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Joshua's alcohol tolerance was never good, and after taking a bite of the apple, he quickly became drunk.

Although he took the apple box handed over by Cyclone, he couldn't walk anymore.

Immediately, two other maidservants in the back stepped forward. Cyclone couldn't remember all their names because there were too many maids in the mansion.

They were all cute, but they were far from Cyclone's wife.

One person supported Joshua, and the other replaced her, taking the box of apples.

Cyclone waved his hand, and the two maidservants returned to the mansion.

At this time, Cyclone turned to the uncle next to him and said,

"Really, asking me to buy poison... I really can't do it~"

Looking at the apples that Cyclone had already accepted, the box of apples that had been planted with many famous wines was silently taken away, and the uncle panicked.

"Sir! It's my fault, but that box of apples is worth at least fifty gold..."

Before the uncle finished speaking, Cyclone raised his arm.

"Hey, uncle, listen to what I have to say~"

Cyclone smirked, and the malice in this smirk was even more terrifying than the uncle's smirk just now.

"As Allen's hero, I must confiscate and investigate that box of poison no matter what. So~"

Patting the uncle's back, Cyclone pointed to the five carriages.

"And these, they will also be confiscated and investigated as suspected items."

"Huh?"

The uncle couldn't react at first, but Cyclone didn't want to pay attention to him anymore. He just wanted to deal with this matter quickly and return to the mansion to have fun.

"But, I know, these are all your valuable property, right?"

"Of course!! Sir, I..."

Cyclone interrupted the uncle's words again.

"Here's the deal, I'll give you a thousand gold coins as compensation for these five carriages, how about that?"

"One, one thousand?"

"Any objections?"

"..."

The merchant uncle hesitated. Although all his goods and carriages were worth at most nine hundred gold coins combined, one of these five carriages was his war chariot, which had been with him since the first day he started his business and had experienced life and death together.

These items couldn't be measured by their monetary value and held many memories.

While the uncle was thinking back and forth, Cyclone decided not to let him waste any more time and made another move.

"If you don't accept, then I'll have the guards deal with your poison..."

"Sir! I, I'll listen to you."

"Good!"

After saying that, Cyclone instructed the last maid who stayed behind.

"You handle the rest."

"Yes, sir."

After taking two steps, Cyclone turned back and whispered to the maid.

"The money... the same as before, use the country's funds and include it in Daniel's account."

"Yes, I understand."

Back at the mansion, Cyclone immediately ordered someone to prepare the apples from earlier as tonight's dessert, to make tonight's battle even more intense.

However, Cyclone, who was already impulsive, would not waste any more time now.

Before the decisive battle tonight, Cyclone decided to launch a surprise attack just like Daniel.

But the plan was more complicated than his calculations. Eileen, who stood in front of him, refused.

"Joshua is asleep, so it's a rare opportunity. Eileen wants to cook tonight, what do you think, husband?"

Eileen was excited, and Cyclone had to find someone else.

"Well... I already promised ShiaChio and the others that I would practice with them in the afternoon..."

"..."

He was even rejected by Little Dragon. Cyclone stood in the hall.

"Damn it!!! I'll go find someone else to play with!!!"

Walking left and right in the hall, several maids were watching.

"But even if I say that, who should I play with?"

Suddenly, another maid came forward.

"Sir, how should we handle the five carriages from earlier?"

"How should I handle this? I'll just send it directly to Daniel... Oh, oh! I've got an idea~ I'm going to pay a visit to Daniel!"

With half of his mouth covered, Cyclone smirked.

"I'll be back tonight~ You guys go help Eileen, got it?"

"Yes."

"Hehehe~"

With a quick thought, Cyclone realized that Daniel must be planning something.

Using the excuse of delivering a carriage, Cyclone decided to go and see what was going on.