Agnes didn't know why the young Count of Castel didn't kill her.
She asked herself, she felt that everything she knew had been taken away by the other party. Logically speaking, she was no longer of any use to the other party, and she was ready to die.
But Count Castel did not kill her.
Not only did they not kill her, they also provided her with good food and drink. Although she was locked up in prison and her powers were restricted, she still had three meals a day. The jailers did not harass her or even insult her like in the storybooks she had read.
She didn't know what the guy who looked weak on the outside but was actually extremely insidious and hateful on the inside was thinking.
After the interrogation, the other party seemed to have completely forgotten about her and never came to see her again. This kind of imprisonment with no idea of the future made Agnes almost crazy.
She was an impatient person and just wanted a quick death, even if it meant being hung on a cross and burned to death immediately, rather than being forgotten in a cell like now.
This kind of treatment made her feel despised, as if her life or death was not important to Castel at all, and he didn't care about her revenge or resentment at all, because he never took her seriously.
After realizing this, Agnes felt very angry, but as time went by and she calmed down, she gradually became confused.
She, Agnes de Willett, daughter of the former Duke of Violet and heir of the Willett family, could neither revive the family nor avenge it. Now she was even imprisoned by her enemies and could not even control her own life, death and future...
She felt like such a failure, like a clown.
"Miss, since they have spared our lives, I am afraid we are still useful to them..."
"Please don't lose heart. As long as we are alive, the Willett family will have hope of reviving, and our revenge is still possible."
"If you give up, then the Willett family... will truly become history. Those slanders against our family, those fabricated stains, will forever accompany Willett and be nailed to the tombstone of history. There is no way to change it."
Seeing the increasingly disheartened girl, the middle-aged knight La Hail tried to persuade her earnestly through the iron bars.
After hearing the words of her personal guard, a faint light flashed in Agnès’s dark eyes.
She raised her head and looked at her knight, and still saw that resolute face.
He has been with her for more than ten years and has always protected her even in the most dangerous times. Now that he is imprisoned, he still cheers her up. Unknowingly, Knight La Hail has become the most important relative in her heart.
Over the years, the two of them had faced countless life-and-death crises, but Lahail had never given up. He had always supported her, believed in her, and been loyal to her.
He had always been proud of being a knight of the Willett family.
Agnes looked at the Willett family emblem, which was the most intact and cleanest one on Lahail's worn armor, with a complicated expression.
She took a deep breath and sighed:
"La Hail, you are right. As long as we are alive, we will have a future..."
"No matter what that monster in Castel is thinking, as long as I am still alive, I should not give up hope..."
After saying that, she stood up from the ground, walked to the door of the cell, picked up the food on the ground that she had not eaten for two days, and began to eat it voraciously.
“Pah pah pah…”
Crisp applause suddenly rang out outside the cell, along with a sweet female voice that made people grit their teeth:
"You're right. Only the living have a future, and the dead... have nothing."
Agnes paused for a moment while chewing the dry bread. She suddenly raised her head, staring at Charlotte who suddenly appeared in the cell with her scarlet eyes, and said coldly:
"Are you here to laugh at me?"
Charlotte smiled and glanced at Agnes:
"I heard from the guards that a certain prisoner seemed to have given up on himself and hadn't eaten for two days, so I came to check on him. Now it seems that I was worrying too much."
Agnes froze slightly, her expression somewhat unnatural.
She gritted her teeth and said:
"If you just want to laugh at me, go ahead."
"I don't know why you spared our lives, but... if you want us to surrender, then I advise you to give up as soon as possible. I, Agnes de Willet, will never compromise with Castel even if I die!"
"Oh, really? But I remember someone said the same thing a few days ago, but he quickly disclosed all the information he knew."
Agnes raised her head instantly, her eyes almost spitting fire:
"That's not you..."
"It's because I, a bastard, used your knight to threaten you, and used the thing you care about most to blackmail you, leaving you with no choice."
Charlotte continued what Agnes had said.
After that, she smiled and said:
"Ms. Agnes, do you know? Once someone catches you with a fatal handle, it is very difficult for you to turn things around. Tell me... If I threaten each other with your lives now, what choice will you make?"
Agnes widened her eyes in disbelief:
"You... shameless! People like you are a disgrace to the nobility!"
"I'm sorry, Mademoiselle Agnes, but I never considered myself a true aristocrat."
Charlotte, who changed her job halfway, looked indifferent.
As she spoke, she suddenly changed the subject and said to herself:
"The Willett family, also known as the Violet family, is the founder of the Violet Principality. It is an ancient family that has ruled the Violet Forest and its affiliated areas since the Crescent Kingdom became independent..."
"Ede de Willett, the last Duke of the Violet Family, one of the Seven Legends of the Crescent Kingdom, and the Commander of the Second Guards Corps of the Kingdom during the Star-Moon War. He was called 'Ede the Wise' for his reputation in ruling the territory."
"However, in the Second Star-Moon War, Odd was greedy for merit and reckless, and eventually destroyed the entire Second Legion in the First Roman Campaign, which directly led to a reversal of the war situation and the loss of the entire Violet Principality. Odd himself was also killed on the battlefield..."
"After hearing the news, His Majesty the King was furious and finally decided to deprive the Willett family of their dukedom titles and demote all Willett nobles to commoners."
As she spoke, Charlotte looked at Agnes, whose expression was becoming increasingly ugly, and said:
"Ms. Agnes, this is the information I found about your family and your father. Am I right?"
Agnes' eyes suddenly turned red:
"Slander! This is slander!"
"It was obviously Castel, our ally, who betrayed my father, which led to the failure of the battle that was supposed to be won!"
"The Falling Star Kingdom's offensive focus at the time was not Violet at all. My father led the Falling Star Kingdom army to the border between Violet and Roman in order to protect the Castel Silver Mine, an important strategic point. But they were betrayed by Castel, who was supposed to support them!"
Charlotte let Agnès vent her anger, and when she had almost finished yelling, she sighed and said:
"The Star-Moon War has already ended. To be honest, I don't know what happened back then. All I can see is the information circulated in the kingdom."
"After finding the information related to Duke Willett, I was still very surprised. He reduced taxes and levies, encouraged art and culture, and used magic research to develop agriculture and industry and commerce... Your father is indeed a lord worthy of respect."
"To be honest, after reading the official records of the First Roman War, I also feel suspicious. However, as the head of the Castel clan, I think I know my family well, and I don't think it's as bad as you think..."
"Having said so much, what do you want to say?"
Agnes said coldly, her expression full of vigilance.
Charlotte smiled:
"Sir Agnes, I am a little tired of the constant threats. I also know that you have deep hostility towards me, Castel, but that is fine."
"I want to make a deal with you."
"trade?"
Agnes looked a little confused, and looked at Charlotte with an increasingly wary look.
"Yes, deal."
Charlotte nodded and said:
"I want you and Lord Lahail to submit to me, continue to disguise yourself as Earl Hall, and assist me in my confrontation with the Ness Clan. In return, I... promise you that I will help the Willett Family rebuild in the future."
After hearing what Charlotte said, Agnes was stunned for a moment, and then she said angrily:
"Dream on! Do you think I will believe your lies?"
"I, Agnes de Willet, will never yield to you, even if I die!"