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Shirley naturally understood Merlin's meaning. She pursed her lips, pondered for a while, then said softly, "If you are willing to help, we are willing to give you half our wealth."
After speaking, Shirley fixed her gaze tightly on Merlin.
Merlin's expression did not change. His face remained calm as he shook his head slightly. "Not enough!"
Shirley lightly clenched her fists, her chest rising and falling continuously, revealing the tension in her heart. Yet she continued, "We are willing to give you seventy percent of our wealth!"
Merlin still answered blandly, "Not enough!"
Shirley finally could not help snarling, "Baron Merlin, do you know how much wealth we possess? Seventy percent of it is probably beyond anything you would even dare imagine."
After venting her anger, Shirley discovered that it had not affected Merlin in the slightest.
After a long while, Shirley bit her lip tightly, as though she had made some difficult decision. She drew a deep breath and said in a low voice, "In addition to seventy percent of our wealth, I will remain and serve you as well!"
For the proud Shirley, those words utterly shattered her self-respect. Once upon a time, a princess who stood high above all others now had to be like those lowly maids, using her young body to serve a man.
Especially when the man before her was someone she had once never even bothered to notice.
"Swish."
Princess Shirley suddenly untied the black robe draped over her, revealing her shapely figure.
Merlin narrowed his eyes slightly and looked Shirley