"My lord, it's time to eat."

While Melen was shouting outside the door, Luna was writing a letter. Recently, she suddenly missed her parents in her hometown, but due to her current status, she could not go back in a short time, so she had to express her thoughts through letters.

"I see, come in."

Luna softly agreed, putting away the few lines of paper, putting them in her file bag, and turning around to allow Mellen and Ravelle to change into their dinner costumes. As the Grand Duke of Luo Nan, with the title of top noble, she needs to change into special clothes even if she eats, and she also has to ensure that the clothes are not duplicated and dirty. This is the most basic interest of a female nobleman, not to mention, she has to eat at the same table with her husband's parents.

The two maids didn't waste too long changing their clothes, and Luna appeared in the dining room in a plain trolling dress. To her surprise, Hart McFafalie and Vivian McFafay, who had been waiting in the restaurant and dining with her, did not appear in the place where they often sit.

"What about father and mother?"

Habitually asked, Luna didn't think much of it. She sat down in her place and adjusted her thoughts. The Macfalie family was not a prominent nobleman, but because their son, Joe Macfhairy's former wife, came from a grand ducal family, the corresponding table manners were still very complete. On a normal day, there is no food on the table other than warm bread and aperitifs before the meal is crowded. But now, appetizers and cold cuts have been placed on the table, and it is obvious that the rhythm of the meal is to be opened.

"That...... Your Excellency ......", Merron hesitated, but still said, "Lord Hart said that he and Lord Vivien will not wait for you for dinner in the future. ”

Luna's hand holding the knife and fork stopped in the air for a full dozen seconds before moving again. She picked up a slice of bacon and put it in her mouth, but she couldn't taste anything. Some sudden outburst of emotion blocked her chest, making it impossible for her to breathe.

In the aristocratic family of Anken Rein, dinner was a very important and very formal occasion. Even if it's a dinner with only your own family, there will be a lot of exquisiteness. One of them is that the most noble person can eat first. Generally speaking, the elders of the family will eat first, and after the meal is completed, the younger generation's family will serve the table to eat. If there is anything that the elders need to communicate with the juniors in the restaurant, they will inform them in advance so that the juniors can prepare for the etiquette and mental preparation of eating with the elders. Previously, because of Luna's identity and background, Hart McFauly and Vivian McFauly were waiting for her to eat together, which was a great respect for her. But now, without anyone else telling her, Luna herself knows what's going on.

"Adult ......"

Melen was about to speak, and now that the power and influence of the Mage Tower had completely collapsed, this predictable ending did not make the little master and servant any better.

"It's okay," Luna's voice whispered, "It's okay, eat by yourself, and eat comfortably." ”

Although she said she was fine, Luna apparently had lost her appetite. She left the restaurant before the second entrée was even served. Melen and Lavielle stayed by her side, silent.

"Meimei", Luna walked silently all the way to her room, "help me change my clothes, I'm going to go for a walk." ”

"Yes, sir."

Mellen nodded, and Raviel helped Luna change into her favorite pair of relatively neutral dresses. Then, following Luna's instructions, they called their carriage and headed for the Sanction Mage's Tower.

The mage tower in the night has long since lost its former brilliance, and the towering black tower body blends into the deep night, and if you don't look closely, you can hardly see the outline. Below the tower, there are still some lights around the original outbuildings, but there is no noise and vitality of the past, replaced by a lifeless gloom and loneliness.

Luna gets out of the car at the gate of the Mage Tower, and has not been able to enter the Mage Tower since the last time she went to see Paul Gibson. Meren and Raviel followed her into what was once a sacred area.

“…… I once fell here when I was a kid, and I was chasing and fighting with other friends, and I didn't see the steps......"

Although it was night, Luna was still very familiar with the grass and trees in the mage's tower, and she walked slowly, chatting with her servants over and over again. Melen and Lavielle talk back most of the time, but sometimes, they don't know how to answer. Either way, Luna didn't seem to care, she just wandered around, letting the thick snow bury her ankles countless times, wetting her brown deerskin boots, letting the biting chill creep through the cracks in her shawl and trench coat, leaving a chill on her skin.

“…… This is the Mage Tower, and when I was younger, I always thought that this tower would stand forever until the whole world was destroyed......"

Outside the main entrance of the Sanction Mage's Tower, Luna stops. Two guards, armed with steam rifles on their backs and long, bright scimitars in their hands, stood under the pyroxene street lamps, silent like two sculptures. The Mage's Tower's bronze forged door was closed, a blood-colored glow in the dim glow of pyroxene.

"Your Excellency, shall we go in?"

Meren stood behind Luna, looking at the mage tower with the same thoughts. Like Luna, she was born in the Tower as a child, and her parents were serfs who belonged to the Mage Tower. Before she was sixteen, she had never stepped outside the Mage Tower. If this Mage Tower was the majority of Luna's life, it was Meren's entire life.

“…… No", Luna replied softly after standing still for a moment. What the tower looks like, she doesn't know. She had been to the tower countless times since the Emperor announced that statement, and had watched it decay little by little. Now, only the skeleton of this tower, its soul and body, which still stands, have long since disappeared in the turmoil of the past, and only a sigh remains.

"Let's go back."

Wondering if it was something in mind, or if it was too cold, Luna ended her stroll and rode back to her home, which was also Joe McFawrie's. She walked through the hallway of the house with Meren and Raviel, climbed the creaky staircase, pushed open the door to her room, took off her clothes, took out the Book of Ludacis she had brought back from the Mage's Tower, flipped to the chapter where the magic sense was activated, and sat down by the window, beginning her own uncountable attempts. Seeing this, Melen and Lavielle quietly retreated. Every time Luna opened the book, it meant the end of the two servants' day's work. After that, no one knows how Luna spent her time.

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Two days later, Mellen brings new bad news to Luna.

"My lord, Lord Vivien said that your food and clothing here, including the Grand Duke's relevant honor guards and guards, they ...... They can't afford it and would like to ask you to ......"

"What do you want me to do?"

Luna's voice was cold, and Mellen was sitting at the dresser with her makeup, her thin eyebrow pencil gently curving over her soft eyebrows, drawing a feminine curve.

"Please...... You are responsible for the costs. ”

"Oh?"

Luna's voice was cold, but in that coldness, there was something uncontrollable. The people present were all women, and they didn't notice this subtle change, and in the eyes of Melen and Lavielle, they just felt that their adults seemed to have enough aura.

Strange to say, when Luke Brewster was still around, although Luna was full of words, her own aura was not huge. However, with the disappearance of Luke Brewster and the disclosure of the Mage Tower, Luna's own aura is growing rapidly. Mellen sometimes thinks on her own, and perhaps, suffering is really the medicine for growth.

"My lord, they have gone too far in doing this, as the title Grand Duke, it is condescension for you to marry into their family, and now they are still asking us to pay for our own expenses, this is simply too deceitful!"

Raviel is indignant, but Luna's emotions remain cold. She turned her head sideways and gave Mellen a gentle nod.

"Pay for it yourself, I have a manor in the suburbs, it's not that I can't afford it, just tell them so." By the way, I asked them if they had enough food and clothing at home, and if it wasn't enough, I could also pay some expenses and let them not be polite. ”

Melen answered softly, but there was some admiration in her heart. Just a question and an invitation to take the initiative to pay turned the humiliating actions of the Hart family into a reverse mockery of the other family's financial strength. If it had been six months ago, Luna would never have been able to reply like this. But now, coming up with this answer didn't waste much of Luna's time.

"Then the slave will go and tell me."

Mellen bowed and relayed Luna's words to the Macfalie's butler, Ado Ginnis. Innis frowned and went to Hart and Vivien's room, and after a while, stood in front of Melen with an unhappy face.

"Tell your master that she only needs to bear her own expenses, and the McFalie family is not short of that money."

"Yes."

Mellen's answer was soft, but with a faint sense of pride. She turns back to report the good news to Luna, but Raviel stops her at the door.

"My lord, she's starting to read that book again."

"What about the magic induction?"

"Hmm."

Meren looked at Luna's closed door, sighed softly, and turned to leave. Maybe adults don't mind that the other party is angry and unhappy.

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Two days later, Hart McFauly and Vivian McFauly invite Luna to dinner.

"Father, mother, I haven't been able to see the two of you at dinner time during this time, I wonder if the two adults are well?"

After finishing the appetizer, Luna puts down her knife and fork and takes the initiative to open up the conversation. She knew that now that they had eaten separately, this dinner must have a different purpose. Instead of waiting for the other party to say it first, it is better to unveil the curtain yourself, if there is something disgusting, it will not be too sudden and disgusting.

"That's right, Lord Luna," Hart said as Lord Lun, but his tone and expression didn't show much respect, "You know that my Macfaley had a wife before, and her name is Susan Dieng, the daughter of Grand Duke Huppert Dieng—"

"I know her, what's wrong?"

Luna interrupted Hart, who looked at Hart, a father with half gray hair and a wrinkled face, who had clearly aged much during the time that Joe McFafay's life and death were unknown. She looked at Vivien again, looking equally tired. Neither of them dared to make eye contact with her, and walked around the dining table.

"That's the ......," Hart hesitated, but said the sentence anyway, "We still have a pair of grandchildren with their mother, and we thought, although the son is gone, it would be nice to live with the grandchildren." It's just that their mother ......"

"You want me to go, don't you?"

Luna interrupted Hart, and she stood up, condescending.

"The Mage Tower has collapsed, and the people involved have become lackeys that everyone can bully, I know. Your second elder has given me a place to protect me from the disturbances outside, and I know that. Now that the second elder feels that I have no meaning of existence in this family, then I can just go, so as not to cause trouble to the two of you. I, Luna Brewster, swear that from now on, my marriage to Joe McFawell will be dissolved, and I will never have any more contact with your family! ”

"Your Excellency!"

Meren tries to stop Luna in the middle of her sentence, but she doesn't succeed. Hart and Vivien seemed to want to say something, but they didn't say anything, and they just watched Luna throw her sleeves away from the table, without any intention of holding back.

"This ...... In fact, since she came over, she has not had any struggling and has a good attitude towards us, is it too much? Hart looked at the door slammed by Luna with some hesitation, the wrinkles on his face trembling slightly.

"What is there to hesitate, this mourning star, now for the sake of my son, don't say divorce her, I can do anything else!"

Vivien gritted her teeth, "It's better if she's gone, and when she's gone, our son can come back!" ”

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"Your Excellency!"

Chasing Luna all the way back to her room, Melen tries to say something, but is interrupted by Luna.

"Help me pack my things, I'm getting out of here!"

"But where are we going?" , Melen was a little flustered, if she really left, she didn't know where else her adults could stay. The manor in the suburbs is still managed by the people of the royal treasury, and it is already fair that they can pay monthly dividends, but it is not so easy to come back and move in.

"I don't know," Luna shook her head, "but I have to leave." ”

Meren stopped talking, how many years she had served Luna, and naturally knew Luna's temperament. Although she is a little indecisive a lot of the time, once she makes up her mind, she will not change easily.

"Your Excellency!"

Raviel only came in through the door at this time, "I just heard that the reason Mistress Hart and Vivian want you to leave is because Mistress Joe McFalie is still alive!" ”

Luna stops packing her things. Her titular husband had never met her since the first day she married, and even at one point, she thought he was dead. At first glance, I heard from him that it was both surprising and absurd.

Things have come to this point, do you still expect this person to be your husband?

"My lord, they say that Master Joe McFalie has been captured by the Negru Republic, and he has to go through the Noble Exchange Ordinance and pay a huge ransom. The Dieng family is willing to pay this money, but only if you leave! ”

Luna's movements stopped again, and she thought for a moment, then asked Raviel a question.

"It's Vivien who told you about this."

"You...... How do you know? ”

"I tell you, I hope to tell me through you that they have no choice but to drive me away. Moreover, if I have the heart to save their son and am willing to pay for it, I can save the two of them from going to Dion's house to intercede. Either way, she wouldn't suffer, and if it were me, I would do the same. ”

"Ah......h

Raviel obviously didn't think so deeply, she froze in place, not knowing what to do.

"Come, help pack your things, we're leaving."

Melen wakes Lavielle up and summons her back to work. When Raviel heard that she was leaving, she subconsciously asked.

"Where are we going?"

"No. 9 Guixiang Road."

Somehow she thinks, Luna suddenly decides on her destination. The girl who had a relationship with her at the tavern told her the address. For some reason, she still remembers the girl's name.

Daisy Richardson.