Imperial Capital, House Bigusle.
On this night when countless people could not sleep, Rocket remained in his study, sitting before his desk and silently reading a letter.
Tilly stood before Rocket.
The letter in Rocket's hand was the one Tilly had brought him.
More precisely, Harvis had given it to Shien to pass on to Rocket. But after returning, Shien had found it too troublesome and simply gone back to his room with Lilith in his arms to sleep. He had tossed the letter to Tilly and told her to bring it to Rocket.
The letter Rocket was reading now was the one Harvis had written to him.
As he read its contents, Rocket's eyes changed several times.
At first, he was tense.
Then, he relaxed.
After that, he sucked in a breath.
Finally, Rocket fell silent as he was now.
Tilly had witnessed the entire progression of changes in Rocket's eyes and even his expression. She felt both nervous and curious about what Harvis had instructed Rocket to do.
Yet Rocket said nothing. After closing his eyes and remaining silent for a long time, he directly crumpled the letter in his hand and even threw it into the nearby fireplace, allowing the flames to reduce it to ash.
At that, Tilly opened her mouth as though she wanted to ask something.
But before she could, Rocket spoke first.
And the very first thing he said was earth-shattering.
"From this day forward, House Bigusle will fully cooperate with that person's actions against Imperial Consort Moro."
Rocket spoke words that stunned Tilly.
"Fully cooperate?"
Tilly was shocked.
"That's right." Rocket said emotionlessly, "The kind of cooperation that permits no objections whatsoever. Do you understand?"
Tilly immediately fell silent as well.
She dearly wanted to ask why.
But since her father had