"I want you!"
Duke leaned forward slightly, his eyes filled with aggression, and a smile of unclear meaning appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Miss Fortune's heart skipped a beat, and she frantically picked up her teacup to drink tea, trying to hide her inner turmoil, but she was scalded by the Water and couldn't help but put the teacup down.
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in you personally. After all, no matter how much of a beast I am, I wouldn't lay hands on an old woman!"
"Old! Wo! Man!"
Sarah, her expression stiff, no longer cared that she had been scalded. She spoke word by word, "Boy, you'd better re-organize your words!"
Sarah, who regarded her beauty as one of her weapons, couldn't endure such humiliation. As the most successful woman in Bilgewater, she believed her looks were second to none, and no one dared to claim first.
But now this boy was calling her an old woman!
"You're at least ten years older than me, right? It's not like I don't have suitable partners in Piltover, so why would I lay hands on you?"
"Then what do you mean?"
Miss Fortune crossed her arms, scrutinizing Duke.
"I want you to become the new ruler of Bilgewater, the Empress of Bilgewater!"
Duke spoke in a low voice, his face showing an air of dominance that looked down on everything. Sarah looked at Duke like this, and her heart pounded heavily, but remembering reality, she sneered, "Just you?"
"Hahahahaha...."
Miss Fortune, shaking with laughter, made no secret of her disdain for Duke's confidence. Wiping away tears from the corners of her eyes, she composed herself and continued, "Don't joke around. Let's talk about something else."
"How much can you provide me each year..."
Miss Fortune's voice grew softer as she looked at Duke's face, then she shivered, slammed the table, and stood up, "You can't be serious, can you?"
"Don't you want that position?"
Duke retorted, and Miss Fortune took a deep breath, "I know my own strength!"
"But can you continue to suppress your hatred?"
"What do you mean?"
Sarah's eyebrows knitted in a fierce frown, staring intently at Duke. Duke spread his hands, innocently saying, "Nothing!"
"It's just, don't you really consider it? I can provide you with ample funds, provide you with excellent weapons, even warships like those of Noxus, I can build them, better than theirs!"
"But there's no such thing as a free lunch in the World, never!"
"Of course, I'm not spending money for nothing by putting you in this position. You just need to provide me with some convenience!"
"After all, as the Empress, the scraps and leftovers you casually throw out can make others eat until they burst!"
"I don't believe you!"
Sarah stated her reason frankly, "I cannot trust a stranger I've only met for a few hours, especially when they plan to offer me such a generous price!"
"I know, I know!"
Duke slowly picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea. If it were him, and a stranger suddenly offered him thousands of riches, then told him that after he succeeded, he just needed to give him a small return.
Such words would be like deceiving a child.
"But we have a common goal, don't we?"
"Gangplank blocked my way, he blocked my family's way, and he made me travel thousands of miles to Bilgewater to deal with this trouble!"
"As for you!" Duke put a piece of malt candy into his mouth, "I won't say much about Gangplank and your history. The more I say, the more it will only add to your sorrow."
"You also want to get rid of Gangplank, and Gangplank also blocked my way. Everyone's goals are consistent, so we can cooperate perfectly!"
"How much do you really know? And your words are full of traps. If we get rid of Gangplank in the future, and you stab me in the back, what should I do?"
"It depends on how you think!" Duke looked at his teacup and said, half-truthfully, "Some people are born knowing everything, while others are kept in the dark from birth to death!"
"I know some things about you, otherwise I wouldn't have kept you when you came to me!"
"Do you think I kept you for your looks?"
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