System vs Rebirth - Chapter 1317

Lured by money, Leysha ended up taking the offer. Of course, she had been skeptical of the deal itself, so she thought about taking the money and the moment Luke made a mistake that showed his offer was nothing but a scheme to get her body, she would make him pay dearly.

And there was one way for her to do that…

"I will become your bodyguard!" Leysha puffed her chest proudly.

Luke raised his eyebrows in annoyance.

"Why are you making that kind of face?" Leysha's eyebrows were twitching.

"I don't see any benefits in it. Raven and Silvester are enough."

"Really?" Leysha harrumphed. "Although I ended up like this, I still could do math and other things. Besides, having a beautiful woman by your side should boost your image as a merchant, no?"

Luke shook his head. "I don't particularly care about it. If I make you my bodyguard, it will end up with people asking whether you are my wife or not, especially since you're not acting like a bodyguard and don't seem to be planning to do that either. So, no!"

"Why?!" Leysha gasped.

"I don't care what kind of life you had before coming here, but please drop your pride, lady." Luke sighed.

Leysha wanted to argue with him, but Silvester suddenly suggested, "I don't think it's a bad idea to have her as your bodyguard, Master Luke."

"Even you, Silvester?" Luke frowned.

"Yes. I'm sure that you have heard about Laufey's intention of getting focused on the Demon Banner Army to build his strength and reputation. So, it will end up with a hole in your protection.

"While I can accompany you as your butler, Raven… not so much. He is still a knight in training after all. Most of the time, it will be only me after Laufey is gone.

"Meanwhile, Lady Leysha's strength is not lower than mine or Laufey's. So, as a bodyguard, she should be qualified. Besides, not acting as your bodyguard can lower the enemies' guards, thinking that no one is protecting you. It will make our job to protect you easier."

Luke looked annoyed. It felt like he would get a different kind of problem. Unbeknownst to him, Silvester stepped on Raven's foot next to him.

Raven was confused at first but after seeing Silvester's face, he hurriedly added, "That's right, Master Luke. I believe we should have her help you with the bodyguard duty. We'll ask Laufey to teach her a few things about her job."

Luke crossed his arms. "Is that so?"

Leysha slammed the table with her hands. "That's right. What else do you need to consider? I don't plan to take the wage without doing any work."

Of course, Leysha also added inwardly, 'And by staying with you constantly, I should be able to find your scheme.'

Luke sighed. "Fine. I will let Laufey know about it. But this is just a trial. If she ends up messing with my clients, I will kick you out of the house."

"I won't!" Leysha gritted her teeth.

"Don't worry about Laufey, Master Luke. We'll inform him." Silvester nodded and walked away with Raven.

Once they were outside, Raven couldn't help but ask, "What the hell are you doing? We are still not clear whether this woman is a spy from the Supreme Devil Organization or not. She might have helped us previously, but it might be a scheme from them to make us trust her."

Silvester shook his head. "No. Laufey and I have made a background check. We're still unsure about her specific origin, but she must be from the Greenwood Kingdom. And she should be a noble, a very high-level one on top of that."

"How do you know that?"

"Her demeanor, her pride, her action, her beauty, and so on." Silvester explained.

"You can find that much?"

"Yes. It won't be long before we find out about her identity… Not that we'll tell the master about it though."

"Huh? Are you trying to rebel as well, Silvester?" Raven grabbed his sword.

"I should be the one asking you that question." Silvester sighed. "What I and Laufey want is to have the next heir of the Ardagan family."

"The next heir… Wait, don't tell me…" Raven gasped, finally understanding his intention.

"Yes. We'll make them stay together as much as possible. You know Master Luke's personality. There's no way he will take the initiative to build a relationship.

"That's why we will have to approach the other way around. We'll have Lady Leysha approach him instead.

"She might be a bit annoying, but that's the only way for Master Luke to stop ignoring the women around him.

"Besides… After investigating this family's history, you will find a trace of the head of the family having their partner to be their former enemy or something. It's like… it's running in their blood.

"She probably has some ill intention when she proposes to become his bodyguard, but it's good for us since Laufey and I have been racking our brains to find a reason to make her his bodyguard or secretary.

"That's why act natural, but at the same time, don't be too rude. Lady Leysha might be the future madam of our household."

Raven was completely speechless. "Why do you not include me in this plan? If you had told me about it—!"

"You will what? You are too obvious. Even right now, I'm taking a risk after telling you about it. You will probably do excessive things, which will make it awkward for them. The best thing you can do right now is to train harder and spend a lot of your time with the soldiers. Just let nature take its course in their relationship." Silvester harrumphed.

"Ugh." Raven scratched the back of his head, as he couldn't really deny it. "I will do just that then."

Silvester nodded. "Just make sure that you don't say anything about it. It doesn't matter if she is related to a high-ranking noble or whatever. Master Luke will become a big enough man to even marry a princess if he wants to in the near future. For now, I will have to take care of her migration document secretly so that there won't be a problem if they decide to get married."

"You… worked hard."