Chapter 18 — Viscount Andrew
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Just as "a noble ought to aid a neighbor in distress according to his means, and ought to shelter and protect the subjects of a neighboring noble who has met with calamity" was written into the laws of Ansell, so too was "the recipient of aid ought to render the necessary recompense to the giver" plainly set down in the codex. Gao Yang knew this perfectly well.
After all, both of those laws had been drawn up back in the day by Gao Yang Cecil and Charles I, the two of them together...
Rebecca, though not yet mature as a noble, did understand this rule. Hearing Viscount Andrew's words, her expression could not help but turn a little grim, for she very much doubted whether she still had the means to repay this debt that had so suddenly fallen upon her.
She could not resist stealing a glance at Gao Cen, and some bold and thoroughly cheeky ideas began to take shape in her mind.
The Mystic Meridian Sect... and him dressed head to toe in antiques... What if she talked the old gentleman into selling that outfit of his?