"Dong dong dong."

On Sunday morning, Annick was woken up again by an angry knock on the door.

"Why is it so hard for me to sleep in?"

Don't know whether to laugh or cry, I got up and said to the outside of the house.

"Irina, stop knocking."

Annick got up, stuffed his shirt into his trousers, put on his coat and walked out.

"Who is it this time?"

"Humph, I can't understand why, brother, you only look like an ordinary person, so since last year, all kinds of women have started to come to your family."

After Irina said these unclear words, she slammed the door and left.

"Who did I offend?"

It was probably because Irina's room was facing the outside. The knock on the door from the early visitor probably woke her up first, so she gave me a bad look.

"Brother, are you okay?"

"Ah, it's nothing, morning, Irena."

After saying hello, Annick walked down quickly. He opened the door without much effort, and the cold wind poured into the house, making Annick shiver for a while. But what was even more strange was a lady standing outside the door, herself.

I seem to have seen her before, but I can't remember who she is from.

"Good morning, Mr. Annick, the last time we met was in December last year, at the Duke of North Island's dinner. At that time, you were just the police sergeant guarding the door. Unexpectedly, we haven't seen each other in such a short time. You are already qualified.

Officially attending the banquet."

Annick slapped his forehead and then remembered who the woman in front of him was with long brown hair, a pair of round black-framed eyes, and a rather delicate appearance.

"Are you Emma's friend?"

Facing Annick's question, the woman smiled slightly and nodded.

"Scarlett, Emma's friend who grew up together."

"Oh, please come in. Does that gentleman over there want to come with you?"

Annick hurriedly moved away from the body blocking the door, and then asked the old man parked in front of his house, dressed in butler attire and sitting in the driver's seat of the carriage, if he wanted to enter the house.

"No need, we are just here to discuss a simple matter with you. The fewer people who know about it, the better."

"Okay, let's talk inside the house."

Fortunately, Irena cleans the house every day, so it is not a mess.

"Just sit here, would you like tea or coffee?"

"Just tea, we probably won't be able to talk for long."

"Okay, Irena is in trouble."

"It's okay, brother."

After hearing this, Irena went to prepare hot water and wash the tea cups, and also dismissed her by the way.

"Can we talk now? Miss Scarlett, why are you asking me so early for Emma?"

Scarlett nodded and said with satisfaction: "It saves worry to talk to top students. I hope you can save Emma."

rescue?

Annick took a few seconds to understand the word, and then replied without thinking: "Forgive me for refusing, although I sympathize with her experience."

I wanted to continue and Scarlett was stunned. This development was obviously beyond her expectations.

"Mr. Annick, are you right?"

"No, if Emma was dissatisfied with General Granger's arrangements, she could have run away from home long ago. Why wait until next week's coming-of-age ceremony? Why do you drag me into this? I can't bear General Granger's anger."

Annick's answer made Scarlett chuckle. After taking a few seconds to control her emotions, she continued.

"It's exactly what Emma expected. In this case, hiring, we are just here to hire you to help, so that's okay."

"This can be considered. You know that the consequences of offending a powerful general are terrible. What is your plan?"

Annick's attitude has changed. In fact, he wants them to be honest.

"Emma's running away from home will bring a burden. To be precise, it is our plan to escape together."

Scarlett's answer was beyond Annick's expectations, but it was also reasonable. The friend of a rebellious girl is naturally also a girl who doesn't want to settle down.

"Are you a couple?"

Irena handed over the black tea, her eyes shining with curiosity.

"Ah, Emma doesn't have such feelings for me."

Scarlett's reply was very smart. Just because Emma didn't have feelings for her didn't mean that she didn't have feelings for Emma. Annick had already imagined a bloody love affair.

"You guys can continue talking, I'm going back to rest first."

Irena suppressed her curiosity and left reluctantly.

"Okay, thank you for your understanding."

Scarlett took a sip of tea and then woke Annick up.

"Sir, can you put away your nonsense? Let's continue."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Scarlett, why are you involved again?"

Scarlett slowly introduced: "Our family is a hereditary earl. Unlike Emma, ​​I am just an ordinary person. We grew up together, and of course we have a good relationship. After Emma wakes up, she will be able to choose her job freely.

,So, I envy Emma’s free life.”

Caged Bird Seeing a free bird, does it make you want to get out of the cage?

Annick asked: "What does this have to do with Emma's marriage?"

"My father, the 9th Earl of Sheland. His ideas are extremely conservative and he believes that women should stay at home and learn to be a qualified wife."

Listening to Scarlett's explanation, Annick already knew roughly that it didn't matter that an old man tricked his own daughter, but he also wanted to train his old friend's daughter to be what he wanted.

"So, it was your father who seduced General Granger? To get Emma to be a good girl?"

Scarlett nodded, "Her soon-to-be-engaged fiancé is also a distant relative of our family. He lives in the hereditary Viscount of Lumang and is already a member of the House of Lords at a young age."

A member of the Upper House Botanical Garden? It's not surprising that Annick is worthy of being the daughter of a powerful general, so this son-in-law is certainly not bad.

"Second-generation super official? What does he look like and is he capable?" Annick's spirit of gossip was ignited and he asked questions continuously.

Scarlett was a little dazed by Annick's attention, and then replied: "She is not bad, she is the type that the ladies in the capital area like, and her ability can at least get along in the capital area."

"Oh, what does that have to do with you? Are you going to run away together?"

"The butler in the carriage outside the house, my father's loyal subordinate, is naturally a transcendent person. He is responsible for watching over me. Emma plans to create some chaos on the day of her engagement when General Granger is full of people.

, take me to escape with you."

Annick was a little confused when he heard this, and then asked.

"You all have plans, why come to me?"

Scarlett held back her laughter, and then said: "Emma said you had an idea and asked you to take charge of the action. After all, you can now command three extraordinary beings. At the same time, we cannot be discovered in a short time, so we need to find two people

Come disguise us, Mr. Annick, you happen to be the same height as me."
Chapter completed!