Chapter 19 - Significant Change

"Now… I think I will go home and have a long talk with my father." As I see her crush the ash like that, a funny thought comes to my head. "You know, you could have just taken the paper and shown it to your father, it would have made it easier for you." "Huh?" Samantha said as she looked at me and thought for a moment. "…I didn't think of it like that." She said and looked down at the ashes on the floor as if she lost something precious, "That would have made it easier." "Now with that gone, Will the earl actually trust you?" I said and brought myself down to the knees to touch the ashes, "I don't doubt that he wouldn't trust you but this is a very sensitive matter, what if he doesn't?" Then I looked up and had to try hard not to laugh out as I saw her face change to various degrees of sorrow, fear and finally anger. "Damn It!" She said while sitting down on a sofa. This was a characteristic of her. She was the kind of heroine that would always jump the gun before actually thinking about the consequences. A heroine that would jump into the fire to help someone than to stop and think about how to put the fire out effectively. S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. I got up and put a hand on her shoulder as she looked at me, "Why don't I sign a letter, telling the earl about the matter. Then I think that his chances of believing you would be significant." "You will?" She looked at me with almost starry eyes. 'Man… she really is gullible. I would feel bad if don't take advantage of her.' ... I handed the signed document to her and asked, "So you're going right now?" "Yes, I am." She nodded as she put the letter safely inside her armor, "The matters extremely important and the faster I could finish this, the better." "Alright" I said and immediately remembered the plot. 'If she left now, then she wouldn't be at the party… and if she isn't there than she wouldn't meet the protagonist.' 'I have already changed my destiny by nulling our engagement so even if she did meet the protagonist, it wouldn't be of any harm to me I think.' 'But if she doesn't meet him then the story would change drastically and my knowledge of the future could become useless.' 'I can't let it come to that!' I say to her as she opens the door. "I think you should stay for a few days." "Hmm? Why may I ask?" She asked as she turned to me with a confused look. "Well… you had just come from an another province, isn't that right?" She nodded, "then after getting my letter, you had hurried over here with your men, correct?" She nodded again as I continued, "So I think it would be best if your men could get some rest since they came here from such a long journey." "What about the marriage document?" "That? It's already gone and destroyed. The one your father has doesn't mean shi- anything if we ourselves don't do anything about it." I said as I put one leg over the other, "Besides I already gave you my signed letter, you don't need to worry so much." "And if you want to leave then why not after the birthday party of Viscount Sigmut." After hearing my words and mulling over it, she found no problem so she nodded. "The Viscount's party is three weeks from now so it should be more than enough rest for the men… alright, I will stay." "But where will my men stay?" "They can stay here." I said while spreading my hands, "In the town, but do tell them not to behave badly with the people." "Of course, I will. Thank you for accommodating us, my lord." "No problem," I said and acted as if a brilliant idea came to my head, "You can also stay inside my house." "Would that be appropriate?" "Don't worry, anyway we are still officially a couple so it would instead be inappropriate if you stayed at a camp full of men when you could have stayed with your fiancé, right?" Samantha had no words to counter mine. She saw reason in them and didn't see any fault in me. 'Hmm… he has been awfully helpful from the start so I don't think it would a problem.' She smiled largely, "Thank you again for helping me like this, my lor-" "Please call me Henry, we are close in age." "Okay, then I hope you will call me by my name too." I nodded as she left joyfully out of the house. I sighed as I finally saw the trouble get out of the house and turned to the two. Anna was smiling as she saw the matter being finished happily but Redwick was looking at me with a suspicious look. "Is something wrong, Redwick?" "N- no, master… it's just that, Ms. Religias came here initially with the intention to fight you and now… only after a few moments, you had not only resolved your conflict with her, but you two also became friends and that she'll be staying at the house." "Yeah, now that you say it like that, I really do have a way with words, don't I Anna?" "Yes, master, you are the best." ... Samantha walked out of the house happily and went towards the camp. Today was a good day, she had first thought that she would have to do something unnecessary but at the end, everything went great... No, it was perfect. Going inside the main camp, she found her uncle who immediately stood up and asked, "How did it go?" "It went great. I got the document and we ended things in a friendly manner. Tell the men, they don't have to fight." Nance nodded, this was the best thing that could have happened. "Then we are leaving now?" "No. The men need some rest, so i've decided wel will stay here for a few days." She said while packing the document in a safe place. "Also tell them not to do anything with the townspeople or there WILL be heavy punishment." "Yes, Niece." Then he saw her leaving the tent again, "Where are you going?" "Oh!... I forgot to mention. Henry invited me so I will stay in the house." She said and went as Nance stood there with a dumbfounded look. 'Henry?' 'Staying at his house?' '…Just what happened that changed their relationship so much?'