After a year and a half away, Jacques finally returned to Port Mousse.

Arriving at the port of Mousse, due to the presence of Jacques as an acquaintance on the ship, and the fact that there was no cargo on the ship except for everyone's luggage, the tax officer in charge of customs inspection acted very quickly, and after collecting ten silver coins, he issued a tax stamp and a port entry certificate.

Fran was dismayed by the tax officer's failure to verify the crew's identities and the bribery, but he was also secretly glad that their malfeasance had saved him a lot of trouble.

The Autumn Sonata finally docked on the docks, and as agreed, Fran and Claudia with a hood quickly departed.

Jacques knew they were heading for the train station, and the two needed to get back to the imperial capital as soon as possible to be safe.

And the two of them left alone was Fran's insistence, if it was according to Claudia's idea, everyone would return to the imperial capital together, and finally accepted Fran's suggestion.

Marianne and Claudia said goodbye and agreed to go to the imperial capital to meet within a month.

Fran said goodbye to Jacques with a smile, claiming that he had not forgotten the saving grace and the previous agreement, the best restaurant, the most expensive table.

After the two left, everyone packed up on the boat and sorted their luggage. Marianne paid the sailors and terminated their contracts. She plans to sell the ship, and although it has been remodeled, she is still reluctant to return to the New World in the future.

Big ship, isn't it fragrant!

This was her second visit to the Empire, the previous time being more than a decade ago, as she had traveled with her father to the Imperial Capital and Londinium, and the Baptiste family's lair was indeed the place she had been most interested in lately, especially since it was where Jacques grew up.

After half an hour, everyone got off the boat and left, and went back to their homes, ready to bring a big surprise to their families.

But Jacques had no intention of returning to his old house, and had not paid Madame de Pompadour for a year and a half in arrears, and he was sure that the house had been repossessed by the landlady, and that the bits and pieces of the house had probably been sold at a discount to offset the rent.

So Jacques had to go home with Lily, and of course Marianne on the same road, how could Lily let her best friend go to the hotel?

After saying goodbye to Emma and Natasha in the Trade Zone, and then to Alyssa and Fabian in the Glass Square, the three of them finally arrived in the neighborhood where Lily's house was located.

This place is quite familiar to Jacques, a year and a half ago he had lived in Lily's house for a while, training every day, learning etiquette, and not having enough to eat, and then he had nothing to do but watch Lily in a daze, waiting for school to start.

Time has passed, and after a year and a half, he is back here, only this time, what kind of identity should he use to face the Naselli branch president?

Lily, wearing a hood, pushed open the iron door and entered the familiar courtyard, came to the front of the house, and knocked lightly on the door with the knocker.

After a while, someone came to open the door, and it was Mrs. Darling, the housekeeper. The woman, who was over fifty years old, was surprised to cover her mouth with both hands when she saw Lily who had lifted her hood, and suppressed her screams, but the tears did not stop her, and flowed down in a loud voice.

Sure enough, it was a veteran butler who had taught Jacques etiquette, and he adhered to the dogma of keeping quiet at all times.

The three of them entered the door, and Lily couldn't wait to ask, "Aunt Darling, is my father at home?"

The housekeeper tried to suppress her out-of-control emotions, and replied in a choked voice: "The master is not at home, nor is he in Port Mousse, he went to Rand a month ago, and he should stay at Master Dan's house." ”

The door was not convenient for talking, especially when there were still guests, so Lily hurriedly beckoned Jacques and Marianne to the living room.

The three of them sat down, and the housekeeper, after inquiring about Marianne's preferences, went to the kitchen for a while, and brought them three cups of fragrant coffee. Although Jacques rarely drinks coffee, the smell of a familiar smell still makes him subconsciously babble.

After Lady Darling sat down, Lily first introduced Marianne before asking, "Father, why has he been away for so long?

Madame Darling hesitated for a moment before replying, "My lord resigned as the branch leader of the Transcendental Guild more than a year ago, and rejected the offer of worship. Since last year, the lord has often gone to the rand, and usually lives with the lord Dan, by the way, the little girl you asked the lord to take care of has also been with him, and the lord is teaching her personally. ”

Lily asked, confused, "Why did my father resign as branch president, and what happened?"

Jacques also wondered what Mr. Naselli was doing, and as he could remember, the branch leader of the Port Musayi Transcendents Guild had always been Lily's father. He had also heard more than once that according to the qualifications of the Naselli branch president, he could have run for the vice president of the Rand Transcendent Guild, or hold an important position in the Castile Association, and occupy a place in the council of the General Council, but he has always refused to be promoted and transferred, and has stayed in the port of Moussey for more than twenty years.

Mr. Naselli, who is nearly seventy years old, is indeed an old man if he is an ordinary person, but he was promoted to grandmaster thirty years ago, and according to the average age of grandmasters, he is only halfway through his life, and this kind of retirement life that unloads everything seems to not appear to him. It's no wonder that the guild wants to hire him to be an enshriner, this is not to exert residual heat, it is obviously the year of fighting.

Mrs. Darling did not seem to know much about the work of the master's family, and it was only after Lily's questioning that she expressed some of her own conjectures.

Mr. Naselli resigned from his job on his own initiative, but there are some rumors that it was because of Lily's death and the relationship between Count Baptiste, and some people say that there was an accident within the guild and the branch president took the blame for his resignation.

As for the first inference, Lily was naturally unconvinced, and Mr. Naselli was one of the few people who knew that she had escaped from the explosion, so he would not turn against his long-time partner and friend, Count Baptiste.

But Mrs. Darling believed in the first inference even more, and it was not until today that she saw Lily alive again, and also figured out whose hand the letters were sent from the New World, and no wonder the lord was very happy every time he received a letter from the New World.

Then the second inference is the most likely, but unfortunately Lady Darling is an ordinary person who has not had much contact with other transcendents and does not know the inside story.

"My father stayed at his uncle's house every time he went to Rand, and it seems that the relationship between the two of them has eased. Lily said.

"Yes, Young Master Alex awakened the source energy of the qi system last year, and received the tutoring of the master together with Kayi, who awakened the fire system. ”

"It's really fast, my uncle's grandsons are already twelve years old. Lily said as she glared at Jacques, who was silently drinking coffee on the side.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Jacques hurriedly said: "Lady Darling, don't let others know about the return of Lily and me, we still need to hide it for a while." ”

Madame Darling nodded vigorously, but still dug a hole for Jacques, and mentioned a name that the two of them deliberately avoided: "Robert Shoufu was married two months ago, even if Miss returns, his marriage contract with Miss will be considered null and void......"

Jacques covered his face, regretting why he believed Marianne's nonsense at that time, and returned directly to Port Moussey, isn't it good to go to the imperial capital first!

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