"Good morning, Miss Chloe." The guard said a word to the comer.

Chloe smiled sweetly, "I'm here to find the lord, presumably he should be in the study at this time, right?" I left something very important inside last night, can you go in and get it? ”

The guard looked embarrassed: "It's unfortunate that the lord is not in the study. ”

Chloe feigned surprise and asked, "How is this possible?" You're not lying to me, are you? Uncle, he is not in the habit of going out in the morning. ”

The dragon mage has always been regardless of the political affairs in the territory, and basically arranged for his clerks to be in charge, and he always hid in the study alone to study spells, so Chloe's performance was normal.

The guard smiled bitterly: "Lord Andrew went to the town today, and it is said that an important warehouse in the town is on fire for some reason. When I woke up in the morning and heard the news, I was furious and smashed several things that I usually loved. ”

"That's not a coincidence." Chloe rolled her eyes and suddenly pleaded, "Then you will let me in for a while, right?" Don't worry, half a minute at most, take my things and leave, no one will find out. ”

"This, this ......" The guard scratched his head in embarrassment, and he said embarrassedly, "I'm afraid this is not in accordance with the rules, right?" ”

If it were someone else, the guards would definitely refuse with righteous words, and there was no room for half a point. Just kidding, is the Dragonman Lord's study accessible to an ordinary human? Andrew, in particular, was known for his brutality and ferocity, and his subordinates knew the consequences of provoking him - and the study had always been regarded by Andrew as a confidant, and no one was allowed to enter it without his consent.

But now it's Chloe, and things are naturally a little different.

Chloe's position at Bergen Manor is very delicate and can also be described as embarrassing. But in front of these guards, out of her ambiguous relationship with Andrew, she seems superior again. Being able to be given the responsibility of guarding the study by Andrew, he naturally knew that after Chloe's aunt died, the dragon mage was particularly eager for the young her, and Chloe didn't seem to have any intention of refusing, and the ambiguity between the two was basically a well-known thing.

Although there are many people who secretly look down on Chloe, they still have to call Miss respectfully when they meet. After all, most people think that the position of mistress of Bergen Manor will not be missing for too long, and Andrew doesn't care about political affairs, but there must be someone to help take care of family affairs, right?

Chloe was clearly the right person, and perhaps after the harvest festival, the girl would marry Andrew in a grand manner—just like Chloe's aunt had done many years earlier. The lifespan of the dragon mage is much longer than that of ordinary humans, and this time he is also in the prime of life, not to mention that he is a lord, so naturally no one will gossip.

Facing the future hostess, the guards were suddenly in a dilemma.

"The rules or something, it also depends on who is right!" Chloe smiled ambiguously, "I have a good relationship with my uncle, and if you don't say it, I won't say it, no one will know that I have entered the study." Again, I'll only take my own stuff. ”

The guard's expression moved, Chloe's sentence "good relationship" sounded to him obviously a sign that the hostess was about to ascend to the throne, thinking of this, he couldn't help but look around, and then let go of half of his body: "Hey, who made you our beloved Miss Chloe." In a minute, you should be able to get what you want, right? I hope you will take care of it in the future. ”

Chloe grinned, pushed the door open, and walked inside.

She closed the door as usual, and her face immediately became grave. Andrew's study is full of crises, and even she rarely has the opportunity to set foot here. The psychic was sensitive, and she instinctively sensed that there were many places in the room with magical traps that could kill you.

"Damn Duran, he swears so much, the victim has to gamble with him......" Chloe thought to herself, and the conversation with Duran through two partridge birds immediately came to mind the day before. The two did not meet, but the two partridge birds faithfully relayed their thoughts, and Chloe became suspicious after learning of Duran's plan. For her, marrying Andrew is absolutely unacceptable, but if she wants to leave Bergen Manor, the dragon mage will definitely hinder her, and when the time comes, she will be alone, and I am afraid it will be difficult to do it.

In the past, out of respect for her aunt, Chloe tolerated Andrew in every way, but now that her aunt has also died, the heaviest stone in the girl's heart has been removed, and all that remains is the courage to fight with Andrew.

"Before you start to do it, you start planning for the future, is this guy really only fifteen or sixteen years old?" Chloe put on her woollen gloves and began to rummage through the materials in Andrew's small closet. She had to find something, something that would change the heir to the Lord of White Sands after Andrew's death.

The closet was full of trivial things, and Chloe certainly didn't want to be unfocused, and her aunt had told her a long time ago that Andrew's family tree and related information were placed in this small closet. This is also one of the few places in the entire study where no magic traps are set.

Chloe's movements are fast, and she successfully finds Andrew's family tree from a large pile of official documents. The dragon mage had a reclusive surname and no brothers, and his two sisters also died early, leaving no heirs. If he dies, it means that the territory of White Sands will be left uninherited, and it will return to the hands of the imperial royal family.

But Duran didn't want that to happen.

Chloe clutched Andrew's family tree tightly and placed the thick book on the desk. She bit her lip, and Duran's confession flashed through her mind:

"The aristocracy of the Luha Empire is actually very chaotic, and there is no other way than to identify it by blood. However, it is quite troublesome to identify whether a person has dragon blood, especially when the dragon blood in the person's body is not pure, so most of the noble inheritance is according to the family tree. Every dragon lord has a child born and his name is recorded in the genealogy by his father or mother, which is very secret information that ordinary people do not know at all. And the material of this genealogy is special, and it is difficult for ordinary people to modify it easily, but as long as you keep in mind the method I told you, all this is not a problem. ”

"Remember that, from the moment Andrew dies -- I mean, if my plan succeeds -- you're going to get into your role right away. From then on, you are no longer Andrew's niece, Chloe, but his illegitimate daughter, Chloe! Listen, the people of White Sands don't know who you really are, they only know that you have a close relationship with Andrew, and you can freely enter and leave Bergen Manor, and you have deep trust in him; The people in the manor may be a bit troublesome, the clerk and the tax collector should know your true identity, and the rest are in a state of ignorance. As long as you can win the support of the clerk and the tax collector, then you will have little problem succeeding to the lord of Baisha Town. The three most important things at the moment, the first is to tamper with the genealogy, the second is to buy off the clerk and the tax collector, and the third is to find Sir Petrus in Grand Pudding City - this guy is an old antique, responsible for the genealogical collection and data management of the dragonman nobles in the south, maybe we don't have much friendship with him, but his financial situation has been quite tight, if it is handled well, you can beg him to issue a letter of proof to strengthen your illegitimate daughter. ”

"The rest, let me settle Andrew and talk to you again."

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