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Grand Duke Kailatik has been robbed!

I heard that on that day, his men fought with the other three for a long time. As the ultimate victor, the Duke returns with a full load!

But no one expected that on the way back to Canterlot, that fleet would be robbed by star thieves!

Rumors have been brewing for days. Originally, everyone didn't believe it, after all, in the matter of making money, the Duke is a frequent champion.

Even he didn't believe it.

The housekeeper came to ask him if he wanted to control the spread of the news.

The duke counted the list of harvests and was happy to himself, and after a while he said to the butler, "Hmph, let them go!" A bunch of cowards, when my fleet filled the hold, they didn't even have a single ship ready! These guys only deserve to eat dust behind us, and they can only imagine behind their backs to satisfy their jealousy! ”

His brow was filled with pride and happiness.

However, in the evening.

The Duke found that he had lost contact with the commander of the fleet, and he began to move.

Are the rumors true? Really robbed?

He subconsciously pinched the printed list in his hand.

That's the fleet he invested the most, and it's still carrying such a huge fortune, gone?!

This...... It hurts so much that I can't breathe.

The Duke had not slept all night, and his men were busy carrying out various tasks as he had been told, and they were also very busy.

The next day, there was no news.

The Duke was still reassuring himself: "Hey...... No news is the best news......"

On the third day, it was still the same.

The butler wanted to persuade him to accept the reality.

But this reality is probably not so easy to accept.

You know, the duke has fallen into a dream woven by money, and he has hollowed out his pockets like crazy to build a fleet, which is called "investment".

Now, the treasury of the house is only a thin one.

More valuable things have long been taken out and used.

Ever since the heir of the family came into this world, he had never been so shabby.

On the fourth day, there were two more lost fleets.

……

Time passes day by day.

There are fewer and fewer heads lit up in the Duke's secret group.

His fleet, his treasures, his dream of making a comeback for all to look up to......

"Oh! That's impossible! ”

The alcoholic man had red eyes, and his hair was scratched into an ugly bird's nest by himself.

The butler was helpless and distressed, and he didn't know how to comfort his master.

"Who did it, who is it! Come out! ”

The duke shouted in disgust.

He threw the bottle out.

The bottle was of good quality, it was not smashed, and it bounced a few times after it landed, almost hitting the black cat in the corner of the courtyard.

It cried out in discontent, which in turn frightened the Duke.

He then flew into a rage: "Get out, you damn brute! You're old and ugly, and you'll only ruin my luck, butler, go and beat it to death!" ”

The black cat's eyes showed human disdain, and with a light jump, it jumped over the fence.

The butler was ordered to catch it, but he couldn't find it after chasing it.

Such a spiritual cat, of course, is toffee.

Since the Duke wanted to know who had robbed him of his money, let him know.

Candy pretended to be his subordinate that night and sent the "investigation results" to his brain.

Early the next morning, passers-by could hear the duke's roar from standing on the street outside: "Grice! Goliath!! ”

It turned out to be the notorious family of star thieves, ha, that mouse!

He had to teach them a lesson.

If you dare to snatch his things, you must spit them out completely!

The Duke's coffers were indeed very small, as they had been reduced to a looted transport fleet and unfinished ships. But those in the vault belonged to the storehouse, and he had other accounts for his daily expenses and personal armament.

The money-making activities have long lost his popularity, and it is impossible for him to ask the Federal Guard for help in this kind of private matter. But it doesn't matter, in his opinion, it won't take much effort to exterminate a small star thief family!

He was so angry that he was going to go out in person.

But when he was about to leave the house, a woman's visit delayed his trip.

"Is that you?" The duke's cold and hard face revealed a little softness.

But when he noticed that the person who came had a haggard face and was far less elegant and decently dressed than before, he couldn't help frowning and said dissatisfiedly, "How did you make yourself look like this? ”

The lady is Joan.

Her haggard nature was due to the news of her biological daughter's death.

For ten years, she really thought that the Duchess had brought back her daughter.

She often inquired about Lola's daily life.

Whatever color Lola likes, she prepares similar styles in her own home; Whatever Lola likes to eat, she learns from the chef...... Looking forward to the day when the Duke would be willing to introduce her so that her daughter could live in her house for even one day, she was so happy that she was dying of happiness just thinking about it.

Joan doesn't think she's a good woman, but she truly loves her daughter.

She always wanted to be a good mother, but she didn't find that her "daughter" had changed.

With such torture, where did she get the heart to dress herself.

"Nothing, are you going to go far away?" Joan lowered her eyes bitterly.

She was born in a civilian family, and what attracted this man the most was her beauty and Lola, who had the blood of the two of them. Now that her beauty has been damaged and her daughter is gone, even if the duke doesn't say anything about this relationship, she knows that she can't maintain it.

"Hmm."

Joan plucked up her courage and said, "I'm here to say goodbye to you." ”

The Duke was surprised, and thought to himself, even you want to leave me?

No, it's not leaving, it's betrayal.

She was inseparable when he was proud of his life, and now that his reputation was damaged and his fortune shrank, she was leaving—what else could this be?

He didn't want to hear her explain at all, "Got it, get out." ”

With that, he pushed Joan's shoulders away and strode away.

Joan was stunned for a moment.

She hadn't gotten used to the man's sudden indifference, and that disgust was a little hurtful.

Instead, when she realized that the two had no relationship in the future, an unprecedented sense of relief came to her heart, and the sadness just now turned into a faint smile.

"Goodbye, and I wish you a smooth journey." She said silently in her heart.

She's going to leave the rich area.

She has saved a lot of money over the years, and there is no need for her to stay here and be blamed. She had been sorry for the Duchess, because the baby girl's death was probably due to her neglect...... Flattened.

That back is getting smaller and smaller.

Little did Joan know at this point that this would be the last time she would see the Duke.

Later, when the news of the duke's death came back, it became an important topic of conversation for the nobles at the next banquet - have you heard, the big fool of the Keratik family who is bent on collecting money, he was chopped into meat sauce by the star thieves!

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