Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

The hatred that was seeping out not only through words but her eyes and her every expression, Andrew knew that she came closer to their family to take revenge not to survive.

That was why she was ready to let go of her love for this man. She was ready to play dirty, yet he could not blame her.

If his homeland, his country would have been destroyed without rhyme or reason then he would have revolted or played dirty to take revenge too.

Both of his hands that were in his pockets clenched slightly when he heard her. He could already see the desire to have blood in her eyes.

She would not let go before taking revenge, even if she had to sacrifice her life.

That was bad! He had thought the knight would be able to sway her emotions, but it looked like he had calculated wrong.

His heart trembled. What if she did not cooperate? He did not have any other way to stop his father.

"WHAT. DO. YOU. WANT?" the words came out through gritted teeth. Adele could feel the intensity behind it but it only made her smirk.

"The feeling of helplessness you are having is nothing in comparison to mine. I have felt helpless for months when the war was going on.

Every Time someone died, my family withered, my land was destroyed, I felt much more helpless.

But you know, the fact that you become fearless when you have nothing to lose is quite true.

Now that I have nothing to save, I can destroy it all.

This is just the start Andrew, soon I will destroy you, your father, everything and only then will I feel better!" a certain madness could be seen dancing in her eyes.

Max pushed the knights away and placed his hands on her shoulder as if trying to give her strength.

Others might feel that she was vicious but he could see how much she was suffering. How she was burning herself to keep her fire in her intact.

This was not the Adele he knew, they have made it like her.

And if she wanted to burn the empire to calm herself, so be it. He was ready to do that for her.

Looking at the couple who were not ready to give in, Andrew could feel a headache bubbling in.

"Do you even know what nonsense you are spouting? What made you think that you can still bargain.

If the truth would come out, you would be beheaded in front of everyone. Then how in the world would you take revenge you are speaking so loudly about?

Isn't it better to save your life first?" he snapped out of his calm look as commonsense was not working on these fools.

He felt like he was dealing with an ignorant kid who thinks his wishes are the commands.

Closing his eyes, he took a few deep breaths to control himself. His chest was heaving in rhythmic motion to show how annoyed he was!

Pinching the space between his brows hard, he finally was able to control his rage or he was afraid that he would kill all of them at once to calm himself.

​ "You want to hurt and defeat my father? You want to kill the emperor who has taken your family and land right?" Adele tilted her head as if trying to understand his new scheme but nodded her head unconsciously too.

"If you do not know, my father was not the real ruler but Duke William is!

There is a long story but to cut it short, my father started the war so that Duke William's child could die in it.

And he brought you here so that he could break Eli mentally.

You were just a means to get his goal to destroy Thawyne's family so that he would never get compared and would never feel the threat of losing his place.

And now he is trying to attack them publically to strip off their power.

Wouldn't it be taking revenge if you fail his plan again. He would suffer more than death if he would lose once again.

In the future when i would be the king, i will restore a town for all the war slaves of your empire and to make sure they would be treated well, i would assign you and Max as the leader and governor of that town.

You would have sole authority over their welfare. Until then, i will help you financially to buy all the slaves and find other citizen of your empire who were not treated well here and provide them a good life.

Adele, saving your people would be better than dying in taking a revenge that would never end.

If you kill someone their children will come to take revenge from yours. The cycle would never end.

Think about it, wouldn't your father's soul would be at ease if you would be guarding the honor of your people rather than dying here from my hands?" Though he was speaking calmly to him, his heartbeat was drumming like crazy.

He felt that he would just explode if she did not reply any sooner.

And if she still denied, he would really forget her reasons and might just kill her to vent his anger.

His mind was on the brink of going berserk. After killing her, he would go and slap his father in front of everyone and tell the truth to anyone.

Though he may be charged with treason , if the duke came to know the truth, he would make sure to save his family and empire both from his crazy father.

He also tells Eli the truth before dying. Damn! Why was she still thinking?

His eyes were swirling with waves of Tsunami that would destroy everything if she did not accept his offer.

"Adele!" Max pressed her shoulders to bring her back to her senses and she blinked,

"What if you are lying?"