Betraying His Family
Discovering that the Aethel Archduchy was secretly stocking firearms, I told Iris and my sister that I would not be around. Since they did not know yet, I did not tell them that I was going to see Francis today to have a talk with him regarding the firearms as well as other matters.
"It's nice to see you again, Your Highness Raphael."
"Good day, Francis."
Today, I was in the Aethel estate in the noble district of the Imperial Capital. I secretly snuck in, by the way. Francis was the only member of the archduchy here right now, so we chose to use the archduke's office as our meeting place.
Once we had done the greetings and handshaking, Francis and I took our seats accordingly. We were not treating one another professionally, so he sat on the couch across mine instead of his father's desk, which had thick piles of paper on it.
"I excuse myself for not getting in contact with you recently to keep you up to date, for I am quite busy."