"Absolutely."

Estelle agreed to Sean's invitation and took two steps back and waited patiently.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will be absent for a while."

Sean put down his glass and waved goodbye to the nobles around him, and amid a good-natured laugh, Sean and Estelle walked to a small corner of the banquet together.

……

"Satuk, you're really good at it."

Giorgia came to Satuk's side with a fox-like smile.

"Just for an apprentice-level guy, you actually gave away all your daughters, it's really willing."

"Hehe, you guy." Satuk glanced at Giorgia, "Don't worry, I can't control a trainee-level alchemist, and I don't want to get involved in your materials business." ”

"Hey, hey."

Georgia was very thick-skinned, and didn't pay any attention to Satuk's mockery.

"It's a pity that I don't have a daughter or anything like that, otherwise I would have studied with you, and now I really picked up a treasure for this guy for you."

"It's early." Satuk said angrily, "I know that he is the kind of person who is bent on pursuing a higher level, and to be honest, I don't think this method is of much use." ”

"Ah...... Is it? Ha ha. ”

After leaving a meaningful sentence, Giorgia smiled softly and turned to talk to the others.

He knew that Satuk's main purpose in doing this was not to tie his daughter to Sean, but to establish an opportunity with the alchemist to further the relationship.

It's impossible for someone like Sean to lack beautiful women, and if he relies on just one Estelle, he will definitely not let Sean be shaken much.

Estelle is a bridge, a bridge that allows the relationship between the two to be further developed.

What really binds Count Satuk Scarlett to Sean Morton is interest!

According to Georgia's guess, Satuk will find a way to get Sean to have a relationship with Esteel, and make Estille a vassal of Sean completely.

As Estelle's father, after such a relationship is established, he can completely open up the situation in the game of interests between the two and occupy a great advantage.

On top of that, it was a bait, but it didn't have anything to lose for Sean.

Sean also needs a deep and reliable relationship that can only be used to maximize his own interests and avoid being coveted to a certain extent.

Now Satuk took the initiative to send the opportunity to Sean, as long as that guy can figure it out, it may not be easy to agree.

Thinking so, Giorgia couldn't help but sigh.

An apprentice-level alchemy mage is simply a mountain of gold that can run, and if the Scarlet family succeeds this time, its power will definitely be stronger, and it is expected to lead Hoggle City in the future.

……

Meanwhile, Sean and Estelle were sitting in a small corner of the hall.

After the initial confusion, Sean gradually figured out Satuk's plan.

As an alchemist who had just arrived in the city, Sean's actions could easily be perceived by others as wanting to stay in the city for a long time.

Unfortunately, his ideas deviated from what Satuk believed.

Sean didn't want to play exactly according to Satuk's script, and he would definitely run away before Satuk actually tied himself to his family.

But now, for the benefits sent by Satuk, Sean doesn't want to let go at all.

In order to win over Sean, at the beginning of the partnership, Satuk would definitely not press Sean so hard, and even took the initiative to give up some benefits.

But he overlooked one thing, and that was - war, which was coming.

When the two camps of the Karis Kingdom and the Wagner Kingdom really go to war, that's when he can show his skills.

As soon as the conscription team arrives in Hogel City, he will directly enlist as an alchemist with the army.

At that time, even if Satuk is reluctant, he can only let Sean leave, after all, those generals in the army will not be polite to these local nobles, if Satuk wants to forcibly prevent Sean from joining the army, the scene will not be very good.

Thinking like this, Sean's mood also relaxed a lot, and while looking at Estelle's delicate figure, he tasted the various drinks at the banquet.

Although he didn't like to drink very much, these things were not something that anyone could buy.

Unlike the liquor sold in the shops outside, the wines used at Satuq's banquets come from professional wineries and use special ingredients and brewing methods that ordinary people have never even seen.

There are also other expenses of the banquet, such as various rare ingredients, groups of attendants, etc., all of which show the deep heritage of the Scarlett family.

"It's really lively, how many people did your father invite this time."

Seeing that the atmosphere was slightly dull, Sean took the initiative to stir up the topic.

"Huh? Well...... There are about a few dozen, and I don't know. ”

Estelle looked at the maid in the crowd in a trance, not knowing what she was thinking, and only after hearing Sean's words did she suddenly come back to her senses.

"Really? That's a lot, and it costs a lot of money to hold this party. ”

Sean said with some emotion, "It's ironic that those commoners have worked hard all their lives, and the money they earn is not enough for the nobles to entertain for a night. ”

"That's ...... Yes. ”

Estelle sighed suddenly, "But it's not easy to be a nobleman, and sometimes you have to pay something to maintain a good life." ”

"In a sense, that's right."

Sean was noncommittal to Estelle's statement, "But you must know that there are many people, even if they are willing to pay the price, they cannot become nobles, and can only sink in this ruthless world." ”

"Compared to them, Astelle, you're a lucky man."

……

Estelle suddenly fell silent, she looked at Sean a little helplessly, and there was some inexplicable emotion in her eyes.

"What about you? Mr. Sean. ”

"You guessed that...... Otherwise, such a thing would not have been uttered. ”

A mist gradually appeared in front of Estelle's eyes, and the poor fig leaf was ruthlessly ripped away by Sean, and she could no longer maintain her previous attitude.

Although she knew that it would be difficult for a noble child like her to avoid the fate of marriage, Estil at least hoped that she would be taken seriously, marry another nobleman openly, and live a happy life in the future.

Instead of being a giveaway, as she is now, she was casually given away by her father, given to a stranger she had never met, and even given a death order to do everything she could to give herself to Sean.