

For ambitious people, power is poison and the only antidote to them, and only by gaining more power can they fill their empty hearts, but it will not be long before they will be filled with desire and pursuit of more;

They... That's all there is to it......

But Loren, Loren Turin......

"I know what you're thinking, Count Charlotte Turin. ”

Smiling and shaking his head, the black-haired wizard's expression was very subtle: "I know for you... This exchange of interests has become a mindset, and you don't believe that there is no one in this world who wants nothing, and you don't believe that there will be people who are willing to do anything without asking for anything in return. ”

"There's nothing wrong with thinking that way... In a sense. ”

The countess frowned slightly, her fingers white.

"What I want to tell you is what you can come up with for me... Unattractive. Loren, who spoke softly, said in a languid voice as if he was joking:

"I know this thing is incredible to you, but it's just the way it is... That's right, it's not that I don't understand, but I really don't have any plans to do so. ”

"Or in your words... That's not what I desire, that's not what I'm after. ”

"Maybe it's just that you don't know!" the girl snorted coldly, still refusing to give in:

"Don't think you're special... Many ambitious people are just like you before they really get in touch with power, but when they really taste the 'sweetness'...... It's just a muddled layman!"

"Maybe. Loren's voice was smiling, indifferent like the cold wind of a summer night:

"A long time ago, I also had a very clear goal......"

"But the more I learned about the world, the more I saw the truth, and the more I knew about my situation, the more I discovered ......"

"Maybe I once wished... It can only be achieved after death. ”