inspire-indiana Chapter 240 Lucinda
Chapter 240 Lucinda
Fortunately, this false harmony did not need to last too long. Compared with Lilith, Cheap Old Deng seemed to find such days more unbearable. So when Lilith got up early for a morning run on the third day, she saw the servants busying themselves, putting boxes of luggage on the carriage.
Viscount Friar is going back.
Lilith stopped her morning jog, brushed past the servants, and saw an old acquaintance yawning beside the carriage.
"Mr. Hoffman." Lilith took a deep breath of the cold air to slow down her breath and heartbeat caused by running. She greeted the butler of Cheap Old Deng and asked, "Is Viscount Friar leaving?"
"Good morning, young lady. You get up so early. It's not even bright yet." Hoffman quickly suppressed his yawn, touched his mustache, and saluted his young lady.
"Yes, well, there are many things to deal with in County Tandin, and the Viscount has to--"
"You don't have to tell me so much." Lilith didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She didn't bother to listen to these excuses. Who cared why? She just left.
"Yes." Hoffman breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Miss Lilith came to inquire about the quarrel between the Viscount and his wife last night. Alas, even though Miss Lucinda has grown up, the relationship between the couple still does not seem to have warmed up. After the quarrel yesterday, Viscount Friar actually wanted to return to his fiefdom by himself.
"The Viscount decided to set off early because he was afraid that Miss Lucinda would cry." Hoffman was still explaining.
"I see." Lilith nodded, smiling, "Since we've met, I'll go say goodbye to the Viscount."
The corridor leading to the main keep of Dragon Tooth Castle was empty and silent at this moment, as if it was still asleep. The cold and smooth stone floor was glowing with a slight luster, which was the silver light reflected by the rows of armor standing against the wall. Those armors were full of cold and murderous aura, and the details were different, so they should belong to different owners.
Lilith stopped to admire each one, as if she was watching the evolution history of the knights' armor of the Gaia Empire.
When she saw the third set of armor, a footstep approached from the other end of the castle's dark corridor. Lilith turned her head and saw James Friel wearing a heavy black robe and walking in a hurry.
"Good morning, Viscount Friar."
When cheap Lao Deng passed by her, Lilith stood in the silent shadow of the armor and suddenly spoke softly.
As a result, she successfully saw that the other person was so scared that he almost jumped up. She hurriedly lowered her head and frowned, trying to hold back her laughter. Yes, she did it on purpose.
"I heard that you were leaving, so I came here to say goodbye." Lilith walked out of the shadow of the armor and revealed her face, which was similar to his, under the candlelight.
"...I understand." Viscount Freyr suppressed his heart that was pounding with fear and tried to straighten his expression. Without the presence of the Taylor family, he was too lazy to pretend or say a word to her. He turned around and continued to walk out.
"Fustwin."
Lilith looked at Viscount Friar who was about to leave, and suddenly spoke, standing in front of him.
"What?" Viscount Freyr frowned, not understanding what Lilith meant, and then said irritably, "No need to send it—"
"Fustwin, haven't you heard of this name?" Lilith tilted her head, not missing any details of Lao Deng's face. "It is said that this is a beautiful and powerful female white dragon."
The furrows between Viscount Freyr's brows deepened, and the corners of his mouth turned downward, showing dissatisfaction and disgust on his face, "I'm in a hurry."
"What about Zephyrion?" Lilith still refused to give up.
"Isn't that the black dragon that Leila encountered before?" Viscount Friar automatically blocked the part about Lilith being kidnapped. "I am no longer at the age where I like to listen to legendary stories. You can leave these things to Lucinda. She will be very happy. Now, I have to leave."
He pulled his robe tighter, walked past Lilith who was blocking the corridor, and left quickly.
Lilith, with her back to Viscount Freyr, slowly revealed a puzzled expression.
He seems... to know nothing about dragons and has no interest in them at all. Why is that?
However, no one could answer her question. In this cold and lonely morning, only the armor silently accompanied the blonde girl who lowered her head in deep thought.
……
"What are you thinking?"
The training ground became muddy due to the melting snow. After training, Lilith and Leila were using branches to scrape the thick mud off their boots. Leila noticed that Lilith was always absent-minded and asked.
"Uh, the possibility of torture." Lilith talked nonsense.
I just don’t know if if I interrogate my father, the Church of Light will think he is possessed by the devil and hang him on the stake. Besides, his mercenaries are quite capable, and there is also Leila...
"...Do you want to go back to school?" Leila, who had now learned to automatically block out Lilith's occasional nonsense, asked again.
"Ah? I didn't—" Lilith looked up in confusion. Without cheap Lao Deng's Dragonfang Castle, she was not too comfortable. Those knights would also train shirtless in winter, and their muscles... cough cough cough! Anyway, her sword skills improved quickly!
Leila suddenly held her hand and said in a serious tone, "No, you want to!"
Lilith:? Did I think about it?
That’s right, the person who was in a hurry to return to school this time was Leila, because Lucinda’s lethality was too great!
A child of this age is full of energy. She never feels tired running around Dragon Tooth Castle every day. The most terrifying thing is that her favorite activity is to pester her older sisters to play with her.
Leila, who had lived as an only child for more than a decade, had not enjoyed the warmth of being taken care of by her sister for a few days when she became a sister herself. She had to be hugged by this little kid and have all kinds of unknown objects smeared on her body. She felt that she could no longer bear it!
……
"I didn't expect you guys were in such a hurry to leave. I thought I could stay with you until the last day of the holiday." Melissa looked regretful.
"Well, Her Highness Catherine needs me. I have already agreed with her that we will attend the Knights' Duel Tournament together. Her Highness also thinks that I should show up more often in Highgarden." Leila looked determined and gave her mother a high-sounding reason.
"Was I this annoying when I was a kid?" She looked on in despair as Lucinda jumped off her chair again after finishing half of her breakfast, clutching her pants with the hand that had grabbed the food.
"Not as good as you." Melissa laughed.
"...You have worked so hard, Mom." Leila suddenly expressed her gratitude to Melissa solemnly, which surprised Melissa.
"You really are... did you learn this from your sister?" Melissa was so moved that her eyes turned red and she said softly. Leila never used to say such soft words to make her happy.
"Mom." Leila suddenly asked when the atmosphere was just right.
"Did you and Dad have a fight?"